The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-19


the visits of their protector and lord, vet with
the numerous tribes of savages, his word is so
powerful and his will SO supreme, that be not
only governs their counsels, but he leads forth
their myriads Of warriors to battle against the
northern provinces of Mexico, and conducts or
directs almost all of their predatory attacks
valley of the Trinity to the borders of the Rio
| Grande. Forever in action, and continually
on the alert, and being followed at convenient
distances by fierce and efficient guards, to come
to his rescue, Or cover his precipitate retreat,
and besides the horse he rides, having at all
times a sufficient number of others in reserve,
to surprise him would be impossible, and to
capture him beyond the capacity of man.
! Hence it is, that he ventures to sport with the
feelings of his bitterest foes, and dares to rush
alone into the presena of those who constantly
seek to effect his determination, in order to
check the bloody scenes, that he SO often per-
petrates upon our bold, but unprotected plo-
necrs. .aa tE .ean Eg sss5E7iaa
| When we first discovered the .'pirate of the
prairies'" upon the lofty ridge that ovsrlooks
such an extensive region of country, his object
in coming was doubtless to ascertain our condi-
ton and strength which in all probability being
superior to the forces with which he could at
tack US, deferred him, from the attempt, and
again he went his way to join the bands of obe-
dient followers, who, as l have said, attend him
whenever and wherever he moves. arz s.ss
In the last invasion Of Texas, Vineente Cor
dova, the pirate of the prairies, led on and com
manded the band of Caddo Indians, who were
the accompces of the Mexican troops at the
sacking of San Antonio. As they were equal
participants in the spoils, and he is the reputed
mentor of the red men of the west, there is toe
much reason to apprehend, that there may be
some cooperation and concert Of action between
the whole of the hostile tribes and the treache-
rous and dastardly myrmidons of exdictator
Santa Anna. s ....-,... .f.4.E "a ,..
AN EXTRAORDINARY CAsE-Tbe following
is going the rounds-as a true story-having
occurred in Cincinnati not long since. 1t is a
sort of second edition Of the Ernest Maltravers
fiction: @'- ' ''~
About twenty years ago-a man and wife
| (of prominence by fashionable posiion,) who
had been welded long enough be blessed (?)
| by female babe, discovered that they did moi
love one another as they should, therefore sepa
rated forever. The wife took the child and
sought home in an eastern city, where hel
! parents resided, resumng her maiden name and
giving the child the same. After a divorce had
been agreed upon and obtained by due course
of law, the lady married, and the little girl was
sent to a relative in the interior of New York
State, where her education was attended to
and where she lived until a few months since
The man has confined to reside in the west
and being young when separated from his wife
Of a hale constitution, and particularly careful
to remove from his countenance, as far as pos
sibe, all traces of times foot prints. has KEEP
up very youthful appearance, considering hl
age. Being in aff1uent circumstances, of goot
address, and decidedly agreeable in the littl
niceties that continue to stamp the gentlemen
of fashionable line, be has always regarded as
desirable prize by designing mammas. Never
theless, he had escaped their snares to the grea
annoyance Of pretty girls and charming widow
who really thought it was the duty of Mr.-
to get married. 1t might have been settlec
aversion to the sex-or it might be attributed
to his earl lesson-yet, a fact it was, that he
did not marry. .,...-...- s... .,,=..rss .,*.-t
But not to be too prolix, we'll cut off some o
the little unimportant items and proceed to the
story. In last June Miss j. arrived here
from the east on visit to a relative who ahae
been resident of Queen City buta few months
ago. The second week OF her soiourn threw
her in company with this grass widower o
twenty years standing, who showed by his at
tentions that he was more than usually i'm
pressed by the charms of the fair stranger
Every evening found him at her side, and she
was thought not to be entirely insensible to his
charms of person and mind. A month gided
away-a month of courtship, which was care.
fully noted and meaningly wnked at by her
relative. At length her hand was asked in
marriage, and the matter referred to her con
nection. @ 1@+f rs e5sa 97't
He seemed to favor the project, and appoin-
ted an interview for the trio the same evening.
| They met in the paror, when more formal So
| licitation for her hand was made, and while the
ardent suitor was waiting with 5reathless ankle
| ty for the answer that was to seal his fate the
young lady was led forward and presented to
her own father!-the lover. -.. 4.s-
Its needless to add that both were astounded
however, it has resulted in good, the father has
settled a liberal fortune upon the daughter, and
ere this both are in Paris, preparatory to max
ing the tour of Europe. This romance Of every
day life is but another instance of truth often
times being stranger than fiction. .
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Two American gentlemen have recently
penetrated the country for some distance in the
neighborhood OF Shanghai. They write as fol-
lows: ''The country has been charming-hills,
valleys, groves, and streams being found in
pleasing variety. The sides of the mountains
are sometimes tenaced very neatly, each as
cending stepa cultivated though many Of them
are covered with the bamboo, so common in
this country. The streams are all rapid and
clear, flowing over pebbly OF rocky bed On
their banks are numerous small paper manufac-
tories. The principal machinery consists Of an
overshot water wheel, with a trip hammer with
which the paperis made" 0fa view from the
top pof Heavens eye mountain, which is two hun
dred miles southwest of Shanghai, and which
is nearly mile above the level of the sea, they
thus write: The view surpasses all that we
had previously seen. AS far as our vision ex-
tended in all directions there were mountains.
The intervening valleys were cultivated, many
of them ornamented by streamlefs, which gilt
tered in the rays of the morning sun like a
thread OF silver
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