The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-08-24
"A story of Colts Revolver.

An lf1shman, formerly well known as
one OF the choicest spirits in Trinity Col
lege, Dublin, but Who, owing 10 the dIiap-
}idated fortunes OF his ancien, family, tx
patria.ed himself some Years sine, ani
entered The Turkish army, wrote letter.
or rather journal, addressed 10 friend
about year since, Of which the following
is an extract It may suffice 70 state that
h. was engaged ia the Turkish campaign
ia ASIA, and during severe engagement
was wounded GA TIE Heights Of B sch Ia
dix Lar Att / having described the hor
rofs of [ field and lis narrow escapes in
two or three skirnshes, he gave, the de
lads Of his suffcrings fer Il day and two
nights, during which he lay exposed among
the slain and wounded on the field OF b at
tie. The DRY OF the manner OF his escape
from puudcrers or camp iJllowers,by meanr
Of revolving pistol, is 50 curious thai We
make no apology Tor ex racting some
what lengthy passage. We commence the
narrative about the middle OF the lounll;
IAN had long been silent, save coca
sionaly groan from some Pc creature,
wounded like me, perhaps dying, aud The
bowling Of wolves from the forest skr'ing
the field OF bat La pretty sort of wake
for a decent Cllis ian Turk, and worse by
distances. ! can tell you my dear
than Pat llouiagan s grandmother's scree-
chcs tie night we entered her cabin on
the moor Tie day after hat famous snipe
shooting, when they laid him out, as they
said, so daceni, wild the plate on his chest
the spalpeen.' Wei, to turn from this iii
grt sson, felt how fortunate it was | lay
SO near the middle cf the plaln-a strt Of
centre DISH YOU see-slntc otherwise
wouldiave been eaten by SON avagc beast
or other, before any would have been
likely 10 inquire into the precise geological
nature Of my deccsse
knew very well the rcxt moinipg
would be rescued. as coul see that The
Russians were retiring, their FIRE being all
out this night, and had just said 10 my
self, jack it is all right, YOU will be easy
and comfortable with your limb elegantly
bandaged tomorrow, aud actually tried
t, whistle The bells Of Shannon Rory
O More, and orc or two other tunes, to
keep up my spirits. Il was rather fat
ure both n cxecu ion and intention viii
own And now for a description which
our old friend Chatley Lever might do
+ justice 10.
/ On lcatless Tree near me SAT SIX or sew
en- huge birds Of prey, gorgea with their
horrible repast. | knew they were not
/ likely TO touch me while remained living
! II can OF add lively, but suddenly saw
figure fitting 10 and fro, like the ghost
OF my Aunt ---, an occasionally stoor
ing, as il ed in some Office Of mercy
and thereby now and then lost among the
broken groups OF men, horses, sc. heaped
upon the plain and now and then emery
ing into the bright light of the IN )oa as i,
came for h from behind the clouds that
occasionally obscurrd The terrible land
scape w bat IS IT, said l.
/ Prcscn y became aware of the exist
encc Of four or five oI.cr G.ares similarly
employed. Al one limo thought tie,
were women and the priests minister
ing consolA,i n and all. thought Of The
Spanish stories poor MAJOR Atkins u>ci 10
I'll us. | knew 'hcre were mouhs in A sia.
i though could not tel where these came
/ from. Ihcn al kinds of strange thoughts
of ghosts and vampires. the very creations
/ OF the c,uAlry ! WAS IN, suggested them
! selves to NY imagination. aazel unn
could u no longer ut their forys
which seemed hardly 10 approach nearer.
and at length Tell back, contemplating y
silv,ly halo round tic mooa, viii h PM
me il mind Of the Cove Of Cork and La
" cy NJ , the darling
| might have continued thus about half
an hour, when sound caused me TO turn
around and behelda sight that filled me
with horror. A figure like one Of tie
witches in Macbeth wars stopping over and
graphing with the wounded Russian Gen
cral, who lay some ten PAGES distant fram
me. could hear every breath and move
inent OF the PAIR AS the veteran ssrurmlcd
with his iiendish assailant. There was a
fearful Stiffness about the deed Tor the vic :
tim uttered Lot word, probably in dis
dam OF his fate. A. length he succeeded
IN holding oil h,r skin,y and ensanguin-
d arms, and While doing so uttered n few
words in Russi n. which | could not un-
derstind. Finding her task dlfIculs she
gave a hiss like serpent, and presently a
male confederate, looking like Burke or
Hare clothed for an Adelphia melodrama,
such as have seen in London. stole To
her assistance and deliberately passed "A
long knife into The bosom Of the hapless
Russian heard tho sound Of it, and the
low. deep sroan that followed Vaiuly
had cndeavored TO shout, in order 10
scare these fends from their prey--my
tongue Glove to the roof of my mouth. =
| was like one under nightmare. Sud
denly HE moon Owed beneath cloud -