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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
j{Y S. R. WESTON.
{l.iteoit wltcklii Jourual,
Published Every Thursday.
TF. H.HS—Strictly in .hlvance.
Three months <lO 7s
Six months, $1 ‘25
One year s'2 00
j (l lt IW'orko l every description exe
cntedirith neatness and dispatch, at moderate
T* tes.
Half* of Mngal tldverlimmenls.
Sheriff’s Sales, per levy *1 00
Mortgage Fi Fa Sale, ouch levy 5 00
Tax 001. “ “ •••.• • 6 00
Citations for Letters of Administration, 4 00
u •* •* Guardianship, 4 00
Pismision from Administration, 6 00
,< “ Guardianship, 5 00
Application for leave to sell land 4 00
Notices to Debtors and Creditors 4 00
land Sales, Ist sq. *4, each additional. S 00
Sales of Perishable Property per squ’r, 4 00
Estray Notice .- 4 00
Notice to perfect service, 7 00
Kites to Foreclose Mortgage, per sq. 4 00
Kales to establish lost papers per sq... 400
Kales compelling titles... 3 50
Ku'es to perfect service, divorce cases. 10 00
All legal advertisements must bo accompa
nied by cash, or will not appear.
Sales of Lind, &c., by Administrators, Kx
ecutors or Guardians, are required bv law to
be held on the first Tuesday in the month, bes
tween the hours of 10 In the forenoon and 3
in the afternoon, at the Court House in the
county iu which the property is situated.
Notices of these sales must be given in a
public gazette 40 days previous to the day of
Sl Notices for the silo of personal property
niust, be given in like manner 10 days previ
ous to sale day.
Notice to the debtors and creditors ol an
estate must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will he made to the
Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, etc.,
must be published one mouth.
Citations for letters of Administration,
Guardianship, c'e., must be published 30 days
fordismis-ion from Administration, month
ly 3 months —for dismission from Guardian
ship, 40 days.
Kules of f>.reinsure of Mortgage must be
published monthly for four months—for es
tablishing lost, papers for the full space of 3
months —for compelling titles from Executors
or Adminis'ratori, where bond h is been giv
en bv the deceased, the full space of three
months.
Publications will always he continued ac
cording to these, the legal requirements, un
less otheewise ordered.
iage aud ObiMnrv notices of five
lines or less, no charge. Over five lines, reg
ular rates will be charged.
RAIL - ROAD GUIDE.
Sonl It wester is Kailroad.
Wli. HOLT, Tres. | VIRGIL TOWERS, Sup
T.oave Macon 5.15 A. M ; arrive at Colum
bus 11.15 A. M. ; Leave C r jlii’”bUß 12 45 1 .
)! ■ arrive at Macon <i 2" T. M.
Leaves Macon 8 AM\ arrives at F.u
f»„U 5 30, T M ; Leaves Eufaula 7 ‘2O, A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 50, T M.
ALBANY nttAN’CII
Leaves SmiihviUe 1 45, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 Il.ni; Leaves Albany '.I 35, A M;
Arrives at Smithville 11, A M.
Leave Cuthhert 357 T M.; arrive at Fort
Guns 3.40 I*. M ; L‘‘ave Fort G uns 7.0a A
M. ; ariive at Culhbert 9.05 A. .1/.
IVesferii «.V Atlautir Kailruatl.
V UITLBE :T, Sup’t.
DAY PAfiSKSGEB THAIX.
r.eave Atlanta . • • 8.45 A. M.
Leave Dalton . *- S( * {, ’}•
Arrive at Chatfanooga . • I »-
L*»;ive Chattanooga • • ** *
Ariive at Atlanta . . • 12.05 I. M.
night train.
Lonvo Atlanta . • • 700 P. M
Arrive a?, Chattanooga . . 4.10 A. '<
Leata Chattanooga . . 4 510 I*. M
Arrive nt Dalton ... 750 I*. al
Arrive at
gii sta«s <Satd]Si.
LEVI C. HOYL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dawson, - - - - Ga.
A\/ILIi practice in the peveral Courts ol
It Law and Rtjuity in this Slat© and tne
Circuit Courts of the United States for the
State of Georgia. Also, attenti n given to
COMMISSION in BANKRUPTCY.
c. B. WOOTEN. R. W. DAVIS.
WOOTEN & DAVIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IlduwoiG Ga,
dec 24 1888
C. w, WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity, j
SMITHVILLE, CA.
Will practice in South Western and
la Circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
J. O. S. SHIITES,
a cjjsr smith
.lvo .»;./( tif.nsf
PAWSOUf : : : Georgia .
.Keep* constantly on hand a well selected
Mock of Guas, Pistols, Caps, Cartridges and
Aainnition of all description.
Silver Plating of all kinds done. Also,
Machine Needles for sale.
Also Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistole, sew
,ng Machines, etc., etc, Feb 11 ’69 ly.
T * J * PRATT. J. B. CRIM.
i’RATT & CRIM,
dry goods and
Gi'ocery Merchants,
fi AWS®ll, - - GEORGIA.
I 1 HF.HA'i. advances made on Colton
dipped to our coirespondents i n Savan
nah and BaHiaose. ocl22Rßlj*
*■ J- WAItREN,
attorney at law,
s r«i*tKs ru.ri;, . , . t. .#
JOB WORK*.
f.uilj twilled at this Oflicr.
Saddlery and Harness Emporium.
G. C. ROGERS,
On the Site of the 1 R Theatre , and opposite
Untied States Hotel ,
I>hX’A TUI ST. A TLA NTA , GA.
Convenient to the Passenger Depot, /’ri
ces will be found mere reasonable and Slock
more complete than any in the city. Also,
all kinds of Harness and Skirting Leathers.—
Also, Enameled Leathers and Cloths coustant
I.V on hand, wholesale and Retail.
CAKRI AID RUUGIFS,
Ibdiy Carriages, Seeking Horses, and flaggy
I uihrellas, of the most, approved style and tinlsli,
on band and made to order. jnnl4-ly
TO fflnOJ FLMTEIS!
As the season will soon
arrive when cotton planters
will want Gins, we inform
all that we have been ap
pointed agents for the sale
of the ceebrated Gin, man
ufactured by Daniel Pratt,
of Prattsvilie, Ala. Mr.
Pratt lias been manufactu
ring Gins for more than 30
years, and sold more than
any other factory, either
North or South. It is all
important that you have a
good Gin. It will pay for
itself in one season.
We will, with pleasuse
show to any who wish a
Gin, certificates from the
best planters of Georgia,
and Alabama, who have
usd these Gins. Send
your orders, or call on
LOYIESS& GRIFFIN.
Dawson, Ga.
jyl-2m
BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!
AT PUBLISHERS PRICES.
Fit 0.11 10 C’J’.ITS TO jilO.
And sent by Ms\\, flee of Postage.
. noons of Games, Tri.ks, Riudles and
PIIZZL-S.
[ noons on Etiquette and Usage* of So
ciety.
: non ms on Love, Courtship, and J/irri
j nOOms"ou Fat tune Telling, Dreams and
Yf.igic.
' nOOHiS oil I.etter Writing, Talking and
Debating.
Novels Prz_‘ Romances, Song and Joke
Book*.
ANY BOOK that is asked for, no matter
what kim-t, where published, where you see
it, advertised, or if not advertised at »1h The
Books arc arranged in Lists, (t'iva the kind
of Book you want, and a lifl f with prices, will
bo sent by return mail. Address C, H. V\ IL
00X, G neral Agent, A’o. 11 Peachtree St..,
A’hinta, G.i.
Arrangements have been made with hous
es in every branch of Trade and Business in
the United States.
Importers, Manufacturers, Inventors,
Publishera, Ifralrrs. Fir.
By which Anything , Everything , that
can hr found -liN i 7 ll HEJIB, can be
furnuhcA.
11l an Agencv of this kind, where the wants
ot so many different persons are lo be sup
plied there must necessarily be many thing,
required that cannot be advertised, and
which are not furnished except on special
application. No person, male or female,
need have the least hesitation in wiitiug for
JEST WHAT TIiKY WANT.
Di‘sc»iptive citeuli rs of new and useful
invent inns, Pateht Medicines, Books, En
slaving?, Photogfapes, Music, Ac , sunt kkkf.
to any address. feblßly _
SYINGTON’S hotel.
( Opposite 'fife rassenger Depot.)
MACON, - - HEOKOIA.
rrMn q we ll fcnowt Hotel is now conducted
Tbv the Sons of the late J 1.- Rving-on,
who was so well blown throughoiit he S.wte
■ for keeping a pood Hotel. M's
1/IEDICAL CA RD.
DR J* H. JOHNSON,
±-0
-m « AtriNG Located at Broil # * ll “
H^s^Rsaes
B RC“ W N HOUSE.
j. t, HBOW A A SON,
FourU St., Opposite Passenger Depot,
T/rtfOII, CrfOt*«/!<*•
man House having lately been refitted
I nA ired, and is now one ol the bust
* State, and the most Oonve-
Hotels i» The table lS supplied with
nio,,t '!'! rbe market affords. feblß’69
every th' l ß .
'YcAFEE houses,
.1 i-iuviii* S"" «• Vallef ' ~a
111 ° j.raUrneo having taken the Bying
' I'Hb ~t Ft. Valley, takes pleasure
l *® . ihc travelling public that both
in notify' ll ? eff are now in the “fall tide”
the aho ve a jiuinistration by himself He
|of stiueu* 1 " I1() ex pense to make them both
I will so l *' 1 ’ HoteiJS, If.als ready on the
IKS2S"*
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1869.
Dawson Business Directory,
Dry 4jioo.lg ITlerclinnt*.
KUTMER, JACOB, Dealer in all
kinds of Dry Goods, Mam street.
Kl l \1: If. IR, Dealer in Fancy and
Staple Dry Goods, and Groceries, Bald
winsold stand, .Vain Street.
IOIXESS A GKirm, Dealers
J in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, also
Warehouse and Commission J/erchants,
.Vain Street,
ORR, \\. F. Dealer in Fancy and sta
ple Dry Goods, Main st., under “Jour
nal” Printing Office.
IYBATTA CRI.TI, Dealers in all
kinds of Dry Guods and Groceries. Main
Street.
])Ei;i*l.ES W. .71., Dealer in Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyless’ Block,
Main street.
Grocery OVerrliHiifii
AITTIIKK, S. !>., Dealer in Groceriet
and Family Supplies. .Vain Street.
Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Main Bt.
LURillJin A SHARPE, Dealers
1 in Groceries and Provisions, opposite
Public Square, Main st.
REER A SIMMONS, Grocery
X and 7’rovision Dealers, South side Pub
lic Square.
HOOD, B. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
Family suoplies generally, next door to
Journal” Office, Main st.
MIZVjIjL., B. C. A Cos. Grocery and
/’revision dealers. Next door to the Ho
tel Main Street.
"confectioneries. -
Richardson, i». c. Dealer In
Confectionaries, Fisb, Oysters, Ac Main
Street.
Druggist.
pIIEATIIA 71, C. A., Druggist and
Physician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the ills that flesh is heir to. At his old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st.
PIIkSICIAMS.
|)RICE, Dr. J. W. A SOX. Prac
ticing Physicians. Office at Dr. Gilpin’s
old stand, East side Public Square, Dawsou.
Watch Repairer.
VIXEN, JOHN P., will repair
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Jfusic Books,
Acco r dions, &c , always to he found at bis
old stand, on North side of Public Square.
G iiiisniitli.
S 711 XII, J. G. §., Dealer in Guns,
Pistols, Caps, Cartridges, and sporting
goods generally, Main st.
TIN SHOP.
Soltlc. It. J. Dealer in Stoves and Tin
ivarc of all desorptions. Renairing done
on short notice. Northeast side Public square
Livery Stables.
fJ7ARWIJJI, SH IRPE A 4’o.,Sale
1 and Livery Stable, Horses and Mules for
sale and hire Horses boarded. North side
Public Square.
Boot and Shoe Shop.
r) 1J.71 A EY, B. F., Makes and repairs
t Boots and Shoes of ull kinds, Dext door
to Gun Shop, Depot st., Dawson.
(!. A. CHEATHAM,
General Commission Merchant,
Dawson, Georgia..
lim.l, buy on the best terms possible, anything
IV the planters need, or sell for the Merchants,
anything they have to sell.
Cotton bought and sold on commission.
march 11-’CAMy «... .
Now on hand and to arrive SO casks clear Bibbed
Sides which will he sold low.for cash.
C. A. CHEATHAM.
n. n. anams, h. k. washmirn, a. a. adams,
Eatonton, Ga. Savannah, Ga. Americus.Ga.
ADAMS. WASHBURN ft CO.
FACTORS
AND—
Commission Merchants,
No. 3, Stoddard’s Lower Range,
mayl3’f.9;6m Savannah, On.
EUFAUbA HOTEL,
ICvifarila _A_la.
BO.TERMS MODERATE,
L W. VICK & Cos.
May 6 r h 1869.
HKAR T,,E WITNESS!
NO A R SEN 1C 1 NO Q UININE ! !
jvo mercrn r;; j
Bum Count**, Ga., Feb. lltb, 1889.
Me«sra 1,. W. Hunt & Cos.
Grxts—l have taken Dr. Wilh.ft’s Antipe
riodic, and have gived it in my family, and
unhesitatingly pronouhee >t to be the best
Chill and Fever Medicine that I ever saw. 1
have never known it to fail in a single in
staucc. Yours truly,
Thoa. J. Gibson, Bibb county.
For sale in Dawson by Janßs « hort.Ms,
Druggists. march ll 69t f
marshall house,
a. *S. LECE, Proprietor,
Savanrialh " ‘ i*a.
THU SEW IIOTEIa.
BARLOW house,
ameiucus, ga.
\\, j. BAKIOW Proprietor-
Sunday-school Convention at
Weston, tjia.
According to previous appointment, a
large number of the citizens of Webster,
Terrell and Randolph counties, assem
bled in Weston on the 9th of July, for
the purpose of organising a S S. Con
vention for Weston Circuit.
After Borne preliminary exercises, con
sisting of music from tbe Choir, led by
Dr. Moore, prayor by Eov. J. W. Mills,
and an address from each of tbe speak
ers oi the day, tbe Rev. J. W. Mills
wasoallod to tbe Chair, and H. S. Doll
appointed Secretary.
Messrs Moore, Moreland, Jackson,
Reddick, Kendrick, and J. A. Bell
were appointed to prepare business for
the meeting Tbe Convention then ad
journed for refreshment, met again in
about an hour, aud was called to order
by tbe Chairman.
Tbe Committee to arrange business
submitted the following Preamble and
Resolutions, which were adopted by
sections:
Whereas, believing that it is the du
ty of the protessed followers of tbo
meek and lowly Savior, to uso all hon
orable means to promote tbe cause of 8.
Schools; and believing further, that
this glorious cause can be materially ad
vanced by tbo permanent organization
of a S. S. Convention, to be known as
the Weston Circuit S. S Convention,
to be held annually, witbiu tbe bounds
of the circuit, threfore,
Resolved, Ist. That we hereby or
ganizc a S. S. Convention, to be known
by tbe above mentioned name, aud that
sail convention shall be composed of
nun U -of any and all S. Schools
with. Luis Circuit, and such others, as
may wish to join us in tbe promotion of
this noble cause.
Reiolved ‘Ad. That we proceed at
once to tbe election of President, Vice
president, Secretary, and Treasurer as
permanent officers until our next annual
mooting.
Reiolved 3d. That tbe President ap
point a committee of three to draft By
laws and liuies of order for the govern
ment of the Convention, to report at
our next meeting.
Resolved 4th. That the President,
Vice president and Secretary be ap
pointed a committee to procure a suita
ble person to deliver tbe regular aunual
acidicas before tbo Uonv«ufi„i» ut
anDual meeting?.
Re-olved sib. That the President be
requested to give notice by publication
or otherwise, of the time aud place of
said meetiog, and especially request tbe
attendance of the S Schools oi tbo cir
cuit.
Resolved 5 h. That, as we bavo as
yet bo permanent By-laws, our next
annual meeting be held at Amrnaus, on
the 3d Wednesday in Sept., 1870.
C. R. Moore, Chairman,
Iu accordance with resolution Us, tbo
convention proceeded to the election of
officers, the result biiug as follows : N
VV. Di zicr, President, N. T. Moreland
Vice president, and 11. S. Bell, Secre
tory and Treasurer.
On motion, the proceedings of the
Convention, together with the Pream
ble and Resolutions, were ordered to be
forwarded to the office ot the Southern
Christian Advocate,Sumter Rjpublican,
Dawsou Journal, aDd Culbbert Appeal
tor publication.
Ou motion, tbo President was appoint
ed a Committee to procure of tho speak
ers of the day, a copy of their address
es, for the purpose of having as much
ofthrm published as maybe deemed
expedient.
In accordance with resolution third,
Messrs. Moore, Reddick and Kendrick
were appointed to' draft By-laws and
Rules of Order; and Messrs. H. S.
Bell, Jackson and Baldwin, to prepare
» place for opening, and conducting Sun
daysebool, both committees to report at
at tbe next meeting of the Conventiori
After a few more beautiful songs
from the choir, which elicited the warm
applause of the audience, the. Conven
tion adjourned with the benedicticn.
11. 8. Bell, Sec’y.
Fruit. —Our Northern neighbots
us all to pieces in the general in
terest taken in fruit raising. When wc
cod si and he valuo of fruit, its health
fuluess. , s superiority over meats in !
summer, as a diet, and the peculiar fit
ness of the Southern soil and climate
for its finest culture, it is certainly a
matter that our people shotild take the
deepest interest in. We quote the fol
lowing paragraph from a Northern jour
nal as applicable here :
“No young man’s or young woman’s
education should be considered complete
who, especially living in the country, or
baviDg a village lot, has been carefully
taught bow to transplant and train a treo
or vine. Choice fruits will not grow
bap-hazard, and can only be had any
where by intelligent painstaking.”
Stylish conveyance*--Haridrouie cabs.
Kit Cnrton's Advcnlnr*’*.
A PERILOUS RIDE.
Some thirty odd years ago Kit Car
son was at the head of a party of hun
ters who were trapping uear the up
per waters of the Arkansas.
Before the season was over they had
collected such a quantity of peltries
that they were incommoded in curry
ing them from place to place, and, as
a matter of convenience, they conclu
ded to cache them. This is done by
digging a large deep hole in the ground,
placing the furs therein, and then cov
ering them up so securely that there is
no clanger of tht-ir being discovered by
any other hunters or Indians. A care
ful look at the immediate surroundings
is always sufficient to guide the right
ful owners to their cache.
Having concealed their furs in this
manner, the party changed their course
and visited some streams about a hun
dred miles to the west. Here they
were engaged about a week, when one
morning it was found that two of the
party had deserted, taking three of tbo
best horses.
At the time this discovery was made
Kit Carson was absent from camp, and
did not return until near the middle of
the day. Supposing the deserters had
taken this method of avoiding the
rough work of trapping through the
winter, the hunters thought nothing of
it, until it w as mentioned to Kit, who
instantly demanded their names..
“Whelan and Gubbins 1”
“Both a couple of rascals,” added
the hunter. “You ought to have s'g
naled me to return to camp the minute
you found it out.”
“Are we not lucky in getting rid of
them?” inquired one of the hunters.
“But not lucky in getting rid of our
furs. Those tw o men have gone hack
for the purpose of breaking open the
cache and stealing our furs ! ’
No one hud thought of ibis, hut Kit
was positive on the point; and, select
ing one of his best mounted men, the
two started at once in pursuit of the
thieves
‘They’re nearly a day ahead of us,”
remarked Carson, as they started
away, “and they’ll reach the cache be
fore us; but we may overtake them
before they get far away.”
Their intimate knowledge of the
country enabled them to take the short
est route, aud they put their horse:- to
their best speed They rode until fur
mlo the night, and then only paused
because their hard lidden animals ab
solutely demanded it.
At earliest dawn they were in the
saddle again, and galloping at the
same furious rate, their eyes constantly
on the strain, sweeping tlu» ■■< - ; ~
ion in iront, m the vain hope of catbiug
some sign of the deserters
It was near the middle of the after
noon of the second day that the cache
was reached, and about live hundred
pounds of the choicest furs removed.
The hunters made a careful exarni
tioD of the place, and concluded that
the ttiievis had left the spot early that
morning, so that they were still half a
day ahead of them.
“They’re got a load to carry now,
and can’t travel so fast,”said Kit. “I
think there is a good chance of over
hauling them.”
The first duty, however, was to re
store the cache to its former condition.
The remaining furs were carefully cov
ered, and the ground smoothed ovt r,
and the sod replaced, so that Done who
had not witnessed the work, or helped
in performing it, could bo able to find
tbo place.
'lime was of the last importance;
and, although tho hunters worked with
rtiight and main, yet several precious
hours were consumed before the work
was finished. When, at last, it was
completed,darkness had Ueguu settling
over the prairie.
Tho trail, or rather the ioule —for
there was no regular trail—which led
into New Mexico, and which it was
supposed the thieves would take, fol
lowed a direction nearly due south
front the cache
An examination, however, revealed
the curious fact that the deserters had
gone to the northeast.
“That has been done to throw us off
the track," said Kit Carson “They
have changed their course after gning
a short distance, and 1 think we can
head them off.”
Instead of following the trail, there
fore, the pursuers headed to tho south
east, calculating that they would inter
cept the thieves near a pass leading
through the Chevenure Hills.
Tne ridge ran nearly due east and
west, and being very rugged and pre
cipitous, was generally crossed by
means of these natural openings,
which were separated by distances
varying from twenty to a hundred
mtles.
The pursuers urged their horses to
the utmost, lor they were exceedingly
anxious to come up with the scamps
who had played this trick upion them,
while they, on their part, were as de
sirous of keeping beyoud their reach.
Tfte penalty ol death is the one most
generally prescribed ou the frontier for
such exploits as this; and Kit Carson
and his friend were prepared to shoot
the two runaways the instant they
could bring them witbio range ol their
rities.
There was a blight moon, and the
skv was clear, so that there was no
difficulty in keeping up the pursuit-
Near midnight they reached the vicin
ity of the pass, and weihi not a little
elated at catching the glimmer of a
camp-fire.
“I think they are there, said Car
-1 son, iri a low tone id hi» ft ieDd, “and
if so, tve shall make them pay dear for
theit whistle.”
They rode qtiietly forward, until
within a few hundred yards, when
they dismounted, tied their horses in a
glen, and made the lest of the journey
on foot.
Advancing with the caution charac
teristic of men at such timos, they soon
W'ere near enough to the camp-fire to
guin a fair view of those around it.
No white men were there, but in
their places were a dozen Navajoe In
dians quietly encamped, and so unsus
picious of danger, that nothing of any
sentinels could he seen.
lluving tully zatisfi and themselves
upon this poini, they stealthily with
drew tc where they had left their
horses.
“We have made a mistake,” said
Carson. “We shall have to wait until
morning before trying to do anything
more.”
Withdrawing to a Pufe point, they
lay down. t.nd slept soundly during
the remainder of night, for the} need
ed rest no less than did their horses.
When they were fairly awake on the
morrow, they consulted together as to
what was best to Jo. So long as there
was any prospect of recovering the!
stolen property neither of them felt like 1
giving up the pursuit.
“1 am afraid they have given us the
slip,’’ remarked Carson’s companion.
“It does look a little that way. It
may be, however, that we are ahead
of them.”
“If that is so, there is still a chance
of coming across the thieves.”
The leader replied in the affirmative,
and after scanning every portion of the
sky, added ;
‘But if we just missed them—that
is. if they wete ahead of us in reaching
the pass—we may as well gite up the
chase and go back to camp.”
W’itb this conviction they rode qui
etly along, until the greater portion of
the forenoon was piassed, but not a
sign of the runaways did they discover.
Gradually the conviction forced itself
upion them that they wore engaged
upon a fluitless errand, and that tne
prudent course was now for them to
make the best time buck to camp.—
The pursuit had led them into tho most
dangerous portion of the Navajoe
couutry, where the greatest cave was
necessary to escape collision with their
implacable enemies.
Wi euthe suq reached meridan, with
out any signs of tho deserters, the
chase was given up entirely.
“They’ve got ahead of us, that’s cer
tain,” said Kit, as they turned their
horses’ heads homeward.
“There isn’t any uso in pursuing
further ?”
“No; the lime is all lost. When
we got back to Taos we may meet
them, and we will then settle tLL.
With this consolation, they contin
ued on their journey toward camp. In
the afternoon, they crossed a small
stream, where, to their surprise, they
detected the trail of the deserters.
The footprints showed that their an
imals were at full speed ; and a more
extended scrutiny of the soft earth
along the stream revealbd the fact that
tho party undoubtedly had been hotly
pursued by Indians at the time.
The trail led toward u piece of tim
ber about a half a mile to the left, and,
under the conviction that a fight must
have taken place at that point, the two
hunters rode ut a gallop toward it.
They were not mistaken in their
supposition; for, less than a hundred
yards from the edge of the wood, all
throe of the horses were lound
stretched upon the grouud, perfectly
ridden with bullets.
“But where are they ?” asked the
hunter of Caison, after they had sur
veyed the sickening eight for a few
minutes.
“They haven't stood it much lon
ger,” was tbe reply, as they moved on
with their horses.
Thinking that the bodies of the trap
pers must he somewhere near at Hand,
they searched awhile for.them, hut dis
covered not the first trace. They even
went through the entire w'ood, with no
belter success.
The conviction of both (’arson ami
his companion was. that they had been
captured by the Navajoes, carried
away and put to a terrible death. In
this they were undoubtedly correct, as
not one of tbe men was ever beard of
afterward.
Tbe trappers now took the most di
rect route homeward, riding along at
an easy gallop, and saving the strength
of ther horses as much as possible. As
they were in constant danger of an cn
counter with Indians, this was no more
than prudent.
Every Dow and then they came
across signs of savages,, but, by great
care, they avoided tiiem until they had
passed over the greater part of the
distance
They were riding along in a careless i
manner, chatting and laughing with |
each other, when there suddenly ap
peared lour Indians ahead of them.— j
They were all well mounted, painted,
ami decked out in truir gaudy manner 1
with leathers, showing unmistakably
that they were upon the war path.
Kit Carson now did something
which, to an inexperienced person,
would look like the height cl rashue.-s,
but which demonstrates his extraordi
nary quickness of comprehension as to;
what is the best to do in a sudden cri
sis like the present.
The very instant bo caught sight of
the Indians, he exclaimed, in a sup
pressed undertone :
“ Charge !”
Tie uuuimand had scarcely escaped j
his mouth when both had struck their
spurs deep* iuto their horses’ sides, ami'
were thundering forward at a tremen
dous rate.
j Indians instantly wheeled, and rode
away at the same funoUu rate, while
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i the trappers, shouting and yelling at
i the top of tbeir lungs, dashed after
them
| About fifty rods were passed in tbit
manner, whoa fully sixty warriors sud
denly came to view from beneath a
hill, where they had been wailing in
ambush.
Carson’s companion looked inquiring--
ly at hiru, and he nodded bis head to
signify that tho chase must be kept up
Retreat now wascertaia death, while tO'
.advance looked almost as bad.
But tho two trappers dashed straight
forward, their horses at the highest rate
:of speed. It was the charge of tbe
| Light Brigade at Baluklava on a small
SCalo.
I When the Indians saw that the
whiles intended no retreat, they sepa
rated into two divisions, by about the
, distance of a hundred yards, and, hold
ing their rifles ready, awaited the mo
ment to empty the two saddles.
I Bending down their heads, they press
ed their spurs into the flanks of tbeir
horses, and tbe latter strained every
nerve. Each of tho trappers held his
: loaded gun in his hand, but he did not
fire, for, in a running fight, the great fear
of the hunter is that he may find him
self dismounted, with an empty gun in
his hard.
It was a fearful ride. In one place
they were within twenty yards of the
Navajoes, who sent the bullets wjiistlc
ing about tbeir ears. Their clothes
wore pierced, and several slight wounds
made; but, by a wonderful providence,
neither was seriously injured, nor were
iheir horses moro than scratched.
They continued their fight at tbe same
headlong rato. The Indians continued
the pursuit fora short distanco, but fi
nally withdrew, and the trappers reach
ed camp without further disturbance.
Xlie Had of FoiirGreiit ITlcii.
The four conquerors who occupy tho
most conspicuous places in tho history
of the world are Alexander, Hannibal,
Ctesar, and Bonaparte.
Alexander, after having climbed tho
dizzy beighth of his ambition, with his
temples bound with chaplets dipped in
the blood of millions, looked the
conquered world, and wept that there
was no other world for him to conquer,
set a city on fire, and died in a scene of
debauch.
Hannibal, after bavmg, to tbe aston
ishment and consternation of Rome, pas
sed the Alps, and having put to flight
;he armies of the mistress of the world
and stripped “three bushels of gold
rings from the fingers of her slaughter
ed knights,” and made her foundation
quake, 11 jd from his country, being ha
ted by those who once cxultingly united
his name to that of their God, and call
ed him Hanni-Baal; and died at last by
poison administed by bis own hand, uu
lame.ntcd and unwept in a foreign land.
Caesar, after having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dyeing his garments
in tho blood of one million of his foes,'
after having pursued to death tho only
rival ho had on earth, was miserably
assassinated by those heoousidered near-’
est fiicuds and in that very place the at
ainment cf which bad been his greatest
ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandates kings
and I’opcs obeyed, after having filled
tbo earth with terror of his name—after
having deluged Europe with tears and
blood, and clothed the world in sack-'
cloth—closed his days in lonely ban-'
ishment, almost literally exiled from
the world, yet where he could sometimes
see his country’s banner waving over
the depot, but which did not and oould
not briDg him aid.
Thus these four g.oat men, who
seemed to stand the representatives of
all those tbe world calls great—these'
four, who each in turn made the earth
tremblo to it3 very centre by their sim-'
pie troads, severally died—one by in
toxication, or, as was supposed by poi-‘
son mingled with his wine—one a sui
cide—o?te murdered by bis friends—-und
one a lonely exile ! How wretched is l
the end of this earthly greatness I
Bgk- The New York Sun “wants to'
know, you know,” about a certain mat
ter, and puts it in t.Ks shape -*
“Gen. Grant and bis family ar* said
to be coining from Washington to Long
Branch on board the Tallapoosa. This’
is a national vessel, aud its expenses are
paid by the National Treasury. By
what right does the President convert if
ioto a pleasure yacht for tbe uso of him
self aud relations? Is there any law of
the United States which authorizes him
to take a public steamer and employ it’
as a means of his personal am'usertentv
And how docs Secretary Robeson d4to
to cervert hb official power by ordering
the Tallapoosa on sdeh an expedition ?
Gen. Grant is paid a large salary, and be
sides he has been euriebed by donations. .
If he wants to go tfo Long Branch ina
steamer, let him hire one aud pay for it
! out of his own pocket, like any honest
' | citizen.
“If ever you have a dispute wiib anyv
one about money,” said a seedy fellow
to a rich friend, “just leave it to mo.”
(’■•mpauioua in arms —Twiu babies.