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©rorataw.
POETRY.
THE SCOTTISH WIDOW'S LAMENT.
Afore the Ureme’e tide
tleddee'd the Wtfcen iw,
tea'oar water aid*.
Kh wife was birat likr tar;
A hied gudsraaa, and twa
But they're »' u’n aaa
Sin* the fix' o' the year.
Bair trooble cam* oar (id,
And mode me, when U cam.
A blrl without ornate,
An awa without a lamb.
Out bay waayattowaw,
And our earn waa to shear,
Whan they a* dwiaed awa
Inti* (a'o'tho yrat.
I downalook a field,
For ayal trow I are
Tho form that waa a birld
To my waa balmaand na J
But wind, and wrvtanri aoaw,
They never nrtlr can fear.
Sin' they a' got tha e»'
In tho fe'o' tha year.
Aft on tha hill at e'etie.
I aaa hjm *mang tba fern*,
Tha lover o' my trana,
Tha feltbar o’ my bairn*;
For tbarahU pleM I *aw
As gloomin' aye draw near—
Butmya'a now awa
81a' tha fe' o’ tha year.
Ourbenny rigs tbalr ael',
Rtca’ my waa* to mind.
Our pair dambbaostiaa laU
f? a* that I baa tynad t
Farwhaa our wheat will saw.
And wbaa out abaap will shear,
8la* my a* goad awa
la the fa' o' tha year T
My hearth is growing eauld,
And will bacaulder still
And salr ( aalr lathe feaU
Will be the winter's chiM t
Far peats were yet reca'
Our sheep they were to smear,
Whan my a' dwlnrd awa
la tha fa'o'tba year.
Lottie whiles to spin,
But war, area patterin' feet.
Coma rinnla' oot and in,
And then I Just maun great j
I baa It's fancy a',
And faster rows tha tsar,
That my a' d*lnod awa
la tho fe'o'tha year.
Be hind, o’ beav’o abuna I
To one sat waa and lane,
^ And tab' her hamewarda suna,
la pity o'her mane s
Long art tha March winds Maw,
May she, far far free hare,
Meat them a’ that'* awa
Bin* tha fa* o’ tha year.
Scottman Nttpspttptr.
THE ORIGINAL TIPPLER,
at ntovusom gwaxn*.
Oh arattr for me, bright water for me!
Give wine to tba tramulous debauchra I
It «—Uth tba brow. U cootetl^tha twain,
Itnubatb tha feint one strong again t
It cornea o’er the rente Hha a brorxe from tba sta,
An Nihasis, like Infant parity.
Oh wttar, bright water, fer ma.fer me i
Give wine, gha wine to the debauchee.
FBI, fiU to the brim—fill, fill to tlie brim,
. fiat tho fluwiag crystal kiss tba rim:
My bond la atrady, my eya Is true,
Fer I, liba the fi jwers, drinh nothing but dew.
Oh watar,bright watnr'e a mine of wealth.
And tha orea It yialdoth are vigor ami health 5
80 watar, pure water, for nw, for me !
Give wine to tha tremulous debauchee.
FBI again te the brim, again to tho brim.
Far water etrcngtheiwth life and limb 1
To tho daya of the aged it addeth length.
To tha might of tha strong it addeth strength;
It Craahaas tha head, it brightens tho sight,
ll la Hha quaffing a goblet of morning light!
80 arattr, I will drinh nothing but thee.
Then panaar of health and energy.
Whan e'er the hills, Uba an Eastern bridge,
Meraiag walha forth la her beauty's pride,
leading abend of laughing hours,
A ad bctuhlag tba daw from tha aodding flowers,
OMbertly then ray voice ia heard,
MaglhC with that of tha soring bird,
Whaffiagcth abroad Mt matins loud,
A»hc frashetb his wing la the cold grey cloud.
Bat whra evening has quitted her chittaring yew,
tkoorety lying and weaving anew
Her deahy meshes o'er land and aaa,
Hoar gaotiy, ah. sleep! fell tbe poppies on ms;
fori drinh watar, para, clear and bright,
Aad my dreams are of Heaven thq lire long night.
Sefaemh for thee,water! bomb, hurrah!
Thai Mt silver and geld, than ait riba ad aad star
Honrah fer bright water, hurrah, hurrah!
From At Providence Journal..
A DECLARATION OF LOVE.
M ! am for plain, simple love, without any em*
broidery."—BeanaanJ and Fletcher.
M A felrfeee will wither; a full eya wiD wan hol
lows bat a good heart is tba sun and moon; for it
•Mara bright and never changes."—Skaksptari.
I Java thee! but I do not thiah
Tfty fens ia perfect grere.
Her that the charms of Veaos dwell
Ia tha features of iby feoa:
I lava rime! bat I thiah I've seen
A amaHw feat thaa thlae.
. I aim thiah I've aaaa bafera
Ae ankle machinate fine.
' I lava thaa! bat a brighter eye,
A rwddior cheek I*va known,
A whiter forehead, aad a moath
J,f. Mach prettier then thine own;
I love thaa! boil know I've seen
A whiter arch aad bead.
Awlgremcsthatmora lightly wnved.
Wbaa by the breezes Canoed.
IbHlh.! btoldoBotncra
Te Sauer thee, aad swear v
. Thee thoa art perfect end divine,
Wbaa T don't Uriah 700 eras
' Ilaveibee! Betiftlmamj love
Post oeere, I—rer do
latoad M plan aad die fer thaa;
Aad yet I love than too.
From the Southern Patriot. !7fA inst.
HEALTH OK THE C1TV.
Tha occurrence of a few cases i f yellow fever In
our dorks Uil. season, announced without those os.
planations which tho circumstaores accompanyng
them would noata to have required, has given rise
to so much esaggaiation and unfounded alarm, that
waooa It to ourselves to investigate the origin of
this local aul limited epidemic. If the sourer*
art such, arising from tl* m«nn**r our wharves
havo been filled up, or from the condition of the
drains feeding into tho docks, a* may admit of pro
ducing estrnsive sickness at other seasons more
propitious for the production of malaria, let na clear*
ly understand, il po.sible, the csu-e»«f this local
malady. If toe drain* nrrumulate the mrrrials of
putrescence at their out rt», which readily ferment
under n hot suu, or if the whatves *iro ociarionnlly
filled up whh tlie offal of the strrrt*. containing
large quantities *.f vegetable remains in a state of
decomposition, it i« readily to Iv* r mreived that
the furinaiion generally ol our streets, in the same
manner, and tli*: state of the drains, il they lend to
tbe same rood*, in varimi* pan ion* of the ri*y must
produce fatal consequence. to its health, in proper-
tion to the d-greeol.olarheiit and the other circuit)-
stai.ct.-s that favor tire decotnpo.it i oi nnd pul refac
tion id vegeinule ni illur, In seeking tho souices,
therefore, nl this 1 >c il fever, wn ure, «<n principles
of anslorirnl inquiry, discovering tho nrgin of ilioie
more ckioiu.ve epidemics who It have in past pe
riod* vi.ned our city.
We havo noticed io a previous nmuh'-r of diis pa
lter that it is no loss nnpliilnsopliicul thou filse to
.•urselves and the interests of humanity, to fold our
arms in apathy, and say lint iho origin ofe| I forni-
cnl fevor iii Chnil.Mloo, win-tlier l»oil 01 general 111
(T-ctr, is uinnng tlm nrenna of nature, and im-
peimtnb o to inquiry. We sio hound to inw.tigntu
all iho rireumsiances mnnir.ied wills this apparent
mystery, tint we may know in what d/ednm to
ainploy our unergj. s, mi l mu wu*in 1I1- tieamre of
thn city in seeking to improve it. health. Wc are
satisfied that lint great souine# of epidemics ill
Charleston are within and ahont ng, nod ti nt they
e coeval miiIi wiiat is mucalit-d its improvement.
IVhen we trace hirtorira ly the presence in
Charleston of the fat .1 epidemic of yellow fever,
we find that its appnarun 0 d 11 let from thu period
that tho margin* of tho creek* and marshes by
w hich it was luu-i secieil becalm* places of pnrmi*
trent resiJonco—in oilier words, from tlm jm-iod
almost that it wa* fiiuinlod. Wo liml tho interval
ofits absence to correspond, niter iho greater purl
of these had been filled up, must exactly with thusu
pet bids that suspended what was called its improve-
raouu—namely, tho civsti m of new land un its dif
ferent hot dew, particuluily East ami West, with tlm
extension of,in wharves and the sudden influx of n
new population of strangers.
from 1700 to 1748 this epidemic appeared in
Charleston at lunger and shorter innrvafe, lor
there can Ire no doubt that the disorder described
*® * pestilence in 1700, nnd subsequently by thn
early Mudical hisiornn., wa. il.uyeliuw fever. In
1781 a new ora asiti* callnd, commnncrd of this
disoidor. It appeared with fewer annual inlermi*-
limn in ihe first period ofits occurrence. it
occurred eleven limes ueiween 1702 nnd l«i)7, in
firuien yeais, while it appeared uniy five limes in
tho first period. This d IT renew is no doubt attri
butable to the causes ju\t indicated-—to wit, the
rapid extension of city improvements, by the forma-
tion of new laud in an impriqiur manner, und thn
ioflax or a new population fur Urn purposes of com-
trustee, tlm federal constitution having ji.»t been
adopted. This rapid formaiioii of new land, re
quired lor purpo.es of trade, and to arcomm ala r
an Increasing population, within lis t no less rapid
augmentation of that population, wi-10 circum
stances of imultaiieons occui rrme.
In tho mine m inner, if wo irucudownhistorieilly
to later times, the periods of iis occurrence mill ces
sation, we will find ilium connoc rd with eras of
what is callnd improvement ami the introduction of
largo numbers ul stringers. Thus, but ween IH07
and 1817, a period of stagnation in unde, from our
restrictive measures nod the war, there were no in
ducements presented for tho visits of strangers,mil
no sufficient motive* to prosocu q th ree improve.
inent«. llut on the return of peace 1 he epidemic re
appeared with another influx of strangers, necoin-
paniud, of court*, with tho enlargement of the sour
ces of epidemical tliscusu in the extension ol oui ini-
prove moots.
Now, if we had made our city improvements in
a due manner, it ia iinjimsilrlM, wo tlunU, that we
should have had th--s» repeated periodical visits ot
disease notwithstanding ill 1 presence ol n great
number of stranger* at different periods,ns subject*
of it. If we added to the soil of Charleston, ami
constiucted uur wharves by thn use of pnqa-r malt-
rials, it is Inconceivable that the souiees of this di*-
• ase could have b cn engendered. Uni tve buvo
futmerl our ducks of urge qn unities of alluvion, .ml
our street* of still Irrger qiimtilios of pine wood,
combined with putril) ing ego ablo iim'erials, while
we have constructed uur c liar* in such a manner
that we have constantly exposed to tba uoii.in of
those causes which invariable produce muphit c ex
halation*, a ntoistnud dump surface. Tiuvec.iu-e-,
united, arc suilicinut to rt-ndor any city inlicoltby
largtdy subject, ns ouis is, to the united influ nee ol
heat a id moisture. Tli- qmmtity of those gases,
combined with moisture, most ib-sn active to life,
extricated from a moist and damp stirfi.ee, ami core
centrat-ni near it during the night, for during th-dav
they are diffused by the solar hunt, is, of course, in
proportion te that surfu- e. Tho number of imfloor-
ed cellnrs in Chnrluston is vory great, and those wlm
perceive the benefits of covering such a moist and
wet surface a* our streets presented,by paving litem,
mu«t be sensible how extensive a cause of miasma-
tic exhallntiinu >s nil'oiled by ourrel'or*. 11 v par
ity of reasoning, die inure wo diminish the quantity
of moisture in our street* and on all low land-,
either by draining them nr filling them up with pen.
per materials, tho more certainly will wo diminish
he causes of our faiai lover-, licre, therefore, lie
thegreai lesourccsofourepid.-tnx. ; hry uro with
in and about us. They are daily nourished by our
manner of constiucting om whirves, in reclaiming
or making land, by exposing a new surface of dorav-
ed and decaying mrerials, composed of wood and
vegetable matur, 10 the ii.flucn«o of thorn cause
whirh have been found in a l countries, under «dm :
Ur circumstances, to be prolific of dis-nse. Tliesc
view* w iii be enlarged upon and . xtended.
NEW ORLEANS, July 16.
Faon Texas.—Tbe arrival of the steamer Co
lumbia, last night, puts us in prstession ol’ news
from Texas to the IOth inst., of which the following
a principal
ailed in Houston.
1 items.
IImM 6cImiin
OwiTiV. DMU liW,
Stw,l6U| r-wiW wlrii Uw [Hu
Of. mm mi mUt ml*i i
nM6.l6SMM.ni
AUWWrSPBcZIsTTtOS.
Ft/riftlsflfr
may be considered the
Some sickness prevail.
It was reported that an army of 4000 Mexicans
had advanced to Mataworas.' This intelligence
madolittlo impression on the minds of the Texians,
whose attention was principally turned to the Indi-
an frontier. A largo body of Texiuu*, regular vo|-
unb-ers, and militia, had inarched to the Northern
frontW, where it was under-to«><l Indian parties
front 20 tribes were about to meo; them. The 1
suh was expected anxiously. The Tcxinns, it w
-* !J were determined to compel the Indian, to
on tho Northern counties, and it was thought
ute savages would give battle rather >han consent.
« e shall not know the rc.uit of ibis muetiiu; fur
some weeks.
M«>ra than one thousand persons nre suid to have
already squatted on the site of tho new capital of
Texas on thn Colorado; und it was thought the
competition would be very great at the approaching
sale of the lots. “ 6
The eititens of Houston appear to have had a
very serious brush with tho gamblers.
It is said the cotton crop of Kuuem Texas will
this year fall little short of 2d,fell) bales.
Besidos the marauding parties of Comancbcs ....
Ute Western fron ior. tho trade between Texas and
the country feyond Rio Grando del Norte is now
satdjo suffer from the depredations offend pirates,
or armed binds of white men, who plunder alike
Tp ‘ ,4n »» w ben tho oprrortunity offers.
The Houston Star of the 10th stoat, say,;
M Colonel Karnes arrived in this city oo Saturday,
.the lQih inst, from San Antoni. He bring* no
news of particular importance. I’arties of Indians
ocourouxlly make their appearance in the neighbor
hood of Bexar; but do comparatively little damage
except nt tbe way of plunder. It seems that the
white ‘fend pirates” are much more troubfesomo
than aay of oar enemfes. One of the worst features
us their robberies is that Urey are principally con-
need to Mexican traderi, between whom and our
ekitoma. Congress, at its last session, attempted to
rnctmngo trade. They are by no means particu
lar, however—anything in the way uf plunder is ac-
eeptobfe. We leera that a company is about bring
raised lo proceed to the West, to preserve the cill-
sene and traders from further violence.”
Correependtnct 0/ the V. 8. date tie.
V. 8. Frigate Const! tut ion, near Vera Crux, )
MEXICO, June IDih, 1880. \
My Dear fir—What e discovery the erf of wri
ting! the pee, the ink, the paper, and the min i
mol* capable ut 1tea them! svbst • g lor feu* blessing,
that mao m a distant lend oao onr, as I lkv« do, in
great storerfty—I take pleasure in saving to yeu,
hat we art feed here *ei the Hthiest. ail writ, ftaJ*
hm were earisnegod hetneM thfe *Mf, nnd the
city of Vera Crux; a customary thing with oatiuua
holding fiiendly fetercoursa with each other.
The lion. Mr. Ellia waa landed this morning,
with the national hunura u.ual on such occasions—
a salute of 17 gun*, and manning thu yard*, jriih
the crew nicely dressed in white, and standing up
on thayarrj*, supported bv the life lines, while the
salute is being fired. He was accompanied on
there hy Commodai* CUxtnn, and live uf the
Lieutenants as Ids aids, or suite. There were three
boats fitted up in the In st man-of-war style} the
first with Judge Kldt, Commodore Cfextoii, and
the Klug Liv-uienan 5 the seoond, lour Lieutemrnts
of the ship; Urn third two of tho '• young gentle
men,” (this is thu man of war title for tin.- midship
men ) Oh landing at the quay, they were received
by the American Consul and the American mer
chants, from whence we passt-d sip *rs tho residence
ol* Mr. A. and received his hiwpMuliiy in a gins* of
Wine. At this place, unr nimbler was waited on
by the Aid of tho Governor, and was tendered n
guard rfhonor, for the protection of tua person and
property, und to escoit him to the city of Mexico.
Tlih is one of thuso civil things -vliicii tend to give
evidence of the friund y feeli ig* that ;r • entertain
ed f rushy tho Mexicnn govermnen , for, rluuti-
less, Genernl Virturialiad Ins ins ructions from hi*
government, and corning from a m»n liku General
Victoria, who, it will ho remembered, wm* tlie first
I'rcshh m ni itie .Mexican Republic, and the only
one that ins served out his lull term, it is hut rea
sonable to lo-fi -vo there was ni'ieli sinceriiy in If.
Hv i« *nid to have been placed in Ills pre-oat por
tion, lor bis low, knowledge, nnd siHtesmnnliko
qiiuldirntious, as well 11- fir bis gallant bearing ns
a sold.fr. I wn< present ill the nlfin.nl interview
ofniir .Minister mid Cutroiiodoro with the Gioeruor,
nml can theiei'oto tell y.iii lint I was lavniuhly im
pressed with tlm various nmiino* of the iiimii}. he is
about5 fed 9 or JO inches liigli, with 11 stu»p
ins walk.(i -.rusiuio d by lameness in one leg, -omc
fel *o (JO years ol age, *j |i a fiunln-n-l, w<-|| cover
ed a ilh richioiling locks of Idio-lt lini-*. -o newbut
blein bed l»y the Uiui y sonny day* of 11 irop cul eli-
male, and iho lii'iguosofwnr mid diplomacy. ’J’hcs
romhiiiaiiuii* are enough to produce the knitted
hrow nnd wrinkled front on any man, who bus liv
ed to the age of 00 years o; more. The inti rvimv
between Judge Kills, C'nuinio loro Claxton, und
Gon. Victoriu, wot vory graidying, leaving nn im
pression on my uiiodthat.Mexico was nu Inmoiuhle
debtor, and (bat »he would pay to uur cili/ens,
(lirnugh thu Gov,-rntnanl, all ju*t claims tit y have
against her. When fully satisfiud uf tin* jusiice of
lllff claim*, i «J -ul*t not hut thm speedy arnruge-
mentt w.|| bo maJo for lists liquij.oion of ihnm,
and the adjustment of nil d. (Terences. Then will
come a renewal of all those friendly relation* which
should ex H hot ween lliotwo Repuhlies, and wliicb
Wouol tend *0 much to thu interests ol built coun
tries.
After tlm interview wo returned to tit- lodgings
nfJudgo Klli-, took our leave of Idm, and returned
lutlni ship. Judge K. • xpresxed himself m mo in
wat tn let in* mt tit.* pleasures of tho passage from
New York, and the continu 'd kinlnosses nml at
tenlion lie hud roceivid. 1 cannot but any to you,
that 1 wa* veiy niucli plen-ed with the judge—a
gentlem in of eh-g.mt manners, ami agreeable in
cunvorsaliun—just sticli a minister ns i« evmy way
•‘•riled to make a passage in a iniin-of-w ur pleasant
lo Idin-elf, nnd agrerul.je to*ail.
[From the VttuviUe Pioneer,]
Our readers will recoil, ct tliot in the Pioneer of
tho22d Ko'.riiHry last, wo puhlidr d tile quiirteily
report of 1 ho President of ih.. linurd of Cormni*-
sinner* of die Western und Atlantic Radio ids for
the fourth qo liter ofilie year Inst past, iq wltieh
the piobaMItly is suggested, tliut the grading of the
lust division of the road would ho uflero.i to IdJders
jt« early as the month of May of the present year.
Tlw remotest time mentioned in this repori buy.
ing elapsed, and no advert aenteut* lor nroposn's
ba» ing appeared, n spirit of enquiry into the cutises
of failure, uttemleJ with fro mgs of dbtippniutnt -nt,
lit* keen awakened: ami regarding it us a duty in-
eidnitto tlio KJitorial rc!a ion, to serk und distem-
innte oxp'a mil ions calculated to satisfy 11 ruiiomil
timl riglnful curiosity, we hnve tuk-n tho proper
slept in this case In obtain the infot mill ton, which
wo now lay lailhro our readers, ami which, vvotruvt,
w 11 remove nil d>.ubl and suspense in relation to
this subject. At the date ofihut report, the rum-
misdoiiers wore nnl omdtled to foresee tho extraor
dinary fuvnritldennss of thu eaily momhs nl'tin.
present year, for operations on thu road, nnd tha
consequent muiunted rnto o r execution und expeit-
dituret nor were they aide to are an far iutoiltuef-
I'eclsoflho poeuniitry di-tres* of tho eoiimry it* to
ex|iect tho Central Hank to prove uiuiblo, as it
has doit -, to muku such collect ions n* would enable
it to nt.'ot any do minds which might ho in idn siji.hi
it under pr-ivi-imi* of the low foi this liruneli
tlio public service. Il is llicu lo ovcula unlhivsr
nml lieyoiid tho control of tlio ominii-d u'er* iliut
we miKt truce the disappointtn -n*. Tlio Ci
Hunk having offenled thorn lur le*s niil than was
expected, ilieir piincqial reliance is upon tho sole
of Slate scrip, which, with u trifling exeetuion Ims
not yet lieon olfo -ted. Yet, by vigilance ami ac
tivity in tho rxeiciio of all their disen-tiou—by
doing nil thut they rouhl on this side tin* All mt'c,
nml on the other they have so far prevented, nml
will, wo trust, lina'ly prevent any suspeudon nftlie
work ontliui p 111 of the line already under con rucl.
Admonished by these etuliurrii*sineiil«, (ho Com-
mi«sioners determinud, n* appear* front lit • f.illow-
ing letter from Dr. Ilamilioit to Maj. Crawford,
to incur no more liuhilities by n.Uruional letting* ■ r
otherwise, until they shall he inuctmd possession *.f
ad quutofun Is f..r iho felll m 111 of their contract.
Such a detenniuntion appear* to necotd with the
dictates of common prudence aul to he abtolutuly
necessary 10 tlie pro ervntiou of harmony on the line.
This letter also discloses to some extent Iho road
beyond the limits of our own territory; ami what
ever may be tho effect offals argument*upon nth r*
wo at least are prepared to admit that it must ho a
wa«te of treasure to incur the cost when out end.
can be answered vv idtont it
C*3SVtt.t.x, Fehuary 26. I83f>.
Svir—As soon as I become nrqualn’ted with tlm
lattti'ti,<rovidencu oft he |.-gi*| tiure a* it appears in
the exhausted state of the Central Bank ami of thu
Ire.isury 5 and which is likely to embarrass the
Comm:*, one,.ofthe Western and Atlont c Rad
Hoad. I determined to invite tlio attention of tho
B.ixrd in good iim* to the expediency of deferring
o"rc uitemplate i lotting* until weehull have eeitain.
O’ owr control ample fends for udditiu mlcuit-
tr ict»: and of applying our remaining means with
the utmost economy and energy to tho prosecution
of the work un iho one hundred miles of tho lino
now under conti act. I was therefore glad tape-
coive in your* of tho 21st that you w- ro prep .te.l to
approve «uch a moa-uro. Indeed I concur with
you felly in the conviction that •• it is bettor to do a
little c rtniniy and reputably than to attempt too
much.” It inoruovur appears tn mo that if only
thu* much of tho nad were coiupletoduiid uur cars
were in motion, the Stato wouW liave secured ova
ry e ject of primary importance—* hut .ho would
have loft uniouo-hu would huvo created irro.isii-
bin motives in uthms to do.
Before il l>o •am.* tny duly to give my attention
to tho Siotu’s in: crest in tho consiruetion of rite
Wrotorn and Atlantic Rn I road, and before nty Into
tour to Tenn -skoe, I had termed no very lUlioito
conception of Mat economy which would do neith
er more nor loss thou would nccnmplLh the obi ct
of this enterprise. I wa* therefore uupicpatvd pi-
ther to call in quostion any part ofits p liry or to
apptv.vo any nviuure that did not looktoavigoians
prosecuiimt’of tho whole work without rogatd
cost. But having now formed more cornet vim..
•*f iho geographical tclathms and the ueccssiiie* of
he West and of the pltysical feutuies of that psrri-
cuhr region into winch tlie Legislature content-
plsie* extending the roa I, 1 am ready to confess
that l cannot very clearly see the necessity ofextend-
ing this road, by State means, beyond tho limits of
our own territory. Thore are companies already
incut pirated lorconsiruotingu Rail Road from Ros-'
Landing the extreme west and from Knoxville thu
extreme ea.t, to unite with ours , and if th->se com-
pstiies should determine the construction ofthe-e
roads it to be a proli'ablo investment of capital,
they will certainly construct tltoin. If unprofitable
Georgia baa no uto for them. It appears to bo pro
bable that the profits on Uto main trunk will bo a
direct ratio to the number of branches or substitute*
for them, and in an inverse ratio to tho length of the
lute carried on to an extent that commands brandies.
Then the proportion of profit to cost being gruutor
on tlio •liorter road than the longer ono, it would
•own to be needless fur the State to spoud upward*
uf eight hundred thousand dollars in a prolongation
that can only have the effect of a brand, eetxiciaJly
wlten the shorter lino secures to Iter tho benefit u(
Atlantic Kailrofti were to bn completed na farther
forth than some point in tynrrsy county suitable
for the converging of the above contemplat'd branch
roads, and these broiirhns wrre ncvrrcnustiuctrd,
their office would of necessity be |ierfnrmed by
wagons, carts, pleasure carriage* and stag*.**, and
onr r.mil so for as this Suite Is concerned would an
swer all iboends proposed—It would attract afeiut
the some travel nnd tramp'Tint Ion without a pro
longation or brunches a* with them; and this mur
ium t conceive tube just a* tiuo as it is that mo
tives of intarest regulate tbe conduct of men nnd
determine tli.-m In » elinice of way* tn adopt that
which is ebi-upcit, shortest end best. If a merchant
of Tennu»s*e now seos hi* interest in tinn*n‘*rting
gieel* from thn ms'keis below, throush theCJe .rgia
Railirnd to the derHit nt Cmwf»rdviUe and thence
by wagon* homo, lie would doubtless avuil himself
of a continuous line nf Ibiilroiid thut would carry
his goods two hundred and forty mile* nearer home
and shorten the distance of transportation hv so-
guns, by thn name number of miles; und this he
rould certainly rlo if tho Georgia Railroad were
completed 10 onr terminus in DeKalb, and ours
eompl ted to tho northern end of our lute letting in
Murny. Reqveilullv,
THOMAS HAMILTON.
Jor.L CHAWrnttO, E*q.
I'res’t. Board Comm'r* W. it A. R. R.
CENTRAL HAIL ROAD.
We havo jmt fond the pleasure »f riding over firt
miles of this splendid ro*d, on n short trip to the
iincfom riiy nft tgleihorpc. We were hiehlv plei.se I
with tho iippeaiuuca nf the work—lliu Road is
firm nnd durable, und l < Loc-.motives and Cars
are of the mn«i approved const ruction-
Tlm Comp my ur.- progressing steadily nml rv
pidlv i»i their wiv to llii* city. Hundred* u!
Iidiureis are bincly employiil along on 'he line,
1 hr-twin? up emhr’ik-nem* tir in iking excavation*,
is tli* until.* o' lliec*tuiiity.lein:in«ls.—Many other*
mo enga *td in th- «*ip.*r.trii**tnre. I« v.-IUiijj tho
timbers, nil I laving du.vn the rail*. S.iventl miles
above tlm present <1* pot are already completed.
Tlio Company expects to have soma 25 or 30
mile* furth- r « f the Ifoul in operation by the 20th
of l)i-i-i*riihi*i next—and that in *wo yen is 1 here
after, tbo whole linn I will bi*c>Miiplet**d to .Macon!
Till* Ro'ul i« ulieiirly recniviug a e*m-M**mb|o
pt.riioo of tint Northern nnd S tillborn travel—
t*nve|lrr« going fron Alabama to N. York or
Charleston, call gt» as expeditiously, und at a
smaller expense, by way of M trim nnd Suronimli,
tliun hy Greene.Iior-t, and Augusta.—Many of oar
merrhtots a*c urdorbig their goals this summer,
by Savannah nnd iheConuul Rail Hood.—Macon
Telegraph, 23rJ inti.
O" Thu following moil aurpiising intellipoiicn
will tuunni-h our r»nders .—
[ Cor re/fioiiJ<-nee of the Char. Courier.]
Washington. July IH, 1839.
After a protruded silonce—poll tonga inlerval/o
—I resume nty |h>u to give y.»i* the suosinncu uf n
leporl which bn* for some dnys ngiia'od niiru-ually
atoienl rommuniiy. A doep mystery bus b therm
involved tin* fare of iho Hornet, which was siippoH-
ed to havo foundered, joais ago, in n gale} nnd eve-,
ry circurn*iui>c*', h-iwover Im,.reliable, wlifoh relat
ed to her position, when I i«t scan, lias b en ferret
ed out nnd narrated, wirii a degree of mi aiteiiuss
which evincu tin- deep I’ ul.ng which, lo iliisday,
exisis in relation to Iter line. A new nml startling
light lint h. on suddenly east upon the my-tery, by
th>* oflei of an individual to exhibit pro..Is that tliis
ill-lat* d vessel outlived the gale, in which il wasbe-
lieved timl rim perished, und met her du-triiciiou
from ruuniie* inoro cruel than me eleinunts. Tlm
tiumo of 1 m* individual it w.m.d huolivi.ni*ly inipro-
per to publi-h until his story shall have a-*um.*d u
in.iro deli'iin* and aitihnniie foiui.aiid tli.* testimony,
by which it is to b • established, *b i.lhuve been oh-
mined. The amount of tlm iti*cl-i*uio l.ute nude
is that, ufinr passing through the g *>e, in * tfoiy her
mugazine was fired by conspirator*, 1-r l*c l to . Heel
this dinlmliral purpose by tlie bond of a foreign go-
vernn.ctit, and that-1HU bravn men weio ihhs in-
Htaiiiiiticoiisly billried intoetetnity, in a moment of
1 ni ire seli-.ecuriiy, mid wbtlu tlio intoiclmngn of
cougrniulutioiis fur their preservation fr.ni tin* prey
of wind and wave was yet iinliuish d. Ilu who v -
iuntitrilyeontetforwurdtu make this disclosure sl.ites
lit :t liu was 110 himself present ut tho caiiislroplin;
bin that a f ienJ was there; it.nl fm tlti irioud no re-
i|..iro* pardon in the estiililfolmiout ot ilia truth of
in* s uem-nt. lieulsoasks for u pecuniary reward
f*ir liiinndl'. The evulonre on w hich Im proposes
to *****nbltslltoteliicls 1* iho pr.alllOlloliol the ship's
logdv.uk up to do* moment of the eiitasiru.dt*, mid
ul*.iof 1 tin private 1-lhT* of tin* oificur*. with oilier
testimony ul n eiirroborativa* canraclei. Tho sab-
ject i.« now bolbre thn Navy Btnr.l, and bit- I il in
iVq'im t ural long .lo ibeitt ion. Iim they will not
lie aide to come lit any oo .c.ii ion us to the condi
tions required by tlm 1t1f.11 ni mt. Iud>*e I thov li tve
tm aiiilio itv vested 111 tlintii to m ikuslipoluti ns of
it pecuniary nature. It is said Hint tli- President
im* been written toon thu subject,ami that tho til-
pi codings in the ca*«i -HI depend on his
irmly. Toe ma.nher. oftlm B mid are i.,eli.. 0 l to
uti.ieh ini.ioriun.i* to lh i siaieincni of this mu
ems q*n*tiee of some private cominuaieution wit ch
ho has nude concerning t ie tno ive lo thn iustiga-
thill of this .Iwfil .Oiirnge, which motive limy deem
s iiisfnclory .rod surtwiei.t. For the .ake of human-
itv and t r the sa-t*. I ourc.iuaiiy, it j. t.r.eIj .iw.I
rim: nuelfi.t will he sp ro.l lo elucid ilo the whole
of tiiia atiati} aad. Im the con*eqii‘*nen- wit it thov
may, to work retribution in those hy whom lid’
sclio.ne wa* planned, and by whoso lull nonce il
rnrri d into effect. Fiat jut!ilia, pereat
mundut.
many company branches as thn longer one t and
im ion the profiublctMi** of Railroad .Stocks does
rvil xpjwar to bn sufficiently eswMlshod io justify
"" J*’ *)' ^n-owing cspiul to conslroct these
wofe ‘'te demands of the gate’s own con
The dtat« of Oeorgia emild imt refuse a eour-
22 Z".7 , L rv0m W *'"""l l **nily ( the tight of
granted to th# shave com*
pwK eMMfelJy a* the hue of Tvewssee is under.
SK2 ^ Nriner in esrh to tl M .mount of half
•ere .foully ui fell ihort, end i| M WerierR xrJ
Accidents in Potion Ihrbor.—We havo fre
quently had 11 r c-n.l accident* of u fetal character
w hich havo occurred in Bust n Harbor, by the cap
suing nf pail boats, &c.nn Sunday; and on tunny
avc uinis it is to be wish d tit t tbe reprehensible
habit n| boat sailing on the Sabbath would become
nhodetu. \ o*tcr l iy was n day unusually prolific in
accident-—same of a mol uich'.ly characier. Tlti-
wa* principally owing 10 tlteri-ing ufa Itouvy squad
from th*< S .iithwest, about 2 ochi- k, P..M-, which
mged fora sh"rt time with great vi.. unco. Wo co
py tit** fnll.iwiiigfr.ini th" Arias:
" Af tri'ijf qo tiled and seven lives saved ^ Yes*
t**rday m..ruing, Cupt. Sturgis, of the revenuo
cuifor Hamilton, wi* e dlcd upon to go down to
Nantuskct rends, and quell a mutiny on hoard the
brig Argali, which duty he attended to with the
111 moat promptness nnd the crow of the brig, hy
ills iutcrierviice were persuaded to peifoim their
dmy.
Un th« return of tlm l.febont in the afternoon,
11 after she had passed the fort, there cunte up u
violent sipinll o| wind nn.l rain, and th 10 was a
peifi-ct tempo-t upun tho water.
Imhu midst nl tlm tompoit, a amnli hunt was
seen ut a distance entirely unmanageable, the sails
being dishevelled, and sin* filling with water, ami the
eitc# ol those on hoard were very |.. u l fin assistance.
Captain Suirgi* immediately ..r lered hi* life-bnut
tube piil.od lor the sinkiii;.fomi, xml sevott lmy»
wore tuken from her, and ihussawd form a watery
gtave. 7
Tit- irnarnus are Nicl.nlns Bulger, aged 7; I’a
trick Mulkuy, aged H; Patrick Su Itvitn, m*rd Id;
JjhoRyaa, aged lljGao. Driscoll, aged Id; G.o.
Lynn, age*| i2; und Joan Lynch, agud 11.
They stated that they hr, | hired the boat nf a
man 111 Brood street fora pleasure sail,-and thut
the u*m,»e»t ea-ne upon timm so suddenly thatthoy
had no control of tho •»* *ut.
Capi. Sturgis has olien been mnutinned for his
s. rxi ms to our m rraiitilc cominuititv, bur his phi-
I anthropic aciion in saving tho lives of so many per-
son.. Will entitle him to the notice of tho Hum tno
Society.
Soon after the occurrence detailed almvo, Capt.
Sturgis r. reived infot*-nation that n sail boat be
longing to tho navy yard had bcenc.ip«i«.*d in Black
Hock channel, and several of the moil drowned.
W1 th that uhu ruy io rend, r asristance to his follow
man in distress, whvlii* charucteristic of that uc-
live officer, he ordered tlm life boat to bo manned;
and proceedtol down the Itariior. u distance of six
miles, to the Great Brewster, near which place the
accident happened. It seem* that tlm boat hud on
board six men, five of whoit lielunged to the now
yard—including John McNelly, tha boatswain of
Uw yard. Mr. McNelly and three men werediown-
rd—two only of the men escaped from a waterv
grave.
The body of Mr. McNally wt« afterwards picked
up, and ennveyrd to the navy yard alnnit onuu'.’liHsk
last nigbt by Cspt Sturgis Mr. McNelly was 57
years of age. The other three person* drowned
were James B. Doming and John Siing.*r,8etmrn,
and Sylvester Blond, a brotltei-iii-law of Mr. Me-
Nolly, belonging to Windsor, Vt. age I 45. Mr.
llluud* has I ft a wife and tun children tu mourn
over this unfortunate eveat.
W* learn alsu that the pleasure boat Teaser, with
six mrn tut board, was oaminnl in a squall yestsr-
day aftvrnojn, near Apple Island. One man, named
Wing, atiempllng to swim ashore, was drowned—
the others were picket! up while clin|ing*to the bust,
hy a fishing sehmmer belonging to Gloucester,
/lotion Hi non'Us Journal,
It U mM the Cotton crop of Kasurn Texas will
tills yrat fall Ilu Is short or 30,000 bsU<«
POST OFFICES IN GEORGIA.
The following post office* Lave jieen discontinu
ed :
Line Level, Crawford County.
Bruomtown Vulfey, Floyd County.
Chs|ie| Hill, Twigs County.
Tbe following post masters have been appointed:
Wm. Stafford, Florence, Stow aul County
Wm.S. Underwood, Cross Plains, Murray Coun
ty-
Hawkins F. Price, fylijjqy, Gilmar County.
From Ike ffrdford F.nqnirer.
NARRATIVE OF THE ESCAPE OF CAPT.
JOHN HOLLIDAY.
nr Tlie KKV. 1MYNARD H. HAM-
Tlio fulliiwiug narrative was given tu (be writer,
at bis request, by Capt. John Holliday of the Tcxian
army, during Iris' recent visit to bis relatives ui Bed
ford. Tho Hccouiil,u*pociully of his own purilou- ad-
v- ntures ought not. in the opinion of mni.y ostimablo
person*, to iio confined within the circle of the Cap
tain's friends and connexions; il is therefore, now
placed before thu public, affording unotherillustm-
timt of a frequent remark, "that nothing is of tin
more unlike the truth, than the truth itself ■"
Un the first day uf tho year 1830, after the sur
render of the Mexican General Cut at Alamo, a di
vision "f tho Texian troops under Colonel Grant and
Maj. Morris, inarched down the Sail Antonio and
••ms <mped ul Goliad. Remaining here one work
for orders, they set out lot the main object of the
expedition—die *i--go of Muiamoras 0:1 the Rio
Grand*:; but informed that Col. Funuin would land
ut Coiutnu B iy with valuable reinforcements they
halted it tbe Mission Reftyi • 011 tho Mission River.
Hero in ii*o un unhappy dispute, u leading cause of
ull tlm dis <stors that followed. One party with Col.
JiiIiiivoi and Cnl. Giant ut their bead w ished to
proceed to .Matuntorus without uuy reinfoicements,
whilst niiotimr party wished tn awnit the urrivul of
Fannin; *0 that finding themselves tin >ble to agree,
the fuircs were nh.111! equally divided, half setting
off for the Rio Grando Mill the "liter half remaining
at (lie Mi*sion Refugio. Capt. Holliday, then u
private, belonged to the fetter number.
At tin* arrival of Fnuuili be was elected Colonel
nf the eoinhinud diri-ion, now- iiinminting to about
•I5i) moil. But his troop* were lint dustined to
mar- h to tho siege of Muiuinorus; for wh -11 Johnson
und G111 nt arrived nt St. Putricunii tiio Ncue.es Ri
ver, they feiiml the niiviny upproueltiiig in so great
force, that they deemed it prudent to request Col.
Fannin that he should send u detai-lunent to guard
the U'tillery back to hi* post. Among the thrvo
companies that performod tlti* service was youqlp
Holliday.
Tho siege of Matimnras was now nbaiuloned;
and Col. Fnnniii returned to Goliad, where he
strengthened tho fort nnd won by reinforcements
a life* t" muster about COO soldiers. Ilu received or
ders, however, on t 0 15th of Murcli from GJm.
Iloj.tonto retreat to Victoria; hut as his instruc
tions left hint at liberty to obey or not, It - believed
under nil tho circumstances thut it wus belter to
uwait the Mexic ms at Goliad. A limit litis time, too,
he had sent Captain King wiiii 28 men to rescue an
unfortunate filmily of lVxiaus left at the Missouri
River, and although in cnmmquciifo of fresh orders
from Houston, ho fell inclined to retreat to Viet rin|
ho would not commence that rcireut until the re
turn of the r- selling party.
This il- lay was fatal. The Mexicans, having
killed thu tvnulo party under Grant und Johnson,
with thu exception of Cui. Johnson himself und
three nrivutos, were now advancing upon Goliad
flu*hod with repented victories, uud with continually
uugenteii forces. Cupt. K ng was immediately at
tacked at the Mission und driven into tho churrh;
when lie was besieged with his small hand by a
large body of tltu t-tt -my. Col. Fannin ni this in
formation, dertermined on retreating, would not
leave the fo.i until lie bad brought oil' apt. King,
lie accordingly despatched Lt. Colonel Ward w.tlt
thoG.urgia Battalion to rescue King; giving or
ders not to risk 11 battle with the ortumy. Them) or
ders however, were imvt impropery disobeyed;
nnd in consequence, Ward with l()il men. were
taken prisoners, ull of whom perished io the subse
quent iniissncree ut Goliad, w'iiilst King and ill*
puny were captured ubinil tw. Iv • miles dmvn the
river, being tied elbow to elbow were* buiclic cd 011
tlio spot.
The situation of Cui. Fannin became then ex-
ccotliagly critical, bis numbers being grently I ssen-
ed, and the Mexican cavalry having now rail lied
his imm.-diuie vicinity. With those Capt. Morion
of tho Texian cavalry hud a slight skirin «h on the
lltihnf Mnvs-lt: hut no was uu...|.i.||.ut u witri* Hy
thu superior force of the enemy. On tho same day
im uns'iceessful attempt was made by (.’nl. Fannin
to cross the Sun Jancinto; which iiowo«erhi* effect-
oil un tho morning oftho 19th with mt any mohretu-
tinu, tin* enemy not th-'ti being even in sight.
lie hail marched about night miles towards the
river Colatln, when tho small division of the cav
alry, constituting the rear guard, gave notice of the
nnprourli of tlm e.mtny; who, nt the same time,
wore* s.i'it by tlio infantry a Ivaiieing, with rapidity;
their fmeo a man nt ing to noa.ly 1009, whilst that
of tlie Tcxinns amounting to only 850.
Tlio Colonel now attempted to reach n small
strip of oak timber iifoiut two miles to hi* I li; bur
.* on found from tlio trad iness of the nxen baroessed
to tlio nrtillery that if be expected to reunlt ihe
timber, it ireist bo with the ■«« of his camion. It
being th n resolved to fight in the prairie, tbe sma:i
•md gallant bund was formed into a hollow square;
the baggage in the centre*, and tho cannon so dis
posed us lo do the greatest execution.
Tho ouotny having surrounded tho Texian* and
having fired several discharges of mu*kct*y nt (HJO
yard* distance, at length rushed onward' at full
sp.-ed, with their cavalry nn tho south, nad their in
fantry and Itidiuns on tlio three other «id s, ns if to
crush tho diminution company by a single onset;
but in this expectation they weroeffecunlly baulked
hy a simnliu.teoiis nnd ntnreleroux fire* ffon'i all sides
of the squire poured forth with u fair aim and at a
httle more ilmu 100 yards.
In tho same way every successive attack w M .
checked; till about sunset, thn battle having com-
■noticed at 1 o'clock in thn afternoon, tlte Mexican.*
rodred; having lost in killed and wounded about
500 men, whilst the others h id Inst only 6 killed
nnd 50 wounded.
Throwing up .sumo hasty entren-.-hutents thn Tex-
inns prepared for an attack in the morning, al
though they would have retreated all night, had it
not been from the oarnc*t supplication of their
wounded; und yot, it is quostu:nublo whether ut
this juncture any regular retreat could have been
continued, os the enemy during the night were so
jreatly reinforced us tomako their effective number
nearly 2000. It appeared, too, that the enemy
had received some cannon, as tho first salutation
upon tho morning of tho 20th, wus tha roar of tho
artillery und whistling of balls over the Texian on-
•rmi' hment. And to this no suitable answer could
be mndo by the artillery of tho lutter, us all tho
water accessary to swab the pieces had been pre
viously exhausted, and, indeed, their ammunition
neuriy expended.
In these circuinst.in'*es tho enemy hung out a
flag of trace; and us tho foxians despaired oven of
any opportunity to cut a way with their woup-ms,
or to sell 'hofo lives nt a high price because of the
cau.i n of the foe, it was, in cuuucil of war, agreed
to sari-ondor upon honorable conditions A parly
was therefore held; and at length n treaty wus
wriuen both in Spanish und English, was signed
hy Col. Fannin, und by Urroaiho Mexican General;
according to which, among ■ tit- r matters, the Tex-
inns upon -urrendering as prisoners of war, were to
retain their side arms, nnd to bo either ro eased or
exchanged. This surrender was on Sunday morn
ing tho 20th of March.
The prisoners were guarded back to Goliad.
And hero commenced a treatment designed un
doubtedly, to crush the spirits and debilitate the
bodies uf the victim-, that there might bo no re
sist ince in tho execution of thu tragedy already
militated
Contrary tn express stipulation, tho prisoners
wore required to sirronder their rido arms and
threatened with d*»ath in case any knife should,
upon searching be found tu have Iwcn conrcalod;
they were then all forced, at tho point of the bay-
nnot, to engugo in severe and incessant labor; au l
even compollod to oat raw, the only sustenance, n
scanty portion nf bad beef. They continued until
the Saturday closing the week of their imprison-
moot. On this day 110 food whatever was allowed,
and tho misenthlo victims of buriiarian cruelty,
without any susnirion of treachery, actuallycniploy-
ed in cleaning their own muskets und bayonets, to
bo used tlte next morning in tho butchery.
Sunday morning, tho 27th of March, camo;-—
a day written in letters of indelible blood on the
mommy 01* thn very few who almost miraculously
yet survive to look buck on the horror* of Goliad
Uu'tug tho previous night, two cannon were secret-
Iv p aced, ono on each «ido tho main ontrauce of
the fort, so a* to intimidate the prisoners, if they
liio'ild. suspecting foul play, eudenvor Ut resist J
ami then thn whole company, with tho exception nf
the wounded in the hospital, who wore separately
destroyed, the whole company comprising those
captured with Col. Ward and amounting to about
T.l) men were all drawn un in double fifes, extend*
ing across tho yard of tho fort, from the cannon at
the main gala t„ the opposite wall. Here they
were subdivided intu litre* nearly equal divisions,
an I then un being ordered to march, thay ware in*
formed that tbrir service was necessary to drivo a
large herd of cattle into the town; whilst tho pri-
(oners little dreamed that they themselves were
like cattie, only proceeding to a spot more conve
nient for slaughter.
The first division as it passed the gato marched
directly onward, but tho middle division as it passed,
was made tn wheel tu the right, and tbo rear divi
sion to the left, nn linos at right angle* with tho Hue
ufiho first division; whilst tho Mexican infunuy
with loaded muskets, a* each division came out
from the fort, fell in on different sides of it in sin
gle files, and at tho same time dismounted horse
men with sword* drawn, fell in parall-l wjlh cueh
line of musketeers. Holliday, wh * was In tho right
division, und somewhat surprised at the previous ur-
r ingeui -tits, began to fee! greutiv alarmed, us the
party suddenly halted aud the Mexicans commen
ced fixing huyrnift*} but before he had time to rx-
change a word or scarce a look with his dearest
comrades, a peal of fire nrms followed by 1 *ud and
horrific shrieks from the primmer* in the middle di
vision, revonlcd too plainly, the d**ep perfidy of their
captors and thu bloody death to he endured.
A* if waiting Ibrtlie signal, the Mexicuii noMinr.t
on one side passing by it su-t* or two through tli"
hit- rval-of t >e foxians to iim other, brought t;.eir
gnu* tu tuuc!i tho points ahtM*t grutin4 iho Innlfe*
of iho prisoner*; und ulaiost us soon Holliday, in an
indescribable nml ulvios; inconccivnhln tigony would
close hi* eyes iijiolt the terrifying scon", thu groans
umi .brick* of the dcvoied vicriin* were nnsweriiii
to th<* fire of the musket* and thrust* of the bayo
net*.
He opewdlm oyo.q the.dend and tho dying m.*t
bis view. Sick and feint, yet di I ho netful; lie wa*
even uuhiumed. A single 111*011 mt lie In’sha'ed
whether Iw bud better sink to lb" ground nnd Colin
leifeil dentil, the next ho wus flying whh instinctive
InV" of life und en.*rtty *>f despair inwards tin* hunk
ofSa 1 Airuulo. \V 11 rite Ins h *pe .•foHCitpu.about
50 o. 60 affrighted w retches, sun* with, nnd ••lliers
well ui w iim I*, whore rushin; towards dilforenl
poiiiis of the sain** river pur-ued by tin* infuriated
soldiery, by whom nt my were ovnriukun und mur
d**red, winLi tho vain crio- nnd plea* for qu trier*
wer*drowned in iim veil of the b trhaiinns.
Iloiliiiay ui h 10 -t 20 m no dropp ng n« they
run their kuupsncks (provioudy urdeied to he car-
rie.l, iloohilcss tod day any flight,) und such uliHhul
a* could he ili m got oil’, in spite of tliuir eager pur-
suets reaelied tin* Sun Antonio in-afaty.and iustun
ly pioogiai mio its stromn. Ali did noqliowever nr-
rivo ut theoppositn hank »**v. r.ii being killed with
hul s us they swum, a* that nut of the wltoli* num
ber that entered the water tsitli ilolliday, himself
and 0 util ts only lived to conconl ihems '.u** in ihe
narrow strip ofbuslies und t.mbcr there skirling ihe
r ver. But even this smad number wus in u few
•inenislu hecoiuo loss.
Sumo c •mpuuioi of tlie Mexican cavalry lind liecn
p >sied across tlie riverobnva litis party ulu ford,
10 intercept any who might escape the slaughter,ut
iho for:, u* il was must likely the, won! I seok lo
ciins*ur this point; accordingly w hen Ilulliiluj nnd
his men h"ard the erics uf tin: tnoa murdered in ih .t
qiiuilcr, lli-y liicl it* well us tlieycomd ill the cage
ol the large prairie heyund tlio wood thm Ita-I ul
lir.*i nff.riled thorn .slieitur. Four oftho liitlo put
ty* being 100 fir mivitnced beyond the buslm* were
espied by thu troopers; who riding up, put them to
death before lire eye* of the throe others, better eon-
ce iled -n h od in the birdies, but siippo ing 1 lint all
bad b*cii discovered and f>r awhile nwuiling tho
sumo destruedou. They were not however seen,
h"i'*g, Iw.i of them ut least, de-lincd hy Providence
lo b Im d once more their far di-lant and native
ho oes
1 ho M 'X'Cuim linviii" passed .in to tniurccpt oth
er fugitives crossing :lio river *till furihor below,the
thr *e survivors, John Holliday, of Holhd ivsbtirg,
1 uniiryl.' .nia.J dm C. Duval, *if Bairdstowu, K**u-
lucky, nii l u Mr. Brown,of M icon, Georgia, dives
ted ol nil e| *lli:s I'X.mpt shin nml pimtuluous. with*
oui either hats »i hIious, run lor ninny miles into the
prairie, und then sinking exhausted und •ilBirlued
into ili-i grass they lenmiiied w it'iout moving or con
versing the ivnia.ml**r of the day.
J lint night, however, they mlvontiiivd to trivnlj
lying hy 1I10 next diy: and s*» for several successive
■itgli'S and d ry*, subsisting 011 toots nnd laid-; hill
us tl*u night* were rainy and dark from cloud*, nt
the end oi tin* third and fourth night insi-ad of In-ine
fur on thu* way towanls V.ctoriu nr the Gnmli lnp-*,
they having wamfore*l in m *re circles, were yet in
sound III the reveliu ut Goliad.
Greatly alarmed und dispirited at (Ids di-n very,
rV r r7: , "y* C ' rd ” W aodstlli Iim strik
ing lie u Hiilel *tipe, they determined lo travel by
day, hut nit mcitl n.t sum, taught ilium llm d umr
mid per..up4 lmp.»*il.ility„f .|,a| course. Just as
1 bey Icli 1 heir concealmeut 4 Mexican iroopera weri
discovered riding moug ti.o road aliom 5011 va d* t.
thou ,c:t. ih»* party fo I instantly down imo rite
4$rua*} wli.lst iho iro .pm * g,Hoping by wore n.ei i. v
aiiiUi.cr, eoiijactnivd to bo mi express fr.*m Vj.*t ,ria
to u tJi-iiI ihu wh ile then ba led, nnd duringili.-ir
to vers-itiun looked so oft 11 in din diroclion of t o
poor wretches in ihe grass,that moreih*.i
gave ihomsclves up a* lust, esp.
Ii*>r-i*mi*n, ilivro
ancciliey
hy, us with iho
f '• •mall d"g. by wh*
•noy I cared being scented mid ferreti.nl out. Bui
the Mexican* lifter a "bile, separated without nuv
se.nn*ng suspicions, iho four liking towur.ls Go-
It nl; yel th< ilir*.e Texian* wore luo th..roiuh-
iy uhinned 10 move from iho.r poiture for many
lioors
About this time I hey succeed".! in liiklinr a few
small fishes in a kind of puddle n id devoured tli nt
wuh gieui engerno**, haviui* until now rivon imih-
1 F 1,1,1 fi"d* nnd mm,; and indeed, so fmnisliod bad
Iboylwiom * lint lli -y fein would havo dev..,.rod
even 11 rattlesnake, which I liny sit >rtly after mad.* a
v"t» •'•b’mpl to ca.cb. 'i'ho.r Itopos too of better
Miiteniinc.! were greatly r.ii-ud on ..no occasion he-
fore lhoy re 0*ho I the G nid.-fopi*. I.v n cow ihai ..no
duy passed their placo.of eoncealm -nt,followed by a
very young calt. Dii* calf ilioy pursued for semn
tun.: but it a isily di-tanced it* followers, nnd ih y,
lor h ai of being discovered by die Mexicans, wore
ob.igcd to ub.iudon the pursuit.
Ai Inst on iho morning of tho 8th d iy they roach-
ltd Ihu Gaodeliipo just above Vicoriu, having been
so long a ti.no in travelling only 25 miles, tln-ir bo-
dies Mug feeble, t hoi r foot swoll.-n, a-id ilici. mind*
bewildered. Here they remained all duy in great
terror, hearing nt interval* th.* d urn* aud fife* of
1 heir enoinio*, now in Vicori 1. Just however, as
•light canto aud ihoy o ore thinking uf I avingiiteir
concealment to swim the river,a feast of a novel and
most revolting nature revived their spirits and
strengthened thorn for their labor; a sow with a lit
ter of pig* only a few hour* old, came ij»eon*ciati«
by, near lhe starving comrad* s, i.y whom four of the
broad wore forimiiit. |y .. feed mid instantly devour
ed unco iked and even tu tlio lion-** and e.'ir .il*.
Nothing occi|. red to interrupt tlm painful mono-
tony nt tli** sufferer's lives until after the passngeor
the Lu Bus 1. Ou leaving, one evening, thu narrow
wood skirting its b ird r, in order to cress u s nail-
pin.ne hom.do J on its other side al-ol.y wamllaud,
the parly perceived ut a short distauc" several hor
ses npparaody so tamo us to induce •» faint hope
ih a they con'd he caught u ni rode; but upon com
mg sufficiently near whm were iho poor follow.’
urpruo and alarm In fu.<| the harre* tied 10 a tree
•y b ur rope*, indicating Mexic urownoi*. The par-
i) lus 1 unity crept away through the grass ami con-
ce.lud thomsplv"* in tlio prair.o, Brown and Duval
m iho .grass, hot II.d Hay, fortunately in tlie hush>*s.
In a low nt nmes an old Mexican, upon coming to
his h >nu*(, nnd discovering a trail, followed its di
rection till Iio came su id nly, and lo th.* surprise of
(.Uil. [I Ull..,, U|,... Uru.vi. and Duval. Thn Mvxi-
can lit dptmsii dema td.*d who thev wore, und in-
siantly accused lim n of a design to'steal his horses.
UKt Whilst Duval, who could speak the sumo Inn-
gunge, wns trying'° give a snti-factmy account of
tbeni-elves, the old man seized Brown who was
nearest to h m. und raised a most (iorril.lt* yell.-—
Lp >n this Duval ran hack towards tho 1,1 Baca;
whdst in answer to the cry, a young and athletic
•Mexican armed with a gun and swoidcame tu iho
i»‘*i«tanco nl tho old one: and then both going off
wi h thu unfortunate Biown, lol l Holliday half doud
#*•*' terror undiscovered in iho bushes. *•
1 In ibis dread nil situation ha remain'd^ about
hour, sc-irnoly dating to breathe, when the noise
being
m tillered, the c.iomy was searching for liim. Hu
hva* if ilosiitum of lif**. Nearer and nonrer, hut
yet as if at'riid nf discovoriog himself, soma one
approached the hiding place, aud then a timid
voice whispered a low cull. It uttere I his name.
Hs vcmuied tu stir—hi* nain.* wa* again called—
it was tho voice of Brown. Hdlidiy answered,
und two of the comraJe* were onoj more united,
when uacb had supposed they should moot no mure.
Brown’s account of hi* escape or rather release
is briefly this. Hewasuarr.ou by hi*cantor* to a
place where ituy hud kindled a fire to cook a part
of lh**lr provision* plundered from some deserted
hou«o, and there lie waa tied to a tree, prepara
tion* lining apparently made to kill him. Butaf-
tar soma conversation between themtalvc*, they ro-
ImquUhod their purpose, and then eating a heatty
Without, howaver, offering any thing to
•Wl |.rl..)iH.r, Ihuy Rim from Iho Im,
«™ him «fl.r ih-in (ar.ro* l.u.i,|n.| j,
•ta. i» Tdnl, fmi.i, iha P rl.. nfr !)„, m ,j,
fur Win 111 Wiom. II. Rurri.nl .... .raar.ii.Jl,
•« r,.i U hi. Kotii.iiiM waull (Juui, luj an l ,l
l 1 — 1 ."!*. |.l.cv»b,™^hrflra.,.. .
found lokl. ,mt jay foura.,. ih.t tw
I wilird by the Mrnlrnni. Two of thu
•till burning
that had beenover-*
t„—. --n < of these ha instant-
te-; 01 "* .»o tortfi-ib hi.
starylag comrade* in case lie should succeed In ro-
joinmg tham. Hullld.y accordingly (Wd £ Z
egg immediately, and when the twocomndN felled
ilther f * CnrCb ° f DUYk ’ t,lty U * tfn fi " Ubwl «!»•
Greatly umnclated and more than over dispirited
Ity ilu loss ot DiivjI, the two reached tbe Colorado.
This liver much swollen by recent rains, and run
ning lime with a rap'd current, rendered the attempt
tn swim on the pnrt uf Brown, who was sirk with
n pluri.y, haxurdous in any way, but extrumnly
perilous encumbered with even f.-w remiiuing
rlothe*. It was, therefore agreed that Holliday,
who much stronger und a very cxprrt switrm. r,’
should cio** Aral with his own clothes, and return
for Brown's; wIiimi it wna thought, being freed from
ad incumbronco'Aiid occasionally assisted, he might
land in safety. So rapid, however, was the river
tint Holiday was evnied down neatly a quarter
of a mild before hugainod the oppuritu bank, upon
which iho magninimons and .ill-fund Brown
doul.l not allow him t. return, fearing Ids strength
should be exhausted and his friend should perish
in tbo -lna.il. In this dilemma, repartition or iho
qliniiRu of death, they decided on gofer up thr Cvjfc
"nrmlu till, p- rhaps, they .hoiild find still'w«fl£
|...r Aflvorai hburs the two thus repnrnlod, condn-
.nd in sight of one unother, till nt length a forest
nl impel vmiis roito fo.crd Holliday away from tho
hank, and w cn after the lapse nf two or three
hour* Im again arrived at' the river, his unfortu-
nu'i* friend wo*.to where 10 ho see,.. ,nd responded
ton. call. WXil.cr drowned in nn attempt to
swim the river, 01 dead from dnease nnd famine,
nr whether ri.iin I.y ih- Muxleatm, nr plnfeg yet
in captivity, front 1 hat hour to the prnsonl he has
nuv. r hern sum 01 hi ard from.
Alone now, mill io n half frenzied state. Holli
day won. towards the river St. Bernard. He now
lout, I wild ..iii.iiM in great plenty; but his feet were
su •w..llen and Inc. rated, timt fe a whole night’s
travelling;fei often advanced no farther than half
,n ' le ‘ 0 ,0 n.oriiing ubnut down us ho wat look
ing for moire dim nt ft.itr largo femrs passing In thn
mun diateviufehy, •«, terrified him, that ho mndo
for an op m space in the timber, where ho found
a house which liku ull others pievinnsly entered,
hr supposed was destitute of inhabitant*. Into this
ho cautiously, after long deliberation, ventured,
when the first thing that mnthU ey*s, was a consid-
pi able stum of baron, loft by the Texian family in
tho hurry of flight. Of 1 his bucon he devoured raw,
a quantity sufficient for several persons, nnd then
unu do to ied»t tho temptation lo repose offered by
the miserable remnant* or a bed in nn adjoining
ro.un, lie forgot his tlungnrs and sank into a deep
s eop. Hi* sleep was at length most alarmingly
broken I.y person* at the b.'d*id<*,Tor upon opening
hi* e)os, two negroes un old nml young one wore
staring in ids face, encli armed will) a formidable
club.—.1 heso were American or Teximi runownys,
who addressed him in good English, and told him
’** wni °" M *hat had escaped front Golfed; that n
Mexican nriny uf 5,(100 uoro encamped within two
mifes; that themselves and others had r* coivodnr-
dors* un pain.>f dentil, either to kill or deliver tn
ilu: Mexican army any of Funuin'* company with
whom they should m et, and that now*, income,
qticiice of these oulcr.*, nnd lu revenge the cru
elties ufthuii former inasters, llrey intended either
to kill him orcurry him to tho camp.
A violt-m and hi tody .loath s'-em nmv inovitnbl.;
hut <iii| hs u lust hope, poor llollidny hogged most
earnestly for mercy. For a long time, however he
begged in vain, till ul 1 ngili, in nit agony Iio threw
his arm* around the old negro’s neek, and so effec
tually i.y Ids tears nii-i earnest cries opomied on
his kinder feel mg*, ihnt he consented to let the
prisoner escape, provided ho would pay each fivo
do I tr*. This hu could nut do, hul he off r d willing
ly the tutim'd remnant* of his shirt and trowsrrs,
which howov.tr wore 1 erased. A' length ho was
rulcasid 011 oil', ring voluntarily to give each $ I0U
in case he should over meet with them in more
pm-pcnnis circ.um*iacc*; nit agreement tu which
Capt llnili.l.y wi l yel gladly stand. At the de
p:ir.muot tlio iicgro. s who curried with them nil-
the bacon, li.» h.istonml from the hi.u*e and cun-
c.enl'd hioiscllin thu woods for several d.ys, in cioi-
tmnni drc.ul of lioing discovered by any Mexicait
belonging to • lie army. This army, u* ho stile.
S'-qneutiy fen run. I wore snldi.ir- fleeing aflei th" dc-
feut ot riuu|Jnui"tn. Al.lcup’b ho veimtr.'d one cron-
u.g to cross a pari oftlie prairie in wldcli these sol*
iluirs had h *011 encamped;hui ii wus a un immln.'iit
pcrilut losing hi* lif--. Ju«t u* lie was entering u
«malJ wood on 1 III* margin of what seemed to he it
lake, a Alex can trooper appeared about CUO yards
10 ihe fell, galloping towards lorn. - B th pim'scd a
moment; when Holliday summoning nil hisenergi 1,
ran towards tho ivuti-r, happily only h lew yads
nff, whilst the Mcxira11K.uk 11 diug.'iial direction
Jo iu'erc. pt him; bm ife* pursuer "’waa too
Uie, :il hough when ho rouehed the lake lie fired
, .l T , y‘ ,, !" ut off «», however, ns it whs nearly
durk, nml In. iiiteudcd victim wus almost wholly
mini, r-ed in rim water. Tho pursuer now kiudi. d
a me within a few rods of tho wr. te.liod Holiilij;'
who, oh.iged losii.nd with merely hi. fore out uf
iho wm r *or nearly Hit hour, was'roduecd-Xo so
greet despair, that once or twice he was mhlio
p' lniul uiiowiug himself to he suffncateil; but at
utst he contrived to find n aon of relief and better
concealment hy clinging to tlm routs of a cypress
ticitr bun on 11 srunji Islunil.-In this posture he
remained quiet all that night, and tor several hour*
me next d iy; when venturing at last to laud, iho
. Icxicuii had disappeared, slippering him to -be
drowned, or to procure ui<| in .cu.ching f..r him.
A mr this narrow escane his skin ,moled from
I'D body, which was, inefeed, lit.lo better than a
mass ot sores and bruises; whilst his mind beenmo
so disordered that he was bewildered a whole day
in a swamp near tho river St. Barnard, crossing in
tlio afternoon tho very track he had made in the
in ruing. i n the swamp ho spent tno, a whole
night in the trunk of a fallen tree, almost Hid with
grape vines, nnd here, for thu first time, he prayed.
n*.t indeed us could havo been wished, for the par*
a *n ol his sms, but in tho horror and distraction of
his thoughts for immediate quiet death.
At la-t, after groat sufferings he crossed the Si.
Barnard,, and in a descried house, the first into
which he had ventured since his escapn from the nc
groc*. he found not indeed fond, of which ho wash
search, but an old almanac, thntevonfe Itisdoplora-
bio circumstances ho kept for some titno, as ho said,
to amuse his mind.
Wh m he reached, finally, the river Brazos, ndt
for from Columbia his sufferings would soon havo
been ended, hid he known the country was pos
sessed by his friends, but tho account of the two ne
groes, induced him tn fodievc all was in the power
of the enemy. Hence when he hcnl the martial
music of thu Tcxinns, ho still concealed himself, de
termined to ntako every exertion to gt;t into thn
United States. Having, therefore, ono evening
swnm the Brazos a little below Marion, he saw per
sons nr a distance, friends in renlity. but taken for
onemios ; upon which ho turned iirft rror down a
path on tlte river, almost stumbling in Ids haste
over a mo3t Inuthv.mo object, tho putrifyfeg corn*
of u Mexican sold or. ... J'
The next day lie came to a ro id leading tnwardx
Marion. Here he abandoned ull hopes of ever
reaching ihe U. State*, wo n to n skeleton, end in
short, weary of his mn-t miserable oxistenee, he
thought that he would lie in the bushes and surren
der to tlio first Mexicnn that passed, trusting for
nii.tr or and almost ready 10 moot even a vfolont
dcnih. He waited not long b-fora he heard with a
hunting heart the appro .r.h of horses. And then
ca.rn—v..uld it he possible—the sound of a well
known song of his father’s land, and then changing
the song to n merry whistling. This Texian was
followed at a little distance by another rider similar
ly armed and dressed. It would scarcely be possi-
Me that those were friend* so unexpected and joyous
wus iho deliverance; nnd b.*ce poor Holiday, half
afraid that after nil theso rid*rs were only Mexican
spies ui disgust) h I lowed iho first man to pxssun-
Imi ed; but a* the second one approached, mustering
•us resolution tn meet any fata rather than longer en -
present life, ho oalled to the rider, and then
Mvo m h 7li T* , t .' ,WnrJ< l '. U topping from his hiding place looking .0 li^/
pit* c, made him boliove that hit c .mra lus being! ghastly spectre from the grave, a* togive a moiMh
ury fright tu the soldier- °
When mounted at length behiad tha horseman
and assured ro.ioau dly and kindly that thev were
going to csrry kirn in snfety to his countrymen at
Marin 1, his fonlingino longer tube controlled,burst
Into tears and cries of tumultous joy; and he waa
K«ice abie to answer one of the thousand question*,
of his friend, Ho soon reached the town, and thus
JdrelhfiLm ,IU 1 rha h “d heard of hour,
ty death from the enemy ami savage animals, and
other causes from the 27th of March tba morning or
iha massacre, until tlm 14th nf May, having boon
out more than 40 da s and night*. Among Umfirst
to congratulate If nlliday upun his wonderful oscepe
rad'J J . l ! V .'i 'J h °u ft#r ‘‘‘5 HU oom-
redo* at the La Usoa.and after many hsrdiblpe and
•fengors arrived safe at Columbia, many days be
fore, and wa« note noarly recovered Irem bia fern-
oickly condition.
Holliday after being discharged for hie 11 monihe
rervico, at the restoration of hi* health entered the
•rmy again to serve during the wer ( he waopr*
muted at once tu e Captaincy,*n office te eh ch hg