Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-11-20
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peril, il, IN some taSes, il superior merit /;
IN nins cases otit of len, discretion is bet.
ter than valor. man nay gilard against,
BY predpies Of iiirl, that which the most
| blflnrnte courage coiiiiot successfully tom-
baI. but GOODNESS aud kef possession laye
| tieit drawbacks a out story indicates
| We have heard Of very eccentric aiid
singular innti, WHO carried on business in
| Bayou Sara, down II tie Mississippi eou,i-
try, some years ago. TINS wHs The name
towhich the liberal hearted Mfssssippa,
hsd gfatuitousIy added Capain==Capt.
Tufts.
| Capt. Tufts was bort, on the frontier
lnriiig tie days If Indian fights mud bot
der shar-fare aud lived years amid dsn-
ger shd death in tie South To look at
the Oil man, one l,eed hardly he told Tint
lie had had some pretty hard knocks, Hhd
no doubt ihd,,Iaed N as iaiig 'tscfinnna-
ges'' AZ most folks cotid boast Of out there;
as his head. Hands, e'6.. EXHIBIT Ms many
cuts and thrusts, bumps aud bruises, dots
aud discoo'ations, as the hero Of ii hun
dfed fights, or Il score Of Penlnsuar cam
paiuhs could we'll exhibit. And yet 10
man wore n ,fofe notwithstanding the
warike scars we mtntiohed ~-lnd and
benevolent aspect than that Capt. TuIts,
aud, indeed, his disposition aud general
manner was we'll dae,'arreotyped in his
plain, uDvurnisl,ed. though engfaven rotiu-
ten#nce. To fully illustrate The charac-
Ter aud manners Of lie old Captain, We
will relate lew OF his adventures, which
! uipsrt the causes aud effects Of the "ont.
ward" signs OF the Captains we'll tat-
| tooed complexion. 3 'f '""'
During the Greek war, as it was CALI
ed, Tufts was volunteer, serving under
the command Of Gen. Jackson, aud it so
happened tIiht Tufts aud u snail party Of
his '1eiow sogers' tot stttay from The
| main body, and went binndering aud bog-
trotting through the swamp III Wiiclt some
four or five hundred Of The enemy were
eucamped. and though 1t soon brcame eti-
dent that Indians were not far Of, and The
companions Of TUFTS were snpieou4ly up-
easy, lie pushed forward viii II long rife
over his shoulder, calling o0t 10 his tardy
companions, WHO Jagged Behind
"Cdtne along come along, boys, Meye
d,nt d spree If dafgetf'', sf yr .a l.H
Every body near about lnay have heard
Of certain desperate character, Wl,oif,
sheriff attempted TO arrest 10 The edbri-
yard at Nashville, dtriug the sitting Of TIE
court over which Judge Andrew Jack soil
presided. Tie desperate, holding himself
H.. .xIt Il
pistoD. held The sheriff and posse at bay.
"Tufts.' snid Judge Jackson, rocogni-
zing His old acquaintance IN the court !;
"TnI's, 60 out aud arrest that man; YOU
eau do Il, by toe eternal - f.., ....
'.tndge," said Tufts. "it can he ddne.
for there an't no kind Of danger IN it. "
Bat the tnoneot Tufts advanced upot,
the rutiian, followed by tie iron served
Judge, tlie william fre1---a built went
through the cheek Of poor Tufts, laying
him fiat OH his bach for moment. Every
body tlionght he wns killed, but IL n litfy,
up jumps Tufts, aho,ting .r.f. .t
We've got bin; told you there warni
no danger" Jackson had advanced, fix.
ed his eagls eye mid the nuzzle Of pis.
tol upon the tufian, aud arrested him.
Firing salute on the Sth OF January, ut
Memphis, That old canton rcboundad and
acted SO unfslly that tufts pfop6sed lash
ing the piece firmly to a platform sotie-
body ventnred TO enquire il the piece
migi,tnt bnstI '4a r#
Bust said Ttfts, who was, swinging
the match ready to touch of the cannon
"bust no Mcre 0m2 any dang1.'
Fufs touched off the piece, and bis
friends found him doubled up, with n l,alf
dozen compound fractures OF limb and
body, some eight good rods from tho li,nz-
zle Of the bursted cannoG. Tufts voice
was near gons--lle esAayed 10 Soy moth.
iDg--a bysfa,iler put bis ehr 10 the poor
fellows Eps, and heard lpim in d very FAINT
| toiie--- aaa @ sss f4e41at Il
II shy--I toid'em there uasnt muct
datrgGy 20
When tile gamblersM were routed at
Natchez, Tufts was resident Of tile city,
kept store and donc some trading on the
river. The gamblers having fortified them
selves in Que of their principal deus, they
deied the citizens TO Dust them. %Iufis
lived close by, and was one Of the coni-
mittee appointed by the citizens TO go IL
! the gamblers aud notify them 10 leave. As
they approached, the gamblers ordered
them of, and ut once fred upon The com
nlttee, WHO, being missed, lost no time IN
getting away needless Of Tufts railying
cry
| "Come back men. stard your ground
there aln't any dnnger" Seamless a,
Only just then, Que Of tile gamblers
threw d rock, which. hitting poor Tufts
between The eyes, rendered. his vision ever
/ after very obiique. Tufts recovered aud
made his appearance on hoard the Ben
Sherod il was her last and fatal trip.
| The boat was very crowded. She was
new, elegant, fast and popular With a
| party Of convivialists, our eccentric friend
| Capt Tnns, was seated in the social ball,
siraining his eyes throngh pair Of green
| spectacles at All elegant haud he held in a
game Of eucre.
II pass said Tufts, smile playing
over his corrugated coumenance, as he
gazed upon the bowcrs IN Dis tlstid. .
"Cau'l be did-no possible danger" said
TUFTS. "Helo. what's tlIat!" he added,
as an alarming noise started everybody put
Tufts and his opponent TO their feet.
/ "Play away said Capt. TUFTS, as an
other explosion aud uproar took place on
tue deck of tile boat
4 II take that trick, if you please; at,d
Itbaf, iilid-o Another explosidr--
sltiveriu2 the deck beneath their feet, aud
| wI,irli,,r Captaiu Tutts' .sF,rfnrr' through