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ADVENTURE WITH A HON?”
The thrilling account subjoined of the
miraculous escape of a gallant young En
glish Olficer from a Lion, is copied from
Mr. Waterloo's Magazine of Natural His
tory. We commend it with great confi
dence, not merely as a narrative of pecu
liar interest, but as embodying unexag
gerated facts; Mr. W. having heard the
exciting story from the mouth of the offi
cer himself:
In the month of July, 1831, two fine li
ons made their appearance in a jungle,
some twenty miles distant from the can
tonment of Rajacote, in the East Indies,
where Captain Woodhouse, and his two
friends, Lieutenants Delamain and Lang,
were stationed. An elephant was dis
patched to the place in the evening ou
which the information airived; andon
the morrow, at the break of day, the three
gentlemen set ofi on horseback, full of
glee, and elated with the hope of a speedy
engagement. Ou arriving at the edge of
the jungle, people were ordered to ascend
the neighboring trees, that they might be
able to trace the .route of the lions, incase
they left the cover. After beating about
in the jungle for some time, the hunters
started the lordly strangers. The officers
fired immediately, and one of the lions
fell to rise no more His companion
broke cover, and took off across the coun
try. Tne officers now pursued him on
horseback, as fast as the nature of the
ground would allow, until they learned
from the men who were stationed in the
trees, and who held up flags byway of
signal, that the lion had gone back into
the thicket. Upon this, the three officers
; returned to the edge of the jungle, and
having dismounted from their horses, they
got upon the elephant. Captain Wood
house placing himself in the hindermost
seat. They now proceeded towards the
heart of the jungle, in the expectation of
“rousing the royal fugitive a second time,
they found him standing under a large
bush, with his face directly towards them.
The lion allowed them to approach with
in range of his spring, and then he made
a sudden dart at the elephant, clung on his
trunk with a tremendous roar, and wound
ed him just above the eye. While he
was in the act of doing this, the two lieu
tenants fired at him, but without success.
The elephant now shook him off; but the
fierce and sudden attack on the part of
the lion seemed to have thrown him into
the greatest consternation. This was the
first time he had ever come in contact
with so formidable an animal; and much
exertion was used before his riders suc
ceeded in urging him on. again in quest of
the lion. At last, he became somewhat
more tractable ; but as he was advancing
through the jungle, all of a sudden, the
lion, which had lain concealed in the high
grass, made at him with a redoubled fury.
The officers now lost all hopes ofkeeping
their elephant in order. He turned round
•’> abruptly, and wasgoingaway quite ungov
ernable, when the lion again sprang at
him, seized his hinder parts with his teeth,
and hung on them, until the affrighted
animal managed to shake him off by in
cessant kicking.
The lion retreated further into the
thicket; Captain \\ oodhouse, in the mean
time, firing a random shot at him, which
proved of no avail; as the jolting of the
elephant, and the uproar of the moment,
prevented him from taking a steady nim,
No exertions on the part of the officers
could now force the terrified elephant to
face his fierce foe, and they found them
stdyes reduced to the necessity of dis
mounting. Determined, however, to come
to still closer quarters with the formida
ble king of quadrupeds, Captain Wood
house took the desperate resolution to
proceed on foot in quest of him; and after
searching about for some time, he saw
the lion indistinctly through the bushes,
and discharged his rifle al him; but he
was pretty well convinced that he had not
hit him; for he saw the lion retire, with
the utmost composure, into the thicker
parts of the brake. The two lieutenants,
who had remained at the outside of the
jungle, joined their companion, on hear
ing the report of his gun.
The weather was intolerably sultry.
After vainly spending a considerable time
in c reeping through the grass and bush
es, with the hope of discovering the place
•of the lion’s retreat, they concluded that
he had passed quite through the jungle,
and,gone off in an opposite direction. Re
• solved not to let their game escape, the
lieutenants returned to the elephant, and
immediately proceeded round the jungle
expecting to discover the route which
they conjectured the lion bad taken. Cap
tain Woodhouse, however, remained in
the thicket, and, as he could discern the
.print of the animal’s feeton the ground,
he boldly resolved to followup the track’
at all hazards. The Indian ganiefinder,
who continued with his commander, at
last espied lion in the cover, and point
ted him out to the captain, who fired, but
unfortunately missed his mark. There
was now no alternative left but to retreat
and load his rifle. Having retired to a
distance, he was joined by Lieutenant
Delamain, who had dismounted from his
elephant on hearing the report of the gun.
This unexpected meeting increased the
captain’s hopes of ultimate success. He
lost no lime in pointing out to the lieuten
ant the place where he would probably
find the lion, and said he would be up
with him in a moment or two.
Lieutenant Delamain, on going eight
or ten paces down a sheep tract, got a
sight at the lion, and instantly discharged
his rifle at him. This irritated the mighty
lord ofthe woods, and he rushed towards
him, breaking through the bushes (to use
the captain’s own words) in most magnifi
cent style.” Captain Woodhouse now
found himself placed in an awkward sit
uation. lie was aware that if he retraced
his steps, in order to put him in a better
position for attack, he would just get to
the point from which the lieutenant had
fired, and to which the lion was making:
wherefore, he instantly resolved to stand
still, in the hopes that the lion would pass
by, ata distance of four yards or so, with
out perceiving him, as the intervening co
ver was thick and stronir. In this, how
ever, he was most unfortunately deceived ;
for the enraged lion saw him passing, and
flew at him with a dreadful roar. In an
instant, as though it had been done by a
stroke of lightning, the rifle was broken
and thrown out of the Captain’s hand, his
left arm at the same moment, being seized
by the claws, and his right by theteeth of
his desperate antagonist. While these
two brave and sturdy combatants, “whose
c uragc none could stain,” were yet stand
ing in mortal conflict, Lieutenant Dela
main ran up, and discharged his piece
full at the lion. This caused the lion and
the captain to come to the ground togeth
er, while Lieutenant Delamain hastened
out of the jungle to reload his gun. The
lion now began to eraunch the captain’s
arm; but as the brave fellow, notwith
standing the pain which this horrid pro
cess caused, had the cool determined res
olution to lie still, the lordly savage let
the arm drop out of his arm, and quietly
placed himself in a crouching position,
with both his paws upon the thigh of his
fallen foe. While things were in this
untoward situation, the captain, unthiuk
ly, raised his hand to support his head
which had got placed ill at ease in the fall
No sooner, however, had he moved it,
than the lion seized the lacerated arm a
second time; craunched it as before, and
fractured the bone still higher up. This
additional memento mori. from the lion
was not lost upon Captain Woodhouse;
it immediately put him to mind that he
had committed an act of imprudence in
stirring. The motionless state m which
he persevered after this broad hint, show
ed that he had learned to profit by the
painful lesson.
He now lay, bleeding and disabled, un
der the foot of a mighty and irritated ene
my. Death was close upon him, armed
with every terror calculated to appal the
heart of a prostrate and defenceless man.
Just at this world withall its flitting hon
ours, was on the point of vanishing forev
er, he heard two faint reportsofa gun,
which he thought sounded from a dis
tance: but he yvas totally at a loss to ac
count for them. He learned after the
affair was over that the reports were occa
sioned by his friends at the outside ofthe
jungle, who had flashed off some powder,
in order to be quite sure that the nipples
of his rifle were clean.
The two lieutenants were now hasten
ing to his assistance, and he heard the
welcome sound of feel approaching; but,
unfortunately they were in a wrong direc
tion ; as the lion was betwixt them and
him. Aware, that if his friends fired, the
balls would hit him, after they had passed
through the lion’s body, Captain Wood
house quietly pronounced in a low and
subdued tone, ‘to the other side! to the
other side!’ Hearing the voice, they
looked in the direction from whence it
proceeded, and to their horror saw their
brave comrade in his utmost need. Hav
ing madea circuit, they cautiously came
up on the other side, and Lieutenant Dela
maine, whose coolness in encounters
with wild beasts had always been con
spicuous, from a distance of about a doz
en yards, fired at the lion over the person
of the prostrate warrior. The lion mere
ly quivered; his head dropped upon the
ground, and in an instant he lay dead on
his side, close to his intended victim.
ROBBERY -SUICIDE.
A highway robbery occurred in Ma
honing township, in this county,on Tues
day last, the particulars of which, and the
subsequent suicide by the robber, have
been related to us as follows.
Mr. Branton Holstein fell in with a
stranger at New-castle, at the tavern of
Mr. Lewis, on Monday night. The next
morning the stranger accompanied Mr.
Holstein on his road home,being on horse
back. When within three or four miles
of New Bedford, the money of Mr. 11.
was demanded, and to enforce the demand
a pistol was presented to his breast. Mr.
Holstein then surrendered his pocket
book, immediately after which the pistol
held in the hand ofthe robber, was fired
at him, The explosion frightened his
horse and Mr. H. was thrown to the
ground. When rising, a second pistol
was discharged, the ball from which pass
ed through the neck of his horse. The
robber then rode rapidly off The a
larm having been given, no time was lost
in pursuit, and the robber was overtaken
tv\ o oi tin ee miles the other side of Y oungs ■■
town, on the Warren road. He had stop
ped for refreshment and when overtaken
by his pursuers was coming out of the
house and proceeding to the stable for
his horse. It so happened, either by ar
rangement or accident, that the wounded
horse of Mr. Holstein was rode by one of
the pursuers. On being asked by the per
son who first accosted him, whether lie
knew the white horse which was coming
up, he answered that be had seen him a
few miles back. He was then touched
and told that he was a prisoner. Step-
ping back, he drew a pistol, and threaten
ed to shoot any that would attempt to ar
rest him. Still holding the pistol in his
hand, he retreated along the road a few
rods, his pursuers not liking to shoot him
down, or risk their lives, yet following
and closely surrounding him. After pass
ing over a short distance in this way,
some wagons were met, when one of those
engaged in the pursuit cried out “stop the
murderer.” The robber stopped, hesita
ted a moment, put his pistol to his temple
and discharged it. He breathed for about
two hours afterwards, but never spoke. It
is supposed that seeing the bloody horse
of Mr. Holstien, who was not present him
self, and hearing himself called a mur
derer, that he believed he really had
committed that crime, and through des
peration took his own life. He had no
papers on his person except a receipt for
5 dollars, from which it would appear that
his name was J. F. A. Caldwell. His
clothes was marked J. Caldwell. The
horse he rode is represented to be a fine
animal, a racker, of a bay color. The
money of Mr. Holstein was recover d.
From the Mobile Register.
The Grand Jury of Tuscaloosa County,
in this State, on Friday the 251 h ult., re
turned a true Bill against Robert G. Wil
liams, the Editor of “the Emancipator”
New York, for circulating within this
State, publications of a seditious character,
tending to excite our slavT population to
insurrection and murder It is said in the
“ Flag of the Union,” though not “ authen
tically,” that the Governor v ill make a
deinandupon the Executive of New Vork,
for the delivery of Williams, to be tried
under the laws of this State. Tile clause
of the Constitution relied upon to sustain
the claim, is that which declares that “ a
person charged with treason, felony, or
other crime, who shall/tc . from justice
and be found in another S'.al ,shall, on
demand ofthe Executive authority cd the
State from which he fled, be delivered up
to the State, having jurisdiction ol the
crime.”
Should such a demand be contemplated,
there will arise some very grave and in
tric te questions of constitutional law,
which we hope will receive therr.ost earn
est and patient investigation, before the de
cision is made. ‘The South stands now,
on imperial grounds. Our rights are
clear, undeniable, undisputed. The whole
mass ofthe Northern people confess them,
—and though they have not in the most
instances, answered our just expectations,
in the offer of such aid as we know to be
our just due for restraining there, the au
thors of the mischief, —the voices that ob
ject to any action, or doubt our constitu
tional rights, and the moral obligation to
do something actively to uphold them for
us, are few and feeble. We have no di
visions, on the subject south of the Poto
mac. There is not a man—not one—who,
on this, separates from his neighbars ol
every shade of opinion on other subjects.
With this array of moral force, unshrink
ing determination, and enthusiastic una
nimity here, and the admitted conceit of
northern feeling, with the spirit of our de
mands, —our position is,we repeat it, im
pregnable. Let us be wary, while we
are resolute,—cool,while weare firm, —and
so assert our rights, as not to lose force at
home, or weaken on r admitted constiution
al rights abroad. Let this question of the
right to demand abolitionists, be carefully
considered, before we are committed,
to a new state of the case, in which,
differences of opinion, serious and consci
entious, may impede the acquisition of
guarantees and securities from our north
ern countrymen, —which they would be
willing to grant but for terms which n
volve principles totally distinct from the
merits or demerits of the abolitionists.
It seems to us that nothing would he
more likely to embarrass the true queslicn,
than a conflict between two States of tire
Union, for possession ofthe person of the
citizen of one of them, to be tried by lavs,
not applicable to the place where his jf
fence was committed, and for Un offence
which, wicked, incendiary, treasonable as
it is in the fanatical violence of its purpo
ses—is not technically a crimeagainst any
law of the Slate, which protects him.
There would be little question ofthe right
on our part to demand as a compliance
with the spirit of the Constitutional Com
pact, that the authorities of New York
should enter into an arrangement with us
for the suppression of the incendiary ptb
lications ;—-it would not be a large con
cession to make an arrangement by mutu
al legislation, for the reciprocal delivery
of gross offenders against the municipal
laws of each other; and it is a duty,
from which they cannot shrink, for them,
eitherby actsofspontaneous legislation, or
in aid of Southern legislation, to retrain l>y
penalties and punishments the issuing oat
of their borders of revolutionary and in
cendiary publications into another Stale
Until these measures,one orail, are takm
we must depend upon our own vigilance,
and fortify our institutions by watchful and
energetic action.
In a few weeks, both legislatures will
be in session, Ours sits first, and, as in
aggrieved State we can require Iron
New York, such acts of legislation as will
mark her abhorrence oi the designs of
our enemies, and the sincerity of her
pledges, to uphold the Constitution in all
its original vigor and with all its strictest
exclusions, of the right of interference with
our Institutions. Would it not, therefore,
be better, to approach a question of such
immense importance, in a direct and dig
nified manner, rather than press, now a
measuie which, however plausible some
of the grounds may seem, to some, is con
sidered of doubtful right, even at the South,
and which undoubtedly will be contested
vehemently elsewhere?
The Charleston Courier, publishes n
extract from an Address, delivered some
years ago by Gen. Harrison, one of the
Whig candidates for the Presidency, in
which he expresses it, as an object “near” I
to his “heart.” —that the surplus revenue
of the general government should be ap
propriated to the “emancipation” of slaves!
He adds —“with the sanction ofthe States
holding the slaves, there appears to be no
constitutional objection to its being soap
plied.” The General is now made so
prominent a candidate, and his friends cal
culate so strongly on his receiving the
Southern votes, which Judge White now
claims, that these ardent desires, and
constitutional notions ought to be known.
—Mobile Reg ister.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
New York, Oct. 17.
The packet ship Orpheus, Capt. Burse
ly, arrived yesterday morning from Liv
erpool,having left that port on the 17th ult.
We have received Liverpool papers of the
16th, and from London to the evening of
the 15th.
We have received the Paris papers of
Friday and Saturday. On Friday the ses
sion of the Chambers for 1835,was brought
to a close. The royal ordinance for the
dissolution was delivered in the Chamber
of Peers by M. M. Persil, De Broglie,
Duperre, and Mason. The number of
Deputies in attendance did not exceed 45.
The Moniteur of Saturday contains a
list ofthiity new Peers, who have been
ennabled for the active part which
they recently took against the Republi
cans. In a word, there are only two a
motig the new Peers, who are not support
ed by pensions grunted by the Govern
ment! The design of Louis Phillippe is
now to govern by the army,and occasion
ally through the exercise ofan unjust pre
rogative by the Chamber of Peers. The
law abolishing the liberty of the press,
has already extinguished several political
publications in Paris.
The British Parliament was prorogued
i i. ihe 10th Sept, to the 10th of Nov. by
the King in person, who delivered the
f lima lag speech:
‘•?uy Lords and Gentlemen, I find with
great satisfaction that the state of public
business enables me to relieve you from
further attendance, and from the pressure
oi those duties, which you have perform
with so much zeal and assiduity. 1 re
ceive from all foreign powers satisfactory
assurances of their desire to maintain
with me the most friendly understanding
and 1 look forward with confidence to the
preservation of the general peace, which
has been, and will be, the object of my
constant solicitude. [ lament that the
civil contest in the southern provinces of
Spain has not yet been brought to a term
ination; but taking a deep interest in the
welfare ol the Spanish monarchy, I shall
continue to direct to that quarter my most
anxious attention, in concert with the three
powers with whom [concluded the trea
ty oi quadruple alliance; and 1 have in
furtherance of the object of that treaty ex
ercised the power vested in me by the
legislature, and have granted permission
to my subjects to engage in the service of
the Queen of Spain. I have concluded
with Denmark, Sardinia and Sweden,
fresh conventions, calculated to prevent
the traffic in African slaves; I hope soon
to receive the ratification of a similar
treaty, which has been signed with Spain.
I am engaged in negotiations with other
powers in Europe and in South Ameri
ca, for the same purpose, and I trust ere
long, the (United efforts of all civilized na
tions, will suppress and extinguish this
traffic, 1 perceive with entire approba
tion, that you have directed your attention
to the regulation of municipal corporations
in England and Wales, and I havecheer
fully given my assent to the bill, which
you have passed (or that purpose. 1 cor
dially concur in this important measure,
which is calculated to allay discontent, to
promote peace and union, and to procure
for those communities the advantages of
responsible government. I greatly re
joice that the internal condition of Ire
land, has been such as to have permitted
you to substitute, for the necessary severi
ty ofa law, which had been suffered to ex
pire, enactments of a milder character.
No part of my duty is more grateful to my
feelings, than the mitigation of a penal
statute in any casein which it can be ef
fected consistently with the maintainance
of order and tranquility. Gentlemen of
the House of Commons, I thank you for
the readiness with which you have voted
the supplies. You have provided not on
ly for the expenses ofthe year, and for
s he interest upon the large sum awarded
to the owners of slaves in my colonial
possessions, but also for several unexpect
ed and peculiar claims upon the justice
and liberality ofthe nation. It is most gra
tifying to observe, that not’only have the
demands been met without any addition
al taxation, but that you have made some
further progress in reducing the burdens
of my people. lam enabled to congratu
late you that the terms upon which the
loan for the compensation to the proprie
tors of slaves has been obtained, afford
conclusive evidence of the flourishing
state of the public credit, and of that gem
eral confidence which is the result of a de
termination to fulfil the national engage
ments, and to maintain inviolable the
public faith. My Lords and Gentlemen
I know that I may securely rely upon
your loyalty and patriotism, and I feel
confident that in returning to your respec
tive counties, and in resuming those func
iions which you discharge with so much
advantage to the community, you will re
commend to all classes of your country
men obedience to the law, attachment
to the constitution, and a spirit of temper
ate amendment, which under Divine Pro
vidence, are the surest means of preserv
ing the tranquility and increasing the
prosperity which this country enjoys.”
The Corporation Reform Bill, had fin
ally passed, as amended in the House of
Lords—and, with the Irish Tithe Bill—
the North American Colonization Bill,
and various other Bills, had received the
King’s sanction.
From the Red River Herald.
IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.
A meeting of the friends of Texas is
called, to be held in this city this evening 1
and measures wifi be adopted to render
timely assistance to our brothers in Tex
as.— N. O. Paper.
Isaac Parker had just arrived from Tex
as, bringing the intelligence that Gen.
Cos had landed near the mouth of the
Brasos with 400 men, with the intention
of joining the 700 federal troops stationed
at San Antonio de Bexar, and marching
against the people of Texas. He has is
sued his Proclamation, “ declaring that he
will’ collect the revenue, disarm the cit
izens, establish a military government, and
confiscate the property of the rebellious.”
Messrs. Johnson and Baker bore the ex
press from San Felipe to Nacogdo
ches. Stephen S. Austin has written to
several citizens of Nacogdoches, that a
resort to arms is inevitable.
They have hoisted a Flag with “ The
Constitution of 1824” inecribed on it, and
two hundred freemen gathered around it,
determined to stand or fall with it.
We subjoin the following letter from
General Houston to the gentleman who
brought the Intelligence:
San Augustine, Texas, )
sth Oct. 1835. y
Dear Sir:—At your request I hand
you a memorandum, that you may be in
formed of our situation. iVar in defence
of our rights, our oath and our constitu
tions, is inevitable in Teros.
If our Volunteers from the United
States will join their brethren in this sec
tion, they will receive liberal bonnties of
land. We have millions of acres of our
best land unchosen and unappropriated.
Let each man come with a good rifle
and one hundred rounds of ammunition—
and come soon.
Our war cry is “Liberty or Death.”
Our principles are to support the Consti
tution, and down with the Usurper !! !
Your Friend,
SAM. HOUSTON.
To Isaac Parker presen.t
We have no time to make any com
ments. 'The people of the United Slates
will respond to the call of their brethren
in Texas !
Honesty its own Reward.— Yesterday
forenoon, Mr. Farrington, merchant, of
Coffee House Slip, stepped into hack No.
39 driven by Thomas Blake,whilst stand
ing at Park Row New York, with a pack
age ol $30,000 in his hand, and rode to
his residence in Fourth street. On fl
lighting, he inadvertently left the package
lying on the seat of the carriage, suppos
ing it was in his pocket, and entered
his house, and the carriage drove off
Shoitly after he missed his money, and at
once concluded he had left it in the hack,
but he had not taken notice of its number,
he knew not where to look for it. Whilst
contemplating what step he had best to
take to recover his money, honest Blake,
drov • up to his house and boldly entered
the door, money in hand. Mr. Farring
ton generously tendered him SBOO as a
reward for his honesty,but though repeat
edly pressed upon him, he has repeated- I
ly and decidedly refused its acceptance, j
We understand Mr. F. intends forthwith
to present to Blake an elegant carriage, |
horses and harness; and should he carry I
such a resolution into effect, we doubt not I
that honest Blake’s coach will produce
him substantial evidence that honesty is j
always the best policy.”—New Yorlf
Tcvies.
THE HUES OF AUTUMN.
AN INDIAN TRADITION,
But every drop this living tree contains.
Is kindred blood, and ran in Trojan veins.
*♦***♦»»
Here loads of lances, in my blood imbrued,
Again shot upward, by my blood renewed.
Dryden’s Virgil.
“Those bones, Stranger?” said the pion
eer, “why that ignorant varmint can tell
you nothing about them—they were the
frame work of men who kicked their
shins against these knobs a million years
before his people came here to scare
game and burn the prairies,
The Indian evidently understood the
words ofthe rough hunter, though he did
not vouchsafe a reply to the hereditary en
emy of his race. He did not seem, how
ever, to take offence at the interruption,
but waiting patiently until the other had
finished, he drew up his blanket around
him and, rising to his feet, stood erect
on the mound. The light of our fire arms
was thrown full upon his attenuated fea
tures, and lit them up with almostasrud
dy a glow as that which bathed the au
tumnal foliage behind him. He was
mute for some minutes, and then spoke to
this effect.
“ Yes,they were here before my people.
But they could not stay when we came,
no more than the Red-man now can bide
before the presence of the Long-knife.
I he Master of Life willed it, and our fath
ers swept them from the land. The Mas
ter of life now wishes to call back his red
people to the blessed gardens whence
they first started, and he sends the Pale
faces to drive them from the countries
which they have learnt to love so well
as to be unwilling to leave them.
“It is good men who were meant to grow
from the earth like the oak that springs in
the pine barren, or the evergreen that
shoots from the ground where the tree
with a falling leaf has been cut down.
“But listen, brother! Mark you the hue I
that dyes every leaf upon the tree? It is
born ofthe red water with which its roots [
were nourished a thousand years ago. It'
is the blood of a murdered race, which
flushes every autumn over the land when
yearly the moon comes round, that saw it
perish from this ground.”
LIME JUICE.
4 Pipes Landing to day. And for sale by
G. H. METCALF.
AUGUSTA,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 183 5.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Our readers will get the best information on
reference to oar table. The following is the
recapitulation of the Constitutionalist —B4 coun
ties lor members of Congress and 87 for Gover
nor. We congratulate our friends on the result,
never doubted by any body. Our opponents
admit, they expected to have been beaten 5 or
6000 votes ; but are not equally honest in ac
counting for the lessened majority. Every bo
dy understands them- Let them keep up their
spirits in the best way the} 7 can.
Sch, ey, 30,557
Dougherty, 28,212
Cleveland, 3o ’ 124
Glascock, 30,460
Holsey, 29,810
Jackson, 30,207
Beall, 26,931
Foster, 27,569
Gamble, 27,389
Wilde, 27,607
Since writing the above,, this mwning,.
we have seen majorities from all the counties’
(believed to be correct,) which place Judge "
Schley near 2,600 ahead.
PENNSYLVANIA.
From the Returns so far, it appears probable*
that Ritner will be chosen Governor of Penn
sylvania. He is now upwards of 16,000 ahead*
ol Wolfe, and nearly 19,000 ahead of MtiMew
burg.
Ihe Sentinel is principled against belting If
he had told us, he did not chew tobacco, or
could not eat a chmquepin, we might have
known bow to meet his movement. But these
sorts of prophecies bottomed on men’s wishes
and to forward their party policy, can be met in
no other way. Now how shall we do? The
Spinel does not bet, and we do not go above
the amounts mentioned. We will have to wait
patient!) tlie result and see who is the best proph
et. Ihe Sentinel says, in a twelvemonth no
party in Georgia will support Mr. Van Buren,
and the whole Union Party will bolt from the
Little Magician! Let us prophecy too—now
we will not be so positive as our neighbor, but
we should not be surprised in that time to see
the Editor ol the Sentinel, where he is not now.
No body, we think, will be likely to dispute that
prediction. It is too truly Delphic. Now we
do not pretend to intimate that it is likely the
Sentinel will be on our side. That would not
be desirable. We like to know how many men
we have, and we are afraid the Sentinel would
not r< main there long enough to be counted.
T hen there would be a mistake. Our aver
sion to running about in that manner ought to
have curbed the prophetic spirit of our neigh
bor, and tendered him loth to include us par
ticularly among the bolting squadron. Judging
from the Sentinel’s remarks, he thought, in
seeing our joke with the Savannah Republican,
that straws show which way the wind blows!”
He starts wrong—there is no wind blowing, or
likely to blow, in that direction. All is as stea
dy as the old Hickory, under whose goodly shade
we repose—not a limb shaken to disturb the ma
ture fruit, under whose load it bends so grace
fully. Mr. Van Buren will be the next Presi
dent ofthe United States, and dco Volente with
the vote of Georgia, and, if the Sentinel would
bet, we would bet him a gray goose quill, with
a greater electoral vote, than any man since Wash
ington. What will the Sentinel say to that pre
diction ? W ill he take that as evidence of
bolting ? He may, as he and his party always
take the wrong end of a thing.
The Sentinel and Chronicle arc at loggerheads
about the course ofthe former in the late elec
tion in this County. And we care not how ma
ny lashes the Sentinel and its coadjutors get on
that subject; for they plainly showed that prin
ciple had nothing to do with their conduct, and*
: the policy they pursued was the meanest trick
; cry. Os the Chronicle, much commendation
has not been expected of us; but we owe it to
truth and justice to say, that its course has been
high-minded and honorable, distinguished by
the closest adherence to its principles and per
fect consistency in its views in relation to gen
-1 enral politics. It sustains, through were policy,
no man or set of men, who are not identified
with its political creed —picks up no crumbs
that fall from other people’s table, and endeav
ors to grow fat on the sustenance it gives its
political opponents. Those in this county who
were busy in this hono-able work, are as poor
as ever, and have not the consolation of honor
able motives to improve their digestion by giv
ing them quieting reflections. As the Ch ronicle
says, if they had stuck to their principles, they
would not only have had other people’s good
opinion, but their own. But we do not intend
to double teams on the Sentinel— it has an over
match in its neighbor on the same side of the
street.
TENNESSEE.
The Legislature of Tennessee was organiz
ed by the election of Jonathan Webster, Presi
dent of the Senate, and Ephraim. H. Foster
Speaker of the House of Representatives—both
unanimously. On the Bth inst. they elected, by
a viva voce unanimous vote, Hon. Hugh L.
White, United States Senator for 6 years from
last March. Gov. Carrol’s Message was only
! seven lines in length—deeming it most respect-.
ful not to present his views on any subjectto.be>
acted on after he was out of office.
The citizens of Nashville gave Judge White
a splendid Dinner on the Bth, at which the Gov
| ernor elect, Members of the Legislature &c.
were present as guests. The following was
the first regular Toast:
“Our Country—Not the North, nor the South,
nor the East, nor the West, but our whole coun
try.”
The following were the 6th and 7th.
James Madison—A commentator on the Con
stitution, whose light does not mislead.
The President of the United, States —We re
spect him for his talents, honor him for his ser
vices, and love him for his virtues.— Great Ap
plause.
The exhibition of what is called a “Chi
nese Lady,” at Washington Hall, is what
would be termed in theatical parlance, “a
great gag.” A homely Indian squaw, with