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VERLASTING PRESENCE
'ILD STORY OF THE OCEAN, AND THE
RED FIELD OF BATTLE.
ny CHARLEY CLEWLINF.
CHAPTER I.
e Sea Voyage, and the Two Mysterious
Passengers.
••Thera iA a sotatituag %%tia,tt I dread—.
It is n dark, n fcurlul thing
steno. along .4 liii witlierine trend,
Or s cps on wild destruction's wine
[Luereti.t Davidson
.'n-rkt—taYe, a hundred times, have I
n urged by my friends bad acquain
ces, to tell the strange, wild legend
`la I am now about to narrate, to the
But I have ever answered " no,"
'phatieally "No I" For this continued,
d most determined refusal on my part,
ave been censured by several to whom
save related the story in confidence, as
y said that I could do full justice to the
end in print, and I ought to give it to
public for the esp ecial benefit of the
nder-loving readers of the marvelous
"But I thought ditlimrently, as I always
id a peculiar horror of tell lug a story in
first person singolar, where it becomes
;cessary to marshal so often in the front
the odious pronoun " I." It smacks
much of wholesale egotism. And then
in my stories_ heretofore having
al
ys been made up of real life ineident,
d earring .wilh them a general air of
obabili!v, I feared that in pursuing a
e so ' iull of strange adventure and thrill
.; periods as my present one must tic
. ;sarily be, the whole community of read- I ,
and writers would unite en masse' , and''
vc me per force to the very, top rung of
'than's ladder. Besides, as two or three I
.the principal actors in the little drama
is to :ollow, are still living, I could
:t consent to drag them blUimre tic
without first having obtained their per-
Ission to do so. This, within the last
. days, has Leen freely giyom,and for the
m , it I shall dismiss my usual mhst
attendant—modesty—and tell the
try in my own wav, just as it uccurred,l
tasting wholly to time well-carnet) m e rit
the publishers, and the proverbial in
a.lgence of the' reading public, for its
r ception.
It was almost nigh', on a cola, rainy
ternoon, in the latter part
,of February,
that the ardor was given to man the
Indlass, on board the Helen McLeod, a
,me new brig of two hundred and foriv
'us, which for the last five days had lain
'lictly (It anchor just abreast of the little
arnlet composed of pilot houses amt the
W. Pass or the Mississippi, loaded with
Laves and tobacco from New Orleans,
m:ound for Barcelona ; and as the wind
ad been Brig for nearly forty-eight hours,
c all very naturally wondered why the
old man" . did nut get under way betimre.
qut as the weather had continued stormily
unu-ually cold for thoio latitudes, wo
didn't growl much at the captain's choice
of laying there at a snug berth inside, in
preference to. boxing it out in weold rainy
-4' norther" between the Balizo and the Tor
...xtugases
•-•'!"- Thu order, however, was quickly obey
0, pd when it did come, lbr the captain and
' •-,first mate, we had learned on our pas
-6•.
...,;
~ sige from New York to New Orleans,
•-? were both regular t traits.% and. were ac
-,!-customed to have all their orders obeyed
-,t . • , ,oIT-hrind, without any one ever stopping
...',,,-. to- enquire into tile why's or wherefore's.
' 7 Round went the ponderous old-fashion-1,
A' ed windlaSs, slip slap, and, in fifteen min-
, •
utes the chain was hove in till the anchor I
,-- ' was nearly under foot, and the hoarse
r : ; growl-like order of " avast heaving,, and
•v• loose away the . topsails !" came from the
F..,, mate, who had been all the while leaning
':,...- over the night-heads, and watching,, the ,
'•) , huge muddy chain as it came slowly creep- '
ing through the hawser-hole, like some
slimy marine serpent.
The topsails were. soon loosed, sheeted
~.. -home, andthe yards mast-headed, and wli• 1
"..: were just about to resanne our handspikes ,
at the Windlass, when a whale boat shot',
--'• out from a little Cove near the pilot houses, 1 1
and pulled by six pair of- sturdy eras,',
rapidly approaching the brig. • I
Hold on the windlass' there," shouted
the captain from the quartor-deck.'" hold
on the windlass; and- get a line, • ready for'
the boat. " ' ' -
. ..
In two Minutes the boat was along side,
and a tall, athletic figure, enveloped in a
heavy, military cloak, stood up in. the stern
,
sheets, and after giving a few hurried-or
--, -dem in a low trine, to . the,„boatmen, sprung
• light.lron,4oli l• and after stakingsthe,cap
' tarn warmly by, the hand, - the twO'ile
scended to - the cabin, the latter giving his
• piders,tqthe o rnate to,hetivti the anchor as
seenas'he • got thd 'Stringer's baggage up
out of thei.boat.' 2 ''.•• .. •• , , .
.., I wasotanding . oeit.the:mate when our
'. -Passenger (for such he - evidently was;)
' leaped 'on deek,`Otid as the collar of his.
.6loalt• fell 'bank, ' partially' revealing - his
.fea t u ros I . I •n °deed ',' that- the mate - turned
, ; deadly pale, ttered , a quick, half stifled
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cry of anguish, and staggered two or three gcr still engaged in conversation with the
paces backwards, as though he had been captain, and the mate leaning moodily a
smitten by the sudden shock of a power- gainst the loug.boat apparently lost in
flit electric battery. In, a moment, how- I thought, and totally unconscious of all that
ever, he seemed to recover his self-pos. was passing around him.
session, and as soon as the two heavy I It was my watch till twelve o'clock, and
trunks, and several small articles, corn- soon after my appearance on deck, the
prising the stranger's luggage, had been captain and his companion retired to the
passed up out of the bout, he gave the or- cabin. when the mate seized my arm, and
der to man the windlass, in his usual clear, whispered in my ear—
commanding tone, as though bathing hid " Mr. Clewline, that man is .my evil
occurred todisturb the general stern—al- genius---a fiend I a being that baunts me
most haughty, demeanor, which he had liken nightmare with his eternal presence.
heretofore always maintained towards the . My God ! I cannot escape him ! But I
crew, and even myself, who was an ofli- . will tell you all some day—and now," and
cer the ,next in command under him. !the mate darted down into his room, and
Within twenty minutes after receiving ' I saw him no more till midnight, and then
our stranger passenger on board, the brig when I went to call him, he was in a ra
was under top-sails, tap-gallantsails, and ging lever, which lasted for many days,
courses, standing boldly out over the bar, and then left him helpless as an infant:
before the strong breezT, which was how.' The boy passenger I saw not again der
il ever dying away, and It was evident that ing . tne passage, for he remained constant
the norther would soon break up, giving ly in his room, where he ate and slept a
i place, probably. to a spell of fine clear lune, holding communication with no one.
! weather from the westward. , But the other—from the time that the mate
l We were perhaps a silo outside the was taken down with the fever, he took
bar when the boat which wa to tae oft his lace. lie was a tune who had seen
lour ,
nilot bawled up along.side, s
mid k
at the perh p aps thirty years, tall and most erni
' same moment Capt. McGlever made his needy handsome, and one of the most
appearance on deck, fidlowed by our nag- thorough sailors 1 had ever seen. Ilis
scoger, who, from his manner towards hair, whiskers, and heavy Inestache,were
the captain, I judged to bean old nequnin• black as jet, and his ll'atures were as dark
tn nee. Scarcely had our conanander show- as any Spuniard,tind yet he spoke the Eng
ed himself on the quarter 4ek, cut stain: lish language so fluently, and without the
t o m hailed from the pilot bait, and enquiry' least foreiun accent, that I doubted very
a if he could take another, passenger in mach hi, being a native of ''the land of the
' the brig. . olive awl vine."
1 " Aye, a dozen if you t.isli s " respon- ' We were favored w iih floe pleasant
dud the captain tit the hail ; ' and a lad of %%Tattier, and lair winds, during, the whole
not mote than seventeen, fir' one weld!l p is, , te:e, aid the mourning of the thirtieth
guess l'rorn hi 4. stature, (Cori his ti.iitores ihry niter leaving the Irtilize !band the
were so elTectually concealed by the col- brig to an anchor in the ha rboi of Barce
t
la r of 1 6'; Spanish cloak, a dark for cap lona ; and' within two hours a er our Or
,lnaled dew!' over his cars, Inn; a hea% v rival, our two mysterious pas ngers had
scarf muffled about his throat, that it was left the vessel in diffisreet boots, without
wholly impossible to obtain even a glimpse having, so Mr as I could Ica l , ever ex
at his five,) stepped Ibrth from the cabin' changed a single word with aeh other
of the pilot boat, ben ring a moderale sized during the passage ; and during the lot
valiSe in his hand,/and springing lightly ' lowing night the mime who had so far re.
upon the brig's deck, he bowed, orerather 1 covered•from his sickness ns tube able to
nodded, as 1 thought, somewhat familiarly I walk the deck, disappeared, nobody knew
to the captain, and passed below, without how, or wh'e're, or ‘i hen. .
appearing to notice the other Passenger,l Four (lays Act' our lirriv:ll in port, the
which I thought strange, as it seemed that captain m'Ortned lin' Ilii.t thr brig would
they must have met before, provided that be sold, end 1 would reeme rns," two
they hail remained long at tlfs Bailie,' month's extra'say from the consul, and
there being no other accommodations than ' was at liberty to look out for an ether berth
those to be found ut the pilot station; and us sisal as I e lass s e. .
It. nepLared wholly imposidhle that two! This inliirmatitai gay eme little uneasi
' persons should rennin there many hours' ness, however, as I had all nlongdetermin
' together without meeting. , ed to join the Ca rth:t cease, which at that
1 i
was just beginning to weave a web of . i time wits very pop& r in the eaatet n part
romance about our two mysterious pas- of Spain.
sengers, when the orders Irma the c aptain
to loose the main royal and set foretop.
mast stun' sails, put an end to my specu
lations for the time ; and I was so actively
engaged for there than three hours in
making sail, stowing' die unehors, and
getting die decks clear, that I had nearly
tbrgetten all about our passengers, till I
was called down to supper some time after
six o'r.doek, at which time the captain and
our fist passenger having partaken of their
evening meal, were walking the weather
side of the quarter-deck, engaged in a
low, and what seemed to Inn n very con
fidential Convei saner% The chi: (mate had
declined taking supper, and as our boy
passenger was in his 'state-room, I of
course livid the table Milo myselfs
I was seated directly opposite the stare.
' room occupied by the young stranger ,
i
land had nearly completed Inv ,suaper,l
1 when by a sudden lurch of.the, vessel th , 3l
door was fluno 0 violently' open, and.'discoy,!
I ered to me the person of our boy ,passen ,
ger, divested of his cloak, cap and scarf,
seated thr re in the bright glare of the cab
in lamr, and presenting a spectacle of
such exquisite beauty of form and features,
that were I to live a thousanlyears, the
voluptUous"picture would still remain as
vividly fixed upon my memory as though
engraven upon my very heart in letters of
living fire. .
There he sat, a very boy in years, so-,
faultless in all the glorious belongings of
i
his superhuman beauty, that he . might!
have served as a most perfect model feel
an Adonis, a Venus bran angel. 02Inova
nor Reubens, in all their enthusiastic,
dreams of ideal beauty, never created in:
their soul pictures, Anything half so' beau.
tiful. His skin was very dark—darker
than that of any European 1 hat) over'
seen—and had it not been for the general
cast of his features, which weis.extremely
delicate, rind, of' the strictest 'ltalian eon.
tour,,l should have guessed at once that
he was a child Of the " sunny south,"
Coin of African pa eats. . But the superb
ly rounded chin, the exquiSitely chiseled
lips, the beautifulk , Greeian nose, and the
long luxuriant hoir, which' fell in „wavy
curls low down'uton, hie neolt,undioKul
tiers, all gave the liotp such a supposition.
'Then I kthoug , that 'he Might, be de.;
sanded from e , renowned Alton ‘ s , o,!
. , . ;
whoSP pure : 149 still flowed unmingled
with that of'
. ene ter race, in.the veins of
many an Andalu 'a's and Grenada's proud
hidalgoes.
Suddenly. the
closing the . .dcip)
nifieent . viSiort •
inputs . had' , tor,
framedin the ci
to the Aeelt wl*
I t '
toy, stranger arose', and
thus shut out the mug.
Welt for a few hrief mu.
/ reined them 'before law,
~en space, and 1 rßtijrned
re I' IBU'hd l'he (Alter' stbm -
Clearfield, Pa., Dye7r 31, 1851.
CHAPIN:It II
service of Don gclos—Tla mate a
gaia—A stianeeneovnter
wind of death— llre agao.
11 liec do t,‘ e if, 'tittle ityor Istthitin , s s ;
II ir fled nt.,l dim, the wilt% ,Al, Ito lift,
‘r I t USIOII 01 the grief %5 utt but to VS'S."
L. E. L.
In less than three woks, fror4 the day i
of our arrival in the harbor of Nrcelona,l
I was serving us .hoy lieurt,n,:tt, in the!
mounta i ns of V:, 1(916 ~ , um le ik II•• renown•
ed Carlist leader Zomulearei , iii,c; 'lt %vas !
no holiday sell ice, hove , v , r7thatof Don'
Curios, as we had learned heyood the pos- ,
sibility of doubt co: we were nuinv!days in'
the revolutionary army ill' SNir.\ But it'
was just such a service as suitid die reek-1
.I , tss spiritsof %%Lich the entire btirli. force / .
Was almost wholly compose!! ; an then
ve had little leisure for refltetion r de
spair, for our indetiitiguble Chief k pt us
. eonstantly'On the %ring, tin/ victor_ fol
lowed victory in rapid su cession, ntil
within the short space of tlC•ec month af
ter I joined the Carlist rant , every mqp 7
Min pass, town and castle, long the whole
terrace of Valencia and Clitulonia, wain
possesSion of the victoriblis army of Don
Carlist. "
But reverses came at; length, and step,
by step we wore driveni back before thel
overwhelming force whikth foreign gold and ;
foreign influence had rallied round the tri
urftpliant standard of the trigress Queen!
Mother Christiana, until at last we were
forced to abandon every position in the!
mountains, and fall• back towards the val
ley of the Ebro, in order to form a junction'
with the patriots.of Arogan and 'Leon. •
One day—it might have-been a week
after we had reached a small village, situ-
ated on the right bank of the. Ebro, about
five leagues from Saragossa, and some five
months afterl htid joined the Carlist arrny!
was seatedat a camp table, with map
of the surrounding country spread .eut be
fore
me ;, the light., which canto in
through the opening of the tent was Sud
denly shut out, and looking up from ,the
Map, I discovered; to my 'aStonishment; the
rnanwho'had.been mate On the Atilt:dean,
brig, dresSed, in the ShoWY af . the
Carlists, with his arras folded en hiS'breaSf;
mid standup , within threq f feet o
••
I ~.'"i c arrqm.l;q; r :', said •I, using the very
common Spanish
,expression. (c? r wender or
surprise, "in the name of all that is won
derl,lll,,, Ivhere did, you, ,cotrie ,from, Mr.
Lindsey'?" totally forgetful that he wore a
Colonel's- uniform, and, as my superior
Oil - leer, was' entitled' to a , mere' respectful
reception than 1-la ghtewhini.•:liesmiled:
I sadly as ho. replie td d
to my abrupt question,
and never in my life had I seen so hand- at fault so easily ; and when:the Icing line
some or so gallant an office•r. lof loyal infantry broke cover from the
" I have come from the west—from !dense thicket of brushwood, not a quarter
Leon—with my command of six hundred of a mile from our camp, they instinctively
brave fellows, and an hour since I arrived ' faltered in their quick march, as their eyes
in camp, when learning that you were at- i encountered the surricd array of more
tacked to this division of the army, I h ave , than three thousand of the best lancers in
hurried thither as soon as possible, after I Spain, drawn up in solid columns, and
my interview with the general. You have! flanked by the grim warriors of the Sicrre
known me heretofore as Mr. Lindsey— Morena and Valencia, mpunted on their
such, however, is not my real name, nor powerful Andalusian chargers, on our
am I a sailor by profession, as you might Ilea ; while our right was covered by the
suppose from the circumstances of Inv / light. dragoons of Leon, commanded by
having been chief mate of the brig in the Maniac Colonel, Henry Granger.
which we went out to New Orleans, and For ten long, agonizing minutes, the
thence to Barcelona. lam a native 0 1 silence of . ..death reigned throughout the
Philadelphia—the son of the • well known ranks of the'two averse hosts, when at a
India meichant, Henry Granger, of whom , signal from our chief, the bugles sounded
you have deubtless heard. On completing' to the cliarees, and the horrid week of
my education at one oldie eastern institu. slaughter commenced in all-its wild terri
tions, I made two voyages to India in one ble iletuils. In front, out three thousand
of my father's ships, for the purpose o f lancers hurled themselves upon the aston
seeing something of the world ; and it was ished infantry, crashing into the very henrt
during those Iwo voyages that I learned l ()Nielr ranks, like an Alpine avalanche,—
something of navigation, and sufficient of, On the left or brave mountaineers were
seamanship to enable me to go us chief doing terrible execution amid the pa nic
mate of a vessel, although I lied no idea stricken cuirassiers of Madrid and To!edo.
at the time of oaring my services in that On our right the mud Colonel raged like
capacity to any one. ' "an infuriate demon, charging home upon
It is now pearly,' two years since I re. t the bewildered and astonished household
turned from any last Imlia voyage, ared troops of the Queen Mother, in a peeve(
after remaining akw days at home I vis- hurricane of steel. The charging battle
iced Saratoga, where I almost immediately cries of " Merion los Christianocs," and
became acquainted with as glorious a c rca.. the answering yells of" Dios y Icr Consti r l
ture as ever the sun shone un—n lovely 'tation,” were every where heard above''
girl of sixteen, the daughter of a rich Vir- ' the roar of muslmry, the quick rattle of
ginia planter, who was spending the season pistol shots, and the clash of weapons as
at the ;eprings, for the benefit of his wile's they smote the opposi'flg
health. I Right gallantly did the brave 'Cn !lists
" From the very first moment that I met 'acquit themselves on that bloody field.—
wile the beautiful and accomplished Helen "They fought like brave mon, long and
Creieleon, I would willingly have ha rte red' well," but the odds opposed to them was
great. Human valor cook; avail noth
away my soul's eternal salvntio.n in ex- too
against the crushing flood or over
change for so bright, so priceless a jewel. to;;
! how I loved --no, no! love is too whelrning numbers ; and after more then
two hours of the most desperate Minns!,
tame, too meaningless a word ! I worship
lied—madly—blindly—worshipped at the when more than three-fourths °lour force
pure shrine, as did the Aztecs of ancient i had
whirlwind
charge i of
dgo l ned i ol . Vl before themurderous fire
o
Mexico at their sun altars. •
from the firAoutnumberetni an
s e
t ri l e a n e l e y ,t
to one, " And I was successful. My devotion
the survivors seemed stricken with a sud
won her virgin love, and I was extremely
happy. Ilex parents were satisfied With ; den fear, and in a moment, as it were, the
my prospects, charactsr, and position it, scene was changed from a sdesp7uetele
society, and gave their willing consent to contested field, to a tempo sleuehter
our union. But I had a rival, a strange,
of the
sullen
lelbteeulyo,
andehern the wild,
lon; itld,bk extendedick waters
mysterious being, whom no body
and all feared. He was, perhaps, five, line of gleaming pikes and flashing sabres,
years c lifer than myself, and—but b r there , b
and ieb‘i%tihlei, hemmeddt..recl t2ar
in on
listswtt e it h e r
re driven hither
is no nerd of Inv describing him here,
you have seen him—you know him al-1 by the rushing torrent, or a living wall of
ready. It was him who came
) fo .c e l n is ic a n n , d p b ea ri l s i t ri l g ing fo a r t t
forth their
with n
n fierceb r :
bottle
bout at the Belize, and took my
mate of the brig when I was stricken down derous steel.
with the fever. I need not tell you that I For another hour the work of death went
gallant bright
t army nu n u g s o
sunlight,
bar]
s there
lleft
inthe
alive
he is a demon, and was his hand that bravely oh, and not rune in fifty of that I
smote me in that burning fever. He is a
Lucifer 1 and Cnpt. McClever, of the brig,:
Upon the death swept field of carnage.
1 a
nd Fa ß r u t i e gc t ,s he wt ri r g e h s t ti t i l l ie l:
isbibaitem,meraskiontg'
braveis one-of his imps, although I did not know
it until that night.
" This Reginald, as he is called, laid
eon
head against the heavy squadrons aura n
and
terrible spell upon my lunge' Helen,
head
turned her brain ; and then, with the )
at about
him '
danncl Castile.
b,%% sun
f i ors (. , , s rni. , lechi of ef h y s at h li r e d i.
r
s
malice of a demon, he told his foul lies to ei
her hither and mother, causing them to iant stair—not more than ten in rill-Land
hate me ; and then I remember no more rising in his stirrips, he pointed with his
till I was at sea in the brig ; but he w as sword to where the standard of Leon was
always with me,and often has he us hispen d dimly
magic mly,st cryinen of ~God and S
tine distance, rti. Ico n ndsli
!o,u,tiinteg
the terrible threat in my ear, that he would
never leave inc till I was dead. drove his reeking spurs rowel deep into
" I fled - from tilt: brig to escape from the the flanks of his powerful charger, and
captain, whom the demon had delegated t o hurled
tAteenh imselfledand
headlongs, whichir m
nhorst tith o e ppo so s l ed id
watch me, and convey my soul to hell, so al
that I should never meet my Helen, on their serried front to bar our onward
earth or in Ilea yen. But I have ahnost course.
foiled them—l haveeseen hini often here Like cliag before the shrieking blast of
in Spain; but I shall kill him some .elay the wild tornado, the stalwart chief scat
when we meet in battle, and then I shall tered the lumen from. his path, and with:
win my Helen's love again, and we shall his single arm opened a passage for his
be so very happy once more, and you will scanty followers.
come to time wedding, Will you not To' Somehow in our mad career, I became'
the wedding, remember, of Col.- Henry separated from my compunions, and, after
Granger and Helen Creighton—ha ! ha ! escaping as if by a miracle, from fifty up
ha I" _ 1 lifted 'sabres aimed at my head, and as,
He was raving mad. I saw the 'wild many pistol shots aimed at my heart, I
light of insanity flash from his eyes, and found myself borne along in the very
with gentles soothing words I . sought to front rank of the charging legion of Loon,
calm his peturbed spirit. In this 1 had as led on by 'their rouuiae chief', they went
partially succeeded,when the sudden bray- thundering,on in their last-terrific onslaught
ing of trumpets, the roll of drums, and the, upon' the powerful troopees of Granada
quick gallop of horses impatiently spurred and Castile.
forward by some fiery aid-decamp, told pfl Not ma spear's length from meeen the left,
aq approaching enemy ; arid with a boundrode the maniac commander : and, never
like that of a maddened tiger, the Mono-I while I live shall I forget the Wild, demo
maniac Colonel sprang through the open- I name-expression of his handsome features
ing'of the tent,' vaulted into the saddle,- as he recognised ate riding by his side --
and dashed off like the wind, in.the dime- The :next, moment ho, uttered. a yell, so
Lion of his command. I shrill and unearthly, that it seemed fir a
. 1 lied that .very morning been appointed moment to hush the discordant din oftbitt,
to the etaff of the,commander-in-ehief, and' tle, and drawing up its commandingAig
lessthan two minutes :I was on horse• are to his full--height, he, pointed with his
back, and in front ofthe General% marque, drawn 'sword to a giant-warrior directly
where lifinund the numerous .suit; all in in. front, dressed in ju magnificent black
saddle, and surrounding the, brave' chief, uniform, turned np and faced with gold,
taip, who ,was giving his orders as quieiry and bestriding a powerful steed, black as
as though he was about to marshal. op e his the sable plurpa of his dark-featured rider.,
holiday review. . ;: pt.: I The Fiend!
,The , everlast-
I boon leerned that the
,enertiy i prre ing presence ,f,",Olouted thp monomaniac,, :
than 'three • ; times our,streneth in. point of and, on the. instant . I recognised the myste:
number, were , ‘yithirt three .miles o f oar noes passenger of the ..Ainerican brig.
Camp,tind liatrojrccAr thrown forward :Like
,two adverse.Aharakirbolts in Mid
two detachments of dragorms: to attach us air, they. met Tbq maniac: Colonel
oti either flank, wllilp:his.rnain bOdy; . corn- Henry Granger, , the mad:Carligt leader—
posed of three. regiments ef ;1 010,, choicest and the - .blach warrior, Reginald the de.
troopsin the Spanish ;servicp; was coMing mon,..lnstantly the combatants on either
down front, almost at. a „4.lo,.inwiding I hand Aiaw'back in mute webder to miness
to surptisa us before we coulit,fom in pr.:l the triad, encounter between the two rival
dey:,pf obi* ; and -nev'ar, siticli the .firgf:dawii
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But our army was 'too well practiced, ancient ehivalrywes there seen in army
in the artsof thountiiinAvarfit re fie be.eatiold I liuid encounter SP tcrrii Ic,:
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who 'Overtire by the you.
Ontooper utreu:n or in every velvith rhi.cd, nod it rend by,
newly every fnmlly in the county—and thwetor., M l rril. n ~ .
convenient nod chew meant f, r ti.e bovine/limn aunt °Ono.
ty —the meroannt, oinchntalo. and gi I others—to .l'e'nd .he,
knowledge of. theletoonil.,n and buriners tVe should like to
&two "A Card" tot every Mootornie. Airch tot Dad Profit..
Octant 'men in the county. We hove ide or vof room without
en• renchlne upon our reeding Column.. and no moo irk n le.
githroon but nese will loin hi rul‘erti.ing ex,t.n.iveli—for. . ~..:,; .
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'as a gene' rule. the mule ostensively u men Adverting. Ott; ::-A . _
noatct will be Lit orJlits. t -- , :,i:'
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But brief was the combat; for ere a dr,
zen blows had been exchanged,the trench.
erous blade of the Carlist chief snapped
short drat the hilt, and e ho sat there whol.
ly at the mercy of his demon foe.
I was about to bound forward and inter.
pose my sword between the disarmed col
enel and the gigantic black warrior, when
I was partially stunned by n tremendous
sabre cut, which came crashing in through
the crest of my bruz”n helmet, and t the
same instant a lance was driven deep into
the flesh and muscles of my shoulder.
A dizzy faintness came over me, and
sank down halt insensible ; but as I fell I.
caught a glimpse of a boy warrior bestrid
ing a splendid milk-white courser, and
clothed in the picturesque costume of the.
brigand riders of the Sierra Morena. In
the single glance that I caught of that
young face, I read the well-remembered,
features of that glorious picture which I
had seen framed there in the open door
way of the American brig. A hundred
I dark, bronzed faced warriors swept by ;
and my senses entirely deserted me just
as ;he young chief dashed in between the
mysterious warrior in the black uniform,.
and the maniac colonel, who was thus res..
cued from death, and hurried away by the
charging troop of mountaineers.
\V hen I recovered nay reason I was a
miserable, wretched prisoner, in the hands
of the enemy, and ten days after the on
' fortunate battle, I was consigned to the
mines of Jam Ibr life. But my destiny
was not yet accomplished. A woman's
wit, and a moman's fearless hand, term] .
me from the infernal regions of the dreary,
mines, and I was again ut liberty.
(coNcLuncto .74tXT WELK .) . '
SINGULfB BUSINESS
In a work lately published in Mexico,,
the author makes some queer revelations
as to the habit o: the loWer class. A moth"
other things it is stated, that all akin . ' the.
coast, the people are in the habit of inoet.t._
luting themselves with the venom olttho
rattlesnake which they affirm renders th'em
ever afterwards safe from the bite of ell
venomous reptiles, and of course, particu-_
rly as it reeards their great enemy, this
sp - xies of snake, it protects them from all
fear of harm or danger. The author gives
the following account of this matter:
"The person to be inoculated is pricked'
with the tooth of the serpent on the elope,
in both arms, and on verious.parts of the - -
body, and the venom introduced into the
wounds. •An eruption cumes out, MIA
last a few days. Ever after, these per-.
sons can handle the most venomous Snakes
with Impunity :ctin make them come by.
calling them; and the bite of these persons :
is poisonous. You will not believe this:
but we have the testimouy of seven or
eiligt respectable merchants to the
A gentleman who breakfasted here this
morning - says that lie hes been vainly en
deavoring to make up his mite! to submit
to the operatioc, as he is very much expos
ed where he lives, and he is obliged to
travel a great deal on the coast; and when.
he goes on these expeditions, he is always
occo npa bled by his servant, en inoculated
negro, who It es the power of curing hire,
should he be bitten, by sucking the pots
, oil from the wound. lie riko saw this ne
gro cure the bite given by sit inoculated.
Indian boy to a white boy, with whom
he was fighting, and who was the stronger
or the two. The stories of the eastern
! juggle rs, and their power over these rep-,
tiles, may, perhaps be accounted ler iu
this way. I cannot say that I should like
to have so much snaky nature transferred
into my composition, nor to lire ntu.~nl;
people whose bite is venumoes."
AWFUL MURDZIL—On Saturday loom
ing, one of the most revolting eritta.z.: ‘k hick
has ever stained the history of our city
took place on Cypress street. ,appears
that 13. Wanner hept,a:shoo shop, and his
brother Christian Wanner, lived and work-.
ed at the trade, with him., So trat little . ago
Christian had borrowed from his broiher
sum of (matey, and the two had ,lately
frequently hard altercations about the pay
ment. On Saturday morning, about halt
pag e'ght,'cri , 4s of "murder" were
. .heard
in the house, and a young girl livinv, next
door, and engaged to be married to'christ
ion, ran in. The two brotherswerc clinch•
ed, and Christian called out that he was
stabbed. Presently they let go,und Chris
tian ran out and entered the next tai9o,e
where he fell, and soon after died from ilia,
of of a stab in the. thigh, severia'g.n.
blood vessel. A Coroner's inquest
held upon the body, and the Jury returned,
a verdict that the deceased' came to,,hia
death freat'injuries inflicted with, a locket
kuilo inthchandit of B. Wanner his broth.=
or. he:mOdei7er was promptly arrested
and fodedin jail.
IBujitio Courier' Dec 15
ANecnoTr...—A juryman applied to
excused from serving at the
Assizes.
Judge Boliand—On what' grottui, sir?:
Are you not well?
Juryman--Yes, my lord, but t cge.ooy
hear with oue ear.
Judge—Th 'lt you, may go, sir ju ,
rvmun might to have two c:U,;' It is
dijty to.hear both sidus,