Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-03-30
From the Home Journal.
Tales of the South.
BY A SOUTHERN MAN.
THE AVENGER.

THE purchase of Louisiana by the Uui-.
ted States. from France, in 1903, greatly
simulated the spirit of emigration through
out the south. The fertile soil, navigablc
waters, and almost tropical cline and pro-
ductions of the new State, invited a rapid
flow Of population and wealth within its
limits, especially from the more neighbor-
Ing States.
Among the earliest adventurers who
went to seek a home in the newly -acqui-
red III Dorado of the south, was a Mr..
NJ, a native and resident of the
State Of ofGcorgia. He was planter of
moderate means, respectable in all the re-
latlons Of life, and much esteemed in the
circle of his acquaintanccs. Having pur-
chased lands in one of the interior parish>
esofthe State, he returned to Georgia for
the purpose of raising funds to pay for
them, and to make the preliminary ar
fragments for removing his family to his
new home. 1t was generally known
throughout the neighborhood OF his resi-,
dence that he h'd bought lands in Louis
Ana, and was soon to return with the
money to procure titles to his purchase.
The necessary preparations for his de-
parture being completed, Mr.. NJ
set out on his journey accompanied 10y his
son A. NJ, then youth seventeen
years of age. Both were well mounted on
good hores-the overland travel to Louis
iana having to be performed in that day
all The way on horseback The father
was provided with brace OF horseman's
pistols and wore next to his person belt,
lhpermeable to perspiration and moist
ure IN which the purchase money TO pay
ior DIS lands was deposited and carefully
sewed up.
The route of the travellers lay across the
present States of Alabama ar d Mississippi,
which were then embraced in the Missis-
spp. territory. The country was compar-
auvey uninhabited except by Indians
lew struggling settlements Of whites,
uolied here and there, the surface of the
anqerness, and gave shelter and direction
& 70 'he adventurous travellers who visited
VI passed through the country. The In
ulans were peaceable, and seldom molest-
~ t1e whites, rendering a ready welcome
|W who sought the hospitality of their
Mr. n and his son passed safely,
81 anu without adventure Of any kind,
through the territory of the present State
alabama, and had entered densely
,OTueG section of country now embraced
,;li ~ Leake county, Mississippi, They were
IN the forepart of the day, some
sy ~enIy steps apart, the father in front
,uu suu Ihe son immediately in his rear, when
~ men suddenly emerged from q thick
~ 9ndergrowth on the margin of the
sS SSn tney were pursuing. They were arm
N Ilth muskets, and had their faces
S0%oAehed but their ungloved hands
Evyeu Them to be whites. They came
'lsSs lsSs quite near to Mr.. NJ, a little in
sou.l, srnance OF his position in the trail, and
,Sue"6at to one side. As soon as he saw
S'a, vao dlvining their purpose, Abe
N.Y. S z osmount on the side of his horse
o. s!sg1F Dxpy1SiFe TO his assailan.s, intending, as
an;,, & oe e conc ectured, toplace the body ofthe
a'nal between him and the robbers po- /
,'i ,o~' most favorable 10 defensive opera
e,s as w,th his pistols. He had scarcely |
jnsi jueI =. ms body, in the act of Gismount
N: bds wnen one Of the robbers discharged
M tnigsket. The load passed through |
g,S oody OF NJ, and he fell to the .
n, rDnu perfectly dead. The other rob
lovd,,h the meantime, had kept his gun
HIM ;eI at A. NJ, threatening to kill .
d,s,.' y ne either advanced or attempted to
weapon. As soonas bis father fell,