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ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY I6* 1845.
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NO. 14.
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ALEXANDER A. ALLEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Paiiibridge, Decatur County, UeorRln
July 0,1845 13 y
Ult. T. U. MATTHEWS,
physician, surgeon, and accoucheur,
Aluaxv, Gcokoi*.
April 111, 1845.
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PETEK J. STROXIER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
r.nril 1C, IS 15.
Albany, Georgia.
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E. H. PLATT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Aluaxv, Georgia.
tpril 1C, 1815. ‘ 1 tf
POETRY.
Hong.
FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND TRUTH.
BY JAMES MONTGOMERY.
When ‘Friendship, Love and Truth’ £bound
Among a band of brothers
The cup of joy goes gaily round,
Each shares the bliss of others;
Sweet roses grace the thorny way
Along tliis vale of sorrow,
The flower* that shed their leaves today, ►
Shall bloom again to morrow.
How grand in age, how fair in youth,
Arc holy ‘Friendship, Lore and Truth'
On halcyon wings our momenta pass,
Life’s cruel cares beguiling;
Old time lays down his scythe and glass,
In gay good-lmmor smiling;
With ermine heard and forehead grey,
His reverend front adorning,
He looks like Winter tumedto May, t
Night softened into morning;
How grand in age; how fair in youth,
Are holy ‘Friendship, love and Truth.
From tlicsedelightiul fountains flow
Ambrosial rills of pleasure;
Can man desire, can heaven bestow
A more resplendant treasure T
Adorned with gems so richly bright,
We’ll form a constellation,
Where cvcty star with modest light
Shall gild his proper station.
How grand in age, bow fair in youth,
Arc holy ‘Friendship, Lore and Truth.’
MISCELLANY.
THOMAS PINKNEY SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Aluaxv, Georgia.
aprfl 1C, 1*45. . . 1 tf
JOIINRS” JONES.
Saddle and Harness Maker,
A XU HE P.1 IRE ft
ALBANY, liAKlill COUNTY GA.
April l!3il, 2 tf.
JOHN BILBO.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ALBANY (iA.
Will practice in the several Courts of the South-
[WrsU'.m Circuit, and Thomas and Stewart coun-
il'S.
april, 1G, 1815. 1 tf.
J. LAW,
.1TTORXEY .IT UIW,
lllaiiibridgc, Decatur County, Georgia,
I Will attend punctually the Superior Courts of the
Ifonntic* ot Early, Baker and Decatur, of tlic South-
luv.tcrn, and of the County of Thomas of the Soutli-
|<m Circuit.
July 9,1845, 13 y
RICIK1KD II. CE.IKK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Albany, Gcorgia.
(Will practice in tlie Counties of Baker, Lee, Decs
fur, jlooly, Sumter, Randolph and Early, of the
ISoutlAVcstcm Circuit, Stewart, of the Cliattahoo-
flur, and Thomas, of the Southern Circuit.
Cl' OJJiee under the “ Courier" Office, Broad St.
A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF A FAMILY
A correspondent of the New Haven Courier, wri
ting from the village of Leesvillc, gives the follow
ing account of a Connecticut family:
“ But the most interesting tiling about Leeavilie,
is that it is the kirth-ploce of the ‘ fourteen daugh
ters.’ To say ‘ the fourteen daughters,’ would re
quire no explanation here, or in any part of Middle
sex county, but with you it may not be quite so
plain. I will explain. In the largest and most com
modious hourc in the village, resides a Mr. Whit
more, (I forget his Christian name) who is the fa
ther offourteen daughters. Ho never Had a son.—
The youngest daughter is now about twelvo years
old. Twelve of the daughters have been married,
and twelve are now living. What is a little singu
lar, every one of the daughters were married in reg
ular rotation, that is, the oldest first, and so on. The
lather was heard jokingly to remark, ‘ 1 will have no
picking in my taiaily—you must take them as they
come.’ The daughters have over sustained a high
reputation for their many virtues ami good qualifi
cations, and make as exemplary wives as dutiful
daughters. All the twelve married respectable, wor
thy men, and liavc been peculiarly blessed in the
marriage relation. When the last child was born,
Mr. Whitmore was so much disappointed that it was
not a son, that he wept like a child. Although the
old gentleman was not blessed with a son, he has
many grandsons, and will probably have scores of
them. The two daughters that have died, quietly
repose side by side in the neat hurrying ground of
the village. Over the gravestones, and on them are
engraved weeping willows, with fourteen branches
of each. Tho first stone that was erected bad one
branch broken from the tree, which lay beneath—
the second two branches.
“ What a glorious sight it would be to see these
daughters, with their husbands and children, gather
ing around the ‘ thanksgiving’ board at the home
stead ! And with what proud satisfaction most the
parents survey the scene, and their hearts leap for
joy, as they would inwardly exclaim, “ These are
our jewels.”
R. K. A J. B. HINES,
ATTORNEYS &. COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Ojtices in Macon & Albany, Geo.
They will practice in the fotlotring Counties.
Dibli, Moron. Thomas, Thomastille.
jHouston. Perry. Decatur, Bainbridge.
■Dooly, Vienna. Stewart, Lum/Ain.
IMacon, Lanier. Sumpter, Americas.
I bee, Slarksrille. Randoljih, Cuthbert.
I Early, Blakely. Pulaski, Itaickinsrille.
I Baker, Albany,
|.\ikJ in the Circuit Court of the United State* for the
District of Georgia.
They will attend any other Court, not conflicting
aith the above, when engagrd spccbllv to do so.
The attention of both partners will be given to all
usiner* entrusted to their care.
Letters may he addressed to tho firm at either
place.
Richard K. Hines. John B. Hines.
April 1G, 1845, I 3m
D. J. VASON,.
|attorneys and counsellors at law,
Albany, Georgia.
april 1G, 1845. 1 tf
CARRIAGE MAKING.
M1E supscriber is at length able to announce to
L hi* friends and the public generally, that be u
II prepared to do afl kinds of
CARRIAGE WORK,
I uo hand s first rate stock of SEASONED
., together with a complete assortm
Coach Trimmings.
lehbnself 'ftnm'bls long‘ experience in the
hossbuiinesa.and well known attention to the same,
7 NICHOLAS LONG.
July 91845 18 tf
SWEARING.
Whatever fortune may be made by perjury, I be
lieve there never was a man who made a fortune
by swearing. It very often happens that men pay
for swearing, but it seldom happens that they are
paid for it. It is not easy to perceive what honor or
credit is connected with it Does any man receive
promotion because he is a notable blusterer? Oris
any man advanced in dignity because be is expert
in profane swearing! Low must be the character
which such impertinence will exlialt; high must be
the character which such impertinence will not de
grade. Inexcusable, therefore, must be the practice
which has neither reason nor passion to support it.
The drunkard lias his cup; tho lecher his mistress;
the satirist his revenge; the ambitious man bis pre
ferment ; the miser hi* gold; but the common swear
er has nothing; he sells his soul for nought, and
drudges in the service of the devil gratis. Swear
ing is void of all plea; it is not the o&pring of the
soul, not interwoven with the texture of the body; nor
any how allied to our tune. For, as Tillotaon ex
presses it, “though some men pour out oaths as if
they were natural, yet no man was ever bom of a
swearing constitution.”
A GOOD fflNT.
Sam Slick counsels fathers who have marriagea
ble sons in the following manner:
If you want a eon not to foil in love with any
splendiferous gal, praise her up to the skieq; call
her an angel; say she is a whole team and a horse
to spare, and all that The moment the critter sees
her be is a little grain disappointed, and says, “Well
she is handsome, that’s* fact; bnt she is not so ve
ry, eery evertestin’ pretty, after all.” Thenhecrit-
icisesber. "Her foot is too thick ini the instep;
her elbow bone is too sharp; the range* ; is affected,’
and so
CORONATION EXTRA.
The frogs cm a time mere trilh royally smitten,
So a king they would hare any tcayyou couldfix it ;
And the young females all haring given the “mitten"
To the regular chief', 'ttcas a seer’s ipse dixit.
That, (there being no chance if a legitimate frog)
The nation should choose for their sovereign a log.
And lately, the young galintppers of “ Main,”
Desirous if some one to do up their “ vetoes"
Caught a juvenile Indian and begged him to reign
For a summer or tieo, as their King <f Musquitoes.
[Lay of the Last Tadpole.
The yoang Emperor of Brazil has been until very
recently, the sole monarch on the American conti
nent, and his coronation was the only one that had
ever occurred, (save a sham attempt in Mexico to
bccrown poor Iturbide,) since Cortez deposed the
unhappy Uautemozin. Not so now, however; Don
Pedro has a “ brother near his throne.” The Eng
lish have helped him to a continental “contempora
ry”; and ho must look sharp to his imperial possess
ions, or he may find them overrun by his Majesty,
the Monarch of all the Musquitoes. It was a fond
but frail anticipation of tho American democracy,
that wc had banished monarchy and all monarchical
propensities from Baffin’s Bay to Terra del Fuego,
and that republicanism was hereafter to hare it all
to herself, from the land of eternal fire to the north
ernmost promontory of everlasting frost The democ
racy were mistaken. Royalty has commmenced its
reign and Central America is already provided with
a crowned king! The coast called the “Spanish
Main” was taken possession of by the British gov-
ernment some time since, and that singularly for
bearing power being of opinion that she could best
preserve to herself the newly acquired territory by
setting up something in the slnpe of a sovereign,
has caught a young Indian somewhere on the coast
and coaxed him to go through the form of a corona
tion. The august ceremonies took place according
ly on the second Wednesday in May last, and the
whole programme of the performances is given with
great circumstantiality in a recent Bahama Gazette,
A more biting satire on tho pomp and pageantry of
a coronation, than is exhibited in this precious spe
cimen of royal Tomfoolery, was never uttered even
by the most ultra enemy of regal government Tiie
new potentate belongs to that interesting porrtion of
the continent called the Musqitito Coast, and be has
taken the title of King of the Musquitoes. May his
Majesty find his subjects less difficult to dodge and
less bloody minded in their propensities than we are
led to fear from the nature of onr own intercourse
with those remoreoluss canilials! One of tho stray
rapscallions from that region made on attack on us
no longer ago than yesterday, and if “ George Au
gustus Frederick” lias many such leiges, the Lori
have mercy on his nose. The particular villian to
which we allude, Iiad one Roman virtue about him,
however, for he was a determined suicide, and vol
untarily gorged himself with cliristian Mood until
ho died, and if we were the new monarch, it would
be our study to encourage the samcclassical exam
plo among liis countrymen.
But we beg his majesty’s pardon, not only for the
digression, but for the rather irreverent manner in
which wa have been obliged to notice the hearing of
an emigrant from the royal dominions, and we will
endeavor now to give some hasty account of the
coronation. It was a very imposing pageant—cer
tainly a gross imposition upon his majesty—and ap
pears to have been managed exclusively by the Brit
ish naval and military officers on the station; though
the ecclesiastical functions were discharged by a
clergyman commissioned for the purpose by some
English Bishop.
The procession moved from the government
house—a sort of succcdancum for a royal palace—
to the church; the officers of the garrison and the
ship of war Hyacinth taking the lead, and Lieuten
ant Hunt of the 2d West India regiment, carrying
“ Tho Sword of State”; the Crown being borne by a
Midshipman I The Rev. Mr. Reed carried the Bi
ble. The King himself marched between the Brit
ish Consul General and Her Majesty’s Superinten
dent, the Royal Aids do Camp being in attendance.
Whether these latter were Musquitoes or not, is
more than we know—stop—however, upon reading
the programme again, we find they were Messrs.
Howard and Oldfield, from the Hyacinth. Then
came some Indian Chiefs, black and bloody, as be
came Musquitoes of their rank. There were in (act
a great many other dignitaries, but we cannot find
room for them all, but must hurry on tony that the
Reverend Mr. Somebody preached a sermon, and
after prayers by Rev. Mr. Somebody Else, the Bish
op’s deputy crowned his Majesty in doe form, and
the King behaved himself as became the founder of
the mighty dynasty of the Musquitoes. Indeed hi*
Majesty’s deportment “charmed all beholders.”—
Tho new King had it seems been previously bapti
zed, and taken into the church under the family
name of the Goelphs, being christened George Au
gustus Frederick, a cognomen to which we doubt
not he will do honor, for if he proves himself worthy
of his native Musquitoes and makes as good a blood
sucker as becomes bis lineage, it is quite sure that
his Christian designation is a proper and appropriate
ooe, for the Hanoverian family has been famous for
turning out the most eminent leeches in all Europe.
George Frederick Augustus, alt hail! We wish
you a pleasant reign of it among your Musquitoes,
and may yon like your subjects better than we do.
May they make music more suited to the royal ear,
than your Majesty’s nocturnal serehsdere ever made
the sense of sky. Ton look to tho snn, for he is
your task-master, and by him yon know the measure
of the work that remains for you to do. IIo comes
when you strike yoor tent in the early morning, and
AN INCIDENT—PRESIDENTIAL. ']
There were yesterday in the drawing roocnoftho
City Hotel, Mr. Van Buren, Ex-President; Mrs.
John Quincy Adams and faintly of Ex-President
then, for the first boor of the day, as you move for-! Adams; Miss Cntls. the niece ofEx-PrcaidentMadi-
ward on your camel,hestands at your near side and • son, and Mrs. Mickleham,the niece of Ex-President
makes you know that the whole day’s toil is before
you. Then for a while, and a long while, you see
him no more, for yen are relied and shrouded, and
dare not look upon the brightness of his flaming
sword. No words are spoken, but your Arabs moan,
yoor camels sigh, your skin glows hot, your shoul
ders ache, and you see the same pattern in the silk
and the same glare of light beyond. Butconquering
time marches on, and by and by the descending sun
has compassed the heaven, and now softly touches
your right arm, and throws your lank shadow over
the sand 1 right along on the way for Persia; then
again you look upon his face, for the power is all
veiled in bis beauty, and the redness of flames has
become the redness of roses; the fair wavy cloud
that fled in the morning now comes to his sight once
more; comes blushing, yet still comes on; comes
burning with blushes, yet hastens and clinga to his
side. Then arrives yottr time for resting. The
world about you is all your own, and there, where
yon will, yon pitch yonr solitary tent; there is no
living thing to dispute yonr choice. When at last
the spot had been fixed upon and wc came to a halt
one of the Arabs would touch the chest of my camel
and utter a peculiar gurgling sonnd. The beast in
stantly understood and obeyed the sign, and slowly
sunk under me till she brought her body to a level
with the ground; then gladly enough I alighted.—
The rest of the camels were unloaded and turned
loose to browse upon the shrubs of the desert, where
shrubs there were, or where these failed, wait for
tho small quantity of food which was allowed out of
onr stores. My servants, helped by the Arabs, bu
sied tliemselvas in pitching the tent and kindling the
fire. Whilst this was doing I used to walk away
towards the cast, confiding in tlic print of my foot as
a guide for my return. Apart from the cheering
voice of my attendants I could better know and feel
the loneliness of the desert The influence of such
scenes, however was not of a softening kind, but fill
ed me rather with a sort of childish exultation in tlic
self-sufficiency which enabled me to stand thus a-
lone in the wilderness of Asia—a shortlived pride,
for wherever man wanders he still remains tethored
by the chain that links him to his kind; and so, when
tiie night closed oronnd me, I began to return—to
return, as it were to my own gate. Reaching at
last some high ground I could see, and see with de
light the fire of our small encampment; and when
at last I regained tiie spot it seemed to mo a very
home that had sprung up for me in tho midst of
these solitudes. My Arabs were busy with thoir
bread; Afysseri rattling tea-cups, tho little kettle
with her odd old maldish looks, sat humming away
old songs about England, and two or three yards
from tho fire my tent stood prim and tight, with open
porta] and with welcoming look, like the “ one arm
chair” of our Lyrist’s “ sweet Lady Anne."—Tra
ces of Travel,
Jefferson. A meeting of such distinguished persona
rarely occurs.
The association of names here are of the most
marked character that could bo brought together.—
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were among the
fathers of the country. They were long friends,
and always united, when the country was assailed
by a foreign foe. They wore, however, long aliena
ted, hut “ in death they were united,” and expired
upon the anniversary of that Independence which
they had done so much to achieve. John Quincy
Adam’s name is associated with all the Adminis
trations.—He had the confidence of all, from Wash- -
ington to tiie time when he was placed at the bead
of the Government. Washington, Jeflenon, Madi
son, and Monroe, all were his friends. It is pleas
ant to see the families and descendant* of oar Chief
Magistrates, though of opposing political creeds,
thus meeting together upon terms of social respect
and kindness.—JV. Y. Express.
In a Bad Fix—Value if an M. D.—A lady liv
ing in the western port of tho city, feeling rattier
languid on account of tho extreme warm weather*
took to gaping, and in the act she dislocated her
jaw! As there was no one in the house except a
small child, she ran to the nearest neighbor for as
sistance. As she approachod them, with both hands
raised to her head, her mouth open and jaw banging
down, crying out “ugh! ugh!” they all supposed he;
crazy, and fled. One of them finally had courage to
turn round and ask her what was tho matter. The
only reply was, “ugh! ugh!” A crowd soon col
lected around lier, among whom was a young Doc-
tor, who took tiie liberty to apply his land to her jaw
in a scientific way—when, lo! tho lady smiled and
chatted, and expressed her gratitude, liko a sweet
girl—os she was!
This Doctor is noqimck,bnt a regular M. D.,anJ
it is said, is quite landsomc. No wonder the young
ladies still continue to gupo in that neighthoriiood
more tlan over. We think his business will soon
be so pressing that ho will need a .partner, and lave
no difficulty in obtaining one.—Cincinnati Gazette.
to ours—owing probably to defective education in
the tropical sciences.—AT. Y. Courier tf Enquirer.
TRAVELING IN THE ARABIAN DESERT.
As longs* you are journeying into the interior of
tho desert, you have no particular point to make for
as your resting place. The endless sands yield no-
. and tho more yon oppose him the more, thing but small stunted shrubs, and even these foil
be abases her, till she swear* sbois mbreported, after the first two or three days, and from that time
knd wit handsomo at aB. Say nothing to him, and he you pass over broad plains, yon pss* over newly rear-
IssnoooerorerhMd and ear* in a minutes. He sees. ed hills, yon pass through Tallies that the storm oLting off the ends of the asixbiipcnaa, beating up tho
*11 the beauties arid no detects, and is for walkin’ j foot week he* dug, and the hill* and raBeya are sand, [woof of tho hsmid. and in short oresy thing that the
fako her aflbetioos atone*. Nothin’damage* a gal, sand, sand, stiB sand, and only sand, and sand and moat dexterous Tuscan fiagaia erer accomplished,
a preacher, or * cake, pto twer-prehe.. A.bosafo rend again- The earth is aojamdy that yonr eyes besides a firmness and beaaty of fiabh which they
rmKr*H*iftr* i-— bvH- ^tnm towards heaven; towards heaven, I mean in^eonidnever attain.—Tribune. j
DEPARTURE OF THE NEW IRON STEAM
ER FROM PITTSBURGH.
Yesterday, Bays the Pittsburgh Gazette of Wed
nesday, tiie Iron Steamer Revenue Cutter “Geo. M.
Bibb,” left this city for the Gulf of Mexico, her
future theatre of action. This beautiful vessel
erected here at an expense of about $100,000, was
entirely completed in every port, rigged and manned.
For symmetry, beauty and good workmanship, she
is the admiration of all who have seen her, and we
point to her with pride as a specimen of tho ability
and skill of Pittsburgh mechanics. If there is any
fault about her it cannot be traced to the workmen,
but to those who planned and superintended her
erection. She has now been in the water some
months, and we learn has proved to be perfectly
water tight
She is propelled by submerged horizontal wheels,
on the plan of Lieut. Hunter. As to her speed wc
are not prepared to judge. She left port rather
slowly, but whether that was intentional, or owing
to a want of power wc cannot say. We presume,
however, that her officers would not venture to run
her with greater speed than merely necessary to
steer her, as she draws from eight to nine feet water.
As the river is foiling, the injury to be apprehended
running aground is very great The hearty wishes
of our citizeaa follow her for a prosperous voyage
the ocean.
The departure of this vessel forms quite an eta
in our history. She is the first government vessel,
intended for offensive and defensive purposes, which
ever left our port in a finished state, and is but
the precursor of what will doubtless hereafter be
but an ordinary occurence. She b the lint iron
sea vessel which ever sailed down the Ohio, and
bears with her such an appearance of strength,
beaaty and durability, that die moat favorably im
press e rery beholder.
The Iron Steamer Hunter, abo lying at Pitts
burgh, will probably leave that port in a few days,
taking advantage of the present rise in the river.
The H. was built for U McLaughlin, U. S. N.
TUSCAN BRAID BY MACHINERY.
Mr. Elisha Fitzgerald, 85 Christie-street, has
patented a must beautiful machine for making Tus
can braid, by which a piece containing S2 yards of
the finest quality, can be braided in n day—whereas
the beet of braiders by hand requires two weeks to
complete the same quantity—the texture of Mr.
Fitzgerald’s braid being altogether superior in com
pactness, evenness and finish, to the very best Ital
ian. The importance ofthh invention may b* esti
mated when it b considered that the importation of
Tuscan braid into tbb country avenges nearly 83,-
OOQyOOO per annum. The Machine b too complica
ted to admit of an intelligible deocrijnion, without
diagrams. Every thing beat in motion by tinning
a crank—feeding tbs fingers with new straws, cuU
WORK FOR CHILDREN.
There is no trreater defect in educating children,
than neglecting to accustom them to work. It is on
evil that attaches mostly to large towns and cities.
Children sulfur much from it. Tim parent nover
considers whothcr the child’s work is ncccssaiy or not
to tiie child. Nothing b more uncortain than their
future independence and comfort—much dcjiends on
being arcustomod to work—accustomed to provide
forthe thousand constantly recurring wants that
nature lias entailed on us.
If this were not so, still it preserves them from bad
habits—it secures their health; itatrongthens both
mind and laxly; it enables them better to bear the
confinement of tlic school-room; and it tend* more
than any thing else to give them just views of life.
It is too often tiie case that children, provided they
spend half a dozen hours a day at school aro allow
ed to spend the rest a* they please. Thus they grow
up in tiie world without a knowledge of its toils and
cares. They view it through a false medium. They
cannot appreciate the favon yon bestow, as they do
not laiow the toil* they cost Their bodies and
minds are enervated, and they are exposed to what
ever vicious associations are within their reach.
The daughter, probably, become* that pitiable,
helpless object, a novel-reading girt. The son, if ho
surmounts the consequences of your neglect, does it
probably after hb plans and station for fife are fixed,
and when knowledge, for one of its important ob
jects, comes too late.
No man nor woman b fully educated if not accus
tomed to manual labor. Whatever accomplishments
they possess, whatever their mental training, a de
duction must be made for ignorance of that impor
tant chapter of the world’s great book.
HORNED SNAKE.
A specimen of this rare and dangerous
rcpfile [which is by many cjnsidcrcd as
having no existence except in fable] was
recently killed on the plantation of Mr.
Win. Moore, in (Sis county, about 16 miles
from Tuskcgee. A gemIcman who assist
ed in killing the snake describes it as hav
ing been bctweeif 6 and 7 feet long ; col
ored much like the raule-anake; having
at (he end of the tail a homy spur, resemb
ling in appearance that of a dunghill cock,
except that it was cleft and capable of be
ing opened, from- which protruded a sharp
instrument, supposed lo be a sting.
The serpent above named is believed to
be identical with what is sometimes call
ed the Hoop Snake, - from the fact that it
occasionally assumes the form of a hoop,
and propelled itself forward in that shape.
It is to be regretted that a specimen of inis
snake could not be taken without mutila
tion, to be submited to the examination of
naturalists, and ultimately deposited in ona
of the public museums; and U is hoped
that the publication of this article may aid
in producing such a result.—Ttukegtt Re«
publican.
Here b a bit of the Ute Sydney Smith's rareasm:
“Every animal ha* it*eossbes. The bad tartsise
hsq two enemies; man sad the boa constrictor.—
Maa takes him home and rossta him; and the bo*
consumes him slowly in the interior, sa the emot of
chancery does * great estate."
- A Mr. Jhm has jast started « newspnpen . Ho
says that he hspe* by hard scratching he wffl be able
to nwkr a living for hb yoosg chickens.