Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-07-11

tIllH VI IHuIes ilOaueu WIN mcrcnan-
dize. that had preceded them but the
day previous. j.. |:
| i had nothing about me. to tempt
the robbers cupidity. As they w ERE
rather partial to the revolutionary
party whose uniform ! wore, they Of.
fered me no violence, and; one OF
] them even brought me a gourd of
water, for my slave had fled at the
approach 9th E brigapds, and | ne ~
saw him afterwards, \ =
| But al my prayers, cntreaties and
promises Of reward were unheeded.
| could not prevail on them 10 re-.
main with me till my friends should
arrive. They were, intent only up on
the capture and pluhder ofthe mules,
and so they departed, leaving me
there alo ne, sick and dying, ir that
wild, des olate mountain pass. :
My seanty supply Of water was
soon exhausted, and was raving
with into 1erablc thirst. In my fren.
| zy tore the bandage from my half.
closed wounds, beat my head against
the rocky fragments that formed my
| bed; and oh, howl prayed for death
There ] lay all that long and hor-
rid night, till it was daylight again;
and then sank into death like tor
per, from which lwas aroused BY. a
heavy weight. pressing upon INV
chest, and my first glance, as Lopcn-
ed my eyes, fell upon the well re-
membcrea features Of The most dcad-
ly enemy | had on carth--CoI. Mar
timns Artola, of the Imperial army
Of Brazil. T
by the Cross, we arc well met 70
Senior 'Raymondo spoke the brutal
+rufian with his boot heel, crushing
into my throat, till my eggs seemed
bursting from their sockets, and Inv
black swollen tongue pp6truded from
my mouth land the Wretch laughed
in derislon oil my terrible agony as he
continued:
I'VE are wclLmct, | ny, Ramon
do, and l.douK not y our beautiful
bride, the Lady lncz, Of who I'M YOU
robbed me- will be very 9atcfuI
when ltellher howfaithrplly Iwatch-
ed over you in your last moments, =
Come my men, this gallant officer
must needs be somewhat chilly;
gather a good supply: of this dry
.brushwood, and we will try what cf:
fectfircwill have on the disease which
seems to be wasting him."
Fifty :bronzed-faccd rullians set
about obeying their commanders or
der, and then, after their five minutes
had elapsed, and | was placed, all
helpless as | was, on a huge pile of
dry branches, ! understoodit' all =
The internal iicnd was about to burn
me alive :.
I would not ask M life Of the de-
mon. for well knew il would be un-
awaiting. But, Oh God ! may lncv-
er, may never again suffer slrh
mental torture as did while lying
there, surrounded by til &c devils in
human sh ape; and thought of all
the heart agony that my wife must
endure when the revolving details of
my death should bcTmude Known to
her.. . T.
Once / turnedmy be nd toward tho
west>to catch ulinnse 'of tho set
ting sun, and the next moment | was
insensible. 1t was not long that |
remained thus; for was aroused a.
gain by the quick rattle of pistol
shots, the cIashing Of tecl, the wild
battle shouts and dying scrca ms of
strong men in their last horrid death
agony. j. III
All around me. behfld n.vi sion Of
gallant men, led by a slight girIish
figure, in a light blue froci, gold-e
broidered vest, and pluned cap of
the. Southern GndchaS, who, mounted
upon a su perb horse, black as night,
sped here and there, Shouting our
battle cry '"Mucrrpni fds Lmpfrinlis
los !" in which she~wasjoined by her
her hundred followers, who hurled
themselves upon thc%doomed rufIians
in a whirlwind Of cleaning steel
a. The last wretch was slain, and the
lovely woman knelt beside. me; her
arms were about my neck, her warm
kiss upon my cheek, as she breathed
in. gentle tone, the words : My
.nusbandw :. Il. +
1t was my wife, my own angel
Incz. She had ridden ON in advance
of more than four hundtcd men, with
only a hundred who cou Id keep pace
with her, and was saved:
~~.- II Rnaufiful /, h. I