Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-05-28

:. 1880. Aurora mother oi dews and misttes
= oil the mansion OF the golden clouds, cam
" ss she almost ever comes TO the living green
cry of The plains Of fGolIad--a thing of beauty
queen of the sky, on throne OF burning am
. per. robed IN The crimson of fire with dis
! dem OF purple, aud steamers Of painted pink
i, Oh! u was glorious dawn for the poet fs
sing Of earih. or the saints to pray TO heaven,
out neither poets song or saints prayer mad,
The mathis OF the place and the hour. Alas
no; II was a very different sort Of music.
century oil hoarse drums r0ared the lo I'd
TeretHe that awoke four hundred Texan prIs
ooefs and their guard--iour times their nufn.
oet oi Mexican soiders-the eitte of The Chic,
Butchers guard.
Ihe prisoners we're immediately sum.
moned TO parade before the post, in ,be main
street OF the village, and every eve sparkIed
WIN JOY and every tongue uttered shout.
thefnvoluntaiy exclamation ofconhdeoce and
hope-"Thsnks. noble Santa Aona! He is
gong 10 execute the ueaty.-We shall be
sh'pped to our beloved United Stntes." Such
were the cheerful cries with which the Amer
iean volunteers. and the few Fexsas among
ihem' greeted The order to form into line,
Ihe line was formed and then broke into
TWO columns, when every instrument Of mu-
SIC tn The Mexican host sounded rnerry
maich ana 'hey moved away With quick step
towards the west.
Five minutes later a singular dialogue oc-
CURED betwlxt the two leaders Of the front
column Of prisoners
"What makes you walk so lame Colonel
Ne'li Are you woundedl" asked a tall hand.
some man. with blue eyes, aud bravely flash.
log forth 10 all their beams.
Colonel Fannin, ] walk lame To keep from
oefng wounded; do you comprehend repli.
ed the other with a laugh, and such laugh
as no words might describe--it WAS so loud,
So luxurious, like the roar Of the breakers of
sea of humor, IL was, ia sho,t laugh Of
the 'nmost heart.
do not comprehend you for am no ar
'ist al Riddles rejoined Fannin. smiling him.
sell al the iudlcrous gaiety of his compan-
ion. so strangely iitimed.
fon discover that am lame IN each leg
SAID Colonei Neil, giancing down at the mem
oers Indicated, and making the movements
OF confirmed cripple, as he laughed louder
than ever, And YET he added in wbis.
per, have neither the iheumatsu in my
knees, nor corns on my toes, but have two
big rerolpers in my bootsr
'Ihat Is violation Of the treaty, by which 4
we agreed to deliver up all our arms Cot, |
fannin nournfully suggested.
You will see, however, that I shall need !
them before the sun is an hour high, replied /
Neil. 'Ab, Fanoin, you do not know the
ueachery OF these Mexicans.'
AT the instant the sun arose with extraor-
binary briliancy. aud million flower cups
Hung their rich odors abroad over fbe green
prairie as an offering 10 the lord OF liz hi, the
order TO halt, WAS gwen BY one Of Santa
Anns's aids. and the Two columns of prison.
ers were broken up and scattered over the
plain 10 small hollow squares, encircled up
every side by Mexican iufau,ry aud troops Of
horse with loaded muskets aud max ed swords.
And then came a momeUtary pause, awful in
It's stiffness, aud disturbed only by an occa-
sIonal shrek OF terror. as the most tih,d a.
mong the captives realized the impending
storm OF fire and extinction OF lIfe's last hope.
And then the iDfernsl work OF wholesale
murder was begun, and scene ensued such ,,
as scarcely might be matched "a the yety su-
naS oil nell ITSELF. The roar of musketry
burst 10 successive peas like appalling ciaps ,,
oi thunder, but could not utterly drown the !
prayers OF the living. the screams Of the 4,
wounded, and the mUIe terrible groaus oi the ,
dying. p.
Col Faunir fell among the i,st victims, bu,
not so the giant Neil. WHh the order of !:
The Mexican officer for his men to fire, our !,
'oIley passed entirely over him. lie waited :,
rot for second; ihrusIng hsod into the :
eg OF each boot he arose with a couple Of !.
'ix- shooters, the deadly IeyolveTs OF Aliens =
1atent and commenced dIscharging them !,
with the quick raPidiy Uflightuug, Into the .
hIckest OF his foes, has IInneBse strength en- \
lblIng nm To pull oft both triggers together. =
Panic strIckeo with surprise aud tear the :,
Nlexicans recOiled aud opened passage :.
Trough which Neil bounded. with the sp,ine =
u panther and fed away, as il wings
we're tied To his heels, while hall a doz- ;;
n horsemen gave chase. For a while il =
eemed doubtful whether the giant Colonel :
would not distance even these, so much had ,
he perlls OF the occasion Increased the natu- =
al elasticity OF his mighty muscles. But =
PRESENTLY, charger neeter than the TEST. !.
night be dIscetned gaining on hIs human III -
al, aod approaching 50 near that the drsgUou
aised hts flashing sabre for the coup de grace y
Veil became conscious of his danger, and =
lasIiy Stacked speed until the hot steam r +
rom The horses nostris, appeared To mingle >,
'ith his very hsir; aud theu wheeling sud. ', ',
enly, he fired another round from revol- g g
ei,.and the rider tumbled from his saddle. y
he victim then reserved his flight. -
a mad yell ofgrIef and rage, broke from a
he remaining troopers as they witnessed The -
ate OF their conrad, AID its effect was lnime- ~
lately evident 10 the augmented cauuuu of
heir pursuit; iOr they galloPed Afterwards
D body, thereby greatly re,arding their
rogress, SO that Neil reached he river be- 10
're them. lie paused not rnoineui, bot te
lGuged hesdiong down the steep bank into
ne current aud slruck for the other shore - Sc
he dragoons discharged their side arms ia. W
liectually, and gave over the chase. 81
lu few minutes Neil landed. and as soon ~
) he felt satisfied that he was really saved. p'
urst into an Iosuppressible couvulsion Of 'e
ughlef. exclsImipg; 1T will kili me, Just to az
INK how ssIonIshed the yellow devIis iooA- ="
when ] hauled the revovers out OF my c.
pots ~ Sunday Tunes. al
Babe, condemned tor piracy, several years il
go, IN New York city, u is said. is 10 Cali in
lInla. and one of The wealthy m nIL =