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DORA.
by howard ii. caldweli.. i
Where the weeping-willow bendcth 5
On the breeze, her branches long,
Where the wild bee's music blendeth i
Sweetly with the mock-birds' song ; *
Where the fragrant orange Jjlossom J
Lies on red mimosa's bloom, "* '
Calmly sleeps, with tlirobless bosom, C
Loved, lost Dora, in her tomb. n
Near this willow-tree we parted, v
1, in anger, she in tears; d
Both half-maddened, heavy-hearted, 1
Spoke the doom of after years. s
Faint the woodland echoes sent it C
Back to our astonished ears 1
That "Farewell," for our hearts lent it s
Thoughts of bitterness and tears. r
We were both too high of spirit, f
Bach was loving, each was proud; s
Love's faiut sigh, how could we hear it e
While our Anger stormed aloud ? c
Far to distant lauds I wandered J
Striving to forget her:'still, Ji
All the while, I only pondered 0
Of that maiden, loved so well. 0
Then, my foolish pride o'er-tbrowing, ^
I to my loved home returned : e
Absence made my love more glowing, ^
For her liow my spirit yearned! ^
I returned, and asked a maiden j
Where my Doha might be found
"Yonder sleeps the sorrow-laden
Doha, 'ueath that grassy mound 1" .
Now, when brightest Morn awaking t
Smiles o'er meadow, lake ami lea, a
By her grave I watch heart-breaking?
Far more fair than Morn was she ! v,
Ami, when shadowy twilight closes, U
Bringing gloom o'er earth and sky, h
Watch I, where her form reposes? 1
Night is not as dark as I! ^ S!
This low grave me-seeins the portal ,J
To a glorious land of Calm, tl
Where kind angel-hands immortal (]
Pour on wounded spirits, balm. }j
Here I see a beauteous vision I ]j
Of that ever-blooming shore, S(
\Vl*rc, in radiant fields Elysian, C(
Tears and parting come no more! jj
Peaceful be thy sleep, my Dora! It'
Peaceful"as an angel's dream: Hi
And when first dawns Death's Aurora H'
Come thou, on earliest beam, ll
Come to me, oh guide most saintly! in
Where thou gocst Heaven must be? to
How long mud I hope here, faintly, f;i
Weeping 'neatu the willow tree? j tl
March 18"?G. Ill
% Cafe of tljf afot.r
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THE SHOT IN THE EYE, ?
The following tale of Texas bonier life,
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is a faithful portrayal of a large portion of
the population of Texas, Cfteeu years ago.?
x* was written by Mayor Webber, and we ^
believe was published originally in the Demo- ^
cratic Review:
My word for it, reader, I should never <(|
have ventured to construct a professed ro- j
juauce out of incidents so wild and strange '
as those of this narration. It is only with
the hope that you will accept in good faith .
the assurance given in the same spirit, that jfi
these things really did occur while I was in .
the country, aud most of them within my j.
personal knowledge?that I venture to re-1
late them at all. Remember, the scene is j |
laid in a frontier county of Texas, and if 1 f )
you have even a remote conception of the j (
history of that Republic aud the general I
character of its social elements, you will be j,
prepared for a good deal. (j
Shelby county, lying in Western Texas, j ^
on the border of the 'lied Lands,' was rather
thinly settled in the latter part of '30. What
population it had was generally the very
worst caste of border life. The bad and I .
a(
desperate men who had been driven over
our frontier formed a rallying ground and |
head-quarters here?seemingly with the determination
to hold the county good against ^
the intrusion of all honest persons, and as a 5,1
l - p , ? 1 . t - ii* . p . > . si
sorioi '.visaua 01 me nest, tor tne protcc-1
tion of outlaws and villains of every grade.
And indeed to such an extent had this pro- a
rscription been carried that it had beeoiuc
notoriously as much as a man's life or conscience
was worth who settled among theui s
with any worthy purpose iu view; for he
must fall into their confederacy?leave?or
die! This was perfectly understood; and j 1
the objects of the confederacy may be readi- s'
ly appreciated, when it is known that every I a
now and then a party of men would sally out j w
from this settlement, paiutcd and equipped ai
like Camanchcs, with the view of carrying ai
off the horses, plundering some marked man 11
of a neighboring county; then returning 71
with great speed, they would rebrand their ^
plunder, resume their accustomed appear- .
ance, and defy pursuit or investigation. Not J
only did they band together for their operations
iu this way, but a single man would 1
carry off a fine horse or commit a murder
with the most open audacity, and if he only 0
succeeded iu escaping here, was publicly ^
protected. I do not mean to have it under- ^
stood that the whole population at this time 11
were men of such stamp avowedly. e
There were some few whose wealth to a 11
degree protected them iu the observances of j v
a more seemly life?though they were com- ^
pelled to at least wink at the doings of their n
ruffianly and more numerous neighbors;^
while there was yet another, but not large
class of sturdy, straight-forward emigrants,
who, attracted solely by the beauty of the ^
country, had come into it, settled themselves 4
down wherever they took a fancy?with r
characteristic recklessness neither caring nor
inquiring who were their neighbors, but ti
trusting in their own stout arms and hearts ii
to keep a footing. Of course all such were si
rery soon engaged in desperate feuds with
:hc horse-thieves and plunderers around them
ind as they were not yet strong enough to
nuke head efficiently?were one after another
finally ousted or shot. It was to exterminate
this honest class that the more lawess
and brutal of the others associated themselves
and assumed the name of 'Regulators.'
lliey numbered from eight to twelve?and
inder the organization of rangers, commandid
by a beastly wretch named 11 inch, they
irofessed to undertake the task of purifytif/
the county limits of all bad aud suspiious
characters; or in other words, of all
nen who dared refuse to be as vile as they
rere?ftr if they were, who chose to act inlependently
of them and their schemes.?
r*i- i i ?. * 1 i i \
i ins precious nrouiernoou suou ueeauiu me
courge of all that region. AV henever an inlividual
was unfortunate enough to make
limself obnoxious to them, whether by a
uccessful villainy, the proceeds of which he
efused to share with them, or by the h:\teul
contrast of his course?he was forthwith
urrounded?threatened?had his stock driv:ii
off or killed wantouly?and if these anloyauces
aud hints were not sufficient to
Irive him away, they would publicly warn
dm to leave the county in a certain number
if days, under the penalty of being scourged
ir shot. The common pretext for this was
he accusation of having committed some
rime, which they themselves had perpciraed
with a view of furnishing a charge to
ring against him. Their hate was cntirey
ruthless and never stopped short of aecom lishing
its purposes; and in many a bloody
ray and cruel outrage bad the question ol
heir supremacy been mooted, until at last
here were few left to dispute with them,
n?l they tyrannised at will.
Among these few were Jack Long, as he
ras called, who neither rocoguued uor dcied
their power, and indeed never troubled
imsclf about them one way or the other.?
Ie kept himself to himself, hunted inecsintly,
and nobody knew much about him.
ack had conic of a ?wild-turkey breed,' as
be western term is fur a roving family; and
bough still a young man, had pushed on aeud
of the settlement*^ two territories, and
ad at last followed the game towards the
>uth, and finding it abundant in Shelby
junty, had stopped here, just as lie would
ave stopped at the foot of the llocky Mounlins,
had it been nccc. >ary to pursue it so
ir. He had never been in the habit ofaskig
leave of any power where he should sete,
and of course scarcely thought of the
acessity of doing so, now; but quietly set
i work?built himself a nice log-cabin, as
r oil' from everybody as he could get. And !
ie first thing that was known of him, he
ad his pretty young wife and two little ones
mgly stowed away in it, and was slaying
ie deer and the bears right and left.
The honest brotherhood had made several
Itcmpts at feeling Jack's pulse and ascertining
his availability; but he had always
jciucd so impassively good-natured, and
ut them off so pleasantly, that they could
nd no ground for either disturbing orquarjlling
with him. What was more, he was
hysically rather an ugly-looking 'customer,'
ith his six feet four inches of brawn and
one ; though the inclination, just discovcrhlo
in his tn nnrnulennv. together
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ith a broad, full, good-humored face, gave
11 air of sluggishness to his energies, and
a expression of easy symplicity to his temer,
which oifered neither invitation to gratitous
insult nor provocation to dislike. He
as the very impersonation of iuoffensivc, |
iyal honesty, slumbering on its conscious |
rength ; and these men, without exactly '
uowingwhy, felt some little disinclination |
waking him. He had evidently never;
cen roused to a knowledge of himself, and
thers felt just as uncertain what the knowl-!
Jge might bring forth as he did, and were i
ot specially jealous of the honor of having ]
first tested upon their own persons. So
lat Jack Long might have been left for
mny a day in quiet, even in this formidable
eighborhood, to cultivate his passion for
orkmanship, at the expense of the dumb,
ild tilings around him, but for an unfortun:c
display be was accidentally induced to
lake of it.
Ilappcuing to fall short of ammunition,
c went one day to 'the store' for a fresh
apply. This cabin, together with theblacknith's
shop and one or two other huts, conituted
the 'county town," and as powder
Lid liquor were only to be obtained there,
was the central resort of the Regulators,
ack found them all collected for a great
looting match, in preparation for which
icy were getting drunk as fast as possible,
) steady their nerves. 11 inch, the Regu
itor captain, had always been the hero of
.ich occasions; for, in addition to being
first-rate shot, that was known that it
ould be a dangerous exertion of skill for
ny man to beat him?for he was a furious
ad vindictive bully, and would not fail to
lake a personal affair of it with any one
ho should mortify his vanity by carrying
ff the prize from him. In addition, the
and of scoundrels he commanded was enrely
at his service in any extreme, so that
aey made fearful odds fur a single man to
ontend with.
Everybody else in the county was aware
f this state of things but Jack Long, and
e either didn't know or didn't care. After
hey had fired several rounds, he wentloungag
listlessly into the crowd which had gathred
around the target, exclaiming in adriration
over the last brilliant shot of Ilincb,
rhich was rather triumphantly the best.?
'he bully was, as usual, blustering vehcicntly,
taunting every one around him, and
rhen he saw Jack looking very coolly at the
imriiio oli aI tt'1 f Vi nn rrvoin nf f liof /I
iUIUUC nivil UU gittlli VI WUUL UCICIUU*
ial admiratiou in his expression which was
emanded, he snatched up the board, and
hrustirig it insultingly close to his face,
oared >ut?
"Here ! you Jack Long Shanks?look at
hat! Take a good look ! Can you beat
i'i" Jack drew back with a quiet laucb, and
aid good-humoredly?
"Pshaw ! You don't brag on such shootin'
as that, do you
"lirag on it! I'd like to see such a mooneyed
chap as you beat it!"
"I don't know as I would be very proud
to beat such bungliu' work as that."
"You don't! don't you ?" yelled the fellow,
now fairly in a rage at Jack's coolness.
"You'll try it, won't you? You must try
it! You shall try if. We'll see what sort
of a swell you arc!"
"Oh, well," said Jack, interrupting him
as he was proceeding to rave for quantity,
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"juse sot up your uoaru, 11 you want iu sou
me put a ball through every hole you can
make!"
Perfectly astounded at this rash bearding
of the lion?for it was difficult to tell whether
contempt or.simplicity dictated Jack's
manner?the men set up the board, while i
he walked back to the stand, and carelessly
swinging his heavy rifle from his shoulder, ;
fired seemingly as quick as thought.
"It's a trick of mine," Faid he, moving <
towards the mark, as he lowered his gun ; i
"I caught it from shootiu' varments in the j
eyes; always takes'eni there. It's a notion I
I've got?it's my fun."
They all ran eagerly to the target, and
sure enough his ball, which was larger than <
Hindi's, had passed through the same hole, 1
widening it! I
"He's a humbug ! It's all accident! He <
can't do that again !" shouted the ruffian, s
turning pale, till his lips looked blue, as the <
j board was held up. "I'll bet the cars of a 1
buffalo calf again.sl his, that he can't do it 1
again."
"If you mean by that, to bet your own i
cars against mine, I'll take you up!" said <
Jack laughing, while the men could not re- '
sist joining him. IIinch glared round him 1
trllK ? fmr/?n lnnlr ln?fmv> flmtn u?lir? 1
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I know him best quailed, and with compress- I
ed lips silently loaded his gun. A new tar- 1
get was put up, at which, after long ami i
careful aim, he lirod. The shot was a fine 1
I one. The edge of the ball had just broke 1
the center. Jack, after looking at it, quiet- 1
ly remarked? <
"Plumbing out the center is my fashion; <
I'll show you a kink or two, Captain Ilinch, \
about the clear thing in shootin'. (live us s
another board there boys!" t
Another was set up, and after throwing t
out his gun on the level, in the same rapid t
careless style as before, lie fired; and when
the eager crowd around the target announ- a
ccd that he had driven the centre cross clear c
out, he turned upon his heel, and with a v
pleasant nod to Ilinch, started to walk ofi". ,
The ruffian shouted hoarsely after liini.
"I thought you were a coward 1 You've i
made two good shots by accident, and now c
you sneak oft' to brag that you've beat inc.? c
Come back, sir! You can't shoot before a v
mussle half as true !" t
Jack walked on without noticing this mor- >
tal insult and challenge, while Ilinch laugh- /<
ed tauntingly long and loud?jeering liiui 1
with exulting bitterness, as long as he could 1
make himself heard, "a flash in the pan," i
"a dunghill cock, who had spread his white t
feather," while the men who had been sur- \
prised into a profound respect for Loug, and v
were now still more astonished at what they >
considered his "backing out," joined clam- i
nrmiclv in linntinrr liis rnfrmif fl
The fools! They made a fatal mistake, iu *
supposing he left the insult unresented from c
any fear fur himself. Jack Long had a 1
young and pretty wife at home, and his love *
for her was stronger than his resentment for r
his own indignity. His passions were slow,
and had never been fully roused?none of J
them at least hut his love, and that presented f
her instantly, forlorn and deserted, with her c
little ones, in this wild country should he s
throw away his life with such desperate odds; i
and seeing the turn the affair was likely to ?
take, he had prudently determined to get 1
away before it had gone too far. hut had c
any of those men seen the spasm of agony 1.
which shivered across his massive features, .i
as these gibing voices rang upon his ears in i
insult which no proud free hunter might en- 1
dure, they would have takeu the hint, to be- I
ware of chafing the silently foaming boar any c
longer. t
This was an ill-starred day for Jack, though; ;
from this time troubles began to thicken a- c
. 1
bout him. The even tenor of his simple 1
happy life was destroyed, and indignity and a
outrage fullowcd each other fast. 1J inch c
never forgave the unlucky skill which had
robbed him of his proudest boast, that of 1
being the best marksman on the frontier, t
and he swore, in base vindictive hate, to dog f
him to death, or make him leave the country, i
Soon after this, a valuable horse belonging \
to a rich aud powerful planter, disappeared, c
lie was one of those men who had compro- c
mised with the Regulators, paying so much \
black-mail for exemption from their deprcda- f
tions, and protection against others of the f
same stamp ; and he now applied to Ilinch, 1
for the recovery of his horse, and the punish- a
ment of the thief. This Ilinch, under the s
contract, was bound to do, and promised to t
accomplish forthwith. He aud some of his t
men went off on the trail of the missing ?j
horse, and returning next day, announced c
that they had followed it with all their skill a
through a great many windings, evidently i
intended to throw off pursuit, and had at a
last traced it to Jack Long's picket fence, f.
and there could be no doubt but he was the t
thief. The planter knew nothing of Jack, v
but that he was a newcomer, and demanded J
that lie should be forced to give up the horse, 1
and punished to the extremity of the fron- 1
tier code. But this was not lliuch's plan yet t
awhile. lie knew the proofs were not strong 1
enough to make the charge plausible, even a
before a Lynch Court, of which he himself r
was both the prosecutor, judge, and execu- s
tioner. His object was to first get up a hue i
and cry against Long, and under cover of a t
general excitement, accomplish his develish I
purposes without question or mock trial even, t
So that, after a great deal of manoeuvring, \
for eight or ten days, during which time the \
charge against Long was industriously circu- 1
latcd by his myrmidons, so as to attract general
attention and expectation, as to the result
of his investigations?he proclaimed far and
wide, that he had found the horse at last,
hid in a timber bottom near Long's ! This,
of course, seemed strong confirmation of his
guilt, and though themob wercmost of them
horse-thieves, to all intents, yet it was an
unpardonable crime for any one to practice
professionally among themselves; so that
Long was loudly denounced, and threatened
on every side, and ordered to leave the country
forthwith.
These proceedings Jack by no means comprehended,
or felt dispi^cd to be moved by ;
but gave them one and all toundcrstand, that
he meant to remain where he was, until it
entirely suited his convenience to go ; and
that if his time and theirs did not happen to
agree, they might make the most of it.?
And Jack was such an uncompromising snag
?rish looking somebody, and his reputation
which had now spread everywhere?of possessing
such consuninto skill with his rifle,
that he thought it a condescension to shoot
game anywhere else but in the eyes?was so
formidable, that no individual felt disposed
to push the matter to a personal collision.?
lie might, still, therefore, have been left in
quiet, but 11 inch had unfortunately taken
up the impression, from Jack's conduct in
the shooting-match affair, that ho must be a
coward, and if this were true, that all his
skill amounted to hut little; and like any
jther bloody, wolfish brute, he followed him
up the more eagerly for this very reason,
which would have disarmed a generous foe.
Besides, Jack had given fresh and weightier
matter of offence, in that lie had refused to
ibey, and defied his authority as Regulator.
Hie very being of that authority seemed to
require now that a wholesome example should
Lie made of him, for the awing of all refractory
persons hereafter. The wretch, who
was cunning as ferocious, had sworn in his
nniost heart to ruin and disgrace Long, from
he moment of that triumph, now availed
limself remorselessly of all his influence, and
tnowledge of the society around him, to acjomplish
it. Several horses now disappeared,
and robberies of other kinds, perpetrated
with singular dexterity, followed in quick
uccession. All these things he managed.
hroujili the clamors of his scoundrelly troops,
o have laid directly or indirectly, to Jack's
loor.
But in the popular estimation they counted
is nothing, in fixing the charge of dangerius
malice upon poor Long, in comparison
vith one other incident. About this time
lot only ITinch himself, hut every other pcron
who had made himself conspicuous, by
nsisting upon Jack's guilt, and the necessity
if punishing him summarily, began to lose,
very day or two, valuable stock, which was
vontonly shot down sometimes in sight of
heir houses ; and it soon began to be renarked
that every animal lost in this way,
uul turn shot in the i jr! This was iustanty
associated, of course, with Jack's wellmown
and curious predilection for that mark
11 hunting, and a perfect storm of indignaion
followed. A meeting was at once c-on cucd
at 1 the store,' of which the planter
vas the chairman; and at it, by an unaninous
vote, a resolution was passed condemnng
Jack Long to be whipped and driven out
if the country?and Ilinch with his Regulaors
appointed to carry it into effect! lie
ould hardly contain himself for joy ; for
iow, whatever extreme his pitiless maligniy
might choose to indulge itself in, he had
io fear of after-claps or questioning.
It was the third day after this meeting,
rack, during all these persecutions, had delorted
himself with the most stolid indiffcrince.
Avoiding all intercourse with the
ettlers, he had continued to hunt with even
nore assiduity than usual, and was in a great
neasure ignorant of the unenviable notoriety
le was enjoying. lie had heard something
if the charges with which his character had }
icen assailed, but attributed them all to the 1
calous enmity he had incurred at the shootng-mateh.
He could understand perfectly
iow one man could hate another who had
>eat him in shooting, and thought it natural
mough; hut he could not understand how
hat hatred might be meanly and desperately
'indictive, and therefore gave himself no unlasiness
about it. lie was only anxious that
lis wife should not hear and be annoyed by
iny of these things, and preserved his usual
heerfulness of demeanor.
lie had just returned from hunting, and
ayiug aside his accoutrements, partook of
he simple meal her neat housewifery had
irepared for him; then stretching himself
lpon the buffalo robe on the floor, romped
vitli his two rosy-cheeked boys, who rolled
verbis great body, and gamboled and screamid
in riotous joy around him ; but mother
ranted some water from the branch, and the
rolic must be given over while Jack would
50 and bring it. So jumping up, he left the
ittle-folk pouting willfully as they looked
iftcr him from the door, and started. The
treain was only about a hundred yards from
he house, and the path leading to it was
hrough a dense high thicket. It was against
rack's religion ever to leave his house withiut
his gun; but the wife whom he loved
ibove all the universe of sentiment and eveything
else, was in a hurry for the water,
ind the distance was so short,?so he sprang
;aily out with the vessel in his hand, leaving
he rifle behind. The water had been dipped
lp, and lie was returning along the narrow
>ath closely bordered by the brush, when he
elt a light tap on each shoulder, and his career
straDgely impeded. He had just time
0 perceive that a lasso had been thrown over
lira, which would confine his arms, when he
aw himself suddenly surrounded, and was
ushed upon by a number of men. He instantly
recognized the yoiceof Hinch, shoutng,
" down with him! drag him down !" as
he men who had hold of the lasso about bis
>ody jerked at it violently in the effort to
hrow him. All his tremendous strength
vas put forth in one convulsive effort which
vould have freed him, but the infernal noose
lad fallen true, and bound his arms. As it
was lie dragged the six stout men who hold
it after his frantic bounds nearly to h'is own
door, before he was prostrated, and then it
was by a heavy blow dealt, him over the head
with the butt of a gun. The last objects
which met his eye as he sank down, were
the horrified faces of his two children and
wife looking out upon him !
The blow deprived him of his senses for
sometime, and when he recovered he found
himself half stripped, and lashed to a tree a
short distance from his house,?IIinch in
front of him with a knotted rope in hand,
his wife on the ground, wailing and cliuging
with piteous entreaty rouud the monster's
knees, his children weeping by her, and out
side this group a circle of men with guns in
their hands. That fearful awakeuing was a
new birth to Jack Long! His eye took in
everything at a glance. A shudder like that
of an oak rifting to its core, sprang ajonghis
nerves, and seemed to pass out at his feet
and through his fingers, leaving him as rigid
as marble; and when the blows of the hideous
mocking devil before him fell upon his
white flesh, making it welt in purple ridges,
or spout dull black currents, he feltlhern no
more than the dead lintel of his door would
have done, and the agony of that poor wife
shiicking a frantic echo to every harsh slashing
sound seemed to have no more effect upon
his car than it had upon the tree above
them, which shook its green leaves to the
self-same cadence they had held yesterday in
the breeze. His wide-open eyes were glancing
calmly and scrutiuizingly iuto tlie faces
of the men who stood around?those features
are never to he forgotten !?for while IIinch
lays on the stripeswith all his furiousstrength
blasnheniini/ as thov fall, that trlancc dwells
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on each face with a cold, keen, searching intensity,
as if it marked them to he remembered
in hell ! The man's air was awful?
so concentrated?so still?so enduring ! lie
never spoke, or groaned, or writhed?but
those intense eyes of his I?the wretches
could not stand them, and began to shuflle
and get behind each other., hut it was too
late; he had them all?ten men ! Thn/
ici /f rrijish ri'il.
AVe will drop the curtain over this horrible
scene. Suffice it to say, that after lashing
him until he fainted, the Regulators left
him ; telling his wife that if they were not
out of the country in ten days he should be
shot. lie did go within the specified time;
and, as it was said, returned with his family
to Arkansas, where his wife's father lived.
The incident was soon forgottcu in Shelby
county amidst the constant recurrence of
similar scenes.
About four months after this affair, in company
with au adventurous friend, I was traversing
western Texas. Our objects were to
see the country, and amuse ourselves in
hunting for a time over any district we found
well adapted for a particular sport?as for :
bear-hunting, deer-hunting, buffalo-hunting,
&c. Either of these animals, is to be fouud
in greater abundance, and of course pursued ,
to greater advantage in peculiar regions; .
and as we were anxious to make ourselves
familiar with all the modes of life in the (
a#ni? n 4 m n %? ? n >1 A it n me. I ri t in nnoiMnr^ ?*SM1 <
vjuuiuiy> wc iijuuc 11 a puiuu in iiuuu^u
to stop wherever the promise of anything (
specially interesting offered itself. ,
Prairies, timber, and water were better distributed
in Shelby than any county we had
passed through?the timber predominating
over the prairie, though interlaid by it in
every dircctiou. This diversity of surface
attracted a greater variety and quantity of (
game, as well as afTorded more perfect facili- ,
ties to the sportsman. Indeed it struck us ,
as a perfect hunter's Paradise; and my friend ,
happening to remember a man of some wealth j,
who had removed from his native country, ,
and settled, as he had understood, in Shelby, j
wc inquired for him and very readily found | ]
him.
"Whatever else may be said or thought of !
the Texans, they are unquestionably most I
generously hospitable. We were frankly i
and kindly received, and horses, servants, I
guns, dogs, and whatever else was necessary 1
to ensure our enjoyment of the sports of the (
country, as well as the time of our host him- j
self, were forthwith at our disposal, and we i
were soou, to our hearts' content, engaged '
in every character of exciting chase. I
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK. !
. GENERAL MORGAN.
Among the incidents connected with the
closing years of this rude but patriotic sol- I
dicr, the following, originally published in 1
the Winchester Republican of 1844, may '
be regarded as evincing in the narrator a '
singular combination of frankness, simplici- '
ty, and pathos : (
"The 'thunderbolt of war,' this 'brave
Morgan who never knew fear, was in camp '
often wicked and very profane, but never a
disbeliever in religion. He testified that
himself. In his latter years, General Morgan
professed religion, and united himself }
LL 11 Tl?- maP i r* ^l\in ?n1a/ia 1
WllU luu rrcbujficnau vnuau iu nuc piavjc,
under the pastoral care of Kev. Mr. (now 1
Dr.) Hill, who preached in this house some *
forty years, and may now be heard occasion. ]
ally on London street. Ilis last days were 1
passed in this town: and while sinking to his (
grave he related to his minister the experi- 1
ence of his soul. 'People thought,' said he, 1
'that Daniel Morgan never prayed'people s
said old Morgan never was afraid?people 1
did not know.' He then proceeded to re- ?
late in his blunt manner, among many other *
things, that the night they stormed Quebec, 1
while waiting in the darkness and storm,
with his men paraded, for the word to advance,
he felt unhappy; the enterprise appeared
more than perilous; it seemed to him c
that nothing less than a miracle could bring c
them off safe from an encounter at such an t
amazing disadvantage. He stepped aside t
and kneeled by the side of a munitition of 1
war, and then most fervently prayed that the i
Lord God Almighty would be his shield and j
defence; for nothing less than the Almighty t
arm could protect him. He continued on <
his knees till the word passed along the i
lines. He fully believed that his safety du- <
rinjr that night of peril wa.s froui the iuterposition
of God.
"Again he said about the battle of the
Cowpcns, which covered him with so much
glory as a leader and a soldier, he had felt
afraid to fight Tarleton with his numerous
army, flushed with success, and that he retreated
as long as he could, till his men complained?and
he could go no further. Drawing
his army in three lineson the hill side;
contemplating the scene?in the distance
the glitter of the advancing enemy?he
trembled for the fate of the day. Going to
the woods in the rear, he kneeled in an old
tree top, and poured out a prayer to God for
his army, for himself and for his country.?
With relieved spirits he returned to the
lines, and in his rough manner cheered
them for the fight. As he passed along,
they answered him bravely. The terrible
carnage that followed the deadly aid of his
lines decided the victory. In a few moments
Tarleton fled. 'All/ said he, 'people said
old Morgan never feared'they thought old
Morgan never prayed; they did not know;
old Morgan wa.s miserably afraid.' And if
it had not been, in the circumstances of the
amazing responsibility in which he was placed
how could lie have be en brave ?
"The last of his riflemen are gone; the
brave and hardy gallants of this valley that
waded to Canada and stormed Quebec are all
gone?gone, too, are Morgan's sharp shooters
of Saratoga. For a long time two that shared
his captivity in Canada were seen in this
village, wasting away to shadows of their
youth, celebrating with enthuiasm the night
of their battle, as the year rolled round?Peter
Lauch and John Sehultz. But they have
answered the roll call of death, and have
joined their leader; the hardy Lauck wondering
that Sehultz, the feeblest of the band,
whom he had so often carried through the
snows of Canada, should outlive him. There
is interest round the last of such a corps."
Select .Jleitag.
OF WHAT WOMEN ARE MADE.
"Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife;
A bad, the bitterest curse of human life."
Simonidcs, a poet famous in his genera
tion, who flourished about four hundred
years after the siege of Troy, tells, us, in a
noted satire, that the gods formed the souls
of women out of those seeds and principles
which compose several kinds of animals and
that their good and bad dispositions arise in
them according as such and such seeds and
principles predominate in thcirconstitutions.
He says:
"The souls of one kiud of women were
formed out of those ingredients which compose
a swine. A woman of this make is a
sloven in her house and a glutton at her tabic.
A second kind is of the fox, foxy, and
has an insight into everything, good or bad;
some of this class are virtuous, and some ,
vicious
"A third kind of women were made up of i
canine particles; these are scolds, always ,
barking and snarling, and live in perpetual (
clamor. A fourth kind were made out of
the earth. Such are the sluggards, who
pass their time in indolence and ignorance, j
hang over the fire a whole "Winter, and ap- j
ply themselves with alacrity to no kind of <
business but eating. ]
"The fifth species of females were made |
out of the sea, and are of variable, uneven ]
tempers, sometimes all storm and tempest i
'ometimes all calm and sunshine. The sixth 1
species were made of such ingredients as ;
compose an ass or beast of burden; these are <
naturally slothful and obstinate, but the hus- i
band exerting his authority, will live upon ;
hard fare, and do everything to please him. ,
<iThe cat furnished materials for a seventh i
?pecies of women, who are of melancholy, j
froward, unamiable nature, and so repug- (
nant to the offers of love that they fly in the ]
face of their husband when he approaches 1
them with conjugal endearments. This spe- j
sies of women are likewise subject to little
thefts, cheats, and pilferings. The eighth |
species of females were taken out of the ape. i
These are such as are both ugly and ill-na- ;
turcd, who have nothing beautiful in them- j
selves, and endeavor to detract from or ridi- 1
jule everything which appears so in others. <
"The mare with a flowing mane, which ,
svas never broke to servile toil or labor, com- (
posed a ninth species of women. These are i
they who have little regard for their hus- |
bands; who pass away their time in dressing,
bathing, and perfuming; who throw their j
bair into the nicest curls, and trick it up in ]
the fairest flowers and garlands. A woman <
)f this species is a very pretty thing for a ]
stranger to look upon, but very detrimental ?
:o the owner, unless it be a king or a prince ?
ivho takes a fancy to such a toy. <
"The tenth and last species of women <
vere made out of the bee; and happy is the
nan who gets such a one for his wife. She t
s altogether faultless and unblameable. Her t
amily flourishes and improves by her good g
Management. She loves her husband and j
s beloved by him. She brings him a race j
)f beautiful and virtuous children. She (
listinguishes herself among her sex. She t
s surrounded with graces. She never sits (
imong the loose tribe of women, nor passes
ler time with them in wanton discourses.?
she is full of virture and prudence, and is (
he best wife that Jupiter can bestow on f
nan." t
i
GOING TO BED. 3
Going to bed we hav,e always considered 1
>ne of the most sober, serious and solemn 1
>perations which a man can be engaged in 1
luring the whole twenty-four hours. With 1
t young lady it is altogether a different thing. [
iVhen bed time arrives she trips up stairs ^
vith a candle in her hand, and?if she had f
feasant company during the evening?with I
lome agreeable ideas in her head. The can- 1
lie on the toilette?and her luxuriant hair 3
s speedily emancipated from the Ihnudom 1
if combs and pins. If she usually wears 3
water curls, or uses the " irou," ber jiair is
brushed carefully froiu her forehead, and the
whole mass compactly secured ; if not, why
then her lovely tresses are soon hid in innumerable
bits of paper.
This task accomplished, a night cap appears,
may-be edged with plain muslin, or
may-be with heavy lacc, which hides all, save
her own sweet countenance. As soon as she
ties the string, probably she takes a peep in
her glass, and half blushes at what she sees.
The light is out?her fair, delicate form
gently presses the couch?andiikc a dear,
innocent, lovely creature, as she is, she falls
gently into sleep, with a sweet smile on her
still sweeter face. A man, of course, under
the same circumstances acts quite differently.
Every movement in his chamber indicates
the coarse,rough mould of his sullen nature.
When all is ready, he snuffs out the candle
11* n ! !_ . Ml 1*1
wuii ins nngers, line a canninai, ana uicn
jumps into the bed like a savage. For a few
moments lie thinks of all the piccadillcos he
may have committed during the day?vows
a vow to amend soon, groans, turns over,
stretches himself, and then all is silcut save
the heavy groans of the slumberer.
THE "DAYS" 0]TTHE CEEATION.
The S'icntifn: American gives the following
summary of a recent article in the liilliotlifcu
Sacra, by Prof. Dana, of Yale College,
on the harmony of science and revelation
in regard to the creation :
"We will now eudcavor to present the
substance of Prof. Dana's account of the
history of creation, because it is the latest,
clearest and best we have seen, and must be
of interest to every son of Adam. He says
that geology proves our earth to have been at
one time a fiery ball in space; then dry land
and seas appeared, with a tropical clime over
the whole globe. At a later period, mountains
began to enlarge, the dry land to expand,
a temperate climate to gather about
the poles, and tribes of animals became more
localized. Then, in the last age before man
the continents take their full breadth ; rivers
flow, everywhere valleys are formed, and
zonesof climate became nearly like our own,
and every region of the globe has its peculiar
fauna. < Finally, the features, and climate,
and life, attain all their present variety,
as man appears to take his,place at the command
of his Maker.'
" Ilis ideas regarding the production of
light are peculiar, and as we have seen the
same views before, and now find them endorsed
by Prof. Dana, we presume they are
accepted as the most correct theory of light
by all who have paid any attention to the
subject. He says, ' without mutual molecular
action, there could be neither light nor
heat. Hut let it be endowed with intense
attraction of different degrees or conditions,
and it would produce light as the first effect
of mutual action begun. The command,
< Let light be,' was the summons to activity
in matter.' The plain meaning of this is,
that the matter composing the earth was in
existence before the law of gravity, and that
when it (matter) was endowed with gravity,
the mutual action resulting therefrom produced
light; in other words, light is an effect
of the law of gravitation.
"The records of the rocks, Prof. Dana
asserts, declare that the creation of the animal
kingdom came not forth all at once, but
in long progression. There was an age when
'hell-fish, such as cuttle-fish, corals and trilobites,
were dominant. The earth was then
too warm, and the atmosphere too impure for
more exalted forms. < This was the Silurian
age of geological science.' The next age
was when fishes filled the seas, which is the
Devonian of geology. Then followed another,
when reptiles, frogs and salamanders
commenced. Land plants then came forth,
rod were of exuberant growth, to abstract
carbonic eas from the atmosphere and purify
the air. The vegetable products of that age
ire now found in our coal fields. After this
:ame the ' Reptilian age/ when there were
reptiles larger than whales in the water; leviathan
reptiles on land, and flying reptiles
n the air.
" In each of these ages were distinct creations
succeeding to exterminations of previously
existing life. * Through the Silurian
Devonian, Carboniferous and Reptilian ages,
in America?fifteen times, at least, the seas
we re swept of their species, and in the suc:eeding
epoch not a species of the former
Dccurs.' All this occurred during the fifth
Jay of Genesis, according to the geologists,
which may have occupied a period of more
:han a million of our years.
<' The next epoch, the sixth day, was the
idvent of man, and the more perfect aninals,
and Prof. Dana asserts, with other gejlogists,
that1 the whole plan of creation
bad evident reference to man, as the end
ind crown of the animal kingdom/ and
science has no evidence that any living spenes
have been created since his appearance
>n this globe.
? There is no dispute whatever in regard
a AVAAt!nn oaaavf
lU bilC UiUCl Ml VICAUVU ^ gCVlVglOM finTT7l V
hat the orders of creation discribed in Gene*
lis, exactly accord with geological science,
md the records of the rocks and Scripture
tre in perfect harmony. The only subject
>f dispute, then, is in reference to the quesion
of time; there is not, and cannot be, any
:onflict between 'Science and Revelation."'
What Real Courage Is.?It is real
sourage to wear old garments till you can aford
to pay for new; to say no when you are
isked to lend ? half a dollar" to even a sufering
loafer; to refuse to drink toddy when
cou are up to your head and ears in it; to be
u nest when it is more profitable to be a
<d_ve; to do right against the current; to
>e indifferent to -groundless slander; to re*
uain unchanged bf ney compliments and
jilt edged solicitations of fetnifoWuty; to
ralk in the "paths of godliness," when both
eefc are pitched another way; to go near a
>rilliant oyster saloon at two in the morning,
mngry as a bear, and not go in ; to keep
rour patience with a chambermaid just from
Ireland; to be a man among fools; to do
?our duty if it takes yon to the Almshouse.