New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-25

70 tnen ae n,,.b IN leave the Red Wolf far b.
hind ar dart bey ono the agile panther 1e' ou
good seds that champ anS w tbey es bounding by
ar Inns high leaps over the TALL enoarrassles
sysss and seem as they all wore wings anu 49, ~
AFRAID to them Now, 700: WIN Ia w." cs.ss each
80 seIsctipg his special prey. There IS hitls use
toy the whip and spur In this hunt. lot ~nen he
has once tasted It's fierce and heaa1ons Pt ,be,, n
,eeds no other stimulant after. 1hey' nAe ~. 80.
Sers become furious with the excitement, MI $50
simes will bite the poor animal when 'ney 0o'"o up
with n after a long chase ...,o5r.a , d,,ji
The broad white tails OF the deer p'oLot- -. -.
.aec, as thew rise and fall along the surface OF we
grass and serve a sort OF hnueIns Otacon - n
eve IN the early part OF the run 10Y @mun ~
,hs,y frpheped speed they leave horse and roer 'aI
{ enough behind out this GOES not last long they
are very fat at this season. the ial and 90 20. h1Ia
on, at this rate. They soon begin TO flag from the
neat and dragging weight o. the grass, whica Is Low
/ nearly as high as their backs We gradually close
upop them aud the herd begins to break uP sca'.er-
/ iss here ard there and everywhere. your eye PAS
/ become fix ed upon a particular Que, noble buck
whose powerful form has a;iractedyou. your morse
has caught the same object, and dlvihes you wen a.
ne turns his head 10 follow II, WITHOUT fe5"u W '
/ course taken by the rest. .. r -
Now the excitement becomes deifiein q az
ton and as you find yourSeh iullhef sei'Ai
The other sounds OF the chase, your own ihoiVuuaI
passlops become more and more ln,ensihed upon the
! Immediate object before you, and you rush Oh, you
! know not yfliher. My game on this DAY proved 10
l
usual and | had, as the consequence tremendous
rsce OF II before gan TO gam very faplcly upon
,ts flight At length the buck began 10 make ieiPs
q little less long and high, and my horse, Dy tas
tune thoroughly heated IN the run. TO snort win ca
eerpess as he let out an additional Ink or TWO OF
speed. ! closed rapidly with the quarry ana zoos
eued ny holsters for The shot which was 10 Close
the scene NON horse. Hith ears idIO Dack, CIo-
ses IN alon and With trembling haste the pistol
IS snaiched from the holster WIN all ITS desperate
speed we almost touch the hair with the muzzle be
cfeftl forC md :
-lumbIIg, IN he impulse OF rs llight oI"afu WIN
b,olon Leck Lont bticath the body
/, IS over. We are silent and still. The bloody
work : FINISHED, AID look around TOT the lrsi time
To sec where am or hat is IN sight. am amongst
a Wild Archipelago Oi Islands, or 'moits' OF um-
ber ,Sith long. ocular ys,as stretching between
them IN all directions. Wy victim Ies a. my lee'
| quiet enough nov Tic strorg breeze coois my
heated forehead. The hush profound at first, for
every voice OF nature has been frightened INTO 81.
lencc by the violent scene which had Just occurred
| 20 desecra,e peaceful home but gradually, be-
fore NV confused sense has time 10 realize the scene,
| the rap rap, rappn2 OF WCDC-pechefS hammer
! stole tlmidy out from the nearest mott, and then
sound after sound, resumed IN the same low KEY.
hesitated forth from bird and insect, showing that
Nature was yet alive, although Just now so appalled,
! | gazed around--wsth something Of the dim con-
| fused perez pton Of one awakening nom the deep
sleep Of troubled dream-into the lcngthenng vistas
stretching by uncertain ghmpses INTO remotest dis
tance-when gradually the Overwhelming rcdllZa-
ton Of the vastness came upon me, and then the
uddering CONSCIOUSNESS that vas ioSt'as utterly
lost as II had Just dropped upon the planet from the
moon, with piece OF green cheese ~ my MS. had
lost all idea OF course distance, or ume curing the
chase and now was completely turned round
immediately fell the full dangers o. my situation.
| knew the direction in which We had started, but
| knew, too, as well, that from the numerous turns
the chase had taken, that could no more tell which
way 10 start back than had been ply Sicay blind
as had, in fact been mentally So
| | had nprudenty come ont without pocket com
pass. and was a young tcoodSmGn lost upon strange
| | A IA N geography
The country to render hat knowledge had OF nat
ural Signs OF any avail 10 me here was, IN WOIo,
sufficiently panic struck to act more like the iDexpe-
| renccd person that was, than with the seltpoSseS-
SION these circumstances so much required My
heart beat very loud and fast as wheeled my horse,
and with sultry feeling of recklcsspess, spurred
him into Of the narrow openings, without stop
ping one moment 10 consider which way or Whlther
| ii should lead me The poor deer | left upon the
| spot where 1t FELL for l was too much Startled to
think of dISsCCung II nOw-Slnce OF all the terrible
faes that could ever befall human beng this OF be-
ing lost in such country, had always been most
formidable TO me.
had known OF so many Instances of terrible suf
fcring and dreary death from such cause, at this
early time when even individual settlements were
sometimes eighty or hundred miles apart IN the di-
rection Of Galveston, and none IN the opposite d.
rectlon for thousands,thai nov the cnl REVISION
seemed first like present annlhila,0n and then ike
such remote and underlined suffering as was far more
| formidable so urged on yaguely-hopng nothing.
trusting nothing, but simply asking for acton 10 dls-
| tIact--and a cIlsisto end the suspense.
Ny horse apparently sympathized with my terror
and despair for he rushed on with frightened
speed, which al any other time would have been
frightful but now was only congenlal recogm-
zed no object that We passed-each melted into the
other, forming on either hand sort OF backrunnlng
tQuefacuon OF mountain and Tree, oil PLAIN and SKY,
that seemed 10 be keeping time With my motion. L
was riding through dim land where nothing look
ed real but all lntni,e-where the end was did not
know.
twas not long before | gained the open PLAN,
upon which there was indeed, nothing but grass and
horizon, but which appeared TO me the WIDE end OF
all things. IL was like gallopng on clouds toward
TIE moon or 1.-The Jumping of pace'-lhc distance
seemed so inappreclable yet urged on Ihe
grass sparrow chirped and fitted, suppOse,-.he
Ccer turned round TO stare no doubt-tho partridge
,oned Its sudden under-bass of wings and SKINNED
away, bending the grass tops With ITS WINDY whirr,
(oI al know but yet saw them not but as We see
swift shadows IN a stormy dream. ] shouted like
crazy man.
fred my other plsto. IN the arr IN the hope that
some Of the party OF hunters might hear U-then |
paused to listen. My frightened and impatient horse
would chafe and plunge for ii moment, ana again,
as II OWNING why paused, would be still As death
and now with prcked ears, pointed stifily here and
there. seem listening round hlin for a SOund-and
then would SNUFF the breeze with his WIDE, eager nos
ulls, and with an impulse, AeadlGng and impatient
rs my Own. bound onwass--aS Tie steady, wlneing
raven ihs' .1llowed, over head our course croaked
AL answ or that sounded 50 hhe soucongraiuallOh
AWAY away! away, and still no sieh,-and still
no sound that came 10 US with any promlSe-a herd
ofmu>;augs would scufry of sporting as We passed
squad Of buffalosS, wheeling sharp about, aud Ike
hoeshcads inspired Of boots, with tails stuck straight
IN sir go lumber away over the shaking paln-out
nothing hike human form appeared. The hrst mad
ness had passed od-the instinct OF the love OF hfe
had assumed us place. and the blurred vision had
become intensified by the sharpening apprehension
which the ply seal brought, OF thirst hunger ande1
hauSiion.
saw objects clearly now. Every line IN the hori-
ron Was distinctly defined, aud conveyed 10 me
sort OF hope AL things, indeed took tneu relations
scsin and WAS mfrightened INTO calm fknewmy
ger, in detail and SAW every blade o. grass that
marked my way tOwarts-what | heard the odd
ejaculation OF the longnecked blue cranes explode
upon the silence like distant pistol sho-l saw The
flowers bend, and the meadow lark, with Its dark
feather heart outside Its musical breast bound up
from the sraSs with is low hutterng flight. 20 sing
On Wing most sweeiy, of ali Joy, though allied with
fear The very sand Tat that had darted with FAINT
squeak 20 ITS hole saw peep forth again as went