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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1842)
IEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. . Ci. COTTINft, Editor. No. 30.—NEJJV SERIES.] hZdS & Vimm 6A2EIILI teems; Published weekly at Three Dollar* pei am.um, if paid at the time o subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, it not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of tiio Editor, without the settlement 01 ad arrearages. O* hitters, on business, must be post, paid, to insure attention. No communication shall be published, unless ice arc made acquainted icilli the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be made of twenty-five per cent, to these who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till lor bid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators, and Guardians, are required by law, to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days , previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be advrr tisccUn like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Lard or Ne groes, must be published weekly for four months; notice that application will be madefor Letters ot Administration, must be published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, six months. JNHW SHOES. rpo-WIT, i;iC loilowing: Ladies’ Kid, Cali, .1- and Pmnelle Walking Shoes ; Women’s sew’d Kip Slioeiees ; Boyu’ Cali’ and Kip Shoes, sew’d and peg’d ; Coarse Brogans, making my assortment complete from the smallest size to the largest extra size, low tor Cash. A. L. LEWIS. December 16, 1841. 10 / *Yotice* A LL persons indebted o iiie late firm of Mc- A MILLAN & VINCENT, are requested to make payment immediately to JOHN 11. DYSON. January 6, 1843. 19 eVolice, ALL persons indebted to ‘he Subscriber e: :ier by Note or Account, are requested t cal n I pay up immediately—if not, they wii. foul their notes in the hands of the Justices. ’ GEORGE W. JARRETT. February 17, 1843. 25 JYoticti PTIIIE Subscriber having soid out his Stock o! A. GROCERIES to Mr. Edgar Vincent, respec'fully recommend him to the patronage of -';s lriends and former customers. GEORGE VV. JARI’ETT February 8,1843. Um wmim* H ’.A LN'. r piU'Cli. .: I no.. 0; ■ . ■’ C 1. RIES o Air. Geokgj: VV. Ja> Subscriber will continue he bush:..'*.- at ■ ‘ Store formerly occupied by Mr. Jarre:t, and wib sell upon the most reasonable serin.;, Person.-- in want of Groceries are respectfully inv.te i :o call. EDGAR VINCENT. February 10,1643. 3m Talimv Candles* OF a superior quality, for sale low, at whole sale or retail, by ROBERT H. VICKERS. March 10 M£2W CHJ^Ai 5 Dry Ciomis Store* TIIE SUBSCRIBER, lias taken a Store, in the new building, op posite the Court-Mouse, belonging to Mr. Thompson, where he is prepared to show to the citizens of Wilkes county an as sortment of DRY GOODS, At prices much lower than have ever been offered in this place. The Stock consists in port of Bleached and brown Homespuns at 6] to 18J cents a yard Bed Ticking, - - 133 to 22 do. do. I,inen Sheeting, 23 yds. wide, SI to 81 25. do. ’ juperfine Frcncli Merinos, 81 to 81 25. do. Do. English do. 50 to 75 cts. do. Red and white Flannels, 25 cts. do. White Cotton Hose, 16 to 50 cents a pair. Black Silk Hose, 75 to 81 25 do. do. Ladies’ Kid Gloves, best quality, 50 do. do. Georgia Nankeens, Silks, Cloths, Calicoes, &c. &c. (fT Many other New Goods arc daily expected, and notice will be given in this paper of their arrival. The public are invited to call and ex amine the Goods and prices. (UT” The Cash system exclusively is adopted. H. S. BELCHER. Washington, March 17, 1842. 29 Gold! Gold! I EXECUTOR’S SALE. “WS7ILL be sold at Lincoln Court-House, in ’ * pursuance of the will of William Parks, deceased, on the first Tuesday in April next, all the interest of said deceased, being the one-fifth part in a Gold Mine Tract of Land lying ill the cC/tity of Lincoln, adjoining Florence, Glaze and Haws. Said mine is considered by judges to be the richest ever discovered in this section of country, having been worked once profitably under disadvantageous circumstances. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de ceased. Terms on the day of sale. WILLIAM M. LAMKIN, Ex’r. January 20,1842. 21 raxuE miners gueu, Stockholders in the Bank -1- ui the Elate oi Georgia to lilt- extent oi up n.uds oi fourteen Hundred (Shares, [lloo,] and in nuuibei, Thirty,hereby give notice lor a Meet ing oi the Eiockno.deis, to be field in the Bank oi U e ,State oi Georgia, in tlte City ol Savannah, on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day ot April next. Tue objects oi which Meeting are as lol iows : Ist. To examine into the nature, kind, and ex tent of the debts due to and lrom die Bank— when coiurac ed, when due, and liow secured. till. To examine die Minutes ol the proceed ings ot the Board it Directors, mid all the Books, papers, and correspondence oi the same, both to and by its officers. fid. To ascertain if there be any Director or Directors eiei ted in said Bank on the part ot the Stockholders, who are not buna jule, drilled in his own right to die requisite number oi shares to quality him or them as such. 4th. To revise and amend the By-Laws, utli To regulate voting by proxy, m order to torbjd officers oi tiie Bank procuring, acquiring, or rating proxies, either to theniselves or o hers. Bill. T c revise the compensation (fixed by the Etockhoiders Indierto,) ol the President, and consider the propriety s. reducing the salaries arid the number ol the officers generally, and to j examine the securities given on their bonds, i ~ih. To consider the propriety oi applying to the Legislature to alter and amend the Charter ol the Institution, and in what respect. Bth. To investigate the affairs of the Bank, and the management ot them, in every particu lar, since the last Meeting oi llie Stockholders. Inasmuch as no authority exists in the Charier tor the voting by proxy, except in elections, all Stockholders are earnestly requested to attend in person, and votes on questions will be taken ac cording to the scale in the Charter. The President, Cashiers, and Agents of the Branches are respectfully requested to prepare statements ol each, giving exact particulars ot all lire assets and property ol each, their iiahiii t.es, iic., iic., to be then and there laid beiore the Stockholders. in coniomiity with the foregoing, they hereby give public, notice, that a Meeting ot all the Stockholders ol the said Bank ot the State o: Georg,a, is hereby called and summoned to be held in the Banking-House, in tiie City oi Savan nah, on Wednesday, the 27tFi day ot April next, commencing its sating at It) A. ill. C. P. Richardsone, Gould & Buckley, G. R. Hendrickson, Jafues M’Laws, N. B. Knapp, G. B. Gumming, Pres’t. Wm. l’aiterson, Execu- pro tempore Savannah tor Estate oi D. Mon- Insurance and Trust gin, Company, J. McDonald, James Dickson, L. K. Harris, Hiram Roberts, D. R. Rolle, Janet Evans, per T.ttor’y. F. Porcher, C. P. Richardsone, Luke Christie, J. P. Screven, Francis Foley, Martha Hines, i\ J. Pannetee, D. O’Byrne, John M. Turner, Ad- John Bradley, mimstrator oi Jacob G. W. Wyily, Trustee, / > brahams, M. Hopkins, H. O. Wyer, Thomas Purse, C 11. Carhart, Cashier Jas. M'Luvs, Trustee, of the Mechanics James M inus, Attor- Banlt, noy for W. W. Mont .l lues W. Davies, gomery, Trustee. M; rch B, 1842. 8 27 Minnie oi the (slate oi Georgia, Savannah, February 25, 1842, V V UK REAS a paper lias beeu published in * the kiavuimah Republican oi ihe 21si m °tan:, calling a wee ...g of the Stockholders in this instittiiioii on the 27th day oi April next,— The Board or Directors deem it due to the vast m ; jo, lie Stockholders nor connected with :i, .• movement, to express publicly its views in rt’t.ruon to it. ia Uie opinion of this Board, it is a duty incum bent on the Directors of every Bank, (derivable not only lroin ns charter, but irom considerations o; good tank paramount thereto,) to bold its ai iairs at ail times open to the inspection and ex amination of tnose whose interests are committed to their custody. In tins view ot die duty which devolves upon it, this Board reiierates the call which has been made, and expresses the hope thai since it has been made, it will be responded to by a meeting sullicieiitly large to give a full representation to the interests, and a tair expres sion to the wishes oi the {Stockholders. It therefore earnestly requests all who can at erid, to be personally present, and those who can by no possibility be in attendance, to send their proxies. The only evil that can be the result ot the contemplated meeting’ (other than that which die agitation of the question at a time of general depression and universal panic must necessarily produce,) is the non-attendance ot the Btock hoiders, time leaving the interests of the Institu tion m the hands ot a few who cannot fully rep resent the interests ol the whole. To arrest as far as it can, the injurious conse quences of which the call for a,meeting of stock noiders at this time is productive, this Board deems it proper to alluue more particularly to it. At a period when the public mind is excited a gamst ail Banks, by reason of the gross misman agement ol many of them ill our country, any movement of the kind contemplated, is calcula ted to operate injuriously on this, or any other institution : add to this consideration, which ap plies generally to all moneyed institutions, the jact, that heavy losses have recently accrued at our branch at Macon, winch in a time oi unpre cedented difficulty have been promptly met by ihe Bank, and it will be perceived, that the move ment that has been made, is eminently calculated to injure this Institution, and when the circum stances attending oil this call are duly consider ed, it will be difficult to escape the conclusion, that evil to a greater or less extent, may be its consequence. No one of ‘lie Subscribers to that document has ever intimated to the presiding officer of tins Institution, or to any member oi this Board, a de sire to have a meeting ol Stockholders; the cad itselfhas never been communicated directly to, or been laid before this Board, and iho first noti fication given was the insertion of it in the col umns of one of the gazettes of this city. Such course not only indicates a want of courtesy, but exhibits a distrust ot the members ot this Board, which cannot fail, within the sphere of its influ ence, to affect injuriously, the interests of the in stitution over which they preside, winch distrust was not necessary in effecting the call, and was therefore entirely gratuitous. What motives have influenced to such course, the Board leaves to the decision of the public. Resolved, That tho foregoing be published in the gazettes of Savannah, the Constitutionalist, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA., AIAKCII 21, i 842. Augusta, tiie Recorder, Millciigcvihe, the Wing, Athens, and the News, Washington, Wilkes (Atimy, tieorgia. True extract lrom the Minutes, A. POR TER, Cashier. March 10. 7 28 10 lift PUdLlh. Titilor’s Prices Reduced. Subscribers respectfully inform tiie in -1- habi'ams ol Washington and the Pub ic generally, that iLey have removed to the fi.n side of the Public Square, where ihey are pre pared io make GARMENT'S in llre niosi lasli tonabie and best style, at the following reduced pr.ces, u.r cash ; Frock Coat, corded or bound, $9 50 Dress Coat, do. 9 50 Frock or Dress Coat, plain, 8 50 Gaiter Fantaloons, 3 50 Plain do 3 00 Rolling Collar Vest, 2 50 Double breasted Vest, 3 00 McUR.ANAGHAN & DONNELLY, i Wasuingioii, February 17,1842. 3in aire-ccii portissittL TjXHE Subscribers having associated them selves togetiier lor the purpose oi carrying on the above business in all its various Branch es, and believing from their experience in busi ness iliai they will he enabled to render general satisfaction, would respectfully submit to their friends and the public the following prices lor Work, by which they expect to be governed hereafter: Fine Corded Coats, Dress Sp Frock, Si) 50 Plain do. do. do. 8 50 Plain Coatees, 8 00 Thin Coats of Bombazine and Corded. 7 50 Plain do. do. * 7 00 White or Brown Linen Coals, 4 00 Gaitor Fantaloons, 3 00 Plain do. 2 50 Double-breasted Vests, 3 00 Plain do. or Rolling Collar, 2 50 Over Coats and Cloaks, each, 11 00 They will continue at ,he Shop formerly oc cupied by J. T. Palmer, East side of the Cour - House Sima re. o ir REPAIRING and CUTTING done promptly, and on reasonable terms. JOHN T. PALMER. HECTOR McMILLAN. February 21, 1842. 20 i THE DEVIL mm THE TAILORS, A N D NO MONOPOLY ! iju. ie. .e i mrm the public and ins ioriner customers, in m consequence of the present Hard Times, he win make up Work in a Superior Style of Faslnoi, at a reduced price lor Cash, Hog-meat, Lard, Meat, Flour, or Irish. Potatoes. Persons wish ing to patronize a TAILOR iiiat is willing to comply with the Times can do so by applying to ihe Subscriber. WILLIAM F. SOHAN. February 24, 1812. I COTtInG* &, iii iL.Ar, ATTORNIES, MAVE taken an OFFICE over Cozart & Woods Store. | j ...uury, 1842 28 Georgia, V*. iikes county. In the Superior Court of said County. February Term, 1842. John l’erteet, Administrator o; ) Rowland K. Jackson, deceased, vs. Matthew L. Jackson, Bill in Equity Aaron A. Cleveland, ior Mark A. Lane, Injunction,&c. Luke Turner, Wilkes Supe- Moses S. Guice, run-Court, Ju- Moses Wright, iy Term, 1843. Samuel Glenn, George W. Palmer, and Henry l’oss, IT appearing’ to the Court, upon affidavit, that Matthew L. Jackson, Moses S. Guice, Moses W right, Samuel Glenn, and Henry l'oss, demo- | dants to the above named Bill of Injunction, do not not reside w.thiii said County, and therefore cannot be personally served. Be it theretore Ordered, by this Court, that said named parties residing out of said county, do appear at the July Term, 1842, of said Superior Court, and answer to said Bill tor Injunction, &c and that the said persons be served by a publication ot this order in ihe Gaze; ie ol tho Town ot Washington, once a month ior four months. True copy Irom the Record, 3d March, 1842. JOHN 11. D\ SON, Clerk. March 10. m4m 28 Georgia, W iikes county. In the Superior Court, of said County, February Term, 1842. Ann Arnett, Administratrix of Mildred Carlton,deceased, ; n Equity John McNeil, and his wife hji D^.nbi. Matilda, l Wilkes Suae- Oliver Arnett, Court William Latchings, j'TvTerm Seymour Latchings, 184'’ Joseph Catchings, Jonathan Latchings, | T appearing to the Court, upon affidavit, that *- John McNeil, and his wiie Matilda, Seymour Latchings, Joseph- Catchings, and Jonathan Latchings, defendants to the above named Bui tor Distribution, reside out of the county ot Wilkes, and therefore cannot be personally serv ed. Be it therefore Ordered by the Court, ihai said named parties residing out of said county, do appear at the July Term of 1842, of said Su perior Court, and answer said Bill, and that the said persons be served by a publication oi this Order in the Gazette of the Town ot Washing on, once a month tor lour months. It is further Ordered, at least three numbers of said paper be sent to the post-office nearest the residence ot the parties above stated, residing out of this State, directed to them, if such offices can be ascer tained. True copy from the Minutes, March 3, 1842. JOHN H. DYSON, Clerk. March 10. m4m 38 (Jcorgiu, \> iikes county. To the Honorable the Superior Court of said : county. fjP E pet.itionol Green i .Cozart, shewetb, ilia, j Joiui G. WooUs, ol said county, Uni on die | e.glnnday oi January, in tue year eighteen him- j died and lorty-iwo, make ins certain Promissory I No.e hearing date on said eigluiiduy o. January, j and thereby promised, ten days alter dale m sanl j Note, to pay your Petitioner me sum oi Three Tiiousand one hundred and sever,ty-e.ght Del-j hit's, ;ur value received ; Unit lo secure . lie pay- j meiit oi said debt to your Petitioner and the nner e.-.; o accumulate thereon, the said John G. Woods ny ins certain need duiy execu.eu, and nearing uate die .- aid eighth day oi January, mort gaged to your petitioner, ins heirs and assigns, ms two story Buck Chore-House, snuiue m said u aie and County, in Uie Town oi Washington, | on the Bou.li Eas: corner oi die Public Square, adjoining loi ol T homas Semmes, and bounded on the East by a vacant Lot adjoining A. L. Lewis; and aisotne premises on whicnsaul Etore-Tiouse is Lam .a all their length and uread.ii, logeiher vv. h ail and singular the appurtenances thereto belonging. That ilie condition of said Mortgage deed is broken, the whole amount ol said principal with interest from tiie eighth day ol January eighteen hundred and ibriy-two, being still due to your Petitioner. W here.ore your petitioner prays that the Equity oi Redemption oi said John G. Woods m the said mor gaged premises auu house thereon, may he loreciosed m terms oi the Statute m sucli case made and provided. ROBERT TOOMBS, Plaintiff’s Att’y. February 21, 1842. Green P. Cozart, i In Wilkes Superior Court, vs. > February Term, 1842. John G. Woods. RI LE Nisi. i’i’ appearing iouie Court, upon tiie reading o. . die within Petition ol Green P. Cozart, that JohnG. W ootis on lire eighth day of January in ihe year eighteen hundred and lorty-two, made and executed to said Green P. Cozart, his cer tain mortgage deed for a certain House and Lo. tying and being hi said county oi \V .ikes and B.ate aforesaid, used as a Store-House, situate on the South East corner of the Public Square, adjoining ihe lot:of Thomas Semmes, and bound ed oh the East by a vacant Lot, adjoining A. L. Lewis, lor the purpose of beiter securing ihe payment o! a certain Promissory Note ui said mortgage described, and made by said John G. VV oods, as aloresaid ; and il iurther tippet.i ii g to tue Court, that !ite amount of principal and mter es; due on said No.e, remains unpaid. It is ‘uere iore Oriiered by the Court, on mo ion ol Roiteri Toombs, Attorney ol Mortgagee, that said John if. W oods pay into Court on .he first day o. the uex: Term thereof, tiie amount due on said Note, doth principal and interest, and also Ihe cot oi | these proceedings, or shew cause why . hc,:„id mortgage deed should not bo foreclosed and the Equity oi Redemption of said John G. Woods m ami to said House and premises be loreter i> r reu. And that Uns Ruie Oe published m one oi .mepublic Gazettes ot tins State, once a month ior iour months, or be served upon the sant John G. Woods, at least three months previous to ihe next Term oi this Court. True copy irom the Minutes. JOHN 11. DYSON, Clerk. March 3/1842. m4m 27 Georgia, Wilkes county. To the Honorable Superior Court of said County. PjMIE Petition o. Franc.s Timmons, sheweth, that hi. Washington, 10-wii, in the county a ioresaiu, Joim G. Woods on tiie thirteenth da) oi April, m tiie year eighteen hundred and forty - one, made his cerium rroixnssory i\uie bearing da.e tiie day and year last aforesaid, wnereny said John U. Woods, one day alter dale oi said Note, promised 10 pay your Petitioner One Thousand Dollars, for value received; that to secure said Promissory Note, said John G. W oods, by ins certain deed, duly executed and ; bearing date the eighth day of January m the! year eighteen hundred and Mortgaged to your i etiwoiier, ins heirs and assigns, h.s re maining interest in a certain two-siory ihnch ►Store situated on the South East corner of the Public Square, adjoining tiie lot pi Thomas ►Semmes, and aiso a vacant Lor, bounded t>y A. L. Lewis, aiso all ol his interest in the premises ! on which said Store llouse was situated; that the condition ol said need iS broken, the wnoie amount of said Principal with interest, irom the iime said Note became due, bemg stili due vour ‘Petitioner. Wherelore your Petitioner prays that the Equity oi Redemption oi said John G. Woods, in the said Mortgaged premises and House and Land may be barred, and said Mort gage foreclosed in terms of the Statute in such case made and provided. ROBERT i’OOMBS, PlaiutilTs AtL’y. February 21, i42. Francis Timmons, i In Wilkes Superior Court, vs. > February Term, 1842. John G. Woods J RULE NISI. IT appearing to the Court, upon the reading o. ne within Petition oi Francis Timmons, that John G. Woods, on the eighth dayol January, in the year eighteen hundred and lorty-tvvo, made and executed to said Francis Timmons, ins cer tain Mortgage Deed, conveying to said Francis Timmons, his remaining interest in a certain two story Brick Store, and the premises on which said Store was situated, lying and being in tiie Town oi Washington, on the South East corner ui the I‘ublic Square, adjoining the Lot o. Thom as Serames, and bounded by a vacant Lot, adjoin ing A. L. Lewis, ior the purpose ot securing the payment of a certain Promissory Note, (hi certain said mortgage deed,) described, made by said John G. Woods; as aioresaid; and it lurtlier ap pearing to the Court, that the amount ot principal and interest on said Note, on said Deed describ ed, remains unpaid. It is therefore Ordered by the Court, on Ihe motion of lloberi Toombs, A;- toriiey of Mortgagee, that, said John G. Woods pay into this Court on the first day ot the next Term thereof, the amount due on said Note, both principal and interest, and also all the costs ot these proceedings, or show cause why said Mortgage Deed should not be foreclosed,’ and the Equity of Redemption of said Jno. G. Woods m said House and premises be forever barred. And that tins Ruie be published in one ol tiie public Gazettes of this State, once a month for four months, or be served upon the said John W. Woods, at least three months previous to the next Term of this Court,. True copy from the Minutes. JOHN 11. DYSON, Clerk. March 3,1842. m lm 27 * jk i EAST INDIA SPORTING. MARVELLOUS ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER. i To the Editor of the Bengal Sporting Maga I zinc : Cate Town, 183<>. My Dear Friend —The subjects to which j you referred just now. are indeed of a some I what painful nature, Init us 1 am given to understand that some misconceptions exist regarding them, l will endeavor to give you a simple narration of the extraordinary facts that have directly given rise totlieoc casion of your n marks.— Mv hairs is white, but not from years,” as one of your late Binds writes—'hough for the matter of years I fear 1 have now hut few to look for ward to. being egad ! I can scarce believe it myself, but when I look back upon the rapid strides with which sea time has ib voured the past —on the wrong side of three score and ten’ There is a siigh Hashing meteoric appearance at the end of my nose; but the same cause I aver established this phenomenon. I can sometimes feel a gen tie quivering of the eye, and the right hand appears to have half forgotten its wonted courage—for many a time has it of late days treacherously born the brimming glass within a inch and a half of the point (I should write “aperture*’ I think properly) that it was intended to reach when the pre cious liquor has in a most unaccountable manner served to moisten—not the anxious palate and throat—but,descending, through that almost imperceptibly small space bes tween its one carefully tied and ornamen i tal snowy cravat unwittingly soiled the ca- j pricious shirt frill, that still 1 ain proud to j sa v, peers forth from the opening of my fan j cy waistcoat. True it is that these symii ! toms would betoken the effects of by-gone I scenes far—ah! how far, different from that j which 1 am now about to relate to you. and i in very truth, i affine, are to ho ascribed j the melancholy signs that I am compelled j to acknowledge. Mv hair grew white in a single night !—I believe in a single hou . t and the other symptoms of weakness above mentioned were brou lit about bv the sum fearful and oh! most memorable cause! E ; venal this length of years that have elapsed j since then, the vry thought of th even's \ which I am about to relate makes the few | thin remaining hairs iiiat arc left, painfull v j erect tiieiii.-u-'ves round my en.s and the back of my head. Indeed—l foil I cannot proceed further without a drop oft li at ere a lure comfort that through all uiv trials— through good report ami ill n port —has so handsomely stood my friend.—So now to commi-nec. In the year of Grace 1814. mv very val ued friend Captain McClencin m, of tli Bengal Army, having suff-red much in his lu-alth during a residence of’many y ats in some of the most unhealthy parts of India ! —to say nothing ofdivcrs wounds that ii j had received at different times in actual | servie . and his life being at last, considered sufficiently endangered, in the opinion of his medical advisi r, In was allowed to try, as a reprieve,a few y< avs’short residence at ; the Cape. It was thus and tln n that I be- I came acquainted with this truly cstimubh ; ! and zealous officer. Our acquaintance ! ship quickly ripened into true friendship, j | and on his partial recovery, having staid a | ■ way from hisdulvso long as Ins conscience ! and his duty would permit, lie clenched my i half determination to accompany him to J Calcutta,that city of palaces,its inhabitants ■ so justly call it. and thence 10 Follvhag.i j bad, where a relation of mine and partner j was occupied in superintending Ids exirn i sive Indigo works. I ought hnrhaps to give | you some more detailed account of mv friend Captain McCL-ncdiem. (or he was no common man. At the tim • that I mention, lie was evidently the mere shade—the mel ancholy remains of what lie had been, viz: j a handsome man ; he was of a certain age I say forty, but— ‘(So iron of limb Few of our, youtli could cope wiihhim.” i as your own poet before quoted would say, j and said of a Mr. Minoti. Captain McC. was now a miserable looking—mind only looking—thin, emaciated, sallow Indian, but without his strength and activity per fectly undeniable even now, (what must he have been ten or fifteen years before!) j He was a hero both iu the battle and spo, ting field, though his modesty seldom intru- | ded his “deeds” upon his audience. I can call to mind a few of his feats which would astonish you, and would put the presence of mind and pluck, (I think tills is the word in use among you young gentlemen,) of ma ny a one with a much stouter body to the test. J recollect well his quiet way of telling how on two occasions while follow ing in the track of the giant monster of the forests, ihe wild elephant, lie had temerity to rouse their attention and rage by plucking the hair out of their tails ! not however without their taking notice of it, and ihat instantly (well they might! 1 imagine they felt the insult as keenly asyou would, should any one pull your nose). Satisfaction was im mediately demanded and given, in both in stances—i’ faith, one received a ball in tl;,- ; ball of his eye—and the other “one for the | nob.” I shall only now add one more in I stance of his coolness and unflinching pres ence of mind, & as the circumstance is well authenticated, 1 have no hesitation in doing so. At the celebrated defence of the for tress of Hogtinghur, or some such name, when bv the way his energetic conduct and activity were afterwards sohighly commen ced on in the G. O. C. C. of That day, ho was TB . .9 . liIS 6* Bv 1, , !• ri u ter. observed standing on tho breeching of a 21- pounder,which had bet n somehow for tho moment disabled, giving direction to some gunners who were near him, and pointing with his lore.finger to some objects to which he was particularly anxious to direct their attention ; while in this act a bullet struck the extended finger near tho hand, and knocked it clean off. Nothing daunted, however, and fearing that the newly awa kened attention of the mi n would have been disturbed bail lie taken down the wounded imb—he instantly raised his next finger— the reserve, if 1 may socall it, —and con tinued his instructionsasif nothing had hap pened. These instances are sufficient for the present, though I could give you a hun dred more of the same nature to illustrate and confirm the indomitable courage and presence of mind of my gallant friend. It is now full time to return to my story. After a somewhattedious voyage, we reach ed the mouth of the Hooghly River, and from some cause or other, either from the want of wind, the want of tide, or what not we were compelled to anchor. Cramped up as we had been for months on board of ship, the very sighlof land to me was do liehtful, aad the temptations for wishing to stretch iny legs once more for a few min utes on terra firma proportionate. (Had my legs been little more stretched when I was a child, I fancy 1 should have been something more than 4-11 without my . hoes —in my prime as it is called, as was the case!) 1 had no intention of going ashore without company of some sort, and on men tioning the idea to nay gallant friend ho | clenchi and the thing at once by offering to ac i company me himself. The land was any ! thing hut ph-tim sque, or inviting, being an j extended barren sandy plain, without stick | or stump on it, excepting a few Palmiras, that here and there grow up in pairs, as if fi>r company, and an occasional bush or two i ofa few inches in Icieht. Hnvvi ver, terra j tiiiria. to a landsman like me has charms, I iet it be even such as this app. ared, and as the Ion:: boat was ordered ashore to fetch | fresh water, of which we had been on rather | short allowance lately, we took the oppor tunity after packing up as much “proi: and I provend.” (this is the expression the Cap ta n used.) as we could manage to carry i with us. and landed also. It appeared that j by some accident the bead of one of (be large water butts hod been stove in, and ; being consequently useless, w as sent adrift, i and the sailors proceeded to their avoca i lions. In the meantime. McC. and I after j a reasonable trudge, returned, and looked j mt for some covenant spot, where we i might discuss with comfort our stock of i good things ; vain was our search, and j as a last resource we succeeded in rolling | iln neglected cask to certainly rather an out of tiie way place, and having opened our slur, s, cornua need operations in a very j determined stylo under its hospitable shade. Already had the cold turkey poult and ; h im began m look remarkably foolish ; we 1 wire beginning to be exceedingly good-na ! tin, and and ass ctionate ; the memory of those j who were -far, far away ; ’ i aeh of them lea ding b uiiclns of the respective families of McC’ l nchems ami Von Duncks had been I individually and duly honored, and we were gelling on pretty well, if I recollect right, : inwards tie middle of my gallant friend’s | (Scotch) cousin—win u. but I must pause for a short moment; an 1 appeal to my j staunch friend and supporter—Heavens : nnd earth ! that sound ! will it ever cease to | haunt me !—High ! what a creeping of the j blood 1 feel even now as I think of it, it was i like 10,000 devils with colds in tin irheads j snoring and grunting all together within j three yards of us. Oil ! that horrible mo nv n! ; how vain in me to attemptto describe it ! that snorting howl, not loud hut deep, awfully terrific and fearful. Who that has once heard it. can forget it! and w ho can un ’ derstand what it is who has not Ivard it!— However, to proceed. Captain McC who, j as I said before, w is a thorough sportsman, twigging, (as 1 tliii.i; you express it.) in an instant, that even 10.0:0 devils would be mere jokes when placed alongside of the real owner of this infernal sound, had hard ly tim to shout to m Look out! by G—, Dunck! mind your eye !” and with a bound that would have beaten theonce ceh brated Hammersmith ghost into fits, h alighted on his feet behind the water butt. Agility of this description never was much my forte, | and it was fortunate indeed tha; there was | no absolute necessity for it at that moment, for 1 had barely time to scramble as fast as my nature would allow me, to the side of mv friend, w hen the frightful cause for our rapid, anil I may now say masterly maneu ver, presented itself one v ard and a half— true as I live, only one yard and a half no more—before us—in : he shape of a royal tig. r, —I should say more correctly tigress; as we had ample time to satisfy ourselves on this point, as the sequel will show. E gad! Sir, there we wore—all three of us, with only a cask, oetwe n ourselves and the monster. 1 think 1 might venture to say that none of the three individuals had ever been placed in such a predicament before. By jir.go, I can tell you it was no joke—on ly imagine yourself as one of the actors in this scene, and you will, I think, confess j that it was anything but a joke. How the. divil the brute ever got so close to us with out our being aware of its propinquity, has ever been a matter of wonder and astonish ment to me, for, as I said before there was not a stump or a stick.orshelter tor a mouse in the place. However, there’s the fact.— It was quite enough, there she was, and* there we were also, dodging round and round the cask in an agony of despair utter 7jf ( VOl I'ME XXVII.
