New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-09
TWO FRIENDS FROM TEXAS.
r.o.u an ,A< Year Round.

Amos ard Iclabod Allen, brothers, IRON Chapei
Hill, Wa bineton-County, Texas. .,.or;oor from
They perfect specimens oi tne zinc I
tier ,eitl. r. with all the backwoodsmahs Dra.e'y'
hearinest az rvnghness They contrasteu eA S
ly with tie demGIe Presbyterian clergy man a non
philadelphia, the three lean Sweoehoo' s'a aIon,
from Boston ,he conCeited little sarcastic me'eoan.
from Milwaukee, the Glow grave sugaI-piantit nV t;
Louisiana ,he California tea captain, ana 'he tln
engineer FRI The Pittsburgh iron works. ihey we's
not -, III general sense, gentlemen though tney hiu
pt9 irst-cass Iares; yet toey were nae drol, eeos
ous Sgy, chivarous f.llows, al ever nred Into ou
fslo lie pains az the foot OF the ROCKY ho9n,si
or "drew a bead OH Comanche lndian. Wheh
talked to them seemed to be sitting beside Leather
stockines or listening to a scout Of Wolfes army;
vel presently, they would be talking TO me Oh tle
f. glsh Volunteers Of the last farce at the Srdna
Theaer The cor Of their hall CIVILIZATION WIN
the refnen cut and luxury had just lett benmd Ill
England, left deep impression III ny nihd'
We lad emigrants on board; poor degraded get
who for the first week remained hidden altogether
underground bnt eventually emerged ON bright, cain
afternoons and lay about the fox cal, dabbling III Tin
cuI ., dressing humps of Celtic children, helping now
and then at rope, play ing with rope quolts raw
much of them d Of their con plaiptsi Tor gave up
nv frst-class cabin below deck, to be with my IeA"h
friends in a cabin deck which we ifed OF "e9rge,
one OF the second stewards, who was Ill below mere,
seated ON ehess with the door slightly open. II no sea
were on we sat baf The day, loungng IN our Dls OF
berths reading, smoking, and talking: Some times
we go out pack Of ca ds and played long games oi
Then not ing said for an hour or 50, bnt "Whos
got a little sade r. Euker me- or suiien cautious
PLAYER 10, ea,ed his inyaridbio remark, 'Il pass.
Now Amos and Ichabod suffered much from the re-
st,int of and had the horror of the cabin
passengers generally. When wanie0, therefore, 10
talk with the latter, left Amos and lchabod at euker
and r. turned when / chose. Now and then ] found
them itlr too rouYh ana coarse for my taste, mueh
a n mr.d tbeir brave aDkness and hearty praise OF
the wild border-liie >,
delighted 70 leave the three Swedenborgiah old
msids discussing With dogmatic old minister the
in, alcuabe periods of time before the granite gave
nav TO the slate" and with "all can ray u, that
Moses" sounding in NV ears, to 20 back to my "lld
friends and find Ichabod, trying from his upper berh
TO lasso Amos az he sat grave at cards eeo", Wd nn
back TO bis playful brother, shouting IN hne full
vol he curved the ropenoose. biz Eyore song Of
the " Texan Ranger" with the invariable refrain:
On the banks Of the Rio Grsnde
which seems 10 stir ali Texans the RAM dee Vaches
does Swiss. .,.,.,
ing me mi her too quiet and grave from the richer ea
grants There an Irish whah-keeper from Mem
ooi.. and there was a gold,mith from Birmingham
who going TO ttars shop IN Me-" iotki Tue ehie,
me rit Of our compsniois being that they hyed
We At "poker, and sang good sony: Tor ipstsnce
" The old Kentucky shore, good night, aud Camp
down ka, es" the emigsnts always giving us ready
chorus if we wanted such thing .
.mo. vas a short, thick ngly faced man, with
cunning and yet honest eyes, bad toDaccochewing
compile xon and that peculiar rort OF cut beard whch
!, all hut national The Americans do not wear tuits
and I'll :, sort Of beard am going TO describe II nat
becoming the 81 ecial type Of The Americans. Neither
Nor,h.rn,r nor southerpcrp mnstarhes
tbey " have 10 for them, ~ Amos quantity snid
Ter beard is the ordinary square ngsh beaId, yet
no ouiie 10 long ind always shaved III nara cfeneent
line from the two iides Of the under lip downward.
This gives it, to me, al artificial and Irueuleht iook
hut ii e real Ameneau-born aii.os H.
Iebnbod was a fine iresh-coored, brown-eyed young
g;s,t of weIty, strong grsley bear, and
hia wildcats. Il
generous, flank open hearted young lion o q fellow
,n INV LIE Deceit and fear were unknown 10 hin yet
n. "a ma not clever and totally without education
boz &C. med 10 act as an instantaneous opiste on LIN
ho, he could bunt The buffalo ten hours running, and
,n,k Comsnche war-psrty with Indian tenaciIy and
endurance ss Amos privately told me, and Amos was
p,vertirtd Of prasinH his brOtbefs snooubB, "niie
ked for hours Of how Amos could tame wild
horres. m u. -,
he Was always looking at, died with her cbild, Of
fever caught alter what ho called y tpihd'e diopsy,
that had made her logs ~ thin ~ net'ins-uee1les.
There was no doubt about the reality Of Amoss afee-
lion for the hook he gave that foggy portrait could
n.ys, be a,sum.d, was that Misc feigDed either,
oh;d And vet scarcely liked the warmth Of descrip
tion with which Amos dwelt on the grace
and beauty Of q certain Spanish senoria who iived
al San Antoio, where he tomeumee took mules
| IN rrll. The antecedents Of Amos we're not u'lke
iho,. Of many N Texan. He had been u thriving
eo.. builder al ST. Iouir, but getting together sone
money and yinng for less dependent aud more dar-
ing HE be received TO settle IN iexs-the land Oh all
AM rcan outlaws and runaway bapkrupts, as well as
of al the fiery spirite that require more elbow-Ioon,
and brook 10 control lie had married well IN Texas,
and now lived near his faiher inaw, an old settler,
! .ud WAS lord of much hand and many cattle Both
Amo. and Ichabod were Texan Rangers, and bound
on the fist call boot, saddle, to horse and away,
! il tie Indians were out On the foray
Tie yi,it O. the two brothers TO England was char
scteistic of the Texan mind lhey had sar ed rom
/ Ia. "A
vle Tney had then pushed on for n few days pleas.
ming 10 New-York. There, one afternoon, seeing
slip starting ior England they deiei mined suddenly,
| without writing home, TO sell their traps and
| ,ack nm chest and 20 70 tue old
! cou1tryn for sir weehB. These tM weeks had
been spent ~ far ss could learn, IN tavern evenings
nt Woowich cheap tavern concerts, and IN dancing
revelies at Rosher,ille Gardens Their impressions
Of odon were confined to tie Bank Of England, the
| Lord Mayor, the two Horse-Guards, the Parliament
House, Robson, and Madame Inssands' Their rur-
chases consisted of dozen knives ths pinse and
tweezers fa-Lodied knife presents for iexan irendr
ano soue small bundles of gay sk haDdkecbiefs and
mstipo waistconts-ariices which are very dear in
America. On fine daysn was Amoss delight 10 take
out these krivss, one by one name 'he price, uhWrap
describ.d how Uncle Sam or Cousin Zach would ap-
pr.,ie the ripping BIT Of English cutlery. As for
our English hats clOthes, and boot, Amos held them
In sovereign contempt ~ clumsy barbarous and III
made.
One day amer luncheon when the sea-billiards or
round disks of wood were .iding the deck, when
the ensrans were dolng and the passengers reading,
/ or promena1ng hluXurions pers'stency, and Amos
go together in the changes Of the promenade and fell
liking about the WARS OF the Texans with the Co
manche ludiaDs.
Amos explained to me that the Rangers were on
horseback on the slightest rumor Of Indans. Dress
Blue Flewjens just red shirt or q blue poncho, and
leather Pasts; pann,kin ior cooking =. tne saoae,
the belt bullets paches and eaps IN the belt and the
nile at the back generally, too, bowie-kniie IN the
! waisthand, and then {" skinned boots"