Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-12-22
MARrISsBuRG va, WEDNESDAY M0RNING, DEoENBER a. lss


Tufts tore to shreds; but the next morn.
ing Tufts was found ny party Of hunters.
in miserable condition lying near bis dead
adversary. and. as his friends stood of q few
yards and hailed him. true to his instinct,
TUFTS, in the best tone Of voice he could raise,
said
Come up, boys, don't be afraid, there amt
spec of danger"
Everybody near about may have heard Of
certain desperate character. whom the sher-
iff attempted to arrest III the court yard at
Nashville. during the sitting of the court over
which Judge Andrews presided The des-
perado, holding himself upon his reserved
rights, Ii. e, bowie and pistol,) held the
sheriff and his posse at bay.
tufts" said Judge Jackson, recognizing
his old acquaintance in the court; Tufts,
go out, and arrest that man; you can do it,
by the Eternal"
Judge" said Tufts, lit kin be done. for
there amt no danger in it,"
| But the moment Tufts advanced upon the
rufian, followed BY the iron, hervcd judge, the
william 6red--a bullet went through the check
Of poor Tufts laying him Eat on his back for
a moment Every body thought he was xii
led, but in a jiffy, up jumps Tufts, shouting !:
We've got him, ] told you there weren't
no danger"' @ a 1o
jackson fad advanced Fixed bis eagle eye
and the muzzlc Of pistol upon the rafian,
and arrested him. M
Firing salute on the Sth Of January at
Memphis, that old cannon rebounded and ac-
ted so unrely, that Tufts proposed to lash
the piece firmly to platform somebody
vcntured to enquire if tue piece pightn't bust
"Bustl' said Tufts, who was swinging the
match, ready to touch Of the cannon. Bust,
no, there amt any danger =
Tufts touched off the piece, and bis friends
found him doubled up with half dozen COM
pound fractures Of limb and body, some eight
good rods from the muzzle Of the burstod
cannon. TUFTS voice was near gone--be as
sayed to say somtliing-a bystander put bis
car to the poor fellows lips, and heard him in
= very faint tone, say:
II say-Itold EN- there arasn't much dan
ger"
When the gamblers were routed at Natehez
TUFTS was resident of that city. kept store,
and did some trading on the river. The
gamblers had fortified themselves in one Of
the principle dens they deficd the citizens
! to rout them. TUFTS lived close by, and was
one Of the committee appointed BY the citi-
zens to go to the gumbles and notifs them to
leave. As they approached, the gamblers
ordered them Off and at once fired upon the
committee, who, being missed, lost no time in
getting away. needless Of TUFTS rallyiug
cry
tome back. men, stand your ground; there
amt no dangcrl"
Only just then, ore Of the gamblers threw
rock, which. hitting poor Tufts between the
two eyes. rendered his vision ever after very
oblique. Tufts recovered and made his ap.
pearance on board the Ben Sherrod it was
her last and fatal trip
The boat was very crowded She was new.
elegant. fast and popular With a party of
I
convivialists, our eccentric friend Capt Tufts,
was seated in the social hall. straiuing bis
eyes through pair of green spectaclcs at an
elegant hand he held in a game Of Eucrc
al pass, " said Tufts. smile playing over
bis corrugated countenance, as be gazed up
on the bo,eers in his hand
Cant be did-no possible danger said
Tufts. "llello what's that :" nc added, as
an alarming noise started every body but Tufts
and his opponent to their feet.
play away" said Captain Tufts, as an
other explosion and uproar took place upon
the deck of the boat.
Il take that trick. ifyou please and that,
and" .
Another explosion. shivering the deck be-
meath their feet, and whirling Capt. Tufts
partner" through the hurricane deck, quite
cut short the captains next trick but, with
one desperate luuge, as himself. his table
fifty tons Of smoke,pipe cranks, wheels boards.
and people went whrling up into the air, it is
credibly affirmed that Cayt Tufts was heard
to bawl as he waved aloft his 'best bower !"
"Om! by thunder! Isaid there ,rasn't
a red cents danger"
Captain Tufts has not been around since !;
We hope he has gone to land where there
amt any possible danger.
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CHiLDHOOD's TEARS.
There is sometimes moral necessity for
the correction of children, notwithstanding the
pain which profusion of their tears will Of
ten give us Tia great rule il n.var IN cor