The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-04-27

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yer comes Ia the living grecnery of tie plans oi
Goliad- Il thing Of beauty, queen oi tls soy oit
throne oi burning amber roLtI Iu llYl clio ou ,d
hfe, "i'h d!tdem ot purple, 500. s'rrtl..rr. Oh.
punttd PINK. Oh It was q. .ul'o4, dawn =
Tie poet 10 sing Of earth, Oi ,ie salt .,. Iii go
heaven; but neither p"e,s song iipI s.si.t ,..,t
were Tie mathis Of the place uII iAe Ay IT, .....
no, II WAS very different sort Of uu..t
a number of Aoarso druias roarrd ne bud rg
yc.Ae that awoAc io4r huA .rtl jr..s pr..ou..,
aud Their guard four tin.es tne.r nu..L,s ui ..-A
lean souldIcrs-thc ellie u 81: Chief / ,t..,rs 5
grand army.
Tine prisoners were immediate, gsnupnri g.
parade before Ihe post ~ j.r u.a.l s.rte, =. .De
village, aud every eye spa..IeI EllA sJ. Au.
every tongue uttered j suuu,--tie iuy....lr.
exclamation Of confidence auj hyp4--" lh..,,.,-.
noJ.e santa Anna! lie : gJA, "a exec, Z .as
treaty We sLall be shipped Uac.: 10 pr gt,uy-i
United states We shall aeg g.. !,.r .,.uu4 ,a,4
more " Such were the cI-yg.,l cries vi.h Witch
the American volunteers. GDi tie lsw IcxG.
among ,Agm graeied .Le orl,r to i.!4 A,y ,nv.
The lue was i.u.eL and ;.... t,u,,. ia.o t,iJ
columns, when every a-iGIDCa; f m4-,y T.. IL.
Mexican host sounIed The uefrg iaar,E ,uev q. ,.
we'd away with qu..l sep o,J. me pr.,,.. T.,
wards tie west.
live minutes aferwayli, a sius Lar lal ga
occurred between tie two leaders ,g The from:
column Of prisoners.
." lat makes You walk s. lame Col Ne.
Are You wounded :: asird i t.A handsome iuaU,
with blue eyes, 81! Lg-rerv fishing forth il al
iheir leams
"Fanni0, walk Lame 10 keep f.om being worr,
deI; do yon compreAenit' = replied the other,
with laugh, and such laugh rs no word, NIGH;
tescrbe--it was 50 loud 50 luxurious, Ike the
roar Uf tie breakers Of a sea uf humor; it was In
short, laugh OF the inuost heart
i Do not comprehend, you for am no artists
IL riddles" rtjoiaed FaUnin, smiling himself ut tie
udcroGs gayety cf LIS companion SO strangely
Ill timed
you discover tina; am lame in each leg" said
CO! Mel glaucing down at the members luilyat-
cf, and mimi-king the movements Of a cUnir.ne
cripple, IS he laughed louder than ever a have
neither the rheumatism in my knees nor cora, on
my toes but have twJ H., y-yy.gers ~ my
boots =
"Iiatis violation # DE treaty bv v'ith we
agreed to deliver Up al our arus.' C1!, F-nnIl
mourufully suggested
You viii see, hew.ycr MAT ! s'uil need them
before the sum Is un hour ligh' replied Mel
al. Fanuin You do not know the ;.eallery Of
these base Ncxicaas7
ordinary brilliancv, and million nowrrcups flung
their rich olyrs abroad over the green rr,iric, as
an offering to the lord cf light. when thr mandate
to halt was given ty one If Santa hnua's aid
and tie two columns ci prisoner were broken uI
and scaIIeren over tie pia,n, in small hollow
squares, cncircied on every side by Mexican iui.-n
Try and troops Of horse with loaded mu-hets an.
naked swords Aud then came mpnentary
pause, awful in its stiffness and disturbed onlv b,
an occasional shrek OF terror as tie most trlii Q
the captives realized the impgulin, storm ffr,
and extinction OF liies las. hope
And tht internal worl; 81 wholesale murder W..
begun ana . scene e1sued such as scarcely mi III
be matched Ia the very annals Of bel! itself III,
roar Of muskctry lurs IN usuectssiyy peals like av
pauling c!aps Of thn'er, but could not u.teri,
drown the prayers Of the living Gnl screams r
the wounded, and tie more terrible yro.us Z. thu
dying
Col. Fanrin III among the frs, victims, lu. ncl
so the giant Neil With the order " tho MeNcar
officer for lis men to fire. our hero stopped aluo.
to the earth, SO that the voiley passed entirely
over him. lie waltel not l,r a second thruslin,
4 hand into the l,E Of ca h boot, hc arose vi 3 Il
couple Of six ,hooters-tlc deadly revolver, 4,
Aliens patcnt--and commenced diseiarging ,Leu
with the quick rapd!,y OF Lightning. into IL,
lA.CHts' '9." .! H'' ,'e'--!,'' '"n'eLso s|,n5H
enabling Inn 10 fSi q" Lo.A TIE triggers .
SetneT.
+ Fame stricken with surprise ard fear the II s.,
cans rccohed ana opened apasSHsc through which
Sei' bounded with the spr.ng It q panther, and
iied away as !. w!nss were tel to Als heels. While
nan n dU2 u horsemcn gave chase. lor -whI,t
II seemed doubtful whether the giant colonel
would not distance even these, q" much lad The
prth' Of The occasion increased ite natural e."s
te'iy Q! ms mighty muscles. i'Ht presently q
charger "'Gter ,i'''A 1'a r',i mI7"' be eI,5e'He'I
gaming on lIs hNVaI i!F"., lhb uppIoasiE- ,o
near that tie a'"5'-n rare! hs flashing sabre to'
me eaap ef,gr'c%, Ne.I became conscious 81 hl'
,."i!r'' "'' iAsN,! s,'l"enei "" sp'ea' M Wt
HOY 'i,'am q sH,'"e rom tha hoI,e u,s'ut' oP
p;'Ict % w,S'i WIN ".s very h"iT; anu iIrn
""e,!oe 'GHIe"!, t.ei 34''hgT reund Rom q
rsvo'yer am the uicr 'uw",sd tom LIS saddle
"e N-". tn,A renewed d., !Nr"..
mad yen OF g''eI ana '.se Urooe !.om iac
remaining Uo'ga'S rs thy Witnessed tie iI;e u.
,.s" coh'A"e, anu us elect was immediately ey.
i'eh. N tAe aaSMynta' caution q A'ir pursuit
ior ihry S"a'pti Afterwards "a " Uouy. thereby
sfe2tY, re'arihg iA'!r progress so thni Nel'
reached 'ne r'er u'i.'s ln.m. lie paused not n
moment ol' plunged Aeailo0s down TIE steep
n'hE m.a l"' current ana struck oil iur l.e other
shore. .r Dragons discharged Their s..t arms
lrlleU''r.IN. and UtrH over the HIH-u