New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-19
a Romantic Career.
A nnRo or rouR wARs.
From The Msmphls ArEus.l

from the msEnphs +AIBuai
Some of the details of one of the most remark.
able careers that perhaps ever was experienced
have come into our possession, and we give the
account to our readers as we received 1t, only
promising that we have not the remotest grounds
| for supposing the story exaggerated. Inc man is
now employed on a farm two or three miles from
| this city, and has good character for veraclty.
| About the year 1929, one of the strongest and
most daring of the bands OF rangers VINO guarded
! the frontier of Texas was commanded by North
| Carolinian named Worth, and among all its mem
bers none possessed more hardih0od or personal
strength than the hero of this sketch. He was
Kentuckian, was splendid rider dead shot
could hold his own with any of his comrades in
either drinking or fighting, and was looked upon
as a dangerous man to tampeF with. OF uncom-
monty amiable temper, however, he gave no
cause of otfense to any, and had the good will of
all. In all the wild fights with the Comanches and
" Greasers" in which his command engaged, he
took an active part; and when the war for Texan
independence commenced he was one ofthe first to
offer his arm to his adopted land. Suffice lit say
that he served under Gen. Houston through that
memorable struggle with great credit, though as
private.
The declaration of war between the United
States and Mexico, in l846, found him again ready;
and enlisting as a Ranger under Jack Hays, ne
followed the Lone Star again to triumph, receiV-
ing, as he had in previous campaigns, several
honorable scars.
For several years after the cessation of hostili-
ties he lived quietly on his rancho, but, tring OF
such tame course Of existence, he joined re-
giment of regular cavalry and proceeded to
Florida where he served in the Seminole war until
the capture of Billy Bowlegs and the conclusion
of peace, when he was discharged and returned
home, where he remained until the State of Ar
kansas passed her ordinance of secession when
he Immediately Joined a regiment Of infantry from
that State in the Confederate service and went to
Virginia
AT the battle of Sharpsburg, in Maryland he
received seven wounds, and tainted from pain and
loss Of blood. At the time that Gen. Lee ordered
the retreat to the Virginia side, the men had
gathered up their dead and were making rude
preparations to inter them. Our hero by this
means, escaped being buried, and his comrades
he had been sent over the river and forwarded to
the hospital at StauntOn. He recovered, and soon
after rejoning his regiment, proceeded with it to
Georgia, where he was engaged in the bloody bat
tie of Chickamaugs. Here he was shot through the
head-the ball entering at the right cheek bone
and passing out behind the left ear-and was again
left for dead. He was carried to Nashville, and,
contrary to all expectations, he again got well,
made his escape from captivity, and returned to
Virginia. where he served until the surrender of
Gen. Lees army, when he took his foot in his
hand and walked to Arkansas, and thence home !!
This brave old mantle hero of four wars and
fifty battles, and the recipient of twenty.seven
wounds at the hands of fComanches Mexicans,
three weeks ago, and was garroted and robbed in
less than half an hour after leaving the boat. He
is now working at hard labor, to make money to
take him to his native Kentucky, whose loved sod
his foot has not pressed for thrty-six years. He
says that when his visit to hsrelatives is concluded
provided the Fenians have any chance of success,
he will give them lift.