Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-20

90 mt call the truth an ,nsnlt
exclai ned FL is. with q .shing eyes, an
slight nervous mot, n OF the righ
hand, as if he, too, was b. coming ex
cited.
\ Then you will not apologize ?
4 Il have nothing to apologize for an
swered the preacher, as his right b mt
was raised slowly, and to all appear
anc-s involuntarily, and glided unde
hts vest.
Then 1 will take an apology out o
your hiden tnund red the Major, al
ne drew a hnrsrwhip from his boot, anc
began the brutal work OF f g :Ilation
But the duelist had only time t.
str,k ono blow for before he c.ulc
accompi sh the second, Ellis drew from
his b,<om long, deuble-edg. dagger,
and plung d it up to the handle in h's
.'nemy's hea t. The latter fell and
expired without uttering a groan!
'S.Ize the rascal; Shoot the hypo.
critic = with various other menacinp
exclamati"ns cri d ,he friends of Sn ed
And dozen knive. fcw from their
sea bards, and the young minister
h ard the clicking of scare of pistol
locks nearly all around him. Not an
instant was 10 be lost With the
speed Of thr W nd, he f d in an oblique
direction to wh-re his horse vas last
ened. seized the bile, and springlng
into the saddle at ii bound, spurrea the
n BIZ animal t" his utmost speed, and
a though severl shots were fred after
him, he e-ca ,ed without injury.
The perils that environed him, how
ever, had o"ly just commenced, for his
foes, also Oh horseback, set off in hot
pursuit, and the chase cnn,inu. d with
out int+Imission along the road which
led to the Missouri riv,r. Th-re, as
Ellis found that his nemies were bout
to over axe hun, he plunged into th
wo,d., and making considerable OF a
circuit, at length struck tn river at u
pom; higher up than h had first IN
tended to reach. Her the bank un
fortunately was open, aud mis- pursuers
coming in sigh , although it was grow.
ing d k, de-c.;cd him, and, giving ii
'nurderous shout, hurried f r~ard to
satiate heir vengeance in his blood
Ii had but one 4liernaiive--to stand
be shot down Ike wolf, or take tn
water; but even this latter choice a
horrible, on account of the ,r. m nd .us
rapidity of tina, 6ercels ungpvernablt
str. am, which, in addition to ITS ordin-
ary rerrors, at th.t time was 8, thick
Nth q ating ice, that after dark even
boats dared not venture across.
However, he had no other resou ce,
he goad d his hor-e to the d sperate
leap, and in mo nent the latter was
st juggling "ith the powerful win'ry
curr mt. His d sappointed enemies
came up the instant afterwards. and
watched him moving f"rwards slowly
but floating do~nwards by the st. cam
with fatal cil,ty, until ,he man aud
nmal dwindled to mere black speck
hardly visible on the water, and >ooa
werr swallowed up and totally disap
pa ed in the darkening night. Mt a
behold-r not one pers who bse-
quen'l. heard the Occurrence rela ed
doubted that Sea:iorn Ellis had gone to
the bottom Of the sw,ft-rollng Mis-
souri,.
Not ing more was said concerning
him for years; and when his fame
again began to fill mems mou his, it was
not as preachrr, but as most influ
ential member of the Texan Congr, SIS.
and an esp cial friend of Gen. Houston,
AID he is W, has been for s..e al
yea S, n the Senate OF thu State. Fl
is almost universally admired and IS
tee,ned for many excellent qualit, S !,
and the only fault which can be aileg d
in his character is that his wrath, =" hen
aroused is terrible as tornado 1t IS
rommonl so with persons who have
once shed blood. Their hands va der
inv .luntarily to their knives upon the
instant, and they never can endure 10
see their beloved wesp pons removed
fr IN their reach. They sl-.p with
the cold steel under the heads, they
wear it in their bos ms. Can it b
possible, then, that there is ,ntoxica
i Ia, m ntal witchery more p werfu
than vine, in th- Grim .on cup of nun
det! o, what fell inlatuation is thai
which blinds the eyes of the bravest tt
the ngonies of the torn an bl ins
b art that quiv-rs beneath their dagg
points for th last ii ne, and whica snuts
up their ears ag inst the ~ urnfui "r.e.
and wild lamen,ati It's of fathers anC
mothers, of wives and chiidren-tne be
reaved relatives Of tn. vanquished foe
N. Y Sunday Times
i A SATIRicAL SENtoR.-One of thos
old gentlemen whose age is suppose'
TO en Tile them to Say an. thing. mad
the folio ing rude and personal rvmarl
to a young officer in distinguished re
simeut abont % proceed 10 China:
Well, sir. you're going to Canton
Oh c,r1 Wall I c,p ,.Dl,. con I hon