The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-12-09


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tpay for tho calf fssnd he horses and give ,lif
:ihe; ;lst tho. Il
!. Is. ssir. Dom lba coward; take aim,
ttoo. TIiR EE, rip Il
Bringing his tgun'toshis slloulder; Shnrh
sdischargetl his piece viii, quick ain, /, bnI
sAs; he brought The butt of ihis!musk sto5,he,
a,,tp pgohist,. evidenuy unharned, rsWasg ex-
aiming his percussion: :ca PSI . 5.
ftsY your. turn 10 give the wnrt nov.
lohn,,k said Sandy. .perhaps L can make
eette rshooting than yours
I,erhnps you can, but I'm d--d If
slopto scott
Sui.ing tire action TO the word, he drop:
pod his gun. and took 10 his heels. Sandy
Mat was for a half. instant paralyzed by.
the operation, but he Instantly started III
pursuit. Probably n prettier font race,
was never seen or will be seen again. The
fugitive, be IL remembered, was the best
runner, und moreover, fear lent speed tn
His heels. His Pursucr, too, carried sex
ira weight for he had no notion Of lcav
ing his gun behind. John worked his way
like a quarter.horse, for he had pretty
good knowledge Of the track. For about
quarter Of II mile he kept along the brow
of q. slight dcclivily, where there was
scareely grass enough for decent pasture,
and finding that would bring him into some
woods where there was thick under.
growth, he struck down into q meadow.
where the grass was troublesome, aud by
this change his pursucr recovered several
rods Of the ground he had lost. The same
obstacle retarded the progress Of The lat
ter. however, and the gap, between The
complaints was again smnrlly witcncd.
john had sense enough TO see in lime tl,a,
the course he was now following would
bring him to a small stream which mcan1l
cred through the bottom, and he changed
his direction so rs 10 make n landing ut
place used for fording, where the water
was not over two feet depth. Blu, OH.
body who has ever tried the experiment OF
running in Just about that deptl, Of water,
can probably remember that i. is job no,
altogether unattended with dificniics.--
John. bounded into the stream Ikea fright
ene.>deer, but al abou, the third jump he
exhibited one Of the finest possible speci-
mems OF ground and lofty ,umLling.' II
was then that Sandy Ma, called out, Us ut
the distance Of forty or fifty rods he came
waving the long grass
Iv'c got you now. you cowardly scoun-
drcl!
John was soon on his feet again
and managed without further disaster.
TO make the opposite bank, but moi till the
distance between him and his cxaspcratcd
pursucr had been frightfully decreased.
Sandy Mat reached tho brink of tho bro"k
just as his prey, some three or four rods
ahead. placed his hands upon board
fence in the act Of springing over, when
his course through clear pasture would
have soon placed him beyond pursuit.
Sandy rnised his gun and with sure
and steady aim fred both barrels. just as
most prominent, neither part Of The person
Of John Short offered splendid mark in
tho act Of vaulting over the tencc.
Like log John dropped on the other
side Of the fence, with howl which could
have been heard for mile.
How Sandy Mat made tracks across The
field, and did not happen 10 he seen again
down Enst--or how John Short happened
to find his way home--arc portions Of this
vcritable history which it is not necrssa-
sary To intict upon our patient teaters.-
Ehc last that we ever saw or hrarl "i
Sandy Mat, he was fireman on The New
Orleans and Nashville rail road before the
project was knocked into u cooked hat
while John Short has often been heard to
declare that, although the business of pay.
ing for shooting horses and calves was bad
enough in oil conscience, i. was fun alive
compared with the process Of extracting
fifty bird shot Fl ON The iuJlc;! SCAT Of honor
''THE ADMlSIsTRATIoS,-T recent
elections. though discouraging enough
give no cause for desponding To the friends
Of the administration. Tn. great issues
between tho two parties have not brr,.
brought TO bear in the contest, aud in M
one State have wc evidence Of national
questions determining the result. Had ,hi>
been the case. the issue must have been
otherwise. What measure, what cause.
can be assigned for the administration lr-
sing caste! The sub-treasury, in its opera
tions, has done no injury to the people
no detriment 10 the governmcnt--no nju>.
ticc 10 the banks. The tariff in its pro-
spcctive operations, has completely falsi.
fed all the predictions Of its enemies. In.
stead Of ruin and distress, NE have prospr.
rity and plenty. Manufactures. though
their profits have been lcssencd, iind IN
cause Cor cur,aiing, bit. on The other hand,