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The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-06
.sexice-The War.

The prospects, as regards peace, seem gloomy
.nough. Ii We cOuli credit letter writers. our
Government has determined on the entire sub
Iguiien OF Mexico. So say the following:
Correspondence OF The Philadelphia Ledger.
"HAsEisGToY, Aug. 80, ls4T.
| alluded. in one Of my leiter TO the Ledger,
10 ne fact thai THE PROGRAMME OF THE ADMINS
IEATi0s is AOio csmpict.d, and that, though The
Union yet forbears 10 say a word, " a. in
'saird 10 Droseesit The rsr. II nesi be, TO rHE
E~TIEE sUE.UGArios OF MExIco, il she persists In
ajee,ing our Offers OF peace. Connected with this
resolution is the determination 10 oppose the
Wilnot Pfoyiso. eT eGfeio, IS utterly useless and
in!'rse;ic ibie, and only calculated to distract
parties, &C.
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SHocKTNG AccIDENT.-Hc regret 70 learn
that a shocking accident befrl ih- family Of y
Evans, Of LeeSburg. ca Tuesday week last
The Dr., with his wife ana three children, We r.
On their way from Heb Oh Meeting House &c
LeesoUrg; when within mite Of Is. Ewcrsoa's
mill, large OAK tree Tell acruss The hind part Of
tie bucgy i. which thew we've rieiur, erushing
II 20 pieces, breskirg the thigh buhe oi Mrs
Evans. severely w5undinc OF The children,
and actually crushing the skull cf az iuiaGi, 70.
posing on is uiotlIrr's Tsp and causing rs in
stial death. The DR. and the other chii esca
ped unhuft Ia u brief period Of time sitrr
the sceiGen., Dr. 4 Lancaster di,covrred the
auGorIunai- parties. ana assistance bling Oh.
ts'Ged they were removed TO The house 81 Mr.
VIM. Penn, aui subsequently, 90 Leesburs -
Mrs Evans, II is thought will recover, bat 1t J..
Toured that thu r-ccvery Of the Wounded child l.
impossible - G'orset0ro Hcraid, yesterday.
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immediate departure Of the Ransers AZ fall speet
inducea the ci,;zensto bciieue siiat tEo report
was true. leo not apprehena that any thing
ssr,ous vii occur to this commeac, and have
no douh, tina, the missing eighteen are saf, with
their comraGes ere this.
There appesrs TO have been senr fiiiiculty in
the Massachusetts regiment, JueE'h. irem the
following order issued By Gen tasiar. We
have letters in the mail (Which was not dis,ribu-
tod last night) which VIC presume VIII throw
some light on the sfiair:'te
HEADQUARTERS, vEsA Cnrz, Oct. Is, ls47.
Orders. No. -.
The following named men OF companies =,
-, lst regiment MASSACHUSETTS, infantry. be-
ing incerrigby mutinous ana insoborainate,
will. Of course. proye towards IN the hour OF
danger, and thew caunot be permitted 10 march
with this column Of the army. They arc disarm-
| ed and detached from the regimcni, nnc viii re-
port to BFeyet MAJOR Bacbus for such duty IN
The castle of San Juan &c Cilos, as may be per-
formed by soldiers who are found unworthy 10
carry arms, and arc disgrace a"d nuisaneo 10
the army. l.
BY order Of Brig. Gen Gushing.
| W. W. II. DAVIS, A. A. ID. C
Here follows list Of sixiy-iive names Of the
men aboye referred 10.
Gen. Lane was rfterffd TO be safe 1T Pusha.
The Washington Union publishes The follow
ing extract Of = letter from Major TUrnbuli, a
distinguished officer of the corps oi topographic
cal engineers. 10 Col. Albert, the heal Of the
bureau, written on the sGih September, wAlch
may shed some light on the detention of Gen
SCOTS dispatches.
We have all been engaged in making sur
rey Of the different battles and connecting them.
"A copy Of the operations of the l9th abd 2Dili
was sent with toe Generals oliiciIl reports
which went by messenger, wish passport
from Santa Anna, during the arinisiiee; but
doubt IL il be received, ns Il II most likely II
never left the city. should like TO send CO ~
by this conveyance, but it Is impossible. We
are now engaged ia making surveys 10 connec,
the operations Of the 18th and lfth September
with those Of the 18th and 10Th August
BAD TREATMENT or SoImERs.--A letter from
an officer ia Mexico TO his friend in washing
ton, published in the Union, contaias The follow
ing:
"Congress meets soon. pray ycu 10 use
your influence to cause tse speedy enactmen; Of
Il stringent law against tina malireatmeAt oi
wsgouers and soldiers, by officers Of The nrRy.
., for example, thinks nothing Of Civ
ing the firfi fifty lashes, and OF clubbing, gag-
ging, Ike. the latter. Al an appropri te period
propose TO make all this manifest il nece Ssary.
WrTHDRASINo rorBE RIO CR4~pE.-'Fhe New
Orleans Bulletin Of 2Jih ult. learns by letter
from Gen. Tayior's camp, that the impression
which prevailed there when il was wfi ten was,
that all The advanced garrisOns would 10 with
drawn TO the Rio Granle. abandoning Sdtiilo,
Monterey and Mer, and sending all the dispo-
sibie force to reinforce Gen. Scott, relninng, on
the southern frontier OF the river. s.aiagng.es,
and probably Camargo.
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,ess-her by lie po"ef1'. -, r,l.
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a''rs 80, $50. which &c iageHuiiy Of oeS-
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- ,he-s popular Journals TIC,
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1sgl.n4 Ce-orer've societies ~
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a wi,h rera-Jro them. Tie i's''as O.
i, ,.,e pir5. ioe7s ia'n pure ! ~
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60 sri.,iion aui ge"cTsl NOR
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r., anchored I..-: f,r 'he"g' h"'
-, 81 Nc. son-f'5.ci' yet are 'as'
|<srnesi and ceH'''.'
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-06

pEySsYLvANIA PUBLIc WoRKs.-The Pht'-
burgh Gazette Of the 26Ih says, the Pennsyl-
wanna Canal and Railroad are repaired from tnsI
city 10 Hollidaysburg. The Juniata Disisica
will be made ready for the Spring tTddc. The
Harrisburg Argus says. the break at Duncan :
Island will be repaired in tiss course Of week,
when navigation will be uninterrupted between
Ravrs de Grace and the head Of the North
Branch Division.
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Correspondence of tas Baltimore sun.
WASHINGTON, Oct. /

81 have sscertalned, since my last, that there
remains, rs yet uHcaed for, the sum Of six
mil icns and one hundred thousand dollars of
the iss, loan. This sum will, together with the
sccFuiug revenue from customs and lands, be
ample 10 carry on the operations OF the war, and
10 meet the ordinary expenses of the Govern
neni Til next spring. There is no danger that
ths will lag for the want OF means W bat
ever na) be The delay Of action in Congress,
the operations of the war will 90 on, AND AFTER
ExPENsEs HAVE BEES INCURRED, WE SHALL SEE
Row MANI aEnBERs WILL VOTE ron THEIR RE-
PuDIETloN."
EuEsA VIsTA.-All quiet here. The Mexi-
cars believed at one time that Gen. Scott had
been defeated, and had quite rejoicing over it,
Dates to the 24th.
Cen. Wool was engegsa In the investigation
Of the murder Of Dcwnt, the private in Capt.
Aieer's company of volunteers, much excite
uieIit was proJuced by the commission Of ano,h-
or murder on Wednesday and which is siill on
Ihs Ia2is. Two mea attached 10 the Quarter
masters department, named Raynes, from Ken
tack " ana Patterson, from Illinois, one black
siniti' aud the other wh1eiwright. had been ia
inc habit VI meeting u PARTY Of MexicaiIs near
rancho about hail u mile from camp, ami
gnIib!ing with them ut monte. On Wednesday
iney iSli their quarters 10 meet their Mexican
ilieads, but not coming home at night, search
was Ins de for them next morning ,,nc thei
murdered bodies were found Ia a ditch, partially
lnried, ana near them eviscnces that they haa
been pis, lag cards. imIaesiile measures wers
taken Dy General Wool 10 have the Inurderers
arrested, trisI, and properly punished. la shr
nieanliina. at ,nishi, on Lie 25d inst, rcpor,
was received Ut asaaqaarte.s that an ariep
bo4y oi inch from the different camps, 10 tiis
hsnisar oi aboat sixty, weie procoouing In tH
G!rrcion Of lie rauchos near Tie camp, as
wa sepposci, with the intention Of reveDgink
/ ,i's muf.ier Of Rayaes aud Patterson. I'm.
'snsral immediately ordered out his body.
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Correspondence Of the Charleson Courier.
alL .Su,xrro~ 0ct

"There is nc good reason to believe that Con-
g-css will je d1sPosed TO limit the aPpr5pria-
,iots for lie war, still less TO withhold ihem.-
Besi.es, liie Government will take at once, or
before Congress shall act, such measures as will
ieud to vas, expenses, and Congress cannot un-
lerlake TO repudiste them. 1t is matter OF
aonbl, too, how far Congress caa exercise any
supervision over the conduct Of The war. II
tie war be carried on at all, il must be by the
EArcHiire"
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-06

PRoPsRTY ~ MaRAIsp WOMEN. --Goveruer
Eaton, Of Vermont, recCmm, ndS the enact
TIE at OF Law TO secure 60 married women tho
sole control and heueht Of all property whiri
they may have at cevetturc, or receive dusiag
IL, 40 their own right.
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AGENTS FOR THE EXAMINER.

J. b. RESELL, Gazette Office, Cincinnati, o.
WEITE & PoTrKR, ID State street, Boston.
ELIAS SMITH, l42 Nassau street, New York.
JoHS. ScHoIETIELp. s. Z. cor. Arch & 9th ste.
Philadelphia.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-06

1--WE copy the following from the ". Al
bany BHliefin Of Yesterday:
A JU.r REBug - Miss ADsLINr RasYsraaw
Of this county, rseover-d, at Tue hsues &C Jurv
daring the present term Of the Fiovd Circuit
Couri. the sum OF Eight Hs"5ycd Del!ars. ia
an acton of slaHorr. fos words spoken h,
tnr Defendant, drfaniug her character. A fry
more examples OF the kii,d viii trHch tho m -
iici"us sIauder-r 10 bride well thai -umgul,
,nr mber-the 'cHgu-.
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ISAAC PUGH & CO.,

No lis. Chestnut Strec:--P II: LADELP
Manufacturers and Importers OF Paper Hansin=s and
Borders
the city. &c the newest Designs u
American a. French Paper Harg;ngs,
Borders, Fresc & Columa Pa crs, Vile
Window Papers, Fire Board Prints. Sc
wholesals and Retail. Country merchants pas;ica-
arly invi, Cd to Call.
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5000 90

Showing an advantage in favor Of steam,
fran coal at tlceafy-tArse cents bassei OF sii2
per annrm. The cost OF an engine Of 90 horse
power. boilers, betting, pipes, &C., mt required
io. the purposes specified in the o,her, would be
probably not over So, 600, while the cost of COM
mnnieaiing the water power TO the machinery
would bu at least N 900. Montgomery, In the
work already quoted from, states the cost Of
two wat,r wheels, eqoal to eighty horse power,
n,lading gearing, gates, shaf,ing, betting &c.,
at Si7,0vJ The Tromont and Suffolk mills nj
Lowell contain 1900 spinales, make coarse
goods, ana have six water wheels; the cost oil
each wheel hetweea s3,01J and S3,5Jj, entirely
exclusive of the cost of excaya,ing aud wsiling
up the branch canals to ana from the mills.
1t IL mooied question which viii; last the
Ioacer, the wheels the engine; bEt give 3d.
90, 3, equal the difference, and there Is the in
terest of 5000 to add 10 ihe advantage before
| stated.
In II future paper may give additisaa! facts
connected with this subject. 81 purpose Is to
show tina; New Esg.aui cannot retain her
iuoao ,oly Of maauiscsares, AM that. la cheap
| ncss Of uoai, this valley Of the Oaio possesses
advantages for manufacturing over aay Other
country. Teurs, &C., -
oc.ob:s l6. lsa7.
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IRA BURDsALE..

No. 53I, Main 81. oppos te Balk Of Kyr
LOgIsVIL LIE;
has aiways E,r sale, Wborsae and Retail. fa'l a.
s,rtmsnt ofthe patterns OF Paper la IN Ns.ufteia
ted ~ isAAC run z Cu.
sept Is, Iefs--ly
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Soi. - ~ hAht'
Civil and Military Governor.

PrErL,.--On the the 18th, cannonade was
somnenced on the American works Our forces
returned the fire. Santa Anna threw up "a breast
work Of cotton bales; the workmen were fired
upon by our troops The eight was continued
hiring the day.
29ih.--All quiet--or partially so. ts
Oct. ?. Santa Anna had departed-ali his men
having deserted, or declared against him. 1t is
said he Is entirely irnpotent, and means to leave
Mexico. We sabjoin two letters:
VERA CEuz, Oct. 1e, l647.
Grea. excitement was created this morning by
"A number OF reports that were put In circulation
,ccasioned by tho arrival Of tn express from q
com pany of Texas Rangers, announcing that
hey had been attacked aDoat Twelve miles from
this place by aiarge guerilla force, that they had
enc man killed ana about eighteen were missing
The repor, wa, current that the whole coa''
u.and, excepting two, had been cut OF, ana The
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as against steam, ----------------------- S6,l32
| cannot fix with precise accuracy the steam
power and fuel required for u mill of 10000
spindles. The only authority before me gives
this estimate for one OF ,fO0 siincles, with
the necessary machinery for preparing the cot
ton and manufacturing The cloth: a high pres
sure engine of 10 horse power-lsngth Of stroke
1 feet, diameter of cylinder I foot-nakes 40
single OF 20 double strokes per minute; these or
foar round boilers, - feet long by % feet in
diameter, requiring 200 gallons Of water, and
eonsu ming "a chaldrons Us bushelsl of hiiu-
minous coal per day-pressure OF steam sixty
eight pounds to the square inch. To 40 double
The wors docs not, rs | am told, require double
the power and nothing like double the fuel
This estimate was nude eight or nine years
since: within that time very important improve
menis have been made III the application Of
steam power and the of fuel; and probably
may safely say that an engine Of 30 horse
power, requiring 50 bushels OF coal, is sufficient
fo- the mil Of 10000 spindles.
Then so bushels coal for 500 days
at % cents per bushcl, So,520 "
Add salary Of engineer, SoO W
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Mosr DsPLoRABLE. we sec II stated Tia; the NUN
leT ol en,iersnts To Canada who hsve dcd, IN tHlss
norris. an ship hoard. amer they landed. d
7l40. vessel recently arrived az Crosse Is from n-
dondetrv. rad wlcn size Sssrird sso psrHrcrs IL Of
wboal tei on tho passage, and 100 were laudoi scs.
Boston lou
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-02-10
HOW 20 carry on The War.

A letter from Washington is published in the
| New York Evening Post of Tuesday evening
last, in which ':new plan of operations a
gainst Mexico is proposed, said to have been
suggested by the gallant Commodore PERRY,
on his recent visit to the seat of Government
This plan is stated in general terms,as follows:
.'Abandon all expensive, sangunary, and doubt
full projects of further invasion. So far as re-
CARDS the interior of Mexico, let US content our
selves with the occupation of the provinces al
ready conquered, or SO much Oftnem as we may
intend to keep as indemnifcaiion' for the war.
On the other hand Let us take immediate pos
session Of all her ports, both on the Gulf and on
the Pacific, and occupy them as conquered ter
riiory till she shall come to just and honorable
terms of peace. Open them all to free COM
merce, first placing in them collectors of our
own, and establishing suitable ariff ofspecfic
duties, by means of which we shall levy, from
the Mexican nation itself, q revenue fully ade-
quate to cover all the expenses, naval and mill
tary, of such occupation"
The writer goes on to stale various recon-
dations of this ''new plan," concluding with the
following paragraphs, which ifthey hadappear-
ed in the National Intelligencer, instead of the
most respectable of the organs ofthe Democra-
CIV in its own latitude, would doubtless have
been denounced by the co-laborers of the POST
as nothing less than treason:
"We should cease TO be regarded in the hate
full character of invaders, and invasion is always
at least seemingly aggression. On the conclu-
sion of peace zee shall find them far more ready
to become good neighbors and profitable Gus
toners, than if we persist in harrassing them
with war, fighting their armies, storming their
towns, threatening, perhaps taking their capitol,
cutting off their commerce, and breaking up all
the agricultural industry dependant upon it.
SHOW much more congenidi mould be snch a
system ,oih our character, professions, and the
spirit Of the age, than an invading war on the
old fashioned military principles, it cannot be
necessary to point out. A novel species of
bloodless commercial war-it would be pecu-
liarly American idea, and would be as efficient
for the purposes of coercion upon our weak, fool
ISL and conceited neighbor, as it would be ad-
vantageous in every point of view of our own
interest, and consistent with the dictates of hu-
manity. If, on the other hand, we persist in
carrying on the war as 1t is now proceeding,
what end can be seen to its duration, to its cost.
to It's bloodshed and to the deep bitterness OF
national hatred which will long continue to ran
kle in the bosoms of the whole Mexican popula-
ton against US! Suppose we take the capital,
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shall we be any nearer to peace? A score of
other cities are ready to receive to fugitive Gov
eminent.
'We began the war [mark. thaSeInission:
zoe began the war] against theMeSican rulers,
in marked contradistinction to che people; il
has already become, and it is fast becoming
more and more war with the people, war
with that invincible power, the principle of
nationality. The WOMEN are notr, by humid
dreds, aiding to build .fortifcatioats, aud boys
of fourteen are volunteering. We may beat
them in hundred battles, and extremity will
only serve to create renewed resources: while,
on such plan, penetrating further into the in
terror, with necessarily increasing forces, the
time cannot be distant when Nh Webster's
saying of the half-million day will acquire
truth too undeniable and too fatal. With such
a war, ingtorious enough eUen in its most splen-
did successes, contrast such plan as that above
stated, and the plain common sense of everv
reader cannot as it seems to me, hesitate in
the choice between the two"
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he came up a slappin his hands and cussin shat
sorrel hoss.' "He's never ready tn STOP, rays
he, sthat boss aint-and tho he's the best hoss
l ever owned, yet, blast my eyes if don't git
shut of him.
"Well, Jest then out comes Bob and mounted
his wagon just as if he was goin' to drive off
when says he
"IIallo, stranger, perhaps you'll like to deal
with me for steady one?s
"Why, yes, says the stranger, 4 would like
something little more quiet than that 60
head snap-dragon rascal of mine"
$50 Bob he looks at the sorrsl and found
him fine square built animal, his eye full of
fire, and every muscle in play.
sWell," says Bob, ga few words does for me
There's my gray-here's your sorrel. What's
your positlon?'
ssNow you're talking" said the stranger, ex-
load of stone. '9'll give you sorrel and the best
forty dollar clock in my wagon for the gray"
"Done" said Bob, 'Just unhitch."
Neither of them had asked tother any ques-
tions, cause neither one of them wanted to
answer any. The bosses were exchanged
Bob had got his clock, and the stranger got in
to his wagon, took up his lines, and bidding
EN- good day, was about-to start, when gray
put stop to it, and woufnt bulge a hair In
vain did the stranger whip and coax,-not an
inch could he get. There sat Bob, laughing in
his sleeve, almost ready to burst, to see how
the stranger was trying to start and couldn't.
Not word did the Stranger say, but after he
had got qnite tired, and had given up trying it.
anv more, he came and sat down on the horse
block.
Bob thought he might as well be going: SO
picking up his ribbons-"go aloug," says he.
The sor7el turned his head and looked back at
him, as much as to say "don't You wish
wouldP' but didn't stir peg. In vain Bob
coaxed and petted, sorrel was thar and wasn't
any where else.
swell, radson it's my turn to laugh now
said the stranger, 81 'spose you'll call again
whs9 you come to town.
's0ksnever mind says Bob. sSorrel ,riW GO,
or else you couldn't got here with him."
sOR yes Gays the stranger, you can strat him
if you'll only bring some shavings, and kimdlea
fire under him, as ] did," And then he laughed
again, and when came away they were play
ing game of OLD SLEDGE, to see who should
take them both.-Ciaeinnah .Ne'cs.,
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From the Volunteer.
NV Thoughts.

NV thoughts are Ike the summer birds,
That fy from tree to tree;
Like The bounding flight of the timid deer,
NV thoughts ale wild and free.
Like Eagles flight through the trackless air.
Nv thoughts soar out in space,
Where the silverv spheres in silence run.
Their steady ceaseless race.
As the bird when Winters storms are Ger
Goes back, on buoysnt wing
To The Ieafy nest in The shady grove,
Where it had It's bi-,h in spring;
Ny thoughts fly back DER toe waste ofyears
TO nv chldhood's home of glee;
Der the fields and groves where wandered then
NV thoughts roam wild and free;
The meadows green where my sisters cul'ed
Wild flowers 10 deck their hair;
The NOISY bank and the willow shade,
And the steamle;s running near:
The clear cecil spring in The shady dell;
The Elm. the stately Pine;
The ancient Oak with IFS spreading limbs.
Embower'd in the e;rcling vine,
o! scenes 10 memory ever dear
As scenes of earth can be.
Through which my thoughts, with pleasure still,
Roam Joyous, wild, and free
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Bob Wtddalns Horse Trade.
"You know Bob Weddam, ! reckon" said

"You know Bob Weddam, i reckon, SAID
Uncle Mike.
''Not that recollect," replied.
"Well, Bob was an amazin' hand at tradin'
bosses, and generally come out ahead too.
never knew him raay girded and the under
brush cut but once"
''How was :hat Uncle Mixer
"Why, you see Bob had been gittln a gray
boss in some of his deals, that was just about
as nice boss to look at as ever put his nose
through the rack sticks. He was human look
in boss and nothin' shorter. He was always
lookin' after stars, and carried his tail like the
National flag on the 4th of July. But he wold'nt
work-he was above it. He'd almost stop
when he see his shadow follown' for fear he
might be dra .vn it. Now then, says Bob, some
individual is bound to be picked up. So ma
king an excuse that gray's shoes wanted fixin'
he sent him to the blacksmith, and harnessed
his other bosses, hitched on his wagon load of
stone, and drove down to Sam Hewett's tavern.
Here he stopped before the dor, took out the
near horse, and harnessed him up in his place.
Bob went in and took drink and waited arouDd
until some Teller should come along who wanted
to speculate.
'.He hadn't waited long when he see some
Teller comm up the road like all possessed, h's
bosses under full run, while he was GAVIN md md
bits and hollerin 200! 400. with all his mlg -.
main. He managed to stop 'em after ne sgonnJ
little by Sam Hewett's, and turnin' EN- a.