New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-08
ID q an Engliahmaa never abandona the field Of

ET1nC6 Eelu DaHk HfQ gained
good fortune seemed fatality itself Yet tic perfect
canness Of the Engiishma Was not tile Iess aston
shing. He pursued his object with the impaasibility
Of his compatriots before the French batsalllons az
Waterloo, when Wellington, seeing his soldiers fail
one after the other, took out his watch and said
e They die at 80 many minute I have yet such d
number Of men it will be an hour before the last one
falls Blucher will have time to arrive the vctoryg
mine. 5s55 ys v
Rally dealt III his turn, This time fortune passed
over to his side. He gained. He doubled hs stake,
and gained again. He had just gathered up 80 900
rubles, when he announced that he had trippled hs
stake. asf q y
Tie Prince was TOO good player to reeoiI. Rally
sill gained Golonbsko still played on. tll be had
exhausted all the notes at his disposal He then pro-
posed to play credit, chalkng the stakes on the "
table Railly accepted, and gained three times in
. 4. George" he cried have gained 100000
aI congratulate YOU, said the prince, with i erv
ous contraction Of the eountenanee. He began to
sian never abande Tie sIa Il hHa ps'hss. a
Never M pr James Il. q Itel yoa But shall We
rnarkNnan; suppose we Try q shot 2s 2s 7Se
Rally who saw the feverisl agitation os his com.
ganign y 1ad readily assaRtsa Bd
In q moment the hall was empty
| I. What shall be the stake. sir James u, d
n Two hundred thousand roubIes,n HI IS
T.
exhaust my credit at tie bank Of Vienna, which 81
quite Indispensable to me.ga Il III
Then fNIIl wager 200, ,ooo roubea against one o.
z Do yon wish TO become a Muscovite propretorsH
1T is mere Hhfm, like any other = 358 7s
4F And one which am not disposed to thWart.
have something Of that yalue near Moscow. Il il on
the deeliyity Of q hill from which ygu can see admi-
rably the yet smoking ruins Of the holy city have
| also one at two miles from Yologda y w
Rally shrugged his shoulders. = Il is too cold be
said,
/ .Ah then have something else which may suit
you; charming little village near the yolga !;
Here goes for the Voga, then And Eou estimate
i 4 lit something more than 200 900 ronbles.' X
i Then add sc, 900 to my stakeH ~ 58
Agreed. butt have not the title deeds here"
Il !. psn, INK and paper can supply them. s85 5s
Writing materials were brought, and the Prince e-
4 gagged in writing to transfer to Sir James, be were
the winner, the title of his domain upon the Volga. BE-
The bet was to be decided by ten shots. They drew
, place. tSsES$ 3s3s zs
|, About seventy feet before him were placed, i'd
crcnar line five small cages twelve feet apart, each
! containing pigeon Cords were attached to the
trap-doors which closed the cages, and were suf
GENTLY long to reach the spot where the markane1
Stood which was called the post u
These cords by the rules Of the game, were 70 bs
placed in the hands Of the adverse party who alWay8
stood behind the marksInan: : and, while the hitter
had his ere intently fixed upon the cords, hs ansag
: onist was permitted to agtate them. and to to
= which side the shot was to be directed ;yes twas
necessary to aim quickly, for the bird rs loVsof
liberty, departs Instantly and with an energetic wing
q = q You might have heard q pin fall upon the TURF
2 when Rally and the Prince had taken their position
and the signal was given The cords were agitatsds
! and door fell on The left The Prince turned bis
= = weapon in that direction and fired S 4
= Down Y cried distinctly the voice Of the official
The same stiffness prevailed, when ii was Sir ag1es
turn to fire. The trap fell The shot followed IN
.stantlY.
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Did you Prince, that this estate borders on
y the Volga ?" IA E. s 5,tss vi W
: { From the balcony Of the house you can see the
. course Of the river u & S 5G95s II 53i5s. 81 55
y An explosion was heard. sSSS y
ls6$$trs Down !" said the same voice. ii 5.5S
3 There are ntcent plantat Of young trees,
!. grouped with infinite art delicious fruits fine
9 3 sst That i NY ffsyorite frnit''
\ 4 5ta NJ Down MI sS 4}
L the sixth shot; when Rally failed.
e L q q Missed ~ said the crier. SS8
= At the eighth trial, the Prince having failed and
Rally succeeded they were again equal and the two
n sportsmen took a moment for repose. Ia n
The Prince again took his place, fired, and missed
4 Rally was more fortunate The bet Wasa approaching
~ ~ its solution. s553E 3s.* III e##i5 5$35 N n,
es What passed then in the souls Of tile Prince and
IL Sir james, it was mystery beyond human intui
ton. To the approach of Important event Is
to announced by low inward voices to- others present.
ments seem follies and chimeras, But it was
e remarked that when the Prince took his carbine
: = again. it was without word without display with
o. out the naughty look which was natural to him..
y He fired The bird, which had flown in q straight
n n line, suddenly turned. 555 Ak 3. 3ss5 nv s
~ ~ Wounded ~ said some.
IL IN .Dead ~ said others. t5# 81
- =, % No, no ~ cried several voices.
~ ~ Every eye was fixed upon it; but it mounted, its
~ flight became stronger, and it disappeared, while
~ Nv Rally calmly whstled :. God save the King
w Rally having killed the ninth bird the Bet was de
w cded by single shot, for the Prince failed again
~ ~ The two adversares were superb at this moment
each in his fashion; the Prince, by his courage which
Z raised him above his loss, and Rally by the deep
concentrated joy which he felt in thinking Of the Sc
rious consequences Of his success. They extended
= their hands to each other and separated the bes
friends in the world It was but Incident Of sports
man life, which might have its counterpart toor
II n row. vs. Z
w Fifteen days passed The act Of cession first mad
81 ont in the Of Rally, then transferred to that
hs Feodorwit1 was fully authenticated and Sir jaime
,fe ae quilted Vienna a
H. He attempted to restore the million of roubIes
~ which entrusted to him. not wishing to receive
X price for an action whose only merit, he said wa
success; but he could not resist the entreaty OF tn
"a ransomed serf Feodorwitz forced him to accept
- inscrbing upon the pocket book these words: 9'
iJ-" To the free man who has made me free"
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n ire In the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,
a resolution requesting Congressnen to their endea
to the rights of American citizens abroad
Su -of conscience, public worship. burial etc-Wa