The Ranchero. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 19, 1860 Page: 1 of 4
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RANCHERO.
i«^ Main
■ ii|4«
VOL 1.
COlll’lS CIIUISTI, TEXAS, MAY I!), 181JO.
No.
THE RANCHEKO.
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i*r loua him iu-*-:ti<>u. ••«»* Jolla:’; f<»i va* Ii
aubsgsjuent iiiu’iiiiHi II fly irirt*. A It's rwi Ji-t-
tuu'il t<* ttn*»o wti<> loKt-rU-e hv tii* y,ar.
•#* Ugil »<lkw*i hi In-uti1 iu*Hiti«>ii. iu'i>t b«-
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4Mr M itI UK* IM'il US, Ii >t .x • UJ»y llig Built 111.til
t*u«' •<|<iufo, >in (1 *11 Ar.
A#* It ••iih*** i«n<l IVi«*<iiHMl turd*, u«*t «v
tc-Jiny •*!*«.• Minor*-, tou iioil.u • » our.
Tho Hanrtirm
hook i\h Joit rms riN*. orrit
« oki-i m «iir.i-ri. m
on tho o >rii«'r *»f Writer and 1-awr* u- *•
Htrwit* u|i stairv •
business (tartly.
I'harlM l.«* riiaklot*!,
ATTOKXBY ASPFoFNhKLOR AT LAW
a so
rtmi.it.
iitttn ml /.inil <inif Caihrfiiijf AU*nri
fork** iiiiti-n,
cor ntt op w* k«i run.
11y ILL utwnnb ltd codec! dmr u»i iu<-iM*y
If or Land . U»v- Jk'.*f** aii*I |M rfb<'t 1 it.■ » ;
nit** 11 to ttgg* rtMalwiinti |*ur li.i«*- or »**1* of
Land; j*r.*- oro imU-nU ; )Mt Tax-« t**r iioit rt*
i l-*nt - *• m-r-diy tuiMi Umj j»r"f* «*i***ugl •**!•
incii wtw«t*tl to Mir. in «ny |mm1 of W<Nt«*rB
Text* with iiunrt lat.ty an<t de«/.-*t. h.
\- -k>«rl**<| ••n*oit« tnlcn ; r*>nrr]Wi<'M, ni**rt
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•MMH. t t tlltr <i *|> f WitorwB, |ir>m;il| v
« t**i ito | unit r*luoi'J.
H •« e instantly f<*r «l* mxii** of tl*«* * U«i*
U id* in WiN»f * ’ I ■ \.i>. ai tii j*oi t*< t lit.*- ■* -
tln'jmd mil |Mantiunriif wutrr. sn-l in l*»< aid**
• >1 •( ixntitim U* «utt any |*ar< ha*wr.
Letter* nf in |mry always tmacml. u! ly
os "PEIMI « MS Iff Ml f VI L*l4ll Ew IPXOT.
Inn* xtylr, Mr, ( fh.it tiuru*-lea- gra* >•
Uwclt* Ill til* tig'ilT, t* l|ir fill I' ; *
I’rvsad* -*-, *h a u.-it, -tifltf*. earti Ihuugtit,
I In kiJI «*1 iiatnio i« \rr i»»u/(iit.
Notary ai r** «uiln| tit achieve
NN li.it li.ir*.*-, i* him u-.r tort** riui give.
Sink you | *i * *i I nji j ni{o whUL i !L».
I In oiivy <*f .II »n in. r *-- nil* ? ’ ,
i n* liv'ri* <| con* Iniwin €•* - k« in air •.
Iii*i ti<--« H**r I ok* Jitm oil till' (.air
• M i*»ui(*«-n 'I h**ri-* a. *• n> r**ii <* ri
tv it), ban* -•*• of liitrli fu n* I on-.
TV Ij hy. }MMt>-i| ii|. in n-ur.
In law*!ry l*ut 111 rlttr.rf $mr,
It Inin ill*- iiuif ImiI Inti* autit
Oil In'ttri tii.i*i a i-art n* mount.
Tlii* rn li |ir**i*i i* t**r !•*■ L out
To mark tin wotirUr **f **.i h lout,
ILll-o-» hlii i*|tir t » tlU ryr,
• iifl* hi** ill i»hi' |t*- i*| httfknl ilir,
VVtiiir- ih<* till* la pn-tli-x on Im I.. ,*>1
Pr.M-lai’u tii ir iwtural d**r *r»/ *
Who ant** li**t ill tin* *'iit|it) i t- tint-',
urt i-*|i'"»*il by alu-' »*rn n .i ,jt* ?
N-*r in * * li |*altry arfifl* *
M irk«tl»«* 1 in|a«*iiin*’ it *i* vi<-«- •
tin- • hallow pwiaxt t*> niakr p.i-»
For tin- pur* on- what n Mil l>m*><*'
J. V. w.
(a-ilvotiou lliun ltu: iirry slit-iia, willi llieir
! iiiinai of olaxtic <ilta*|, wiii* h I *lnvi*.
, Ifnviny fcW'itrh-tuini* in ia fhr c.h* *1 tliinp
t Kitin' world, utlrn i/ol( dig Uit'l toll. I
a tartubrr of tja<• •• I'aiuJ* in t’lui*. atui
rnkoiM-.l .i crack liutni. of cour*ut. I exult
. * *i in my nk ill now, ua 1 bon* my reny coin
|tan■ on tlmmcli tire air, itiwl tiiu wliip went
"crack, crudk ! like k douiilc liurrcl point;
ofl, .inii tint a'V* * t I*i*|U aun^ and ciiiim *1.
"till! a avert cell* mu of lar (ImLiiit W<a|ding-
boHy!" *1 tli.- iirM -nad tin* ori^paitow wax
>|»lif mid akattcrod iolo d .iiuotul> uinl r tin*
piindinp ol tilt* hooUiiiRtliU uttiitiou of
tii*? "ruMterr and with an exhilaration I
Could not repr*•****. | gave a vigoroiH "hur-
•ah !” which Convi*ye»i tlaclf to i/*tu. wrap
|ail up in niHottciii.il Im ir-ttkiim, a<id warm ux
a loA't. A awroet, girlish laugh cchoc-i tny
exulting aliout.
1 Y**u appeur to enjoy thia, Mr. Harding1
>lie »anl.
"If I don't
•**| up tin* !iiutu>*.
dca*!lv horror might Mat). I never ex|*e
re ined the atmcll Ik /ire or aiucc; and I
have, in my hunting Aourftiotw, face*! niv •
danger ui.*l played out tl.e game manfully. 1
To have krai the way wax tcrriiile •*n<»ugh ;
but ’la- Wolvm ! and l.-itn ! An instant
I Witt numb ami
It w’as trwv tMhrver. The aev*.rVty of
the weather, tin* migration or •careeity of
tii .......a' - id, wfn tii M. • »**.• ■ .in ci • •*
Deri IhTwmi JuekMtu uuit
Dlchiiikoit.
Itirkinaou’e accoud won the choiae ol
position, and •!.»* ks<*n * th-- oflicc ol g'vmg
• be word. The astute Overt**u e'iiitu red
this giving of th • w**r-l a mutter of j»r*-at
iia|xirtanod^ ami he hud already, <l*'t* rnim*
111 how ll«! would give It, It till* lot tell to
him The eight |mi w. re in* i -
Sn vis Per M MKii AqaiK'I ! A then
logian ol i'amhridge I nivernity (England)
lias pukl di *1 •< M-ruuMi in which be d**elari*a
• i *\iug t*» l> "a hit- irane** to the spread of
U»i t* *'|* ; ||i; a\ -i ; •• V\ lulc the bcllit
of our ckuti li* sure |K*almg th'iir w- lcotr»«-
t<» th- hoi*' of prayer, while thouxand** of
. . • , i i , . -
Nd ling th-ir is.*y t«> the «au t mrv, |o!
in every ity
1 low I Told My Lute.
O1
Trill A. Hlmhrr.
<;esg«ai. Land v.knt ash sitivevor
AMO
/r,*fri**f Auerry®. u/ I dMitm /anf iHtlnrt.
11'If I, lUrml l*< lh<* ri umiai *, sum ylug,
* r » i .• i. i ■. -
4 . I ■ • ’• ru i v . Having MX) |
year* * x/.«-« irn* •• as a pmcti* ai uurveyor .u «ai*l
rv/i*>n -*f *-<M»airy. hi* |» n«,*nal ko<>a i*-Jg** *»f llgr**r |
l.i.ui< mi ia**t hr »<ir|«*rd
II, th*! glori«-a of a alcigh ri Ic in the
xparkling, hracing uir of a t'anadiun
winter ! I he xky ci*ar and exhdaratiug
kneniy irright, hut with diflereiit «b*gr»v of
lucidity from that of a bright aumnMtr'a
day. )tr<*a*l. eipamliog plamx — the city
roved.ug behiial us. as the h-*r-<*s, lenpiug
onward to tlie inn- c of lie* clniiiing laelk.
mud*' lor the broad, boiindl**** country.—
|Th« Hr fmeats up* claa^x-d in a xbadowy,
i ghostly sfuini** r. Fur uway on »>or r:ghi
*p' thnac p.itlih nk fun*ml grovg** where the ,
Wolvea aggregate m hutulr* *U To tie- left
lint a ridge ol hills sup'ug down tu the
river, which is locked up in the iron man-
acles of the Winter King Ahead, and
right before n«. whither we are bound, over
wuxle. isii'l plum cluaring—|i**s a autiglv
alieiterrd villag**, the* head <|uuten of the
"lumberer" un«l the t*. »j<igrr. Our desiiug-
tiou is ii*»t (piite no far.
This said d *atination is a broadly-spread,
low-lying funnstewd, with Hu almost numls-i
less out bouses, consisting of cattle alt«*d'
t > ’ ■ •iu’ii »nic.it<- with him.
All-In*-.-, i-Hit* r at
i *r)*ii* • hri<4i, Xareas f'lHinly
It-"wti'Vill*- l 'anirr**-» t'*m«itv
Jur-
..ly w
Is \.«F
nl ly
|*rr*Mi« <h*«inng to inv«***t in lan*ls are *>.1k .t*-*l and dairies, com stores, riMiflngs for winter
f**dd« r, woo*! stacks, and other I'ouroniitan'.s
'Urround't.g the dwelling, all |iuliM»dcd by
zig Mg fences, as ao many outworks to
protect the comfortaide ctta«k*l. Within
it. warm tires blase and s|uirkie from th*
hug** nnd lalorous loga crackling on the
hr*1*1. bountemM hearth. In the great
CSMMMNI ehuiiiis-r. raftered and pictnn-a-
ipted as an <mti«|ue gothic hall, are warm
hearts and flashing eyca. Uear«h*«l men
| wont a a. o*no*. kartv.
Ware A O'llsi ksgly,
ATToKNCtH A tOtA^KlAllth AT LAW.
iimtial Im urt 4- ( V/ii’.'i-i/ .tgrnt»,
•■♦gnei's ctiaiari, m k.< i m nx nn mu.
I \KKl*s, W,||.. N..rtgsg»*« an«l other m**tni . ■ - .
I t ii*--nl* nf wniiug. ao-jtig 4is(U«i, with pr-siipt and fair women an* tberu— laughing maid
u«a« su*l Itofalrh nl ly etts nnd slrn|mtng young hunters, w ho had
just ahaketi tha snow off their furs, at the
portal*. iMmitf the stern, yet musioal
baritone of thesiugiag wind, ns it g***-s by.
stingiug eheeks, biting no ms into purple,
slid making the blood tingle, shout* o.
mirth au*l laughter ri**.* a*j**ve the Ih>i«mI
blasts ; and our luapil g sleigh, gliding -
W sllrt W« ri »i****m,
A T TO It X K V A 1 L A W ,
AStt
comuinmonks or DKKCta, roii tiik states 0
\nr I'm! A/ihuuii A /aHiiagwuw
ortJi coan*a s'MKisn, rax as.
■.ggiot Agenty#
COUITS ( HUISTI Tf XAS.
AMH> M M \NNIN'. at. t. I. .-t 'went
.ilir ve-*r*« Mjrrti-n*-*- in !**• |*r*-l»-*»i-.n. stleu*
l*» the I,•«- (ting of Laud • rriilt'gl***, an.I arts a* I "who occupy this sh'igh? ’ I husteli to
I'ho-lius and Apollo nuver ilmve their like
down the iku|n of tM*aven. I ho wily Ith-
ican never ••lai'- d*' such cattle wheu he
cleared the »t.gii|e» of Itlic«us of hi* hor*-
' "i lick ctaek!' ut*t| the liorsc* neigh und
t****- tln'ir arching neck*, uial the Igeils ure
chiming nnd link;iug, aud the mud exulting
rudi upl.lt- one like wine.
I rcm.uk. to 111}self, (hut the sky has
<1- e|.«.**d into an inte*i**e, still durkenir/
iiiue <lurkeuing with u stranga, unearthly,
louebrious iiikiiiua.*, lK*tokeniug u coming
snow-storm. No matter—"Windy gup" is
light ah*ad, anil the weleome lights will
hiuse out of the cosemeuts soon, (or ike
ulieru<M»u is wearing.
On we go—but I d«> not s *e them ywt;
And yet- - hut n<> it’s uiMfeht !”
"An* you worm- t|uit^Muig- dear Ia>-
ta ?" sa*d I. half turning t*r 1-»--k at th*'
rosy, eaqu*sit* fact |>* ping forth w.th .'<i
inia«‘1i fugit vec.Kpictiy from itstnctidiemeu!
of white cosy furs.
"Oh, an comforts hie !” she arj*w**riHl. with
a ■catling movement. Slid h smile which
nude my- heart leap joyously upward.
Hut my attention was.culled away to the
f cn-eping. crepuscular inkiness of the *ky.
It was light, yet not daylight, but blue
light— t«» coin a »*tr*E, thut wintry hue of
livid darkening gteelalways the precursor to
a fi reg* change in th** weather. This only
mad* the l*>ng level plains of snow gleam
with a lu-tie the luort dazzling und iuteiua*
I remarked this, but witli u BtoOSMltarily
divideil and wavering sense.
I I hu*i never (faiiiilmr as we had grown,
and I was "honest a* the skin between your
brows," ax she wu», iu fact)- I never laid
i ”*l«}ar I/»ta'' before, and the words were yet
in min' ear* like a sweet old burthen. 1
loved h* r with all my heart and soul, hut I
had never told it 1 yearned to tell her so
now ; hut 1 thought it
up to the mark of my
what seemed an unfair advantage of the
protection I wan supn -« I t*» e.xten*l over
her. I magnanimously r <*1 v*-*I to wait
choking <|owti the wi*rds Imt n*»t f**r l**ng
Meantim*’, " crick crack !' went the
long whip an*l still "eling clan;'” went
th* chiming belli*, and th*- h**r *> held on
— - ------- _ - — — ------- , r> My 'r * u .* ivirig -Ii ip Htunds
lures preyeif, had mads their hunger a ru- ami the nun placed. Hoth were |a»rlcet ly <>[»* n, ,o *1 tl r nk tl A /!„'•-.) | , ,r v**ii jm**i
— want \ hatn.iti face *Mi(M-d an 1 lath-
••re*l to t lie eyes, with on other immortal lm-
ing standing at li i-l ,u,* h in*l gru-pitig
his v ietnii x iiok' anil In* other ilcfving tho
comiuaiidun lit *.l ii.**i with thc up.iftcl
i*ti*e|. V\ ho can doubt tha*. a wilful trans*
gt s.-tieii of the fourth cotiiinun-lincnt is in
prois'ss, and that the histinui art itself is
called into exercise on the h<>!y<lu> ? For,
look, the *‘Vnlciice is )»**f**i•• you. The op
eration la-gins ; th<- razor is np|-'ie*l Hit
by bit the latltcr disa/ip«;ars , an-1 after -un-
dry winces and wry fae-•*, and twistings
lii ha >• '*i adrii" i lit- ' - i-l* « ■ ; t • •>•; I •
bly at first, they ipod off now like arrows than Overton, with a sud*h n shout, cried, un* c r- * -n* ! i*l <1 I he lip n-.-f e'ii:i am
i*I’d of naturesV edifying gari#; un*l
ging. dev«inring madness. 'I’hey w<-n- eu-
croHchiug on civili/.-d territory, un*l losing
th ir usual eharactarixtics uii*i craven cow-
ardice were appr- ai'l-iog the Imitation*
of men liau'.ting vifN^e uml svllleuieot.
U -m* t*> thosu in th* ir path. As the infernal
howl rohc Img.Tiuglv again, the h<*r-*os dart-
ih! away with a shrill lieigh of fear, and I
guided them Uwmning to raoover my-ell
in an oppu.-ifo direction, while, "Terror,’’I
my noble hound, xtiMxl up with every fang ,
la*. i‘i •# I ftllsl liisir cm .1 iVisiffiigfr lm< ,
Collect**i| All th* jmlilciM SS of su 'i »-*
rirnd was strictly and elegantly j* rforiiad.
•lack-on wui* dtessed ill a loose fr*ick e**at,
uimI oooccsliug lu *oin- * *1 rr-e the ext rente
slcmleriiC'i* of h»s li.-ure, and the still in
tensity o| his *1*mean--r. it is i-uid. gave
liini a most nufw t i«>r iiii*1 oommamling air,
as he Htd'sl under the tali poplui.t Oil thu
brt. ht May morning, silently awaiting the
moment of do-uo
Ar" you ready?" i»ui*l Ovcrtoo.
Frick crack!” li.l- : hure*l, and every huir mend, waiting for j "I uni ready." repli***| |ii**km»on.
W but a pair of iM-aiitiis! • llu* enemy h** bad already scented. | ‘‘1 am ready," «.*t -fa : m.
from the bow ; for the madness of fear ad
d* d w ings to tln*ir xja i-d. ua that of hunger
did to our panting pur»tiers. I was grow-
ing cold ; l.r»ta was pale, but cairn. I felt
pnTud of h**r, thouglit it wus certain that
if we escapuil n*it speedily, the brutes would
run us down, and then, liorror of horror!
what a fate f«*r her ’
I ha I two rith-w u revolver, nmninnition,
u spear, and w mn| hutch t ip tho "sl.-igh. ’
I convcycsl my intention to Lota. "Can
you load th****.* weupous with ih'MJ-.* curt-
ridges?” ! asked.
" Vex,” wup the answer; an»l -h'* lou*l I
u f uller" sin) a "Manttin” with true bunt*
cr'x skill. I t*»ok one rill*' looke»I liack
the puck was increasing, I flr*-.l und Izd i
loiwh d ; and on** after auwthct fell, t<> Im*
devoured by th "ir rnveiious comrud-a, und
still the horses sped <*n.
The accursed things w**re, for all this,
gaining ground. houhtx, fears h'>|M*s.
trembling, were at my Icurt a- 1 turn* I t*»
the t girl wh"-** life or (h ath were uil
in all to me. and said :
"Lila ! if we die together, irvemher iimt
I y**»i n*>a« hot i/*<*i ' 1 t*-II you now,
if I may never aguin.,r
"Kill me first." she whisjiercd "I hear
voiir wonls; I e* li<i them. N ou have my
heart. Kicliaid——
iis-ug his old-country pronunciation, "Fere*
Ibckin.'on rai-a-d his pi~t*»| ipiiekly uud
fired Overtoil who wu, looking writn anx-
iety’ and dr-tt-d at da - -will, -a-v a pud ol
*liist fly from the breast of his coat, and
siiw him rai-e Ins li-lt arm. atnl pluce it
tightly across his chesf. "lie M siir.-ly
hit.’’ thought Overton, and m a bud pl.ie**,
too; imt no; he does not lull. Ere* t and
grim as fate he stood. Ins t**elh clenched,
raising his pi-tol. Overtoil gla;i<s*»| at
Ibckmson. Anm/cd ut the uuwi*iile<l fail-
ure nf his aim, arid appalled at the awful
figure ami face b Tore him. lliokiusou iiu*i
uueoi -eioasly reeoiled >t pure *»r tw *.
“tireat <• rl !" h*i fullered, "have I miss-
e«l him ?”
"Hack to the m.viik. sir!” shrieked Over-
toil, with his hand upon liL pistol.
dr
the li . mted tbj • t takes Ins p't -.* * - t
u.m, ular-! f-u* church now —in civiliaed so-
ciety. II** is a * i intr. ts th** *#*niinatu
will talk,) if i.-it a h- Her man. Hut why
cb'uner ? J »-eju u lash ion. dating from
a liecntlonx jh ri'sl. Im uttnehed a falso
i'l* .i "f nte !*■ 11iit. ss I.,, p ur upon tlm
mouth und ohu. A.el t*i gratify taix false
tout*', this urbitrnry whim, n ir of valua-
ble time must be w i*u -|, at >1 th«* blr -s j
^abtMitli <1* serrated.
The Jt u-.k Am nos \ M vx/i hudr
A !*udiiig citizen w*A.s i ecnljy invites] to a
parlor niti'qucrade. I! r-s*»lv.si togo, ainl
t*» make his ilis^nisr imp ne'r.viile he cut
to Ledum1 itia for a convict s full suit. It
arrived in due time acd about !) o'clock ou
Ib -kinsou reeuvertai his coinposur*-, atr|»* , th*' evening *.f th*' ma , t* «i«-tlie Jndgu
ping forward to tho ;M*g, and stood vvilh eyes
avert*'*! from Ins antagonist. All this wa*»
the work of u moment, though ii ret) lires
many words to tell a.
(general Jack-on ttxik delib*'rate aim.
and (mile*! the trigger. Tho pistol neither
snapped nor went -*fl. II lo* k* 1 at th**
trigger, and diacover'-d it had st*>p{H**| at
hall cock, lie drew it back to its place,
uud took aim a second titm. He tir*s|.
Hickinsoii's face blanched; he reeled; his
"(Mi, Lota! lest belove*!! what a mo- • fri» nd* rushed to Waids hiiu. caught Inin in
merit t*i roiifcss: and I know nut if I led
puin or ghelncss most.”
’There nr*- now no xe*Ti is Udwixm u“."
sai*l l4*»la. smiling ; this rifle ; giv*
me —the pistol ; one kiss soh ! they come.
Save me from them at any cost.”
1 th*night my* *-urs would have split at
Ih*-ir veils, for they were now u|M*n us,
.. i. opening out t** surround ih ; and though
scarcely fair -iH»t th** horrs he'd bravely on, I drrwled every
aiauh'MMl to lake instant, tha' sheer terror would paralyse
th*’in If i- scarcely possible to conceive
tho unutterable horror that wus circling us
both ; y »uug lovers w ith fx-ating hearts,
forever, from tlmt hour, interchanged with
each otli* r.
their arms, und gently seated hnn ou tiie
ground, leaning agaiusta bud. 11 is trow-
m i . redd* n* -I. I hey stripped * fl' hi* cloth*
I nc blood wus gu-lnug from Ills Mile ill a
torrent. And. a!as! here is the ball, not
near the wouml, but above the opposite
hip. just under the skin. The ball hud
posaed thrmuh the b*»*ly, below the riba.
Such u wound could not but lx* fa'al.
Overton went forward uud loarned the
condition of the w*»un*l* *l man. lU-joiniiMg
his principal, he said, "lie won't want any-
thing more of you. (general,” und conduct-
ed him from the ground. They had gone a
hundred yards. Overtoil walking on one
side of Jackson, tin* nurgeou on the oilier,
Hying along, rather—to tfie music of the
soft mucicaJ bells, ia fast, tail appioachi.ig with uuabat* J uaca and splendid vigor, Imt
its terminus.
"In tne mean
tinn*," a*ks the reader,
(tf-nengl l.a'id tK*’Sl !<.»» Wi-sicrii b ve.
Aililta m alwn, _al- ly.
J » '-I Ki - i v M M. Ksssav
N.KgXXCt A KKXXKY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
I*’tf OOI.I AD. TRX AR.
answer.
Fint, there
was your h.o-.ble a<>rvaut,
J(
the uurrator, I>ick llaniii.g, uy name, bat
rsron i ka anwitt i. im im*.
f.K % * MNIAff,
ATTOH \CYH AT LAW.
f S' n* iif i it |*itt* ti-« xlw-n- txi-in« *s way calt-
u'Hft r ha*l "\\ indy gap g*»ne I * • all ihi*
tine*? for tunc w.ix up, ati*l wc sh m!d be
there by this.
•fio'**ln< s.s," excl. iin 'd I.ota, all at onee,
"how strange the *kv l«s*ks ; w*- slmil have
more snow a heavy full, loo.”
"I fear an, I replied, • but n’wtpuiie,
we'.'! > sin be ort of it."
"We urc very long. I fancy," she eon tin
ued, nffertivcly. "you have driven thci*-
Athlie." st (• <»li4*l. Tum.
lMf
isinv* linns*i*»ii or au ,
M eam.ii. mi aa lo defy I
v |M*r«**n wi*liitu| |suu( '
rtvlnir hnn .» call, aa hU j
('**i|ci« i tiri-tl, CK*t. Jt. lsA*.
Neal Marker.
JOHN WAItltEN, re«)M-* tfullv In
IF fillin' Hi* )•• Mi**. Itist he k**i |»
i'*Mi«ta»ili> -at It.lint at In** »liilI i*n Mui
krl s»*|i»4»i*■. s lull Mipply of the t«*st
<|ualily of KRRKH MEATS, f*»r nab* rhsmp.
lo his j-stt->ii» he wisibl say. tint f«»r his beevra
lie lias t, |.»y i igsh . an*l t«» keep the ngntto, •’Olli-
er" me so. I }*a> them," pood, ha torsaniM-lleq
Ml If
t * have lire i-seli l**r tits inaals.
Mta-elwriclil Bkaw.
A LKXANPKH KI.MillnRJI. Wrui wbiont^
il Sh*»p <*n Me»<4ult straat, npptwllc K. Holbein's,
C'-rtais rhrtsti. Tvxa».
Mill tusiitifsi-iara <*r repair, lo girder, JVaaon*.
Carriages. M heePswnws, and all ether Iliads **l
a**tk |.*-italunig I** hts timle.
Hi* Miilcit* iiatniiMge. as he Is determined to
exe*MHe nil huairte*. In his line with neetneMi aad
|-nitnptitii<le. firms cash. Ih-ly
_ t'eaper Ikap,
|)ATUI(’K OTniNIHSIII'K iraiw tfiilly Infonns
I the i'ltixen-4 „f < I.rpus Cliristi that he has
opened a CiNti'KK flltOP na Tt<rar street, next
to lilt* I '<rtJ! ititHlat*
Cisterns. Beef Ham-1-*, lialf d«*.t (*hun*s. Rutter
Firkins, laird Kegs, Water Ca«ks. Keehm,. Wash
Tuts*. M’ell Ihu’keU. etr.. made and repaired ; and
every tuwnch of Cisiiieniiia well and |»raiiptly
executed. Prices modemte. jatil
Watchmaker.
P Plffl.lVK la forms the nutdtr that
In he his periaauautly astalAkhed him
"ell in CorpusChrtstf. and keeps ronstaat-
lv on hand, and f**r sale aa asaortawut
Jewelry Watdiea Ar.
CI«n hs. Wat*-H<*e. Jewelry, repaired to order, A
•vary kind of fine me* hanteal work executed **n
short ii**tn-e. Kh**p coraer *4 < haparml and Law
mire streets at the sign of the Mg watch.
Corpus fhrtstI Od. 77,1U». il-ly.
ini#M* <1 litin ! I'll* in u momeiit hit hug**
bulk came tverunibling over th** back ; Ins
T , J'a’-V- were on III*- : Ins fiery breath cm mv
a lew nidi tbs back from th* Unka ol the j I bar a*. I np!iud, but n'impoile, cbe**k«, and I exfvcUxl. us* l murmured a
Ism, vv iiu the ‘ bar in |»rott|*ect. 1 add a wc .’! mnni be out of it. alt*>rt pray r. to fed the fangs of the ab-
le* of tny |x*rs«>ua! items. Kaiher good-' " We urc wry long. I fa'icy," she eontin- 1 horrent tirut-* in mv Ih'h. A fl i*»h ! a
looking; a lair shot: can hit with wonder m’d. w4ectiv**|y. "you have driven then* crash! a gush of blixnl, ami the creature
lul vigor straight out from the akoulder ; quicker than tins lx t *rc. Oh. Heaven!” tn-bled backward, shot through th* nock
aiu five tuet tea aud —growiug ; can play ihe cried, with the * nl*l iiim* vof rcvilatioii. to the spine hv tny brow Lota ' Then 1
the fiddle, a game of pool, aud have the "can we have /ml the tmtk r plied hatchet,* ami split skull after skull,
temper ol an angel. 1 have lawn one «*f a The blank question harp*sl with n borri while the sleigh tore on tint 1 wan giving
.. ■ p“rl> uf (jdveiiturousspoftaonm, "going m" bio ur on my m *-*t vivid m rwt N*-w or a|j and turning round **h. Il**uv-
PtttsUna, * 'if worthy of Alexander, atnl. m-ver wan the time to be quite c*«h*I. | en ’ to s^re mv darling a in *rc hideoua
of (Ml. Udilc. *|war« and *fhootiug. "No, I thi^k not," I replied, with anaa«- fate, when nhots and thoaU rang around.
MIC no incoiisidonibh* execution cd cardt-sm*ss . -we shall com** to our land- „„,j troopa ».l dogs and hunters earn * -wili-
eniaetis of Urn Canadian woods marks presently.” } ly to oar aid, and iukI we were mwI '
r Z**.' N-w L | Uvlr^:,,h,, ,,,,,, IV*. Ob. . M.r '.f r?,;
Inutc to aid us. We were sav*.*l; and ns 1
i»*>re her fainting f<*rm into the hospitable
hall, and clu-iw'd her leme rlv to mv n*a*im,
».y .. >*»" *.*■ how sincere wan the gra'i-
caw*. I l(x>ked round the hortton. Iiut Is*- ; , . ; .. ^
... f ■ n » » tune I brent In-d tn silence to Heaven,
held no friendly sign ; but it was only a
eirele gathering closer, and growing darker
the while.
Suddenly, my brave deer hound lifted up
his head, and uttered a low growl. The hones
gave a startled swerve just us suddenly A
strange, lugubrious, Imt appigliing sound
came all at once from windward, wailing
like a death-rrv - a prolonged, awful, groan-
W • cx of lam *1,1 »“»(*«■ speak i« ’ - *
hoarse, d * p. growls, they had .-eased to Imt *v,’“ 1r' ™t t, ‘lt 000 ,jI ,,ttckf,w‘'‘
and howl tli.’i were cloning in upon u-*. I w< r' *u ‘ 11' *'•
remark' lone huge m *n-tcr in advance of "Mv (i*xl! Ucneral Jackson, urc you
th«* r*-'t ; In- aiiject evi«| ally tx-ing lo leap hit? he **\claiiu **1, p* utiug t** the blood,
i into th*' in !i ir"in t» hind I fired. unJ 1 ••( Ih I lieliove," rg*|»li***| -Ijik-'oii, "that
Il'itt-H-, Mail anH Og •.•mr.tfal
'I' M I.AWHAKCK. paints iniiutbm
I • ki'i*!* of M t.oit an I
*1. U-. I inn In t!i*- rv*‘. Amv
:53sjSkti? ‘J: i »■.?**<•.-* ^ *-»-■
Hr -sii ala ay • Is- found at hU sb<*|* <>ii Renquitg*
itiH-l alsivi- the Mark* !.
he has pickl'd m*‘ n little. Is»i » look at it.
Hut say nothing ab"Ut it theirpointing
to (Ik house
He opg'i'isl his ciat. Hurkinson's nim
I'A'I been |icrfect. Me lm*l s. nt tho bull
precis- ly where he suppo-*"*! Jaaksoti's heart
wan beating. Hut the thinuem of his body
nnd flu* looseae.-ss of his mat combining to
deceive Hickinaoii, th * (mil lug* 1 only Itrokeu
u rib or two, and rnkid the breast-bone It
w... •» i-mewlii! painful, bud liw.,.ing wilt" ! -Ii.i-I";
but neither severe nor dangerous, ami be I t|lc. n.j,jx
put it on, eo-.*r**l himself with u light
cloak ami saiii -I fordi. A violent wind
prevail**! und one <*f i!;*- gusts took the
Judge s clonk *>n uud -' if i* whirling into
tin uir. JL -prang to recover it, unJ at
the **1(10*! tin.** a wut<*liinan '•prang f«-r him
The Judge got his cloak, however, before
the watchman g *t him, uud started on a
fast run, hotly pursued by the watchman.
Tine Judge *«w it ail. The watchman mi-
took him for a regular escaped convict. If
Caught it would tu* mi unpleasant pickle.
The watchman saw it all, t*»o. Here whs
u chance to d.-tinguish hi in.- If and per-
haps mak- something by it. The rnoe la*
came exciting. Fortunately for the -fudge
it happened on u buck street, rfi*' ruce
continued. Tfie watchman was reinforc I
by another watchman un*l both pursued tlm
•fudge ut a furious pace I'll** .fudge finally
"gin coat." and ftiadc the watchman, after
ei'nsi«lerable trouble, iinihrstun*! wh-. b**
wa- and what Im was about. II*; wxs then
tuflercJ lo proceed on Ins way. Ho 1nJ«l
In- wif \ who mui -be would never say any
thing ut*ml it. und that i- how it got out
—Plain Ik tier.
...... —■ ■*.<#»».-- - —-
A Fi khi* u Ank* dotk.—The K* v I»i
I* of Hrookliuc beh>nge<l to the old
■cbool diving's, un*l while attending to ),,s
Ustiul ."aId-ath ministrations munaged to
di-«-)ver who of hi" congregation wire ah
sent, Ins tir-t duty oo Monduy morning b**
mg to cull i-n th* absent*s-s. nn*l to find out
why they were not ut church.
Aiming tlm- • wh>-»*' plu-'*'" wen* ofn u
vacant, wa- n man win* eared l*ut little f-r
tho sanctity of the holy day, or the reproof
of the lunn-ter.
Ou taking his Mon*lay morn’.i g r-'Ui d*
Hr. p Mr. (
w ill rail him. haul the g"ixl man,
* \VI»y were you not ut church venter
•lay ? ”
ll.nl other ba-iness t*» attend to, was
nl ly.
IXnne*. therefore—for nestling
wrappitl up in rugs and warm
d'Arville-- a bright eyod. rosy-
diaii. u- lovely a girl woman ol
of man ever rested compla-
. The Canadian mother and
*r were expruaaed in her nann*. j
lambent eyi*N had exerciaed
' upon me ere this; and the,
of u voice unequalled for its
reel ness, completed the young 1
■ph. This, by the way ; for 1
angiil no coofldence as yet on
we are lost
A cold chill seized me as I tacitly nd
mittfit that she was in the right. I eonl-l
not aecount for my error it such was the
It was the prehulc to a wedding, which
occurred simui afterwards ; and you may lx;
wus able to tide to the tuvern w ithout imtrli
iiicoiiTeuiencc. Fpm approaching th--
It-.ii-s*-, he went up to ofle of the mgro wo
men who wav churning, and u-ked her if
the butter had com*'. .She »uid it was just
a coining. He u-k**d for some butter milk.
While she was gutting it for him, xhe ob-
served him fngitively open hi* eottl und
look within it. Hho saw that Ins shirt wus
soaked With blood, and -he st*«*<l gazing ill
blank horror nt the sight, d.pjx r in band
He *augiit her eye. ami haxtily buttomsl
his coat again. >he dip|x*d out a <|iiart
meoxure lull of i»»»tt»*r milk, nnd gave it to
sure I never forgot my fight with the | him. lie drunk it off at a draught; then
wolves, how pluckily my noble Lota backed
me, or the somew hnt original but apropos
mode in which "I Told my l40ve."
y near my heart. I iug discordance—over the white gleaming
bound to a merry sleighing ' snow ; and then it died away
Mr. F," *aid th** eWgyinnn sol.-mnly,
"there w ill lx- m* preaching in hell.”
* --Well, it won t be for the want of min-
isters,” was the quick rejoinder.
This was a bard rut. ami the good old
doctor shook his head, and went on his
way. ruminating, doubtless, upon tho d-’c
tfirr of total depravity.
— —- - *e» - -— —
Dn riovAHV—We find the following de-
finition <*f words uot found iu Webster's
IHclionsry ;
llar<! Tina's— Hitting on a cold grindstone
ami reading the President's Mes-ugv.
Love— A little word wilhiu itseif, mime-
diatoly connect«*d with shovel nml tongs.
Progress of Time - A peddler going
to Hr. Fallot, to inquire respecting ill- c«*n- through tho country with wmwlen *,leek‘
dition nt Hiekinsou, and to Huy thut the j Poetry A Ixtttle of ink sprinkled over
surgeon attending himself would be glad a sheet of foolscap.
went in, t(xik off his mat, ami had hi*
wound carefully examined und dr« -*ed
That done, he dispatched one of Ins retinue
indy gap Farm—ostensibly to
a vast scale, which accounts for
i ami ammunition lying in the
for Ihe noble deerhound, the
idnul,” who had curl 'd up his
>t our feet, and aided t«» kis*p
I had known her IwotlMt in
l Kitten - had killed "Iwr” at
a" with him; had met Lda
aud her family on Ixiatd a St. Iziwrenue
steamer, and was now a guest at their house.
The horses hutted, trembling ; only the 1
•hivering tinkle of the lielis broke the!
euioyiuf their frank aud bounteous h"«pi- gubnoaa sonn*! broke forth ; clearer—near
talitjr. i er. It increased ; it multiplied ; the bor
death iileime that fcll like ecli|ttta over all. ril,|ic 0\m.tynXion. “ The d -l!” said
‘ hat is that ? 44ske«l I/ita, in a sliud- I -r„ n-
dering whisper, aa sin* clutelnxl my arm
1 Hatred. "It is the wind sighing, aud j
dying away in the pine forest,” 1 answered. ,
"And we do not go near the loreat,” she
said. "Ilark ! there it is again. Ob, what '
- what nan it lie ?"
Again tic* imhwrrihably hideous and lu
Tur PimtMxrft.—.lours was trnveling
with his wife, and (for a freak) was ao gal- j to rontrihute Ins aid t«*wur.l Mr. Hick'll- Patriot—A m in who has neither prop
Inut in his behavior to this rum «/x*.«a thut
madam*' grgw uneasy ami rein* *nst rat»sl
against his a| ten (ions > too marked tor
son's relief, l’olite reply wsa returned that #*rty nor n'putation to loose.
Mr. Hickiiiaou'n ea** was past sarrery.—
It; Ihe conrse of the day, Urn. Jackson
sent a Ixittle of wine to Hr. Fallvt, for the
use of bis patient. •
Hut there was one gratification which
Jreknon could not, even in aach eireain*
A v»»ry old friend of
tality
"llarraU!” Through the keen, sonor-
ous air, sleigh ami horses bound along!
"Fling— cling!” go the chiming hells.—
"Crack crack!" goeu the long ttionged
whip, with a sharp, cheery significance.
My "Madawaaka Fariofe," a sleigh which
fe the perfection of locomotion, is oot km
rihlc ereacemlo. howling, shrieking ami
ravening, wus uot that of the wind this
time.
‘ Merciful Hod!" gssped Lota j "The
Wolves r
I never understood, till that moment,
what the concentrated eescooe of littaral,
Jones, "we are married, I suppose? -
“Y’(*s," said the lady. "hut. judging by your
deportment, folk" will think wo mut!' —
"Well, what of it?" said Jones. "Why,, «rr«ni him
y* ■"•- «•«»"*'>•• f"' ;«*•'' “**•■ I jMbniifVnlw lo ro,- th«: ’Al-h-wk
Ini -l»n»-. -••',»* « *'•*» i th, tlf-nern) hn,l !«-.• w-urolwl he -ltd not
I..T, thror rh.r.«.T. to ak, wit J-"-’- „ ,ho„M ^ ko„„ h, hut loft
wv dinck—I .tiro prwrMjr for Ikt ml <4 lh^ (,kkochoK, hn.l tl.c-r.-r.-— ««-
llwi I'UIasuiv M,,J/in f’/itff , . _ r , .
mM it nt flrwt frtmi bin own frlendi. Hi*
I reasons for thirst as he onco stated to me.
was, that us Hiekiuaon considered himself
I v nor repn
I n whieli w-
Koonomist A man who speods seventy-
live or eighty dollars a year for whisky,
bat can t afford three dollars a year for his
county pa|x*r.
thcjwiriwy — No*on Pott.
"<•»»
Thb Oi.n Mix's gat-arr.—An
Titr • Fvx*'V.”—With the inen’osing
couspicuon-’ness of this portion ol oor p»*p-
ulati**n. we may as well re-copy from tho
N Y. Herald an item of the "City * Vnsus s”
"SuixTior pirgilists, one humlml; inferior
bruisers. (*r>e thousand ; rsgat*o»Hl siimilder-
hitteru. two thoosautl fire hundred , gam-
cltrgyiuan, who had known not one day's
illuetw, was asked his secret. • Hry feet
aud early rising,” was his reply ; "these
are my only two precautions."*— Thi Ife*
but Good Sooe'jf.
_____ ______ _ _____ ________ hh*rs ami tourterx, two thousand ; keeper*
the be*t shot in tbo"world, and was certain of gambling and drinking horns*, one thou-
of killing him at the first fire, lie did sot sand five hundred; men about town, two
want him to have the gratification even of thousand*; thieves, sa’indlera, and loafers,
knowing that he had touched him.”—/V-' »i* thousaod. Total, fifteen tboosand one
fon’i L’/e y Jotbon. • hundred '
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