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RrroltMttoM of tin- Moitdu l n>
pultfu l I*:6.
Tit;: alarm.
“ To arm* ! I<> arm* !
It wa* bright. liewutlfi.l morning. uch a* t* ,
peculiar to dint romantic rountv, mat the army I
nl General Sourr lay encamp* >1 on thesuiufuit
of an elevated piece of ground in the victhliy j
ol fort Hr,me Our fofi e* had been concen
trating for several days, preparatory to a de
cisive movement again*’ the enemy, t-p
----vvard* of two ilioinwwid men were busily tn
g.igeil in burnishing up their arm*, preparing ‘
iinrvfeidn*. and*ptlittng every thing in read |
trtrwt fnr the m irch
I wag silling m Lite shade of my lent, wiili j
amite thre>- or four of tny mcsnniatc*, packing
our knap dirk*, and earefully dividing our
ration* of *ugtr and coffee, a alt and pepper, .
which wl* to I .of ll* nnlft nur return frhm
Tampa, when tin whole estop wit* suddenly ‘
it rou#i*v Ihy the ahrtipt npjsaran nos a hor >e-1
in i:t, who came dnvltiutj up ttm hilt, ahoutmg j
nil * f ignis! Ingot* !” at the mil 111 III* voice.
Il was mounted upon a jaded nag vvhn h.
jitlging front itah'-drtilufs gait, and protecting
ribs bad Iwen on half- ration* for the pn*t month, i
,i well a* oiirs'lw*; and, a* lie came galloping
into ramp, hat and rout off. hair Hying, with!
tlo liar He** and truer chain* dangling at hi*
horse's toet. he looked, indeed, the til liit-iM ot
approaching danger. Noun whom held him
could doubt for a moment that lie hod wen the
Indian*.
Insmn! Ingin*!’ lie exclaimed, a* hi* #•*'■
ttattUt fohdied up war the centre of the ramp
-"ingiiii 1 . Ingin*!” then halting lor brealh, he
resumed ‘ live hundred liigiim right down
here hy my fenre.”
“WfcW !*’—“W here?” inipiimi twenly voie
e i,
“Why,” said he, a* the crowd gathered round
in eager anxiety, “I was ploughed in my Held,
about nmile down the roml here, jtie.l now, and
till a! would I wed nhom fifty Ingiiis in the edge
of the busin *, cif'*e hy the fence.”
“Oh, only fifty,” wtirl tine.
‘ I’ll h i fie only V IW a hu*h shaken by the
v uid.” mud another.
“Hid they all out at you ?”
• No! but they would a’kilii me, no doubt, if
Pd let i m git close eiiojig i; but a* noon a* I
seed em, unhitched Darby, and come here n*
hard a* I could split.”
The otlieeni, alter a abort cohaullation with
the terrdied man, who milt per*i*ied in the
uertloi, tlmt there were at Jca-t fifty Indians in
the mu a Wmrluiod of hi* Held, orderod a detucii
iii'.'iit of fifty men froifi th isoitipany ol which
I was a member, and aboni twenty regular*, to
he in re.idllteS* to iimrch in livu-iuiuule*.
There was a hasty snatching of arms and on
we knew that only ‘fifty would hr permitted to
, go, there W,i* Ilia greatest competition to gel
into the Linefirst. In lea* than three minute*,
the ordeylv commenced eouittinf from the
right, and a* he entne to tin’ fiftieth muh in the
line, lie Heal red the remutotftr to full back.
“Oh ! Jet me go sergeant, aanl halt a dozen
in the mint peniuaaue roue.
“Only fifty i* the order,'’ replied the oHieer.
There were , yi ral dittuppottlWu taee* on the
left; lint the order “vvnatmperuuvc. Some tii
deuvored to exchange place* will) those who
hadt<>i>ii eiore fnrtuuaio.in getyug into lit*
tin*; ltt not one roil Id lie induced to resign
hi* opportunity ol getting u “pop at the Imli
uua.”
In It** ih,hi urn minute* from the Arid alarm,
the detuehment was on it* way to the little
plantation, where the linlhin* were said to have
been ccn. Tim house vvn* distant from the
fort (bata * nails. ,*(v5,.,,.,i .... ii*
of a *m:dl hammock, which extended to Mime
distance on thft right and felt of the little on
closure, in which eur informant had been
ploughing. After dunging through, and
acoiiriag the hammock m the vieinily of the
tidd, without cum discovering any sign* of
Indiana; the detachment Iviw nbout to return
when It was proposed to examine nnhther part
of lliejhiehgl *uiite distance from the house.
Accordingly, lent a small party of mourned
men, who had accompanied us from the camp,
lb make farther investigation ttpotr the pre
mises.we proceeded to the head of the In mock.
Our detail tut* divnh I into two detachment*,
<mic of tv hicn —accompanied by the few friend
ly Indinn*. who lirnl been brought iikmg a*
guide* moved up on the right and the other
tt|Km the left of the hammock: while the regu
lars, taking a circuit through the w oods gained
the head of the thicket, nmi adv anced into it,
with a v.rw of routing the Indians, who, should
they attempt escape, would of a certainty feme
in conlaekw ith either one or the other of our
detachments, hieli vveic flanked out on wilier
side, sows not only to command the hammock.
Inn tlx high j round in the, vicinity.
We ‘h*vl ‘angivpd* nt the designated point,
formed ip extended fine, ami vvrac calmly u” ail
ing tin’ a -uc of etmis, when, us i stood fac
ing the hummock, I perceived some ohje I
UMFVtugssit the thicket. A* t caught but a I
glimpse of the body though the thick foil*::
iL* color n sotnbtf’ i thm of mv Indian. A thrill
of exett: incut ran through neree, and
i was about to vai-e my gun, tin object
gave a sodden bound towards me, and the next j
moment my Indian was a deer, standing not i
twenty paces from me. wiili head erect; pre i
renting one of the faired broad-sides that ever
tempted the aim oftlie hunter. Davy frock
i lt ! w hat a fair shot! Who could leave vv ith
►Mod the temptation! There it stood, per- j
feepy unconscious of my presence—nulling
the air with distended nostril*-—while its body
stood out in held relief from, the trunk of a
huge burnt live oak in its rear. Involuntarily,
as if by i list atic t, in y musket was brought to j
my face. Another moment and thut deer had
never left hi truck alive. Hut just as J was
about to pull the tala', trigger, a umrmnrhivke
upon my unwilling car ‘Don't tire! Pass;
the word net to file!’’ was uttered hy fifty
mouths. It came from the officer in command.
Stiil I held my gun upon the deer, nor did I
remove my finger from die trigger. In spile
of orders, my finger w ould pull harder and j
harder it press, dupon the trigger—till at length,
taking alarm at the clamor among the men
w ho nil seemed deeply interested in the fate of
the poor deer, and exceedingly fearful that I
slid not he ir the order is ladled again into the
thicket, from whence it had come.
•'tiodde-s Diana thought I. as I brought
tuy gun to an order, “where were you then (
Would that the nntlv rs of that deer were in the
throat of the man who passed” the order not to
tire.” Hut 1 was not | ‘-nidtlod long to indulge
in this re very of disappointutent uiul chagrin.
A minute had not elapsed before rrack !
••rack !—crack! came the report of a dozen
rifl ‘* front the Cent re of the thicket before us. I
l’verv eye was piercing into ttm thick ham
mock—every man gr,t| and closely his gun —\
while a deathlike stillness prevailed through- |
out the line. K very countenance glowed with i
eager expectation, as they stood
“Like arey ianuida in the .dips,”
uwaitiug ie onsi't. The next momcm the en
emy was'in full view, and tlic terrific war
whoop ‘(lb! mrf.burst UjHin our ears:
tin? same buck, which had so leuipieU my dts
eiplinebut a minute before, with his white en
sign flying, came dashing from the thicket.
Poor deer ’ hr had found the friendly Indian*, |
on the other side, less formal than u*. and hav-;
tug received a broad side front them, had re
turned to our side. As he reappeared, how
ever, he ns* t with a far different reception. Porn- i
lug out above me. the man nearest him fired — I
ths deer turned up the line —w ith Ins white tail •
spread to the bmve, ht dartevi like jightnmg
, paat, under tin’fire that wlusb; lute Shot
utter shot iniuMMl. until near lie head <<f the line,.
In* encountered some who ha,) killed citv.tr j
buck before. Tlitme ootißut attend to the fun.
A few bound* mor*’ and use noble titn k wa* j
, riumhrred am* g the *bun.
Tlmj firing had uttructed the attention of the
hor**, “"it, wlmcame galloping up at*full speed,
wttferto p ,rtiripate in wtmt they thought areal
! a g g mint.
“We’, egoi one, Major,” exclaimed opr offl- i
icr. a* on* of t am charged up to the spot,
“Ah! eh! whtoe ?” ejacuiuted the Major,in
’ n single lire j lb. while bis face glowed with
! excitement. “W here I w hero ?”
“Tlictehc lie* liehiml those palmetto*.”
Ifsatily remiiig hi* horse to the *(,ot, and
r,ii*mg himx If ill tii* stirrup*, he gazed otter. :
Seeing the prostrate deer, he nut down in nis
saddle, and giving the officer a half dissp
point mi nt ami half-reprtmch. replied—
“ Hit, i* that all!”
The regular*, when they heard tic firing,
were not b>-deceived; mu i exiM-eting that we
were engaged with the Inditimi, they advanced
cautiously, e tch mot taking care
hintsulflsy the tree*. They weronow in hear
-1 lug, and ii* the firing had reused, and they could
i hear the generalahontthat .ve had “killed one,”
they came on (instily, as if anxious to be “in at
lie death,” though they hud enjoyed hut a sor
ry chance in t lie chare.
“Huzza! we’ve g<>i him.”
“Where i* he?” shouted the Lieutenant, its
he enlarged from the thicket.
‘•There he lie*. <V id a- a herring,” answered
onc officer, pointing totlte ciumpof palmetto*.
The Lieutcn tnt rushed to the spot; but, Ilk,
the Major. 111, soon pereeiu-d the itoax. and
, turning away, discovered a not less ludicrou
i change of countenance.
I We were soon'joined by the other detach
ii,cm. The few friendly Indian* gathered
! round the deer, and gazed with their hungry
eye,, in though they would have devoured it
on the spot.
•■/•.Vfioe i.iflin chr!” said one, n* he turned
grinning away, at the a**te time unconscious?)
i licking lies towny lip*.
‘ laiich.’ tipi ‘ I another guanfi lookin;’
j fi llow, who ltatl been exiuiuiiing the body, in
1 hope* of discovering a rifle shot nmotii.’ the
1 wounds,- “i iini, rt'hoc good tec much;'’ then
turning with mi air ol disappotntment. and
slapping lit” band upon Ins gun lie exclaimed
“hefa-WHKK* cft< ! no good !
Our detachment being now eoncentrated, all
joining ill a hearty laugh at the adventure, we
retraced our step* to the eatijp. A* we drew
near we were encountered li) stuiiterou*alrag
1 ajers, eager to learn he result of the battle
Ol course, wefohljliem that vrchad killed one,
and pointing themto fba horse In the rear, on
1 which the ifeer was borne, they no sooner saw
! the blood than they bolted oiTlo tell the new*.
I fly the time vveartived lit ramp, it was rur
f really repotted that twenty !ttdisns had been
killed in tlic afliuy.
! A lie >ti g wa* soon coni in,, oflho-e who
claimed to have hit the deer. Fortuimiely.
i there were hut three hall holes in his hide, nr
’ there had not been a mntlthliil n-pe-re for the
j claimant*. Matter* had been abjtwted, am! the
three who M-mned to have the beet righl un>
busied in butchering the venison. Twoofthem
were my personal friend*, and I sat by them
as they wereengag, i individhig <>Ut tie me„!.
It was splendid venison; an,l, a* \ watehytl the
butchering operation*, and my mouth watered j
lor some of ihe steak*, I could hot but think :
how easily I might have killed the sained,er.
“If it had not been for the ordrrsof the offl
cor*,” said I “I eonltl have saved the whole
company Hie irounie of nilng at that vleer. t
■ never saw a prettier shot in my life.”
“That’s a fart,” leplied one. “ft was n
shame tli*y did not let you lire. Aou could
not have missed.”
’ “It Would have vexed me, Ifgd l hecu in the
; same situation,” said the second.
The other individual seemed not to heed;
wluitwas saving. 110 was one ol those who
in su, h r.iM* v mpaiiii <• u ith no one. Or, in
other words, he was a romptutc No. I.
“I snv. gentleman, suppose we give Magrnfi
opy ike.other quarter. One i*a* uuicli as I
j want uml Ido think lie ha* a right to a past
of the venison; a* he eotild, litul lie been allow
od the same privilege.-, we were,easily have ob
tuhied the whole.’’
“Agreed,"said the other, “Idon't want more
than a quarter ol'ftesb meat at a tiittc,”
“Ve*; bill the Indians had notfired w • hi
had the chance to xhuot, you know,” said the
third. |
‘Oh ! well— devil ihy oMs leijt, give Inin’
tlici ‘r tjuar ey any how,”
The Mlii'i h.iobed a fb ui:. er, but he was
ovtmtlcdj and the fijp. th qmdtcr w"* sward
■ Kllona*. 1 gladly uceftp e,l it, and I daresay, ,
Vie , No. 7, Imve not yet forgotten tbosteiighi
tul it supplied, nor the tine soup Wmch j
was made from th% hones uii v£e fall, w in/’
. da)'-
*Mv mckrttanw* It w to mr hy
dW“w iHmihorcejfefnn'i, was net mor,’ ■ nvhililc;
x* z . o’ ‘*krt la,, ally IrnnslaO-tl
- I’vltii i tug. I t/ifcs, king; pond J Tin- other
is a spr. ,* in land vvirtle. found in Florida and sonic
’ parts of Georgia.
fllM'llsslnN 111 sINkM. The gmi I ex
tent of tht* blanch of business, which has
been carried on in ihccitvofNew Orlenun,
the past I'cu* years, may be inferred from a
statement of one large concern, which lias
been furred to close doors, for the present,
owing to the general embarrassment* of the
times. In the circular of .'lcs*r*. Bennettt
A I'rrridavs A. Cos, of the Kith .fttlv, thev
prove from their books to the Ist July that
they have due them svVr.'j.lTjtiti, that thw
; owe * 15-1,797 33. Leaving an undivided
surplus of!?! lA.I’iS Li. They ie.-.uirk that .
their hv*ok* arc open to tlic inspection of;
their creditors, which is highly honorable.
T.xtr vonniv arv Birth. - V Mr*. Brows
residing in Fahm street, was on Tuesday
nigltl l ist delivered ol rmy;Rtiiie Children,
two boys aniv one girl—all of whom, are ;
doing well. The family an; in indigent
eirrvunstaiH'i *. and should this take the
eye of one of the Directresses o<” the Fe
male Vsy Inin, or other charitable institu
tion*, we trust they will bestow their mite.
The individual named is a respectable, hard
wo “king woman, having already a large
family.
\nothkr. \\ e see it stated in one of
‘ our exchange papers that on the tsh of Ju-
F, when the s!iip Hobt. I’ Ford, Capt.
J dill Price, lately arrived at Baltimore,
from Liverpool, was in late, tivi di gs, the !
wile of Mr. Lewi* Lew is, one of the pas-’
singers, was xateiy delivered of three fitvo j
daughter*. They were seiaralig named
:•• ‘• v. O, i vx, and Vietg;,v. T >
( mother and Child.ui are said to he doing
well.- -Sara urft Rep: Uig: S.
During t!;e session of the Court st Or
! wigsiiiirg the past week several criminal
; triah have been dispose i oi. The ruffian
alluded to in oar Jourmti some weeks since,
as having attempted an outrage, on a young
girl at Minersville, has been tried, found
guilty and sentenced to ten y ears imprison
ment in the Penitentiary—Pottsvi!le Jour.
TII S3 MCINTOSH OOUNTY HERALD
SVVAHTWOt T AND PRICE IN PARIS.
A pHCTL* AIfU CasSh s uuhiu..
There hn- two ipiiic a funny ilolouMnirnt
among-t tin**tth-ire i*urerat Paris. Atauii the
j time tnol Mr*. Price ‘ reaeheil Paris, the ne
’ count* of tier husband's itefaleatiou* sent out
by Jes-o Hoyt, also reaction hi* eye*. Hy
the-e de.pinches, I’ru-ewn- siddlobe a m faul
icr to the amount of only MiTft.tk)). When
Swartvvoot east hi* eye over the account* In
stud “it l a U—-d stiame that Uni Price'*
1 speculation* should be hushed up in that way,”
and swore by Heaven that I’rfre wa* a* large
a defaulter as himself, Tht* Price denied.
One word brought on another, until at last
: they had a regular Homan quarrel after this
’ fashion:—
Sam —7’h*t you hav* wrong'd me doth nppearm
this .
Ypu have d< ftmlled lo • Uri-r amount
And made u scam itiav f stone
Uid so l the putilic ux/ri’ v, wtiitsvyou
Ran off hh wtiai thyy owed you
Hill —ln *ni li ii t-ui> : out*, it i* noi in -i
That every thousand doiinr* nhouM bi’ an is * r'd for
Sum —ls* me tell you. Bitty, you yourself
“A ee mucii lo lilime Vo h'iv an itching palm
To rob tin; public ebrst of Jill it* gold,
And then deny it,
HiH.—l “a Helling palm ? 1 rob the public purse!
You know tHrvi you ore Aammy that speak tin*
Or he assur'd that |o-,cli were |%c your l ist
hum —'the name of Bill Price honor* ihiscorrup
lion.
AmL(” -istlscment doth therefore hide its head.
Hill —Clißiaiv-metii!
Nan --fteiiiemhtr M * nh- -! tie Ith of-March re
momher.
Did not great Jackson—
It ill.- i-iiop, h.imuiy. sioj! yon touch me on tin
tendereai point
Cfreni Jnckhoif* self durst not just lima have moved
mr.
Sam —Peace, peace ‘ you durst not so have tempt
i*l him!
Ihll, —I durst not!
Sam —For your lif- you durst not.
•aim. —Ho not pr* nme i< much upon my love ;
i I may say that I shall he sorry for.
.Sirin —You have don* that you should be sorry
for ;
There is no terror, Bdl Price, invour threat*,
For I tun steep’d so (Jeep in and fuletuions,
That they pas* hy me ns thi idle wind
Winch 1 re-.pi- i not I did send to you
For certain sums of gold to i.ny my grog bills
When f was In England, wlticfi you d> m and me !
F'U f-rould rats-: no rttoney hy vtie torao-,
By h .ten, Pd raih.eecoinun heart than urin-
From ttic close tianils oftncrelianiv tl.eir vile Irtish
*V any luisc Btit nipts. id ands uid
To you for ;;i>ld to pay my w - toil
Which Volt dented me *n*ilii doro Ilk- Bdl Brir ’
Hliould 1 have answered Witlinm M Pie so !
Wiien !*.illHlt:i riwartwoul ‘isw * so colli ton*
; Tit k■ ■ p n fewhnsc dollar* trom hi* friend.
Tt• r.iidy, loco*, with all .pour ihund'-ibcilt*.
And snv he’s ndefauber/
lliil ■ I deni and you mu
,V/ir You did
Wit?.--1 did not. He was a whig
i Thai took my answer bark .Sammy, you've rived
my heart;
I A ro„u should b-nrh rogue’s intiroi.'ui s.
But Sammy make.* mine greateriltan they vre
Sam —l ih> no l But yuppush your and I'alcatiou*
off on me.
Dili. — Ya* lot. me not
Sam —l'm (1- and if Ido.
Ht/I. Tiler..'* no love lost tielwet nus
Sam — Agreed Itl sec thee nguiniu Piujlippi.
And with that the>e twostth ti'e.i*ur*‘M *epa
r.ited. Stun cleared put for Houlogon, and
Biii took n cotutgi: jusi tktlanie the barrier dc’l
i hi Paris Front thi* ilk gunt situfti hi
lie h.ul n most eotumandntg provpect with
! which to solace his troubled soul for the ion*
:of In boon companion. Oil one side he had
n view down the route St (Jermailt toVersail
le* and the beautiful valley of the Seine; aud
in an op iKtfc rtireettott he ftitfi *> file pftjspeet
along the Avettne de Nttilly and toward* the!
. city, xv here hi* eve cun rent upon the spire of
Notre Hume, and which t Inst her i t wotsltip
if he can’t pray,— With regard to the disco*-
; t rie* ill the w ay its defalfaiuni-i. they still con
j iiuue to an enormous rxtent. je*-e Ifoyt and
} hi* clerks littvc Worked teglii and day for m iny
week*, and one entire week the former lost hi*
entire sleep. Hi* first discovery vvn- r*7B,O;K);
hy dint of wore -earching he found a further
i defalcation nl SLIpJJJ; then otnMilie Sunday
morning lu: found unefriCr default mg iwm of
SIT) (U t; they ftiett stumbled upon one sum
(ielieient of iyffO.Od,?; they then discovered ijiSju
OiK) more;and the Mpbabd|U t*. Unit they wff
go on dtscovugiitg until #nor the next rVevP
detitml election. Altogether it i* the rtwke-t
mate oQj]*eovery that ever Was stumbied
u't.Mtx time Swartvjgiut and Price tweet nt(
fj.illlpjji, we think Brice wiftt have the greater
setttti Ueiif tii name.
** * ttoic
Tit:: Um;i x * Me*.jct, a- sJu looking
4ver the jJfge* of B;igli*lnourist* in Am|C
it t* really Cttrfou* to ol’servn vv hut a fearful
stress thev lav upon the unfits histet the
atiHhjt:ilia. From lluj. and ThouUK:, down
j,to Mahryai'l', the immenac -tiliject t* intiodn
‘ee.l with all airt* Art’ vartutl hi. The English,
we have always thought— at least this has al
ways been conceded after Our own victories—
are a brave people: and verily it i* wonderful t
that officers of her unity and navy, as if smit
i w Ith sudden fear upon their arrival among “the
universal Yankee nation.” should fly u ithawe
and dread from before tlm presence of a mus
! •■i:Ulo ! The tinny horn Wherewith he winds
j Itis e\enirtg concert is to litem more terrible
than the loudest charge ofbattle, and a conflict
with hint quite equal totbatbetvveenSt. George
and the Dragoon. They are (litt.nt, mu! serc
muled to an extent so alarming that it becomes
afterward as much a matter of sober history,
as if the fate of nations depended upon the ex
j !diction of those film-winged citizens of this
tree and enlightened republic. These travel
i lets ought to know, that musquitoo.*, tinder the
American constitution, are as independent as
i church mice, and free as fleas in Italy. To
: massacre them, or to pm them in duress* is
! contrary to a special statute, appended to one
I offering a •premium for live foreign owls, or
; deceased native crows, —and those who cait
nut core, < • fur,* them. The same immunities
are granted to dragoon-flic*, vv asps, and horn
et*, foreign and domestic : and the only inal-e
----diction ever e,tiered against the latter, w as by
an Irishman, who. when stung by oneol th°tn.
’ exclaimed— 'Murder! bow hot his fvt is !”
Heath by Hydrophobia. —\Ye mentioned
about six w eeks ago that.. mulatto man had
been bitten by a dog supposed to be rabid
belonging to Air. iloog'and who keeps a
livery stable in V, ashington street. New
York. \A e learn from the Journal of Com
merce that the name of the man is John
Tny. The dog attacked a goal in the stable
and Tay secured him by a rope but was
I bitten in the arm and leg. The g tat has
since died, and poor Tay was attacked w ith
, spasms last week and taken lo the hospital
at Bellevue, where he died on Sunday.
Mr. Hnogland the owner of the dou was
al*o bitten, bat has taken remedies and lias
j not yet been affected by the disease.
Query. —V. hat would the ladies do, if
j they were horn with such a camel’s hump
; upon theit backs, as some of them now
make vv ith the fashionable pad, called a
, bustle alias a /■ t<hop’ Thev would cvmsid
! der it a great calamity, and indeed if one
! of them was afflicted with a tumor of the
same si/e and shape, she would have it re
moved In the surgeon's knife. Hove some
people will deform themselves for fashion's
sake.—Hartford Courier.
[ Hr cun Ik e J nekton ( La.) liepublican Jut jfST.J 1
Sir any * Occurrence. — Amongst the uppa- t
r< all) eiulirtt* etalogno ol strange nccuiren- i
ces unit crime* wiili wi. ch the pro* ltß*te. m- |
ed,thu follow mg, w hkdi his tteen ovuunniiica- ;
t. >1 in ti letter lrunt u lady fount*i near the ,
scene of urtton to her fnend hi tlu x trinity, is
u little the strangest we have met wit.':. Not
having seen the teller, we are under the neees
siiy ol giving u second hand account of the at- 1
lair, and may const quelltly be Itiacorale ill ‘
Nome of our d.-tatfr; but the NUtnii..mia( fact* 1
are a* Juritl bed to Us. Doing personalty ac- !
qualified with the writer of the letter, we have .
no hesitation in expressing our belief of her
Blateineuls. Here is the strange tragic talc.
Some time muee ihe sheriff ot acounty in the
southern jiarl of had received,
in Ins official character, a large sum of money
—say fifteen or twenty thousand dollar*. Un
der pretext of call from home for a day or
two, lie placed the money in the k of
Ins wife, vv horn he ( barged to tkc i><wul care
; of it.
Lite in the evening of the day on which he
. left home, a stranger of genteel appearance
railed at the house, and asked permission to
remain over night. Hi-likuig to entertain a
slrunger during herhu-band*absence,the wife ;
of the sheriff denied the request, and the strun
g. r rode on. Directly after Ins departure,
however, the lady came to the conclusion that ‘
she had douc wrung tit refusing to take him in, 1
and sent a servant to recall hint. The gentle- 1
limit returned, and soon after retired to rest,
i Lute to the night, three men disguised a* nc- J
greet, came to the house, called lip the lady,
and demanded possession of the money left in
her charge. Believing that there wa* no help j
for it, *h.’ at length told them thut the money i
vvn* in another room, aud that she would go :
a if. I gel It for them.
It *o happened that the money had been de- ■
posited in the room occupied by the stranger ;
and on her going for it she found bint tip and |
loading ins pistol*, lie bad lieen awaken dby
the noise, and had overheard most of the con
versation talwecn his hostess and the robber*, j
Telling thu lady to be of good beart he gave
her a loaded plsldl, and instructed her to go |
out and. present ihe money to one of the rob- I
her* and In shoot the fellow whilst in tlic net !
of doing so—on her doing w inch he (the stran
ger) would be ready for the other two.
Wuh a eoofru ** and courage that it is difli
eult to conceive of in a wmnim she did as di
rected and the robtier who recoined the money ;
fell dead at her feet Another n*tunt mid the
strangers bullet hud floored a second robber. ‘■
The thtn! alternated escape, but w.t* overtaken
at the gate by itie stranger, and fell under the j
thrust of ht knife !
A* *. on a* practicable the neighbor* were
alarmed and on washing the paint from the j
laces of the dent! robber*, the one killed by the
lady proved to tie her own husband, and the
niln r two a couple of m ar noifbor*.
Huch is the story, in substance. A* before
stilted, it comes in a letter ft tun a lady for i
who*: credibility we are willing to much. If!
error exists in the Statement, either the w riter
of the letter w an mi.-inforun and or we have been
most egrrgiottsly boated.
CAPTAIN M ARRY AT IV BOOK.
The Captain it scents, xva* “three week* in t
New Yorlu’ tiejore he got hut eye* open, or:
could dtkttnjulsh that ‘city from one of our
(Kngdsb) town*. w —“There i* certainly nut
much tft writ” about,” say* the ( a plain. “No
I wonder then,” adds he. “that those xvtiopreee- j
‘..led me. (tonrt*u—'Trollope amt lo.) have;
indulged in puerilities to swell out their book*.” I
By-#nd bve. liotvever, the ( aplain s “percep- ‘
k lion became more keen. Ins oOservaucc more
nice and close and then he ftmuil out “that;
there wv- a irreiU that to reflect upon, and tn
veslt■rale, in Aineneu and the Aim neon peo
ple.”
“It is not my intention to follow the individ-;
ualtzing piunsoflhr in itority of tin se w ho pre- ;
ceded me, meaning ‘1 rollup & to. again, in
thtseoiftit y. I rial not *au across the Atlauue
to ascertain wether the Americans cat their
dinners vv ith t vo-proitg iron or three-prong sil
ver lorkfi?with cnwji sucks or their lingers ; it
is quite sufficient fur xir to know that they do
eat and drink : it they do not. it would be a
ctirifffß (inomuaiy winch I should not pass over.
1 .My object Was to c\ (fnwic and ttsenruvin. irhnt
vert Hit yl/ocis tffv 11. moeratic form us Hot
„ era.neat anil climate upon a people trhirh, j
inth all its ful l l gn atlmia ture, may stilt be
considered l.ngltsh #
With these truly philosophic aspirations, the
let nothing escape, his inquiring r\ • I
once bemjoonited, thus lor a sfwcituen when
-'jYsnkinFnf tneTeiWlmo't ot flu” Fourth of,
Julym New York, the veracious and tunny j
Capt. Martyatl says;—“ln the meanwhile the
whole atmosphere was tilled with iudepend-j
(nice. Such was the quauty of American ting*,!
w hich wtß lioislcd on tmani of vessels, hung
out of the windows, or carried about by little
boys, that you.*a,v more stars at noon-day than ;
.en r could be counted on the brightest niglit!” ‘
Again: “On each side of the irfto/r length ]
of Broadway,’ [in another part of his book, he !
says ■•Broadway runs through the city like the j
vertebray of Home huge anim il”—“being wide ■
and three miles long."] were arranged booths i
and stands, similar to those at an English fair, I
and on vvliich were displayed small plates ol i
oysters, with a fork stuck in the board oppo
site each plate ; clam* sweltering in the hot
sun ; pine apples, boiled hams, pies, puddings, j
barley sugar, and many other indescribeibtes’
But what was most remarkable, in creep booth |
lining each side of Broadway, there was n j
roast pic. large or small, as the center of at- j
traction. “ Six miles qf roast pig !! Who af- j
ter thi*. w ill venture to assert, that the worthy
Captain, is not ar close, but like wis.Va ftry phi
lomphicnl and accurate observer!
Fi ench Line of Steamers.— A letter lots
been received by the Consul General at
New York from the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, stating that it is the inten
tion ofihe French government to establish j
a line of four steamers between Hav re and |
New York, four between Brest and Brazil, j
and also a line to run regularly between :
Bordeaux and Y'era Cruz, or some port in
Mexico. The expenses of the whole will j
be defrayed by the post office department,
although the steamer* xv ill be permitted to j
take merchandise.
An Indplokkt Husband.—A person
lately deceased in Bradford, after provid
ing fur the apprenticeship, cf his three
sons, bequeathed 1b.500 to his widow, lut
on the condition that she marry before six
months after his decease. i*he is vary good-, ,
looking, and will have no difficulty in com
plying with his injunction.
Serenading- An individual who was
honored with a serenade fix some of his i
friends otte night, very utirourieouslv told ■ 1
them they might saw his wood if they saw ‘
lit, hut as for making a useless noise about !
hi* house, he would not stand any such non- .
sense. t J
- _ ‘ . . | |
Dk.-kkv to Sympathy.—The proceeds of; ‘
the benefit, at Drury Lane Theatre, for the! !
widow and family of Die late Mr. Ilaynes ‘
Bay?) , the dramatist, ri aliscd about lb. UK).
Mikai dldi'i Kbcar* —A Chixd React’- ;
kd rttoxt a I’AKTHe*,—LaM Saturday fore- 1
noon, Mr. James Kanney and wife, who
live about nine miles ea*i of thi* village,
in the town of Watson, left home on husi
ne*s, leaving their house in charge of their
oldest child, a girl aged about l'T year*.
Near noon the girl heard the infant, aged 1 I
months,“which had been laid while aaleeu
•m a bed io an adjoined bed-root*, uimr tn
horrid crech, upon which ahe immediate
ly ran to its relief, and imagine her Iceling
upon opening the door, to *ee a panther
with the babe in its mouth leaping from an
open window immediately over the bed !
But she, like a true heroine, sprang upon
the bed and then out of the window, scream
ing at the heilh of her voire and apoti be
ing joined by the other children about the
house, put sued the panther at her utmost
speed. They followed it nboul forty rods
to a pair of bars which separated the clear
liug from the forest, at which place the
giri state* that she approached to within
15 or ‘JO feet of the pa4)h< r, when it rcliu
quished it* hold of the child leapt the bar*
and made its way into the wood*. The in
fant wa* picked up much strangled from its
rapid movement through the grn** and
sand which had filled it* mouth and eyes, ‘
1 hut soon recovered aud i* now well, save
a few scratches about its body, w hich have ;
the appearance of having been made by
the panther's teeth. These marks ate ve- j
ry plain and there are several blood-biisler*
raised where the teeth in slijqdug came in*
‘contract. The girl states that the panther
! dropped the child once before arriving at
| the fence, and it is supposed the giving j
away of the clothing was the cause, as the) j
i were much torn.
We have the above particulars from vm
i questionable authority, and the ptobabili
tx of the story will not he questioned when
it is known tfiat the immense forest rust of
the river in inhabited by the panther, and
t that at this season of the year they fre
; q lien tl v are the persouifiextUoti of famine it
self, which fuel accounts for its approach- ;
mg the dwelling, the tardineas of its move-j
I menu and its inability lo leap the bar* with
it* prey in it* mouth, a* we understand it j
made two ineffectual efforts before giving j
it on. Too much praise cannot be bestow
ed upon the brave girl who thus saved the i
! life ofihe child.— Lowiille Journal.
Burning Mine. Mr. Dougherty’s Uinv
| rot the Broad Mountain is still on fire, nnd I
burns with increased fury. Mr. P. has j
! advertised for proposal* to extinguish the
: tire: but we apprehend he would scarcely
; find a contractor who would wait for hi*
; pav until the job i* finished, as from the
length ol time it has been burning ami our
own personal examination, it will probably
continue to increase in fury until the whole |
Jugular vein of htlf n mile in length above [
’ the water level, ahull have been e-nisti tied |
It is now the greatest curiosity in our rc [
gion ; and will doubtless attract the visits ;
jof many from our Fat stern cities, who
would rather view a volcano in this healthy
! neiuhhorhood than visit Vesuvius.—Road
i fi g Dorn.
More Accidents from Fire Anns. —Tlic
Tinted Smn * strainer Fulton wont tijt the
j North River last Thursday, and went
abreast of Mr. K entitle'* factory at Colt! [
Spring, it w a* detcimined to give her a sal
j motion. Tbs* accordingly brought out t
: “the big gun,” but, sad to relate, after the j
liret, by some neglect on the part of the
man that held the vent, it went offunexpee
tedly, and drove the ramrod through the
body of tffe guiltier. This poor fellow was,
of course, killed on the spot, aud another
w > *o badly in jured, that he w :ts yester
day brought down to the City II tspital j
w ith no hopes of recovery.—N. Y, Her.
Fatal Me. take. —A Mr*. Morrison In Ilil
j lei**lrert. o t Tuesday evening | a *t. before
I retivF g, mixr lNfrimTTnndanuTti with bran
tuv, which it wa* intended to administer io
: drops to a restless infant. In the night
• however an elder child of about two years
’ awoke and desired water, when the fathet
arose and in the dim liglit of the room not
perceiving the previous content* of the
! cup, poured water intuit and gave the
| whole dose to the child. In a short time
I severe spasm* ensued which gradually be
came worse, and the little sufferer was re
leased by death before morning.—Balt
; more Post.
.
A Soldike's Attot went. —“ The pay
master of a regiment,” says the Gazette de
. France. ” quartered in the south of France,
having deposited a sunt of 10,000 francs in
! the hands of a banker, suddenly learned, a
few days since, thaw he had declared hitn
*elf a bankrupt. The paymaster itnmedi-
I ately went to the dedlot’s house, and do
! tuaoded his money. The unfortunate han
ker replied that be had delivered in hisbal
i ance-sheet, and consequently it was 100
! late. The officer, upon this, drew out a
pair of pistols, and said. ‘The 10,000 Truiics
you owe me belong to the regiment : if they
are .tot forthcoming I am disgraced and ru
ined: therefore you must either give me
| the money, or I will blow out your brain*,
j and then shoot myself.’ This mode of set
tling accounts defeated ail the calculations
j of the banker, who took out his pocket
| book and gave him the sum demanded.”
Church Built of Mulberry Trees.—Eve
ry Yankee has heard how the \V nhers
-1 field girls erected a Church some years
I since in that village, from the proceeds of
[ the onion crop. The story is traditional
! and. doubtless, a true one, but wp have one
I to Ynatch. Some dozen individuals in Am
herst.(Fast Village.) entered into the mul
berry business some two or three years ;
since, with a determination, if successful, j
to erect anew meeting house in that par
ish. They have been successful, and out
of the profits of this little joint stock com
pany, a Church is now erecting in the Fon-t
Parish in Amherst.—[Northampton Couri
er.)
Duelling. —A* a sisti of the onward march
of health public opinion, in reference to the
duelling system of the present day, it may be
mentioned that a public meeting has been cal
led in Natchez, wt>h a view to the formation of
an anti-duelling society ; and that in a notice
of the design, it is bartity commended by the
Nexv-Orleans Bulletin, which paper suggests
the general utility of such societies. ~Good
might undoubtedly often lie done, and evii pre-!
vent’ and, by the discreet action of such associa- ;
turns. “Blessed are the peace makers.” under j
ail possible circumstances.
Mummies. The Texan Htnr gives cur
rency to a report that a million of mum
mies havebcoo discovered in the environs
of Durango, in Mexico. It i not staled
icho counted them, tint it i* said that they
are in a sitting posture, with wrappings,
hands, and ornaments similar to those ol
the Egyptians, Among them was found
.a poniard offtint, with a sculptured handle,
! chaplets, necklaces, Ac. of alternately col
ored beads, fragments of bones, polished
like ivory, fine worked elastic tissues, moc
casins worked like those of our Indians,
bones of v ipers, & c'. ‘The Star says—lt
rfmain* to continue these interesting tc
searcbes, and American w ill become anoth
er Egypt toaiiliquaiinus, aud her ruins will
go back to the oldest periods of the world,
showing doubtless that the ancestors of the
Montezuma* lived on the Nile, and that
their luxurious civilization ws* broken up
and overpowered by the hardy hordes of
of Asiatic Tartars, who came down from
Behrings Straits auJlhe Rocky Mountain*.
The scenes af Attila and Alatica in Roam
and Greece, were rehearsed at an earlier
day on the shores of California and the
plans of Mexico. It is unknown of the
mummies above mentioned, what kind of
, euohalmcnt was used, or whether it was
nilrou.* dispositions in the cave* where
thev were found. A fact of importance is
stated that the shells of the necklaces
arc of a marine character, found at Zurato
cas, on the Pacific, where the Columbus of
4 their forefather* probably therefore landed
from’the Malay, Hindustan, or Chinese
cost, or from islan is in the Indian Ocean.
A New Romance. —A work of fiction
will he published in a few days, which can
not fail lo excite a more than ordinary de
gree of interest, from the eircumstance of
George 111. sustaining a prominent part
in the development of the n itfativ e. The
Novel is called ‘• Hamilton l\injg,” and it
is from the pen of one who Ins already
proved himself to he a decided favourite
with the public, ilis furthcoming work
involves a seiits of strongly-contrasted in
cidents, by sea and land, in England and
the West Indies, and contains a great va
riety of characters, exhibited with rare dra
matic power, from many in the Court of
: George 111. to those in humble life, inclu
j ding pirates, negroes, Y ankee adventur
i era, Irish rebels, French refugees, &e. In
tit) *tery and originality of plot, it will re
; mind the reader of Cooper's most success
j fnl works, while in the drollery of many of
it* incident* it will rccale the happiest ef
forts of Hook a.id Marryat.
Novel Presentation. —A maniac at
tempted i.t Monday night to enter Buck
ingham Palace, hut the seminal on duty,
, who, supposing the man a labourer engn
j ged in the garden, had allowed him with
out ch..llenge to ascend hy the terrace steps
toward* the interior, being alarmed bv the
screams of a lady’s maid, seized the man,
who prov ed a stranger and a lunatic, and
when taken began to use the most horrible
language, called the Queen by every oppro
bious term, and repeatedly said his inten
tion was t > have killed her Majesty ; “ lie
had come there fur no othei purpose.” lie
was secured fur the night, examined on
Tuesday morning, and remanded.
A daughter of Mr. Sn aim, of Philadel
i phin, attended a ball at Saratoga, a few
uvcui.tgs since, and adorned with a cirrlct
of diamonds worth S-o,ooo—Only think
what a host of poor sick devils contribut
ed toward its purchase, by swallowing
her father’s panacea ! -Boston fm
t||r
H't ease of Priso-n, rs from Fart Henry.—
Y’.sterfitv mortSjftvrthe following prisoners
were pardon, irsud sent U> the l/nitcd States
in the steamer Expres- :
‘David IK field, Oliver Lav ton,
John M. Junes. Edgar Rogers, (boy)
Gain.* l'.iiY r. Samuel Livingston,
Truman Ciiipman, Levi Cbipmmi,
John Greaves. Aiunzo Mignotcth.
Baptiste ltazuire,
*IF field was pardon and because Itis mother
saved the life of a British officer during the
last war with the Fttited States.
Kingston Crotticle.
F. : r. lirea-a.— The editor of the Y
Orleans Times finely drepmed that the entire
.Mi-*issippi was turned into a mint julep, and
that tile Cecil came and sucked it through a
hollow sycamore instead of a straw.- Extreme
tlnrt i< supposed to have suggested the horri
ble vision
Veto,tv\ Springs.—The White Sulphcr
Springs in Virginia appear to bring together a
distinguished Company. Among the visiters at
the Y\ liite Sulphcr are Judge Porter, ol Louis
iana, formerly C. S. Senator; the Hon. Lang
don t heeves. of South Carolina, with his fami
ly. and Commodore Dallas, of the F. States
Navy. Ihe number of stranger* among the
mountains is estmated at six hundred.
The remnants of the once powerful tribe of
Ottawa Indians finally took their departure
front Ohio on the 2,lth nil., for the country al
lotted to them west of the Mississippi.
Shaving in Spain.— An Irish gentleman
travelling through Spain went into a bar
ber’s shop to get shaved. The roan of foam
with greet obsequiousness placed his cus
tomer on the chair, and commenced opera
tions by spitting on t ie soap and rubbing
it over the gentlema is face, “Blood an’
oons !” was the iliigant remark of the
irishman, “ is that the way you shave a*
giilticiftan ?” at the same time preparing ill
his wrath to overturn the wig minister.
‘ It is the wav vie shave a gentleman, Sen
tier.” “Then how do you shave a poor
man ? “We spit on his face and rub the
s up over that,” was the Spaniard’s reply.
“Oh, then, it’ l remember nothing else but
the one thing, it’i! be the Spanish Barber's
distinction and so saying, the Hibernian
i rose, paid the demand, and departed.
AUGUSTA, Aug. 8. ISS9.
New Cotton. —The first bate of cotton of
the new crop, weighing 383 lbs. reached this
city yesterday afternoon, from the Burke plan
tation of the Rev. Juriah Harris, and was stored
(unsold) in the warehouse of Messrs. D'Antig
uac & Hi:!. We were shown a sample—the
color and staple is very good—ginning bad.
This is early for the new crop to reach mar
ket. Last tear, the first bale was received
j from the plantation of the above named genile
| man on the 18ili August In 1837 on the 24ih
j ofMie same mxnth. from the plantation ofTiir
! ner Clanton, Esq.