The Beaufort Tribune and Port Royal Commercial, 1877-05-24

VM#M ? .,v- v R O ? "* ??r * -f ' said; and suiting the action to the word, I pulled the leavts from the bundle, and handed them to him, to his evideut satisfaction. I then passed on. and was soon beyond the gate, and traveling on the dusty road, betw. en gardens fragrant with orange trees and tropical flowers. I at length reached the villa of Mr. W., who was in the cit?-; but I made myself known to Mrs. W., who at once gladly welcomed me, and offered me the refuge I so much needed. When Mr. W. returned in the evening, he found me in bed, with a high fever, brought on by the inflammation of my wound. I was tenderly nursed for twelve days, and at the end of three weeks, I was entirely recovered. From Mr. W. 1 had learned the excitement which had followed the scene in the coffee house, and of the search made for me, by orders of General , who represented me as a spy of the Americans. " If you had not been an American," said Mr. W\, " he would not have insulted you as he did in the coffee house. The search for you is now over, as it is supposed you have left the island: and you will be able to get off in the next steamer without difficulty. It sails day after to-morrow.'' But I did not wish to leave until I had seen or heard from Don Armas. I proposed?for nij' saspicions were painfully roused?that we should send to his mother's villa in order to ascertain if he were th* re or not. Mr. W. advised me not to appear abroad, openly, and rode to her residence, three miles distant, himself. Upon his return, the expression of his face showed that he brought ill tidings. . "lie is in prison!" he answered the inquiring look 1 gave him, as he alighted. " In prison !" I repeated with a sinking heart. "'Yes. His mother is in great distress. She says that three weeks ago last night "? " The very night I last saw him,'' 1 said. "A Spanish officer, with u file of mounted soldiers, rode out to the villa, and entering it, searched for the papers of Carlos, and carried off every letter and scrap of paper they could find, and every letter he had written to his mother from the United States, when he was at the university there.

50 ~ 800 in, attended by several young officers, glittering in gold and plumes. There was no vacant table, and as the officer was looking around to see where he could find a seat lor himself and party, his eye fell on me, whose complexion and blue eyes (and national air, doubtless), stamped me as an American. " Here is a table, gentlemen !" he said, striking his hand on my table, by way of taking possession of it. " This is an American, and ought to he in prison instead of being permitted to go at large here!'' Thin was all spoken in Spanish, and so grossly, that J[ felt my eye flash, and my , blood boil. I had half risen, previously, in order to leave with Carlos, but I now resumed my seat, quietly resolved that I would not resign to rudeness what I might have yielded to courtesy, and had he properly approached me. " It is the General ! I beg of you, do not resent, for he is capable of doing you mischief. Yield quietly, my friend. Havana is not Boston." This was said to me very rapidly, in an undertone, by Carlos, whose naturally brave soul was intimidated by the tyrannical power which crushes everything noble in Cuba. "Is the Yankee going to move?'' demanded the officer, fiercely. ] Several Spaniards, who were seated at the little tables about, sprang to their feet and servilely offered him-the places they had occupied. But he bowed negatively to 1 their obsequious proffers, and fixed his J glance upon me, as if expecting that I would cringe before him, like the Cubans, i I quietly sat smoking, and tried to induce Carlos to reseat himself. But he was disposed to conceal his acquaintance with me, and withdrew from the table, losing himself in the crowd that was gathering areund. Finding that I remained seated, the general ordered one of his aides to remove me. As he extended his hand to fasten his grasp upon my collar, I dreAv a revolver and deliberately aimed at his heart. There was a general retrograde motion of the party. Some one behind me wounded me with the nnint nf a sword. I turned and fired, and

/ill oiiu uciic? vo tuui iiu jaaiiiu^r ?no <i iappy one, in spite of the somewhat >ecuiiar manner in which it was conracted. A Clever Trick. One (lay, seeing a large ship with the ippearance of a well laden merchantman tear the shore, the steamer Speedy gave hase. On nearing her she suddenly aised her ports, and Lord Cochrane disovered that he had to deal not with a ich, helpless merchantman, but a large Spanish frigate, crowded with men, who lad hitherto been kept out of sight. To Ight the Spaniard would have been a imple act of folly; to escape from her >y taking flight was equally out of the [uestion. Some of the officers were nxious to try the fate of an action, but jord Cochrane, fire-eater as he was, posessod a clear, well balanced mind, and aw that the Speedy would have no hai.ee. He therefore had recourse to a use, for which he had prepared beforetand. Having heard that the Spaniards rert particularly bitter about the Speedy, e had caused her to be painted so as to esemble a Danish brig, the Clomer, rell known on the Spanish coast. He a^l also shipped a Danish quartermaser, and provided him with a uniform of n cfficer of that nation. As soon as the pauiard disclosed her real character, the peedy hoisted Danish colors. The paniards not being satisfied with this vidence of nationality, sent a boat to oard the British brig. Had the Speedy een boarded, the trick would, of course, ave been discovered in a moment. To revent such a catastrophe, and at the amp time disarm suspicion, the Danish uartermaster, in his uniform, was laced in a prominent position on deck, nd told to carry on a conversation. The ellow quarantine flag was run up at the ame time. The Spaniards have always ad an abject and unreasoning terror of i at? un/1 tln'u AAAAoinn

York. I would not object to a nice little widow, provided she was homeless, young, virtuous, and in every way a good woman. You will probably wonder why I do jiot go among friends and acquaintances to pick me out a wife, and I will tell you the exact truth. I spent ten months two years ago visiting my friends East, but the marriageable ladies all seemed to be well to do and to live in stylish happy homes, better than I was able at that time to give a wife. Then I would sooner give some good woman a home who now has none than ane who is already in possession of u good liome and otherwise well provided for. [ believe it is in your power to put me in correspondence with some lady who would like to find a komo and a ausband, always provided, of course, hat we were suited to each other, and I will, of course, give her undoubted proof ;hat i" am what I represent myself to be. To these and similar epistles Miss Colins always makes suitable replies, and n some cases she is really the good genius who makes easy the first steps towards a happy home. In one instance a gentleman wrote to her for a wife, and vhile she was considering what she should do about the matter there came o her a girl who was an orphan, an educated girl, but like so many others, not rained to any particular calliug. The etter containing the request "was handed o her, and she answered it. The geuleman aaw from her reply that she was lot only a young woman of education, )ut of str >ng common sense, so he nr anged for an interview with her. This nterview took place, and they were marled after a brief courtship. Of their ifter life Miss Collins knows nothing, \nf cika kai i attao fliof lyiovnonrrt wo a o

remaining* 1 nianj JL mnuc XMIV^II IV uiui mv plan, which was to dress in a suit oi his clothes, and with half a dozen bales of tabacco on my shoulders, sally forth into the streets, and try and get beyond the Tncon Paseo, into the country, where, three miles from the city, dwelt an English merchant, whom 1 weil knew, and where I felt 1 should be in safety. The change in my wardrobe was soon completed, or rather, instead of changing my dress, 1 put on Pedro's coarse habiliments over my own. He stained my iace with tobacco juice, and then piled upon my shoulders several parcels of the broad leaved tobacco, which Happed over and about my shoulders and face, completely concealing it. I then t Id him to inform Senor de Armas where I was going, that he might, it he wished, come and see me, and grasping his hand, I went out of the door. At last I reached the last sentry of the city outpost. Here I felt that I should be most in danger, since I learned from Pedro that strict orders had been given to watch carefully every avenue out of the city. Ity the time I reached the gate, 1 v. as nearly overcoma with weckness and fatigue. The (lesh wound in my shoulder, heated and rubbed by the tobacco pressing ujHUi it, had caused it to bleed sifresh, and I could feel the blood trickling down, even to my feet. 1, therefore, determined to sit in the shade of a tree? near the gate, upon a stone bench, till I in some measure recovered lay strength, and got a little restored. I had not been seated ten minutes?during which time I had seen the guards re- * lieved?=when one of the soldiers lounged > up, Htid took his seat on the bench where I sat, Without ceremony, he pulled a !< ?$

into. >1 "lie we were inu.i iaj^ioui-, rope IV 1 hum the height upon my head. I caught it gladly, :m<i drew it Lul. I tried my weight upon it, and found it secure. ? The next moment Carlos was in the boat, and his arms about toy mck. Pedro took the oars, and I the helm, and wc pulled noiselessly out from under the frowning walls. The guardianship sentry haihd us with the sharp u Qtritn, 11 f but we answered him as we had done others, by calling ourselves the boat of an English vessel of war, that we knew lay outside, and to and from which the town boats plied at all hours. When we had reached the Moro we breathed freely; and as there was a wind outside, we stepped our mast and hoisted our leg of-mutton sail. Ky sunrise we were | eight miles north and west of Moro Castle, i and steering gallantly for Key West, so near as we could guess. We ate a hearty breakfast of rolls and fish, and lighted our cigars. At noon we dined after the same fashion. Seeing in the west a large ship, I bore toward it; and soon found, from her bright sides, that she was a Yankee merchantman. As we approached her they discovered us, , and watched us through, a spy-glass. We were at length received on board, and as I had the good fortune to.be known to two of I the passengers, we were at once at home. | Carlos, whose property had been confisj cated after bis flight, is now an active 1 adt-r in the army, and the day may not be far distant when he himself shall be the instru- * raent of freeing Cuba from the yoke of Spain. _____

road not far from the northeastern boundary of Roumania, and lying midway between Odessa and Jasclii. The advance line of the Turkish troops was stationed on the Danube, at various towns from "Widdin to Silistria. The Roumanian army guarded the territory lying between the Russian and Turkish forces, and a Turkish fleet held sway in the Danube. Should the Turkish strongholds along the Danube be taken, then a retreat could be made to the second line of defenses in the Balkan range of mountains, where the Turks are strongly barricaded. The mountainous nature of the country makes this position an admirable one for an army on the defensive, and the Russian advance on Constantinople will have to passtlie-je fortifications before it can go further. THE YOUNG CUBAN. One evening, just after the eight o'clock gun had fired, I was seated in the Cafe Fernando, in the Calle de Santa Maria, Havana. smoking a Spanish cigaritti, and watching the crowd of persons passing in and out, or pacing up and down the hall, in that earnest, conversational manner which characterizes the Spaniard. I sat quietly smoking when a young Spaniard?whom I had seen in the United States?passed my table. I at once pronounced his name. He stopped, and, after regarding me for an instant, a bright, warm smile of recognition lighted up his fine countenance, and he sprang forward, and clasj>ed me in his hands, while he expressed, most cordially, his pleasure at meeting me again. Tfu f/inb- o cnit liv hip <ind nftcr T Hnrl

countenance anci a graeeim ngure. rne j. directors held a meeting to decide if the , lady should have the school, and, under ^ the influence of their erratic and obstinate chairman, unanimously decided that unless Miss R. would obtain surety,tin a bond of one thousand dollars, to keep the school for six months, she should not 11 have the desired position. Her uncle r resided a few miles off, and it was in- c ferred he would become her bondsman. 1 Now, the lady was exceedingly desirous c to secure the office, and, having not the * remotest idea of matrimony at the time, ? besought her uncle to be Iter surety. He J; aoceeded to her wishes, the bond was duly filed and the new mistress in- ? stalled. For about two months everything went ou charmingly. The directors and pa- ? trons of the school fancied they had at last secured a permanent and most desirable a teacher. But, alas for the insufficiency a of human foresight, who should arrive c in the village one evening but Ned Brad- ? ford, son of the old squire. Ned ha l 13 left Illinois three years previous to en- ^ hance his estate in California, and had there been successful in increasing his r worldly goods. He was probably thirty- 7* four or five years of age, and was a flue j1 specimen of a stalwart son of the great West Now, Miss Ranuey boarded at a the old squire's, and, as a matter of | ^ course, the young man soon fell in love ^ with her, and Miss R. recognized the affinity. Ned was impatient for an early ?