The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-14
a CossACiS FlA lATnEfs


Il cossACiiss' ss'FITnEg 81
( "A Siberian Cossack, fifty years Of age, whd
had already killed thirty nine tsafa, weht oatt
to kill the fortieth, accompanied BY his son, 81
young man of twenty, and armed with his rifcst
instead offs knife. He bad taken these pre-.
cautions because the fortietl bcur is generally
supposed to be fatal TO che sportsman, and s
avenges his nine aad thirty brethren The
reason for this is very simple, the huntsinan
believing the myth misses his bear, but the !
bear does not miss him. Well, thon,the Cos.a
sack set out with.his son, but instead of fihdlfo
| ing bear, they came across q magnificent leoz,;
EpaTd.: The young man, whe had never before (
.seenso formidable an animal, was terrified, and
when the leopard attacked his fSt6sr, instead
| of assisting him, he ran.away. The 0ossackgs
with the coolness Of an old hunter, waited till
the .animal was twenty PAGES FROM him ind
| fred. The Eanima1 made gigantic leap and
fell dead. s1,s!' - - = - -
The Cossaek turned to BIS son to sec II, sd
the sound of firing, he would not come back /.
but the young man.did not even turn his head ,s
but continued to fy.- =. !,
| 3 Then the Cossack reloaded his gun, put bis !,
knife between his teeth, and wept3S to tile !.
arimaE He took off tile skin, aitd went home
very thoughtfuls lis rieeitations were grave;t
he wasjasking himself what punishment tbess
coward deserved who quilted his friend in the I
moment omen Of danger al and added: -
,The son who abandons a father is more
/ than a.eo9ard he IS d traitor traiitoe p sat5
+ When Ire reached home he had quite dcci-g
ded. He went TO his son, who had shut him.
self mp in his room, and ordered him to open
the door. Z. = 80 s
Tbe young man obeyed, aud fell at his
feet. &. Is - Y. - sss
-Rl: the father without, giving any feasos,
ordered him to otake a pick and fpIlos him.
he also took one himself. ~ s,l. \. !,
lie led his son 3 quarter ola serst from tho
house, and he traced on the ground space
six feet long by three wide; then he began
breaking up the ground, making a sign to his z
SOP. to do the same. ss,5s IS
The young man, who had no idea what lie
was doing. set to-, work. At the end off two
hours they lad dug hole in which mar;
could. lie down. ~
"That is wel,r said the father, rising; ''now
say thy prayer,
The young man began to understand, Yet
there was such decisioh in the accent with :
which the words we're pronounced that he at 5
tempted no resistance. s.. 81 81
/ He fell on his knees and prayed, l.s&s
/ The father granted him time to say his pray
er; then. he measured the distance from which
he had fired on the leopards aimed athis son,e
and Judged ball in bis head, just at the spot 4
where he had struck taelanimal, IA : gJo, q, ed
The young man fell stone dead. The father
Elaid him in his grave, covered him uith5earth,5
then, dressing himself in his! Sunday clothes,
went aud told the judge all that hsd occurred.
| He was sent to prison, and ordered TO await 3
the Judgment of. the Governor general. He8i
obeyed with perfect calmness. The Governor
ordered the following sentence u d 2: si
For three days and nights the father viii
bold Con his kpessshis sons head, separated.
froln the body. If he dies or g0s5sb bad; &c viii
be the judgment of Heaven; If be, survives
il, he will have Judged, mot according to the !;
wrath of man, but the conscience Of q fsths
err F5sSs,,.seif 81 8;
The Judgment was made Known to the;oie s
Cossack who performed the task With perfect
tranquility, and was Immediately set az liber.
ty' He reached the age ofleighty, killed his
forteth bear without any misadyenture, and n
after that great number of, others. He died
IN 1851, without esincing the slightest re-.
! morse. ~ ssasll tsssf
GEa. ConB's PLARTATIeN The enemy, I'M
their recent march, destroyed everything upon
Gen. Bobbs plantation, With the exception Of,
his negro cabins.