Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-04-10

The stranger pennsd his reply IL am
At your servicei'
Morton wrote sgain: "Who will b.
your second! - ....
The stranger rejoined: A" an too gen.
erous to seek an Advantage, and to brave
TO !ear any on the pam Of others : there
fore, never need the aid Of q aecond.r
Morton penned: "Name you: TERMS"
The stranger traced, without . moments
hesitation "Time. sunse. this evening
place, the left bank Of the Colorado. op.
Posile Austin weapons, rides and dis.
,ance hundred yards. Do 90, fail 10 be
in time :"
Tie then.sook three steps across the
floor, and disappeared through the window
rs he had entered.
What ~ exclaimed Judge Webb, j." is
it possible, Col. Morton. that you intend to
fight tina: mani He is a mute, ir not q
positive maniac. Such meeting. 1 fear.
sill sadly iarni.h the iustre Of your laurels :"
"You are mistaken" replied Morton.
with smile {" that mute is hero whose
fame stands in the record Of dozen bat.
ties. and at least half a. many bloody v
due's. Besides. be is the favori,s emis.ary
and bosom friend Of Houston. III have
the good fortune to kill him. think it will
tempt the President to re,rsc, his vow
saa'as, vsa!uring any more on the field Of
honor"
"You know the man. then. Who is
he's Who il he - asked twenty voices
together.
''Dsaf Smith, answered Morton .coolIy.
"Why. no .ha, can not be. Deaf Sm,h
vas slain at San Jacin,o." remarked Judge
Webb.
"The'e. again.y your honor is mistaken"
said Morton. "The story Of Smiths
death was mere fiction, got up BY Hous.
ton 10 save tho life Of his favori,e from the
sworn vengance ot certain Texans, on
whose conduct he had acted as q spy. I
iathomed the ar,6ce twelve months SINCE"
eff what you say be true. you are
. madman yourself" exclaimed Webb.
" Deaf Smith ~as never known to miss
his mark. He has often brough, down
ravens in their mos. rspid A,gh,. aud
killed Cana nches and Mexlcans At q dis
'ancs Of two hundred and fifty yards"
"Ssy no more," answered Col. Nor.
ton. in tones Of deep determination "tAe
thing is already settled. ! have already
agreed 10 meet him. There can be no
disgrace 10 falling before such a shot, aud.
n I succeed. my triumph will confer the
greater glory"
Such was the general habi, Of though,
and feeling prevalent throughout Texss a,
that period.
Towards evening, q vas, crowd assem-
bled al the place appointed to witness the
hostile meeting; and 90 gree, vas the
popular recklessness a. to affairs Of the
sort. that numerous and considerable Gums
we're wagered on the result. Al length,
the red orb Of the summer sun touched the
curved rim Of the western horizon, cover
ing it with CRIMSON aud gold. .4aAd filling
The air with food Of burning glory and
then the Two mortal antagonists, armed
with long, Ponderous rifles, took their sta
ton, back TO back. and st q Preconcer,ed
signal-,he waving Of white handker.
chief-waIked slowly and steadily of in
opposite directions, counting their steps
until each had measured fifty. They both
completed the number about the same in.
slant. and thes they wheeled, each TO aim
asd fire when he chose. As the distance
was great. Both paused for some seconds
long enough Ior tho beholders to fash
their eyes from ono to the other. and mark
The striking contrast belwixt them. The
face Of Col. Morton vas calm and smiling.
bu, The smile it bore had most murdsrous
meaning. On the contrary. The coun'e.
nance Of Deaf Smith was stern and pas
sionless as ever. A side-view Of his features
nigh, have been mistaken for profile done
10 cast-iron. The one, too, was dressed in
the riches, cloth. the other in smoke-tin,ed
leather. But hat made no difference in
Texas, then for the heirs Of heroic cour.
age were all considered peers-the class
of interiors embraced none but towards.
Presently, two rifles exploded with SIM
ul,aneous rosrs. Col. Morton gave pru.
disious bound upwards. and dropped to the
earth corpse. Deaf Smith stood erect.
and Immediately began to reload his rife;
asd then. having finished his brief task.'e
FASTENED away into the adjacent forest.
Three days afterwards. Gen. Houston.
accompanied BY Deaf Smith and ten other
men. spueared in Austin, and without fur.