Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-01-20

great object Of his wishes. and entered
the shop IN tears. The goodtcmpcrcd
baker. on learning the cause of hi>
grief. undertook Ia pay the required
fec Tor him--at which iIeync tells IL,
lac Was perfectly intoxicated with iny.
anil A. he ran. all ragged and barefoot,
through the streets, tossing the iuaI IA
; the AR, ~ slipped FROM hi hands aud
rolled Into thc gutter. This accident.
and sharp rcptimand from III, parents.
who could III afford sYch loss, brought
ham to has SENSES. What sustained
!uS courage iu',hc-c circumstance I've
here u-c hiS utyn words was neither
ambition nor presumption, nor even
the hope of one day taking hi, pl,cc
among the learned. The stimulus tnst
necessarily spurrcd him on was the
feeling at the humiliation of III, con,ii-
tion-thc shame with which he shranl
from the thought of that degradation
which the want OF good education
would impose upon him-abuve All. thr
determined rcsolutioa-ol battling cor
ra.eously with fortune. He wrrs re
solved 10 try, he said. whether. al.ho'
she had thrown him among the dust.
he would not lie able TO rise nv In, oA n
efforts. His ariuur for study only nj.
lowed himself two nights sleep in the
week; aud all tho while hi, god .hther
mot the .ooh-trmperej baker. but ano.
Their. well endowed but parsinoninu.
churchman) scarcely ever wrote To- him
but To- invcigh against h, Incidence
often actually addressing hi, letter. ON
the outside, 40 NJ. llcyue, idlcr, n:
Lc'psic."
UHi Cattle Hnlfins. There i,
something romantic ia these hunts :
anu a. they are proof, OF the detcrmin
cd bravery Of the natives. it would b,
objectionable 20 pass them over in II.
renee. fro'" the mot!rtainuu, state al
The country, II may be >uppo-cl that
there are likewise az !a.iuiiV Of cana
da-, which afford shelter To the wild
cattle, and furnish them food. -rhr
hunisman Is always mounted on 4
strong. bold, welitraincd horse. s.,
soon rs he catches Si.ht ~ The Wild
huii. the chase commences. and he fol
lows At Through bush and briar." lean.
ing up and dawn precip.ces al three o.
tour ieet, and passes al full speed over
country which, Tor uncvcnness. has
scarcely any parallel. Were IL not for
a Jacket and trousers of tanned hide.
tie flesh would probably be torn from
me bones by the ihoruN branches of the
mesquite "A thick hush. The chief oh .
Jc't Of the huntsman is never Ia lose
sight Of the ball, and the horse il al
ways left To take care of hi, own and
of his masters neck. II never happcn.
that the chase is Of any long continual
ton, a. the bull usually takes TO the
nearest canada. This ra,ine he fol
lows through all il, rpgeedness, a, the
height OF his speed. stumbling and even
rolling along, till its extreme narrow
ness renders further progress impossi-
Bile.
No sooner does the huntsman, who
- not lar behind, sec the dilemma of
The bull. than he dismounts. and ra
p"'ly taking of his long lcathcrn lack
ct. and drawing his knife from the side
ol has right knee, where IL had till now
been confined BY the band which Gasten.
the leaihern protectors of hi, legs, call
ell "botas,' he mnnfulIy advance, Ia.
wards the animal. which, " hen he sees
h'- adversary approach, turns round
and makes furious attempt 10 dcstroy
him with his horns. This the sports
man. asSistsh by his coat, evadrs with
deNterity truly wonderful. And now
commences a most blood, iight. Spur.
red up TO hi, utmost fury by the wounds
which he Is continually receiving from
las adversary, the efforts OF the bull
are Tremendous, but the huntsman
Voids all hts thrusts. and upon each oc-
c4slon inDIets a fresh wound. There
- here no crying "craSen," enc or the
other Of the combatants must incyi,a
bly, perish.
he carriOn crow, and carniyeruu,
binds, who always attend the hunfsmsu
from the period whom the ARRAY com
'ncnces, set up their horrid crnal i,,,,
s." That tie horror, AZ the lsht wouid
De very considerably increased. did
The occupation ct the hunter ucrmit
him To- reflect that thee birds viii
eventually feed on the dead carcase of
either man or beast. The conflict sci.
dom lasts longer than quarter Of m
hour; sometimes u 8, terminated m a
lew minutes, " thc hunter ,naLe..s,,c.
ccssiul stab aud when the boil hast lost
n Great quantity ol Ilp,,J I; tl