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AN ELEPHANT HUNT
Wd have before us a very pictur-
acremtt of a remarkable tss-
c. m from destruction by *» ehrcged
el >bant. The hero of the narrative
is Lieut- J. D Moofiie, of the 21st
fnslleers, who is now residing ueni
Cobourg:—
• k tir the year 1821, I hue! joined the
recently fiVrmeil M-ml-military settle-
ill‘O’ of EcedViekshura, outlie pic-
Inresqne hanks ot the Gun 1 ana, bc-
y<wd the Great Fish river. At this
pi ii‘« our pariv (consisting chiefly nt
th ■ disband**'} officers and “olrlisrs ol
th R iyal African corps) had already
si).,; nianv -lephants, with which tlie
country t Mat time abounded. The
d. w ivevimts to my adventure 1 had
Vyi’Hissed an elephant hunt for the.
l'nst nine. On this occasion a large
IV i, de was killsd, after some hundred
shots had be.ee fired at her. Ttio
hr*'Is seemed at first to have little ef
fect, hut at leng'h she received sev
e pi s'lo’s.in the trunk and eyes.. which
Oo'.irelv dis- bled her from making ro-
b';-i mce or escaping, and she lull an
*ii«v prey to ber ass Hants.
‘•on tlm following ‘lav, one of our
vants, cause t» inform us that a
troop of elephants was in the
dihohund of the settlement, and
<i seveml of our ernple were on
ir way to attack them. I iosts»nt-
V*f .>{T lu join the hunters, but,
n t s-,i2 tnv way in ‘.he jun 1“ thio’
l. tvl liad to proceed I could not
••fake thorn, until they luel
,/ nth*' ei,»»banis from their lir» ;
On ratting nut of the jo--
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gl * iv is prftiv e ling th'ougu an open
o'e dow on the b> ks ol the •jualatm,
lc , spot whore 1 heard the firing
y, t,f, i | tv g suddmiy Warned #f sm-
prea••bin* ring hi-, b» ■ loud c-?es ‘/•Vs
op! Look out!’ counted with
u> ne in Dutch and English: an
gf,ma mnmi'iM heard the » ra< kl.ng o!
In >ken hi mebrs. produced hv the
c!c ihauls hm-stiiiff through th• * woo;.,
and the tremendous screams oftheii
wi ith ul voiers resounding among the
pi eripii'ini bunks. i mtniliatcly a
f*m;,le. accompanied by time,
"others of a sm liter si/e issued from
the > d e of the jungle. which skirled
the uver margin. A* they were not
Ui.rf> th.ei tm hundred yards off, and
*! •*: proceeding directly towards
' m T h d not web time to decide
Cir :•(» motions liemg alone, and it*
the nidtlle Of a tittle open plain I
in a M-at 1 must inevitably be caught,
sliould I trie iv, th.s posi'ion. and my
abut not take effect. 1 therefore re
treated hastily *ut of’ their direct
path, thinking they would not ubsc-ve,
until I should find u butter opportuni
ty *o iT'sck them But in this I tvn*
mistaken, for on looking 'hack 1 per
ceived to mv dismay that they had
Jp > their former course, and were
rapidly pursuing and gaming ground
en on. Under ibes circumstances
] d< I«i mined, to reserve my lire as
a lust resource and turning eft a eight
acjjl- 8 in the opposite direction, 1
w v'.te for 'lie banks of the small river,
with a view to tek« reduce among the
lock’s on the other side, where l should
have been safe. But before 1 got
w ibin fifty paces ef the liver, the
elephants were within twenty paces
of me—th* lat go female in the mid
dle, and the other three on either
sidu of her, apparently wilh the in
tention of making sure of me: all. ol
them screaming so tremendously that
I wm almost stunned with the noise,
i immediately turned round, cocked
jnv gun and aimed at the head ol the
*]a>f»est—the female. But the gnu
unfortunately, from ihe powder heirs
damp, bung fire till I wgs in the act
of taking it from my shoulder, when it
went off, and tho ball merely grazed
the side ofhor hand. Halting only
for an instant the auinial again rush
ed furiously forward. I foil—cannot
say whether struck dowa by her
trunk or not.—Sho then made a thrust
at mo with hor tusk. Luckily for
we she Jiad only ose, which still morn
luckily missed its mark. She then
caught me with her trunk by the
.middle— threw me beneath her fere
fpet, ami knocked me about between
them for a little space;-! wns scarce
ly in a condition te ceonpnte the nurn-
'* b r - of minutes very accurately —
Oi t she pressed her foot on nvy
c jiI with such force, that I actually
f It the hones as it-were, bending
n.ider the weight; and enoe she trod
ea the middle, of my arnS, wbicls for-
tunatcl| lav fl.it on the grousd aT the
time. During this rough handling,
| however, 1 naver entirely lost my
recollection, else i hare little doubt
she would have settled my account
with this world. But owing to the
roundaess of her foot, I generally man
aged, by twisiing my body %»d limbs,
to escape hor direct tread- VV hife
I was still undergoing this buffeting,
Lieut. Chisokyii, of thu R A. corps
and Diedcril^n Hottentot, had come
up, and fired several shots »t her,
one of whiohnit her in thu shoulder;
and nl the same time her companions,
or young ones ietiring, and sSresmiog
to her from the edge of tl.e foresi,
site reluctantly left we giving use a
a cuff or two wilh hei hind feet in
passing. 1 got up, picked up my guri
and staggered away as fast as mv
ncliing bones would allow; but ob
serving that slio turned round and
looked back towards mu, before en
tering the bush, I lay down in the
lung glass, by which means 1 escaped
her obsei vuiiou.
“On reaching I lift top ol tho high
bank of thu river, I mot my brother,
who had not been at this day’s hunt,
but had run out o« beiug tsb.l by one
of the men .that bo had soon m»* kill
ed. lie was not a lilllu surprised
a! meeting me alooo and in a w-hole
shin, though plastered with mud lY«m
head to foot. While l.«, Mr. Knight
(H’ tlia cape regiment, and 1 were Vet
talking of uiy adventure, and unlucky
soldi* 1 ' of tin's It A. corps, #t the
name tnalo elephant, which had been
driven towards the village, ’ll)-’ to
rccious nuinial gave ?Minso, and caught
him imniediatcly under tka heig!~,f
where wc weru Riauriing—lb"u t!ir<*
hi mi down and brugiug Ins lore ft..*!
togutlier. trod and stamped ujion him
fur a cousid *r:ibl« timrr till' be wns
quite denl. Lr nv'uig the corps for a
litihr bengri" ret rued, ns if to make
qui c sunt of his destruction, anii
kneeling down, crushed kneaded the
dv with Ids fore b'g? Then Sfciz-
c.l it agnin with hts trunk ho, ennaed
it to the edge ef thu jungle, and threw
it aRiiUg tliu biisncs. L Inle this ira-
gedv u as a going on. my brothei and
I 6eramli!eii down the bank as lar as
ncreuld nnd fired at the faiious ani
mal but we were at two great dis
tance to be of »ny service to tho um-
f-ilunate man, who was crushed al-
m«sl io a jelly.
“Shortly a "ter this catastrophe,
«hot from one of tlu people broke this
inale elephant s fore, leg, which com-
pletely disabled him from running.
On this occasion we witnessed h
touching instunce *f affection and sa
gacity in tho elephant, which I can
not forbear to relate, as it so well
illustrates tho character of this noble
animal. Seeing the danger and dis
tress of her mate the female before
mentioned (mv persona! antagonist)
regardless of lu?” own danger, quil
led her shelfct in the bush, rushed
out to Ins assistance walked round
and round him, chasing away the as
sailants, and slid redlining It his side
and caressing him; and when he at
tempted to walk she placed het flank-
under his wounded side and supported
him. This sccnn continued ■eaily
half an honr. until llio feaisle receiv
ed a severe wound from Mr. C. Mnc-
Kenxie, of the Royal African corps,
which drove her again to the bush,
where site speedily sank exhausted
frain the loss of nlnod; and the mule
soon after received a mortal wound
also from (ho same officer.
kind of labor to another and «V«ry t There i« »• lo“d of economy in the
•ue will be slighted; his flax will aol I farmer, which will not be well r*-
h« welf c*ated, ner his grain proper-! worded. Early rising willcontrib-
Iv filled cut; his corn will be shorlsu-l ute to bis health, nail preserve his
ed for wait of being well hoed, and fields from the inroads of unrujy crca-
his grass become dead, and dry away
in the field. Ltd every kind of labor,
therefore, ba porformod in due sea^
son. A complete fanner is also a
man of great tnefulaass and solici
tude; without flnrv. th* feverest la
bor ou the best of farms, will sever
produce riches nor plenty. If the
fnrmor will not milk his cows in son-
see that they are properly tuad-
jui’cb, wlii.di eomisonly begin ihoir
trespussos just as iho day btgin to
dtinrs. CUsc mowing and careful
raking, will onahlc kin* to winter can
cow oxtraoryinary. Feeding his h^gs
hy weeds and otlier vegetable sub
Stances, will enable bi«] to pay his
sbacMakors. Scraping bis door and
barnyards, •after rains and tdrouors,
bis boy. Saving his early apples,
and which are osuuaoulv lost entire
ly, will pay bis tavlor; his poultry
well attended, will nay his maid.
IIis calves will pav all his taxes, anil
seme part of hired label, if propbr
oaie betaken of Ihcm. In line, let
a farmer who possesses only-lifty acres
of goiid land—who owes no man, ami
who lias n common blessing on the
ed—go to the male in thn right time
forthc next year’s profit; and that
his dairy is neatly and carefully man
aged, be may I ’hor without ceesing,
will have a small poor breed ol cat
tle, and never ei'j«y n fulness ol good
butter and cheese. It is care which
makes a flock increasing and grow to
a «nnd size, vvhioh brings forth ihe
profits of a dairy, and which fills the
house ol the farmer vrilh good tiling-*.
If he will mil carefully inspect his
fields and meadows, and sec that Ins
fences are in good order, his grass and
his corn will bo erupt by his oatile:
and if lid wiP not gather and put them
up carefully and in ctno season, lie
rvilj have and short and tnouiilly crop.
If lie mows, rakes, and fodders his
cattle in a careless and slovenly wan
ner, Ips Hock will be pinched through
ills winter, and hocom# poor'and
lousv in the spring—poor oxen too
mor to do the labor of the season— „ ._.
uoor cows, wilh tittle or no milk, and'! isg account of interments for
wretched calves > ud poor horses, too ■ wick, ending !?» Nov.
deeply absorbing hubjeots w hich ecgrout c
the conversations of the Georgia circles,
and it would seen as thoughtlessly of thu
Cherokee elA'un to the property, as if they
never existed. Such is t he progress rff
the Georgia measure*, that the drawer,
of our Uinds are itew entering the nation
to settle on them, at a time when they are
in the possession of the aboriginal prprie*
tors, and their right to them unrelinquish
ed. To this invasion of our property We
protest; and we state to our readers, our
right to the lands, money has never
bought. We hold the bond and seal of
the repuhlc to protect this property. We
have stricken off fro® our nation province
after province in consideration of this
promised protection.
The Indian bill of 13S0, sanctioned by
Pires’t. Jackson himself “provides that the
existing treaties with the Indian tribes
ffiall not he violated.
The Supreme Court have decided that
our treaties arc binding on ’.he Govern
Iabi*v9 o? his hands, Strictly a I lend to ment and the laws of Georgia arc a nulli-
the manngdtticat of his affairs live, n 11 v .
!i,eef patient industry and practise j ‘ .‘ rho Superiop an( , Inf , rio " Courts
agreeable to ihe pnnc.plus ol «c«uo. j Georgia hav , r, ocidc!l< lhat tV ri ht
mv, and I ih.nk ho moy I.VO well - , goi l belo ngst 0 the Gherokees, and the
may be «t used f the harde.1 ol a* | ofGcor „ ia to the cont ,. ary no twithstand-
her; leave Ins h©a and spnilo to the ? t „ , , •
, .. * .1 it i n pc. Let us therefore calmly await and
r.oxt gennratien, by tho lime he has i ^ , ■*,
lioen fin* *i.en mut ■<> .e- j*" ,r . ,h f «<» ■»> *« «q»-
lo lS..( .f waihtt. o,m anil in-1 ll '° “«rP« »«•»**«.«.ta«r
seated,from which V?e claim our relief, ox
ivhetlier the gover.iment will choose
have their lawv nullified by a state as
•in
(JeptiH'icnce.
Chohra at Neui Orleans. — A leltof
in N; w Orleans, dalcd !
j received is M. bile gives tliC
fr-in N-; iv 0. leans, daiod 2d Nov. I ,ho f asie,t m01 *° of releasing itsclffrom
enforcing them.
f'ollow-
the
fcc.bl# to draw and too w»nk to roiej
\ ith s/t'rtty. ff his switm, poultry
tuifl s! iclc in general, and il hu carts,
rakes and tea's of all kinds, ore not
attended to, *!tr I'armnr call m vnr
gro.v i'ir.di and ies|ie»‘tablft. It is
duration which gradually collects
Iruiii various sources, mill covers ihe
with manure: it is attention which
causes tlie hills fields and valleys to
\ iHH their iuc ease, and advances and
complete* the most benefit is! imclrovt-
ments.
There is a third virtna without the
practice of which the faritior can
never attain In wealth and independ
ence: I mean cconmy. Without
tliis, both lalioj in raising, nnd me in
preserving the, -fruits of the earth, arc
absolutely thrown awBy. Economy
is.an cxcullent vi;tup in any man:
it is indispcnsibls in I lie affairs ami
profession of a fawner. And el th>s
hr> should never he unmindful Ivben
he look into his barn, his collar, or
Ins ganet, o> even bis pailures; to
say nothing of his fields, mowing Ifinds
and meadows. But farmers, as well
as other men, are too apt to forget,
that in their pursuit of their riches,
almost every thing depends upon tbr
economy joined with cars'and indus
try- ' ‘
A frugal, industrious man, blessed
with but a common share of under
standing, will undoiihlodly succeed
and advance his inturest, beyond what-
ever lie expected, when he first set
out in life; provided no singular prov
idential evil should overtake him.—
More is gained by-saving than by hard
labor. A farmer therefore whose
utmost profits are small nnd slow,
as he cannot grow rich smldonly from
his profession, sliould he a rigid and
steapy economist. He should con
sider ihe saving lie may make in eve
ry thing; in his fuel, iools, clothes,
“Thus ended our elephant hunt;! went, and packet expenses; absvi
Friday S-Gih Oct.
105
Saturday , X271h,
1 15
Sunday. 28'h,
127
Monday, 29th,
138
j U( j ‘dav, 30th,
»G0
Wednesday, 31st,
165
Thursday, 1st Nov.
230
Friday, 2d
no
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1210
An extract of a lc''0!
rece
this eilv yesterday daf«d tin* fl 1 mil
states that on thu Jd there v er 170
We should have stated before 1 'bis, tfe
suspension by the President, of enrolHfl
the Cherokees by his trarelling^ent|
removing them west of thc’'Misflifsippi
These agents after performing the
cti't service- of near’y two years, in
versing the settlements of the Cberol
mountains and vale, nook and corner,
paths and hog trails,in search ofCheroli
for emigration, the /Resident found (hat
the preject, was not so successful *" he ifli-
ticipaled in a message to Congress
that “two thirds of the Chcrc-kers svould
remove we >t oft lie VTijitfiissipiii,^ niiv^ liruu.c
i»te’ment8, and a greet many not ro- ] , t presumed the discharge of hilfe teut*
ported, being buried >n the night in | fr0 „. t l. e service. The number of Chefo^
tl.a vacant Ut* about the city. The ; kee8f wh itenwn, colored and slaves remov. W
negroes on the p«»ntntiorw, it » added, j 6( , s ; ncP (he <rf , ranie . aceBient of lhfiip ,,,-
are dying last, als* the cattle. 1 fie ; , . . . .
? . rol'w ent, may he computed a’ the one
artillery companions ererii irg cau r . ,, " , » ..
,, 1 „ , foilmth part cl our whole population, so
non, and Ihe streets blazing with . ’ ..
c | . .. - . . - ,• i (tnatlliedccicaselalt-conHd.'rMr.'-.vhoitol-
firos, kindled in them from tar, which i„ ,«s
, , , . i , , . . , tin* increase of «-ir populanon. At t'v se
had burnt two large huuses and inptrew , „ . , -.
9 J rate*, President Jackson never can <itc-
olhers. i . . „
B , . ‘i.i 1 cced in removing the Cherokees west of
read ia said to b« verv fearew, ,
•ml Ihe prop!* running all'over the : ^ M>™PP» aiwlrp thr present policy,
city to buy it, mOflU of the lieai oes 1 b? »«provem--nt* abandoned hy .the e m .
belonging to the Baker shops being ^' nn<s wh! - ch WPre ^neraHv on the O -or.
sick, one Baker losing eleven in qtre ; S-° f<on,10 . r ’ ire now c «up«^ tiy mmin.
■ otts Gecrgians composed of farmers, hnlgr
es, shcrdVs, liolliffs, mere.hsintfl, and lip-
j lerr infioducing grea< quanti'ies of *p ; r ; t*
I rus liquors, in opposition to the laws of"
| the United S'at*“, bnt ‘auctioned hy
! President Jackson. This L the fir^t P *s-
dnv
CHEROKEE PHCENIX.
PEtV ECHOTA, NOV. ?1, l-'32.
Governor Lumpkins ceplinues to di?- J jdenl who has incouiaged his citizen tc,
tribute to the citizens of Georgia, hy the ^violate the laws which he was RoIenin1|^|
lottery wheel the lands and Gold mines of sworn to have cTecurerf,
tlie Cherokee nation. The preceding two T
or tin ee weeks we have been the specta-; The Hectiar.s of electors in the several
tors of procedings bv the citizens of Geor- * tates h> r President and V’ice PreB ; dent
gia, having no parral'el in ihe history of. of the United Stales have resuVed in the
mankind, and to on: feeHings of the mod election ofa large majority favorable fo th«
unnatural kind. If such a case was prb- i present administration. President" Jad:*
grossing in any other civilized country, ' son will be President again for the term
than the north American republic, howev- of four years,“commenciag from the 4th of
er regardless it might lie of its honor, for March 18S3.
tho sake of simple justice, ahd respect for lmctkctbp,
the feelings of mankind, we believe such ' 0 J hF.*Gr'^ o»*t)A*(n>0' ajui 5 scrw SKZ^i'
procfitdings as we have been cornpolllcd G«*yz Tyj.icy* vtiAOr’iiO- tajbw, o-V
te witness, would hepromjitly prohibited. uo-a4 (VtCh-
The fortunate drawers (so called) of our <®et. iii.i-r*yKT»o-t tsuo-I-"-
rinds have been passing and repassing, TJO-wy, Dt, hS^c-T*
single and in companies, not unlike thai^ 02 z ‘ v * T,P *A O^Eacr^ oiro S.VotEa
of John Gilpins race to the country sea r , 1 Ey.'lTP, fitftv z. Ty^sto-^ S*
in search.Ut the splendid lots of which the
roling wheel, had pictured to their imagin* ffle-^Z l»l‘Ft,?FT -Aje t' st-
ations. 11 o sir, wjierc is the nearest line 8A.A Jtihn.l/5 ^Z*V‘Z t-astihAop
to this place,*what District, number, cor- J ®AW.tSi;5 VV .t»f’0' , ri»aot
ner, lot, station,Icc. are the impertinent’ , .—
questions forced upon us. When we see | Eh *. T „.
the pale faces again, they are closely view- ^ aAT! bdofo.iau c^O-t si^si^iwv-
mg the marked trees, and ihe carved A 1347 O'Thyiw rtti-
posts. The gold drawers have been ar- T y. #«rtv (Ferfo-JL- aj»p t,e 4 *»
riving at the gold mines, and they are , A ^ h-?o»-
-ompared to the great flocks oT pigeons, z#w t»KT DC tKVT z*y o-'V/t* AkJtsvf
that hastensto the ground in search of a.vi- City cotp TGruiaAit bii4ja
their food. Every lot Has been viewed, fj^z it jht,r r i^, cru^**, -
a»-d as many paths beaten, by the passing : % io-ur «aj» v*-
and the cross passing hunters. TWriW^RT. l^yi. AJhtf* r ,^f
m«n in Georgia is now richer, the poor TVflalAJ o»/«E«crj»* CsfVifc jPttyu
Georgia ovphans have drawn Gold lots J *w*
belonging to the oppressed Cherokees. ‘ B#tiAO#»Ui»E pir (rvtx-aj*,
Esqr, has been lucky, he has drawn a 1 »hkT «hi I.FS-IKF, vyah, nxw ’ «p
rich lot in the bottoms of the Etaw-wah A ' tua. UJth4^ Ty«?-qr* JiAJi»y 4 11-
Chattaohooahy rivers. Mr.——will he re
lieved from his embarrassments, he has
drawn a first rate lot ind is worth hun
dreds of dollars. 2’hcse are a few of th«
nnd I need hardly sav, that what, wo
witnessed on this occasion of tho in
trepidity and ferocity of these pow
erful animals, rendered us moru cau
tious in our doalings with Ilium for
the future.”
THE CHARACTER OF A COM-
COMPLETE FARMER.
A complete farmer, is a must care-
all in his time, winch is equat’lo 60
much money in hand. Every day tiiat
his neighbor runs down to market on
his horse, with a pound or two of but
ler nnd a low eggs, if ho stays at
Iimbio nnd krops steady to his labor
he ofts two', if nut 111 iPe dnys lln-
start of him. While his neighbor
tv; sti-s his time and spends his money
iiy tins imprudent and trifling pur
ful, industrious and frugal, as ivell i suit, he snvus both tiaio and money,
ns reputable and useful man; ami un- in dressing and improving bis lands,
less carefulness, industry ami econo
my arc united in tho character, il
will be an imperfect one. Allbou-'h
a Famer* cannot live without labor, j spring, till late in the fall. Through
hy hbornloco he never can growrich j nil that whole period, a good fanner
and reputable. Much depends upon ! knows bow to spund every hour prof-
bis laying tul Annd performing certain j itably on his lands. He can have no
kinilt if Labor in the times and seasons time to pass in idleness — in chatting
mid which demand all bis attention
Time is noleisuie hour to be found
on n farm from early in (lie
ithen they ought to be performed. If
1^ will not carjt out his summer dung,
nor plough these laud* in the fallj
white he means to feed in the follow
ing spring— if bs will not attend to
his fences and see that they are suffi
cient-—and if hUksvifl aot cut his grass
when it is ripe and every thing ne
cessary te secure it good order; h»*
will be perpetually hurried from one
with people ns they pass by—in ma
king needless visits,-i* attendingconrls
h' rse races, a taverns, and the like.
By these means the public is annual
ly deprived of many thousands of
bushels of 1 potatoes, corn, tons ef
hay, kc and iudivideals themselves
become poor, and fall inte the worst
of hahiis-iate idleness, gaming, drink
ing its'
ve, AJ»P lr‘.hHi 4 -4 air* D.|P
^eer<r Tru
t.fcr*h ei wsiiA-oT.
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