Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-10-12
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I'sw who have travelled much on II
,-rona Mississippi nt an early day. b.
what hive itrHnl with dread flie ,iaii,t
General William Montgomery, aud not
lu,t knew DT the landing called "Nlon
romsry's Point, " whirl, Hf ita locHoin
aud some peculiar adtantauos kns Ijar1 I
le exeelled, Montgomery Himself wns
sbraWd duiphswitte,t lowArrl fellow. VIII
ia rou,,ish exploits was srl1om If ttt
runallttl He wits Tie terror OF The Eoltll
TO MI who knew hint AID rs Il sportsman
gambler. &e4, WIS NJ notorious ~ wHs tn
celebrated Captain Kidd ms n pirate. III
General whs stih % hnte nla,,y teleenliiiY
qualities ia his ginning transactions, whicI
might he tlnssel ne iollows
tiratAlf he found n man naked, "
clothed him II he was hungry, he FL
Epeend--If he was thirsty and poor, ~
gave him drink. and advised him 10 leav'
ioi aoitle ,note salutrioris slime
Aud last, though not least, If he ga,
thirsty and yteh, lie made him drink IN,
then reh5ed him,
Ills ustsfitfis life Was fire otdnsioh o
MI nafiilers yielding .to his %hefario,ls III
riptis. WHO ellanrcd to Fall III With liiin
and whateyet the tienetat sai,l, must u
course be right, as none dared TO gaiitsey
hih, @.E
II was about the ti,ne when li4 noteri
ely llnd gained It's height. that II Frenpll
gentleman. accompanied bv a lnt4e Van.
tee, arrived III the Point, bn Their way
to tho head waters Of the Arkansas river,
and nv there was no other liotal ia the
place, put up with the General
Application being made 10 him fSr con
veynnen, he advised them to defer THEN
Journey l0r n few dHss, As he thought the
prospect of l,iglt water was IN THEN favor.
This proposition was ny no means . wei
come one TO Jonathan, who had heard
more than vlice of the desperate character
of their host and said he Wotld rather
walk aud make Il rnck horse of himself,
than remain. The Freunhman assured
him. likewise. that Ills business was very
ulgent4that he must -, Oh, foot eveS. if
there were No either conveyance. The
General was not pleased will, the deter
mined obstiuaey OF the two, but cousl not
well hit upol h plan Whereby TO obtain
them with their own cou seiii, SO he hnally
agreed ~ Rake them tl,ttiul, on horseback.
ms far ne Fort Saith. The horses were
ACCORDINGLY equipped, and the General,
with his negro, the Frenrhmari, and III"
Yankee, at Ieneti, set ont, mal1ng ,e3iteo
respectable lookins caravan, for the Arr
kanta wilderness.
lire they mounted, however. The Cen
eral began running his soft Rawder ON the
Yankee about the many advantages he
possessed over multituies Of the Southern
people, which were no other THAI being
sufficient in strength to answer rs his own
r,ck-hofse, and he thought he might have
tstsl,els Of wooden fut,nega aud hofn gum
ilints to pack through the State, he could
always accommodate himself.
The Yankee felt somewhat csiagriued ut
the in%sinuation, for fear that the French
man might consider him Il man OF that
character. After their leaving, the Gen
cral still caused jonathan no small uls
e~asiness by lis constant attacks on his ma
t,vity, Ne. The Ernnuhman soon discoN-
cred the annoyance the General was Civ
inc The Yankee, aud insisted that he was
too bard IN accusing his honest friend of
hayiug to 10 with anything Of so hase n
character. AT this The General laughed,
and told him his accusations were hv
no means erroneous. The Nankec ground
his tpeth. and remarked
"tt'a tarnal well Cor You that | aist ut
hum ion il l was Id give it to ye, dmn
quick, tcw,' &
"Do'nt y see, " said the General.
turning to the Frenchmn with an in>in-
uatiug glance, = Monsieur believes ii too
trae TO be a pike
AT this the Frenchman assured the six
feet dcwn Easter tina, the General only
lestet
"Iou are IA much mistaken" said the |
General, "as il you had burnt your finger
| never accuse n man bat what | am vii.
ling to back nav aectsation with my money;
aud Will be, YOU a hundred dollars, that
20 search the Yankees saldle.bags, you
viii fini Mt least one or two hundred horn
gaa-fints, and as many wooden nutmegs. "
81 will bette you live hundred dollars, Il
s,id the Frenchman, that my friend err
nv no wooden nutlnegs nor horn gun-aiint
in his Won leetlc saddle.hag,
al take NIL such bets, u replied the Cen
oral, turning to Cntiy-wl'o was showing
his ivory and placing the above-namcd sum
III his hand This was Immediately COW
cred by the Frenchman, while the Yankee
dissnennted and prepared TO settle the mat.
Ter by Unloading his s~adile-bags,
For some moments all gathered s4ound
Ia hreathless sileiNe. when the Yankee, to
his great asunnis,ments. drew forth the
ahope-naaued articles. A' II
: Well. Won see | have won, " contin-
ned the General, while Cufy roared and
boat with delight, showing the
whole breadth Of his whites, his eyes open
Ell 10 an extraordinary magnitude, and has
naitened like a viper, crying
sYou don't catch de General dis artimc
rosh a-mighty. wild dem ar horn gun
llints, y .en.H ara *sgsaSF
What have You to do with it, You tar
AL black niger" cried Jonathan. turn
to him with a furious look,
Why, yon sec. | is dc, generals aid
in holding dc stakes in dis ar spe-
,lal game at the same time he handed
hem over 10 his master with a chuckling
augh. ~
The losing party. saw the deception of
he trick, and appeared donbly anxious to !
theH Journey ] III ti