True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-07-07

fighting like a demon, was Ruper
Wythely and at the door of the old man
sion as he rode up to ii, with heavy
heart, he saw his own Henrietta.
"She is safe Thank God she is safe!'
he exclaimed, and in an instant he hat
reached her side, and she was clasped tt
his heart.
Our limits will no! permit us to portray
the story Of her Imprisonment, as sht
narrated i, that night around the family
hearthstone.
Destined for sacrifice, she had beer
carefully treated. and allowed the unmo
Tested liberty of her own room. Blu
that night was to have witnessed heI
immcation. A Divine Providence haC
nerved her heart, as she was arleady
summoned TO the burning pile when /;
scout gave the alarm cry. Then by the
light of the torches, she plainly Witnessed
the fray, implofng upon her knees, before
the window, that heavenly arm would
sustain those whom she loved SO we'll.
Morning dawned, and horrible scene
presented itselfaround the house. There
where St. Johns now stands-lay
mingled corpses in the stiff attitude Of
death, aud the stream near by was tinged
with blood.
The wounded were cared for, the dead
inferred, and by dinner time the horrors
OF "grim visaged war;" no longer me-
the eye. The last council fire of the
Indian race at James River Fall was ex.
tinguished. and the few surviving des'
ceudants of that terrible tribe of Pocahon
tas, began their funeral march towards
the setting sun.
Success insues. Had Bacon been de.
feated he would have been shot as q
traitor to his king but now the naughty
Governor rewarded him, and. he was
hailed by the Virginians as their defender
Marching to jamestown, he forced the
Governor to adopt new laws, which code
was completed July 4. 1676--one hun
dred years to-day before the Congress o
the United States. Adopting tho DecIa.
ration framed by The statesmen of Vir.
ginia, began new era in the history oil
men. The eighteenth century in Vir-
ginis was the child of the seventeenth ;
and Bacon's rebellion. with the corrres-
ponding scenes in Maryland, Carolina
and New England, was the early harbin-
ger of American Independence.
And where was Henrietta, that sturdy
loyalist? Not in the stately rooms of
the Governor, but with the sisters of her
affianced lover, Rupert WHITLEY, who
had a residence in Jamestown. Her
dreams of royal protection and noble
husband had washed during her terrible
captivity, and she now bowed in homage
before her hearts lord. Soon they were
married. and returned 10 the plantation,
which Nathaniel Bacon gave his sister as
a dover. Some clouds darkened their
pathway of life at first, but they lived
many years in as perfect happiness as
morals can enjoy; nor did she ever for
get, in after years, in narrating to her
grandchildren the events of her rescue, to
add: For all that, my dear, your grand.
father did not hold the kings commission
-Virginians would act for themselves
Years rolled on. The OLD Dominion
became the leader in great movement,
and while the name of the Wythleys is
remembered by many who visi! the beau
tiful locality Of their homes, once the
scene of deadly slaughter, history sounds
the praise Of Nathaniel Bacon, and in
scribes his name, in golden letters high
upon the architecture Of our National
Pantheon.