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TRIE MEPITIBJ
S. M. STRONG, Editor.
iolijie 1.
MISCELLANY.
MATEO THE HVSCMHACK.
AN INCIDENT IN GUIPUZCOA.
Ihe chain of the Pyrenees, that mag
nificent natural barrier between France
and the Peninsula, generally diminishes
in height as it approaches the western
coast, until, on arriving within a few miles
of the Bay of Biscay, the towering wall
or mountain dwindles into detached and
comparatively tiilling ranges of hills, and
the boundary line between the two coun
tries is completed by the insignificant
stream of the Bidassoa. On the .Spanish
hank of that river, and at a short distance
from the spot where it leaves the frontier,
and becomes entirely Spanish, there
stands, or at least stood, some half-dozen
years back, a small stjualid looking venta,
or inn, which, judging from its wild isola
ted position, was more likely to be resort
ed to by smugglers and outlaws than by
honest men and peaceable travellers.—
Built in an angle formed by some large
masses of dark-coloured rock, the house
was invisible to persons approaching from
the east or souih: on the north side, or
front, flowed the river, at a distance of
about a hundred yards, and with a thick
forest of oak and chestnut on its opposite
bank; while to the west the ground was
rugged and broken, with a narrow mule
track winding like a whitish line over the
rocks amongst which it finally lost itself.
On an autumn night of the j-ear IS3B,
! the large smoky room that composed the
whole of the ground-floor of this inn was
occupied by two persons. One of these
was a man in the prime of life, tall, raw
; honed, and muscular, and possessed of the
I broad shoulders, narrow hips, and sinewy
| limns, that characterise the Spanish moun
taineer. His counteriace, naturally harsh
laud stein in its expression, was rendered
| still less prepossessing by the sear of a
sabre cut, extending from ihe left temple,
j across the cheek-bone, to the corner of his
long upper lip, which latter feature was
covered by a thick mustache of a reddish*
, brown colour. Ilis dress was half milita
ry, half civilian; a blue frock-coat button
ed up to the chili, and girt at the waist by
a leathern belt supporting a curved and
broad-bladed sabre, a Basque cap on his
head, and at his heels sharp towelled
spurs that jingled as he strode up and
down l he damp and filthy floor of the room.
He was apparently annoyed or impatient
at something: from time to time a mutter
ed curse or angry exclamation escaped
him, and he would give a fierce stamp
with the heel of his boot, or a hasty clutch
at his brazen sword hilt. Once or twice
he pauied opposite the large projecting
chimney and gazed fora moment into the
i log-lire that was mouldering on the hearth,
or pulled up the wick in an iron lamp that
hung from the rudely fashioned mantle
shelf, and then resumed his monotonous
promenade. The second occupant of the
| dingy apartment was a boy, apparently
I about twelve years of age, to judge at least
from his diminutive stature and delicate
i features. He was crouched down upon
a low bench in the chimney-corner, his el
bows on his knees, his chin resting on his
hands, and his large restless black eyes
| glittering from amongst a prolusion of tan
gled curls of th 6 same colour, that hung
[over his neck, shoulders, and cheeks.—
The name of this lad was Mateo, and he
was the son of the keeper of the venta,
one Jose Miron, a notorious contrabandis
ta, who was thpn absent on a smuggling
expedition. The man who has been de
scribed was Antonio Ranez, or as he was
more commonly called, Antonio, the chief
of a small guerilla band, that carried on a
[ kind of predatory warfare against the Car
lists in the neighborhood of the French
frontier, a good deal on its own account,
and a little on that of her Catholic Majesty
Isabella the Second.
After some continuance of his restless
walk, Antonio’s patience seemed to be
fairly exhausted. Stopping suddenly, he
drew from his pocket a clumsy silver
watch, and looked at it by the light of the
lamp.
‘Las once! Eleven o’clock!’ he exclaim
ed, ‘and not yet come. Something must
have happened.’
lie had scarcely uttered the words
when the stillness of the night was broken
by a shrill whistle, given apparentlj’ wilh
|in a very short distance ol the house. —
5 The man hurried to the door, opened it,
I and gazed out into the darkness, which
i was excessive, the sky being covered with
! heavy clouds, and not a star visible. —
Suddenly a light appeared on the farther
sitle of the Bidassoa, and threw a brilliant
j streak across the water. The illumina
| tion was momentary, and then all was
I again darkness.
‘Mateo, muc/iacho pronto ! quick!’ cried
the euerilla in a low hurried tone to the
boy, who was still cowering in the cbim
| ney-corner. The lad rose to his feet, and
it then became evident that bis diminutive
stature and sickly juvenile appearance
were not so much owing to his youth as
to the deformity of his frame. He might
be twenty years of age. but was considera
bly under five feet in height, bis legs long
1 andlawkward, his body exceedingly short,
1 and disfigured by a protuberance between
the shoulders.
‘Mateo, quick to the boats!’ repealed
, Antonio.
i The hunchback led the way with long
strides to the water’s edge, where a small
boat wns lying concealed among some
bushes, to which it was secured. Ante
PRO PATRIA ET LEGIBUS.
MACOT, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIE 9, 1815.
nto sprang in. The lad untied the rope,
and was about to follow, when the guerilla
uttered a fierce oath.
‘The oars—where are they:’
Mateo looked into the boat.
‘Are they not here, Don Antonio?’
I Dcmonio!' exclaimed the guerilla, in a
lone of suppressed fury; ‘the oars, you
imp of perdition!’
And, seizing the boy by the collar, he
shook him violently.
‘They must be in the stable,’ said the
hunchback, as soon as he had breath to j
speak. *1 will fetch them.’
At this moment another whistle and a
second flash of light across the water
seemed to increase the impatience of Anto
nio, who jumped out of the boat, and
striking the unlucky dwarf a furious blow,
on the face, caught him by the collar and
dragged him in the direction of the house.
In less than three minutes the guerilla re
turned, bearing one of the missing oars in
his hand, by a few strokes of which the
boat was impelled to within half a score
yards of the opposite shore. Striking his
paddle into the bottom of the shallow riv
er, Antonio then checked his speed.
‘ Quicn live? —Who goes there?’ said he,
in a distinct hut cautious tone.
'Jlaposo,' was the repiy.
The keel of the boat grated upon the
shore, a man, muffled in a cloak stepped
in, and in a few seconds the skiff and its
occupants were again on the Spanish bank
of the Bidassoa. The boat was moored,
and the two men walked up to the inn.
Divesting himself of his cloak, and lay
ing aside the dark lantern which had serv
ed him for his signals, the newcomer
drew a bench to the fire, and, seating him
self upon it, stirred up the embers and ex
posed his booted feet, which were soaked
with water and covered with mud, to the
pleasant heat of die flames. He was a
man of about fifty years of age, with
strongly marked features of a particularly!
keen and resolute expression, and dressed
in plain clothes of unassuming cut and
materials. Antonio, after carefully shut- 1
ting the door, also approached the fire,!
and seated himself opposite to the stran
ger, who cast a searching glance round the
room.
‘Are you alone?’ said the stranger. —
‘Where is Jose Miron?’
‘Passing tobacco into France,’ was the
reply.
‘And his son?’
‘The humpbacked cub is in the sulks,
and has taken himself off. You may speak
freely, Senor L** *. There is no fear of |
our being overheard. Are matters pro- ,
grossing?’
‘Excellently well,’ replied the other. —
‘lie is at Aspeitia, without other guards [
than a few orderlies, thinking himself as
safe as if he were on the throne at Mad
rid, with a regiment of body guards at the |
gates of his palace. He little dreams ofj
what is brewing for him. How astonish-1
cd he will be to see us walk up to the bed- j
side to-morrow night. For to-morrow j
night it must be, Antonio. There is no,
time to lose.’
‘And why would not the general do itr’j
asked the guerilla. ‘What can he his rea
son for throwing away such a chance?’
‘Pshaw!’ returned the other, impatient
ly—‘the general! It is not j our generals
and colonels who want to put an end to a
war which gives them money and promo
tion. No, no. He treated me as a mad
man when 1 opened the plan to him, hint
ed that 1 was a spy, and finally ordered
me to leave the province. So 1 took a
passport for France, and here I am. But
we can do it without him, Antonio. To
morrow night, one hour alter sunset, 1
shall be oil St. Sebastian, with the two
chasse-marees. Mind you and j'our men
are ready to join me.’
‘lt is a risking business,’ said the gue
rilla, musingly. ‘But the prize is worth
trying for. They ought to make me com
mander-in-chief and j'ou prime minister,
if we succeed; for we shall have done more
than all their ministers and generals have
been able to do. Sanlissima Virgen! com
padre. Think of you and I rousing his
majesty from his first sleep, just touching
him on the shoulder and saying, “Car
litos ” ’
‘Hush!’ exclaimed L * * *, hastily.—
‘You are imprudent. No use mentioning
names ’
“Not a soul to hear us,’ replied Anto
nio; ‘but, however, silence is our counter
sign. Have you any thing more to say to
me?’
‘Nothing,’ said L : ‘only remem
ber to-morrow, one hour after sunset.’
‘I shall be exact,’ replied Antonio; ‘and
then—hurrah for an ounce of lead or a
general’s commission!
These were the hist words spoken by
either of the two men, who now left the
house together. L crossed into
France in the same manner in which he
had arrived, and Antonio, after conveying
him over the river, entered a sort ol shed
that served as a stable to the venta, and
presently rc-appeared mounted upon a
strong rough-looking horse. He struck
into a mountain path, and in another mo
ment had disappeared in the darkness.
Scarcely had the clatter made upon the
flinty soil by his horse’s hoofs died away,
when there was a stir among a pile ol'old
sacks and fishing nets in a corner of the
room which is the guerilla and L
had so recently left; and the unshapely fig
ure of Mateo Miron rose to its feet. The (
features of the deformed lad were smeared
with blood, the result of the blow he had
, received; but instead of wearing an cx
pression of pain or vexation, they were
lighted up with a smile of savage joy.
‘Aspeitia!’ he muttered between bis
teeth, as he approached the fire and held
out his long ape-like lingers to the embers.
‘Carlitos—a general’s commission—the
fool! Antonia the muleteer with a gen
eral’s faja. He has reckoned without
Mateo, aj - , and without the blow,’ added
he, putting his hand to his face, which
was swollen, and still bleeding. ‘Ha,
ha ! the fool!’
And extinguishing the lamp, which
was smoking and flickering in its socket,
the hunchback uttered a wild sound be
tween a j T ell and a laugh, and darted uul
of the venta.
It was about an hour after nightfall
upon the day subsequent to that on which
the incidents above narrated occurred,
that two of the fast-sailing lugger-rigged
vessels, known as Scincadores or C/tasc
marccs, caine gliding down with a favour
ing breeze from the direction of the French
coast, and backed their sails opposite to
the harbour of St. Sebastian. At the
same instant lanterns were run up to their
mast-heads; and scarcely had this been
done, when, from the shadow of the cliffs
below the lighthouse, five rowboats, crow
ded with men, shutout, and in a very few
minutes reached the side of the trinca
tlores. The crews of the boats were
transferred to the larger vessels, with the
exception of two rowers, who remained
in each of the former, and pulled leisure
ly hack to land. A'l sail was now made
on the luggers, a ‘resh easterly breeze
favoured their progress, and sent them
bounding over the waves; but, as if even
this rapid rate of progression had not
been sufficient, sweeps were put out, and
the sturdy Biscayan mariners applied
themselves to accelerate the speed of the
vessels, which advanced with extraordin
ary swiftness, the water flashing from
their sides, and emitting the phosphoric
light frequently to he observed upon that
coast. The men who had been brought
on hoard by the boats took no share in
the labour of the sailors, which, to jutfoe
from their garb and equipment, would
not have been very congenial to their
habits and profession. They were about
fifty in number, active, hardy-looking
fellows, some of them of rather cut-throat
physiognomy, but all with an expression
of reckless daring stamped upon their
features. Their dress was tolerably
various, some wearing blue or green uni
form jackets, others grej- frock-coats. All
had flic round flat cap, which was the uni
versal head-dress of the Carlists, and
also of some of the Christino guerilla
corps, and all were armed well and alike,
with clean serviceable muskets and baj
onels, their cananas or leathern belts be
ing stuffed full of cartridges.
These men formed the guerilla band of
Antonio Uainez, who now stood upon the
hull deck of the larger chasse-maree, in low
and earnest conversation with the same
person whom he had met the preceding
night at the venta on the Bidassoa. The
Senor L * * *, however, had changed
his costume to one somewhat similar to
that of his companion, and had, more
over, buckled a sword round his waist,
while from the breast of his coat protrud
ed the butts of two pistols. Ilis brow
was slightly knit, and his countenance
wore a look of decision and excitement
as he paced, or rather turned, up and
down the half-dozen planks that formed
the quarter-deck of the lugger. ‘lt is a
bold thing,’ said he, in reply to some ob
servation made by Antonio, ‘but the prize
aimed at is in proportion. And if there
has been no treachery, and the men are
staunch, 1 will answer for its success.’
•Treachery there can hardly have been,’
i replied the guerilla ; ‘for even now none
but jmu and myselfknow whither we arc
bound, or what is the object of our expe
i diiion. Certainly its real one is the last
that will be suspected. As to my men, I
( answer for them as for myself.’
Within three hours after the luggers had
left St. Sebastian, they cast anchor at the
I mouth of a creek on a secluded part of the
Guipuzcori coast, west of the mouth of the
; river Orio, and within a short distance of
; the port of Guetaria. Forty guerillas,
; with Antonio and L * * *, were convey
*ed to land bj r successive trips of the lug
! gers’ boats; the other ten were left on
j board, with strict orders to allow none of
: the crew to go ashore, but to wait at the
1 same spot the return of" their comrades,
: which would take place before daybreak.
! Everything was conducted with the ut
most silence and caution ; all lights had
long been extinguished on board both
vessels; the oars were muffled, and no
man spoke above his breath.
There was no moon, but the night was
a clear and starlight one, when Antonio
and his band, under the guidance of
L * * *, who stationed himself at the
head of the partj r , left the coast, and
struck into the interior of the country,
marching in single file, at a pace not un
frequently adopted by Spanish soldiers,
and that for silence and speed could be
equalled by few besides North American
Indians. It was neither a walk nor a run,
but a swinging step between the two,
capable of being long sustained, and
which carried them over the ground with
great rapidity. Their guide was evident
ly a man perfectly acquainted with the
country he was traversing; he looked
neither to the right nor the left, but pur
sued his course in nearly a straight line,
now across meadows and ploughed fields,
then through narrow lanes and perhaps !
for a shot
through co t .
ditch and bar
tiring vigour anil
mountaineer. From . . ...o*
guerillas set foot on shore, they were ...
the Carlist country, amongst a population
devoted to the Pretender, and within a
short distance of numerous cantonments
and garrisons of his troops. The late
ness of the hour, however, the darkness,
and the unfrequented paths they were fol
lowing, rendered it improbable that thej’
should be encountered or even seen, but
nevertheless every precaution had been
taken in case they were. Their dress
and equipment were the same in all res
pects as those of most of the Carlist
troops: they were all Biscayans, talking
Basque, and familiar with the habits of
the enemy they were so unhesitatingly
venturing amongst. During a march of
three hourskduralion they made but two
rencontres. ’The first was of some peas
ant women, who wished them a good
night, and walked on unsuspectingly,
taking them for Carlist soldiers, the more
so as two or three struck up a cl it ty popu
lar amongst the factious troops, and the
words of which were as complimentary to
Don Carlos as they were disparaging to
his niece and sister-in-law. This second
meeting was not got over so easily. A
peasant, mounted on a stout mule, came
trotting up beside the party, with which
he seemed inclined to keep company.
He entered into conversation with the
men, asked them where thej' were going
and whence coming, and what was the
cause of so late a march. The guerillas
had had their lesson and were ready with
answers, but his curiosity was not easilv
satisfied, and his questions became em
barrassing.
‘Cet rid of that chattering foot,’ said
L * * *to Antonio. ‘He is 100 inquisi
tive. Fifty lives must not he risked for
one.’
‘True,’ said Antonio, drawing his sabre
silently, and slackening his pace. As the
unlucky peasant passed the guerilla, a
bright blade gleamed for an instant; there
was a low gurgling sound, and then a body
fell crashing through bushes and branches
into the ravine that bordered the road.
Il was an hour past midnight when the
adventurous little band halted in a lane
that wound between hills covered with
lores*, trees, from amongst which large ir
regular corners and pinnacles of rock here
and there protruded. Every thing was
still; the breeze had died away, anti save
the occasionaFscreech of an owl or croak
of a frog, not a sound was to he heard.
‘ln ten minutes we are there,’ said
L * * *to Antonio. ‘lt is time to give
the men their final orders.’
Antonio assented, and the next moment
the guerillas were collected in a circle
round their leaders. L addressed
them.
‘Men,’ said he, pointing to a light at no
very great distance, ‘j’onder is Aspei
lia.’
There was a movement of surprise
amongst the men at finding themselves,
as it were, in the verj' den of the lion.
‘There is a person there whom we arc
going to seize and convey back to the
trincadores. There are no troops in the
place and we expect little difficulty in
making his capture; but should there be
any attempt at rescue, with an appear
ance of success, remember that, dead or
alive, we must have him, and that his head
alone will be worth its weight in gold to
the man who shall present it to-morrow at
St. Sebastian. And now, forward ! lla
poso the watchword. The rendezvous
Lore in case of dispersion.’
The men fell into their places, and the
march was resumed. They had not,
however, advanced a hundred j’ards from
! the spot at which this short pause had
i been made, when the pass was lighted up
with a bright glare, and the reports of
five-score muskets were echoed from the
neighbouring hills. At the same instant,
from behind rocks and trees, amongst
brushwood and bushes, hundreds of dark
forms started up ; and the white caps of
the fifth battalion of Guipuzcoa, the gal
lant and much dreaded Chapelchurris,
became dimly visible through the dark
ness as the wearers hurried down to the
attack of the Christinos.
‘llanos perdiao,' said L , as he
fell heavily over at the foot of a tree. ‘We
have lost, but the cast was worth risk
ing.’
He had been struck by two balls, and
died almost instantly. More than a third
of the guerillas had been killed or desper
ately wounded bj’ the vollej' they had re
ceived, hut notwithstanding this heavy
loss, and the desparate situation in which
he found himself, Antonio, who was as
j’et unhurt, did not seem to despair, or at
any rate he was resolved to sell his life
dearly.
‘Ammo, muchachos !’ cried he, as he
snatched up the musket of one of his
dead followers, and taking a steady aim
at a Carlist officer who was leading on his
men to the charge, shot him dead. The
Christinos, gathering courage from the ex
ample of iheir chief, poured in a volley
upon the enemj', which for an instant
checked the advance of the latter. But
the odds were too large for the issue ol
the contest to be doubtful. A gallant but.
vain attempt was made by Antonio to i
retreat along the road bj' which he had
come, fighting as he went, but after twice
driving back the Carli3ts by the desper
ate impetuosity ol hi attacks, he found
h yA- /
ped up again.. * —
life fast oozing out t
least of which was mortal. On iccmmia—
ing the dying guerilla, a wild shout ol"ex
ultation burst from the lips of Mateo the
hunchback.
‘Hal Anton mio,' he cried, ‘we ate not
to be a general this time, it seems ; we
must wait a little longer for the faja. Or
have we got the ounce of lead for our
share? Ha, ha! Well—’twill teach
you to beat arid buffet the poor hunch
back. And so you would have carried
off Carlitos, ch ? Ha, ha, ha!’
And he began capering and dancing
round the wounded man, shouting out
abuse of Isabel and her partisans, and
singing fragments of Carlist songs, to the
considerable amusement of some of the
Chapelchurris, who had lit torches in or
der the better to despoil the bodies of the
Christinos, and now stood looking on in
the flickering, flaring light at the antics
ol the half crazy hunchback, occasional
ly, roo, joining in the taunts he addressed
to the unfortunate Antonio. Presently,
the latter made a slight movement, as if
desirous of raising his head higher upon
its rocky pillow Mateo immediately threw
himself on his knees beside hint.
‘Let me assist you, Antonio,’ said lie,
in a tone ol mockery. ‘You do not seem
at your ease upon your couch to-night.’
And throwing his long lean arms arouud
the body fit his victim, he exerted all his
strength to drag him in a sitting posture,
tit the same time twisting his flexible
features into a hideous grimace of con
tempt and hatred. ’The wounded guerilla
uttered a groan of pain and rage, which
was echoed a moment later by a sharp
shrill cry from the hunchback. The
arms of the latter relaxed their hold, his
head drooped, and he fell heavily across
die body of Antonio, in whose throat the
death rattle was now audible. Some of
the Carlists stepped forward and raised
Mateo, but he was already dead. Bv a
lust effort ol expiring strength, the guerilla
had drawn his knife and stabbed his be
trayer and lormenter to the heart.
ft is a fact known to few, but not the
less a fact, that towards the hitter part of
the Carlist war in Spain a plan was form
ed for carrying off Don Carlos from his
quarters at a Guipuzcoan village, where
he was frequently left unguarded, and
with but few attendants. It was propos
ed that a steamer should leave St. Sebas
tian soon after night-fall, and land a hand
ful ot resolute Basque guerillas upon the
coast, within four or five hours’ march of
the I retender s residence. Disguised as
Carlist soldiers, they were to march
across the country, capture Don Carlos,
and bring him with all possible speed to
| the steamboat, on their way to which they
were to be met, and their retreat protect
ed, by some Christino battalions. The
plan of this daring attempt was submit
ted by its originator to a Christino gener
al then commanding in Guipuzcoa, hut
\\ ho did not think proper to countenance
it. It was one ol those enterprises that
at first sight appear mad and impossible
ot execution, hut which nevertheless, by
their very boldness and improbability, of
ten succeed. There is no doubt that a
dash ol this description was subsequently
made, without assistance from the author
ities, but the adventures were betrayed,
and ambuscade laid for them, and they
were all cut to pieces when within a short
distance from the object ot their expedi
tion. Jhe extermination of a few guer
illas was a matter of too common occur
rence at that time to attract much atten
tion, and it was scarcely alluded to in the
Christino papers, though the Carlist
gazettes, according to their usual custom,
recorded it with much exageration and
bombast. They were either not convin
ced, however, or did not think proper to
mention, that the object of the detach
ment which had been destroyed was no
1 l ess a ° n e than the surprisal and earrj’ing
off of the Pretender himself; an object
that might not improbably ha\c been ef
fected, had not the. Carlists been put on
their guard by a peasant lad, who casual
ly became acquainted with the plot.
Conversation. —‘Have you got a dollar,
[ Satn ?’
‘No, 1 han’t, Bill, that’s a fact—if il
1 would save your life.’
‘’Cause Jim Thorn wauled me to pay
J'ou one, and I’ve got nothin’ smaller than
a two.’
‘Oh, ah—Well, perhaps 1 can find just
one, come to think of it, that 1 didn’t
spend this mornin’ for wood.’
Sam searched his wallet, found his dol
lar, and handed it to Bill.
‘Well, now, Sam, that’s clever—l’ll
hand you the two the very next time we
meet, if 1 happen to have so much on
hand—l’ve got one towards it atij' how.’
It is stated that a child was horn in
Boston, a few days since, with a natural
bustle upon its back. ‘Good heavens,
what a country.’
A lady asked Jekyll what was ‘ihe
difference between a solicitor and an at
torney ?’ ‘Precisely the same,’ he an
swered,‘as between a crocodile and an
alligator.’