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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. I>. . COTTING, Editor. No. 24.—NEW SERIES.] NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. terms: Published weekly at Three Dollars per annum, if paid at the time of subscribing-; or .Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement of all arrearages. IT Letters, on business, must be post paid, to insure attention. .Vo communication shall, be published, unless we are made acquainted with the name, of the author. * TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, no* exceeding one square, firs’ insertion, Seventy-five Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be made of twenty-five per cent, to those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not lanited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Laud and Negroes by Executors, Ad -fninistrators, and Guardians, are required by law, to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day ol sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published/or/y days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must be published weekly for four months; notice that application will be made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty day:.; and Letters of Dismission, six months. AGENTS. THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL FORWARD TIIE NAMES OF ANY WHO MAY WISH TO SUBSCRIBE : ./. T. ijr G. 11. Wootcn,\A. D. Statham,D mburg, Mai lory sville, B. F. Tatum, Liucoln- Felix G. Edwards, Pe- ton, tersburg, Elbert, O. A. Lucked, Crawford- Gen. Grier, Raytown, ville, Taliaferro, IP. Davenport, Lexing- ■ James Bell, Powelton, ton, F Hancock, S. ./. Bush, Irwington, r 1 V/n. B Nelms, Elber- Wilkinson, ton, Dr. Cain, Cambridge, John A. Simmons, Go- Abbeville District, y_. shen, Lincoln, I South 1 ‘arolina. M'-iil Arrangements. po:ir~OFFWE, i Washington, Ga., January . 1841. \ AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, ‘at 5, A. M CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 12, M. MILLEDGKVIIXE MAIL. ARRIVES, S unlay, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. CLOSES. Monday Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CAROLINA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. ATHENS MAIL. arrives. Sunday and We4nesday, at 9, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. ELBERYON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at 8, P. M. I Thursday, at 8, P. M. LINCOLN fON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, M. | Friday, at 12, M. “SHOE STORK” JUST Received, alot.J beautiful ‘Saips & J (LATEST STYLE.) Factory doth will be sold either by the yard or by the piece. ‘A. L. LEWIS. January 7, 1811. 19 ts Ijaic Dissolution, rillJE Copartnership hitherto existing between I JOHN W. WILSON and OLIVER A. LUCKETT, was this day dissolved by mutual consent. The undersigned will attend with punctuality to all business of a Professional na t tire intrusted to him. OLIVER A. LUCKETT. Office in Crawfordville, Jan. Bth, 1841. 3t notices. THE Subscriber intending to leave the Coun ty sometime in March next, offers for sale his STOCK of Hooks , Stationary , A’c. At a VERY REDUCED PRICE. O’ Per sons wishing to purchase, will do well to call— as his determination is to sell out by that time. O* PERSONS indebted to him by Note or Account, are REQUESTED to call and settle, as he wishes his business closed by that time . O’ All those having BOOKS belonging to the Subscriber, arc requested to send them in as early as possible. L. M. LENNARD. January 21, 1841 ts 91 Fooli Here l ALL our debtors must pay up. Every * poison indebted to us either by NOTE or ACCOUNT, are earnestly requested to call and settle immediately. Those who have suffered their Notes and Accounts to stand over ever since we commenced business without making any payment on them, can not expect longer indulgence ; and will find them in the hands of an Attorney, un less paid very shortly. BURTON & PELOT. January, 7th, 19 ts From the “ Token,” for 1835. WHAT SHALL I BRING TIIEE, MOTH ER 1 “ I require nothing of thee,” said a mother (o her innocent son, when bidding him farewell, but that you will bring me back your present countenance.” —La cater. “ What shall I bring thee, mother mine ! What shall I bring to thee ! Shall I bring thee jewels, that burn and shine In the depths of the shadowy seal Shall I bring thee a garland a hero wears, j By the wondering world entu ined, Whose leaves can cover a thousand cares, And smile o'er a clouded mind ! Shall I bring thee deep and sacred stores Os knowledge, the high and free, That thrills the heart on the hallowed shores Os classic Italy !” “ What are jewels, my boy, to me ! Thou art the gem 1 prize, And the richest gem in that fearful sea, Will be where thy vessel flies. The wreath the hero loves, is won By the life-blood of the brave ; And his brow must lose ere it wears the crown The smile that mercy gave. Dearly earned is the volume’s wealth That opes to the lamp at night, While the fairer ray of hope and health Goes out by the sickly light. Bring me that innocent brow, my boy ; Bring me that shadowless eye ; Bring me the lone of lender joy That breathes in thy last ‘good-by.’ ” m ISf'S3 LL A A EOU S. A Swelling Blessing. —A fellow at school wiio was always accustomed to begin his epistles after one certain mode, namely, by mentioning his own health, and wishing the same blessing to those to whom ho was writing, thus began a letter to his mother : “ Dear Marm: “I take my pen in hand to inform you that I am down-sick with the mumps and hope these few lines will find you enjoying the same great blessing !” THE ROMANCE OF WESTERN HIS TORY. BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘BORDER TALES.’ THE SINGLE COMBAT. About the year 1703, the depredations of the Indians upon our western frontiers became so audacious, that a large number of the inhabitants were required to be con tinually under arms The Middle and Southern States were particularly exposed, and the beautiful valley of the Ohio, which is now the most fruitful part of civilized America, and is vapidly becoming the cen tre of a vast nation of freemen, was then tenanted only by herds of hostile savages, animated by a common sentiment ol ha- | tred to the white man. The observant In dian had become aware of the energy and enterprise of the American character, ho had seen the axe and the plough, quietly but with undaunted perseverance, urging their conquests westward])', until the grea ter part of the Alleghany mountains had been subdued ; and now the hardy Pion eers seemed ready lo pass those barriers, which had been supposed to bo impregna ble defences against the footsteps of civili zation. The Indians had vainly hoped to find ill ‘■lie valley of the Ohio a refuge which the European invader would not covet. They littla dreamed of the wonderful energies or ofthe rapid growth of that people; and at tributing their success thus far to want of union and energy among themselves, were now prepared for a more vigorous resist ance. Extensive alliances were formed a mong the tribe* and active efforts were u sed to stir up indie savage mind the feel ing of revenge and hatred. The Pioneers soot became awakened to the necessity of corresponding efforts ; and they were a people whose genius and hab its rendered them little averse to a state of war. Every man residing or the frontiers was necessarily a soldier, prepared at all times to defend his own fireside or to hast en with alacrity to the assistance of his neighbors. The cruelties practised by the Indians, the shocking scenes of midnight violence, the burning of houses, and the in discriminate slaughter of individuals, how ever young, beautiful, or helpless, enlist ed in this warfare the noblest sympathies of the heart; and it was a high and gener ous impulse that armed those gallant men for the fight. They were not mercenary soldiers, nor were they called to the field by the lust of conquest or of plunder ; hut were patriots, united in the defence of their homes, and rallying around their firesides and family altars, for the protection of all they held most dear and sacred. True, they often carried the war into the enemy’s country, striking him with a violence as ruthless as his own ; but it was to reclaim their property, to redeem their friends from a captivity worse than death, or to revenge the atrocities of the marauder. The revolting scenes of desolation inci- WASHINGTON, (WILKKS COUNTV, GA.,) TEBIM AKV 11, IS! I. dent to savage wavfuro were calculated to j engender a deep and lasting hatred against the red man, w hich lias proved fatal to that race, by involving all in the punishment due to the misdeeds of a part. But these j wars were also productive of nobler fruits : j uniting a scattered population by a sense ; of common danger in the bonds of friend ship ; inculcating a generous hospitality, by throwing open every door to the house less ; and calling out the valor ofthe strong, for the protection of the widowed and de fenceless. From this stock sprang the Pi oneers, who peopled the western forests, and whoso intrepidity in meeting the vari ed dangers that beset their path, was not more conspicuous than the simplicity of their lives, and the kindness of their hearts. They were rough but bravo and honest; | impetuous, but kind hearted and charita ble. In the eventful enterprises growing out of these border wars, a martial spirit was inculcated, and a military experience gained, which enabled the American peo ple, afterward, in the struggle for indepen dence, to contend successfully against the veteran troops of Europe. The colonists were an industrious, pacific, and loyal people ; but thnv had always been accus j tomed to defend themselves from aggress ion, w ithout asking aid from the Sovereign ; ‘ and when he became the aggressor, they j wero ready to turn against him the arms they had wielded honorably against his and their own enemies. Such was particular ly the character of the population of the frontier districts. The revolution found them soldiers, with arms in their hands and military habits ready formed ; and this j school furnished many of the most accom j plished officers of that war, as well as nu merous bodies of the best light troops in the world. W c cannot fix exactly the date ofthe ad venture wo are about to relate; wc only know that it occurred during one of the military expeditions of the stormy period mentioned at the beginning of this article. A company of volunteers were marching from the Virginia border toward the lndi- PU BUSHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING an country, under the command of Capt. Crawford, the same gallant but unfortunate individual whose tragical end a few years afterward has given Ids name a melancho ly celebrity in t ho legends of the border. He was, like those under his command, a farmer with no pretensions to any milita ry knowledge gained from books, or from the drill sergeant, nor indeed any training, except such as had been obtained in repel ling or pursuing the savages, according to the desultory warfare of the times. He was a brave and enterprising man ; the fact that he was placed on several occasions at the head of parties of this description, by the choice of his neighbors shows that he was popular; and this is no small evi dence of merit, for the country was not then distracted by that miserable, spirit of party, whose excitements exalt the dema gogue, as the boiling of a liquid raises tiic scum to the surface. A common sense of danger called the bravest and most com petent men in the stations of responsibility. Crawford was a plain man, of affable manners, who piaetised a simple though genuine hospitality. Without being wcal thv, lie was surrounded by abundance, his farm yielding him all the necessaries ol life and affording him the ability to contri bute to the relief of those who were driven bv the vioh ncc ofthe times from the shelter of their own roofs. A militia officer in those days was a person of character and consideration, who became a leader in consequence ol some real or supposed qualification for of fice. His men were armed with something more dangerous to their country than walk ing canes and umbrellas, and they desired to be commanded by those who understood the use of their weapons. He was a so cial man, who loved to mingle with the people on public occasions ; being a sort of chief among them, lie was expected to show himself whenever a concourse was assembled, and his natural instincts led him to seek out such opportunities for gain ing popular favor. A militia officer was moreover a modest man, who said little, because in those days he was expected to do much, but then he could convey a good deal of meaning in a few words, and bad a pleasant way of saying agreeable things lo the women, who always have great in fluence in elections, and can make and unmake great men when they please. He was an excellent judge of a horse, a qual ity which, in the purest days of the good Old Dominion, seldom failed to secure for its possessor the regard and esteem of his neighbours ; he was an admirable shot with then fie, and was usually among the win ners at shooting matches ; and above all, he was a man of speed and muscie. It was not often that he engaged in wrest ling and foot-races, as these sports were usually left to the young men ; but the cap tain had a pride in that way ; it was known that he had proved his manhood in such feats, and was well understood that lie would not back out if challenged. That Captain Crawford was possessed ol most of the good qualities which distin guished tlic men of his grade and profes sion, need not he doubted; he had many so cial and estimable traits of character. II is company was made up of border men, hais tily collected for the occasion; farmers and their sons, mounted on thoir own horses, carrying their own well tried rifles at their backs and going to war at their own proper charges. They were a merry set of men, i when they rode forth on their sleek and w ell curried nags, full of jokes and picas-I ant savings and brimful ol courage, noise, j life and action ; but they were cautious and i quiet woodmen, as wise as serpents, and as j cunning as foxes, when they- came upon j the trial ofthe enemy. The company had charge of some provis- : ions and ammunition, intended for the use of troops assembled on the frontier for an expedition in which Crawford’s men were j to beat a party.—They had nearly passed through the settlements, and were upon the verge ofthe wilderness, when one of the wagons employed in carrying those stores broke down, and was so completely j disabled that it was found to bo impossible j to repair it. This was a sore disaster ; the stores were too valuable to ho abandoned,! and it was not probable that any suitable j conveyance for them could be procured in I that wild region. The prospect ofa delay was very unwel come to these gallant fellows, who having i volunteered tor a short period, were eager to employ-their whole term of service in active duty ; to perform some brilliant feat, and then return quickly to their homes. The idea of lying idle, or of getting for ward at a snail’s pace, while other detach ments were pressing on, was very galling. In this extremity the greater part of the 1 border men lost their tempers, and showed j themselves to ho persons who could be over | come bv small difficulties, though they might bravely contend with great ones. They swore terribly ; and in the excitement ofthe moment, invented new and strange | oaths, wherewith to express their displeas ] lire against the stores, the wagon, the dri ver, the roads, and even themselves. They blasphemed against King George, who was innocent of the whole matter, pouring out anathemas upon him which would have shocked the ears of some of his more refined subjects, but which were as void of malice as those which, they wasted upon their own : persons. The captain was puzzled ; hut he very prudently kept that to himself, and - there was a cool stream at hand, with a pleasant grass plat on its margin, he com- j manded a halt, and made his camp for the j evening. Just at this moment a wagon, drawn by! four stout horses, which happened to bo passing from one settlement to another, appeared in sight, and as it slowly ap proached the camping-ground the comman der determined on pressing it into the ser vice. The driver, wholly unconscious of an intention so hostile to his civil rights, moved quietly on until ho reached the spot, when finding it convenient, lie halted to bait his horses, and to ascertain at the same time the meaning and destination of this military gathering. When the intention of the captain was announced to him, his sur prise and indignation were very great; and j he promptly resolved to offer all the resis tance in his power. Ilut ho was alone, in | the midst of a military- band, who were I ready and able, at a word, to enforce their j leader’s command ; and he stood fir a while silent, sullenly gazing at the hordermen, as if measuring their strength against iiis own comparative weakness. The soldiers considering the affair settled, resumed their good humor and were soon busily en gaged in rubbing down their horses, cook ing their suppers, and whistling merry airs; so well are men satisfied when they can j shift an evil from themselves to others, and i especially when a community can throw oft its own proper burthen upon the shoulders of some poor scape goat, who may be crushed by the weight, hut cannot castrit off. However tyrannical the teamster may have thought it, to be pressed into the public service against his own interest and wishes, the soldiers thought there was no pressure that any honest man should complain of; and the very individuals who would have fought to their knees in blood, rather than to submit to such wrong from the king s of ficers, saw no harm in the tiling when done by themselves. But there arc two sides to every question. The wagoner had been reared in a country where the rights even of the weakest are held inviolate, and considering liiinsclt an injured man. was determined not to submit without a struggle. Although alone, he did not lack the courage and audacity to assert his liberty. He was a great, gigan tic, two-fisted, square-built fellow, who bore on his face the marks of many a hard fought battle, and was in fact a noted brui ser—the hero of numerous fights ; one on whom much money had been lost and won. He considered himself the best man in the county, and had much better evidence to found his belief Upon, than most men can show in support of their self-estimation.—- Aftdr a pause of some minutes, he observed to the captain that it was hard to ho forced to go with the expedition, against his will; that every man ought to have a fair chance; that ho had not a fair chance, inasmuch as the odds against him were so great ns to de prive him of the power of resistance, lie said, however, that he would make a pro posal, which ho hoped the captain would be gentleman enough to agree to. ‘ Oh, certainly,’ replied the captain ; ‘ I will agree to any thing that’s fair.’ ‘ Very good,’ said the wagoner ; ‘ all 1 want is to he put on an equal footing with the rest of the men. I don’t want to be forced to go like a slave along with others, going bv their own tree will. lam Virgin ia born, and am as willing to serve my country as another man ; hut then 1 m not going to be ordered about by thorn that arc not my masters.’ ‘ Gentlemen,’ continued the wagoner, turningtoa circle ofthe men who had col- lected around, 1 I am come of the right breed of dogs; there is no mistake in me ; j I am not afraid to go whore there is danger, j all I want is a fair chance.’ ‘ That’s right!’ exclaimmed several voi- ! cos. ‘ Very good,’ says the teamster ; ‘ now j captain, 1 will make you a civil gentoel of- | ter. I will fight you, or any other man in ! the company ; Isl am whipped, my wagon ; and team are yours, and I will go with you ; hut if 1 win the fight, I am my own man, to go or not, as I please.’ ‘Hurrah! Hurrah!’ ‘Old Virginia nev er tire !’ shouted several voices. A dead silence ensued, and all eyes were j turned upon the captain, it was now evi- j ; dent that the wagoner had shown himself j j a shrewd negotiator. He was aware ofthe j j military bias which formed a leading trait ! iii the character of those around him, and j which would lead them to applaud his bold j j challenge. Ho knew Crawford’s cast of mind, or had guessed it during the inter ! view. The captain was stout, active, & chi valrous; ho prided himself on his personal powers, for which he had obtained some rep utation. It was not by any means so hea jvy or muscular as the team-driver, and could scarcely hope 1o meet him in a pu- j gilistic encounter, with any- chance of suc cess. But then to refuse the challenge might seem to indicate a want of confidence in his own manhood ; it might lessen him in the eyes of his own men, and endanger his influence over them ; while his own dispo sition and code of ethics perhaps suggested that in good faith the wagoner was entitled to thefair chance which lie claimed, lie was a popular loader, and must act in con formity with the public sentiment of the community whoso suffrage tic desired.— The sense of justice of that body would doubtless have decided, that when about to take possession of a mail’s property, and in j deed of himself, against his will, nothing j could bo more reasonable than to indulge ; him in a fight if lie demanded it. Military ! | commanders, * hen forced to surrender to superior force, ttriik it right to make a show of light, and havef C w moil killed, to save | their honor. Our wagoner acted upon the j same principle ; and Cap a in Crawford was not the man to deny justices, any one, how ever humble. lie therefore agreed to the proposal, and both i>nvtw E,v, w off their coats, and began to prepare to. ‘.„ f . oln j | bat. j At this juncture, a tall stripling, who haft j ! recently joined the company, hut was a j j stranger to most of them, and who bad been j j carelessly leaning against a tree, observing j j the scene with apparent unconcern, or with ; j the levity with which a spirited youth be- j j holds a contest which he supposes will end jin words, stepped forward and drew tlie com manding officer aside. ‘ Captain,’ said he, ‘you must let me fight that man ; he will whip you.’ “It takes a very good man to do that, ’ rc- j plied tiio captain. ‘ I don’t dispute that,’ replied the youth ; j hut I noticed that fellow while you were j talking with himamfani satisfied that there j is not a man in the company who can ban- j die him but myself. It will take the best j ! kind ofa man to do it. ‘ You have a high opinion of yourself, j j young man.’ That’s my business,’ said the youth j j sharply ; ‘ but what I may think of myself, | is neither here nor there. I don’t want to see you whipped, nor to, lose the wagon ; hut depend upon it, it you : J fight that, man, he will use you up in short j order ; ho will beat you toa jolly in a min ute. Turn him over to mo, and the team shall bo ours. Crawford was struck by the confidence ofthe young man ; but he was not willing, to appear to draw back, especially as one ofthe men had just remarked in his hearing tliat the teamster was ‘of the right breed ofdogs, sure enough.’ To which another responded : ‘ He is barking up the wrong tree this time. There is no back out in the captain, j no how they can fix it.’ But the youth insisted that to have the cap tain beaten, which would certainly he the j case if he persisted in fighting, would he dis creditable to the company; and moreover, that he was the only man in the company who could fight the wagoner with a fair j chance of success. The confidence, and a something about him that inspired confi dence in others, enabled him to carry his point. The captain had probably but little relish for a genteel passage ot arms ot this description, in which there would he hard knocks without honor and having done all that policy required in accepting the chal lenge, prudently suffered himself to be per suaded by his men to lot the young stranger take his place. The combatants Were soon stripped, and readv for the fight; seconds were chosen for them, a ring was formed upon the smooth level, & the terms ofthe battle proclaimed, It was a curious scene. A few minutes be fore, the whole of that company were repo sing from the fatigues of march ; around them were the shadows of the forest, and a silence deep as that of the grave. Ihe bu ries, if such gentry there were in a wilder ness so far from the haunts ofeivilized men, were probably frisking around, prepared to practice their jests upon the hand, -so soon as the drowsy god should have sealed their eyes in slumber. The autumn sun was sinking : to the horizon, and the mellow hues ot the ■ landscape were rendered still moic deli cious by the repose, and the agreeable tem perature of the air. Suddeuly the unruly ’ j passions are unloosed : eagerness and ex- 11. J. K APPEL, Printer. citement pervade the rude assembly ; coarse voices, loud shouts, and heavy peals oflnughter, awaken the echoes. The lone teamster is no longer a friendless being, whose rights were to he trampled upon by a niilitary despot, lie has appealed to a ! court of honor, and stands upon a level with j his opponent. Ills spirit has elevated liiin j into a hero ; the loungers of the camp have j pressed about him, to catch a glimpse of his j features, and several have recognized an ! acquaintance. The name of a bully, fa miliar as the victor in many a brawl, is passing through the busy throng. Stout men have gathered round him, to advocate his cause, and insure him a fair trial, ac cording to the ancient form of battle. The hand is divided into two parties, animated hv a mutual sense of justice, and a com mon desire for victory. As they stood in the ring, ready for the I onset, a great disparity was visible in the appearance of the combatants, the advan tage being decidedly on the part of the wagoner. Ho was in the vigor of life ; big, muscular, hardened by labor and ex posure, and experienced in this mode of warfare. Calm and self-possessed, he con templated his adversary without dread, and looked ibr an easy victory. The youth, who in his hunting-shirt seemed slender, and by means athletic, now showed himself a young giant, when liis broad chest, his huge limbs, and strong joints, were expos ed. Ile was only about eighteen or twenty years of age ; his frame was large, hut had not vet acquired the fulness, the compact ness, and the vigor, of ripe manhood, which it afterwards possessed in so eminent a de gree ; his limbs seemed to be loosely hung together, but the bones and muscles were enormous, and the eye full of courage. The battle was severe, but brief; and even in that country where pugilism ranks among the amusements of the refined cir cles, would have been esteemed a pretty specimen of that art. It is true there was not much science, for boxing has never been publicly countenanced in this country, and one of tlio competitors was a person who would not have condescended to culti vate the art as a source cither of amuse ment or reputation. But there was a spir it, a life, an earnestness about this combat, which, to such as could witness with plea sure a spectacle so revolting, gave it an in tense interest. The wagoner was com pletely and terribly beaten. liis antago j eniain?! 11 ,” upon him with the ferocity of an I ccasC (Pth and after a few blows the The treinen ! all the guards of his -pratV. 81 } broke down | the athletic teamster, who liacPaponent; leader in many a brawl, now met, win,Re greater than himself, and in a few min utes ho was stretched exhausted at the feet of liis vanquisher, who was but little hurt. That youth was Daniel Morgan, who had I now for the first time taken the field, against i the enemies of his country, as a volunteer | soldier. A few years afterward, when the j war for independence called out the patri otism and chivalry of the land, he became j known to fame as the daring and sagacious ! leader ofa regiment of riflemen, whose ex j ploits were among the most brilliant of a ! contest fruitful in noble deeds. It was a j favorite corps of Washington, who always j bestowed his confidence with judgment, j Morgan rose to the rank of Major-General, often led our armies to victory, and was said to have been more frequently engaged |in battle than any other officer. He was j as celebrated for his activity, strength, and personal courage, as for his niilitary tal ents ; and the above is one of the numerous incidents of his eventful* life, which attest his almost increditable bodily powers. Jealousy ofa Spanish Actress. —Attempt at Assassination. — A late letter from Bor deaux gives the particulars ofa little ac ting on the part of a Spanish actress at tached to the threat!® of that city, which is rather out of the run of ordinary dramatic amusements. They wero rehearsing Me dusa at the time, when Sonora Yulz, who had had a previous quarrel with one of the actors named Felicine, made a furious at tack upon him with a poinard, in conse quence of seeing him pay attentions to an other actress. Felicine was tier lover, and losing all command of herself at seeing him flirting with another, she drew forth a poniard which she had secreted about her person, and attempted to stab him in the breast. Felicine, preceiving the attempt, stretched out his arm to ward off the blow . The dagger passed through his aim a tit tle above the wrist. The wound was very dangerous, several ofthe sinews having been cut through. The fair criminal has since been arrested, and placed in the pris on attached to the mayoralty. Ihe scene occurred at a period when a man was being executed in a different part ofthe town. Shetland Ponies. —Miss Sinclair in her interesting work of “Shetland and the Shetlanders,” speaking ofthe famous Shet land l’onics, says that when well fed from an early age, they grow nearly to tiie height of a donkey ; but some years ago, Mr. Hay roared a perfectly well formei pony, which measured only twenty-six in dies high ! Not so tall as a moderate siz ed hobbyhorse! Miss Sinclair ‘ the verv’ largest men ride these tiny little h iSryrtsis:*fjS long. [You .mi: xxvi.