Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-06-20


and the hams, as every good horseman does in
dangerous passage. and with the bride. the body
and the spur together, succeeding in backing him
few PAGES. His head was already at greater dis
lance from that of the horse of the colonel who
conraged me all he could with his voice This
done, let the poor trembling brute who obeyed me
in spite of his terror, repose himself for few mo-
ments, and then recommended the same man@uvre.
All on a sudden felt his hind legs give way under
me- A horrible shudder ran through my whole
frame ] closed my eyes if about to roll to the
bottom of the abyss, and gave to my body violent
impuls on the side next the hacienda the surface of
which offered not single projection, not single
turf of weeds to check my descent. This sudden
movement Joined to the desperate struggles of my
horse, was the salvation of my life He bad sprung
up again, on his legs, which seemed ready to fall
from under him, desperately did feel them trem-
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had succeeded in reaching, between the brink of
the precipice and the wall of the building. spot
some few inches broader. A few more would have
enabled me to turn him round, but to attempt it
here would have been fatal and dared not venture.
sought to resume my backward progress step by
step. Twice the horse threw himself on his hind
legs and fell down upon the same spot. 1t was In
vain to urge him anew either with voice, BRIDE or
spur; the animal obstinatey refused to take sim
Gle step in the rear Nevertheless did not feel my
courage vet exhausted for had no desire to die.
One last and solitary chance of safety suddenly ap-
reared to me like flash of light. and resolved to
| employ it. Through the fastening of my boot and
in reach of my hand was passed a sharp and keen
knife, which drew forth from its sheath. With
nv left hand began caressing the name OF my
horse all the while letting him hear my voice. The
poor animal replied to my caresses by plaintive
Ching them not to alarm him abruptly, my hand
followed by little and little the of his nervous
neck and finally rested upon the spot where the
last of the vertebr9e unites itself with the Uranium
The horse trembled, but Gained him with my voice
When felt his very life, to speak palpitate II
his brain beneath my fingers leaned over towards
the wall my feet gently slid from the stirrups anc
with one vigorous blow buried the pointed blade O
my knife in the seat of the vital principle The
imal fell as if thunderstruck, without single mo
ton and for myself with my knees almost as higl
as my chin, I found myself on horseback across
corpse. was saved! | uttered triumphant cry
which was responded to by the colonel, and which
the abyss reechoed with hollow sound, as ifit fel
that its prey had escaped from it. | quilted thu
saddle, sat myself down between the wall and thu
body of my horse, and vigorously pushed with M
feet against the carcass of the wretched animal
which rolled down into the abyss then arose, ant
cleared at few bounds the distance which separa
ted the place where was from the plain and I'm
der the irresistible reaction of the terror which hat
so long represented l sunk in a upon tn
ground. When re-opened my eyes, the colone
was by my side.
London advertising is abundant in queer things
In fact the advertising columns the funniest par
OF an English newspaper. here are d couple {
specimens taken from a late London daily
q Burning Glasses for Making Hay.-The paten
tees call attention to these beautiful and useful lens
by which agrculturalists enabled to make ha
while the sun shines. They are offered to the pull
lie at less than onehalf of their original COST an
must prove invaluable in the present season"
''Rain for Peas.-Electrical pocket machines fc
dissolving clouds instantaneously. Ofimmense uti
| ity and assistance to gardeners"
And here two more, which, like the allow
look rather burlesquests as no doubt they =:
:: Family Mourning.- and gentlemen obi
ged to 90 into mourning suddenly will find the qucl
est and the most economical method is to dip in tt
patent caligraphic BATH Dyers buildings. One tri;
will prove the efficacy of this truly valuable inVe1
1 tom
3" Wonderful Canary.--To be disposed Of a beal
tifuI canary, speaking ten different languages, an
/ ready to solve any difficult problem of Euclid
JENNY LIND AND BARNUM.-The following lett
is published as an evidence that the statements wit
regard to difficulty between Jenny Lind and M
Barnum are incorrect:
'sTo p T. BARNUM, Esq.-My Dear Sir: accept 20
proposition close contract to night at the end of Il
93d concert condition of my paying you $1,000 in ado
ton to the sum forfeit under condition of finishing Il
engagement at the end of one hundred concerts.
g | am, dear sir, yours. truly, JENNY LIND.
sc Philadelphia, 9th June, 1871
t The Ancestry 0 Jenny Lind.
1t would appear from the following genealogical statemer
that of Jenny Lind of Scotch origin
is it the edifcatiOn