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FRAXICLIX SGULE, EDITOR.
1112X7 SEHXE5'
llTr SO'JL'n Jfc L E ATM C K M A N
VOLUME XXlil
WOODVILLE, (MISSISSIPPI,) SATU BD AY, JULY J 1, 184G.
NUMlIER:;3f)t!
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l V E T 11 Y .
Tho Columbian, a ' New York Magazine., has the
following Iranslalion from the Mexican pott ol' Vera
Crux The vcracs huve much poetical m'isis
'
, . -'RIO BRAVO."
' A MEXICAN LAMENT
. Rio Bravo! Rio Brnvui ' -
Saw men ever such a sihi? ''...,.
Since the field of Honcesvallcs . .1 i.
Scaled the fate of mauy knightl
Dark is Palo Alto's story.
Sad Resorca Falina's roDte,
On those fatal fields so gory, ,
Many gallant life went out.
There our heat and bravest lances '
Shivered 'gainst the Northern steel, ', '
Lett the valiant hearts that couched tliem,
, 'Neath tho Northern charger's heel.
Rio Bravo! Rio Bravo! - . .
Minstrel ne'er knew such a fight.
Since the field of Roncervulles
Sealed the fate or many a knight. 1
: Rio Bravo! fatal river, '-'.'' '
Saw ye not while red with gore, -Torrcjohn
all headless quiver,
A ghastly trunk upon thy shore? "
: Heard ye not tho wounded coursers
Shrieking on your trampled banks, . '
' As the Northern wing'd artillry
Thundered on our shattered rank?
There Arista, best and bravest,
There Raguena, tried and true, .
On the fatal field thou lavest,
, Nobly did all men could do
Vainly there those heroes rally,
Caelile on Montazuma's shore,
"Rio Bravo" "Roncesvalles,"
. Ye are names blent evermore.
Weepest thou lorn lady Inez,
For thy lover 'mid the slain,
Brave La Vega's trenchant falchion
i Cleft, his slayer' to the brain.
Brave La Vega, who all lonely, ' ,.'
By a host ol foes beset, .
Yielded up his saber only,
Whe.i his equal there he met.
r Other champions not less noted,
, ' Sleep beneath that sullen wave;
Rio Bravo thnn has filiate, I
An army to an ocean grave.
On they .came, those Northern horsemen
On like eagles towards the aun, , )
Followed then the Northern bayonet, . ,
And the field was lust and won.
0! for Orlando's horn to rally
His Paladins on that sad eh roe,
- "Rio Bravo" "Roncesvalles," ' .,
. i Y w names blent evermore. - -j
, .Firths. Kit ot4 War French Voujh
TtERS. The Philadelphia Sentinel elate thut
C. W. BerUatid,' Bonoftlie French General Ber
tiand wilh five otlier Frenrhmpn, hav voluntor
ed their services to (he United States Government
in the war sgunst Mexico and have been accep
ted. They pHsser through that city on tbeir
way to the seat bf 'Hr. .
Is them old follows alive now?" said an ur
chin to the teacher. What old pel sons do you
mean my dear?" -Wliy Paul and Luko and
Detileronomy, and (hem."
An advocate lately pained a suit for a very
plain young woman. When Bbe was told of her
success, she exclaimed, "I have nothing o repay
you with but my heart.'1 "I shall not take any
feos from you," answered the advocate, "you
may hand it over to my clerk." ' '
, The N. Y. Mirror recommends that in tead
ing (he tales of 'flying rumors,' thebe dropped
o
There is one mean rich man whom the Dfl.
guertenns have tried ihreo times to fret a likeness
of, but failed because he was too itingy to leave
bis shadow!
Now, my dear husband, why don't you call me
by such names as other men call their wives'!
Why, whut do other men call their wives, you
. foult
Why, they call 'my duck' and 'my dear and
ell such kind of words. .
( Ull, VMltll in n UlltHl
Why il'a a fowl, to be sure. .
Right, now what's a deeil ..
It's a beast, certainly. ,
. , V ell, I'll call you foul beast,'' now go about
your business.
. A Gem In an eccouut of a lost child in
Missouri, going the newsnnner rounds we find a
sentiment, that, for simple expression of that con
fiding reliance on the Divine care, which should
characterize a believer in a Providence, we have
never Boon surpassed. The little boy, narrating
(he incidents of his wanderings, when night came
on, says "It grew very dark, and I asked God
lo take care of little Johnny, and went to sleep."
"Pa," said one of those precocious geniuses
yestHrday, lor which the present age is so re
remarkable, '"pa," said he to bis admiring sire,
"ibe democrats must be very strong in New York,
aiu'l they?" "Why do you ask that, sonny," said
the affectionate father? "Because, saiif the ju
venile piodipv, "the papers say that the democrats
Scarry Naw'Yoik.''
. iSe falher insisted thsl Willinm shoold be
forthwith sent to school. iV. O. Ddla.
A man enteied a loom where two ladies were
sleeping, in Albany, and stole iheir jewels, which
eie valuable. An lnhnmn hearing of lh lar
ceny, gallantly remarked) "An sure, the ladies
wh were the most valuable jewels, he didn't touch
I all?" ;
A srhi'i lhoy calculates the value of (he world
at one dollar, because it contains four quarters.
THE F E .V C IDLES
Gov. Drown and the Fenciblea. Gov. Brown
comes down upon the Natchez Fencibles like a
thousand of brick, in the Fret Trader. We jud
from the tenor of the Governo.'s communication,
lhal he wants to ''fight a due." He's as spunky
as a mouse, lie make quite a plain showin g in
justification of his course, if what he says is true
but unlortunately we learn that no one believes
him. The "honor and dignity of the State of
Mississippi" must necessarily be high above par,
since its govorner is courting the "code of honor,1'
and insinuating that he would like to have "cof
fee and pistols fur two!" We give a portion of
the Governor's episile '.,', s .....
''The Natchez Fencibles, who, having less
cause of compluint, than any other company in
the State, have made more fuss." I state incoti
trovertnhle ficls. On the 2d d:iy of this monih,
I received the letter of Thomas W . Clay, Capt. N
Fencibles, dated at Natchez on the 1st, report
ing his company "full, rank und officert, accord
ing o (he requisition of the Secretary of War"
these were his words were (hey true? The
Lrequisitinn was for companies of 80 privates and
thirteen commissioned and non-commissioned of
ficers, 93 men in all.. ; ;
Aly proclamation required I he Captains to re
ceive no man who did not enter on a pledge of
honor to march. when ordered now, I ask, had
Mr. Clay a company of 93 men enrolled on. a
pledge of honor to inarch when ordered, at ' the
lime when h repotted! Had he a company at
all such as was required? He had not, and he
knew it, all Natchez knew it then, they know it
now.
1 could not know that this report was untrue;
it was presented to me on the morning of the 2d
of this month. I believed it to be true and I ac
cepted the company and iasned an order .(a Mr.
Clay lo march to Yicksburg without delay , This
order was delivered to him in Natchez on the
third. Mr. C. did not march his company be
cause at that time he had no company, lie diso
beyed his orders. ; Ife did not march for nearly
a week, and then went to Vickburg without a
company, recruited there from early in the morn
ing until 12 A. M. on ibe 9th and still had no
company, lie was then allowed to recruit in the
line, alter his men were drawn out Tor inspection.
His roll was called over two or thiee times and
still no company, such as was required by the
Secretary of War. The company procured its
acceptance by a fule report of the commander,
and I submit, whether it would not have been jus
lice to have rejected lAem after (his fact was made
known. At no stage of the proceedings were the
Fencibles ready fur inspection, In the first place
they set out with a false report, and in the next
place 'they ' disobeyed orders,' and in Ibe "third
place, they leave (he placeiof rendezvous and
come to Jackson, breathing denunciation against
me, held a meeting and applauded denunciatory
speeches made by men who came here with
(hem, behave in the most contemptible manner
Inwards me and have .the modesty , to complain
" , that I declined leaving my chamber at a late
i hour of the night lo come out and listen lo it.
1 his is the company thut complains ot me. I bis
is (he Natchez Fencibles, who, came to Jackson
nn a pilgumage of Valor (o insult (he Governor of
the State. . This the company, which, with, Utile
the than the name of the Natchez Fencibles,'
boas! of its antiquity, f See nofej
You now know (he cause which led to (he res
jection of the Natchez Foncibles. If Capt. Clay
stated in his report to the JNitchez meeting, oth
er than what is herej stated, be h is said what is
not true.
It is said that more rigid rules were observed
towards the Fencibles than towards any other
company, l r.e statement go tar as 1 am con
cerned (and so lar as I believe of Gen. Duffield)
IS unqualifiedly false. I solemnly declare, and
the public orders will show, (copies of them will
be published when called for) that an indulgence
was extended lo the Natchez fencibles taut was
not extended to any other company in (he State
As to burning or hanging me in effigy, I have
this to Bay, that after such a fete of valor, the
whole country will mourn th&t these brave follows
were not sent to Mexico, Brave, valiant, chiv
alrous men, lo perpetrate under cover of night
what no decent man dart avow in open day.
For my errors, if any errors have been com
mitted, I ask forgiveness of the country. From
thrs infnmity of my nature,! cluim no exemption.
I may have erred, and who has not? I know
that in all my efforts I have endevnred lo do
right, and if I have spoken warmly, it is because
I havo been calumniated, and. so help me God,
whilst I have a tongue to speak or an arm lo
strike, no nihn shall screen himself from scorn
and contempt by columniating me. .Very respect
fully, , . .
- Your obd't.' serv't.
- ' A. G. BROWN.
Our attention Iirs been called to the fuel, that
"marrying and giving in marriage" has become
unusually common of lute. The papers contain a
greuter number of marriage notices than usual,
and we have heard of several long engagements
lhat have been suddenly brought to that "conSu-
mation so devoutly to be wished for." We were
af a loss to account for this favorable tendency of
the matrimonial market, unlil we met the follow
ing quotation in a late number of the Savannah
Iiepublitan.
"When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall
not go out lo war, neither shall he be charged
with any business; but be shall be free at home
one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he
hath taken." Deuteronomy, xxxiv. v.
Thus we are enabled lo understand why it is
so niiiny young gentfemen are flying lo arm of
ihe fair. .They ' preter such engagements and
such arm to the arms of their country and en
garments with the Mexicans. Well. Daiby in
(he Poor Soldier is not alone in his opinion when
he snys: "
"Xhe best of all glory under the aun ,
' Is to eit by the fire 'till the tutors are done."
,! COLOXIZlTiQX. MEEJIXG.
Rev. Dr. Winans spoke next. He alluded to
thf report as containing an army of facts thut
ouhl to be spread before the people, aid observ
ed that no motive short of ah ardent love for Ihe
cuu.se of colonization could have induced hirn (o
leave ceatnio important eclesiasticul engagements
in the South falluding to the General Conference
of ihe Southern Methodist Church in which he
was engaged. He wished he could bring lo Ihe
defence of the cause greater ability, but lo his
servicos such as thoy were, the society had al
ways been and would nlways be heartily wel
come. ' ' ' ' ',"
In the advocaey of this cause ha was an ama
teur he entered upon it con amort, and was no
feed advocate but was prompted by an affection
for it, conceived at an early period of his life and
increased with oiaturer years. ' lie was born to
anti-slavery principles, nourished in them through
his childhood and youth and those principles hd
never fotsakerl him. They were now strong
within him and he expected to die an anti-slavery
man. (Applause.)
For many years after becoming acquainted
with slavery as ft mader of fact, or a combination
of facts, he was utterly hopeless wilh regard to
its eradication from the national system. The
subject seemed (o him enveloped in utter dark
ness; not a ray of light shone upon it, and for a
long lime, (hough he desired it most devoutly, he
saw not how; with safety lo Ihe country aod hap
piness to the slaVt, it could be done away; and
his cenviction was then, as now, deliberate and
fixed, that (here could be no period lo slavery
without Colonization the only alternative being
the sacrifice of the public safoty and the ruin of
the slave. (Applause.) ;'
Colonization dawned upon the darkness which
enveloped the subject and showed, tohis perfect
satisfaction, (he means by which the country
could be delivered from this incubus upon its
prosperity and the- blol upon its ecutoheonr-a
way consistent with the best interests of the na
tion nd the happiness of the party lo be benefit
ed by the emancipation. This point he did not
design to argue, but be would affirm that colon
ization was competent in due time to relieve the
United States from the evil ol slaver (Applause.)
and to put it among the things that ! ve been.
'lie advanced this position wilh perfect' confi
dence and he would further affirm that, coloniza-,
tion alone could effect this result a result desir
able perhaps evert more lo the whites than (o the
colored people themselves. But for the name of
liberty he spoke advisedly but for (he name of
liberty the slave of the United States was in the
enjoyment of as much happiness as those of Ihe
domestic classes the laboring classperhaps in
any community on the face of the earth. (Ap
plause wilh faint hisses, the latter being respon
ded lo by repeated rounds of appluuse.). .
The spake assured the audienc that trie Bpv
platise disturbed him more than the hissing.
(Laughter and renewed appluuse.) He had no
doubt of Ihe truth of the position be bad taken.
A statement of facts would bear him out fully. It
was of vast importance that slavery should be
banished from this land, aud he prayed most sin
cerely that the time might come when the foot
print of the slave should not be found on our soil.
If he could live lo see that day he should shout
most exultingly, albeit ha was no great shouler
although a Methodist, (Laughter.) .
There were, other consideiations which endoar
ed Ihe colonization enterprise - he speaker. He
was sure that the hearts of audience must
have bh'd at (he simple, (out , narrative of the
Capture of the Pons. They i.. t.iit talk as much
as they pleased against Ihe cursed, hateful, odious
slave trade might call it piracy and punish it
with death still it would go on with an increase
of its horrors. It could only be prevented and an
nihilated by colonization, Belt the coast of Af
rica with colonies and there would be no more
slave trade, and peihops il would not cease unlil
(hen. . But there was still another view of Ihia
auhiuct. possessinu. ereal inleiest. The Africans
have been considered as sitting in the greatest
moral daikness as more estranged from the
knowledge of God and ofsalvalion than any oth
er nulion on the eatih. To enlighten them we
have established missions, &e., at great expense
both ol life and money an expense greally dis
proportionate to ihe success. But this colony
will become a mission and the Colonization So
ciety one vast missionary enterprise a point
from which light shall radiate into (he (hick dark
oess tha( surrounds tho people. And now the
Gospel takes hold of the heart of the African,
brings him to the foot of the cross, clothed and in
his right mind, and saves him onto everlasting
liln.
The reverend ccnllemon then noticed some of
ihe objections made lo the colony of Liberia, as
that the climate was unhealthy. He contended
however, that it could ba proved by statistics that
the mortality was actually less than that of any
newly established colony. Mr. Seymour having
enme over to take his family there if they will go
aod to return without thein if they will not, was
s sufficient answer to a thousand objections.
The Speaker said he knew bu( one objecion and
(hat was thai (he prosperity of the colony and its
manifest capacity for becoming great aod prosper
ous would excite the cupidity of Great Britain.
He concludes an earnest and powerful address
by declaring lhat he believed he should. die an arl
vocale of this ei.terpiize, and that in heaven he
should rejoice 'that he baB done what he could fr
its promotion. ' '
Editorial BnMAnK.--,,How seldom it hap
pens," said one friend to another, that we, find ed
itors who are bred (o (he business" "Very" ie
plied (he olher',"and have you not remarked bow
seldom the business is tread to the editors-"
A witness, on being questioned as lohis know
ledge of the defendant in a certain case, senlen
linuly replied that he had "boarded wilh him, gol
drunk wilh him, 'and cowhidtd him"
' There are 1,555 newspapers in the U. States,
and but 1,801 in all Ihe world beside. The press
is the archiiuedeao leaver of knowledge.
CO.XGllESS. . ' .
Washington, June 25, lS4fj
Senate. 17r. lhight, on leave, introduced
a bill lo increase ihe pay of non-commissioned
officers and privates of militia and volunteers, al
so, to ullow the officers of the same a grant; of
land in certain case. Il was read twice and re
ferred lo ihe Committer on Military nfl'iirs. '
Mr. Pearce reported a bill providing for the
publication and distribution of extra copies of the
scientific woiks of the Exploring Expedition.
'.'The resolution, .of Mr. Ilanntgan, providing
for an adjournment of Congress on the 20th of
July, wai, luken up. Hut Mr. II. being absent, a
motion was made to postpone the subject itill
Monday. ' ' ' . "
Mr. Denton vehemently opposed it. on tho
ground ih.tt it was the duty of Congrtss firsj lo
provide lor the security ol our settlers beyond
the Rocky Mountains: ...... ,, ... i
Mi. Dreeze opposed the object on tho same
ground. In addition lo this, he was unwilling1 to
surrender the power gf adjournment In (he House,
Mr. Sevier also opposed it. He wanted two
weeks longer at least, for the maturing of impor
tant bills now awaiting action. ' It was rather sin
gular that those Senators' who now wanted to ad
journ so early, were the very men who refused to
meet early in the morning, and who refused, to
sit on Saturday. ' ' - j
Mr. Clayton moved lo amend by inserting "the
first Monday in August." . . . j
Mr. Fairfield said there has been plenty of
time. Had (here not been seven months of lime?
and ifSenatots had not made good use of (he
time, was that any reason why, Congress should
sil for months longer? He was in favor of inser
ting the i'27ih of July,"as he thought (hut would
afford ample (ime Tor every thing, provided that
Senators would but work, lie was in favor of
fixing a day, as experience had proved lhat when
a day was fixed, the business would adnpt itself
l it-
Mr, Lewis said he took it for granted (hat do
men who were in favor of a modification of ths
Tariff, would think of adjourning on Ihe 20th of
July, for he must know lhat there could not te
lime to consider such a bill.joaving alone other
important measures, I
After a very animated debate between Messrs.
Sevier, Webster, Benton, Dickerson and others,
(he question was tukeu on a motion by Mr. Ben
ton, to lay the whole subject oh the table. " I
The vote was yeas 26, nays 23. ' So the whole
matter was laid on the table. - ' I 1
A resolution providing for the daily meeting of
(he Senate hereafter at eleven o'clock, was'oilor
ed and laid over. i
The Senate then resumed the consideration of
the bill introduced yesterday by Mi. Benton, pro
viding for the organization of the volunteer for
ces,. brought into the service of Ihe United Stales,
into brigades! add division, and fiic'tfiu' aimUit-,
moot of the necessary number of general officers
to command ihe same. ...
Mr. Crittenden offered a long amendment to
the bill, relative (o the appointment of the officers
by the State. , ' 1 ' i
This was debated at great length, after which
it was rejected, as were also several other pro
posed amendments. '
When this was closed, the Senate was still ia
session; - ,
House of Representatives. After a call of
the House, the consideration) of the Tariff bil)
was resumed in committee of the whole.
Mr. Winthrop strenously advocated the pre
sent tariff.
Messrs. Broadhead and Ewing followed on
the same side.
Mr. Hubbaad, of Virginia, advocated the free
trade doctrine.
Most of the members having gone (o dinner, a
call of the House was ordered, but after a long
time spent in (he cuBtomary formalities, the pro
ceedings in (he call were dispensed with, and the
House adjourned. ' : - '" '' i
The fact is, those membirs who haye made
tariffspeeches do not care about remaining, and
those who do not intend to spsak, have no idea of
suffering martyrdom by such repeated inflics
lions. t . ' , i
The general impression nnw iR. that Congress
will not adjourn belure the middle of August.
Dalt- Sun.
HANNAH MOORE,.
AH EXIEACT. .
As T entered (be drawing room at Barley
Wood, and approached the vonerable lady, my
respect for her worth, and admiration of her tal
ent mingled in a toeling nearly approaching to
awe. I could almost hear ine Dealing oi my
heart. I did nu( then know the gentleness of
her's. She was over eighty years old, sealed in
an easy nrm chair, and clad in grey silk dross, hor
neck covered with a white muslin hanjkerchief,
at ranged with a simplicity becoming .6 her age.
Her beautiful silvery hair was parted on her brow;
and her expressive bu( truly feminine -features
were sliHdod by a simple and elegant cap. A
shawl was thrown over her siiouldets, and as she
rose to meet us, nothing could be more striking
than her whole appearance, nothing in betlur
Inste. There was no literary negligence, no stu
died plainness in her attire; but all was simple;
graceful and harmonious as her character, 6he
turned her lustrous dnik eyes upon us as we en
lereil; and as I attempted to kiss the hand she
extended (owards me, wilh that feeling of venera
tion which we oil experience while in tho pu s
ence of a superior mind, the withdrew il from
mine; and laying it upon my head, said, in a f i -vent
though gentle lone. "May the God of all
grace be your portion, my child t" I was dim p
ly touceed my eyes filled with involuntary leois.
She saw my emotion, and understood my silence
with that tlecliio sympathy r.bicb exi-ts in feel
ing hearts; then, immediately adJressieg the res!
of ihe party, she led ibe convention to tiidifler-
ent subjects. 1 never saw a more p..
ture of old age.. She looked like the venerable
parent of meekness and gcutlencss, and the win
ning tYlody of her voice, wilh the graceful ur
banity of her manner, were so -captivating, that
while ii hor society, respect and admiration soft
ened with love, and one almost forgot that in the
cause ol religion and virtue, she had unsparingly
attacked the follies und vices of the day.
In a letter lo her eioter, written in 1782, she
relates tho following incident;
; The other morning, the captain of ono of Com
modore Johnson's Dutch prtzos, breakfasted at
Sir Charles Middleion's, & related the following
an cdolc; One day he went out of his own ship
to dine on board of another; while ho was there,
a storm arose, which in a short lime inudo uq en
tire wreck of his own ship, to which it was impos
sible for hi in to .return.. He bad left on board
two little boys, one four and the other five years
old, under the care of poor black servant; tho
people struggled to get out of the sinking ship in
to a large boat, and Iho pour black cook touk his)
two boys, tied ibom into a bay, and putting in a
pot of sweetmeats for them, slung (horn across his) '
shoulder, and put them into.a bout. The boat by
this time was quite full; the black was stepping
into it himself, but was (oldby Ihe master (hot
there was ro room for him, (hot either he or (he
childi en must perish, for Ihe weight of both,
must sink the boat. The heroic negro did not
hesitate a moment, "very well," said he, ",lell my
master to forgive all my faults," and (hen plung
d (o (he bottom, never lo rise again (ill the "ea
shall give up her dead. 1 told Ihe story (be other
day (o Lord Monboddo, who fairly burst into
tears. The Queen wants me lo make an elegy
of it, but it is above poetry.
From tho N. O, Picayune. .
CVLIJVARY ART IN TEXAS PRAIRIES.'
The following graphic account of the straits to
wnich the Texan Hangers are sometimes reduced
for cooking materials, addresses itself ti ,Uhej
charity that belieyeth all Ihings" nevertheless
many things have had Uieii day as south, which
are not quite as credible as this. Theie is no com
pulsion intended upon the credit of anybody, tho'
the story, all must admit, is easier of deglutition
than the mea( was when roasted. . , V
Matamoras, June 3, 1S46.
Rare wags may be found among the Texas
vulunteers, yet (be funniest follows of all is a happy-go-lucky
chap named Bill Deari, one of Chev
alier'e spy company, and eaid to be one of the
best "seven up" players in air Texas. While at
Corpus Christi, a lot of us were silling out on the'
sloop of the Kinnoy House, eaily one morning,
when along came Bill Dean, lie did" not know
a single soul in the crowd, although he knew we'
were all bound for the Rio Grande; yel the fact
that the regular formalities of, an introduction had
not been gone through with, did not prevent his.
stopping short in his walk and, ' accosting , us,.--His
speech, or harangue, or what ever maybe
termedrwill lose much, in the lulling,, vet I will
endeavor lo put it upon paper in as good shape as
possible. "Oh yes," said he, with a "knowing
leer of the eye, "oh, yes; all goiu'down among tho
robbers on the Rio Grande, are you? Fine limes
you'll have over the left. I've been (here, myself;
and done what h good niHny of you won't do I
come back; but il I dtd'n( see nataral b 11; ia
August at that I am a teapot. Lived eight days
on one poor hawk and three blackberries
could'nl kill a prairiu rut on tho whole route (a
save us from starvation. The ninth day come,
and we struck a small streak , of good luck a
horse give out and broke down, plumb out in the
centre of an open prairie not a stick in sight big
enough to tickle a rattlesnake with, let alone kill
ing him. Juit had time to save the critter by
shootin' him, an that was all, for in three minutes)
longer he'd have died a nnteral death. Il didn't
lake us long to butcher him, nor long to cut off
some chunks of meat and stick em on our ram
rods, but the cookin' was another matior. I piled
up a heap of prairie grass, for il was high and
dry, aud sot it on fire; but it dished up like pow
der and wont out as quick. But "
S'But," put in one of his hearers, "but how did
you cookyoui horse meat aflet that? . . -; .
"How ;" ,, ' ' ,'
"Yes, how ?" ......
"Why, the fire caught llio high grass close by,
aud the wind carried the flames stieakin' across
the piairie, I followed up (he fire, holding my
chunk of meat direct ovei tho hottest part of Ihe
blaze, & the way we went it was a caution to any
thing Bhort of locomotive doins. Once in a white
a little flurry of wind would come along, and the
fiie would get a few yards the stnrt; bul I'd brush
upon her, lap her wilh my chunk, and then we'd
have it again nip and tuck. You never seed such
a light race il was beautiful." ,
'Very, we'vo no doubt," ejicula'ed one of the
listeners, interrupting the m id Vag just in season,
to give him a little breath; "but did yotl cook
your meat in the end?" .
"Not bad 1 didn't, I chased thut d ; d firo
a mile and a half, the alinighieat hardest race you
ever kcer'd tell on, and never gave it up until I
run h'r riht plumb into a wet marsh; there tho
fire and chunk of horse meat enme out even a
dead heat, especially the meat." '
But wasn't it cooked ?'' put in another of the
listeners.
"Cooked! no! just crusted over a little.
You diiii'i cook broken down horse flesh very ea
sily, but when it curies to chasing up a prai
rie fire with a chunk of it, I don't know which
is toughest, the meat or the jwb. You'd have
laughed lo split yourself (o have seen me in thut"
I ace to see the fiie leave me nt times, and then
to see me a brushiu'up on her again, huinpin' and
ri'ioviu1 mvself as tho' I was a ronnin' agin some
of those' big ten mile an hour Gildersleeves
in ihe old Status. Hot I'atn goin' over to Ja k
II iyne's to get a cocktail and some breakfast
I'll see you all down among the robbers on the
Rio Grande." .'.'.
And so saving Bill Dean stalked off. I saw
Ihe chap this morning in from of a Mexican on
da. liyiug to talk Spanish with a Greaser and en;
denvoiitig to convince him lhat he was a "d d
robber. biicu is one ol bill Wean stories
if I cm ' I only make il as eReclive on paper as
did he in ! it would draw a laugh from those
fund of tho ludic rous. G. W. K.