Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-11-25
LLERsBURG HOLMES COUNTY. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2

| delicate fur Of this dangerous game is wortl
another sum almost as great, Il has becom,
a trade to hunt them, I have known ON
of these tiger traders, and although he wa
no talker, there used to ooze from, hin
strange recollections of his perils.
As soon as the mate had arrived, the
siege was reopened, the camp pitched again
senlinels posted, and strict vigilance en-
forced. ,,-.,,,. ..,i, ,- t.,...-,-', ,.f .-, ~
It turned out to be no easy work, ever
for this intrepid and daring hunter, who bad
climbed many n crag in the Rocky Noun.
lains and the Sierra Nsvada, to get down
that abyss and TO find an accessible spot on
the rock opposite from which he might ge,
a shot at the, eagles. He thought it best
to make sure Of his bah, and not to alarm
the negroes by waste firing that would en-
dlcate to them the station he had chosen
and cause them to hprl stones down upon
him.
He had risked his life, however, many a
time for less thaalhe good sum Don Co.
mez was sure to pay, as smature, for those
two splended binds of prey, and he went to
work with will. s....,...f cd. .,,
/ After couple of hours he WIS seen at a
height of six hundred feet, suspended over
the dark precipice beneath him, and .shel-
tered by a promince over his head against
any stones or blocks which might be hurl-
ed upon him. On the platform nothing
unusualeould be discovered. 1.-The Maroons
hidden behind ethe stony ramparts which
ipclosed their place of refuge remained Sc
cure.
Several hours went bs, and it va was late
in the afternoon, when al Hast the REPORT Of
the mates rifle was heard for the, firsttime.
Many a spy glass was directed at once to
the spot where the audacious shooter, was
stationed but as nothing particular could
be remarked, except, perhaps the coolness
with which he was reloading his rife, mos:
Of the caballeros returned 10 their tents
Those, however, who still watched the darg
ing man, had theirrewards, the steep rocks
around re-echoed once more the report of
his gun. .o.-I ',
A blackish object of the size of pigeon
was seen darting up into the air with the
swiftness of "a cannon ball, then it stopped
on sudden, remaining suspended immoya-
BILE for some moments at an anorinous
height, then it began 10 lower in a spiral
line. slowly at first, then quicker and quick
er, tlll at last it disappeared rapidly behind
the huge mass of the rock. '"'' q
II was the second eagle. The first had
been shot already from the top of the peak,
and being killed on the spot, had fallen
down at once into the sea. '-' 1''''' ca
The mate had done his work. His re-
treat was accomplished with some difficult
ty, as many a block, the hundreth part of
which would. have been more than suffi-
cient to crush him to atoms, rolled close by
his head. He managed, however, to esl
cape them all, and when on the morning Of
the next day he stood before Don Gomez,
to him his complete success.
the man was as sound and as cool as ever.
On the two following days the dogs
were heard barking in the usual manner,
and the piller of smoke was still to be seen
whirling from the top Of the platform up
wards to the sky. On the morning OF The
third day, howe Ter, the dogs were silent
and even with the aid of the most power
full spy glasses, it was impossible to des-
cry The slightest sign Of smoke upon the
plal form. ao .es 2''.
On the evening of that same day, shortly
after the setting in of the neap-tide, the
were heard all at once bark
ing most furiously. Almost, at the same
time, the sentinel nearest to the shore gave
the alarm. 4 -@ @ 'A9
When the whole party came up in bur:
ry to ascertain what was the matter, they
were not a little surprised at the unexpecl-
ed turn which the affair seemed to take.
The Maroons were in the sea. They
struggled agaius tthe fury of the mighty
breakers; they were striving with all their
energy TO gain a rocky bay not very far
rom their abandoned place Of shelter. y
"Carramby! Those fools must be mad g.
the mate. '-
A Shrek was heard, sudden, and horri-
Bile, another yet more frightfnl pierced the
thunder of the breakers; the water be-
came purple. ' .'" -'. .
These unhappy wretches had made their
choice between the Spaniards and the
ground sharks.