New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-16
/, Texas in the olden Time.

An old inhabitant Of Texas relates the follow
| ing episode in his experience during the early
days of that State; 49,
| He once had occasion to make q journey of
some thirty or forty miles, and his wife having
prepared his provisions, lin case he should have
TO camp DUTY among which were some nicely
baked saleratus biscuits she having by some
sohance obtained small supply Of -four, and
sretained sufficient recollection Of the luxuries
Of Former days to enable her to 'sdo them up
brown "--he started very early ,and thesway
being lonesome he rode fast for some time, until
| he emerged into q large prairie, when he OBJ
served some person on shorsebacka mile or two
ahead. He spurred up his horse to oyertake
| the traveller keeping his eye upon him all the
| time, when he saw him go down into the bottom
Of small creek, at the crossing. He rode on
very quietly, expecting each moment TO see the
| travellers head appear above the horizon, until
more than sufficient time had elapsed for him
| TO emerge from the bottom, when our friend
| became alarmed, lest the indians had shot him
| with an arrow. So he, steered for crossing a
short distance above, making his way very can
| tiously, gun in hand, As he was crossing the
creek, he observed the travellers horse tied to d
! bush in the bottom, but as he could see nothing
Of the owner,'he concluded to SNAKE tracks .,
as fast as possible, when, as he rode up the OPP
| posite bank. he was hailed with:
Hello, stranger, hold on q few minutes Il m
going that way myself directly.'
Ihereupon our friend stopped, and looking
carefully in the direction of the voice, disco
vered its owner laying with his feet up the slope
81 the bank at an angle Of 45 degrees, while his
| head was immersed in the water but small
portion Of his phiz being perceptibie
:" Whsta the thunder are you doing there ~
enquired our friend
Why, Pm soaking my headto get this infer
nal hide cap off the sun has drawn it so
tight that it won come of. and 1t makes my
head ache dreadful
After the stranger had eased his aching tenn
pies by the removal of his raw hide cap, the two
journeyeds on for some miles together. when. the
traveller btanched off, and onr friend logged on
solitary and alone until he arrived at his desti-
nation, short time before shutdown. Being an
old acquaintance, every one was glad to see
him. The children came in, and after shaking
hands with them all, he went TO his saddlebaps,
and taking out some Of his biscuits, gave them
all one apiece well knowing that it was seldom
they ever saw such Injuries.
Alter sitting while in the house, in conyer-
sation with the g old folks,n he heard the
children making considerable noise over some
thing-in thesyard, and being seated near the
door where he could look cut and observe them,
he turnediaround to see what they were at One
OF the children was between him and the object
" otoA - VA Aeo hutiub LIS posltlout n6,SaW
that they had one Of the biscuits ON the ground.
with coal OF fire on the tep crust, one Of the
boys on his knees before it, and the remainder
watching with the most intense interest for
some event whieh-he could notdiyine, until one
Of the boys exclaimed
elbow little harder, jim, blast him he'll
stick his head out direetly!n
Our friend tainted He was aware that his
cults were an article but seldom seen at that
time, but that halfgrown children should mis-
take clean, Moe, done brown biscuits for high.
land terrapins, was too great shock his
nerves to Withstand. ssasaz assst
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SLAVE BURNING IN Mass AoHusETTs. -- The
Washington Era, IAN Abolition paper,. having
commented strongly upon a late Lynch law out
rage in Alabama, where negro who had first
violated and then tortured to death q little
white girl, was seized and then, burnt alive By
an Infatuated mob-sn Alabama paper retorts-
as follows: =
In recent biography Of the late Rev DR..
Godeman-- an eminent clergyman of Boston
printed by MerVine & Whfpple mention is made
OF one of his ancestors who. few years pre-.
gions to the revolution, was poisoned by three
of his negro slaves; Mark, Phiilis and Phoebe
The biography says:
The two former we're convicted and executed.
The place Of Marks execution was on the
northerly side Of Cambridge road, about QUAR-
tersof mile above the Peninsula, and the rib
bet remained until short time before the reyo-
luton. Phillis was burned at the stake, about
Cen yards from the gallows.D
PROGRESS OF THE PLAN OF ELECTRIC Con-.
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