Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-22

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beauty, queen ofthe sky, on throne of bn,'in.
amber. robed in the crimson nf fire. with i, liz
dem OF purpe, and streamers of painted mink
OH il was n glorious dawn for the I,oet +, 81
of earth."r the saint t" pray To henven but no, -,
song nor saint',prayer made the matn, Of Tho
place and the hour Alas no: it was y.rv DIR
ferent sort of music.
A hundred hoarse drums roared the lond 70
veille that awoke four hundred Texan prisonar.
and their guard-fOur times their number of Mo-
lean soldi-rs-the elite of the Chief Butchers,
grand army.
The prisoners were Immediately summoned 10
parade before the post, in the main street of thu
village, and every eye sparkled with ny and ev
cry tongue uttered involuntary VACCINATIONS Of
confidence
Thanks. Santa Anna! ale is going TO execnts
the treaty! We shall be shipped back to the +.
nted States. We shall see our friends onoo
more"
Such were the feelings with which the Amari.
volunteers, and the faw Texans among them
greeted the order to form into line.
The line was formed and then broke into ,wo
columns. when every instrument of music in tho
Mexican host sounded merry march, and tbev
moved away with quick step over the proir;e
towards the west.
Five minutes afterwards, singular di.lo,,o
occurred between tue two leaders of the front
columns of the prisoners.
Are you wounded! ?" asked tail, handsome ma,
with blue eyes. aud bravery flashing forth in nh
their beams.
Col Fannin, walk lame to keep from beino
wounded;do you comprehend" replied the otbeSr
with laugh and such laugh as no words m,qb,
describe-it was so lou /, ST. luxurious like -
roar of the breakers of sea of humor it was IN
short laugh of the inmost heart.
II do It comprehend YOU, for am n, ar,is,
in riddles" reioincd Fannn, smiling himself NJ
the udlcrous galey Of his compartments strange
y ill-timed.
"You discover that am lame in eaoh leo
said Col. Neil, elancing down at the members in.
Dictated, and mmcking the movements of n con
frmed cripple, as he laughed louder than ever
And yet he added in Il whisper, IL have ne,h.
err the rheumatism in in my knees nor oorns a,
my toes. but have two big REVIEWERS in NV
boots"
THAT is violation of the treaty by which wa
agreed to deliver up our arms" Col. Fannin
mournfuy suggested.
''You will see however,, that shall n,ed tba,,
before the sun is an hour high" replied Neil
"Ah ~ Fannin. yon do MT know the ,reacherv
of these base Mexicans."
AT the instant the sun rose in a sky of extra
ordinary briliancy, and million fl ,wer.cap,
flung their rich odors abroad over the green prai.
iie an Offering to the lord Of light, when the
mandate of 'hnli,' was given by one of Santa An
mas aids. and two columns of prisoners were bro.
ken up and scattered over the plain in s,n,d1
holl Nv squares, encircied on every side by Mex
lean infantry and troops of horses, with loaded
muskets aud drawn swords. And thpn momea
tary pause. awful in its Stiffness, and disturb
ed only hv an occasional shrek of terror aud tn,
most timd among thu captivcs realized the i'm
pending storm of fire and extinction of f-', Inst
hope.
And then the Internal work Of wholesale ,nn,.
dor wa bpuOp and
scarcely might be matched in the very nilnas Of
hell itself. The roar Of nusketry burst in sue
ces>'se p"nls like appalling claps of thunder, tut
could not utterly drown the prayer. ofthe living,
the screams of the wounded, and the more terri.
BILE groan, of the dying.
Col. Fannin fell among the first victims but
not 50 with the giant ONeil. With the order
of the Mexican officer TO his mon to fire, our hero
stopped almost to the earth, so that the volley
past entirely over him. He waited MT fra soc.
ond; thrusting hand into the leg of each boot,
he rose with couple of six shooters, the deadly
revolvers, and commenced dscharging them with
the quick rapdity of lightning into the thickest
ranks of his foes.
Panic stricken with surprise and fear,the Mex.
loans rrc"iled and opened passage through
which Neil bounded with the spring of panther
and fled away rs if wings were tied to hi heels
while half dozen horsemen gave chase For a
while it o'med doubtful whether the giant Colo
mel Woulu NOT distance even these, 50 much Ind
the peril of the occasion increased the natural
elasticity of his mighty muscle. Bat presently
oharger tleeter than the rest might be- ,Iiscerned
gaining on his human rival, aud approached so
near that the dragoon aised his sabre for a toup
de grace. O'Nri became conscious of his dan
ger. and hastily slackened his speed. till the hot
stream OF smoke from the horses nostrs appear.
ed to mingle with his very hair; aud then Wheel
ing suddenly, he fired another round from n re.
volver, aud tha rider tumbled from his saddle
The victilG then renewed his flight.
mad yell of grief and rage broke from the re-
manning troopers as they witnessed the fate of
their comrade, and its effect was immediately
evident IN the augmented caution Of their pur.
snlt-tor they gal"ped afterwards ia one body.
greatly retardng their Progress, so that Neil
reached the river before them He paused not
moment, bat pianged headlong down the steep
bank into the current. and struck for the other
shore. Tie dragons discharged their fire arms
met, ctually, and gave over the chase.
In few minutes Neil landed. aud as soon as
he tel: satisfied that he was perfectly safe. burst
into an insuppress be CONFUSION Of auehter,and
exclaimed: "t will kill me Just to sec how aston
i>hod the yellow devils looked when hauled my
reviewers out Of my boot>,.'
Sach was Col. O'Ne-possessing fund Of
humor that 10 misfortune could ever exhaust and
How Of animal spirits which would have cna-
hled him to dance on The grave of all his dearest
friends, or to have sung Yankee Doodle at his
own execution!
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