Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-09-07
constant change and continual excite
ment, fsnd longed again for
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A home on the rolling deep

constant change and continual excite.
ment, End longed again for
"a life on the ocean wave,
| A home on the rolling deep"
At last the time appointed for my
ship s return had fully passed, and as
she dig not appear, almost began to
despair of ever seeing her again. Such
melancholy ensued that I was glad to
avail myself of any excitement that pre-
sented itself. During my stay on the
island, Opaiwai, feeling that the guns I
had given him had constituted him the
most formidable warrior on the island,
and as the chef of an adjoining bay had
denied his authority, determined to go
to war with the rebellious people.
I Wak aware thata, number of incur
sions had been made into the territory
of their neighbors, but with what results
l did not care to learn. [ had fire.
quently cast bullets for my host, and
helped to fit out his expeditions. To
his invitation to accompany them | had
invariably turned deaf ear, but now
was ready to do anything or go any
where, so that I mil ght gain momen-
tary relief from dependency.
Opaiwai was rejoiced at my determi-
nation to go and "behold the battle
from afar off, I certainly had a con-
temptible opinion of his prowess as a
solder, and did not expect that on this
occasion he or his band would do more
than ascend the mountain, fire a few
random shots and return elated with
the expedition. But 1 fell short in my
calculations. We had hardly reached
to the other side of the bamboo cane
break that at once furnished building ma
terials for and divided the territories of
the contending natives, than our party
came suddenly and unexpectedly upon
number of their enemies, with their
chief, Teihokai, at their head. Oul
warriors far outnumbered theirs, and
consequently the cohict was short, and
soon decided in favor of the king. The
rebels, seven in number, were seized
and bound, and led forward on our home.
ward march in triumph.
Arrived at Haunatatappa, the victo-
fious wrrriors were met by every living
thing in the place. Men, women, chill
dren and dogs, old and young, came
forth in swarms; all yelling in wild cho-
rus, and all manifesting the greatest de-
light at the result of the expedition
AS soor as a halt was ordered at the ta-
boo house, which occupied a place in
an open square, and beside which was
placed a, to me, mysterious pile of stones.
the confusion grew SO great that I was
glad to retreat to my domicile and
throw myself upon my mats to rest
After greater pow-wow long silence
ensued, during which fell into a sort
of slumber, from which I was fully
awakened by the piercing screams o1
some one apparently in extreme agony
A suspicion of the truth flashed upon
my mind. I few to the door of my
hut, and looked out upon the scene.
then, for the first time, learned the
uses of that great pile of stones. From
beneath them, from the top, from every
crevice, tongues of fire and volumes Of
smoke were rising, while, roasting on
the very apex, were the poor
wretches who had been made captives
in the late expedition.
Their cries that fairly turned my
blood into lava current, were hailed
by their executioners with jest and
laughter. More fuel to the pile!-
Higher and niger mounted the flames
fainter and fainter grew the agonizine
cries, until I-spell- bound till now
knew that all was over. No! not over
for after that came the cannibal feast
the horrid tete in which these monsters
reveled, and gorged, and stuffed, until
they grew stupid from very surfeit.
X X X * X X
Two weeks after my vessel returned
and as I saw her bounding along he1
balmy track an involuntary thanks,
giving burst from my lips that I had SC
long been spared among, and had now
escaped from, the savages! Even as ]
write shudder creeps through me at
the recollection of my sojourn with the
Types. -
x I may mention here that Harry's
description of these tombs was perfectly
correct, as I afterward observed The
natives do not place their dead under
ground, having a belief that the spiri
still sleeps within the body, and that il
is necessary for them to place food a
regular intervals of times at the entrance
of the caves, for the use of their friends
As these provisions soon disapper it il
probable that the birds that inhabit thu
cliffs devour them.-N, Y. Euenim.
Post.
Which is Most Pro-slavery!
Stephen A. Douglas went so far il
advocating his conspiracy bill for th'
suppression of free speech and the Re
publican party, as to call forth rebuk'
from Jefferson Davis. And he claimed
for his doctrine of squatter sovereignty
that it had introduced and protected
slavery in New Mexico, and had opened
to slavery, or, rather, converted int
slave territory, tract north of 36 deg
80 min, more than five times as large al
New York. And then he and his fol
lowers try to get votes at the north b,
pretending to be less pro-slavery thar
the Breckinridge wing. They claim i
as great merit that they are indiffer
ent to the extension of slavery; or, a
Abe Lincoln defines squatter sovereignty
"That, if any one man chooses to enslav'
another, 40 third person shall be allowed
to object"
Beautiful.
There is a touching beauty in the ra
diant look Of a girl lust crossing tn,