Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-03-03
american Travel. (,

The late celebtated Mr., Clay was man of great
resolution aud considera blesdating. He once told
the following anecdote TO friend or ours:
ma Travelling. in Early manhood. lin public con-
yeyance in a southeastern State, he found him.
self in the compan o. three other PERSONS con-
slstmgsof ayoung lad and ehtleman, her hus-
band5 and I'm individual nlfied- upti in cloak
whose cou ptenance, was Concealed, and who ap.
peared to- be indulginglin aaete-a.teie with MOI
pheus. 'AIS'Afs 8D(E,2.Nii Moo
Suddenly bigI brawny Kentuckian got into the
coach, sliiokingla cigar and crowned fierceiy
around, as much as To- say: pm half horse balI
low flower OF theotest, all brim-
stone but the head aud ears, and tiats aquasorts
In fact, he looked us savage as a meat-axe, and
pu fed forth huge volumes Of smoke without refer-
epce The csmpanS within, especially of the
la0y, who manifested certain tinid symptoms OF
ahnoyanee PEsssnit siSer some whispering,
The gentleman with Her, in,the politest accents,
requested the sttange hh6t % smoke, as itannoysd
hlS companion. The fellow answered: s.F reckon
Pve paid mYRlace! s1I' IL Smokers much as darn
pleasi hslff shan = stop me noJfo@P With
that he looked and rolled his eyes round
as. feTcety as "a ,lessnake! II was evident he
lad ubjectielt to quarrel, and that fit ocg
cufredsAt waslikely oslead to a1taGiyS slfhggle
The young man wo f had f spoken to bin shran
Clay felt his calamity aroused. He considered
for moment W helher he should interletes but ex
perienced a athral Glance to draw upon him
self Violence of his gigantic adversary.
lnght be,
SACRIFICED unav He knew if.msei
caIlY Tie coiiiest, and he ought alter
aAltwas .nOts Iisi business ..quixotcally to.tnke
up another mans quarrel. Feeling pity for tile
lnsulted and disgust toward the insnlter. he deter
mined 10 take no notice; when, very quietly id!
deed the ploa9ed figure in the corner assumed an
upright position, and the mantle was suffered Id
all from it without eff orexcitement. The small
but sinewy form ot lnanu plainly dressed in IA
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. coat, with othingarematk-
able about his appearance, was seen, and pair oe
i bright gre eyes so1g!t tue fierce optics Of the
| ferocious kentuckian. Without a wordthis clay
igu.e. passed his hand beneath his collar at the
BACK OF hls neck, aud slowly and de IiBeIately.
fphled forth a long, EXTREMELY long and glitterng
knife from its Sheath i'm, that Singular place
Stranger, fthe said my name is Colonel James,
Bowie, we'll lknownlin Arkansas aud Louisiana ;,
aud if you dom tput that cigar out of the window
in quarter of minute,Pl put this knife through
your bowls sure as death! % sl ~ ~
Clay said never forgot in after life the express
sion ofithe acolonel'sieye moment y The
predominant impression toade3tpon him ,3asi NE
certainty OF the threat being fulfilled; and apnat
emily the same conRictonIimpressedi itself ere long
nponsthe offender during the te o or three Seconds
| MS eyes met thatof Bowie. He was the weaker
anu ne quallsd.5 it'll tatcprse he ,toredLe cigar
from beneath his teeth, and flung it, scowIiIg but
uowncast, out ,of. the; coach window 80
Upon this, Coionel James Bowie as delibsrately,
bis long in its eccentnc hiding plac
aaa without saying a word to any one, even
ouchsatng elance; ataly ones relolded his cloak
aEennd blob and did not utter another syllable to
the end of tina journey. Quarterly Repieo.
J0r -1aHaary,.7g - ,,aais5a,ag Il
sIlg has aSsll zs1-iss.. 80 u ~ iarsTo9TX
sts Wizard Mnslerg of this lefty is charged
with bt ing defaults the sum Of about thirty
three HUNDRED dollars and, as Is usual Id such
cases, 1t has been discoyered lsf N some
defect in. the proceeding his its noe leIi
gaily holde d 70 make good II 9 s ichi isn. His
predecessor was more than i1s,sd 5flhayine,
defrauded the city to tnuc IN but
on account oil q curious casp d Acomt
bustion occurring among his Il - 3, The
fact could never be satistaee f&d.4
These accidents occurring, qf|E hers TO
say the least, are alarming 1t,1Ir hone
that it is all right, but cant M fears
that all In ha,, IA N