Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-12-02

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osnp-followers, the refugees frsm oahef States,
the poor, ~ np(arnnate, the homeless, sha
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- - 1scticn, ID ambition, and n tsPa
- shss.uehl.rss, and murder ,wisk bid; ;Is5d
= = shaking acasnHy is nailed knit IL s .slss,
were Mexicans, because they forned ths sva6t
majority of1he fgPufxsfon, md f0rthe rsasos
tao. that they we're beth len able and les didt
apon then. But no race no cisssor condition
e - Of life, coald consider themsslvss free frsm
p apprehension on account q thsss evessooeurs
3ea1 ring sggrsssions. Nor did sneh ontlnndish
- deeds always originate in the bsssand elash
appetite for gain, or in the more efusl spassisn
:, 81 fer nardereqs revenge. They nnstimss ~
suited from the freaks q mere insltia.s sport
- - the acters engaged in than lHsfs 6Sd11y -.
- sessed by demons Of Internal birth. But e IA
s,.5s time that We dispatch the narrative which ~
,ss s On the frst day Of judy, 1850, sypsas man
named Charles Rivers rode into fhe town Of
Daleville, which is situated On the Texan shore
S5o1nrs @ o shs apass @,is sesss
Gulf Of Mexee 4 He was evidently tfsvslsr
.ses any one might perceive by glance at his
3 swarthy, sunburnf compile xion, and soiled, ui-
= seemly clothing, with the jaded condition Of
che otherwise noble animal, which carried him
= lineup which were fssssned 70 % diasrens psrs.
ofhis saddle, In 'front.' or behind, all proclaim
80 - cd the fac. that he had made long journey,
ns
many dangers Of different kinds Nor did he
seem either unprepared or indisposed 70 face
any ordinary periis, provided they we're such
come He carried on his shoulder Missssip-
Yras Pi rite splendidly sornapsntsd With silver
through the opening of hissest two enormous
Derringer pistols, deeply rined, hung i'm bis
g, BALI and the holsters before him contsined q
:, couple cf Colts rsyolyers or the largest size,
such ss in skilful hands, might bring man or
~ deer at from sixty to one hundred yards
- The exterior Of his person, however, did not
entirely correspond With these warliks prepa.
rations His figure, though 1.-THE and sinewy,
80 : and blessed with all the agility of youth and
Is - he sith, was slight and rather below than above
The common standard: However, his gestures,
- fs eyes, were sudden and quick as the waftures
hunming-bird's wings. His face was
- ,5 sss finely meu.d,d, a'most feminine in its eufr
80 FIRE that shone beneath beading bre.s wsich
a, looked like ciify marble he might have been
sy.ss mistaken for member Of the softer rBut
si oas glance into those windows Of the soul dis
- &C siPased the ilIusion and made ron feel that
,s,i. hero .''sp p's'sp'' u 0''A man s1d
a.towns he could not poszihly avoid noticing. the
traordlnary appearance Of the streets or
rather OF The namerous- And sxeited thronfs
that crowded Them, in some places SO densely
.faehI sfSo,uIf A.
= ~ gercus. Two opposife politcaT parties were
aesT = marching thIsash the ysrioas public tho
oagnisrss at the sane tine, to the sound Of va
ssfss uops and ffesr There seemed to be the
want OK the usual courfesies Of civilized life
80 when two rival factions in relation to liberty
hold higf festivals on one idsnticsf d.v i Tss
pr5bsbility Of q coiiision was 20 obvious for
bs = exraneccs suggestion, even to the dulIest in
e ssBateiiect Bat What astenisted the youth more
than anything else, as being something Aito-
80 a.. gether noyei apd unprecedented in Americsu
! politics, was the adoption Of 8 pecSlial color
Has the age of 'chiyairy, ~ Or 3. sar &ss q the
ruses, come back sgsin !ii {.
- 1ss The b.nnsrs and signals Of one faction were
,1i- Of the deepest blue while those Of the other
8 80 showed bright blood red. Not only did the
- nass borne in the opposing procession display
= g. these different haes, but ethers df asinilsr
bs,s s.sa Ss y;.'gs .g Pubic build
- ling saloens under the demision or infasnes
- - 80 oftbs ndyerse compsniess Besides every In
-,ogg siEidgai IN ths marching ranks prof6ssly
-. the other, such az huge rosettes fastened over
: ~ breast gay ribbons dspendent from Init
- on holes, or dutterng conspicueusly from The
s = band. All womsn and -ehildren too had
csuEht the infectious feeling md were sornar
sss.,s Iso,sd 2. n like nsn1et All e open squsres
sent fsrth their stormy criss, ss il civil var
- bad eomnsnced in esrnssf;; md ssch indeed
:, - was the eptuion Of the nonxr1r deeceudenfs a.
- "a the Montezumas. those creafures or svsrlssfine
enssgs vithost progress and 1ery 6er~eness
- = the volcanic isp Of endIess seyop6on But
<ss their American leaders knst bsttsr, and iid
- net~ dssirs- aay-sssh Essult.-P Peticisns are
0uoslIy endowed either BY nature or art
WITH m smmenee suount Of discrstien; and
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J > szs lnabie materials srouhd them, the frst gun
= q y discharged would bs the dxnal Of = eensrai
comb AZ, the horrible issue af which could not
,,gii oe feressen; hers- u modsca1eG Gthe G6kusf
ssm and martial rsor o. sss sn
Daring such processionson The Rls Gr IS
ss,. IS Well Es the days Of legal election, III ~ -
~ -, sis fsctions endeavor 70 Pssr idts
ses menaces- persuasion, OF The fpromise OF re-
vud sli fcrsigsers . wsll - eli natives, ana
80 @ sasthsE msrs srsvsl:ssor sessa .sstlers .
TO maintain status Of neutrality. ACCORDING
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before he va soeosfsd by one ct the ahiass,p.
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