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MEWS & PLMTBRS’ GAZETTE.
D.. COTTINCi, Editor.
No. 33.—NEW SERIES.]
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POST OFFICE, i
Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $
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palmer & McMillan,
TAILORS,
HAVE removed to N0.4, Bolton's Range,
on the West side of the Public Square,
where they will be happy to see all their friends
and customers.
December 21,1843. 17
SaMlery & Harness
•Waking*
THE Subscriber still continues the above
business at his old stand, where he will be
hipry to receive the patronage of the public.—
As the credit sysiefn is going rather out of lash
ion A he intends making it a rule hereafter for all
the running accounts of his customers to he
settled quarterly by cash or note. He cannot
always always buy pig-skins and harness-leath
er on credit, and therfore must have money oc
casionally.
WILLIAM H. MOON.
April 4,1884. 2t 32
JUTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
NELSON CARTER,
DEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery,,Brushes,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
- Window Glass, tpc. Bpc.
relTmortar \ AUGUSTA = Ga -
October 12, 1843. ly 7
Mew Goods.
i
The Subscriber is now receiving his sup
ply of
Spring and Summer
fwomls,
Os the latest Style and New Pat
terns.
AMONG THEM ARE:
Worsted Bareges and Balzurines. for La
dies Spring Dresses, j
Printed Lawns and French Muslins,
Lace Muslins and Organdy do.
Cotton Balzarincs and Organdy Ginghams,
Superior Earlston Ginghams,
Do. Chusan do.
! French and American Calicoes, a great va
riety,
Super, plain, black and blue black Silks,
Do. Plaid and Stripe do.
Gros He Swiss Foulaid do.
Fancy Shawls and Ties,
Do. Scarfs,
Bonnet Ribbons and Neck do.
Leghorn and Straw Bonnets,
Lawn and Silk do.
Bonnet Hoods,
Linens and Long Lawns,
Super, wool dyed black Broadcloths,
Do. blue and invisible-green do.
Do. black Cassimeres,
Fancy do. a great variety.
Super, black Drap d’ete and Barpone, a
new article, for Gentlemen’s Summer
Coals,
Brown Liitcns and Linen Drills,
Gambroon, ftg’d. Barpone, and colton Pon
gees,
Brown and blue Domestics,
Georgia Nankeens,
Hosiery and Gloves,
Linen Cambric and Silk Handkerchiefs,
Saddles, Bridles and Martingales, ‘
Shoes,
Black and white fur Hals,
Leghorn and Palm-leaf do.
Hardware and Cutlery,
Crockery,
Sugar, Tea and Coffee,
Powder and Shot,
Nails, &c. &,c.
Also. — A great variety of articles too
numerous to mention, which he offers on
’ terms to suit the timess.
(Hr CALL AND SEE.
ti. P. €OMRT
Washington, March 28,1844. 31
LIST OF LETTERS
REMAINING ill the I’ost-Office, at Wash
ington, Ga., on the Ist day of April, 1844:
B.
Bulloch, Cordy Bell, John
Battle, Oliver S. Ball, Eliza 4
Bolton, Isaac Rev. Ball, William
Brummell, Randal Burdet, Joshua
Burns, William Bailey, Ephraim 2
Briou, Harriet
C.
Credell, Jane mrs. Gumming, Daniel
Galloway, Jerry Galloway, Miles
Galloway, Drury Crews, John S
Cooper, John D Campbell, John P
Garter, Jane Chamberlain, Robert
Craig, T E Combs, Phillip Sen.
Cutting, C Dr.
D.
Davis, Jonathan P 11. Lumpkin
Dawson, VVm. C. or J.
E.
Edmonson, William L
F.
Flournoy, Samuel Farmer, Rebecca mrs
Flynt, Janies II
G.
Gresham, Charles W Gullet, Absolom
Garrard, Allen
. 11.
Hughes, Caroline miss Haseeltine, George
tiuling, Mr. Iloldsclaw, Timothy
Huff, Harriet mrs. Henderson, Magers
Herden, William Hollemen, A
I. & J.
Ivy, Josiah Jeffers, Bolling
Johnson, J Jones, Robert
Jones, Mary G. miss 2
K.
Kirkland, Richard
L.
Law, James H Dr.
M.
Montgomery, Hezekiab
P.
Peepies, Henry Pope, Young
R.
Rhodes, Samuel
S.
Sanderlin, James Simpson, Catharine miss
Statham, A II Strozier, John
Spickerd, Harrison Simms, Redding
Strozier, Peter Simms, Camilla E
Stokes, Wm H Rev Smith, Comfort
T.
Tully, Elizabeth Tinsley, James Dr.
W.
Walton, E Mrs Walton, Robert
Wootten, Henry 2 Wilkinson, John
Weems, John Wooding, John E
Winfrey, R R Waters, D
Wynne, SC 80
ET Persons asking for Letters from the above
list will please say advertised.
JOSEPH W. ROBINSON P. M.
April 4,1844. 3t 32
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WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) APRIL 11, 1844.
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•‘Lazy Sam.”
The following story will not be worth
the less for being true. A Kentucky horse
drover being in South Carolina with a drove
happened to take it to the neighborhood of
Gen. H , whose character for jockey
ing and moncevoring in trade is much more
celebrated than his feats in arms. The
Kentuckian having a perfect acquaintance
with his character, went to sell him some
horses —ol to swap—or to run a race, as
the destinies might order and decree.
He was one of our careless, unconcerned,
knock down and drag out looking sort of a
fellow, who would assume as much sirnp li
city ofcountenance and address, as circum
stances might require. He had the ap
pearance ofabout twenty two or three years
of age, and as usual, was dressed in the
blue mixed jeans to hide dirt, and wore a
drab colored hat for the same reason.
‘General,’ said he, ‘l’m just from old
Kentucky with some powerful nice horses
and may he you want some. Dad told me
if I came in your parts to call on you, and
may he you would buy a pair of matches
or help me out in tradin: for he said you
had a power of money, and understood tra
din to a scribe. Here’s a letter from him,
handing one. ‘And besides I’ve as nice a
pair of matches as you could shake a stick
at. as tight a nag for a quarter,daddy says,
as any in these parts ; he says 1 must run
no races, caze 1 might lose, and we want
all the money we can scrape to pay for our
land: But I reckon he’d suit you to a frac
tion, caze your’e a sportin character, and
inought win a powerful chance of money
on him.’
While he was thus introducing himself
and telling his business, the General open
ed the letter and read as follows :
Dear General: —l take this opportunity
to write to you by Job, who is taking the
first drove he ever driv, and 1 want you to
roll logs a leetle for him—if so he suit you.
Job’s spry enough at home, but has not cut
his eye teeth, and you’ll lend him a hand,
and I’ll do as much for any of your boys,
if you’ve got any’, whensoever they come
here t ratlin, or any thing else. So no more
at present, hut remain your affectionate
friend till death.
PETER TOMPKINS.
The hero of our horse races, cotton bags,
and sugar hogsheads, thought lie perceived
a neat speculation, and acted accordingly.
Mr. Job Tompkins was received with much
courtesy ; his man & boy entertained with
the best in the larder; while his five and
twenty horses did not suffer. It is true the
General had not the slightest recollection
of his friend and correspondent, Peter
Tompkins. He might have once known
him, or not. It was the same thing. Here
was Job, anew Kentucky stripling, with
twenty-five horses, as easy squeezed as a
ripe lemon. It was not in his nature to for
bear.
In the meantime Mr. Job Tompkins
made himself quite free and easy ; swag
gered about the costly furnished apartment
as ifit had been a log cabin. He viewed
the silvef plate on the sideboard with much
apparent astonishment, and a pair of silver
snuffers especially excited his curiosity.
‘Lord General ! ar them thar caudle
snuffers made out of the pure stuff? I ne
ver seed any afore hut ir’n, and mammy
used her sheers. And all them things on
that ar big chist (the sideboard) is the ra’al
Spanish castings ! I heerd talk of this a
fore, but never seed it. Now if I was to
tell this in our settlement, may be they
wouldn’t hop straddle of me, and ride over
me rough shod for a liar. But they say
you are a powerful sight the richest man
in the Southern States, aint you ?’
To all which the General returned suita
ble answers; and Mr. Job and he were
hand in glove, for the time being. Each
man resolutely bent to make a successful
lodgement in his neighbor’s pocket with the
view of taking out. A Herculean task to
be sure ; —when Job heard in the next room
the sound of music. Several Kentucky
reels were played, anon, the sweet breath
ings of a melodious voice sung, ‘Sweet—
sweet home.’
‘May I be darned,’ said Job, ‘ifthat don’t
beat Bob Walker, and he’s a pitch above
common. But that aint none of your mu
sic boxes ; 1 know ;it can’t be. Is it ?’
‘My daughter is playing on the piano,’
said the General, ‘we will walk in the room
and hear, her.’ Here were blandishments
to strike Job dumb, and entrance all his
senses.
The man who has no music in his soul,
And is not moved by concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.
Job thought a man might love music and
spoils also. He felt a liking for both.—
Therefore he applauded the music in his
own way most rapturously.
Said Job, ‘may I never pull another trig
ger, if she’s not a priming above any thing
I heard talk about. Why she’s chartered!
She’s a ra’al one, I assure you. Why, it’s
enough to make a feller swim that can’t;
and if it wasn’t for all these kiverlids over
the track, (the carpet) and I had a partner
to my mind, I’d go my drove to nothing or
less I can shake the ticks off of any boy
you can produce.
The General now thought the Kentuck
ian ripe enough. To aid in which he had
been plied with choice liquors as he de
nominated the brandy and Madeira.
The horses were brought out and exam
ined, and praised and cheapened, and faults
found with all. They could agree upon |
nothing.
‘Well, where is your quarter horse ?’
asked the General.
“Oil 1m! that’s what you were after,”
answered Job, “for you hardly looked at
them thar matches and these fine geldings.
So you are after a quarter nag, Jim fetch I
up lazy Sam, will you? Now General
I'll tell your honor bright, he’s never lick’t
in a quarter spur’ but once by Joe Miller’s
sorrel mare which runs like a streak of
lightning she’s a ra’al screamer. Daddy
swapt for him last fall, after she tanned him
out. If l knowd her I’d give you her marks
so as you mightn’t be tuck in. For 1 heard
Joe was bringing her to the south to v. in
his expenses. But here’s the horse any
how and I assure you lie’s not slow.”
Now be it remembered that honest Job
was not ignorant that General II , was
at that time the owner of the identical mare,
and for reasons best known to himself, he
wished to make a race between her and la
zy Sam.
The General examined Lazy Sam with
the eye of a Jockey.
“Pish,” said he, very contemptuously,
“why this thing can’t run ; why, it’s flab
sided as a sheep and as heavy shouldered
as a hog and eathammed besides ; I would
not give a good mule for three of it. Why
did you not bring a lot of mules to market?
I would have bought some at a fair price,
your horses do not suit me. Pray what do j
vou ask for this thing which yon call a I
running nag. It may do to plough a sea- j
son or two. Does it work ?”
Unlike the Job of ancient days, Job
Tompkins suffered his anger to rise and
master him. At least he made the General
think so. To use his own words, lie cor
vorted. He screamed out.
“Hello! Mister, I wonder you’re so i
migiitv wise, considering you know so lit- j
tie. Why you make me feel all over in j
spots, to listen at you. I reckon you’ve;
got a quarter nag yourself ain’t you ?” j
“I have a plough nag here,” said the
General, very cooly “that I am sure can
run away from that thing of yours.”
“Thing!” hollowed Job, “why you make
me feel sort of wolly, and I've a great mind
to go my whole lot again anything you can
raise in the whole South.”
“I would not spoil a good mind then,”
quoth the General. “But I suppose you
are afraid to run as your father has forbid
den it.
‘1 don’t care a solitary flint what daddy
says when my Irish is up,’ exclaimed Job,
indignantly, ‘bring out your nag and let’s
see it.’
The General gave the order, and as Job
expected, the sorrel mare(once Joe Millers)
was brought forward.
While Job examined, his adversary en
deavored all lie could to fret him by dis
praising his horse ; and Job appeared work
ed up to a fever heat.
To cut short the story ; the drove was
staked against twenty-five hundred dollars
in a check upon thoC Bank. And
the company adjourned to the General’s
track to see the race. On the way Job
stopped short and facing the General ask
ed, very earnestly,
‘Now you’re sure this aint Joe Miller’s
nag? my mind sort o misgives, caze from
what I’ve heard they sort o’favor like.’
‘D n your Joe Miller and his nag al
so ;’ replied the General, ‘the mare is mine
I tell you.’
This appeared satisfactory.
I have given you the General’s descrip,
tion of Job’s running horse—done to fret
him. It was by no means a correct one.
Lazy Sam was a well made pony of the
Printer stock but was of a mild, sleepy,
sluggish disposition, until his mettle was
roused. He generally went with bis eyes
half shut and his head drooping at an an
gle of forty-five degrees. When the Gen
eral viewed him he was in this condition.
The horses were in the General’s stable
and the check for the two thousand dollars
was in the hands of a gentleman present. —
The General had no doubt about keeping
all Job’s fine horses and sending him home
on his ten toes. Job thought differently.—
Lazy Sam was led along by Job’s boy as
sleepy as usual. The preliminaries were
adjusted and rider* mounted. As Job threw >
Jim an Lazy Sam, he sprang all fours off
the ground ; and his dull sleepy look was
changed into a wild almost devilishexpres
sion.
Ho looked as Job did when he ‘corvor
ted.’
The General lost his usual mahogany
color and lookod pale, but said nothing.
Lazy Sam won the race by about thirty
feet.
Job was suddenly cool as a cucumber.
And as he put the twenty.five hundred dol
lar check in his greasy pocket book which
he did very deliberately, he looked round
cunningly
‘I think that’s leetle past common,’ said
Job, ‘Why, Ginral. Sams’ laid you as cold
as a wedge.’ He turned round suddenly
to his rider, ‘Jim you’re a snorter, here’s
five dollars, why it all goes in a man’s life
time, but the Gin’ral looks as though he’d
been squeezed through the little end of noth
ing. .
Rotten Stone. —lt seems that an exten
sive bed ofßotten Stone has recently been
discovered in NewJersey, not very far from
New York, said to be the only one ever
found in this country, and the stone is said
to be superior to the imported
A THREE DAYS HUNT IN
ALABAMA.
BY JOHNSON J. HOOFER, ESq.
We determined some time since, that at i
lie first convenient opportunity, which
should occur during this tall, we would bo- j
lake ourselves to the woods with a gun, 1
and endeavor to get out of our blood a little ■
of the fever which two years without exer
cise or the bracing excitement of a hunt,
bad generated. The time at length arrived
which wc had appointed for our three days
of freedom. Our friends Johnson, Smith, j
and Jones,drove slumber from our eves on
Wednesday morning last, at earliest dawn, |
with the loudest and shrillest whoop that
ever came from mortal throats. Each j
inan had his poney, his saddle hag of pro- j
visions, his frying pan and tin cup.
It was a morning that only the man who :
loves the woods and free sports, could ap
preciate. The sun was just beginning to j
touch the brown sides of the hills when our j
trail dashed precipitately down the rugged 1
side of the Little Mountain, bringing us at
once into the dense cane and bamboo thick
ets of Oakchun Swamp, which looked so
much like the wilderness dwelling of real
game, that we could not resist the impulse
to give an honest, hearty, hound-inspiring
halloa ! We made every tiling ring again,
and having done so, felt considerably re
lieved. Our five dogs meantime had been
creeping through the cane, and very short
ly after our whoop was given, scared up a
turkey which perched in the very top of a
lofty pine almost out of range ; but we
were never a creeper, so we cracked away
incontinently —and missed. The turkey,
however, was not permitted to leave, for as
he was endeavoring to get liis steam up, to !
clear the tree top, Jones brought him to the 1
ground.
We now sought a convenient spot for |
camping. In a bend of the creek about a j
mile below the turkey tree, we found it.— i
A half acre adjacent to the creek, with no j
other growth upon it than a few straggling I
reeds, and half'a dozen huge walnut and i
sweet gum trees, was the spot. The boy
kindled a tire and cooked breakfast, which
being swallowed, the poneys were hobbled
and turned into the cane. The next thing
that claimed attention, was the arrange
ment of the day’s campaign. This was
settled by giving Johnson and Jones both
sides of the creek upwards, Smith the j
swamp on the left, and ourself that on the I
right bank, downwards. Four of the dogs 1
followed Smith, and “Pont” ofcourse, was
with me ; the other two said they were
“dog enough” themselves.
We all burst off, every man to his latige. ‘
And now conies the tough part of our story, j
We have often been told ‘'that thar war \
bar, on Oakchun, but we had never given
credence to the story. Judge our astonish
ment then, at beholding before we had
gone half a mile through the cane (to ac
complish which consumed more than an
hour.) a stout black animal, a good deal
like a black hog, dart out of the cane be
fore us, and make for a huge hollow pop
lar! It was a bear—a cub of about six
month old—a real, live, wild bear. There
be was ascending the tree, and we with the
“trimbles” so bad, that we couldn’t keep
the gun on his broad back at forty steps !
Wasn’t it provoking? Arrived at the en
trance of his den, the cub put one fore paw
into the hole, and letting go the oilier, turned
a little round so as to have a good look at
us. We have seen “ humans ” whose faces
lacked the intelligence of that bear’s, us
placing his loose paw on the side of his
snout, he plainly said by the gesture, “you
can’t exactly come it.” We should have
instantly have convinced him of the falsity
of his proposition, had not the head of an
other individual precisely similar, except
in size, to our waggish cub, showed itself
in the hole. “Hello !” thought we, “a fam
ily concern, eh?” And with that we push
ed another bullet down the barrel of our
gun, for we recollected some very terrible
stories of the ferocity ofthe bears when de
fending their young. Prudence was al
ways in large proportion to the other con
stituents of our valor. After cogitating
awhile on the novelty of our position, “a
long ways from home and nobody close by”
but a family of bears, we bethought our
selves of our horn, and forthwith “sounded
the notes “want help,” most lustily. Smith
•and his dog were soon on the spot, and the
rest followed pretty soon. Johnson went
to the camp and returnrd with a boy and
axe. The tree was a tremendous one, but
it was resolved to fell it, which however
was easy work as it was a mere shell.—
When it started to fall, such a rumbling,
scratching and tumbling as were made
within, none but a “bar-hunter” has ever
heard. It could only be likened to the
sounds produced by a half dozen school
boys gamboling in the bowels of an old
steamboat boiler. Down came the tree!
out popped the old lady, next a cub; the
dogs cover them. The old bear gives a
gentle sling with one of her paws, and sim
ultaneously therewith, old Troup’s “clock
work"’ comes to view through a gaping
wound ! Another sling—the “tan pup”
finds himself yelping and bleeding, ten feet
off in the cane. Cries of “don’t shoot,”
“mind the dogs,” “bring the axe,” “come
away Point,” “come away,” are mingled
with the crash of dry limps and the crack
ing ofthe cane. It was not long before the
bear disposed of both men and dogs ; and
though three shots were fired at her, she
managed to get out of the scrape followed
by the cub.
Suddenly all was silent, and disappoint
ment was on every face. Hist ! what noise
HI. J. KAPPEL, Printer,
is that ? There’s something in the old tree
yet! Another cub! watch out, boys, at
the ends of the log ! Here ho is, just mid
wuy of the log, and wedged in so that he
can’t move except to turn round! Sure
enough this was the fact. Sam was in
stantly put to work tocut him out, and in a
dozen licks, the black coat of the impris
oned cul) wvs visible. The opening was
then a little enlarged, and young bruin
contrived to turn round, so as to bring bis
head to the hole. Sam’s axe is poised—
“steady Sam ! hit him right between the
eyes!” The axe descends—the bear’s
head is cleft—he quivers and dies !
In the morning we found our way to the
camp, after daylight. During that dismal
night, a circumstance occurred which may
appear incredible, but w hich we solemnly
aver to be as true as any other part of this
story. About nightfall, immense flocks ot
ducks descended into the little stagnant
pools around us, and excited greatly the
admiration and astonishment of Pont, who
lias a mortal antipathy for ducks, growing
out of the ill treatment lie frequently re
ceives at home fiom several individuals of
thatspecies, who help tliemscivesout of his
dish, when at his meals. Here was a
chance for revenge, which the sagacious
animal not let slip. About midnight he
awakened us, and giving us to understand
that lie had something on ham), he silently
crept into the nearest lagoon, and with
stealthy tread came upon a tine (lock as
they “rode at anchor,” near the shore, like
a fleet of little boats. He gently touches
the tail of one, with his fore paw—the duck
takes its head from under its wing—in an
instant, Pont seized the head in his mouth
and crushed it before the note of alarm can
be sounded. Thus he despatched one by
one, the whole flock ! In the morning lie
piled up before us, twenty-seven fine fat
ducks! We instantly voted him a silver
collar.
Upon our return to the camp, wc found
that our companions had killed fifteen
ducks, which with those taken by Point,
made the respectable number of forty-two.
They had also killed a couple of young
turkeys and a small doc.
Sam arrived about ten o'clock with the
pack-horse, and the weather threatening
rain, and it was agreed that we should
break up camp and return home. But as
we had not yet killed a single thing, the
rest of the party consented to tramp with
us up the creek to the Upper Ponds, where
the “old trail” crossed tlie swamp ; leaving
the boy to make the best of bis way home,
with two por.eys and the game. Wc saw
no game, however, until just tibout leaving
the swamp, when Jones fired suddenly into
the cane, killing a young wild hog. Quick
as thought, the “Patriarch” of the drove, a
ferocious old black boar, rushed up to his
fallen companioa, with gleaming tusks and
foaming mouth. A shot from Johnson
damaged the old fellow’s snout slightly,
and so aroused his anger that he plunged
at his enemies in the fiercest style, iiis bris
tles awfully erect, and iiis eyes almost
emitting sparks. Jones was nearest him,
and upon him the furious animal rushed,
bearing him to the ground, to the great ter
ror ofall. It was a moment of the intensest
agony as the immense beast stood upon the
body of our poor friend! What can he
done? tlio’t every one ; the poor fellow will
certainly be destroyed. Just at this peri
lous moment, Smith with, a presence of
mind truly admirable, seized the hog by
the tail, when he twisted so skilfully and
vigorously that the old boar, instead of rip
ping up Jones, set tip the harshest and
most discordant squealing that ever shock
ed auditory nerve. Here was a “triumph of
mind over brute force !” The hog strug
gling with strength of a giant, and Smith
standing in the rear, quietly and smilingly
twisting his tail as neatly and effectually
as it could have been done by a patent spin
ning machine ! Hog flesh could not stand
it; the boar “gave in;” hut his cries
brought up within ten steps of us, several
of the drove, who formed a semi-circle a
hout us. We made Smith keep his tail
hold, until we shot four of them, and then
“knifed” the old one. This was the finale
of the Hunt on the Oakchunhatcliee ; a
hunt in all respects, we will venture to
say, as successful as any of the season, in
the State of Alabama.
Curiosity. —A few days since in this city,
says the Bangor Whig, in a litter of pigs
there appeared aving the head form
ed like that of an elephant, with large wide
hanging ears, and a well formed peniula
trunk about four inches long and finished
off at the end with a delicate little pig’s
snout. The lower jaw was like that of an
elephant, and the space between the trunk
and the lower jaw was in an ill formed
and unfinished state and inside of what
should have been the mouth appeared the
only eye that was visible. The creature
stood a poor chance to obtain a living for
want of throat.
WHEN IS A MAN DRUNK?
We are glad to see that this oft mooted
and difficult question lias been judicially
investigated and settled at last. It has
been thought that a man was drunk when
unable to lie still after having fallen down,
and a debating club, not long since gave
its decision that an individual was distinct
ly intoxicated when seen holding on to a
pump and trying to light his segar at the
spout; but it has recently been settled by
the Court of Errors of New York— judici -•
ally decided —that a man is not drunk'as
long as he is eh'e to stat'd’
[VOLUME XXIX.