Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-04

UdilG Hdi!u, Hpu jumping vi W IL HoiSt,
sailed out. The men who would not be
out done by woman followed, full g,llop,
towards the placs Of com,rt. A scene of
intense interest cnsucd. The Indians at
the thickct had just discovered Tom, and
were rushing down towards him with
savage yeIls-hs friends were 81 urrirg
F! their horses 10 reach him first--Higgns
exhausted with loss Of blood, had fallen
and Iniuted. While his adversary. too
intent on his prey to observe any thing
else, was looking for rifle. The rang
crs reached the battle ground first. Mrs.
| Pursley. who knaw TOMS spirit thought
he had throy himself down in dispair for
the loss of his gun, and rendered him the
one she carried; but Tom was past shoot
4 ing. His friends ijsted him up, and threw
him across horse before oiin Of his par
ty, and turncd to retreat just as the lnd-
ans came UP. They made g,od their re-
treat, aud the Ind ans retired.
A ter being Carried into the fort, he
ramainad insensible for soma days. and
! his Ific was preserved with difficulty by
his friends who extracted all the bullets
but two. which rnmained in his thigh;
on, OF which give him a. great deal Of
pain for several ycars, although the flesh
was haalcd. At length h, heard that
| physician had settled within days rida
of him, whom he went to stc. The ply
tician WIS willing to extract the ball but
asked the moderate sun Of Fl ~ doiinrs
for the operation. This Tom fitly ralu-
! sed t. give, as it WAS more than hall Il
year. r's.papsior. Anl as he role home he
| turned the matter in his mind, and deter
mined upon cheaper plan. When he
! reached home he requested his wife to
hpnd him razor The exercise Of RI
ding hld so cli,ied the part, thnt tha hill
which usuaiy was not discovered to the
touch, could be felt. With the assistance
Of his h.pmlt., he very deliberately laid
open his thigh until the edge If the rozor
touched the bullet anl in' .rting his two
! thumbs into the g'sh, fired il out, as he
assured lis, W thout cos ing c'nt. The
other bali r.mains in his lin' yet, but
gives him n, trouble, except when he
l.Ilses violent exercise. He IS now one Of
| the m ,st successful hunters in the country.
anl it still t,kes the best kind Of a mln
to handle him.
From he PhilAlc'r'i' H'rror
PhOHaHl.". piRA Y AND MUHDR X
F'om Intelligence from A"y West n
10 the An INST we gA her tn following
h"rrlhf, account:
Capt H. Benncrs, Of the wrecking
/ Srhunnrr United States, repo IA. t,al The
fund. near Cape Fr'nd, gh' ho"se, tn"
null % vessel. supposed To he Sp'n sh
>chnoner, diAna-;rd. having baen UPSET.
bring tnll OF water Hhe nd IN bu''d
about 30 boxes Gachn-ai. and 10 o. /
hides. whoa were taken To X y West ~
Tho chs. Amea aud Susan lloopei -
Capi. Benntrs iurlier report, LAT he
Quad IA lhe hold Of IA d vessel the body
nf ii man. wn.ch II ID g,>h of c"nsidrrh-
'le sIz' nc oss tho In,rhcad Al.u icur
fset Two hands, aud one upper and one
lower Jaw oi IA man. TIE vessel appears
to be uaalv new, OF abou 100 lon. bur
'hsn, copper tasrn d. n" u .ine c"n'i
| Wv 'o'h uI''ii h'-'
in ,ai Vessel one ilulk containing ell
i!eh', csnhh'ng one shr, "aS mnkrd
l. y. i'nr,e was alsn euud onnd 6 al
| Am"rc.,n newspapers da ed Ison the OH
T., The 2on OF Janunry. 1897. consisting
oi the ilU r, san, anI Cpuiitr; With
.mhi W boX, containing gold wamh,
cnhin and seal SOME g,ld ore. CONS.
iiItwse ruZzlr, and II hahd press. with
The t"Ilowns "atnr III type buIi MO
| FDRNAAAKl. III course every lhns
colnrrnlny the il.-lat d vessel is lef TO
conjecture tl,ut ihe prohabllity i thai ,hr
had Gnen wey t. pirates. who ac'"d up.
On the pt.verl, tina! dead men tell no
t'ie- ~ tina potion vi hti c'ew hal
,lsen upun the Ie>, aud unsnl'lrd Ihl+
rlo tIice, fonh d he vessel "a every ttlng
lHmtabr, nj vaGH., aud .heG tell the >ctle
ri hem liEe, | The >nial b rats 10, a'teI
winch shr lnu>t have buuu cap>iZ d by
tae w,uds.
The New York Sun says There is too
nucp rea ,uti to nrLcvr tiat The LIciam'
F"rrla,ari men toned. is th. elsnral4d
l aIin Vucaiisi oi that nain.. so well
kth"n IN ln's cry rs ,hr pitnc'ral hd~s"
ni Mont es,ur's company, a.d wh' has
D"eH some years P'F'a',iinS WIN great
'urcess al me M,.xicau ca,,ilal Has calls
tan nam, was thd dcsig ate h u"c u
hr a,ucits tuu,d, ana inr iunke,s. watch,
cuu, Nc. seem correspond with i!ic iii
teielice ,ni 'hry we 4 hs U OF, ry.
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