Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-07-01

melting his lead among us with zeal and
doing no little damage. An hour after that,
body of us crushed through partition
wall into house one square from the grand
plaza. The first room we entered contained
nobody. A side apartment was secured
from commonplace intruders by heavy
lock. The butts of two muskets soon re-
moved that difficulty. The picture presen-
ted to our sight was what the managers of
American theatres would call grand tab
leau." On the floor lay two of the Ameri-
can troops dead and cold. Seated flat on
the floor was my mysterious friend, holding
girl aged ten years or Whereabouts, close
to his cheek.
"Ah, ha friend priest How are your
brothers :" said l.
"No hal" said he, sullenly
"Oh, you have none, Ell? Then you were
asPy"
couple of spies and deserters from this place.
| logged them to their destruction-Holy
Virgin, receive my thanks land they now
rot in the air. OF what saw in your camp,
no word passed my lips. l sought the trait
ors, and found them"
"You have managed to change your APP
pearance quickly and often, and do it well.
You are strange person."
"Ah, senore, practice makes perfect l
have long been in the habit of indulging in
that sport. But leave me-"
ooh, no Here lie two comrades killed
by you, he nodded in the affirmative, and
you must not escape retributive treatment"
/ am wounded and bleeding to death"
said he, imploringly. "Madre de Dios,
who shall protect me Leave me here with
this child you can secure the doors and
windows SO that cannot be enlarged. This
is the daughter of one of the spies l slew,
and would say something of Importance
to her, alone"
every well. In half an hour expect us. "
The houses are like fortresses, and we
found no difficulty in making all modes OF
egress fast. | felt uncommon interest in
this man, and determined he should not get
off until l knew more of his strange disgui-
ted guard near the door. Perhaps twenty
minutes had elapsed when heard the child
utterng screams of terror and anguish, and
the voice of the man endeavoring to calm
her. L called out to him. There was nc
answer, and giving vent to little, short, ant
peculiar cry, the girl also became silent.
told him we could waste no more time.
Patience, senores-cabeileros," cried he
" and l will soon be ready. Five minutes
and | will be quite ready"
The time was up, and we undid the fas
Jennings of the door and entered. The bod
of the girl was there, the throat cut from
ear to ear, and the bloody weapon in thu
hands of the murderer, who was squattin!
upon his launches.
"Thus perish the race of traitors who sci
their country" exclaimed the cruel wretch
whose eye almost literally shot fiery rays in
to our faces. death to them all-children
| infants-aU %
"D-n dog !" exclaimed Tennesseeal
at my side" take that p' as he aimed
blow at his head with his dubbed musket
MaleditO r yelled the fellow, as h
sprang like cat from his sitting postur
and darted through the door. He was O
like rocket, and, as we say of the flea
when we put our hands on him he was nc
there. A hundred rods off, one of our men
seeing him with bloody knife in his hand
brought him down with sergeant's shor
sword, and we, coming up, dragged his bod
into door way while few scattering shot
fell from the pierced shutters on the opposit
side of the street. l grasped at his hea
and pulled off wig the scalp was shave
as bare as my hand. l saw at once throug
all his mysterious doings. He had impose
on our people by some skilful story an
performed the part of an active spy and BIZ
ter enemy. We hid his body in the house
The next day, when the city was delvere
into our hands, took an old Mexican Jose
: with me to view the corpse, after relating t
him the whole story.
"DiOS GraciOS p said Jose, looking {
the swollen and disfigured face of the unr,
sisting clay" tits General Ampudia's rigl
hand retainer-one who has done all h
hard work. knew him well. You hav
killed the most dangerous man that coul
be put on duty. He has been devil anon
: all his own people for five years or NOR
and was rich, owning three large hacienda
| 1t is from such intriguers and such gueri
las you have most to fear in this contest
f Nobody will mourn for his DEATH"
He spurned the body with his foot an
: then followed me forth That night slel
in the Cathedral, which had been used as
powder magazine, and dreamed until NOR
! ing of the mysterious man of Marin ar
; Monterey. Lest this may be thought hig
: ly colored, will state that it falls short
the truth, if anything.