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Houston (Texas) Telegram, Nov (5,1877.
A While Bean or Death.
The events recorded below took
place at Salado, Mexico, on the 28th
of March, 1843, when seventeen
Texans of the Mier expedition were
shot by order of the Mexican au
tborities. The-story is told by a
correspondent who signs himself IL
P. 11., of Blanco, Texas, a brother
of one who drew a white bean.
A hundred and fifty-nine white
beans were placed in the bottom of
the mug, and seventeen black ones
were placed upon top of them. The
beans were not stirred. Such were
their anxiety to execute Capt. Cam
eron, and perhaps the balance ol
the officers, that first Cameron and
afterwards the other officers were
made to draw a bean each from the
mug in this condition. Cameron,in
the act of drawing first, said with
his usual coolness : “Well, boys, we
have to draw*—let’s be at it.” So
saying he thrust his hand into the
mug and drew out a white bean.—
Next came Col. Win. F. Wilson,
who was chained to him ; then
Capt. Win. Ryan, and then Judge
F. M. Gibson—all of whom drew
white beans. Next camo Capt.
Eastland, who drew a black one >
and then came the balance of the
men. They all drew their beans
with that manly dignity and firm
ness which showed them superior
to their condition. Some of lighter
temper jested over the bloody trag
edy. One said, 4< Boys, this beats
raffling all to pieces.” The knock
ing oil'the irons from the unfortu
nate told who they were. Poor
Robert Beard, who lay upon the
ground sick, said, “ Brother, if you
draw a black bean, I’ll take your
place.” The brother said, “No, 1
am stronger and better able to die
than you ” Several Mexican officers
who officiated in this cruel violation
ot their country’s i'aiih, expressed
great dissatisfaction thereat, and
some wept bitterly. Soon after the
fated were placed in a separate
court yard, when about dark they
were executed Several of our men
were permitted to visit the unfor
tunates previously to the execution, 1
to receive their dying requests. —
Poor Major Cocke said, “ Boys, I
told you I never failed to draw a
prize and then he said to Judge
Gibson: “ Say to my friends that I
died m grace.” Judge Gibson was
so much affected at this last parting
that he showed it from his tears. —
The Major said, “ They only rob me
of forty years,” and then sat down
and wrote a_sensib!e and dignified
letter to General Waddy Thompson,
tiie United States Minister in Alex
ico, and knowing that his remains
would be robbed of his clothes after
his death, drew off his pants and
handed them to his surviving coins
rades, and died in his underclothes
Pour Henry Whaling, one of Cam
eron’s best fighters, said : 44 Well,
they don’t make much off me any
how, for I know I have killed twen
ty live of the yellow bellies.” Then
demanding his dinner in a firm tone,
saying that “They shall not cheat
me out of it,” ate heartily, smoked
a cigar, and in twenty minutes was
launched into eternity.
Our intepreter, who was permit
ted to remain with them to the last,
says that fifteen times they wound
ed that iron nerved soul, Henry
Whaling, and it would seem that
Providence had a special care in
prolonging his existence, that he
might demonstrate to his enemies
the national character they had to
contend with ; for he gritted his
teeth at and defied them in terms ol
withering reproach, until they put
a gun to his head and biew his brains
against the wall. Such was the ef
feet of tins horrible massacre upon
their own soldiers, who were stand
ing as a guard upon the wall above,
that one of them fainted and came
near falling over, but was caught by
his comrades.
Poor Terry, quite a youth, but in
spirit a grant, said that “he was
perfectly willing to meet his fate ;
that for his country he had fought,
and for her glory he was willing to
dieand turning to the officers,
said : “After the battle of Sau Ja
cinto, my family took one of your
prisoner youths, raised and educated
him, and this is our requital.’"—
Edward Este spoke of his fate
with coolness. Cash said: “Well
they murdered my brother with
Colonel Fannin, and they are about
to murder me. Tell the officer to
look upon men who are not afraid
to die for their country.” Captain
Eastland behaved with the most
patriotic zeal. He desired that his
country should never lay down her
| arms until the most ample repara
-1 tion and her freedom was obtained.
; Major Robert Dunham, said lie
“was prepared to die, and would to
God that he had a chance to do
the same thing over again ; that he
glofied in the demonstration they
had made, which showed Texans
without arms to be more than
equal to Mexicans with them.”
James Ogden, with his usual equan
imity of temper, smiled at his fate
and said, “I am prepared.” Young
Robert W. Harris behaved in the
most Unflinching manner and called
upon his companions to avenge the
murder, while their flowing tears
and bursting hearts, invoking Heav
en for their witness, responded to
the call, I have the utmost oonfi
deuce that this pledge, solemnly
plighted,|wi 11 be redeemed. They
one and all invoked their country to
do both them and herself justice.
Just previous to the firiug they
were bound together with cords,
and their eyes being bandaged, they
w ere set upon a log near the wall,
with their backs to the executioners.
They all begged the officers to shoot
them in front, and at short distance,
that “they were not afraid to look
death m the face.”
This they refused to do, fired at
several paces, and continued the
firing from ten to twelve minutes,
mangling these heroes in a manner
too horrible for description. Can
our government and people forget
these crimes ? Heaven forbid.
The names of the murdered men
were : L. L. Cash, J. D. Cocke,
Robert Dunham, W. M. Eastland,
Captain Edward Este, Robert Har
ris, Thos. L. Jones, Patrick Malian,
James Ogden, Charles Roberts, Wik
limn Rowan, J. L. Shepherd, J M.
Thompson, James Toney, James
Turnbull, Henry Whaling, M. C.
Wing.
Favors.
In the following advice, which we
find in an exchange, we think the
writer considerably strains his point
and yet there are suggestions which
few can ponder without profit :
“If you want to be happy, never
ask a favor. Give as many as >on
can, and if any are freely offered, it
is not necessary to be too proud to
lake them; but never ask for or
stand waiting for any. Who ever
asked a favor at the right time ? To
be refused is a woeful stab to one’s
pride. It is even worse than to
have a favor granted hesitatingly.
We suppose that out of a hundred
who petition for the least tiling—if
it be even an hour of time ninety
nine wish with burning cheeks and
aching hearts, they had not done
so. Don’t ask favors of your near
est friend. Do everything for your
self until you drop, and then if any
one picks you up, let it be of his
own free choice, not from any
groan you utter. But while you
can stand, be a soldier. Eat your
own crust, rather titan feast on an
other’s dainty meals; drink cold
water rather than another’s wine.
The world is full of people asking
favors, and people tired of granting
them. Love or tenderness should
never be put aside, when its full
hands are streched towards you;
but as few love, so few are tender ; a
favor asked is apt to be a millstone
around your neck, even if you gain
the thing you want by the asking.
As you cast your bread on the was
ter, and it returns, so will the fa
vor you ask, if unwillingly granted,
cotne back to you when you least
expect or desire. Favors corice
ded upon solicitation are never re
paid. They are more costly in the
end than overdue usurers’ bills.
“Why, my dear Mrs. Smith,
how can you afford to dress so ex
t*avagantly in these hard times?’’
“Hard times ! Why, your husband
must have remained in business,
didn’t he?” Certainly ; he has kept
on as usual, and worked hard, as
he says, to keep his head above
the tide ; but lam sorry to say he
lias not made much money lately.”
“I thought so. There is where he
made a great mistake. Now my
husband, as soon as he saw the
financial breakers ahead, went into
bankruptcy, and retired from bu.-i
ness to v. ail for better times.”—
‘‘Ah !” said Airs. Jones.
It is 1800 aud udd years since a
Christian gentlemen named Paul
wrote to one Timothy, “I suffer not
a woman to teach, nor to usurp
authority over the man, but to be
in silence.” And now as many as
26 women are advertised m the
Chicago papers as conducting re
ligious services and preaching, on
a single Sunday.
The Secret Assassin.
About the year 1000, one of those
dangerous men in whom extraordk
nary talents are only the fearful
source of crime and wickedness be
yond that of ordinary men, came to
establish himself as merchant or tra
der, in Venice.
The stranger, whose name was
Tebaldo, became enamored of the
daughter of an ancient house, al
ready affianced to another. He de
manded her hand in marriage, and 1
was, of course refused. Enraged
at this he studied how to be re
venged. Profoundly skilled in me
chanical arts, he allowed himself no
rest until he had invented the most
formidable weapon that could be
imagined. This was a key of large
size, the handle of which was so
constructed that it could be turned
around with little difficulty. When
turned it disclosed a spring, which,
on pressure, launched from the oth
er end a needle, or lancet of such
subtle fineness that it entered the
ilesli and buried itself there without
leaving any external trace.
Tebaldo waited in disguise at the
door of the church in which the
maiden whom he loved was about to
receive the nuptial benediction. The
assassin sent the slender steel, un
perceived, into the breast of the
bridegroom. The wounded man
had no suspicion of injury, but,
seized with sharp and sudden pain
in the midst of the ceremony, ho
fainted and was carried to his own
house amid the lamentations of the
bridal party.
Vain was all the skiil of the phy
sician, who could not divine the
cause of this strange illness, and in
a few days the groom died. Tebaldo
again demanded the hand of the
young maiden from her parents, and
received a second refusal. They al
so miserably perished in a few days.
The alarm that these deaths,
which appeared almost miraculous,
occasioned, excited the utmost vig
ilance of the magistrates ; and when
or. close examination ol' the bodies,
the small instrument was found in
the gangrened flesh, terror was uni
versal ; every one feared for his
own life.
The maiden thus cruelly orphaned
had passed the first month of her
mourning in a convent, when Te
baldo, hoping to bend her to Ins
will, entreated to speak to her at
the gate Her reply teas most de
cidedly in the negative. Tebaldo,
beside himself with rage, attempted
to wound her through the gate, and
succeeded. The obscurity of the
place prevented his actions from
being observed. On returning to
Iter room she felt a pain in her
breast, and uncovering it, site found
it spotted with a single drop of
bWod. The pain increased. The
surgeons who hastened to her as
sistance, taught by the past, wasted
no time tn conjecture, but cut deep
into the wounded part, extracted
the needle in time to save her life.
The state inquisition used every
means to discover tlm hand that
dealt these blows. The visit of Te
baldo to the convent caused suspi
cion to fall heavily upon him. His
house was carefully searched, the
infamous invention discovered, and
he perished on the gibbet.
A curious elopement took place in
England the other day. An old
gentleman ran away with a young
girl, and to the great disgust of her
parents the couple were not caught
until they were safely married, and
all tiie indignant papa could do was
to upbraid his daughter for mary
ing a man old enough to be her
father, much older, indeed, than he
was himself. A few weeks of hap
piness, or the reverse, with Let
aged adorer proved enough for
the young bride, who incontinently
ran away again with a young fel
low she met at a foreign watering
pi ace There was, of course, a
great scandal, and her father came
once more to upbraid her with the
enormity of her behavior. “Really
papa,” said the unreasonable young
person, “there’s no pleasing you ;
you told me before you would not
have minded if it had been a young
man, aud now when I have chosen
a young man you are just as an
gry!” The lather was disgusted
with her moral obliquity and left
her to her late
A forlorn creature of the male
persuasion gets off the fallowing
poetical effusion; “When Sallie’s
arms her dog imprison, I always
wish iny neck was hisen ; no w of
ten would I stop and turn to get
a pat from a hand like hern; and
when she kissed Towser’s nose, O,
don’t I wish that I were those !”
A True Story.
Once, a Scotch shepherd was
teaching his sheep on the Grampian
Hills. His faithful dog and his lit
tle boy, three years old, were with
him.
The little fellow could not climb
tlie steep hill, so his father left him
on the plain gathering flowers and
berries, while he went high up ou
the jagged rocks to over look bis
flocks.
Suddenly a heavy fog cqmo up. —
The shepherd hastened to seek his
child, but the mist was so thick he
could not find him. In vain he
called and whistled; neither the
child nor the dog made any answer.
The poor man got lust also, and at
last, after wandering lor hours, he
found himself near his own home.
The neighbors listened to his
story and eagerly went with him in
search of the child. Day after day
they scoured the country in every
direction, but pie poor little fellow
could not be found. Then the dis
traded father began to ask ques
tions about the dog. Where was
he ? Had he been at home at all
while they were out on their hope
less search ? Yes, he had run in the
house two or three times a day, just
to get his regularallowar.ee of cake,
and after taking a little bit had run
away with the rest in his mouth.—
This he had been doing for several
days, but the poor heart-broken
mother had been in too much truub
le to mention if.
When the shepherd heard this he
began to watch for the dog to come.
The faithful fellow came at last,
slowly and painfully, as if he had
hardly strength to walk ; but he
would not eat more than a little piece
of his cake, and again went off, bear
ing the rest in his mouth. The fath
er followed him. At last lie camo
to a fall of water, a short distance
from where the child was lost, and
from this place he began to go down
a hill that was so steep and full of
rocks that the strong man could not
get down without great difficulty.
Once down, the dog turned and
went into a cave hidden in the bush
es. With a beating heart the fath
er hastened to the spot, and, look
ing in, lie saw his little son sitting
there, eating heartily of the cake,
while the dug stood by barking
with joy.
How the little fellow got down
there no one ever knew ; but be
was found alive and well. The
dog, who had never left him night
nor day,excepting to run home to get
him a cuke, had saved him from
starving.
We may believe that the noble
animal was well fed and nursed that
night, and that grateful prayers
were offered to God from the shep
herd’s cottage.
A Hatty Life. — To the young of
our cities and towns who have good
health, a few hundred dollars, a dis
position to labor, and are willing to
submit to privations, we would say,
what pleasanter or more useful oc
cupation can you engage in than
farming, an occupation, too, that
will insure real independence? Buy
you a small farm, have your fields
and meadows, garden and orchard,
mares and colts, cows and pigs,
keep bees, for their management
unites pleasures and profit. Cul
tivate grapes, for they pay. Ban
ish rural wants and learn the mas
ter secret of self possession, and be
aware that every position in life
has advantages and trials. Let
such a one assure himself that if an
independent farmer cannot be hap
py, no man can. Let him magnify
his calling, respect himself, envy
no one, and raise to the author of
all good, constant aspirations of
thankfulness, as he eats the bread
of peace and privacy.
A curious will has just been set
lied in Berlin containing a moral
worth a wider circulation than a
miser’s last testament often obtains.
The poor man died, when to gerter
a! surprise it was found he left thir
ty-four thousand marks. The thirty
thousand in a package, signed and
sealed, was to be given to his native
town in Bavaria, one thousand each
to three brothers, and one thousand
to a irierid with whom he had quar
reled. It was stipulated that none
of the four should follow the body
to the grave, which suggestion the
three brothers gladly accepted, but
the quarreler walked alone and for
feited his thousand marks for the
sake of paying a last mitigating
honor. When the package was
opened for the town it disclosed
another will, giving the thirty thou
sand to any ol the four who should
disregard the stipulation.
From the Virginia (Nevada) Chronicle.
A Iflau who Saw a llliiie
Die.
“Aint it a curious thing that no
body ever sees a mule die? remark
ed an old teamster in Gumbert ifc
Webber’s saloon, “No man living
ever saw a mule die, I s’pose ?”
Thus remarked Mr. Daniels, light,
ing a fresh cigar. “In 1850 I was
mining on the south fork of the
Yuba, and it came my turn to cook
for my gang. We took turns each
week, you know. Well, I was go
ing to show how economical 1 could
run the commissary. I went and
bought a peck of dried apples; they
were all stuck together in a lump,
but I got ’em jammed in t* the pot;
poured in some water and started the
fire. Presently a few of ’em began
to rise up to the top of the pot, and
so I skimmed ’em off and put’em in
a pan. Pretty soon some more
bulged up, and I skimmed them ofT
ami put ’em iu the pan. The first
thing I knew, after I had skimmed
that blasted pot for awhile, 1 had to
got another pan, and then another,
and by the time I’d got four pans
heaped up lull, dang my skin if
there wasn’t more apples in the
pans than there was in the pot.—
That is, I thought so at the time.—
I kept getting more par.s and buck
ets and lard cans, and all tho while
plumb Lightened to death for fear
some of the boys would come in
and see how extravagant I was, for
I had been bio win’ on how cheap I
could run the mess. The blasted
apple? still kept a coinin’ out of the
pat. I put some papers out on the
floor and covered ’em with fruit,and,
by Jove, the place looked like a
Santa Clara fruit-drying establish
ment, and the pot was still bilin’ full.”
“What has that got to do with a
mule dying’.''”
“Wait a minute, I’m coinin’ to
tlie mule. Finally I got desperate
and dumped over twelve bushels of
apples back of the cabin, behind a
tree. In about an hour I heard a
devil of a noise, and ran nut. What
do you suppose I found ?J Why, a
four hundred dollar mule kickin’ in
the agonies of death. The apples
all gone, the mule nearly so. He
was swelled up like a balloon, and
the first thing I knew he busted.—
Pledge my word, gentlemen, he ex
ploded like a giant powder blast,
andjbrought the whole camp to the
place. I kept still ; they could not
find the mule, and it cost ’em £>lo
to advertise a reward for him in tiie
Sacramento Union. About two
weeks afterwards they caught a
couple of Greeasers hanging round,
and they put it up that they stole
the mule, so they hung ’em. I was
there, but did not say a word for
fear the boys would find out how
extravagant I had run the commis
sary. Let’s have something.”
Significance of the Fall of
Kars. Kars is so well known
throughout the East that its surren
der into Russian hands will he re
garded in England with a certain
degree of trepidation. Those East
ern interests of Great Britain, which
every Englishman is so ready to
go to war to defend, are certainly
threatened now. Persians, Circas
sians and the wild tribes of Asia
will be thrilled by the intelligence
that Armenia is practically in Rus
sian possession. Once before this
lias happened; but Russia was then
fighting allied Europe; and the dis
asters in the Crimea compelled the
eventual relinquishment of the ad
vantages gained in Asia Minor.—
But the former reduction of Kars
will long be remembered in the East
as a notable event in the history of
that struggle. It was only a few
days ago tltat Disraeli dismissed all
hopes of speedy mediation or inter--
ference by England. He announced
that the policy of neutrality would
be maintained so long as British in
terests were not assailed. The time
lias not yet come when it can be
truly said that those jealously
guarded interests are menaced.—
But the fall of Kars must nearly
affect the object of Great Britain’s
solicitude. So far as the conclusion
of the war is concerned, the event
may, in this intent, be more impor
tant than now appears.— JYeio York
Times.
A certain preacher was holding
forth to a somewhat wearied con
gregalion, when he lifted up his
eyes to the gallery and beheld a
youngster pelting the people below
with chestnuts. Dominie was
about to administer a sharp and
stringent reprimand for this fla
grant act of impiety and disrespect
but the youth anticipating him,
bawled out at the top of his voice:—
“You mind your preaching, dud
dy, and I’ll keep them awake.”
One bad result of female suffrage
iu Wyoming is said to be that the
young men wickedly keep a record
of the ages of unmarried spinsters
who vote.
Proverbs from tlic Tal
mud.
The ass complains of the cold
even in July.
A single light answers as well
for a hundred men as for one.
Teach thy tongue to say, “I do
not know.”
Thy friend has a friend, and thy
friend’s friend has a friend ; be dis
creet.
Deal with those who are fortu*
nate.
The doctor who prescribes gra
tuitously gives a worthless pre
scription.
If a word spoken in its timo is
worth one piece of money, silence iu
Us time is worth two.
The wine belongs to the master,
but the waiter receives the thanks.
The soldiers fight and the kings
are heroes.
Make but one sale, and thou art
ealled a merchant.
If the fox is king, bow before
him.
The rivalry of scholars advances
science.
The world is saved by tho breath
of school children. Even to re''
build the temple, the schools must
not be closed.
Blessed is the son who lias stud
ied with bis father and blessed tho
father who has instructed his sou.
Rabbi Eleazer said ; “Who gives
charity in secret is greater than
Moses.”
Rab said : “Men should be caro
ful lest they cause women to weep,
for God counts their tears.”
In cases of chaiity, where both
men and women claim relief, tho
latter should be first assisted. If
there should not be enough for
both, the men should cheerfully re
linquish their claims.
Kabbah said, “When one stands
at the judgment seat of God these
questions are asked : Hast thou been
honest in all thy dealings? Hast
thou set aside a portion of thy time
for the study of the law ? Has
thou observed the first command
ment ? Hast thou in trouble still
hoped and believed in God ? Hast
thou spoken wisely.”
Aei A Hi I Asght.
I passed a night once away from
homo. What 1 learned that night
would fill a very large barrel. I
had retired and was endeavoring to
tangle myself up in sleep, when a
most indescribable bouquet of
sounds stole into my room and en
twined itself about my ears. It
was the first strains of a cat fight.
I got out of bed and opened my
mouth and dropped a “Scat !” out
of the window. The yowling in
creased. I added a pair of $lO
boots to the affair; a boot jack fol
lowed tlx* boots, but the noise con
tinued with more zeal if possible
than ever. My contribution was
not the only one; from other win
dows a continuous fire was kept
up; bottles, boots, shoes, slippers,
and every available article that
could he reached was shied into the
darkness at the noise. Occasionally
a more terrific yell would seem to
indicate that the objective point had
been readied, but still the yelling
continued with unabating ardor.
At last I bethought me of a dark
lantern I had, and, lighting it,
I turned the light down into the
back yard, iu the direction of the
noise. What I saw I can tell
about, but bow I felt and looked
would need a larger pen than mine
to describe. To say that iny hair
stood up would be very tame. It
not only stood up, but it fairly lift
ed me from the fl tor. I saw hang
ing from the clothesline a couple of
Tom-cats, tied together by tho
tails, and engaged with all their
might in tearing each other apart,
while in the yard was a man with a
bag, into which he was putting my
boots, boot-jack and any other
contributions, making for him a
fair night’s work, and, after gath
ering up all the spoils, as he un*
slung the cats from tho line and
placed them in the bag and scaled
the fence, it dawned upon me that
I had been sold. 1 blew out my
light and crept into bed, wondering
if my angel grandfather was not
smiling from beyond the clouds at
his grandchild —Boston Globe.
Judge Gibson, of the Superior
Court of Richmond county, last
Tuesday, decided that where duo
diligence was used by the function*
aries of a railroad company the com
pany could not be held responsible
for stock run over on its track.
A woman’s heart is just like a
lithographer’s stone—what is enoe
written on it cauuot be rubbed out.
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