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THRILLING INsIDESr.-Coi. John Mcdonald.
Of Ross County, at public dinner. related the
following touching incident. In 1877 Wheeling
was besieged by a large army ol BRUSH and In
da1s So suddenly the attack made that no
time was afforded for preparatioH. I nc fort. at


he time of the assault, was commanded by Col.
Sas Zane: Col. Ebenezer Zane, the senior officer.
was in bock-housc some 80 or 100 wards outside
of the wall. The enemy made several desperate
assaults to break into the fort but on every onset
they were driven back The ammunition for 'he
defence Of the fort was deposited in the block
heuse ard the attack was made suddenly and
Unexpectedly that there wn- no time To remove il.
On the afternoon Of the second day Oi the scge. .
he powder in the font nearly exhausted. and
no alternative remained but thai some ono must
pass through the enemy hrc to the block-holsc
Tor powder. When Silas Zane made the propo-
siton to the men. TO If any one would under
| 'ako the hazardous enterprise. a, first all were
silent. After looking at each other for some time,
! Young man stepped forward and said he would
run the chaNce Immediately half dozen offered


heir services in the dangerous enterprise.


While they were disputing about who should 60.
Elizabeth, sister Of the /ases. came forward and
declared she would 90 for the powder. Her
brother thought she would .llnch from the enter
prise but he wa, mistaken. She had the intre-
pidity 10 dare and the iortiudc to bear her up IN
the heroic risk Of lie. Her brother then tried To-
dis,uade her from the attempt by saving man
would be- more feet and consequently would run


cs- risk Of losing lis life. She replied that the 3
! had not "a man To spare from the defence OF the
fort. and if she should fall sho would scarcely be


missed. She then Invested herself of such Of her
clothing as would impede her speed, and ran ,iii
me arrived a, the door of the biocA-housc, where
her brother, Col Zane FASTENED to receive III, m
,rcpd sister. The Indians. when they saw hcr
bound forth. did not FIRE a gun, bat ca.les aloud
Sqpdr, s7u9r, squa'r When she had told her
brother the crrand on which she came he took a
| tlble-cloth and fastened ii around her waist and
poured into it Il kc- of powder She then sailed
back to the fort with all the buoyancy of hop"
The moment she va. outside Of the biock-housc
the whole Of the enemy line poured lcadch
storm at her. bat the balls went whi.;ing hy with
out doing her any injury. She aiterward married
q Nr. Ciairyille of OHIO.