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Show Desprratr Figtit lvlth . llorxr Tliiei'. A few nights ago, Nathaniel W. Taylor, son of lion. X. !. Taylor, of Carter County, discovered a man iu (he act of leading a horse from his father's barn-yard, and suspecting he was a thief, took up a piece of plunk and placed himself in a position where the man would be compelled to pass him. When he had arrived close enough, young Taylor halted him, demanding de-manding what he was doing there, to which he received a rough and defiant reply. Taylor immediately struck him over the head with tho piece of plank, but unfortunately only with the flat side, which only staggered him. lie-covering lie-covering himself, he rushed on Taylor, as that gentleman was advancing to deliver another blow, with such force as to knock him down, l'lanting a knee on each of Taylor's arms, he pinioned pin-ioned him to the ground, drew a huee knife, and struck him a powerful blow with it iu the breast. Fortunately fir Taylor, he had a number of letters and a blank book an inch and a half thick, in his breast pocket, which shielded him. or the stab would have cost him his life, as the knife pas.-cd entirely through the papers and book, makinj an indention on the inside cover. Taylor Tay-lor called f r he!', and a c ilwicd woman arrived Mist as the villain wa. in the act of delivering aiiotlu-r h'uw with the knife. Keliextn,' as-i.-usicc wa- at hand, the scoundrel g.-,J, an 1 nothinc more was heard from him until un-til Sunday night last while yrun.-Taylor yrun.-Taylor wa rctuniirtg from Carter s depot, where he had Ui-a to meet his father with a horse. W hen tl.ey J,a.J arrived within a rutle i hone?, the father riding :.nd the .'on r-n !'.t a few -teps behind him. a nsrtt) stet p,-l from behind a tree and hurled a hu:e .-'..neat them. Young TW n..iii' Il.-it.Jy rev.gti:7-:d him r.- tr.sn who hr, 1 attacked him on l-rfiay r.:ht. and drawing a small j-vk' t :-t..l. h snapped it a' him. but the pi.-:o missed tire. The villain ran and y.-.ans Taylor pursue!, firim three 'l.ot'; with his pi-tol but probfi :? !ihom erTeet. a.- it wa- nigh: and the a sn.:f.l one. The wou!d-be-&--.'s-;n c soaped in'..' s cedar thicket, where further pur-uii was tivlets. - yaifa-iilf JUi.,.... |