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VOL. XXXIII.
IIILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1852.
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r B v GRIEVE & ORfflE,
editors and proprietors.
— the Recorder is published weekly, and is alto
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, A gs perannum-
The foregoing terms will be strictly observed.—
n case will old arrearages be reduced. Our read-
“ who have not regularly done so, are respectfully in-
^ ,„t to settle up and thus avail themselves of the ad-
" '^ge of our reduced rates.
vf.ktisEMENTS conspicuously inserted at the usual
D t !luSe sent without a specilication of the number
insertions, will be published until ordered out, and
fh ’Ts of ^an'd aud Negroes, by Administrators, Ex-
S1 * or Guardians, are required by law to be held
f'■ ,r5 ;. ; q.nesdsy in the month, between the hours of
IN0.8.
A CALENDAR FOB THE STATE OF CEOBCIA FOB ISAS,
Embracing * Uni mf the Oflicern of OaTeramseni, mf the Judiciary, .TIililia, nmd Coualy Officers, with the timte«ef holding the several Cearla of the State; and the Ceagressieaal Ointrie.e.
Government of Georgia.
Governor— HOWELL COBB, of Clark.
Secretaries—Arthur Hood, of Gordon, William Steele,
of Baldwin, and W. W. Paine, of Telfair.
Messenger—Wiley H. Pope, of Walton.
Secretary of State—Nathan C. Barnett, of Baldwin.
Comptroller General—Ezekiel S. Candler, of Carioll.
Surveyor General—Pleasant M. Compton, of Baldwin.
Treaturer—Walter H. Mitchell of Baldwin.
Stale Librarian—Robert E. Martin, of MilledgeviUe.
President of Senate—Andrew J. Miller of Richmond.
Secretary of Senate—Luther J. Glenn, of Henry.
Speaker of House of Representatives—Jas. A. Meriweth
er, of Putnam.
Clerk—Thaddeus Sturgis, of Muscogee.
1st Brigade-
2d do
TWELFTH DIVISION.
-Cass, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon and
Whitfield.
Floyd, Murray, Walker, Chattooga and
Dade
THIRTEENTH DIVISION.
1st Brigade—Decatur, Early and Randolph.
2d do Baker, Lee and Thomas.
COURT CALENDAR FOR 1853.
REVISED BY TEE SOUTHERN RECORDER.
Superior Courts.
List of Major and Brigadier-Generals of the sev
eral Divisions, and their respective Brigades, of
Georgia Militia, with the Head Quarters of
each. .
1st Division—Maj. Gen. Peter Cone, Statesborough.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. William P. White, Savannah.
£3?£S£5iE
00 tne tire forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
T ‘"house in thecounty in which the property issituate.
‘ .’ dr . 1 ."ofthese sales must be given in a public gazette
N V. nrevious to the day of sale.
Assistant Keeper— Wm. Turk, of Franklin.
Book Keeper—John S. Gbolstoti, of Madison.
Inspector—Peter Fair, of Baldwin.
Physician—Dr. Charles J. Paine, of Baldwin.
Chaplain—Frederiek Blake, of Baldwin.
nYb j , Trustees of the. Lunatic Asylum—Dr. Tomlinson Fort,
’,7,r the sale of personal property must be given I Dr. H. K. Green, and B. P. Stubbs.
* ' Resident Physician and Superintendent—Dr. Thos. F.
Green.
Superintendent Western and Atlantic Railroad—Wm. M.
Wad ley.
Treasurer—Gen. John W. A. Sanford.
Auditor—Williams Rutherford. Jr.
'Ts-rrES D ATS previous to the day ofsale. ,
*■ *. e ’ tii the debtors and creditors of an estate mast
i.hlisbed FORTY DATS.
!,e ? ice that application will be made to the Court of j
’ rv for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be |
h'istied weekly for TWO MONTHS. !
P •tliTloNS fur Letters of Administration, must be
V , .: thirty days—for dismission from administra- !
^ ^ 'winthly six mouths—fur dismission from Guardian- j
; ff'* foreclosure of Mortgage muslbepublished
bi far four months—for establishing lost papers ,/or .
T ‘fell space of three months—hr compelling titles from
Exe-utors or"Administrators, where a bond has been
• h v the deceased, the full space of three months.
' l>jluic3tioris will always be continued according to
Judiciary.
SUPREME COURT FOR THE CORRECTION OF
ERRORS.
First District—composed of the Eastern and Middle
Judicial Circuits alternately at Savannah and Augusta,
on the 2d Monday in January and June.
Second District—composed of the South Western and
Chattahoochee Circuits, alternately at Columbus and
t ie le»al requirements, unless otherwise ordered. Americus, ou tlie 4tU Monday in January and second
,e '”' ’ the line of PRINTING, will meet with , Monday in July.
All business
prompt attention
at the Recorder Office.
Litter?
business muslbe post paid.
Third District—composed of the Coweta, Flint and
Macon Circuits, alternately at Macon and Decatur, on
the 2d Monday in February and August.
Fourth District—composed of the Western, Cherokee
®fld Blue Ridge Circuits, at Cassville and Gainesville,
■on the third Monday is April and October.
r. . „ _ _ 1,,, _ i Fifth District—compoted of the Northern. Ocmnlgee
Among tlie lteni9 of intelligence by the j aTld Southern Circuite. at MilledgeviUe , on the first Mon
day in May and November.
Judges of the Supromc Court—Joseph Henry Lumpkin,
Athens.; Hiram Warner. Greeneville; Eugeuius A.
rprom the Pliiia. U. S. Gasi-tte.]
the lost voyagers.
•2d
do
Arctic, at lilted yesterday morning, was an
interesting paragtaph referring to an affida- ^
vit recently made by a Capt. Robert Mar- i JJisbet, Macon,
tin, of the whale ship Enterprise, relative
to his meeting Sir John Franklin, with the
exploring ships, in Mellville Bay, after the
26th of July, 1845—the day on which Sir
John was seen, in the same place by Capt.
■ Danrn't, of the Prince of Wales whaler,
I who has been heretofore supposed to be the
last person who conversed with him. The
respectability and trustworthiness of Capt.
Martin are vouched for by the well known
Capt Penny, lately returned from a voyage
in search of the explorer; and his etory is
that he lay alongside the Erebus and had
much conversation with Franklin, who was
busy shooting and salting down biids, aud, ;
i:i addition, assured Martin (that is the es- i
sential feature of lhe»tale) that he had five !
years' ptovisions, which he could make last j
seven. Seven years from 1845 would bring j
us up to the summer of 1852 ; and as |
birds were plenliful arid the celebrated uav- j
igator was so early engaged in adding them ,
to bis stock, the inference from the etory is, {
that lie cannot have yet perished for want
of food, and that a strong hope may be
indulged in regard to the possibility of yet
rescuing him from his icy prison.
There have been a great many etrange
and cruel hoaxes perpetrated respecting
the lost voyagers, within the last two years
and accounts very similar to Capt. Martin’s
have been piinted as coming from other
whaleship masters who never existed.—
Capt. Martin is a veritable person ; and we
have seen that Capt. Fenny attests his in
tegrity and believes his story. Neverthe
less there are, obviously some suspicious
circumstances attending it; and, notwith
standing his good character and affidavit, it
unfortunately happens that the most impor
tant facts deposed to, cannot be true.
In the first place, it i9 remarkable that
the nairator should have kept silent in this
matter for six years, particulaily as he had
an opportunity of communicating with La-
I dy Franklin two years ago, at Peterborough
where she was making inquiries, of which
[ lie did not avail himself. His explanation
is, that at first, he did nst think his intelli
gence of any importance, and he did not vis
it Lady Franklin, when at Peterborough,
because “he did not like to intrude no her
a very lame and insufficient explanation
certainly.
But the more material difficulty respects
the statement, which he says Sir John
made him about his being provisioned for
five years, and able to eke out tits stores for
two years longer, whereas, the ships were
only supplied for three years: and this fact
is referred to by Lieut. Griffith, who re-
tutued in the storesblp from which they
were furnished, and reported, in terms,
that he “left them with every species of
piovisions for three entire years, indepen
dent of five bullocks which they were con
suming, the weather not being sufficiently
cold to keep or freeze them, as was otigi-
11 *lly imended.” It is believed that, with
the forethought which characterized him,
and the aid of salted birds, Sir John might
•flake his three yeat’s ptovisions serve for
uveyears, but assuredly not for seven. If
‘.1C and ll)C Ot \ IV. na.ilima ..n . -,, * nlitra
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. Stephen Drane, Lombardy.
2d Brig—Brig Gen Lewib A. Jernigan, Sandersville
3d Division—Maj. Gen. John W. A. Sanford, Milledg’e.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. George R. Jessup, Madison
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. James D. Frierson, Athens.
4th Division—Maj. Gen. Benj. F. Willis. Elberton.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. James P. Graves, Washington.
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. Charles F. Hardy, Jefferson.
5th Division—Maj Gen. James M. Darden, Monticello
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. C. E. W. Campbell, Monticello.
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. Bedford H. Darden. Jackson,
6th Division—Maj. Gen. Levi J Knight, Troupville.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. James B. Bostwtck, Irwinton.
Qd Brig—Brig. Gen. Thomas Hilliard. Waresboro.
7 th Division—Maj. Gen. Wm.B. Wofford .Hollingsworth.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. William A. Hunt, Mount Yotiah.
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. Carson P. Bryson.
SthDivision—Maj. Gen. James W. Armstrong Macon.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. John G. Coleman, Macon.
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. Davenport Evans, Thomaston-
9th Division—Maj. Gen. Edward M. Story, Newuan.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. J. W. B. Edwards. LaGrange.
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. James J. Neely, Newnan.
1 Oth Division—Maj Gen. Elias H. Beall, Talbotton.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. Charles J. Williams, Columbus.
2d Brig—Brig.Gen. David B. Bush, Talbotton.
IDA Division—Maj. Gen. Josiah A. Clarke, Social Circle.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. John S. Anderson, Marietta.
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. John W. Stroud, Monroe.
12tA Division—Maj.Gen. John H. Rice. Cassville.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. S, M. McConnell, Hickory Flat.
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. A. K. Patton Rome.
i3tA Division—Maj. Gen. Thos. E. Blackshear, Thom-
asville.
1st Brig—Brig. Gen. Moses H. Alexander,
Gaines.
2d Brig—Brig. Gen. James W. Thornbury, Albany.
Reporter—Thos. -K. H- Cobb, Athens.
Clerk—Robert E. Martin, MilledgeviUe.
JUDGES OF SUPERIOR COURTS.
Fastern Circuit—Henry R. Jackson, Savannah.
Jforther n Circuit—EE H. Baxter, Sparta.
Middle Circuit—Ebenezer Starnes, Augusta.
■Western Oircuit—Jamies Jackson, Monroe.
Ccmulgec Circuit—H. V. Johnson, MilledgeviUe.
Macon Circuit—Abater P. Powers, Macon.
Southern Circuit—Aag. H. Hansell. Hawkinsville.
Flint Circuit—James H. Stark. Griffin.
'ChaUahoicKce Circuit—Alfred Iverson, Columbus.
iCherokce Circuit—J. H Lumpkin, Rome.
■Coweta Oircuit—Bit ward Y. Hill, LaGrange.
Blue Ridge Circuit— David Irwin, Marietta.
■South Western Circuit—Lott Warren, Albany.
Aworncy-Oeucral.
Middle Circuit—Jehu T. Shewmake, Waynesboro’.
SOLICITORS.
Eastern ‘Circuit—’Sl'Iios. T. Long, Darien.
Jiorthem Circuit—J. B. Weems, Washington.
Western Circuit—Wm. J. Peeples, Gainesville.
•Ocmulgce Circuit—Thos. P. Saffohl, Madison.
Macon Circuit—Win. K. DeGraffenreid, Macon.
■Southerr Circuit—F. F. D. Scarborough, Hawkinsville.
Flint -Cirtruit—Joseph A. Thrasher, McDonough.
Chattahoochee Oircuit—Charles J.Williams, Columbus.
Cherokee Circuit—John J Word. Cassville.
‘Coweta Circuit—M. M Tidwell Fayetteville.
.Blue Ruige Ciroxit—Edward D. Chisholm, Van Wert.
South’Wtettsntlircuit—John Lyon, Albany.
JANUARY.
2d Monday, Chatham
4th Monday, Richmond
FEBRUARY.
1 st Monday, Clark
2d Monday, Chattooga
Sumter
3d Monday, Campbell
Floyd
Meriwether
Walton
4th Monday, Baldwin
Carroll
Jackson
Monroe
Mation
Taliaferro
MARCH.
1st Monday, Coweta
Laurens
Madison
Morgan
Paulding
2d Monday, Butts
Cass
Crawford
Elbert
G reene
Gwinnett
Harris
Polk
Randolph
3d Monday,Cobb
Fayette
Hall
Newton
Fumam
Twiggs
Talbot
Fortl Columbia
3J Thursday, Bulloch
Monday after, Effingham
4th Monday, Gordon
Macon
Early
Washington
Wilkes
Fianklin
JUNE,
lat Monday, Jefferson
4lb Monday. Richmond
AUGUST.
Id Monday, Chaltvoga
Sumter
Clark
3d Monday, Campbell
Flo^d
Meriwether
Walton
4lh Monday .Carroll
Monroe
Taliaferro
Marion
Baldwin
Jackson
SEPTEMBER.
1st Monday, Paulding
Coweta
Madison
Laurens
Morgan
IW4 I.ITIA.— FIRST DIVISION.
1st Brigade—’Bryan, Camden, Clntham, Effingham,
Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh and Wayne.
■£d dc Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel, Jefferson,
Montgomery, Scriven and Tattnall.
SECOND DIVISION.
Hancock. Taliaferro and Washington.
THIRD DIVISION
1st Brigade—Baldwin, Morgan and Putnam.
2d dc Clark, Greene and Oglethorpe.
FOURTH DIVISION.
list Brigade—Elbert, Lincoln and Wilkes
2d jj Franklin, Jackson and Madison.
FIFTH DIVISION.
LiU Brigade—Jasper and Jones.
•2d do Butts, Fayette and Henry.
SIXTH DIVISION.
■1st Brigade—Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs & Wilkinso
2d do Appling, Clinch, Irwin, Lowndes, Telfa
and Ware.
SEVENTH DIVISION.
C® Brigade—Habersham, Hall Jc Rabun.
2d do Forsyth, Lumpkin and Union.
EIGHTH DIVISION.
Hit Brigade—Bibb, Crawtord, Dooly and Houston.
2d do Monroe, Pike, Upson, and Spalding.
• NINTH DIVISION.
1st Brigade—Heard, Meriwether a.id Troup.
2d do Campbell Catroll aud Coweta.
TENTH DIVISION.
1st 'Brigade—Harris, Muscogee and Stewart.
2d do Macon, Marion, Sumter and Talbot.
ELEVENTH DIVISION.
1st Brigade—Cobb, DeKalb, Paulding and Polk.
'2d do Newton, Walton and Gwinnett.
Congressional Districts.
First District —Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty
McIntosh. Tattnall, Bulloch, Emanuel, Montgomery
Lowndes, Telfair, Appliug, Glynn, Camden, Wayne,
Ware, Laurens, Clinch. Thomas, and Irwin.
Second District.—Muscogee Stewart, Randolph, Early.!
Decatur, Baker, Lee, Dooly, Sumter, Macon, Pulaski 1
and Marion.
Third District.—Harris, Talbot. Upson. Pike, Butts,
Monroe, Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Spalding and Taylor.
Fourth District.—Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Heard,
Campbell, Fayette, Henry, DeKalb and Cobb.
Fifth District.—Dade, Walker, Murray, Gilmer, Chat-!
tooga, Floyd, Gordon, Cass, Cherokee, Paulding, Car-,
roll, Whitfield ^nd P«dk. \
Sixth District.—Union, Lumpkin, Rabun, Habersham,' Thursday after. Rabun
Hall, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton, Clark, Jackson, Mad- Friday after, Wayne
ison and Franklin. | 2d Monday, Forsyth
Seventh District.—Newton, Morgan, Greene, Jasper, — -
Putnam, Jones, Baldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wil-|
kinson and Twiggs.
Eighth District —Elbert, Oglethorpe, Lincoln, Wilkes,
Taliaferro, Warren, Columbia, Richmond, Burke, Jei-
ferson and Scriven.
Wavne,
Inferior Courts.
EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Last Monday in December and May.
Camden,
1st “
in January and June.
Glvnn,
2d
in “ “
McIntosh,
3d
in “ “
Bryan,
4th “
in “
Liberty,
2d
in “
Bulloch,
1st “
in February and July,
in
Effingham.
2d
Chatham,
3d
in
Columbia,
MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
1st Monday in FebiUary and July.
Washington,
4th
in January and July.
Montgomery,
1st
in February and August.
Tattnall,
2d
in “ “ *
Emanuel,
1st
in January and July.
Scrivea,
2d
in “ “
Burke,
1st
in 4 ‘
Jefferson,
3d
in “
Richmond, Thursday after 1st Mon. in March &Sept.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Madison, 2d Monday in January and July.
Elbert, 3d “ in *• “
Oglethorpe, 4th “ in “ and June.
Lincoln, 1st “ in February and July.
Hancock, lat “ in “ and August.
WaJreu, 2d *’ in “
Wilke*, 1st “ in May and November.
Taliaferro, 1st “ in June and December.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Cass
Frmklin,
4lh Monday
in January ond July.
Crawford
Rabun,
1st “
in “ “
Randolph
Gwinnett,
2d
in June and December.
Butts
Jackson,
2d
in January and July.
Elbert
Clatk,
4 th
in April and October.
Greene
Habersham,
2d “
in January and July.
Gwinnett
Hail,
4th “
in “ “
Harris
Walton,
3d
in May and November. |
MISCELLANEOUS.
APRIL
1st Monday, Cherokee
Murray
Pike
DeKalb
W arren
Wilkinson
Camden
Couutiuff
Ileune
Calendar far 1S52
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Oct.
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29
30
24
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88
29
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May
1
31
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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1
2
3
4
5
6
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
7
8
0
10
11
12
13
16
17
18
19
20
21
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June
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5
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7
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1
Whitfield
Dooly
Decatur
Glynn
Habersham
Hancock
Montgomery
Thursday after, Mclntosl
and Tattnall
3d Monday, Lumpkin
Walker
Baker
Henry
Jones
Liberty
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Emanuel
Dade
Houston
Heard
Jasper
Lincoln
Stewart
Scriven
Telfair
Thursday after, Irwin
MAY.
1st Monday, Gilmer
Lee
Upson
2d Monday, Bibb
Chatham
Troup
Mus'-ogee
3d Monday, Spalding
Burke
Taylor
4t.h Monday, Thomas
Monday after, Lowndes
I'hurs. after Clinch, Ware
Mon. after Ware. Applint
3d Monday, Cobb
Twiggs
Newton
Fayette
Hall
Putnam
Talbot
Columbia
4th Monday,Gordon
Macon
Early
Washington
Wilkes
Franklin
OCTOBER.
1st Monday, Cherokee
Murray
DeKalb
Warren
Wilkinson
Tuesday after, Pike
Thursday after, Rabun
2d Monday, Forsyth
Whitfield
Dooly
Decatur
Habersham
Hancock
Montgomery
Thursday after, Tattnall
3d Monday, Lumpkin
Walker
Baker
Henry
Stewart
Emanuel
J ones
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
4th Monday, Union
Dade
Houston
Heard
Jasper
Lincoln
Scriven
Telfair
Thursday after, Irwin
Thursday before last
Monday, Bulloch
Monday after, Effingham
NOVEMBER.
1st Monday, Gilmer
Lee
Upson
2d Monday, Bibb
Troup
Jefferson
Muscogee
3d Monday, Spalding
Burke
Cumden
Taylor
Friday after, Wayne
4th Monday, Glynn
Thomas
Thursday after, McIntosh
Monday after, Lowndes
and Liberty
Thursday after, Bryan
Mon. aft. Lowndes, Clinch 1 Campbell,
I'hurs. after Clinch. Ware j Cobb,
Vlon after Ware, Applir
Wilkinson,
Jones,
Jasper,
Baldwin,
G reene,
Morgan,
Putnam,
Lownden,
Thomas,
Telfair,
Irwin,
Laurens,
Pulaski,
Appling,
Ware,
Clinch,
Butts,
Upson,
Pike,
Monroe,
Newton,
Henry,
Spalding,
Cass,
Chatloog a,
Murray,
Walker,
Floyd,
Dade,
Gordon,
Whitfield,
Fayette,
Meriwether,
Troup,
Coweta,
DeKalb,
Heard,
OCMUI.GFE CIRCUIT.
2d Mondey in January and July,
4th “ in “ “
4 th
2d
2d
1st “ in “
3d “ in
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
1st Monday in February and August.
2st
4th
4th
1st
4th
1st
4th
2d
FLINT CIRCUIT.
2d Monday in January and July.
1st “ in February and August.
1st “ in January and July.
2d “ in June and December.
4 lb
4th
3d
CHEROKEE CIRCUIT.
4th Monday in May and November.
3d “ in April and October.
3d *• in January and July.
3d “ in “ “
3d “ in April and October.
1st “ in June and December.
3d “ in Janutry and July.
1st “ in “
COWETA CIRCUIT.
3d Monday in January and June.
4th “ in April and October.
1st “ in February and August.
4th “ in June and December.
3d
2d
in May and November,
in June and December.
in January and July,
in “
in Jan. & 1st. Mon. July.
in June and December,
in Jan. & 1st Mon. July,
in February and August,
in April and October.
in January and July.
HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA.
We copy tbe following interesting sketch
from a book lately published by the Har
pers, entitled “ Five Years of a Hunter’s
Life in the Far Interior of South Africa,”
by R. G. Cumming :—
‘‘On tbe 14th, 1 dispatched Heudric to
biing on tbe wagons, which come up in
the afternoon. Night set in warm, calm,
and still with a good moonlight. Ele
phants, sea-cows, and panthers kept up a
continued music above and below ns, along
the liver, until I fell asleep.
“On the 15th I felt very ill, but in the
foienoon I went down to the river, where
l shot two sea-cows. In the evening, feel
ing worse, I bled myself, but strong fever
was on me all night.
“Next morning I marched, halting at
sun down on the Mokojay, a gravellybed-
ded periodical river, where elephauts oc
casionally drank.
“On the l&th, at dawn ot day, I took
leave of Mollyeon and Capain of Bamang-
wato, as they would not follow me An
ther. We then inspanned, and held down
the Limpopo. I regretted to observe that
the spoor of elephants did not seem to in
crease in the same ratio as I had allowed
myself to imagine. We were in an ex
tremely remote and secluded corner of the
world, quite uninhabited; yet the ele
phants, though frequenting it, were deci
dedly scarce. I felt extremely weak and
nervous fiom the fever, and the quantity
of blood which I had lost, insomuch that I
started at my own shadow, and several
times sprang to one side wheu the leaves
rustled in the bushes. I walked along tbe
bank of the river with my gun loaded
with small shot, intending to shoot a part
ridge for my breakfast. Presently I came
upon the fresh dung of bull elephants, and
at the same moment my people at tbe wag
ons saw two old bull elephants within two
hundred yards of them ; and the wind be
ing favorable, they walked unsuspiciously.
After a very short chase I succeeded in
killing both
but, the next in»tant, John Stofolus rushed
into the midst of us almost speechless with
fear and terror, bis eyes bursting from their
sockets and shrieked out, ‘The Iton ! the
l.ou! He has got Hendric; he dragged him
away from the fire beside me. f struck
him with the burning brands upon his head
but he would not let go hi, bold Hen-
dne is dead! Oh, God ! Hendric is dead »
Let us take fire and seek him !’ The rest
of my people rushed about shrieking and
yelling as if they were mad. I was at
once angry with them for their folly, and
told them that if they did not stand still and
keep quiet, the lion would have another of
us ; and that very likely theie was a troop
of them 1 ordered the dogs, which were
nearly all fast, to be made looee and the
fire to be increased as far as could be I
then shouted Hendric’s name, but all was
still I told my men that Hendric was
dead, and that a regiment of soldiers could
not now help him, and, hunting my dogs
forwaid I bad everything brought within
the cattle-kraal, wheu we lighted our fire,
and closed the entrance as well as we could!
“My terrified people sat round the fire
with guns in their bads till the day broke
still fancying that every moment the lion
would return and spring again into the
midst of us. When tbe dogs were first let
go, the stupid brutes, as dogs often prove
when most required, instead of going at the
lion, rushed fiercely on one another, and
fought desperately for some minutes. Af-
ter this, they got his wind, and, going at
him, disclosed to us his position : they
kept up a continual barking unr.il the day
dawned, the lion occasionally springino’
after them, and driving them in upon the
kraal. The horrible monster lay all night
within forty yards of us, consuming the
wretched man whom he had chosen for his
prey. He had dragged hfVn into a little
hollow at the back of the thick bush be
side which the fire was kindled, and there
he re rained till the day dawned, careless
of our proximity.
“It appeared that when the unfortunate
Hendric rose to drive in the ox, the lion
had watched him to hiefireside, and be had
My fever still continuing on me, and scarcely lain down when the brute sprang
the natives having deseiled, l determined ; u P°"him and Ruyter (for both lay under
upon turning my face homeward. Accor- j one blanket), with his appalling, murderous
dingly, on the 21st, I ordered my men to; ,oar > * nt L roar ' n g as he lay, grappled him
inspan and retrace their spoor. A troop of; w ' t * 1 ^ 1S * e8r A J l claws, and kept biting him
lions had killed some game within a few | M 10 breast and shoulder, all the while
hundred yards of us, and had been roaring j * ee |' n g for his neck ; having got hold of
very loudly all the morning : these gave U3 ; which, he at once dragged him away back-
Randulpb,
Lee,
Early,
Decatur,
Sumter,
Baker,
Stewart,
Marion,
Muscogee,
Talbot,
Hai ris,
Tayior,
Twigg*,
Bibb,
Houston,
1 Irawforil,
Dooly,
Macon,
Paulding,
Cherokee,
Forsyth,
Lumpkin,
j Union,
j Gilmer,
l Carroll,
Polk,
in January and J lily.
SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT.
2d Monday in J auuary and J uly.
4th “ in '* “
3d “ in “
1st “ in April and October.
2d “ in May and November.
Tuesday after 1st Monday in March &. Sept.
CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT.
1st Monday in February and July.
3d “ in May and November.
2d •* in February and August.
3d “ in June and December.
2d “ in “ “
2d “ in February and August.
MACON CIRCUIT.
4th Monday in January and July.
2d “ in “
4th “ in “ “
3d “ in May and November.
4ih “ in June and December.
1st “ in February and August.
BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT.
3d Monday in February and August.
a parting salute as we were inspanning.
Their voices sounded to me ominous, per
haps from the nervous state of my health.
I though they said, 4 Yes, you do well to re
trace your rash steps ; you have just come
far enough.’ I must acknowledge that I
fell a little anxious as to the safety of pro
ceeding further on several accounts. First,
ward round the bush into the dense shade
“As the lion lay upon the unfortunate
man, he faintly cried, • Help me, help me!
God ! Oh men, help me !’ Alter which,
the fearlul beast got a hold of his neck, and
then all was still, except that his comrades
heard the bones of his neck cracking be-
. . he teeth of - the j jon j ohn stofolus
1st
2d
3d
4 th
2d
4 tli
2d
3d
3d
in June and December,
in January and July,
in June and December,
in “ “
in Jan. & 1st Mon. July,
in May and November,
in June and December,
in “ “
in April and October.
the natives had spoken of Moselekatze,' had lain with his back to the file, on the
now resident not very far in advance, as j opposite side, and on hearing the lion he
one who would most unquestionably mur-! sprang up, and, seizing a large flaming
der me, and seize all my property. They j brand, he had belabored him on the head
also told me that I should lose all my cat- j with the burning wood ; bu: the brute did
tie by the fly called ‘Tsetse ;’ and 1 had o°t Jake any notice of him. Tbe Bush-
also reason to believe the country in ad-j man had a narrow escape ; he was not al-
vance not verj healthy for man. ; together scathless, tbe lion having inflicted
“My followeis received my orders to two gashes in his seat with his claws,
turn homeward with sincere gratification: “The next morning, just as the day be-
we tracked till sundown, halting on the | gan to dawn we heard the lion dragging
march for a sick ox, which we eventually ! something up the river side under cover
left behind a prey to the lions, and slept on i of the bank. Wp drove the cattle out of
the Mokejay, where the Bamangwato men the kraal, and then proceeded lo inspect
f lia Qt'Ona iif lha ninkiL _ v •■
had left me.
“On the 29th, we arrived at a small vil
lage of Bakalahari. These natives told me
that elephants were abundant on the op
posite side of the river. I accordingly re
solved to halt here and hunt, and drew my
the scene of the night’s awful tragedy. In
the hollow, where the lion had lain consu
ming his prey, we found one leg of the un
fortunate Hendric, bitten off below the
knee, the shoe still on his foot; the grass
and bushes were all stained with his blood,
wagons up on the river’s bank, within thir-: and fiagments of his pea-coat lay around.
C ouiiii'
Sheriff.
Clerk Superior Court.iClerk Xaferior Court,
Kecfiver Tax Keturns.
Collector.
SURVEYOR.
ifld his companions are yet alive, they
tflust have been long since reduced to the
Necessity of depending for food on birds,
luh, and such other natural sources, scanty
and precarious enough, as are to be found
in those desolate polar regions. The hope
is a very faint one.
In this connection we may mention a dis
tressing ciicumstance, a grievous oversight,
connected with the late relief expeditions,
"hich crov/ns the list of fatalities of which
the latter present so many lamentable ex-
e mples. It will be remembered that traces
of the lost navigators were found on Bee-
chey Island, including provision canisters,
nn observatory tent, and a cairn of stones
under which it was lo be expected some
Wr *tien message from Sir John would have
been found. This cairn’ was examined ;
Capt- Austin, in bis evidence before the
^aval Committee; says, that it wa9 exam
ined “to a certain extent—but uoC in the
ay we were satisfied it should be examin-
e d —why it was not so examined does not
appear, and nobody seem9 to have taken
•he trouble to inquire. But the remtrkable
set is, as we now learn from a statement,
’n the London Athenaeum, that Sir John
- raiiklin at ranged to bury his communica-
lions, not in the cairns he might erect, but
al the distance of ten feet from them in a
particular direction which vvas to be indi-
,ted by a finger-post to be built up with
e ca 'm. Neither Captain Austin nor
an y of his officers, it appears, was made ac
quainted with his intention; and, according-
>' they hunted—insufficiently as it proved
the wrong place; and, doubtless, after
a l * le i r trouble and labor, and the risk and
®*pense of the expedition, they came away
torn the cairn, leaving behind them a letter
Placed there to be found, which would have
'Sealed, at least in part, the secret of his
I nrtber progress or his fate. The worlJ
I as been surprised at the numerous unac-
l'°ut)tab!e and fatal blunders committed by
L° man y of tbe officeis of the relief expedi-
r u " 8 -. The present will be deemed the
I incomprehensible, if not the most mel-
^choly, ofalL
Appling,
, Baker,
] Baldwin,
B : bb,
Bryan,
Bulloch,
Burke,
Butts.
Camden.
CauwbelS,
Carroll,
Cass.
Chathatnv
Cliatsaoga,
Cherukee,
Clarke,
Clinch,.
CoW>,
Columbia,.
Coweta,
Crawford
DaBe,
Decani.’,
DeKalb,
Dooly;
Early,
Et&igharay
Elbert,
EiaajiueL.
Fa-yette,
Fleyd,
Fczsyih,
Frankliu,
Gilmer,
Glynn,
Gordon,
Greene,
Gwinnett,
Habersham,
Hail,
H incock,
Harris,
Heard,
Henry,
Houston,
Irwin,
Jackson,
Jasper,
Jefferson,
J ones,
Laurens,
Lee,
Liberty,
Lincoln,
Lowndes-.
Lumpkin ,
Macon,
ISIadison,
McIntosh,
Marion,
.Meriwether,
Monroe
James Pop well,
George \V Collier
John A Breedlove
David J Davis
Henry I Blitcb
Erustus Waters
Augustus C Kirkland
Richard G Byars
A Harrell
Wm M Bartlett
Eli Benson
John F Brown
John Dcvanny,
Joseph McConnell
Reuben F Daniel
John J Huggins
Cornelius Joyce
James B Blackwell
John F Sutton
James Bexley
Lewis F Hicks
Joseph Killian
Abner Belcher
Tbos J Perkerson
Philemon Bohanuon
John West
JotiD Dasher
Dozier Thornton
Drury S Moore
Wm Glass
Thos G Watters
Wm Fincher
James H Chappellear
Wm E Plemons
John P Lamb
Jesse N Miller
Haac Morrison
John S McElvany
Jeremiah Taylor
Ambrose Kennedy
Sami A Pardee
Moses H Hopkins
Hiram McDonald
Levi H Turner
Madison Marshall
Levi M Colbert
Wm S Thompson
Stephen W McClendon
Jesse T Mulling
John Bradley
j James M Smith
iGreen B Mayo
Jacob Theiss,
John W Hamrick
Mose6 Taylor
James H Worley
Davis Gaminage
John Scott
John 1 Forbes
Leonidas O Davis
Harrison D Leverett
Dickie W Collier
Momgomery, Isaac Wilks
Morgan,
Muiray,
Muscogee,
Newton,
Ogletlrorpe,
Paulding,
Pike,
Polk,
Pulaski,
Putnam,
Babun,
Baudolph.
Richmond,
Scriven,
Spalding,
Stewart,
Sumter,
Talbot,
Taliaferro,
Tattnall,
‘.ITaylor,
Telfair,
Ptomas,
Troup,
Xwiges.
Union.
Upson,
Walker,
Walter),
Ware,
Warreu,
W ashingtou,
W nyne,
Whitfield,
Wilkes,
Vilkinson,
John F Johnson
RR Keith
Adolphus S Rutherford
; Newton Anderson
Francis M Smith
Daniel Campbell
John Conch,
Leonard L Harrel
Chas T Laurence
James B Billingdy
; W ashington Joyce
I William Doyle
Idaho A Base more
lAddison A Wooten
IWin H Perkins
iPortlock F Thompson
Win J McBryde
I Win H Wilder
iBenj F Dowdy
J M Thompson
John Larky
Wm Ivey
Thos Davis
Eli S Griffin
John Lnyd
Owen C Sharman
James Hunt
James P Wilkinson
William Johnson
Edwin A Brinkley
Seaborn A H Jones
Thomas Beckham
Frederic Cox
Thomas A Heard
Waller W Beall
Jesse Mobley
’Seth C Stevens
Baradeil P Stubbs
Henry G Ross
jjosbua Smith
David Beasley
Edward Garlick
Wm R Bankston
J H Finley
{Thomas Bullard
John Long
H W Cobb
John F Guilmartin
Daniel Hicks
Jasper L Keith
Joh n C Johnson
George \V Newbern
Thos H Moore
Anderson Crawford
H R Harrison
James J Ray
James M Hall
Luke Mann
Robt M B rown
Robert B Davies
Thos B Andrew's
James Rahn
William Johnson
| Ezekiel Clifton
I William J Russell
| Absalom B Ross
James Roberts
;Jobn H Payne
! Ransom B Perry
; Alex Scranton
Win M Peeples
■ Vincent Sanford
Madison L Adair
Philip Martin
William Sitton
Tuttle H Audas
Nathaniel H Barden
Wm M K Watts
Henry Stokes
Wm H Miller
Jacob Young
Pittsfield Hinton
Shadrack J Me M ichael
I Nicholas Diehl
! Elbert Hutchings
• Francis Thomas
ISarn’l Lindsey
Simon Fraser
Alex Johnston
Duncan Smith
Wier Boyd
Wm W Corbitt
James w Daniel
Armaud Lefils
George W McDuffie
Wm A Adams
I Willis Curvy
! Alex T McLeod
John C Rees
| Franklin B Morris
John It Sturgis
Augustin W Evans
George II Lester
Benjamin F Smith
John A Cochran
Joltn V Mitchell
Syenham Park
Wm C Price
Duncan Jordan
Oswell E Cashin
Green D Sharpe
Henry B Holliday
jlchabod M Cox
jAnr.G Konaldsnn
[George N Fotbes
Quinea O’Neal
■ James B Smith
, J M McCants
John F McRae
jjsred Everett
Wm M Latimer
Peyton Reynolds
■ Thomas M Hughes
i Jael Mathews
John Dickson
Thomas G Wood
George B Williamson
George W Dickson
Lewis A Jernigan
Robert B Wilson
John W Anderson
John H Dyson
Alfred T McCardeJl
John Tillman
Seth C Stevens
B traded P Stubbs
Edward G Jeffers
Joshua Smith
David Beasley
Edward Garlick
Wm R Bankston
ij H Finley
!Jolin W Gibson
Win Meador
Wm Tlirailkill
John F Guilmartin
Robert Early
James M Daniel
John C Johnson
George W Newbern
John F Arnold
David Harris
John G Morgan
James J Ray
Benjamin M Wood
Luke Man
Alexander Johnson
Robert B Davies
Tbos B Andrews
James Rahti
John W Turner
Jordan Flanders
Alfred Brown
James C Pemberton
Almon G Hutchins
i Wm J Oliver
Wm Erwin
j Alexander Scranton
■ New ton Trimble
Vincent Sanford
■ Lemuel Jackson
Jas E Griggs
Win P Smith
Chas W DuBnse
Wm J Hudson
David M Smith
E’lihu Copeland
Elijah M Hulsey
[Israel Y’oung
Pittsfield Hinton
Ricltd J Loyall
Nicholas Diehl
Eibert Hutchings
Francis Thomas
Sami Lindsey
Simon F raser
Alex Johnston
Duncan Smith
James Rutherford
Wm J Collins
Crawford M Strickland
Armaud Lefils
George W McDuffie
Abdias Webb
John T Stephens
Alex T McLeod
John C Rees
Ralph Ellison
Andrew P June*
William D Luckie
George H Lester
Whitmill H Adair
Joseph C Beckham
John V Mitchell
|Wm C Davis
IWm C Price
i Wm H Barton
Oswell E Cashin
iGreen D Sharpe
iJames S Wood
i Peter G Thompson
Alfred F McPherson
Gecrge N Forbes
iQuinnea O’Neal
James B Smith
James T Harman
John F McRae
Jared Everett
David B Turner
■ Win A E Wall
j Elliot Boling
i Ansel T Shackelford
Charles F Bruckner
[Thos G Wood
! George B Williamson
,George W Dickson
Haywood Brookins
[Robert B Wilson
iBrittoo C Tyler
|Royland Beasley
[Thomas N Beall
John Tillman
jSeih T Stevens
ijohn Hammond
Philemon Tracy
A H Smith
William Lee ar
■ Edward Garlick
Henry Hendiick
G P Cohen
Joseph B Camp
Wm A Hendon
[Thomas A Word
[John M Millen
Francis A Kirby
James Jordan
Asa M Jackson
Guilford Lastmyer
Birdsong Tollison
Simons Crawford
Albert Ramey
James J Ray
Zacliarian O’Neal
Joseph Law
Alexander Johnson
Alexander Meriwether
Sami S Stafford
James Rahn
Wm B Nelms
Neill McLeod
Jesse Lamberth
Hubbard Barker
John G York
Moses Greer
ECU Dart
Alexander Stroup
James W Gookin
William Maltbie
Cicero H Sutton
Marlin Graham
Charles W Du Bose
Wm Johnson
Wm F Wright
Elihu P Watkins
John H Powers
M Henderson
John G Pittman
Pleasant B Lovejoy
Nicholas Diehl
Elbert Hatchings
Freeman H Rowe
Wm Newsom
James S Brad well
B FTatom
Henry Briggs
James R Lawhon
Wm J Collins
Willis Strickland
A A De Lorine
E W Miller
Davis C Gresham
Elbridge G Cabiness
James G Conner
Fielding W Arnold
Charles E Broyles
John Johnson
William D Luckie
Henry Britain
Woodson Hubbard
Wiley E Mangham
John V Mitchell
Wm B Carter
James Bleckley
Otho P Beall
Leon P Dugas
Alexander Kemp
Wm L Gordon
James L Wimberly
Louis Bruner
Marion Bethune
Quinea O’Neal
Micheal M Mattox
J B Hamilton
John McDennid
H HTook
Wiley H Sims
Lewis Solomon
John S Fain
Wm A Cobb
James Huge
Robert J Kennedy
George B Williamson
Arden K Mershon
Haywood Brookins
Joseph Wiggins
Wm Gordon
G G. Norman
Samuel Beall
Henrv Hill ard
Wm E Griffin
Augustus W Callaway
Benjamin Russell
John Slater
D B Hughes
R H Gray,
John M Thompson
Robert Paxton
Andrew Smith
Josiah Goggans.
Andrew M Floyd
Barnard E Bee
Robert Allen
Littleberry Holcombe
Geo-ge M Lanier
Benjamin Cornelius
Tliadeus H McCluskey
Thomas H Bivins
Tuscan H Ball
Wm T Northern
Milton Deraberry
Joseph Marshall
Hugh M Boyd
Enos Young
Jess B Mo3ely
Wm B Dasher
Richard Rice
James II Edenfield
Herod Thornton
Noah Cornutt
Joshua Tapp
Nelson Osborn
Jonathan L Coggins
John C Moore
'John H Arthur
Garrett Woodham
James Biown,
i Joseph B. Whitehead,
I Francis Luck
! W Scott
Charles H. Pritchard
|john J Bledsoe
1 Wiley Branan
■John B McMurray
Asa Brooks
I John B Lowry
Wiley T High
[John Wren
B Funderburk
John Rayfieid
David Mashburn
W P Girardeau
Jeremiah Ashmore
James Newton
Wm H Thomas
John M Smith
John B Moon
James Hunilton
James W oodall
JohnT. Owens
Henry Wood
Matthew Sharpe
David A Crockett
M VV Harris
Daniel J Rees
Thomas A Walker
Thomas J Latimer
William Hubbard
Bowling Green
John Buchan
John H Craftou
William T Dickerson
Allen L Jenks
Alexander Philip
Robert D Sharpe
Elisha P Bolton
Charles H Warren
Andrew J Williamson
Charles Portar
Wm Alexander
J P R Sikes
A Rhoades
Charles J Shelton
Henry Gary
Samuel Edmonda
Edward Epps
John G Miller
Green Furguson
Hiram T Gill
Lemuel H Cooper
Mathew Sweat
Jacob A H Revere
Elijah Yoong
John D Rumph
Clement Quilliau
1 Benjamin Rhodes
James Hartley
Wm Overstreet
Wm E Griffin
Augustus W Callaway
Richard A Cain
Jefferson Butler
James Hagin
John R Skinner
Howell N Byers
; George D King
James Yancy
Robert A Reed
Silas Bell
Francis M Stone
John N Scales
Littleberry Holcomb
George M Lanier
Robert G Dickerson
Thomas Whitehead
John Collins
Jeremiah C Hyde
Wm T Shurley
Milton Deraberry
Joseph Marshull
John M Smith
Enos Young
Mathew J Lewis
James R Rahn
James H Reynolds
Elijah Trapnall
Franklin Landrum
Pittman Lumpkin
Wiley F Westbrook
Jefferson Holland
Jonathan L Coggins
John Pi/es
Z F Wilson
Robert F Griffin
James Brown
Wm H Love
Bridges Smelly
Levin E Culver
Hiram Doiman
Win G Crain
Charles McDonald
Edmund Pollock
John Fletcher
Ezekiel Hewett
Archibald B White
Nathan K Whigham
[Thomas L Burden
■ Andrew A Fuqua
[Edward Sessions
! Davi.l Zoneks
;R S Willingham
| Wm Bradford
[WmH Thomas
[James W Cunningham
[Willis Gunnels
[Win J Cannon
[Jonathan H Pervis
John Spratting
IWm II Graham
iHugh M Nutt
Joseph F Rees
Elbett S Bird
Hezekiah Noble
Ephraim Thorn
Elijah Tiller
William Hubbard
Joseph R Culpepper
[John Buchan
[Levin Stewart
■Marcus L King
[Amos McLendon
Elias C Tinsley
IJacob Fieeman
Pressley Burdett
James P Ellis
Jackson Tinner
Alfred H Brown
Isaac C Kent
J Kennady
Charles Loyd
Columbus C Smith
B G Stevens
Daniel Johnson
Henry O’Neal
Joseph Stephens
Isham Harrison
■ Nathan Anderson
| Middleton Cleaton
Mathew Sweat
Henry Hinton
Jeptha Brantley
John D Rumph
Joseph Ford "
Francis M Stribling
Wiley Holland
Stancell Barbaree
Matthew M Hall
J Sloan
E Brown
Robert Dogget
Isaac Teal
Wm C Parker
Richard Gaines
Thomas Eden
Thomas G Barker
Paul C Ingram
M G Dieken
John Mathis
Burwell Kemp
John Harris
John Kelly
James C Loyd
James Stewart
Howell Hearn
William Johnston
John Bodiford
Wm J Christie
J M Dasher
Stephen White
James Ward
John T Riley
W AJ Fenn
John Slower
Wm H Milton
Daniel Blue
Stephen Talley
Henry E Hunt
Luther J Knight
Reuben Clark
John Pierce
Solomon Barron
Alexander Beard
Samuel B Boggus
John Brown
John J Forsyth
Hiram Allen
John Lanier
John Belcher
William Harkins
David R Madden
Amos Strawn
Orlando B Rees
Wm McCardell
Henry Chambers
John Cox
Benj F Guess
Wm Donelly
John Y Fletcher
William Bowles
Andrew J Smarr
Richard Downs
John H Williams
Job B Hicks
James Dick
Wm PHolcombe
John Little
Joseph Fincher
Luke Sapp
Daniel Duncac
Samuel Rigsby
JoshuaS Walker
Charles Church
Hezekiah Wheeler
WW Wiggins
James Salter
Paul Davidson
Frederick Dickins
C Stewart
W P Johnson
Shelton W Moore
James Arnold
Zadock R Wright
James R Partridge
S Thompson
David Thompson
Jesse Pate
Michael Hanson
J Harris
Asa Keith
David Mayo
Samuel J Bush
Elias Branch, Jr
[Thomas G Westfall
[James C Whitaker
William Wood
C M Bashler
I Adam Jones
john RSturgis
Samuel R McLean
H Ver ion
George W Silvey
John Hilderbrau
Joseph M Shellman
William Gamble
James Haley
David K Elder
Daul J Blackburn
William Young
lames D Green
John M Redwine
James C Holmes
John B Donaldson
Malcom McLeod
M Dooling
David Jones
James Dasher
Willian C Davis
Giles Newton
Wm A Moore
Elijah Burford
Allen T Garrison
Beniamin Griffith
John M Tison
John T Jones
Jared L Turner
Thomas P Hudson
Robert Allen
John H Hanson
Andrew J Muse
Silas M Grubbs
Elijah H Kirk
Abram Peeples
Robert C Bryan
Benj F Park
M N Crawford
Bryant Beasly
Jacob T Linder
John Scarborough
William Hughs
Jeremiah Wilson
Adam Peck
Elijah Williams
Win J Pittman
Isaac Davis
Isaac H Peeples
Joshua Cannon
David H Benton
Wm A McLeod
Wm L West
A Farnsworth
Philip Lamar
William Winfield
Luke G Johnson
Wm S Hogue
William W Arnold
Wm Dooling
Thomas McManus
Obadiah P Dickinson
James Hendry
J Sealy
W H Nunnally
William Ellis
John J Twiggs
Neil McKay
Augustus Richards
WinT Brook
E F Sharpe
Jonathan Stewart
Bolin Hall
W J Young
Daniel M Clarke
Acton E Nash
Wm R Qnerry
Benj F Matthews
B Woolbiight »
Philip Stinchcomb
Nathan Brewton
Rufus Williams
Wm B Pool
Samuel H Harris
E J Tarvar
James B Sanders
Norman McRainy
ty yards of the water, and about one hun
dred yards from the native village. Hav
ing outspanned, we at once set about ma
king for the cattle a kraal of ths worst des
cription of thorn-trees. Of this I had now
become very particular, since my severe
loss by lions on the first of ibis month,
and my cattle were, at night, secured by a
strong kraal, which inclosed my tWo wa
gons, the horses being made fast lo a trek-
tow stretched between the hind wheels of
the wagons. I had yet, however, a fearlul
lesson to learn as to the nature and char
acter of the lion, of which I had at once
Poor Heudric! I knew the fragments of
that old coat, and had often marked them
hanging in the dense covers where the el
ephant had charged after my unfortunate
after-rider. Hendtic was by far the best
man I had about my wagona, of a most
cheetful disposition, a first-rate wagon dri
ver, fearless in the field, ever active, will
ing, and obliging : his loss to us all wa3
very serious. I felt confounded and utter
ly sick in my heart; I could not remain at
the wagons, so l resolved to go after el
ephants to divert my mind. I had that
morning heard them breaking the trees on
night a horrible tragedy was to be acted in
my little lonely camp of so very awful and
appalling a nature as to make the blooJ cur
dle in our veins. 1 worked till near sun
down at one side of the kraal wuh Hen
time entertained so little fear , and on this ; th® opposite side of the river. I according-
■ ' ’ ' ‘ 1 ‘ ’ 1 - ’ ’ 1 ly told the natives of tbe village of my in
tentions, and having ordered my people
to devote the day to fortifying the kraal,
started with Piet and Ruyter as my after
riders. It was a very cool day. We cross-
Jric, my first wagon-dtiver ; I cutting ‘ ®d the river, and at once took up tbe fresh
down the trees with my axe, and he drag-1 spoor of a troop of bull elephants. These
ging them to the kraal. When the kraal ’ " e ~~
for the cattle was finished, l turned my at
tention to making a pot of barley-broth, and
lighted a fire between the wagons and the
water, close on the river’s bank, under a
dense grove of shady trees, making no sort
of kraal around our sitting-place for the
evening.
“The Hottentots, without any reason,
made their fire about fifty yards from mine;
they according to their usual custom, be
ing satisfied with the shelter of a large
dense bush. The evening passed away
cheerfully. Soon after it wa9 dark we
heard elephants breaking the trees in the
forest across the iver, and once or twice
1 strode away into the darkness some dis
tance from the fireside, to stand and listen
to them. I little, at that moment, dream
ed of the imminent peril to which I was
exposing my life, nor thought that a blood
thirsty man-e&ter lion was crouching near,
and only watching his opportunity to spring
into the kraal, and consign one of us to a
most horrible death. About three hours
after the sun went down 1 called to my men
to come and take their coffee and 9upper,
which was ready for them at my fire ; and
after supper three of ihem returned before
their comrades to their own fireside, and
bulls unfortunately joined a troop of cows,
and when we came on them tbe dogs at
tacked the cows, and the bulls were off in
a moment, before we could even see them.
One remarkably fine old cow charged the
dogs. 1 hunted this cow, and finished her
with two shots from the saddle. Being
anxious to return to ray people before
night, I did not attempt to follow tbe troop.
My followers were not a little gratified to
9ee me returning, for terror had taken hold
of their minds, and they expected that the
lion would return, and. emboldened by the
success of the preceding night, would
prove still more daring in his attack. The
lion would most certainly have returned
b-.t fate had otherwise ordained. My health
had been better in the last three days; my
fever was leaving me, but I was, of course,
still very weak. It would still be two houis
before tbe sun wouW set, and, feeling re
ft eshed by a little rest, and able for furtbet
work, 4 ordered the ateeds to be saddled
and went in search of the lion.
“I took John and Cary as after-riders,
armed, and a party of the natives followed
up the spoor, and led the dogs. The lion
had dragged the remains of poor Hendric
along a native foot-path that led up the
river side. We found fragments of his
lay down ; these were John Stofolus, Hen- j coat all along the spoor, and at last tbe
dric, and Ruyter. In a few minutes an ox , mangled coat itself. About six hundred
came out by the gate of the kraal, and walk
ed round the back of it. Hendric got up
and drove him in again, and’ then went
back to his fireside and lay down. Hen
dric and Ruyter lay on one side of the fire
under one blanket, and John Stofolus lay
on the other. At this moment I was silting
taking some barley-broth r our fire was
very small, and tbe night was pitch-dark
and windy. Owing to our proximity to
the native village, the wood was ver; scarce,
the Bakalahari having buroed it allio their
fires.
“Suddenly, tbe appalling and murderous
voice of an angry, blood-thirsty lion, burst
upon my ear within a few yards of in, fol
lowed by tbe shrieking of the Hottentots.
Again and again tbe murderous roar of at
tack was repeated. We beard John aud
Ruyter shriek ‘The lion ! tbe lion !’ Still,
for a few moments, we thought be was but
chasing one of tbe dogs round tbe kraal ;
yards from our camp, a dry river’s course
joined the Limpopo. At this spot was
much shade, cover, and heaps of dry reeds
and trees, deposited by the Limpopo in
some gieat flood. Tbe lion had left the
foot-path and entered this secluded spot.
I at once felt convinced that we were up
on him, and ordered' the natives to make
loose the dogs. These walked suspicious
ly forward on the spoor, and next minute
began to spring about, barking angrily,
with all their hair bristling on their backs :
a crash upon tbe dry reeds immediately
followed—k was the lion^ bounding away.
“Several of tbe dogs were extremely
afraid of him, and kept rushing continual
ly backward and springing aloft to obtain a
view. I now pressed forward and urged
them on ; old Argyll and Bles took up his
spoor in gallant style, and led oa tbe other
dogs. Then commenced a abort but lively
and glorious cbaae> whose conclusion was
