New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-25
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| grave, and asked whose it was91 '44A sesh .
: Bsh, boys, turn pale dbl? There are civ.
CUmstancs5 in the lives Of most men WIN gs -.
che frontier, which, to have been YsnaIla It IN
make them turn pale. And mentioning tfat grags
and asking whose it vas. recalled fearful eveTyt
inn1y experience Bats as the nipatgfa yoYlres,
will tell you about it; and perhaps il will be :
warning to you never to trust too much IA I
stranger, or throw temptation in his Way
| Thus spoke your humble servant some months
| ago to parry Of prospectors, Of whom he -Raa
| one. The following is the story to which al.
Iuded above:
st ssEeF45 " y.aEa a agg s 5gas m q SHs . pos
| had been some time without meeting With aaY
success, and we're returning to Fort Yuma dis
gagted with the country: we had fsft the Pimos
| village day Journey behind u.s. when we feTffh
with a man travelling the same way thas we weEs
He Was without grub or blankets, and said he was
going to California As Te had some spare mules,
we told him that If he could ride au5paek saddle
| he could go Nth rs as far as Port Yuma. None
| Of usslikedthe looks of the fellow. de mad sven
d thoroughly yilainoHs expression. But as lie,
| eea4ed 50 badly used up we took ply on him,
and made the offer that we did. He aeesRted
without any hesitation We found hifa taeitarA,
never speaking unless he was spoken %. When
we e8mped helwould take the ssaddle7of. his mule
and go off by himself never helping to get the
| grub ready and when it WAS ready he World
come and pitch in witillhe rest&of HssI However,
though We did not like him oris actions, we said
En5tnng3 3fhinkf5g might have some secret Aor-
row that we had no right To pFy ;hltbs We Bad
travelled about Two days when what 'dn about 70.
| tell you occurred. ss - -
we hadfcarfped at noon and de thasweaEEler
4 was warm SOME one proposed thatwe should take
bath. All had felt that it would be tiei6iously
cool amusement bathing III theEshade of the1 cot
/ toawood trees which hung over the banks of the
river. we stripped ins5anteryand were soonhen-
joying ourselves gloriousy. ! had a. belt reuad
Tne with several twenties in IT, aud took it OF to
give me free play in the water. laid IT downan
ycothes eaFelessly, never thinking of hidiDgait
from any Of the company, as they alfkheW tfias
hadtae money, and had no idea thatthe stranger
would be tempted to take it. As came out. OF
the water, noticed the stranger looking
very lovingly at my belt and thought no more
about ii. That night, from some cause, could
not sleep well, and when ! would fall into state
of uneenscioHspess was troubled with such wild
like dreams that would rather I had remained
broad awake. At last, about midnight, 1 went to
sleep soundly; how long lay do not know, but
wakened suddenly to ind some one kneelng over
me, and very carefully cutting my shirt open.
= New always had the Pewer-eaIl it presence-of
: mind or anything ese--of comprehending in an
4 from how sound sleep may be waked.s4~
y 1t is anything but pleasant to wake and ind
I, ione1s self in the power OF desperate who will
have no hesitation in pluDgiqg . knife into Your
heart.
l. felt mysefin anything but an engiable eit1a-
ton, knowing that the slightest Indication on my
part Of being awake would cause the villain to
es give me between the ribs the length of his bowie
y OF thezcontents Of his pistol. For, although
T. could notsee his pistol felt sure that he had il
fe handy, To secure my pistol without letting him
AZ know that was awake, very delicate opera
ey tion and Iattempted to accomplish in the fol
loving manner NY pist..I IL aqd bowie knife we're
a I threw up my right arm over my head, taking
/ care not to touch the robber, and yawntd as if
'is was half awake, butready with my left hand to
r. catch his arm in the event of his attempting to
e. stab me- had my eyes partly SMUT so that he
could not easily see them glisten, but sufficiently
i. open to see his every move. which Iconld easily
y e do as it was clear starlight night 0n the IN
u stant that moved, he raised his arm to strike,
T. aud was nearly betrayfng to him my being
~ ~ awake by throwing up my left hand, but some
~ impulse prevented me from doing it and he held
y y his knife suspended give the blow had made
Az another move.
], When threw my hand over my head, with the
=, same movement placed it under the saddle and
Y on the butte of my pistol, which cooked ready
I Il for use. lay in that position for about half
I ! minute but it seemed like an hour ~ that time
? had power over my breathing, which on waking
* came very thick. Is soon as he thought that j
le was fast asleep again, he lowered his hand and
y began operating on my shirt clearing 1t away
~ a. from the belt. Then thought my opportunity
q had come and tried to jerk my sXshooter, but i
80 was foul some way, and it would not come
4 thought that my time had arrived tor as quick as
thought he drew and struck with his knife. He
:, struck at my throat. My eyes were broad opeI
a. then and saw where the knife was coming. By
a quick, involuntary movement / threw myEeh
aside, and he must have oyerreached himself, foI
the knife stuck into the saddle and so tight tha
he could not get it out.
NJ In trying to get my pistol, my hand touched the
V cold silver hilt of my bowie. 1nstnctiTey tool
*; my arm for the blow when felt the cold muzzl
ST of his pistol against my forehead. struck gu
q blindly, aud, as did so, there was the stnnnin
ell report Of his pistol. How escaped do nc
nv: know; my face was blaCkened with the powder
Ia; and my whiskers nearly burned off, but that wa
er, all the damage done to me. My blow thong
IN struck at random, had proved a severe one. M
knife had gone into the left side OF his neck nsd
I S of the collar bone The knife must have reache
ke his heart for drew out TO strike again, he fe
on me with his whole weight, and his blood spirte
all face He QuiyeT
es stretched out his length aud lay perfectly still
ax stone dead
ym The whole trancaction did not take over three
To- quarters of mi e. The report Of the pistt
mn had aroused the cOmpany-eYery man sprang
To-; his arms. Some looking for the mule
mp while others were asking who fired the shot, an
I, j where the Indians were. called to the boys
lo take the dead man off me, for was as weak as
ms Child. A couple of them did as requested VIII
mi. others threw fresh sage brush on the ha
! NJ smQudering camp fire, and we soon had plenty
-ds light to see what had happened. told the be-
pc, all about what had occurred We found all Il
cid; mules in their places but mine, which was stake
ZEN, off about twenty yards from camp, with one
eX; the other boys saddle and bride on her. wei
Ike to the river and cleaned myself from his bloc
I; G. and then sat down by the camp fire where r.
'ex; maned till morning, unable TO sleep. 81
am. Hf.#fF
!; P President Lvermore, of the Mississippi ar
Bra Tennessee railroad reports that cotton at yarol
stations on his road has been delayed for want
a. assessors and collectors, as well as money to pf
life, the taxes.
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son, Terrible DEATH.-On the III INST, q III
ina. daughter of Mr. John T. Borden, and gran
and daughter of Capt. Hatch, of MeGlofn's Bluff, W
c ! bitten by rattlesnake and died in four hours.
mi. CORPUS Christi Advertiser
b el. .:.-;- - ,-.-l.o, ,.o,4Ia.r,
AGO, ~ ah eNeuibs pnfy ~ Aoeluao ~ ~
rrV banter at the expense of a member Of the COZ
v, j pany who was deep in tie study Of natural
Tax. tory.
:nw. :' how, when we were lately at the coast, '
IA were followed for nearly mile by number
nor geese?"
1iir' pIy' Really, am at loss" replied the you
j II unless On the principle that birds Of feath
lon. flock together"
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