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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
D.. COTTING, Editor.
No. S—NEW SERIES.]
News and Planters’ Gazette.
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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 adver
tised in 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 sol! Laud or Ne
groes, must be published for four months—
notice that application will be made for Letters
of Administration, must be published thirty days;
and Letters of Dismission, six months
Mail Aifrasgcmcntg.
POST OFFICE, )
Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $
EASTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown,
Double-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warren
ton, Thompson, Dearing, and Barzcha.
* ARRIVES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9, A M.
CLOSES.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at P. 51
WESTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made 17 Mr all Offi*
ces in South-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and
the North-Western part of the State.
arrives —Wednesday and Friday, by f> A. 51
closes — Tuesday and Thursday, 1 12 M.
ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL.
By this routes Mails are mad: up lbr Daubyrg,
Pistol Creek, and Petersburg.
ARRIVES.
Tuesday, Thursday, aud Saturday, by 1 P. M. |
closes.
Monday, Wednesday, and Fri i .y, at GA. 51. 1
LEXINGTON MAIL.
By this route, M ills are made . for Ce.Lrs
ville, State Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem; *
arrives —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M.
closes —Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. M.
APPLING MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Wrighfs
boro’, White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs.
arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M.
closes —Monday and Friday, • t 9 A. M.
ELBERTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are nv- ’ ■ up for Mallo
rysvillo, Goosepotid, Whites, M .i-Sione, Harr:-
sonville, and Ruckersville.
Arrives Thursday BP. M, vi I C ‘os same time.
LINCOLNTGN MAIL:
By this route, Mails are made up for Reiiobuth,
Stoncy Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and
Darby’s.
Arrives Friday, 12 M. | Closes same time.
[LT The Letter Box is the proper place to de
posite all matter designed to ne transported by
Mail, and such as may be found there at tne
times above specified, wui be despatched by first
post.
JVilkes Agricultural Society.
AT a meeting of the Society, held this morn
ing, it was Resolved that Premiums be a
warded lor the following Stock to be exhibited on
Friday the 20th of October next in Washington:
For the best Horse.
Do. Colt, under one year old.
Do. Cow.
Do. Native Cow, which if she be
the best Cow exhibited, may
take both premiums.
Do. ‘ Bull.
Do. Boar.
Do. Sow.
It was further Resolved, that none shall com
pete for the premiums who have not become
members by paying the admission fee of One
Dollar and signing the Constitution ; though all
persons a|Mjivited to attend and exhibit their
Stock.
FRANCIS T. WILLIS, Secretary.
O’ The semi-annual meeting of the Society
will take place on Friday the 20th of October, at
which time a public Address will be delivered by
a member of the Society.
September 7,1843. 2
COTTING &, BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE in the rear of
Willis & Hester’s Store.
January, 1843. 28
For Sale •
The Subscriber offers for sale his
’ 9*.>iw Land possessions of near fourteen
■■uUk hundred Acres, lying in the county
IwjsUgS. of Wilkes, twelve miles West of
Wasli.ngton, on the Scull Shoal Road, on Kettle’
Creek. There is attached to the premises, a
Saw-Mill in fine operation, and a Corn 51ill on a
small scale—a commodious Dwelling, a well of
fine water, witHftrther necessaries. Persons
wishing to purchase would do well to call on the
Subscriber —he is determined to give a bargain.
He would also offer a liOt, No. 241, in the
county of Dooly.
D. WATIES McJUNKIN.
Wilkes co.. September 7,1843. 4’.* 2
WARE-HOUSE
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
AUGUSTA, GA.
“INTENDING to establish myself in Augusta
in the above business, I offer my services to
my friends and the public, and shall be in Au
gusta, ready to receive consignments, by the
middle of September.
My charges will be the same as those at other
Fire-proof Warehouses, except that for those
who consign me their Cotton, I purchase goods
free of commission.
Liberal advances made on produce in store.
D” sly office will be at Clarke & Roberts’
Fire-proof Ware-House, where ail Cotton con
signed me will be stored.
FRANCIS T. WILLIS.
August 24, 1843. 52
STOVALL &, SIMMONS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
rriHE undersigned having associated them
selves under the firm of STOVALL &
SIMMONS tender their services to the public
in tlie transaction of a GENERAL COMMIS
SION BUSINESS at the Fire-Proof Ware-
House lately occupied by Stovall, Simmons &
Cos., on Broad-Street.
Particular attention will be given to the Stor
age and Sale of Cotton and receiving and for
warding of Goods; and liberal advances made
on Cotton in store.
slr. John Robson, of Madison, will make ad
vances on Cotton consigned to us, and tiie A
gents of tiie Georgia Rail Road Company will
forward tiie same, and despatch Goods to our
customers.
Checks on the different Banks and Agencies
in the interior will be procured and forwarded
to suit the convenience of customers in making
remittances, when desired.
PLEASANT STOVALL.
GREENVILLE SIMMONS.
Augusta, August 24th, 1843. (it 1
ALivMS & HOPKINS,
FUSE-PROOF WARE-HOUSE.
AUGUSTA, GA., August 22, 1843.
fjpHE .Subscribers respectfully tender their
A thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore
received—and again offer their services to their
uiends and the public in the WARE-HOUSE
& GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS
in this city. Prompt attention will be given to
ihe Storage and Sale of Cotton, forwarding
Goods, purchase of Merchandize, shipment of
Cotton, &c. Proceeds of Cotton will be remitted
(if so instructed by tiie owner) in Bank Checks
payable at Washington, Greenesboro’, Madison,
Eatonton, Milledgeville, Covington, and Colum
bus, or in Bulk Notes by mail.
Messrs. F. C. McKmiey & Cos. of Madison,
will act as our Agents for the forwarding of Cot
ton by Raii Road, make advances on Cotton eon
■'igued to us, receive return sales of Cotton, and
pay over proceeds at Madison if desired.
Messrs. McKinley & Seymour are our Agents
for forwarding Cotton per Rail Road from
Greenesboro’.
ADAMS & HOPKINS.
John M. Adams. )
Lambeth Hopkins £
August 31. 9t 1
TO MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS.
HAMBURG, (S.C.) July, 1843.
I BEG leave to inform vou, that I continue the
WARE-HOUSE and commission
BUSINESS at my old stand, known as the Wa
ler-proof Warehouse. Detached as it is from oth
er buildings, its location renders it nearly as se
cure from fire, as if it was fire-proof The floors
have been elevated above the high water mark
of the great freshet of May, 1840.
Planters will tlius be secured from the possi
bility of loss and damage by freshets.
1 avail myself of the present occasion, to re
turn my thanks to my friends and patrons, for
their liberal support during the past season. I
solicit lrom them and the public generally, a con
tinuance of this confidence, and assure them that
in return for their patronage, I wi.l use my best
personal efforts to promote and protect their in
terests, committed to my charge. In addition to
this assurance, I pledge myseii that I will in no
case purchase a bale of cotton, directly or indi
rectly. I will attend personally to the sale and
forivarding of cotton to Savannah or Charleston;
also, to the sale pf Bacon, Flour, &c. &c., and to
the receiving and forwarding of goods to the up
country. Having a fine wharf attached to my
Warehouse, no wharfage will be charged on
Cotton consigned to my care, either for sale or
to be forwarded to Savannah or Charleston.
My commissions for selling cotton, will be 25
cents per bale, and 12J- cents for forwarding. I
will also attend to the buying of goods per order.
Verv respectfully, yours, &c.
G. WALKER.
August, 1843. 52
months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell all the Lands and Ne
groes belonging'to the Estate of Haley Butler,
deceased, this 15th May, 1843.
EPPY BOND, Adm’r.
June 1. ‘ rn4m 40
lifOUR months alter date, application will be
made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Ordi
nary, for leave to sell all the Real Estate of John
S. Walton’s minors, lying in said county.
I. T. IRVIN, Guardian.
June 15,1843. mini 42
WASHINGTON (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) SEPTEMBER 28, 1848.
C OMMUNICATION.
FOB THE NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE
Mr. Editor :—Sense I writ my surcular,
! which was published in yore newspaper,
| I’ve bin soundin the people, to see how it
I takes; and, I tell you, it goes at the most
surprisenest rate you ever knowed any
tiling in all yore life. The way 1 come it
over those who advcrcate a United States
Bank, a Tariff, &c., is a sin to Crockett.
They think because I aint much lernin, I
never seen or read the opinions of Wash
ington, Madidon, Jackson and Calhoun up
on these subjects. But I tell you, if they
think so, they’ve waked up the wrong pas
senger. Now, sir, to let you know I have
read them, I will write them in my letter.
Before doing so, I will state, that I also
know that when the U. S. Bank bill was
passed during Gen. Washington’s adminis
tration, his Cabinet was pretty much divi
ded upon the subject. Gen. Washington
wouldn’t listen to their talk, but made them
write their opinions down on paper, so lie
could study over the matter well. Mr.
Hamilton, 1 believe, wrote in favor of it—
but Mr. Jefferson opposed it. Well, Wash
ington, after bavin read and studied their
arguments, koncluded he would sign the
Bill charterin the Bank. So you see Gen.
Washington was a Bank man.
Mr. Madison, when he got to be Presi
dent, recommended the re-chartering of the
Bank ; and the bill passed Kongress,
he signed it. Here’s what he sed about the
Bank, in his Message of 1815 :
“ Tiie arrangement of the finances, with
a view to the receipts and expenditures of
a permanent peace establishment, will ne
cessarily enter into the deliberations of
Congress during the present session. It is
true that tiie improved condition of the pub
lic revenue will not only afford the means
of maintaining the faith of the Government
with its creditors-inviolate, and of prosecu
ting successfully, the measures of the most
liberal policy ; hut will also justify an im
mediate alleviation of the burdens imposed
by the necessities of tvar. It is, however,
essential to every modification of the finan
ces, that the benefits of a uniform National
currency should he restored to the commu
nity. The absence of the precious metals,
will, it is believed, be a temporary evil ;
but until they can again he rendered the
general medium ofexchange, it devolves on
the wisdom of Congress to provide a substi
tude, which shall equally engage the con
fidence, and accommodate the wants, of the
citizens through the Union. If the opera
tion of the State Banks cannot produce the
result, the probable operation of a National
Bank will merit consideration.”
This portion of Mr. Madison’s message
was referred to a select kommitte, of which
Mr. Calhoun w'as cheerman. On the Bth
January, 1816, Mr. Calhoun reported a bill
for the which passed both
Houses of Kongress the same session, and
received the signature of Mr. Madison.—
Two-thirds of those who voted for the re
charter of the Bank were the friends of
Madison and Jefferson.
So, Mister Editur, if Madison recom
mended the Bank, and then signed the bill
after it passed, he, as well as Gen. Wash
ington, must have bin a National Bank
man.
I will also give you somethin Gen. Jack
son said about a Bank. In his Veto Mes
sage, be says :
“ That a Bank of the United States, com
petent to all duties which may be required
by the Government, might be so organized,
as not to infringe on our own delegated
powers, or the reserved rights of the States,
I do not entertain a doubt.”
So, we see “ Old Hickory” also, believ
ed a Bank could be chartered on Constitu
tional grounds.
Here’s what Mr. Calhoun said about the
Bank :
“ It is said that the Bank had no agency,
or at least efficient agency, in the restora
tion of specie payment in 1817, and that it
had failed to furnish the country with a
uniform and sound currency, as had been
promised at its creation. Both of these al
legations I pronounce to be without just
foundation. To enter into a minute ex
amination of them, would carry me too far
from the subject, and I must content myself
with saying, that having been on the politi
cal stage without interruption, from that
’ day to this—having been an attentive ob
server of the question of the currency
throughout the whole period—that the Bank
has been an indispensable agent in the res
toration of specie payment; that without it,
the restoration could not have been effect
ed, short of the utter prostration of all the
monied institutions of the country, and an
entire depreciation of Bank paper ; and that
it has not only restored specie payment,
but has given a currency far more uniform,
between the extremes of the country, than
wag anticipated or even dreamed of at the
time of its creation.”
As I have given you what Washington,
Madison, Jackson and Calhoun sed about a
National Bank, I will also give you some of
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
their sayins about the Tariff. Although a
grate many of nabors arc afrade of it, (for
they all believe it is sumthin like the grate
Dragon spoken of in Scriptur.) Yet it ap
pears, these grate men advercated it!—
What! sioh men as Washington, Madison
and Jackson toadvercate the Tariff! Mr.
Editur, if it is surprisin, it is true. “Truth
is stranger than fiction.” Gen. Washing
ton, in his farewell Address, says:
“Congress has repeatedly, and not with
out success, directed their attention to the
encouragement of manufactures. The ob
ject is of too much consequence not to en
sure a continuation of their efforts in every
way which shall appear eligible.”
Mr. Madison recommends the encourage
r>
ment of manufactures, in no loss than five
of his Messages.
Mr. Jefferson, in his Message of Nov.
1808, says :
“ The situation into which we have just
been forced, has impelled us to apply a
portion of our industry and capital to inter
nal manufactures and improvements. The
extent of this conversion is daily increasing,
and little doubt remains that the establish
ments formed and forming, will, under the
auspices of cheaper material and subsist
ence, the freedom of labor from taxation
with us, and of protecting duties arid prohi
bitions, become permanent.”
Gen. Jackson, writes thus to a gentleman
of North Carolina, in 1824 :
“ Heaven smiled upon aud gave us lib
erty and independence. The same Provi
dence has blest us with the means of na
tional independence and national defence.
If we omit to refuse to use the gifts which
he has extended to us, we deserve not the
continuation of his blessing. He has filled
our mountains and our plains with miner
als, with lead, iron and copper, and given
us a climate and soil for the growth of hemp
and wool. These being the great materi
als of our national defence, they ought to
have extended to them adequate and fair
protection ; that our manufacturers and la
borers may be placed in a fair competition
with those of Europe; and that we may
have within our country a supply of these
leading and important articles, so essential
in war.
“ I will ask what is the real situation of
the agriculturist ? Where lias the Ameri
can farmer a market for his surplus pro
duce ? Except for cotton, he has neither a
foreign or a home market. this not
clearly prove, when there is no market at
home or abroad, that there is too much la
bor in agriculture ? Common sense at once
points out the remedy. Take from agri
culture in tiie United Slates, six hundred
thousand men, women and children, and
you will at once give a market for more
bread-stuffs than all Europe now furnishes
us. In short, sir, we have been too long
subject to the policy of British merchants.
It is time that we should become a little
more Americanized, and instead of feeding
the paupers and laborers of Europe, feed
our own; or else in a short time, by con
tinuing our present policy, we shall be ren
dered paupers ourselves. It is therefore
my opinion, that a careful and judicious
tariff is much wanted to pay our national
debt, and to afford us the means of that de
fence within ourselves on which the safety
of our country and liberty depends, and last
though not least, give a proper distribution
to our labor, which must prove beneficial to
tiie happiness, independence and wealth of
the community.”
In his Message of 1830, he remarks :
“The States have delegated the whole
authority over imports to the General Gov
ernment, without limitation or restriction,
saving the very inconsiderable reservation
relating to their inspections laws. This
authority having thus entirely passed from
the States, the right to exercise it for the
purpose of protection does not exist in them,
and consequently, if it be not possessed by
the General Government, it must be extinct.
Our political system would thus present the
anomaly of a people stripped of the right to
foster their own industry, and to counteract
the most selfish and destructive policy
which might be adopted in foreign nations.
This surely cannot be the ease ; the indis
pensable power thus surrendered by the
States, must be within the scope of the au
thority on the subject expressly delegated
to Congress.”
“ In this conclusion, I am confirmed as
well by the opinions of Presidents Wash
ington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe,
who have repeatedly recommended the ex
ercise cf this right under the constitution, as
by the uniform practice of Congress, the
continued acquiescence of the States, and
the general understanding of the people.”
Mr. Calhoun, in 1816, said :
“ Afford to ingenuity and industry imme
diate and ample PROTECTION, and they
will not fail to give a preference to this
free and happy country.’’
So you see, Washington, Madison, &c.
were Bank and Tariff men ; but you know
they didn’t know as much as our modern
politicians whom we’d rather foller.
But, Mr. Editur, I told you at the be
ginnin of my letter that I come it over the
frends of these measures now', in double
quick time. Well, I’ll_ tell you how Ido
it: Wherever they read what Washington
and Madison sed, and pin me up in too
close a corner—l then cry out “Feller
sitizens! These mrit are Federalist-; ’
J Republican Government! Liberty! Liber
ty ! and the Constitution qf the United
I States! Remember yore fathers fit, bled
| and died for them ! Bank ! Bank ! Bank !
‘I ariff! Tariff! Tariff!” The people ho! -
| ler “ Huzza !” and I come off konqueror !
Mistur Editur, in konclusion, I want to
j tell you somethin as a secret, viz.: I know
! that Washington, Madison, Monroe, were
j Bank and Tariff men, but then you know
j it wouldn’t do for me to tell the people so,
| because if I did, (as they all believe in
j Washington and Madison,) 1 would lose
my election ! and as I have started out a
gainst these measures, consistency wont let
me forsake my position, even if I am con
vinced of tny error. You know consisten
jcy is amity purty thing, and I, among mn
i ny others in the same situation, must re
| main where 1 am !
5 our frend and fellcr-sitizen,
JOSHUA WISHFUL.
From the New- York American.
LADIES’ RIDING.
“ A woman never knows the meaning of excr
ercise, till she rides on horseback.”
Dr. James Johnson.
As the time approaches when the ladies,
(Heaven bless them !) will be returning
with rosy cheeks and happy smiles from
the watering and other places of summer
sojourn, and when, (Heaven bless them a
gain ! say I,) when they will continue the
bright and joyous influence that they have
derived from their devotion to Dame Na
ture, by riding on horseback, let them not
deem it presumptuous on the part of one of
their devoted cavaliers, if lie begs leave to
make one or two suggestions with regard
to the art equestrian, in all humility—a
vowing it to be his belief that their safety
and comfort will be materially aided by at
tending thereto.
In the first place : The size of the horse
should be suited to the size of the lady, but
in no case should a pony or very small
horse be used ; because the drapery of the
habit, always sufficiently flowing to dimin
ish the apparent size of the animal, causes
a small horse to look too diminutive—vide,
for instance, the old pictures of Joseph lead
ing Mary into Egypt mounted on an ass.
Second : Being sure to insist upon your
bridle’s being clean and neat, (for the bri
dle is to the horse what the head gear is to
man and woman kind,) let your seat in the
saddle be firm and erect —your eyes looking
straight forward between the horse’s ears,
which, it is to be hoped, will be pricked
forward.
Third: Do take a firm hold of both of
your reins, both curb and snaffle, (if your
horse’s mouth is very tender, knot your
curb-rein so that you can catch it any in
stant if you wish to check him suddenly,)
and let him know that his mouth is under
your control. When you have opportuni
ty, on the clear road—check, urge, turn
him this way and that, in such manner that
you may have confidence in your ability to
manage him. Do not think that because
you do not tumble off’ata canter, that you
can necessarily ride ; and that as a matter
of course, when your horse sides to one side I
of the road or the other, that it is a vagary j
over which you have no control, and in
which he is to be indulged. Make sure
that his mouth is under your control, under
such circumstances, and then give him a
good sharp with the whip—it will effectu
ally cure him ofsuch nonsense. You will
have no safety or pleasure in riding until
you have perfect confidence in your ability
to manage him.
Fourth : Do insist that your cavalier in
all cases take your right. So far as you j
consider his presence any protection, it is !
your only safety. In that position the gen- I
tleman can always seize your rein near the
bit, if your horse is restive or unruly ; and
if there is any cause that may induce him
to think that the animal may be frightened, j
he can pass his hand down your rein in a i
moment, if it is necessary that he should be j
led. Besides, it allows a much greater j
sphere for a tete-a-tete. On the other side, i
on your left, the gentleman can afford you j
no assistance. His horse necessarily is !
constantly pressing against your stirrup- j
foot, and his voice must be elevated in eve- j
ry thing he has to say to you, which, even
in conversation devoid of sentiment, is not
particularly desirable : Besides, his spurs,
(which no gentleman should ride without,)
are not unlikely to get entangled in your
habit. m
Fifth: Make up your mind that you do
not know what exhiliration of spirits, what
independence of feeling, what joyousness of
freedom is, until you rode on horseback.
Make up your mind, that under any cir
cumstances, except to guard you from in
sult, a gentleman is very little protection,
and that your dependence must be mainly
upon yourself.
Sixth: That a woman never looks so
beautiful as, when handsomely seated and
gracefully dressed, with heigthened color,
on the back of a spirited horse; and that
with a little practice and attention to the
rules iff horsemanship, she can always
make herself mistress of the art. And
Last: (He enters upon the confines of so
deliedfe a subject with fear and trembling,)
that the only dress for the head, combining
elegance and gentility, is a broad brimmed,
low (not bell) crowned, dark beaver.
SNAFFLE.
n. J. KAPPEL, Printer.
P. S.—Some few faces do look well in
caps, but they would look well anywhere;
j they would be divine beneath a beaver,
; with its long black veil flowing behind on
I the breeze.
I ANECDOTES OF THE HAWK AND
EAGLE.
In a recent visit to the Kenebec, it was
i my pleasure to tarry a short time, quite
j near the shore. Early one delightful morn
ing, as I stood on the threshold of the door,
j surveying the gentle scenery of the river
i and watching#br sturgeon, which frequent
i ly dart through the motionless surface, and
j then with a loud plunge dash again into the
I water causing the unfolding riples to float
| to either bank—my attention was arrested
by the appearance of a large hawk which
| was rapidly describing circles in the air.
J Presently, with sudden swiftness, he made
| a spiral descent, and then darted straight
I into the water, from which slowly emer
ging lie brought forth a noble shad-fish.—
The hawk soon alighted oti the bank with
his captfve, and placing the shad in that
position which would offer the least resis
tance to the air, and therefore the less im
pede his flight, he fastened his claws into
each side of the fish, and glided off with his
booty, passing directly over my head, the
clear vista above affording a perfectly dis
tinct and pleasing view of the captor and
the captured. This circumstance I men
tioned at breakfast, when another incident
of a similar, but far more interesting na
ture, was related, and can be confidently
relied upon as being strictly true.
Early in the season a gentleman had oc
casion, at sunrise, to visit bis wear; and on
his return, attrafted by a rustling in the
water, he observed a large and fiercely
strong hawk struggling to master a very
active salmon, which he had dragged to the
surface, and was endeavoring to bear away'.
With no little difficulty he finally accom
plished his object, and slowly began to
wing his way for an adjacent thicket. At
this moment, the gentleman descried,
perched upon a rock overshadowed by a
small cluster of trees, a bold and beauti
ful eagle, which in common with himself,
had been a close observer of the scene that
had just been developed. When the hawk
had flown a sufficient distance from the ri
ver to render a retreat with his prey impos
sible, the eagle shot forward with great
swiftness, immediately overtook and en
countered him. The hawk made a most
vigorous and brave resistance, but his in
cumbrance was so great, that he was soon
forced to submit, when, relinquishing his
grasp of the salmon, be withdrew again to
the river. The fish was immediately
caught up from the ground by tiie eagle,
w inch proudly mounted upward with his
prize.
The salmon, still being alive, commenced
a brisk flouncing, and, (taking advantage
of t lie eagle’s inexperience of his trick,) af- .
ter a lively flutter, bounded from his em
brace, and fell once more to the earth.—
The eagle made a desperate pounce, and
the doomed fish was born upward a second
time in the air. The gentleman watched
the majestic soaring of the proud bird, and
supposed that be was taking his last glimpse
of both the conqueror and the vanquished,
when, to his great surprise, he beheld them
descending rapidly. The eagle either
found his prisoner too industrious or too
or too burdensome, and once more alighted
upon terra firma.
Seizing the salmon by the head with one
talon, he divided him with the other by
tearing him in two. The large peice he
resumed, and then swiftly swept through
the air with apparent eagerness to reach
his resting place. The gentleman ad
vanced to the spot, and taking tip what the
eagle had abandoned, carried home the tail
of a fresh and elegant salmon. The fish
was served up at the table and much praised
for its fine flavor and racincss, but the in
cident was not related until the repast was
over.
Hawks occasionally engage with salmon
that are too powerful for them, and, having
plunged in their claws they become entan
gled, and are drawn a long distance thro’
the water, and thus frequently drowned.
Boston Transcript.
Religious Education of Children. —Do
not press your children too much during
i their early years on the subject of religion.
Shew them, by your example, that it is the
object of your reverence ; but suffer their
religious principles to form gradually, as
their understandings open. . Do not make
religion appear to them a burden ; do not
lay them under unnecessary restraints ; do
not let them see religion clothed in a dress
repulsive to their youthful minds. To in
sun its making a good impression on them,
let it be clothed in its native colors of at
traction. Study to make them regard it as
an object of veneration, but, at the same
time, what it truly is, as a source of cheer
fulness and joy. Do not let them regard
the Sabbath as a day of gloom and restraint.
Take them with you to the House of God,
and accustom them to regard the institu
tions of religion with reverence, but do not
compel them, during tiie rest of the day, to
remain immured within the walls of your
own house. Allow them the reasonable
indulgence of air and exercise- air indul
gence useful to their health, rational, in it
self and no wav inconsistent with their reli
gious character ; while the refusal of that
indulgence has just the effect of making
them regard the return of the day as a day
of penance and mortification, instead of
hailing it as a day of joy
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