Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-01-17

| """S'S WIN! again, again is that thrilling sound
| repeated. Each hiock seems to echo and re. echo
ii, and The trees and very winds seem ,alking in
mat terrible language. God Of the desolate am
10 escape destruction by thirst only through the
more fearful ordeal Of wolf banquet2
hunted about for some place Of security where
! might pass the night. a fire dare not build,
for That day. had seen the trail II Camanches,
and lreerrng the merces of the beast To the man,
the VOL TO the Indian, gathered pillow of leaves
oeslIc The huge bulk of a Frustrated pine, and lay
down hoping to escape in my quiet nook The jackall
scent OF The Indian Cossac and The desert wolf.
ScaTcel had stretched my tired limbs my
sad couch ere. like spirit from the Internal pit,
witt vault that would have done credit to an O.
iiyap plan cyninastic right over my head ped one
terrible scourgs of the woods havin clear-
ed the log and some fifteen feet of earth in his
spring. As he passed felt his hot breath on my
lace and his eyes seemed like burning star dash
ing through space. In an instant the whole air APP
! peared full of these wood demons All around me
their fee, were busy, and with half uttered growls
they seemed already disputng WY possession. The
fellow who had described his rainbow course above
me, turned At bay, and glared upon mo with eyes
mat seemed lighted up with fire from the bottom
less pit. My gun, German wager, was at my
cheek IN moment and my finger was on The trig-
ger. For the first time she missed fire The
click seemed only ~ increase the boldness and rage
Of the pack.
thought had seen something the transform
ing power OF hunger before, when on the ocean
had witnessed the allUwancng out of The last poor
pttance Of bread TO the half starving ships copa-
ny, and men that had been as brothers changed to
Gagged and hungry hyenas, ready to destroy friend
Tor Offering TO pick up crumb the tight 10 which
was doubted. But that was almost Christianity
compared with the anxious rage that seemed in
direul connection about me.
My guns second trial proved more Fortunate and
my daring vauller tu'nbled down with two bullets
crashed through his skull. The scent of the blood
was In the air, and in moment the fallen hero was
the object OF contention to score of his fellows
Determined 10 profit by this temporary diversion
IN my favor, turned and was in the Of stepping
upon tie trunk OF tree that lodged At an angle
which would permit my ascent, when from its top
came piercing scream that sent the blood curd-
ling to my heart, and stopped for instant the
cannbal wolves from their banquet. Hastily my
gun was reloaded, without pachiny, and three
bullets went whizzing towards the two cyeba!s of
fire amidst the branch. There was s:ifed growl
and then a heavy fail or bound upon the GARTH
The panther had fallen or jumped from his position
Instantly reloaded, and kept my place upon the
trunk OF that halt PROSTATE tree, through the hours
OF that dIeary night, ever and anon as some daring
intruder, 4 fresh recruit to the internal pack came
near, snuflng for my life, sending leaden mes
senger through his skull and giving his conlpan-
ions lunch of their own flesh and blood.
Never before did sentinel keep sharper or more
anxious watch-nevcr to fearful wretch did night
see.n longer. nor the winged hours move So dull
| thought of Byron's wolves in Mazeppa
by night heard them on the track
Their troops came hard upon back,
1 w 18th their long gaop which can tire
he hound sdccp hate, the hunters fire:
! Where Ger we ticw they follow ed on,
Nor left us with the morning sun;
Behind we saw them Il rood,
At daybrcal winding through the wood,
/ And through the night had heard their feet.
Their stealing, rus;iing step repeat
/ And thought Of his terrific description in his
siege of "Corinth :"
! "And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall
Hold over the dead their carnival
Gorgng and growing o'cr carcass and limb
/ They too busy 10 bark at him
From Tartar's skull they had stripped tho ncsh
as yc peel the fg when the fruit is fresh
And their white ,usks craunchcd DER the white skull.
AS slipped hro their jaws when their edge grew dull
As they iazily mubbcd the bones of the dead
When they could rise from the spot where they
4 fed
So well mad they broken lingering fast,
With those who had fallen for that nights rcrast."
But the morning came at length; my greedy foes
beiUok themselves 10 more respectful distance and
without troubling myself about the fate of the pan
Their, left my unqnet couch. Whenever my shots
had told there lay The bones of the SLAUGHTERED en-
envy, not shred ot them or sinew, nerve or mus
Gle, left upon them, apped and polished white with
the tapping tongues OF the ravenous pack. skud-
der to think of the fate that would have been mine
Fad II not been for my trusty wager, and fastened
from the spot where | had endured in few hours.
the horrors Of a lifetime. The next nipht was in
ChrlstendOm.
AN INDIAN ToMe.-I'he following account is
given of 4 in limestone chain of hills not FIR
from Sebastian in Mexico ''ln the wear 1888. =
Mexican, Don Juan Flores, perceived there the
hidden entrance TO a cave He entered bul SEEING
inside council of Indian warriors sitting toreheI
in the deepest silence, he retreated and told it tc
his companions, who well prepared entered the
cave together, and discovered about 1000 well pre-
served Indian corpses squatied together on the
ground, with their hands folded below their knees
They were dressed in fine blankets, made of the
ti5res OF Iechuilla with sandals made of species OF
iiana, On Their feet, and oruamentcd with cOlored
scaris, wiki beads Of seed Of fruit polished bones
&c. lhI5 is The very insufficient account Of the
mysterious bnrying place The Me%icans sup
pose that 1t belonged to the Lpans an old Indian
lr'De whic" rom time iinmemorial has roved and il
rowing over the BolsUn dc Mapnis"
MhH1YjNG.-"Y Young women I need not tel
you to look out for Your husbands, for know tia
yon are liking cOntrivance3 TO catch one and are a.
naturally on the watch as the cat is for mouse -
Don belt your hook with an artificial Nv Of beau
WI you 90, the chances Gre ten to one that yo,
VIII ca'ch gudgeon--some silly fool of fish tha
isn't worth his weight in saw. dust Arrav the in
ner iady with the beautiful garments Of virtue. mod
eS'y, wisdom, truth morality and unsophistica,c
love, and YOU viii dispose Of yourself qncke+, ant
10 inucn better advantage Than you would if yo
dsPayeo an The gcw gaws, Giplerings, fDl-do-rols
ana indebtedness In the universe. Remember tina
1t is an awful thing to Jie self manufactured OIL
maid. ''-Do,o, Jr
2 BUSINESS FIRST, 1HEu PLeAsuRr.--& man VIII
? IS very Jich now, was very DOOR when h,y.-
t When asked how he rot his riches he rppI;cd