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VOL. XXXII.
MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1858.
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Gerard, Hie Lion Killer’s First Vic
tim.
It was nbout one o’clock in the morning,
rbtn nc reached the banks of the Ouled-bou-
yjia, which we crossed in the same manner as
.y firs’ river. As we approached the douars,
, f found the Arabs all asleep, the dogs quiet,
jjj nothing visible but the fires that were
::ruing at a douar a little way off, to which I
Bou Aziz to find out some news.
••There is nothing for us to do,” he said, on
- turning, followed by several Arabs, "but to
back where we came from. This douar
j-jeh offers us hospitality has been visited by
lien, and he has not roared since, we can -
toll the way he has gone.”
Ibid resolved not to enter a tent during the
dole of my leave of absence, and so after my
jv.i comrades had been to the douar to get
0i refreshment, we returned to the edge of
forest to await the coming of daylight, and
-torn of the wild animals that were roaming
it plain. This day. as on the others, we could
perlook the defile of wild game of every kind
peiping from the light and beat of the plain
. the dusky woods. A spectacle full of iu-
-,-fst for the hunter, and that brought to my
jsiod the lines of my friend Leon Bertrand:
When sun-rise gemmed the prairie grass,
Tin- I 'ilcring stags to cover pass.
Willi lithesome step they track'd tho dew,
While herald birds before them flew,
And bowed their crests where snnshino fey,
In t;«lden bars across their way.
.4 ttstely march to music free
Thai chimed beneath the forest tree!
Hut afas ! the sad disappoiutment was re
eled, and I counted all these beasts of the
‘,.frt aiid plain,stags with their kingly crowns
td beasts of prey, mingled with wild hogs
cJ tapirs, but the king of beasts was not there,
.jpcut the whole of my remaining time in the
aods, sleeping during the day in thickets,
ail at night heating up the paths frequented
lr tin lion, until my leave of absence had ex-
when I returned to ihe camp at Gucbnu.
foe next day aud the day following, the com-
Aints < f the Arabs came to the camp more
natrons than ever, and it was’ by reason of
i^ir importunity that I had granted to me
bother leave of absence for five days, that
it told tne should be my last. For tho first
r days and nights the lion seemed to be
Idea in the earth. I was at my wit’s end,
then a shepherd came to me, saying that the
(dilt he was tending upon the edge of the
i.ods had scented the lion, and had run in a
>tl fright to the douar. It was about five
Act wheu this news was brought me, and
Itook two hours to reach the designated place.
Imt buck the horses with the Arabs who
vapanied us, and kept with me only Bou-
>. a native spahi named Ben-Oumbark, and
Rog that bore the glorious cognomen of Lion.
Hiiile riding, I had carried my gun by a strap
ay shoulder, and when I was about load-
it. I discovered that the hammer of the
tit barrel had dropped off, therefore I could
v make a single shot. This discovery was
ndiugly mortifying, and at another time
At have made me hesitate about risking an
outer: but os it was my last day of ab
ler. I would do my best as I was, and leave
rest to fate. I loaded the right barrel of
nritle with the greatest care, and selected a
*e to await for the awaking of the lion. AI-
Jy night drew the curtains of the earth,
-■ant objects disappeared, and nearer ones
used a dusky hue, while the shadows black-
. i in tho forests, under., the cork trees. I
U that there was no moon that night, and
:mh minute shortened the twilight, and
ling announced the coming of the lion, un-
:• p reliance it might be the absence of the
rid boars that were usually rooting in the
it glades. I can hardly tell the anguish
i uxiety that tortured my mind. I coun-
aml m ounted the days that had passed
•tc I left the camp, and I came to the con-
t*io# that 1 must go back on the morrow,
tfithis time with no hope of ever trying the
again. My companions, harrassed by
&gfra, and worn out with fatigues, were
miuus to avoid passiug the night in beating
^mountain paths, and had risen from the
-i where they were stretched, wil h thein-
rioo of leaving. Bou-Aziz pointed to tho
• > that were already burning brightly in the
*’• and said ;
It is too late to meet him here; he has al-
■'. v left the woods for the plains by some
r pa:h.” I could not bear to leave, though
a* my companions shoulder their guns, and
i’oa can go," I said, "I will follow you by
“%•" They had hardly taken ten steps when
’ iaeivy roar of the lion sounded in the ravine
*- 1 was so wild with delight that, not
l ll g of the condition of my gun, I sprang
1 'he woods to run straight to the lion, fol-
j by tny two comrades. When the sound
*■Y' I paused to wait. Bou-Aztz and Ben-
• ' dk were close on my heels, pale as two
r 11 ' and gesticulating to each other that I
Line mail. Ip a few moments more, the
r r< ’ Jrrt l again, about a hundred paces dis
" whcii 1 rushed forward in the direction of
1 aad, with the impetuosity of a wild boar,
U**" of the prudence of a hunter. When
ceased, I made another bait in a small
; - : where 1 was rejoined by my two cotn-
r ~" tf ' The dog, that until then did not
a to understand what was required of him.
'* up his nose in tho air, and with his bris-
Mused, and his tail low, commenced taking
ut that he followed into the woods. In a
after, became running back, all
ed up w iri, f esr , al;( ] crouched himself di-
r- v between my legs.
•» Moment more, I heard heavy steps on tho
»tbat carpeted the woods, and the rubbing
f? body against the trees that bounded
J i « f ing._ I knew it was the lion that had
fr om his lair, and was coming right to
' ” *o stood. Bou-Aziz, and the spahi
*ith their guns to their shoulders, await-
coining struggle with firm hearts. I
«iHrd (bem to a mastic tree, a few steps
’'• J me, enjoining them with my hnnd to
- there. Those brave fellows were de-
? of the highest honor, for in spite of
^ Mortal fear, they would not leave me
You may call this kind of courage by
A 5j me you please, but 1 consider it ono
. ’’fougest tests of a man’s mind to re-
* quiet spectator of a doubtful combat,
s p own life depends upon the issue. The
j approached, aud I could measure
L?/ ‘ensc-g the distance that separated us.
, biurd his steps—now his rustliugagainst
—and now his heavy and regular
a, 1 stepped one or two paces furth-
•vV'd ,ow urds the edge of tl>e opening
q was to conic out, to have as close a
~r ^‘ble. I could stilj hear bis steps at
• Paces distant, then at twenty, then at
k,' t g I was all the while afraid lesthe
hu. ™ back, or in some mauner avoid me,
' W irP n m 'gbt miss fire.
. 11 oe bhould turn aaiH
BJ.- should turn aside ? what if lie
t fctHi ' coni eput of the woods ? With every
i in,. ? Heart beat in heavy throbs with
of hope. Now all the life in
/ifshed through my veins, then again
, ^ ,e Wa * stilled by the emotion. The
kt w a momentary pause, that appeared
dtuqY*®’ sorted again, and I could see
tw.. ‘opsof a tree, whoso base ho brush-
* »«> toU? *v ho P as8ed
friSUr"
me ami him,
r,j„i. igaofasingletree. Igluiced
**to O r Iuy EU” 111 " :ia visible;
lingering day that still hung
‘ ja - the transparency * ‘
of the air, and
the^ stars that were already burning above me.
This was enough for a close shot, and I stepp
ed still further ahead that I might have anear-
cr mark. But still the animal did not show
himself, and I began to fear lest he should
have the instinct of my presence, and instead
of walking slowly out, would clear the mastic
tree with a single bound. As if to justify my
fears, he commenced growling, at first with two
or three guttural sighs, and then increasing to
tho full force of his voice. Fellow-hunter, it
is for you I am writing. You only can undcr-
s\and and feel my emotions. There, in the
_s6lcmn forest, at night, standing alone in front
of a thicket from whence are coming roars that
would drown the roll of the thunder. I thought
of my single ball to hurl against a foe that has
tho strength of a hundred men in his single
arm; and that kills without mercy when he is
not killed himself. You can truly say, that
if I had counted on my own strength, my
heart would then have been troubled, my eye
dim, and my heart trembling. I confess that
those roars made mo fed my own littleness,
and that without a firm will and an absolute
confidence founded upon that Arm that is ever
around and supports us, l would have faltered
and failed. But instead of that, I could hear
the roar so near me without a fear; and to the
last remained the master of my own heart and
the director of my actions. When I heard the
lion making his last steps, I moved a little to
one side. His enormous head came out from
the dense foliage, as he stepped with a com
manding grace into the light of the open glade,
and then he halted,half exposed,half concealed;
while his great eyes dilated on me with a look
of astonishment. I took my aim between the
eye anil ear, and pressed the trigger. From
that instant until tho report of my piece, my
heart absolutely ceased to beat. With the
explosion of the gun, the smoke shut out every
thing from my view, but a long roar of agony
stunned my car, and frightened the forest.
My two Arabs sprung to their feet, but
without moving from their places. I waited
with one knee on the ground, and my poniard
in ray hand, until the smoke that obscured
the view should dissipate. Then I saw, grad
ually, first a paw—and, heavens! what a paw
for a living beast—then a shoulder, then a
dishevelled mane, and at last the whole of the
lion, stretched ont on his side without a sign of
life.
“Beware! don’t go near him!” shouted Bou-
Aziz, as lie threw a large stone at the body;
it fell on hiq head and bounced off; he did not
move, the lion was dead. That was the even
ing of eighth of July, ono thousand eight, hun
dred and forty-four. Without giving me time
to approach my prize, the Arabs spraug upon
me like two madmen, and I was nearly thrown
down and crushed by their transports of joy
and gratitude. After me, it came the lion's
turn; and they overwhelmed him with their
recriminations and blows, and then from time
to time fired their guns in the air to spread the
glad tidings to the distant douars. After they
had leaped and gambolled and hurrahed over
the animal, I was permitted to draw near him,
and examine him at my ease, to look at the
size of his teeth, and to measure the strength of
his limbs, and to place my hand on his tawny
mane. I had no difficulty in recognizig him
by the Arab description of the venerable. To
give an idea of tins lion, it will suffice me to
say that the united strength of us three men
was not sufficient to turn him over as he lay,
and that bis head was so heavy that I could
scarcely lift it from the earth. With the echoes
from the reports of my companions’ guns came
the distant sound of musketry; now here and
now there, as the signal was rung from douar
to douar, around the whole base of the moun
tain, until at lost it was a general fusilade. In
about an hour the Arabs came in on foot and
horseback, hurrying forward to touch and in
sult afoe that had chilled their very souls while
living. After great efforts, we at length were
enabled to put the lion on two mules, placed
side by side, and in this manner marched down
the mountain. It was about midnight when
we reached the douar, and made our triumph
ant entry by the light of huge bonfires, with
the sound of music and of guns, and the wo
men chanting the war-song to t he clapping of
their hands. The body of the fallen king was
laid out in state on a mat between two fires,
and the whole population of the country march
cd in front of him in stately procession, that
they might admire and apostrophize the mighty
dead, and all night long, and until the sunrise
of the morrow, high revel and a royal wake
was held in all the tents for the lion of El
Archioua.
Early the next morning I left for Gncl-
ma, accompanied by a thousand heartfelt ben-
edictions. ’ The hatred of the women had fal
len with the lion, and now they were more
grateful and ardent in their affection than the
men, and they all desired to enrich me by gifts
of cattle and herds. The proposition that was
made to me by the Arabs reminded me of a
custom in force in some of the departments of
France, where a hunter who has killed a wolf
is in the habit of marching from village to vil
lage, and the farmers and cultivators pay a
tribute as lie passes. The Arabs wanted me,
before leaviug, to visit all the douars scourged
by the lion, in order to receive a beef from
every tent. The offer was made in perfect
good faith, as they proposed to commence with
themselves, aud to send horsemen with me to
drive my herds into Guelma after the body of
the lion. I could liavo entered the city that
evening, if I had accepted their generous offer,
with a thousand head of horned cattle bellow
ing victory. I preferred entering with my
lion. i r ou were a rich man to refuse this gift
worth a hundred thousmd francos, I hear you
say. Heavens! I was as poor ns Job; but
does not payment destroy the worth of a good
act ? Yes, or no; I have refused the same
offer a hundred times since then, and never
yet regretted my decision. Nevertheless, we
marched on towards Guelma as fast as the
weight of the lioa, the resistance of the fright
ened animals that carried it, and the curiosity
of the thousands of Arabs who came out to see
the cortege, would permit. ^Already the dis
tant walls of the city arose from the sandy
plain, when I saw a horseman coining at full
run, with a man behind him on the crupper,
Havingreached the procession, the man mount
ed behind slid to the earth and I recognized
the old man to whom I had promised the lion’s
beard, who had come to demand the honor.
The execution was had on the spot, and I
was ns happy in being able to keep my word
as the old fellow seemed to be in possessing
so great a treasure. Upon our arrival in Gu-
elma, the Hon was exposed as a curiosity to
the inhabitants oftlie city, aud finally skinned,
divided and cateiTby my comrads. This lion
was so large as to produce a curious impres
sion on the mind of tho spectator, which my
friend Valle, an officer in the regiment at Gu-
elraa, at that time who is speaking to me as I
write these lines, just recalls to me. All those
who called to see the body in the place where
it was deposited, when they returned to it
found it larger and more beautiful and
ic than before; and I, who had not lost
i moment since it marched
although the doors were kept carefully closed
yet for several days the horses and mules that
were accustomed to bo led past this building
to water, absolutely refused to come near it,
and exhibited the utmost signs of terror; and
the very horsemen who were coming into the
city from the plain, were stopped short by this
invisible “lion in the path.” A few days af
terwards I was summoned to Bone, to receive
from the hands of General Bandon a rifle that
was sent to me as a gift by his royal highness
the Dxkc o aumale, and my captain, to whom
I had given the skin of the lion while he was
still alive, gave me a double-barrelled rifle to
use in my future hunts. On my return to
Guelma, I saw that I had already become an
object of interest to the eyes of the Arabs,
who came all the way from the mountains ex
pressly to sec me, and who already had com
menced speaking of me as Bou-Stoud, or Ka
tel-Sioud, the lion’s master or the lion killer.
I was, however, only a novice in the art.
desired the chance to better merit the title,
and that chance was not long in coming.
again.
front of me, whenever the
it from sight tor
out oi the woods i
owd .-hut it from my sight for a few moments,
, s equiiUy astonished to liud how it had
There was another remarkable fact connect
ed with this lion, which was one of the red
species. The body had been placed in the
barrack where the spahis lodged, and it was
here that it was skinned .and cut in pieces : but
Great Battle with Indians.
SKVF.NTV-SIX KILLED.
The Austin State Gazette publishes in an
extra of the 27th ult. the official report of Cap
tains Ford aud Nelson, who left Runnels, Tex
as, on the 22d of April with 102 men. At the
Cottonwood Springs they were joined by Capt
Ross and 113 Indians of the Brazos Reserva
tion, and then marched towards the head-wa
ters of Red river, in Northern Texas. They
crossed Red river, and first fell in with Com-
anches on the 11 th of May, near the Fort Smith
and Santa Fo road. On the 12th they came
upon the main camp of the enemy on the north
shore of the Canadian river, and immediately
attacked them. Capt Ford gives a particular
account of the battle, from which we extract
the following:
_Tlie right wing, in charge of myself and
Lieutenant William A. Pitts, moved straight
through the camp and poured in a galling fire
upon the retreating enemy. Lieut. Allison
Nelson, in command of the left wing, assisted
by Lt. James II. Tankersiey, and Lt. Wm. G.
Preston, charged to the left, and pursued the
flying Comanches with vigor and effect. In
the meantime, the head chief. Iron Jacket, had
ridden out in gorgeous array, clad in a coat
of mail, and bore down upon our red allies.
He was followed by warriors and for safety to
his armor. The sharp crack of five or six ri
fles brought his horse to the ground, and a few
moments the chief fell riddled with balls. Our
Shawnee guide, Doss, and Jim Pockmark, the
Andarco Captains, claim the first and last
wounds. The fight was now general, and ex
tended very soon over a circuit of six miles in
length, and more than three in breadth. It
was, in fact, almost a series of single combats.
Squads of rangers and Indians pursuing the
enemy in every direction. The Comanches
would occasionally halt and endeavor to make
a stand, however their efforts were unavailing;
they were forced to yield the ground to our
men in every instance. The din of the battle
had rolled back from the riter—the groans of
the dying—cries of frightened women and
children, mingled with the reports of fire-arms,
aud the shouts of the men as they rose from
hill top, from thicket, and from ravine.
The second Chief had rushed into the con
flict with the friendly Indians. A shot from
the Shawnee Captain, Chul-lc-qua, closed his
career. The Comanches between the camp
aud the river were all killed or driven from the
field, and our red allies sent np a wild shout of
triumph. By direction of Capt. Ross, a portion
of them held the camp of the enemy.
The Rangers and the friendly Indians still
pressed the Comanches, nor did they stop pur
suing until their failing horses admonished them
that they could do no more. Between 12 and
1 o’clock the firing had almost ceased; and
6quads of the troops were returning to the Co
manche camp, bringing with them horses, pris
oners, and other trophies of victory. Capt,
Ross had very properly suggested to Lieut.
Nelson the propriety of keeping the men well
together ; and when I returned from the pur
suit, I found a large proportion of the tnen
drawn up in order of battle.
The Comanches had another large encamp
raent three or four miles above, on the Canadi
an. Tney had heard the firing, embodied and
threatened to charge us. They were evidently
playing for an advantage.and their manoeuvres
iiiduced our Indians to believe them . very
strong. Our allies proposed to draw them cut
and requested me to keep my men in line to
support them, if necessary. The Comanches
descended fiom the hill to accept their proffer
ed invitation. With yells and menaces and
every species of insulting gestures and langu
age, they tried to excite the reserve Indians
into some act of rashness by which they could
profit. A scene was now enacted beggaring
description. It reminded me of the rude and
chivalrous days ofknight-crran’ry. Shields and
lances aud bows, head-dresses, prancing steeds,
and many minute points were not wanting to
complete the resemblance. And when the com
batants rushed at each other wit h defian t shouts,
nothing save the piercing report of the rifle
varied the affairs from the battle-field in the
middle ages. Half an hour was spent in this
without much injury to either party. A de
tachment of Rangers was advanced to rein
force the friendly Indians, and the Comanches
quitted the field, and the imposing pageant
quitted the field, like a mimic battle upon the
stage.
lt was determined to leave the Indians in
possessions of the prisoners and captured hor
ses, and to hurl the Rangers upon the Coman
ches. My men made a forward movement, if
not with the precision of practiced veterans,
yet with as much coolness and bravery. The
enemy instantly begau to retreat. I directed
Lient. Pitts to show himself and detachment
upon the hill, with the intention to steal upon
them. Lieut. Nelson anticipated me and pass
ed around the base of the eminence at a run.
The unfortunate arrival of the Tonchahua In
dians upon onr left flank prevented the com
plete success of the maneuver. The Coman
ches broke and fled in varoias directions. We
pursued as fast as our jaded horses could car
ry ns. After a run of two-and-a-half or three
miles, I saw we could effect no more, and
called off the men. In this second conflict the
enemy lost seven killed, on the ground several
wounded. Onr loss was one Waco Indian
Killed, and one Ranger wounded, (Geore W.
Pacal, jr,)
It was now 2 o’clock P. M., and wo had
been running ourhorses most of the time since
7 o’clock A. M. I determined to march to my
camp that night—fearing the Indians might
ascertain its locality aud overpower the weak
guard I left to protect it. We learned from a
captured woman that Buffalo Hump was twelve
miles below us with a considerable number of
warriors and wc knew fugitives had reached
his camp and notified him of our presence.
The iorcc of the enemy in these two engage
ments amounted to upwards of300. The cap-
ured camp had seventy lodges and fires. I be
other party numbering over 100.
The enemy had many wonn led, but it was
inposaible to ascertain the number, and there-
ore no guess at it will be made. "W c captur-
il over 300 head of horses—most of them are
ssion of the friendly Indians; some
told a Mexican muleteer that the Comanches
were drying and packing meat to mnko a cam
paign against the whites and the Reserve In
dians. It may not be true, though the bales
of dry meat were there to show for themselves.
The Mexican escaped on the night of the 12th.
Capt. Ford speaks highly of the conduct of
his men and of the Reserve Indians. In Capt.
Nelson’s report of his shore of the battle he
says :
I regret to have to report the loss of Private
and killed by the fail. Her body lay at a dis
tance from anything that could have inflicted
a wound or injury upon her.
A heavy cut stone door step, the dimen
sions of which are given to us as being some
seven feet long by three in width, and several
inches in thickness, was torn from its site and
carried more than its length, or about twelve
feet.
The first trace of this violence is noticeable
in the Ellison timber, about a mile west of the
DELIGHTFUL
TO THE EYE
And accessible to the Purses of the
Million l
Robt, Nickel, of my detachment, who became villiage, the place described by John McWil-
separated in the ardor of pursuitfrom his com- Hams as “the meeting of the clouds,” thence on
rades, and was killed by a party of six of the through the timber the evidences of its force |
enemy. Private Pearcy, also of my detach- were astounding.
M & \U
NEW STOCK OF
SPRING A\D SUMMER GOODS,
JUST RECEIVED,
rnent, had bis horse killed and narrowly es- The trees do not seem to have been prostra- Silk, Bcrage, Giitgham, Cambric
enped, after killing two of the enemy. ted. They were only so in fact when released j
Capt. Ford closes his report with the fol- from the grasp of the angry storm king. They
lowing observation : were pulled up by the roots, twisted, turned
This expedition has decided several ques- about, simply, and in places noticed by our ra
tions. Indians can be pursued and caught in formant, it seemed as if they had been torn up
tho buffalo region—the country beyond Red by groups, as a child would wantonly twist the
river can be penetrated and held by white men, tops of adjacent weeds and tear them from the
and the Comanches can be followed, overtak- ground. Trees a foot in diameter were thus |
en and beaten, provided the pursuers will be made the sport of the tornado, and were dash-
laborious, vigilant, and willing to uudergopri- | ed, crushed and broken to the ground.
ijHoiu
and lllai gt avine
From the South Carolina Banner.
Details of the late Whirlwind In I ** ie African Emigration Scheme,!
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MUSLINS, of every grade;
Bordered Prints, Expan
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Lace and Chan
tilly Lace
Ik£’sL:o.‘!;±Xl£L^i»
Domestic Goods of every description.
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2^ Successors io
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DISUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
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Particular etteatcon |>aiil i« Kiipplvin#
PLANTATIONS iV PHYSICIANS
with articles of
U N DOU1S T ED P L’ U I T If.
Macon, Feb. 9, 1858.
DESTRUCTION OF THE VILLAGE OF ELLISON. tlje followiu K bold and spirited style on the , TT , 9. Tr . „
Since yesterday I have visited the scene of letter of Gov. Cobb, and the effort at evading Uead Dielses, Gloves, Hosiery, Coi-
devastation and death. No one can conceive our laws an£ l renewing the slave trade, which sets and Articles for the Toilet. All
it without seeing it. The village of Ellison is we noticed in yesterday’s issue. We make ex- f j-t heinc mirchased late ill the
no morc-where once it stood the ground re- trac P> from commentary of the News: ot wb,C “ ^mg purchased late ill tne
mains—that’s all? fragments of houses are I ” ^ not only regard the Secretary’s letter I SGflSOH, CSQ DO olieiGCl £lt <Xgl6itt rGClllC'
scattered for miles, trees uprooted and carried conclusive on every phase and point of the ti on on former PRICES,
away—some of sixty feet in height broken off, | question involved, and that it was the only m „ 5
and the trunks stripped entire of the bark, proper trad statesmanlike response to the ap-
Some locust trees, tiiree feet in circumference, plication which the Administration could give, ! VV O O D O
NEW DRUG STORE.
ALEX. A. MENARD,
E ALSTON'S BUILDING. CKEXSY ST., MACOil, GA
j_£AS ju.-t received and is now opening a i'resh
stock of
ZTIuclicinea,
I KINlril llMUlM,
Dyc-SluflM,
Patent Itlrtli-
nruiiticnK
Drag*,
Chemical*,
Paint*, Oil*, Vi
Perfumery,
cine*, Plm
Preparation*, Are.
My Drugs have been selected with strict refer
ence to their purity aud quality; they are tresh and
may be fully relied on.
Order* Faithfully Pxeeuted. JH
.1^* Physicians’ Prescriptions and Family .Medi
cines put up with neatness and accuracy, at all hours
of the day or night.
B 8 * A large lot of Artificial Teeth just received
feh 24-t.f
every twig. No sign of any town remains bat ^ or purpose, into this country, we depre-
the foundations of some of tho houses, and cate aud condemn it at large, and denounce it J
even the stone door steps have been carried full as unworthy of those gentlemen and disrespect-
thirty roils. One family who were saved from community.
death were taken with the house a quarter of a I , - voyage '/ as really intended, upon a |
than
ever!
HUNDREDS OF FICTUllES
for a very small sum and as natural as life. Call and
and see them—they speak tor themselves.
MLR. BERUFF,
I* *1 ill the Arti*t at thi* Gallery.
Taken in superior style and at very low prices.
Macon, May 25,1858. tf
SEOBGHA
Mastic Roofing
Company^
PROPRIKTORS OF
fifty or sixty are in the hands of my men.
'here are few if any American horses among
We took eighteen prisoners, mostly
women ami children.
A Mexican boy was taken prisoner, and
..mm.wL c . - . , the photographs
mile over the fields, sailing in the air, when the I clearance being given to the vessel, there was I Taken at his Gallery, surpass any thing ever offered
house struck and parted, and they escaped. The s0,ne I )Ul 'P ose ‘ u il - Was it that there is so to the public., both as regards
resident Methodist preacher was four miles from I “ lllcl1 tra yd or voluntary emigration from Af- futility and Price,
home; liis wife and infant child at home alone; I r * ca to this country, that the parties sought a Uy sending a common Daguerreotype you can
his house and goods were carried away. He P r °fi l * n the transportation of the sable passen- I obtain a
found his wife nearly dead some thirty rods from S era? This cannot be pretended; or if so,
where his house stood and his child a quarter nultl ‘er the pretence nor the business would be
of a mile from the spot. Oae man had his lit- reputable.
tie boy in his arms when the wind struck the Was it to introduce Africans as permanent-
town, was taken with the child so high that he Y free residents of the United States, whether
saw the timbers flying below him. Hewas attlie North or South? If so, the object was
carried nearly a mile, and landed with a brok- 8ti11 worse. What! attempt to mingle in this
en leg. He lay all night, unable to walk, country Africans and barbarians, on a legal
holding the child to keep the child from drown- and civil level aud white Anglo-Saxon freemen
ing, for the rain poured in torrents. Every in a civilized republic! The very thought
piece of furniture, clothing, and farming uten- I uiakes every American recoil. Surely this
sils, tools of all kinds, are gone, no one knows waa not contemplated.
where—but probably scattered over the coun- I w as the object of the voyage to bring
try. Horses, cows and swine were killed, and the African emigrants to the United States to
wagons and carriages are all in ruins. You be made 8laves or apprenttces to labor ? Such
might find a tire here, a hub and a few spokes must have , beei » the secret motive—the real ul-
in another place, an axel twisted off, &c., &c. I Hinate design. Will Messrs. Latitte & Co.,
Fourteen persons were killed almost instant- den y Jt ■ Yet the Secretary’s letter clearly
ly (one less than was stated by telegraph), and shows V 1 ? 1 the law . s of Congress, both in letter
ten more it was supposed were mortally woun- :iad spirit, prohibit an importation for these. xm rem- t tn -n , mT'rxTm
dcp. Of these latter two died next day, three purposes to any part of the United btates. j SJ VJ Lj l I / VJ V \ T If |\ T
"■’i Monday evening making nineteen in all. Dousit become Southern citizens to undertake | XI U kJkJ±JlJ±J LJ X XXX Lit i
Among the dead are Mr. John Hand, his or countenance clandestine violations of tho
sou, about ten years of age, and a babe, the laws of tbe land ? These laws are not alone
latter of whom is supposed to have been drown-1 federal enactments; tliey are also the laws of
ed. The whole family appeared to have been Carolina by her own legislation. Her
whirled with the fragments of their dwelling I Act of 183o provides that, “it shall not be law-
quite up into the air and deposited a consider- fnl for any free negroe or person of color to
able distance from where the house stood, near migrate iuto this State, or be brought or intro-
a slough. Mr. Hand was carried about fifteen j duced iuto its limits, under any pretext what-
rods, and in his terrible flight received a fright- ever, by laud or by water.” . The enactment
ful wound in his side from a timber. He sur- I is general as to all tho African nnenslared
vived till the next morning. Mrs. Hand had face from any part of the world. Does it be
lter infant iu her arms when she struck the come Caroliuiaus, and the comity of the State
ground, but the concussion compelled her to I with the others, to violate the spirit of this law,
let go her hold upon it. and it was tossed some I and to attempt to introduce such interdicted
distance into the slough, where she heard its persons iuto other States ; or to bring them
cry, but owing to her severe injuries was un- through other States into this ? Was it in-
able to attempt its rescue. There she remain- I tended in violation of the State law to bring
ed all night, her person partly in the water, the vessel back to Charleston ?
and in the course of its dreary watches the Would Messrs. Lafitte & Co., or their cor-
dead body of her infant was drifted to the respondents, have attempted the enslavement
shore, and she had it in her arms when discov- of the African emigrants before arrival, and
ered in the morning. subjected themselves to the penalties of the
Another family, named McW T iliiams suffer- I law against, the slave trade, to capture and
ed terribly. Miss Mary Ann McWilliams, treatment as pirates, and to the forfeitures and
about twenty-two; her sister Harriet, aged punishment of the law of South Carolina? We
about sixteen, and her brother Thomas, about would not do them the wrong of the supposi-
fourteen, are among the dead, and the poor tion. Yet what else can we suppose, except
IFire 'Vv r a/ter JProof
MASTIC ROOF MG
C 1ST G _A. 1ST ‘V ^ S.
HAVING purchased the right to use and sell the
above ROOFING/ for several SOUTHERN
STATES, we lire now prepared to do
ROOFING or SELL RIGHTS
to use the same.
This roofing is adapted to new or old BUILDINGS,
steep or flat roofs and can he’ put over Plank or
old leaky shingles,Tin or Iron Roofs ; it costs
about half the price and is much better
than Tin—is not affected by heat or
cold and is impervious to wa
ter ; it is fire proof, and it
is the best roofmg ev
er invented for
STEAMBOAT DECKS,
Hail Hoad. Oars,
Bridges, &c.
DECLINE IN BUY GOODS,
62EST KiSUCTiSfl IN PRICES.
BOSTICK & KEIN
TT AVING been exceedingly successful this Spring
XX in the sale oftheir -Merchandize, having sold at
RETAIL, by far, more than anv house
foie in Macon of RICH,
m if GOODS
in one season, would now offer to their h KIEN.DS
AND PATRONS
Extraordinary Bargains
FROM THIS DATE TILL FIRST SEPTEMBER.
The following are our reasons, why we CAN AND
WILL SELL lower than any other house, viz :
Every body knows that wo have no old dilapidated
Goods to work off on our customers. Our stock is
FRESH AND BEAUTIFUL,
And onr concern has been represented
THREE TMIS THIS SPRING IN NEW YORK,
by one of the BEST and most TASTEFUL buyers,
(and the best posted according to the New York
Merchants) that visits the Northern Market.
OUEBBESS GOODS
jan!9 tf
FREEMAN & ROBERTS, or
A. P. CHERRY
Macon, Ga.
old mother eighty years of age the only re- I that they intended a clandestine landing, en- ^ Ct xt is warranted to give entire satisfaction. For
maining member of the family, except some slavement and sale of the emigrants(?) in some furthor informat ; on appIy t0
older children who were living at a distance— part of the South, for an apprenticeship in her 1
was very badly injured. The boy Thomas was limits would be abused. But let us presume
not at first conscious of having received any an apprenticeship to have been intended—would
hurt, and rescued the body of his elder sister it not have been culpable as a violation of law,
from the ruins'soon after the catastrophe, but the intention therefore reprehensible, and the
he was so badly injured internally that he died business itself, in every view, disreputable ?
the next morning. And when, and where, and how has the South
W. E. Thompson, his wife and child; Mrs. ever expressed a desire for or approval of Afri-
Brazclton aud her two children, a son and I can apprenticeship in her limits, or thoresi-
daughter; Martin Wentworth, Levina Lacey, dence of African savages in her midst? Her
Hirain Johnson and child, and two other per- system is one of ameliorated African slavery
sons whose names are unknown to the infor- I involving nativity, obedience, order and aflec-
mant, make up the list of the fourteen instant- tions, under the supervision of domestic author-
ly killed, comprised in a special despatch to ity, the gradation of social regulations, and the
us from Monmouth last evening. These em- control of established laws. Law, humanity,
brace all the names of the dead which wc have I society, our domestic peace, civilization, ‘and
been able to obtain. political integrity and dignity, plead trumpet-
As near as can be ascertained in the confu- tongued against such enterprises as the one
sion which prevailed, about fifty persons were proposed,
very seriously and many more slightly injured.
Among the injured was Mr. Samuel Johnson,
merchant, who has one leg and three ribs J
broken.
Mrs. Ormand, both arms broken; Mrs. Slier-1
wood, cut acd bruised badly—a splinter driv- [
en through her thigh. Miss Finlay, Mrs.
The Young Preaclier Silenced.
Among tbe most eminent, and by no means the I
least witty, of the Congregational clergymen of the
last generation, was the Rev. Calvin Chapin, D. D.
The following anecdote of him is from Harper’s Mag-
ARE DIRECT FROM THE
AUCTION SALES,
And our STAPLE GOODS fresh from the Manufac
turer’s,
Bought principally for Cash.
We have been so thronged with customers during
the entire season, that we have not had time to
take an EXACT INVENTORY of OUR
STOCK hut will say thnt OCR'S Is
complete and
DECIDEDLY ATTRACTIVE.
OUR THIRD AND LA8T STOCK of this Season
just opened, THE LADIES INFORM US is the
HIGHEST and CHEAPEST
in the city, and from the way they “pitch into them,”
we cannot doubt but what they speak correctly.
Again—We have already sold more Gbods than
we expected to sell this Spring and Summer, and as
we intend preparing for an
Enormous trade this Fail,
It is necessary that we should rusticate some little
during the warm weather to be qualified for that
work. Consequently our prices will be made so
VERY LOW,
that we hope to sell almost out by the 1st of July, so
as to enable us to visit our friends, and obtain a few
weeks' respite from business.
We have elegant five striped, double Skirt and three
FLOUNCED ROBES
of every quality, just received, and many
other styles of Dress Goods, at
40 Hoi* Cent.
below ordinary prices. OUR’S is the HOUSE for
BARGAINS.
In fact, if you want to get more than the worth of
your money, call soon on
june 8 Hi’/STICK A lvEIN._
New Sprin
M RS. AUDOUIN is now receiving a BRIL
LI ANT ASSORTMENT OF SPRING
Goods.
jS?
years ago, beforo Albany was’ linked to
Patent Wire Braced Grain
CJRADJLES
r . . . ., , r . i Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was
was picked up m the road after the storm was at Albany , and D r. Chapin, wi?h a number of
over, were all badly hurt. other clergymen from this region, attended, perform-
The only physicians of the place were Drs. I ing the journey by stage. At the close of tne meet-
Hawley and Yoko. The former was, with his in * the 7 rtt 1 ur " L ; d b 7 J 1 ? 0 sapo conveyance. The
... J .» • i** l jI stajre started at four o mock in the morning, which,
wife, among the more seriously injured, and at t [ iat season of the year, was beforo daylight. All
the latter. Dr. Awas badly hurt. Both were the passengers in the stage but one were Congrega-
tliua incapacitated from rendering any assist- tional clergymen ; that one was * young Episcopal
ance to their unfortunate fellow citizens, and, minister. At tho starting tho passengers were all
... .. , | j- i • i I silent, till, after some time, our young Episcopal
as tho nearest point available, medical aid was friend , with somewhat more of courage than discre-
only procured from Monmouth after the delays tion, .proceeded to deliver himself substantially as
noted elsewhere. follows: ... .. ... .
The tornado struck the village about half ^iel^
past fave o’clock, and during its contiuunance 3ft ,;,a e d myself that prayer is never spoken of in the
no rain fell. The houses were frame struc- Bible where the circumstances do not make it proh-
tures. There was a large tavern stand aud able—yes, I may say certain, that the prayer must
three stores—those of Samuel Johnson, Joseph ha J5. 0 b ^ ; Somewhat startling proposition no one
Knowles aud another. 1 he appearance of the ma de any reply, but our youngtriend, nothing daunt-
dwcllings aud structures, after the passage of ed, went on: ‘I will defy any gentleman present to
the whirlwind, is described by one eye-witness bring forward an instance where this is not the case.
. 5 I “lliere was again a short silence, which was bro
tr AND 8 FIGURES and’warranted Blades; SIL
D VER STEEL SYTHES, SNATHES, SICKLES,
GRASS HOOKS; STRAW RAKES, for sale by
may 18 N. WEED, Macon, Ga.
as if one should tear to pieces and scatter a
lumber yard.” Of roofs and walls aud the
various structures there was seen in mauy in
stances scarcely a trace, as if a giant’s hand
had reduced and torn them to shreds and
splinters. They lay scattered over the fields.
Here a piece of broken furniture aud there a
shattered door, aud beyond an uudistingutsh-
ible mass of timbers trad boards, floor beams,
ceiling and rafters. Even the bodies of some
of the sufferers were torn to pieces.
As an evidence of the fearful force of the
tornado, it is mentioned in the telegraph from
our special reporter last evening that of the
ictims fragments of the bodies were scattered
all directions.
Au iron safe weighing nine hundred pounds
as taken from Johnson’s store aud carried
thirty feeet.
Horses, cattle aud hogs were taken up by the
lid, carried in the air aud dashed to the earth,
killed by the fall.
One sow was taken up, carried several rods
* t here was again ..
ken by Dr. Chapin, who said, in his blandest and
most deferential tones.
“ ‘I do not mean to deny your position, sir: but
there is a question 1 should like to ask, if you will
be so kiud as to answer it.’
“ ‘Oil, ask as many questions as you please—I will
answer them,' Was the reply of the young man.
“‘The question I wished to a-k was, said Dr.
Chapin very deliberately, ‘ who held the caudle for
Jonah when ho read prayers in the whale’s belly !’
“ It is said that the juvenile divine maintained a
dignified silence during the rest of that journey.”
What will bk Done with the Peaciiks ?
The farmers in middle Georgia have never
had a more encouraging prospect for au abun
dant yield of peaches. What can he done
with them ? The present is a favorable time
for persons disposed to engage in shipments
to Northern ports, to he making their arrange
ments.
Watermelons and cantelopes are also very
promising ; and fruits generally.
There is positively “a good time coming.”—
Augusta Constitutionalist.
M ADE hr EJ1KBV Bit©., and warranted to
work well. BROWN’S Virginia Wheat Thresh
ers, for sale by
may 18 N. WEED, Macon, Ga.
HORSE POWERS.
E MORY’S Celebrated Iiail-Road Powers ;
SINCLAIR S Lever Ilorso Powers ;
WHITMAN S Lever Horse Pow. r.-.
.ill of which are warranted to work w* 11. in field or
house. For sale at Manufacturer's prices, by
ni.iy 18 N. WEED. Mao.11,
W heat Fans.
G RANT’S Patent Fan Mills, all sizes; _
CLINTON'S Celebrated Fan Mills, all sizes ;
BROWN'S Virgil
•ill complete with Siev<
may 18
Fun Mills, all six
and warranted, for sale by
X. WEED. M icon, Ga.
Mackerel and Shad.
NE HUNDRED packages Ma
O l -- lxJ , 1L
Daily expected by
apl 13
J. B.
rklud Shad,
ic W. A. 110SS.
Bacon.
,ja r\ /aLBS. A No. 1. Tennessee Bacon, well
tjU.UUU cured and trimmed, in store and for
sale by BEARDEN & GAINES,
may A—tf
AND SUMMER
GOODS,
Consisting of Fine French Crape and Straw BON
NETS, Hair and Braid BONNETS, HATS and
FLATS of all the newest and most improved Styles,
both for Ladies’ and Misses’, Infants' and Boys' Hats,
Embroideries, Mourning Sets, Dress Trimmings,
Hair Braids of every variety. Fancy Hair Pins, Bri
dal Wreaths, Head Dresses of every style, and Fans.
Also, a full assortment o’f Corsets, Extension, Wave,
Steel, Spring and
Sls.eleton SlKirts.
Also, a general assortira nt of FANCY ARTI
CLES, all of which she offers LOW FOR CASH.—
Ladies aro especially invited to nail and examine
her Goods before purchasing elsewhere. Thankful
for past favors, she still solicits a share of patron
age. may 4
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10.v
XT7TLL bo taken at PIGII’8 FINE ART GAL-
VV LERY, for a short time if wanted by the doz.,
Superior Photographs,
FOR ONLY 50 CENTS APIECE.
Now is jour time; you can give all of your friends
a good likeness at a less cost by a hundred per cent,
than if you go elsewhere, and wc will warrant every
picture as good as can be had at any Gallery in the
St.it... ( i >!.i >!;■;:> I'll: >T< m;R VPllS life size still
taken at REASONABLE PRICES.
Ambrotypes, Melaneotypes, &c.,
put up in neat cas< h for ONE DOLLAR aud up
wards.
Otir motto is to do a large business at small pro
fits. So give ua a call and see if we don't please you
Rooms in TRIANGULAR BLOCK. june 8
ICE ! SCE 11 ICE ! !
MACON ICE COMPANY.'
I
•pv DEMPSEY, Jr.,
U.Agent of M Pow.
Third-Street, Macon, Ga.,
1 A Co , Savannah, grateful
for past patronage, begs le ive to inform the citizens
of Macon and surrounding country, that he is pre
pared to furnish Ice in any quantity during the sea
son, at tho following prices, viz :
li e by the Block, 1$ cents per pound, cost price
for Blanket.
Ice by the Ilhd. XJ c. ids per ponnd, cost price for
Hhd.
Ice by the Bbl. 1 j cents per pound, cost price for
Bbl.
Ice by the small quantities. 2 cents per pound.
M«r..w, 'J V Co., bring for three years the
only wholesale dealers in Georgia, is a guarantee that
cau be relied upon for a full supply at all tious,
Mid a superior article, as we house our own lee
North.
Orders from the Country addressed to D. Dempsey.
Jr., Agent, Macon, will bo faithfully attended to.
The public may rest assured that there will be no
rncr.a- on above rat.-.- during tie season. Y\ cask
share of public patronage and shall endeavor
to merit it.
D. Dempsey, Jr., also offers a fresh and choice spp-
ph-of
IPamily groceries
Fruits, Fish in Season, Pickled Meats, Ham, Bacon,
Lard,' Fine Butter and Family Supplies in general—
instantly renewed, as good as can be furnished in
.is market and at the most reasonable prices. Call
aU( X ate ‘ 1). DEMPSEY, Jr.,
may M lm -
