The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-19

south beyond the Great Pedee There they stopped
to rest for day and night at a little hamlet, on TIN
edge Of great swamp and thicket. Here the suppl,
of strong waters being found ample, they indugel
their mutual tastes, ad libitum They quarreIed a.
usual In reply to some sharp speech of Mathew
which chafed his Roaring Girl more seriously thar
usually, she smote him with heavy hand upon his
chops and he requited her with buffet that sent hc
sprawng upon the floor. Her pistol was not at hand
or there had been freer flow OF blood thaniollowet
this masculine retort. The display Of his muscle al
once alarmed and mortified her. She sought for heI
weapon of which he had possessed himself. A fearful
scene followed The people of the house rushed in
for the quarrel had taken place in their sleeping
and drove them forth-droye them forth at mid
night. The cool air of morning chilled their fury
gradually their tongues grew less bitter and they Jog
ged together till morning, quieted if not recon
ced. Reconciliation is easy thing usually between
rogues, but not where they of opposite genders
Even of mutual interest will not always avail
where one of the parties is made up of passions
wholly In such cases. the passions aroused the
Of interest grows dull Nancy Hutton only fore
bore this strife from exhaustion and the stupor follow
ing her draughts When she recovered fully, and was
upon the way with her liege lord she used
her tongue. This fearful weapon. 1t was tit
only one which her cooler husband had left her. The
pistol now in his BOSOM and he Knocked her with
her impotence. Then her words flowed hotly. They
called for hot words in return and with tongues of
going into the thicket together; Hornsby marching
frst he moving as if to escape her. she pursuing
eagerly giving tongue, like heated beagle as she
went. She too feshy for close chase, and the
consciousness of this impeachment to pursuit goaded
her almost to madness. Well! can You conjecture
what followed? The fierce man-the pirate wholly re-
aroused in his bosom-turned upon her. She had no
weapons. There we're no Witnesses. He brainedher
with blow of the pistol The next dav her bodywa
found, not three miles distant from the hoye where
they had quarreled skull fractured and her throat
cut from to ear,
And Mathew linrnsby was the sole survivor of the
pirate family of Backbeard-the sole nheritor of his
suit, he would have murdered the girl of Pamlico,
even if he had foreborne her prOvocations. She was
simply an incumbrancc lie was no longer Sick-nO
longer needed her soups and grues and the soace of
her society And the strong waters were safe from
her rapacty Mathew sped forward on his way re-
ioicng.
But it suddenly ceased to be plain sailing with him.
Not many hours after he had disposed of his compan
ion so summarily, the body was found by wander
ing farmers in search of hogs. The "hue apd1o, i,
was raised, and dozen stout fellows Vet deserted
pursuit Of him. But the Devil had little river, where
his SUBJECT Hornsby had reafieard the horns Of the
he found a canoe, whSady OWNED for him his
hunters. His insti6f safety, perhaps the only mode
safety Hls ,Uud escape from hounds aud horses was
by whlenoe Ju float of any sort the old seaman
lp.iray found himself more at liome-felt more as
ured of safetythan in the uneasy progress through
compartiyc wilderness. He did not hesitate, but,
aking possession and pushing of from the shore, be
iroppcd quiety down the stream.
The hunters traced him to the bank of the river
Judging by the route he had been pursuing, they
GUIDED he had made his way across, and then let the
lag out float away. They their horses over the
stream and scattering the opposite side, taversed
ar and wide the country for many miles For an hour
could hear the brut of the hunt-cries and
lorns-as the hunters made signals to each other The
agacIOuS rObber cunning and patient lie felt
himself cut off from the lower route he designed to
,ursuc and to strike upward risk encounter
With them. Like an old fox he doubled on his tracks
and suffering his boat to glide few miles noiselcssly
lown the liver he landed on the same shore from
which lie had departed the dug out to the
currents, and struck directly into the woods While
he hunters still in eager search in the forests Of
south Carolina he pressing backward for those of
he old North State. II was only when he had safely
ecrosscd the Great Pedee that he gave himself
,reathing spell from fight.
He passed further up the country, purposing to
urn to South Carolina at point considerably above
he region which had been tabooed against him by the
bloody hand For days he sped away in silence, and
mostly in solitude. Occasionally he drew to hu-
nan habtaons-occasonally sought the faces Of men
but only when he lacked supplies. He was not
hoice as to the mode by which these were to be Oh
hue and cry again pursued him; he captured by
he Regulators, scourged sayagey, and set adr with
warning to seek another and more congenia region.
Ie sped away, sore, suffering, cursing-panting for
cvengeyet too feeble for any thing but But
@ never abandoned the one object Still his soul was
armed only on the slet Of buried treasure of which
was the sole surviving heir. Pressing upward with
is face to the north, he fell into the hands of tribe
Shawnees. They came upon him while he slept. He |
oke to find himself bound hand and foot prisoner.
he Fates seemed resolved that he should not possess
le treasure! We shall see. lie still cherished his
opes.
The savages were in the cat rather than the tiger
rood. They the hunt not the war path |
hey aogged him, French cook is said to fog a |
g before dressing, in order to make him tender then
othed him in their wild costume, which he cer
nly did not prefer to his own-nor they indeed; for
e soon beheld his christian garments the back oil
stawart savage, seven feet high. He had the salts
ction, however, in exchange for his clothes, Of
opearng in the costume of a chief They shaved his
cad, that he might be seemly native, and then
lied their packs upon his shoulders and bade him
amp. For eleven months he remained the captive
1d the slave Of the red men. But he never for
OF that he was the sole heir of Blackboard.
He was only enabled to escape on the breaking out
war He saw the tribe who held him in bondage
bout to engage with their enemies on the edge OF a
rcat forest just below the first ranges of the Apala
lian chain They put weapons into his hands, and !
ade him fight for the tribe which had so graciously
lopted him. Hornsby never wanting in the
Dpette for battle but he could not forgive them his
lptivity He was resolved to strike no blow for them
ut he made show Of willingness, simply to dsarm
lspicion; and, watching his opportunity, when the
oniusion of battle greatest, and the peril most,
g skulked out of the field and buried himself deep
the thickets; moving away from the stricken field |
ith steps as rapid as was consistent with proper
luton.
The fight lasted all day, the Indians rarely exposing
emselves to unnecessary peril, and making fuss
I'd camor than were at all necessary in such conflict
his was favorable to the flight of our pirate, who well
new that they would not venture to change their
ces until sheltered by night. Once out of sight, he
)ed with desperate energy He had learned to choose
IS route with care for concealment. He walked for
lies in running waters He looked carefully to his
acks, and when night came, he buried himself amid
pile of rock, in the depth Of great thicket Before
e dawn Of the next day be was again in motion, and,
Z hV day hp Snpd. natin wild barri nfc