"eager For The Fray."

Desperate Fbllows. - A few moming since, our quiet village was tlirown into quite an excitement by the inlelligencc that a gnng of runaways was held at boy a few miles off, wlio bid defiance to iheir pursuers, and refused to ba taken alive. A company of some 20 or 30 men, all "enger for the fray," at once liastened to the scène of operations, where they found thrce desperadoe, defeated and disarmed. A fi;w young men liad pursued ihem a short dibtance witli d gs, when they took a s'anl and prepared to give them biltle. They were nrmed with scythe-blades, and on bcing npproache.i tliey brandished l!ie weapons, and swore they would not surrender. - Tliey were fired upon repeatedly, without effect, and as often would they rush upon thcir pürsuers and force them to give back, notwilhstanding tlieir advantngëin arrns and ammunition. Nor did they suffer themselvcs to be taken until their leader was completely disabled, and anotliér of ihe number severely, and the third slightly woundod. The cnptain truly was a desperate fellow. To the last, hé was ynsubdued ; and althougli lying helpless on the ground, with one arm sha'terëd, tvVo shots in bis head, and several in dififeretlt paris of his body, he still urged his comrades 'not to survender. Thé recovcry óf this fellow is doubtful. The others were not