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IEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
. Ci. COTTINft, Editor.
No. 30.—NEJJV SERIES.]
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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
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( VOl I'ME XXVII.