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ATHENS, GEORGIA,—THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1847.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
nmt tbe Death.*
One bright June morning, while seated
in camp, on a lofty ridge near the Colo
rado river, in which, with two companions,
I was engaged in trapping heaver, I de
scried, far down on the plains, an object
moving, which I knew to be a buffalo, al
though in appearance, from the distance
which lay between it and the spot upon
which 1 stood, it looked no larger than a
commonsized dog. I had, but a few mo
ments before, returned from a five mile
tramp, after an unsuccessful examination
of our tmps, and though tired, I resolved,
if possible, to Lave a taste of buffalo, for
this was the first we had seen during a
month's sojourn among the hills, the herds
seldom travel so high up. Acting upon
this resolution, I straightway put on my
wet moccasins, which I had a tew min
utes previous hung upon rods near our
fire.
The Indians so infested our neighbor
hood, lhat we never moved from our camp
but with extreme caution, so after con
cluding my necessary preparations for
start, I took a general survey from
Etna, and dyeing me like some victim for
a heathen sacrifice.
Suddenly the struggles of the wounded
buffalo appeared to cease, the blood flow
ed from his nostrils an uninterrupted
stream, his eye grew dim,.and its glassy
stare was fixed upon mine, while his bo
dy for a moment swayed to and fro, as if
he was about to sink down upon the earth,
but dreadful was the thought, and terri
ble became the certainty that his huge
form was gradually sinking over the edge
of the precipice, directly above the scant
footing upon which I stood. There wa3
no escape! Every moment made his
fall in the ravine more certain, and at the
contemplation of being hurled by this dy
ing mass into the craggy bed of the stream
beneath, roy blood congealed with terror!
Slowly bis dark form sunk, and the earth,
crushing away beneath his bendinglimbs,
pattered down upon me, until with ap
prehension I had grown mad, when, with
a rushing sound, like an avalanche, the
wounded beast tottered over the verge.
For a moment, as lie struck the projec-
lion on which I stood, his bulk paused,
and the next, frantically grasping his
shaggy mane, I was hurled with him to
the bottom of tbe ravine, my slender rest-
place on the side of the precipice,
CENTRAL HOTEL,
Alliens, Georgia.
T HE undersigned would announce to his friends
and the travelling public, that he has taken this
well known establishment, and is prepared to accom
modate in the best manner those who may favor him
with their patronage. The house is in good order,
*nd the rooms are plcaeantly situated. His table will
be well supplied with every thing the market affords,
and he has engaged the services of Superior Cooks.
In short, it will be his endeavor to keep the house in
«nch a manner as to satisfy all who may call upon
him. IJis charges will bo very moderate.
Jan 21 m3tn WlLEV SLEDGE.
College Avcnuo
STEW I AI.I. .MB WINTER GOODS.
W. H. II. WHITE,
oiler chant Tailor,
H as just received a large and extensive assort
ment of Kali and Winter Goods, comprising
| In hi* line, consisting, in part, of
i au4 French Clot In* Sc Caaalmera,
i’Mo<■ mwaal 11 Fin’d Mlk Velvet Vesting*.
tv-avrCBIAtt f|. V!N AND PKIURKP SATINS J
, Dutnbazines, Camlets, «j-c.
I. HO
neighboring peak, without, however, dis- J falling around me in a shower. I was
covering signs of an enemy. I counseled . stunned fora moment, with the shock,
my companions, before parting with tire in, hut the cold stream bubbling about me,
to keep watch of my progress, ami in the ; soon brought me back to consciousness,
event of their discovering Indians, to in- j when I found that my antagonist had hap-
form me by waving their handkerchiefs, pdy fallen undermost. His form had
and pointing in the direction in which j broken the force of my plunge into the
they were seen. Having concluded all I ravine. After washing the stains of vic-
preliminary arrangements, I descended j lory, I cut out a lew steaks as proof of
into the valley, rifle in hand, and knife in j my being “in at the death, and left his
belt, with my ear open to hostile sounds, j carcase to the wolves, well satisfied with
and my arm nerved to vigorous defence.! my share of that game !
After a tedious travel over broken ways,
and through deep and dark ravines, I
reached the valley, and struck out from
the timber, in order to gain a view of
Nell's peak, near where our camp was
Awful Discovery*
One serene evening, in the middle of
Augusst, 1775, Capt. Warrens, the mas-
. . - , ter of the Greenland, whaleship, found
situated. Another reason for avoiding . himselfbecalmed amonganimmensenum-
tbe covert was the fact of its always be- ( ^ er Q f icebergs, in about 77 degrees of
ing the red man's lurking place. north latitude. On one side and within
In about two hours travel I came near J a m ij e G f his vessel, these were closely
the solitary buffalo, silently feeding upon I wedged together, and a succession ofsnow
i n slope near the edge of a deep ravine, j co lored peaks appeared behind each oth-
! through which the Drip, a small tributary er as f ar as t h e eye could reach, showing
of the Colorado, winds. I now edged j t i lal the ocean was completely blocked
! under the timber, and having gained a j n p j n t h a t quarter, and that it had prob-
ttocXe, Handkerchief*, Cracatr, Scarp, Opera Ties,', closer position, discovered my prey to be a jj|y been so for a long period of lime.—
£ ;» >••>/«<= hi". " >■;<* I judged. j Capt. Warrens did not teel altogether
’ uion. I timid manner of feeding, ban been sop- . satisfied with- bis situation ; but there be-
large and complete, and will be sold , arated from the herd by an attack of the j j n g no wind he could not move one way
page ran thusNov. 14, 1762. We
have now been enclosed iu the ice seven
teen days. Tbe fire went out yesterday,
and our master has been trying ever since
to kindle it again without success. His
wife died this morning. There is no re
lief—”
Captain Warrens and his seamen har
ried from the spot without uttering a word.
On entering the principal cabin the first
object that attracted their attentition was
the dead body of a female reclining on a
bed in an attitude of deep interest and at
tention. Her countenance retained the
freshness of life, and a contraction of the
limbs showed that her form was inanimate.
Seated on the floor was a corpse of an ap- ohnnhere
parently young man, holding a steel in * *
one hand and a flint in the other, as if in
the ac$ of striking fire upon some tinder
which lay beside him. In tbe fore part
of the vessel several sailors were found
lying dead in their berths, and the body
of a boy was crouched at the bottom of
the gangway stairs. Neither provisions
nor fuel could be discovered anywhere,
but Capt. Warrens was prevented, by
the superstitious prejudices of his seamen
from examining the vessel as minutely
as he wished to have done. He there
fore carried away the log-book already
mentioned, and returned to his own ship,
and immediately steered to the southward
deeply impressed with the awful exam
ple which he had just witnessed of the
dangers of navigating the Polar seas in
high northern latitudes.
On returning to England he made vari
ous inquiries respecting vessels that had
disappeared in an unknown way, and by
comparing the results of those with in
formation which was afforded by the
written documents in his possession, he
ascertained the name and history of the
imprisoned ship and of her unfortunate
master, and found that she had been fro
zen thirteen years previous to the time
of his discovering her among the ice.—
Westminister Review.
Obt if there were no Primers what would the
People dot
Air:—Fine Old English Gentleman.
o all. and thine* the wide world
bright ray,
Givea light and happint
through;
Oh! if there were no Printers, what would the People do?
The politician, then,indeed, would bo a aorrjr thing.
For there would be no weekly sheet,- election news to
And he would have to wait for it, perhaps a month or two;
Oh! if there were no Printers what would ibe People do 7
o Printers, what would out wise men
ao r
The Poet and the Novelist might lay aside the quill —
Give up their toil and study and bid their brain be still;
For who would read their manuscripts, ur even look them
through f
Oh! tf there were no Printers what would our authors do ?
The Merchant, every day, might get new style* and fresh
supplies.
But were no papers to b«* found wherein to advertise,
lle*d find his stock grow very large—his dollats very few.
o Printers what would the dearo
Then honor
To those »
bright fi.
Gives light and happiness
through ;
For if there were no Print
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD.
Freight (ram Atbem la Augusta.
o
The Stock e r .—,— , ... ,... 0 ..... .
on the most reasonable terms. Feeling duly thank- Indians, and having gained entrance to j or other, and he therefore kept a strict
M Jot mm inuroragc, would solicit a continuance— , )ie va u cy hail pursued his way to this wa tch, knowing that he would be safe as
T-hoCioodi will to sold bj the yard or pattern, or<l u! « S P°>- , Carefully approaching, | ong as the icebergs continued in their
made up to suit customers ia die most fashionable, him, 1 gamed n favorable slanrt " n ■ respective places.
•tyle, at short notice. 'his left, and poising my trusty rifle, 1 . About midnight, the wind rose to a
TAITORTMC I fired. With a snort of pain he backed g a l e , accompanied by thick showers of
Of every deacri^iondono <u»iu^ctotore. 8p.ci.Ut-! »»''"?• P a «*! fell upon his haunches.: 3no w, while a succession of tremendous
tention given to Catting, which will be done in Loading again, I advanced to dispatch thundering and grinding, and crashing
die best manner, at the usual rate*. j him, when, with a roar of pain, and with ^ noises, gave fearful evidence lhat the ice
1 a sudden bound, he approached to within was j n motion. The vessel received vi-
a few paces of where I stood. Having olent shocks every moment; for the hazi-
but an instant to spare, I hastily raised neS3 Q f the atmosphere prevented those
my rifle and pulled the trigger, when, to j on hoard from discovering in what direc-
my horror, the piece missed fire, even turn the open water lay, -or if there actu-
wiiilc the infuriated animal was so near a py was any at all on either side of them,
that his breath, mingled with his blood, The night was spent in tacking as often
was blown upon my person. 1 as any cause of danger happened to pre-
Time for thought there was none. I sent itself, and in the morning the storm
i could not regain the timber, so, dropping abated, and Captain Warrens found, to
| the rifle, I made for the ravine. The rifle his great joy, that his ship had not sus-
was a moment's diversion in my favor, tained any serious injury. He remarked
for the beast paused to smell the death with surprise that the accumulated ice
dealing weapon, but the next instant, with bergs, which had on the preeding evening
bloodshot eye, he madly rushed towards j formed an impenetrable barrier, had been
me. I looked into the ravine, and a seperated and disarranged by the wind,
glance revealed to me a perpendicular, a ud in one place a canal of open sea
precipice of a hundred feet, with the; wound its course among them as far as
stream fretting and boiling as ink, at the the e ye could discern,
bottom. To leap across it was impossi- • it was two miles beyond the entrance
ble; to plunge down was not to be D f this canal that a ship made its appear-
ihought of, but as an act of despair, and j a nce about noon. The sun shone bright-
alternative there appeared to be none.-— : ly a t the time, and a gentle breeze blew
To thus have to come to a hurried decis-; from the north. At first some interven-
ion, with a peril on every side, the chances ] j n g icebergs prevented Captain Warrens
were ten to one that the worst horn of j from distinctly seeing anything but her
the dilemma would be chosen. The se- masts; but be was struck with the strange
quel will show. manner in which her sails were disposed,
A small projection of about three feet | and with the dismantled aspect of her
long, by one wide, dpon which grew a; yards and rigging. She continued to go
few scrubby bushes, presented itself at before tbe wind for a few furlongs and
about ten feet distance from the edge of! then grounding upon the low icebergs,
,N COTTON, R’d or Sq’r
Cloth and Yam*,
Bacon, Lard, Flour, Feath
ers, Tallow, &c.
Corn and Oat*,
i theear.
10
1 bushel.
« Wheat,
** other article*, see printed lists at Athens.
Locomotive with Freight and Passenger Train leaves
Athens every Mokday, Wednesday, and Friday, at
one o’clock, P. M. Passenger Car every other day,
except Sunday, at 1 o’clock, P. M.
Fastestt for Athens must be delivered at Augusta
by Friday, Monday and Wednesday evenings, in
order to arrive at Athens on the following Monday,
' Wednesday and Fridays.
Storage will oc charged on all goods for Athens
not taken away from the Depot in 24 hours after their
arrival.
Merchants at a distance having goods marked O.
W. icill al$a it charged storage after one week’s
time.
Freight to and from Augusta payable at Athens or
j^eichtto and from Way Stations, payable at Ath-
ens or Wat Stations as requested.
No goods will be delivered at the Athens Depot
until after the payment of the freight thereon.
J. M. HUNT, Agent.
Athens Depot, Nov. 5, 1846.
CONFECTIONERY & BAKERY.
T. S. REYNOLDS,
YY70ULD respectfully announce to the citizens of
*T Athens and the public generaUy, that having
purchased the establishment, formerly known as the
Arm of W*. A. Talxadge & Co, be will continue the
above busine* is in its various braoebes, and solicits a
nee of that patronage heretofore ao liberally
L Still occupying the OLD STAND, in the
Hp I. Huggins, on Jackson stieet, it will af-
Jbrd Ifim much pleasure at all times, to meet the wants
of Candies, Fruits, Oysters, FUh,
i kept on band.
i the country, wishing Candies, can be
Jtall times, with a Fresh article, on as mod
erate term* aa it can be procured in Augusta.
Athens, January 7,1647.
NO CURE NO PAY!
Dr. Cullen’s Indian Vegetable Sensed..
W ARRANTED to core, or the money returned. Thia
medicine ia prepared from an Indian Receipt ob
tained from one of them ia tbe Far West, at great expense.
Those who hare been familiar wilk the Indians, know
that they can and do curu Yenerial without tbe kuowL
<d?e of Mercury, Balaam, or nay thing of the kind. The
afflicted have now an opportunity of being cured without
the danger ofMercury.or the unpleasant use of Balaam.—
This medicine is pleasant to the taste, and leaves nc
on the breath.
Whoksaaleand Retail, by ROW AND 4c WALTON,
Proprietor* 376 Market St., Phils.
A- ALEXANDER,Sr-, sole Agent for Athens, Ga^
Carter * Stockton, Columbus, do.; Joseph C. Turner,
Savannah, do.; R. S. Roberta, Edgefield, S.C^ P. M.
Conen, &■ Co., Charleston, do.;
October 2*-, 1916:
the ravine, and without a second thought,
1 held a moment by tbe edge of the pre
cipice, and dropped upon this small shelf,
which shook and quivered from the con
cussion of my leap, until I fancied I could
feel it sliding from its place! the thought
was horrible, and I shut my eyes in a
partial swoon, expcctingthe next moment
to be dashed into the babbling current be
low ; but after wailing a reasonable time,
and no concussion occurring, 1 opened
them, and now my heart grew sick again,
at the peril of my position, from which
there seemed no prospect of escape.
I bad spent but a moment in this con
templation, and just then thoughts were
speeding rapidly through my brain, when
the infuriated bull, his eyes like balls of
fire, and tbe red current of life spouting
from bis nostrils,, appeared above me, on
the very, brink, bis fore hoofs pushing tbe
earth at the edge upon my bead, while
from his mouth he deluged me with a
flood of sanguine hue. My Dosition was
horrible. He pawed tbe earth and feebly
shook his mane, as if in exaltation that
his destroyer was about to be destroyed,
and then the deep heaving of his mighty
chest would again deluge me with a torrent
of lava, which fell hot as a shower from
remained motionless.
Captain Warrens’ curioisty was so mneb
excited that he immediately leaped into
his boat with several seamen, and rowed
towards her. On approaching he observ
ed that her hull was miserably weather
beaten, and not a soul appeared on the
deck, which was covered with snow to a
considerable depth. He hailed her crew
several times, but no answer was return
ed. Previous to stepping on board, an
open porthole near the main chains caught
his eye, and on looking into it, he perceiv
ed a man reclining back on a chair, with
writing materials on a table before him,
but the feebleness of the light made ev
erything indistinct. The party went up
on deck, and haviug • removed the hatch
way, which they found closed, they de
scended lo the cabin. They first came to
the apartment which Captain Warrens
viewed through the port-hole. A tremour
seized him as he entered it. Its inmate re
tained his former position, and seemed to
be iosensihle to strangers. He was found
to be a corpse, and green damp mould had
covered his cheeks and forehead and veil
ed his open eye balls. He had a pen m
his hand, and a log-book lay before him,
aud the last sentence in whose unfinished
A Bold Thief.
Between three and four o’clock
Wednesday morning, one of the city
watch, whilst walking in the vicinity of
Dock and Second streets, saw the reflec
tion of a light over the door at North East
corner of those streets, and supposing that
something was wrong, stepped up to the
door and rattled at the handle. The call
was answered by saying ‘is that you, watch
man V The worthy guardian replied in the
affirmative, when tbe first voice, rejoined,
“ well, it’s all right, it’s only me.”—
The Watchman, as is natural under all
the.circumstances, supposed the person
in the store to be the proprietor thereof,
walked away. Not long after another
watchman’s attention was attracted by
the light, and upon rattling at the door,
the person said “ stop a minute, watch
man, and I'll let you in.” Presently the
door was unlocked, and in walked the
unsuspecting “ Charlie.” Some remarks
passed between him and the supposed
thief, which were of such a nature as in
duced the watchman to think the man was
proprietor of the store. “ Why you are
up late,” said the watchman. “Yes I
thought I might as well sleep here as to
go home,” replied tbe man, at the same'
time raking the fire, and, inviting the
watchman to warm himself by the stove.
The latter took a seat, and the man pick
ed up the coal scuttle, and walked into
the street, and emptied the ashes into
the gutter. He then relumed, and enter
ed into quite a familiar conversation with
tbe watchman, upon their arduous duties,
the near approach of Christmas and va
rious other subjects. The watchman at
length having thoroughly warmed him
self, rose, and bidding the man a “ good-
bye,” proceeded on his round. The for
mer watchman, who was acquainted with
the proprietor of the store, did not get in
and the watchman who did get’ in, was
not acquainted with him. Thus it will
be seen that tbe thief played his part well.
The watchmen, of course, were fairly
dumbstruck after day-break, when they
found that tbe fellow had decamped with
several hundred dollars worth of coats,
pants, &c.—Philadelphia Sun.
A Yankee in a Cano Brake
I BY * COMMUSIPAW’ FOR THE BOSTON POST.
During a summer's jaunt on the Chatta
hoochee, last season, in one of the low
down counties of Georgia, I fell in with a
denizen from the land of steady habits
who had wandered into this region for
the purpose of disposing of a small cargo
of wooden clocks. He had seen a great
many curious things since lie had left
“Auin,” but none that surprised him more
than the alligator. His ponderous jaws,
“ long as uncle John’s hand sled,” and
riveted to his skull with hinges like those
of a blacksmith’s vise, received his un
qualified approbation. He was veryanx-
ious to go hunting, and thinking that there
might be some fun iu the expedition, a
small party was made up. The compa
ny was divided, and it so happened that
his course lay along the bank of a river
in a narrow path, directly by the side of
a dense cane brake. A little dog followed
close to his heels, which, before he had
gone far, attracted the attention of
Anecdote
The following amusing adventure, giv
en by a correspondent writing from Bul-
lalo, actually look place in the town of
M , in Ohio, two 3*ears ago. It
would have made even tbe late Isaac
Hicks laugh at a solemn meeting on “Se
venth day“ Farmer had two
daughters, very interesting young ladies,
yet in their teens. Their father was an
aristocratic member of the Baptist church,
and ol course was very particularas to the
“company” his girls should “ keep.”—
Now it happened that these two pretty
girls became acquainted with a couple of
young bucks, clerks in an adjoining vil
lage, and to use a common phrase, «took
quite shyin” to “ em.” To this the old
gentleman was very much opposed, as
he intended to match his daughters him
self. But “ twas no use” talking lo them,
while week after week wore away, and
found the young men constant visitors.
At length in order to enforce obedience,
the old man found himself driven to th®
necessity of locking up the foolish chil
dren who had presumed without his con
sent lo fall in love with a couple of poor
tradesmen. The sweet girls were accor-
dingly confined on Sunday afternoons
in the back bed-room in the second story,
ch month with which fronted the barn-yard ; a very ro
mantic “look out.” Under the window
wus a pile of stones, which had been left
after repairing the cellar wall in the cor
ner. For two or three successive Sabbath
evenings, the usual period of visiting their
inamoratos, I he lovers had climbed, by
means of the sheets of the bed, which
were let down from the window by the
heroic girls, up to the apartment of their
imprisoned lovers, and from night fall un
til rosy morning did revel in the “ ambro
sial delights of love’s young dreams.”—
But this clandestine courtship could not
be continued without being at last discov
ered. One lovely Sabbath, just at twi
light, the father coming in from the barn,
thought he saw something ominous hang
ing out of the back window ; so ho walk
ed noiselessly around to ascertain th®
“ nature” of it. There hung the fatal
“ flag of surrender;” and the old man, giv
ing it a slight jerk, commenced the ascent*
He was lifted gently from off his feet, and
felthimselfgradually“ rising in the world.”
'Twas a very heavy weight the daughters
thought; and to tell the truth, it was a
corpulent “ body at which they were hope
fully tugging away. But lo! his head has
reached the window-sill; and now, just
as his old white hat appeared above tho
wiAdow, his affectionate daughters “drop,
ped him like a hot potatoeand with
methinglike the “ emphasis of a squash-
> all, and shines ihe wide world
rs, what would the people do ?*’
in contact with mother earth; while the
two knights of the the tape and scissors,
who were not far off, enjoying the scene,
“ made basty tracks, from the settlement,”
leaving nothing behind them but bodily hor
ror-stricken damsels, and their own. coat
tails streamingon the cool night-air f”—.
Knickerbocker.
alligator. Next to a pig there is nothing s apple dumpling." trie old m.n caw
that suus an alligator so well as a plump in contact with mSthor earth: while ,I„
dog. The “ varmint swam swiftly up
tbe stream, nearing the bank at every
stroke of his hugo paws, and was just
preparing to make a pass at the dog when
Jonathan spied him. With one “ Oh!
gosh I shall be killed,” he started. It
would have done Indian Dick or Ameri
can Jackson, good to have seen the race.
With the dog close to his heels, ihe Yan
kee flew along the path, looking like the
genius of a hurricane. His hat came off,
be threw his gun into the thicket, and
dashed up the narrow path with the speed
of a deer. The alligator could swim fas
ter than Jonathan and bis dog could run.
As the animal neared the bank he made
preparations for springing out of the river
when he had arrived near enough to seize
the dog. Just at this moment the fright
ened hunter discovered a path lhat di
verged from the one he was following,
and led directly into the cane broke. Up
The Rack was a large wooden frame,
of oak, raised three feet from the ground,
the prisoner was laid under it on his
back upon the floor; his wrists and an
kles were attached by cords to two col
lars at the ends of the frame; these ends
were moved by levers in opposite direc
tions, till the body rose to the level of the
frame ; questions were then put; and if
the answers did not prove satisfactory,
the sufferer was stretched more and more,
by the further elongation of the ends of
the frame from each other, through means
this he turned, with his dog after him, | of levers, until the bones started from their
and close at their heels followed the al- j sockets.
liga'tor, who had such a prodigious mo- Tbe Scavenger’s Daughter, another in-
mentura from the water, that he walked rtrument of torture used in the Tower,
A Happy World.
This is a happy world; who says to tbe
contrary is a fool or something worse.—
There is every thing to make us happy.
The land, sea and sky contribute to our
enjoyment. The man who has a good
heart sees pleasure where a bad person be
holds nothing but gloom. The secret then
of being happy and enjoying this glorious
world, is to possess a virtuous heart,-—
Who is the most cheerful and contented
man in your neighborhood ! The man
who is the most honored and the posses
sor of tbe greatest riches ? No. It is he
who bas nothing but a kind and good
heart. Nothing ruffles his temper or dis
turbs his repose. The morning sky;
the evening cloud, the rolling waters, the
blooming landscape; the teeming forest,
and the fields of snow, give him a plea
sure* that others never dream of. ft is
he whose mind is “ led from nature to na
ture’s God,” and every day that he lives
is as contented and happy as it is possi
ble for man to be. Depend upon it, the
world is a beautiful one, and contains a
thousand sources of enjoyment, * which
they only can see and feel whose hearts
are pure and whose lives . correspond to
the word of eternal truth.
into the cane brake at a rate lhat promr
ised soon to make him the victor. The
Yankee saw his danger just in time to
spring into a tree ; a small scrubby oak.
The dog quickly saved himself; but O !
horrible to relate! a knot on the tree
some six feet from the ground pierced
the seat of the poor fellow's inexpressibles,
and held him fast. Tbe efforts of tbe al
ligator were by this time rendered nearly
useless, in consequence of the narrowness
of the path and the great difficulty of
moving on land. Then came the exci-
a broad hoop of iron; consisting oftwo
parts fastened to each other by a hinge ;
it operated by pressure over the small of
the back, and by force of the compression
caused the blood to flow from the nostrils.
The iron Gauntlets, anotherkind of tor
ture, served to compress the wrists and
suspend the prisoner in the air from two
distant points of a beam. * I felt,* said F.
Gerard, one of the sufferers by this kind
oftorture, * the chief pain in my breast,bel
ly, arms, and hands. I tbought that all
the blood in my body had run into my
ting moment. The unlucky clock pedler \ arras, and began to burst out at my fin-
uot knowing but alligators could climb J S er er *ds. This was a mistake ; but tny
trees with tbe same facility that they could i arms swelled till the gauntlets were buried
swim livers, bawled most lustily for help, j within the flesh. After being thus sus-
“ Stop the critter: kill the darn'd aui-; pended an hour, I fainted ; and when I
mal. 1 shall be eat up”—and other cries | came to myself I found the executioners
for salvation made the cane brake ring! su PP ort * n g * a l ^ e ' r arms; they re-
again. At this juncture, one of the party | placed the pieces of wood under my feet;
who was within hearing came to ihe j but as soon as I recovered removed.them
scene of action, and with the blow of an j again. Thus I continued banging for the
axe under the “critter’s fore leg stopped space of five hours, during which I faint-
bis career, and relieved tbe unfortunate j eight or nine times.*
vankee from his perilous situation. I have A fourth kind of torture used in the
bad many a hunting spree both before , Tower, was called Little Ease. It was
and since that time, where alligators were j small dimensions, and so construct-
game, but never but that once have I seen 1 e d, that the prisoner could neither stand,
a Yankee in a cane brake, I wa ^» ***» nor lie in it at full length. He
-—— ....... | was compelled to draw himself up in &
Tbe celebrated Danish poetOshlenscbJa- j squatting posture, and so remain during
ger, has added another to his list of poems, severa * days.
by a tragedy called * Hamlet,’ which was I
produced at Copeohagan early in Novetn- J Proverbs.—A white glove often con-
ber, on the 67th birth-day of the author, ceaU a dirty hand.—The remedy for inju-
with the utmost success. Though tbe sub-1 ries is not lo remember them.—Go into
ject of this play is the same as that of • tbe conn try to hear the news of the town.
Sbakspeare’s • Hamlet/ the treatment is! Paint praise is disparagement.—Ask tby
entirely different. * purse what thou sbouldst buy.