Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-23

n Journey petWeen II hliadelphia and Pitts
burg, !, Stopped az this orderly .ihd weII
regulated ddtaa tavern, Yfern, e remain al night
I fhere was much company, thelp, in .rad
: EDITION to those who arrived at the time,
did, but Il was Of aud ordinary traeeilin,
character, composed chiefly Of aw4ster
merchants, and we were not much, IN Il,
4 iEay of each other.
4 Among Am sng tthhse.s the susestSwho surr9uhled tn
iire aiter supper; was a gentleman Of ap
parently superior information, and wh,
seemed;to be much Of a literary charac
ter; and the conversation happening /,
turn on the, dangers encountered by tra1v,l
/ slers, he voluntarily related to the com
tpany the following narrative, with tn,
assurance tliat il was true, and we alllis
tened With attention. p filaao9eH buG
T. K 'oA ABOUT Ateut q yearago,," said he, /" a gen.
| .tlleman well armed, from the direction %
Pittsburg, and its adjacent RICH stocl
country, stopped at this house with /
large drove of fatteped bullocks for the
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets, swht
said 1t was. his intention to bring bach
the proceed in money, to pay up the con.
TRACTS j and that he would probably re- re-
Turn in such a length of time. Ills name
and dress, and also the place of his resi-
dence / have forgotten but jhe rode, a
white horse oflrery superior power-and
| mention the peculiar color Of hisho4se,
because it was that Which afterwards
saved his life. Some weeks after he had
been gone. and about, the time of his .ex.
pected return, two Canadian Frenchmen,
on foot, well dressed and well armed, one
carrylng.a brace of pistols, and the other
a rifle, came from the direction of Pitts
burg, and stopped at this house for break
fast. They told Mr., Stottler that theye
had no money that they were travelling
to Philadelphia, and variety Of other
matters, and that they had lost their
horses. He Immediately ordered break
fast for them, and they ale theartily-
conversng at the same time in the French
language, in an under tone. One of them
was large stout man, and the other was
a person Of less size; they both had the
air of gentlemen.
After they had breakfasted, they start
ed eastward in the direction of Philadel!
phla there was a light soft snow on the
ground, and the walkinG, was sesaAss,bf,
than two miles when, from a rising piece
of ground, they discovered traveller
advancing toward them on a white horse.
The waytarer and his white steed, they
imagined, were the objects of their long
and anxious pursuit and no sooner was
this fancied discovery made, than they
turned their faces to the westward, and
appeared to be travelling in that direction.
The solitary traveller on the white horse
soon overlook and accosted them in the
most friendly manner. On being ques-
toned, they told him they were on their
way to Pittsburg, and were destitute of
the means of defraying their expenses,
and desired him to assist them onward
His reply was what might have been ex-
pected-it was precisely what always
may be expected by any destitute way
farer travelling in the great west. He
told them he was poor man himself, and
burdened with the heavy charge of a
family of helpless children, that his name
was Pollock, u laboring man by profess
sion, and that he lived on rented land,
not far from the residence of Gen. Arthur
st. Clair, in Ligonier Valley, that he had
but a. very small sum of money with
him, but that he would share it with
them, in bearing their expenses, to the
last cent. Conversation on this and 9th
er themes brought the two yagabond
Frenchmen, and their generous and no.
BILE comrade, Pollock, back to Stottler's
house of entertainment. Here, poor Pol
lock ordered refreshments for his strang-
er companions and himself, and paid for
them out Of a leathern purse, but very
poorly and meagerly supplied and the
travellers started on their way westward
in company. .f - 80
During the two visits the strangers had
made at Stottler's house, their appear
ance, conduct and character, had been
narrowly and closely scrutinized by a
brother-in-law of Stoitler's, whose name
was John Lambert, blacksmith by trade,
and with whom | afterwards took occa-
sion to become acquainted, n ,..,...,
After the departure of the armed foot
pads, with, Mr.. Pollock in company, Lam
bert remarked to his brothcr-in law, that
he did not like the appearance, of these
two Frenchmen-thath he distributed their
intentions respecting Pollock-that their
countenanees and character seemed dark
and sinister-that he had come to the de-
termination of following them a few
miles. Stottler dissauded him from this
resolution, as being futile and not well
founded told him that no harm would
result to Pollock from travelling in their
company, and desired him to dismiss his
suspicion, AS he was convinced they were
innocent and worthy men. While Lam
bert and his brother-in- law were discuss.
ing these points on the front porch, Pol
locks horse suddenly turned the corner
of the road, and advanced TO them at full
speed. without his rider. When the
/ horse came TN To the uorcha the whole