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ICT* Notice of the sale of Land and Negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, must be published sixty days previous to the day of sale. The saie of personal Property, in like manner, must be •published forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must be ■published forty days. Notice that Application will bo made to the Court of Ordinary for Leave to sell Land or Negroes,must be pub lished FOUR MONTHS. Notice that Application will be made for Letters of Ad ministration, must be published thirty days and for Letters of Di rnossion. six months. FROM SKINNER’S AMERICAN TURF REG. FOR OCT. Wild orses— he Game and Sports of the West. Fort Gibson, Aug. 1, 1633. Mr. Editor.—Although the “ blind god dess,” in her capicioua dispensations, lias not deemed me worthy a high place among that spirited and jovial fraternity yeleped “sports men of the turf,” an inherent fondness for the horse, and the interest awakened by a recital of his gallant achievements, have made me a re gular reader of your excellent work. 1 have observed the polite reception given by you, to all sporting notices und papers contri buted by di'b.rent gentlemen, on tire subject of hunting, and the various animals with which (hey have come in contact. I laving very recently visited the Grand Prai rie, south-west of us, where the lovers of genu ine field sports will find an inexhaustible source of amusement, among game of almost every variety, and of the noblest species, I have em ployed a leisure hour in embodying a brief re lation of the tour, which is submitted to your discretion, as the proper depository of sporting intelligence. A detachment of itifnnjry and rangers, amoun ting to about three hundred and eighty men, left this port on the Gtti May Inst, chargee with the duty of scouring the Indian country .to the south west, with the double object of preserving the friendly relations existing between the tribes in alliance with the U. S. and of preventing the hostile incursions of their enemies the Pawness. On the 7th of May we left the bank of the Arkansas, and advanc d on our line of inarch in a. south-west direction, across the northern branches of the Circadian Rivei. The season of the year was most propitious Io the purposes of hunting, as well as of military operations. Nature had (airly unfolded her vcneral beauties, and wo were triversing a lovely region of undulating prairie, mantled with green and diversed by “lull and dale, cops, groups and moun its deep solitudes occa sionally enlivened by herds of dem whose timid glance and airy bound, as the stirmg notes of the bugle fell upon tneir ear, bespoke a fear and distrust of their civilizi d visiters. It was not until we had advanced some nine ty or one hundred miles from Fort Gibson, that wo fairly resulted the g ime country. As wo were now on a»ncutial ground, between the Pawnees and the tribes friendly to the United States, and as the danger of hunting operates in some measure as a check on all prairies, in resorting there it results that the game (partic ularly the deer) is more plentiful in dial section than it otherwise would be. The buffalo was here first encountered—a striking proof of the rapidity with winch the animal recedes before the advances of civilization. 'l’en years since they abounded in the vicinity of Fort Gibson; and in the summer ol 1622, the writer of this, with Maj. Mas< n of the army, and «i partv of keen sportsmen, killed a considerable number ( of them near Fort Smith, about forty miles east of us. They have rece led, it w ould se-em, one hundred miles westward in the last ten years ; and it may be safely assumed, that thirty or forty years hei.ee, they will not be found ue irei to us than the spurs of the Rocky mountains, unless the numerous bands of hunters vs the t'haetaw Chickasaw,Chrokee and Cre< k tubes, < stablished in this counfiy, should relinquish th* chase for the aits of civilized life. On the 29th May we reached the mam Canadian river, near the p *mt where it enters the umber bordering the eastern verge of the Grand Prauie, in its flow from the west, lhe Grand Prarie extends to the Rocky mountains, amt presents to the eve a boundless < xtent of rolling champaign county, occasionally interested by small streams thinly bor .cred bv dwarfish timber. A formidable herd of about 100 buffaloes was here discovered ; and, as the command needed fresh meat, h halt w as ordered, r.nd forty horsemen detatched to attack them. They gadv moved off in a gallop, armed with rifles. As they neared the herd they qui< kened their pace to half speed, when they were dis covered by the graceless butfulm s, wu > started otf as fast as they could scamper, with their pe culiar bobbltng, bouncing gait. The hunters now pressed them closely, and penetr.ted the • moving mass at full speed ; when each man selected bi'’v’ct n. The shnrn «iuick report of By h. holt, Jr. & w. e. t © LBWa the rifle was now heard in rapid succession— while the rush of the horses and buffaloes, the shouts of the party on the heights, and the flash es and smoke of the guns, presented altogether one of the most animated spectacles I had ever witnessed. The whole chase was visible for a long dis tance to the command, halted on the eminance ; and so great was the interest it excited, that numbers were unable to resist it, and dashed off at full speed, to join in the work of destruction. The pursuit terminated in the death of a large number of the buffaloes, whose huge unwieldy carcases lay strewed over the plain, like heroes on the battle field. The buffalo is, when wounded and excited, a very dangerous animal; and there are many instances related of hunters, who, relying too far on their seeming stupidity and unwieldiness, have falcn victims to their ferocity. On one occasion, during our trip, two rangers, in the impetuosity of pursuit, drove a buffalo into a narrow pass; where, finding himself closely pressed, he made battle, goring one of the hor ses in the thigh and overturning him and his ri der. The horse of the other ranger stumbled during the conflict, and threw his rider on the back of the buffalo ; which, becoming alarmed at this new mode of attack, now set off at full speed, carrying the ranger with him about twen ty yards, until the latter finding the gait not very easy, and likely to continue s me time, rolled oft the buffalo into the dust—each party mutu . ally willing to dissolve the connection. This reminds me of the anecdote related to me by A. S. C. of St. Louis, a gentleman of veracity. While -ci: a trading expedition to Mexico, he had in his employ a motley, but dar ing set of fellows, consisting of Frenchmen, Spaniards, half breeds and Indians, who were in the habit of bantering each other, and boas ting of their individual feats of prowess. On one occasion, a Spaniard bold J v wagered that he would ride a buffalo ; which being taken up by one of the party, a suitable place for mounting was accordingly found on an old trail that had been deeply worn by the buffalo; and having secreted himself, a fine old bull, of “gen tle mien,” was encircled and driven into this passage, and as he passed slowly through the defile, the Don made a spring and lit on his hump, clinging w ith both hands to the hair of the shoulders, and pressing his knees to the sides in true jockey style. The old bull soon got into open ground, and commenced a series of curvets and caracoles, such as man never saw before, to the great edification of the spec tators, and trepidition of the rider. The Don tor a little w hile kept his seat like a knight of the olden time ; but finding that bully posses sed both wind and bottom, and he was getting a Utile “tired of the sport, ” called out to his tickled companions to shoot the buffalo. They replied, they were afraid of breaking his leg. “Break the leg and be ,” cried the impa- tient Don, when a volley brought down bully and his rider together ; the latter resolving that it should be the last attempt to ride a buffalo. Progressing south-west from the Canadian river, we reoched the head wat* rs of the Blue \\ at* r river,—a beautiful limestone region of <1 vated prairie, abounding in game of all kin. s. I'ufihloes were astonishingly numerous here; and 1 shall not fear contradiction in saving that I saw, m one view as many as two thousand heads. The country lying between the head of Blue W alcr and Ouachita rivers is particularly noted forth« abundance and excellence of the wild horses which roam tn its fertile prairies. In one drove I estimated as many as one hundred and twenty head, most of them large! and well formed. H hat struck me as peculiar ly remarkable, was the predominance of the gray color; by wuich I mean to say there was ‘more as I thought, of that cob* r than otany oth- I er single color. the same observation has been made by oriental travellers, of the far fam ed stock of Arabia. Several horses were caught by the rangers: but they w ere not of course the best class, which is seldom if ever ovi rtaken; it being a natural impossibility that jaded hor ses, on a journey, can carry one hundre*. and sixty, or one hundred and eighty pounds weight, and outstrip a naked and untried animal of the I same species as itsc’f. At our encampment on the Canadian, an in cident uecuried winch very fairly tested the cn durmg qualities of the wil horse, und will en able us to f**rm a pretty correct estimate of his . < neral powers. There was a fine looking •iiinn'il discovered near the camp bv a party of rangers, and several of them gave pursuit.— i hev run him alternately a distance of about iwo mill's, when the> relinquished the pursuit. j A third horseman then gave chase on a fresh i horse, naled for speed and bottom in a company ‘ o| one hundred men. The issue proved the vast superiority of the prairie horse, w hich at first ran before his pursuer at his ease, but, being at length pushed for the distance of a quarter of a mile, evinced such prodigious speed mid wind, that, in the words of the ranger, he “just stood still and looked at him.” i'he wild horses and mares taken by the ran gers, though small, were remarkable for deep, haid, ba lek hoofs, flat, sinewy limbs, full fine eyes and large nostrils—four of the car.anal attributes of the courser. Os ail the varieties of sporting in which I have participated, I have certainly found nene so animating as the chase of the wild horse.— 1 here are two modes of taking them : one bv I throwing a running noose around the neck, | from a cod held in the hand, and the other by | fastening on* end of the cord to the pummel of '{the saddle, andjhe other to a » : ick about eij-htj LITIIPRIN COUNTY, GWWIL 71 2, 1834 feet long, in such a manner that the noose is always open and ready t* * put over the horse’s head. The first mode requires great practice and address. It is en ployed by the Spaniards ■ of Mexico and Sou’h America, who can, it is said, * atch a horse by any foot which may be named. On the head of Blue Water, a party of four of us determined to take a run after a wild ? horse. Having equipped ourselves with a no use and stick, tightened our girths, and tied up our heads, we rode forth into the prairie and soon discovered a large herd of about one hun dred head, quietly grazing, and unaware of our approach As soon as we app cached near enough to be seen by them and were gradually recognized, the whole body began to nicker, and was soon in commotion, stamping the , ground w : th their four feet ; while a few of tne bolder spirits moved up towards us, slowly and doubtingly, eager to ascertain our character. Each rider now stooped on his horse, laying his head close to his horse’s neck ; and m this | manner we silently advanced, watching < lose- J ly the movements of the herd, and making each a selection of such an animal as pleased his fancy. i his part oi the sport was very fine ; and in the present instance, so many elegant forms of both sexes and all colors and sizes, ’ presente < themselves, that it required not a lit j tie promptitude to form a decision. We han not I long to deliberate ; foi', by the time we were • within one hundred yard -, the increased nicker ! ing and confusion showe they had winded us; [ and the whole herd suddenly wheeled round and dashed offover the plain, close! pressed by their eagei pursuers. We ran them about two miles, but the rocky nature of ttie country, and , the number of deep ravines crossing our track in every direction, prevented our coming up I with such as w re Could we nave had a clear run the whole distance, we should doubtless have seemed some fine animals ; as their numbers pr venteu them running to advan tage —caused them to crowd and impede the progress of each other, by which the disparity as to weight, previously referred to, would have been neutralized. On our return towards the main body of the troops, we saw a large stal lion, whose fore I- g had be* n broken in the I chase ; yet, in spite of this, i.emanaged to hob ble oft on the remaining three very cleverly. Nothing in natural scenery can surpass the beauty of the prairie w hen we visited it ; ana it may be imagined with what delight we stood on a moun , on one occasion, and took into on< view the wild horse, the buffalo, die elk, the deer, and the antelope, m their native str* n«th and beauty, roving tree aim untrammelled as the air they inhaled. Os each of these uiffer ent species, with ti e exception of tin elk, a number were killed and taken by the party ; in addition to bears, wild turkeys, one wiki hare, and a number ol prairie dogs. From this point we made a short detour southwest, and thence turned north-east, on our return route, as our provisions ot every kina were nearly exhausted ; and we were a short time afterwards, compelled to subsist on wild meats,- part of the time without salt, — tor tie period of thirty-five daj s. ith what a prurient sane did we conjure up in our minds the delicate viands, rich sauces, and ruby wines ol your northern Barnums and Niblos. In our reveries by day and unams by night, we invoked the spirit of lhe immortal Ude, to gift us with the art ol transmitting the odious buffalo jerk into som* thing palatublr and digestable. Long privations had, by the time we reached ■ the point of departun , sensibly affected our i rotundity. Our clothes hung ingrac* less folds on our gaunt and famished limbs, ano we were nearly circumstanced like Falsiatftroops— al most without a shirt among us; the “cankers ol 1 a calm world and a long peace.” A Reader. M AJOR DOU NI NG.—We again welcome I our old and valu* d friend to our columns, and present our readers wi,h one df his most graph ic productions. His last letter containing lhe Story of the Setting Hen, has betn publish< a in editions a mtist numberless, and read by millions of our countrymen. Even amid the present unusual ext iten ent of the city, we are persuaded that all classes will most cordially welcome this renewal of his correspondence. .V. F. Daily Ade. To my old friend Mr. Dwight, of lhe N. Y ork Daily Advertiser. Senate Chamber, Washington, | April sth, 1634. | I suppose you’ll be all pretty considerable i struck up, when tou cot-ie to s* e where 1 n >w be; unci so I’ll jest tell you in as short older ns i possible, how it nines about. Ever sin* e I wrote you mat last letter about the Rakoon Story the Gmeral te'lled me, and the Old Hen Story I tolled him, the folks about the Gmeral bamt giv me no tune to eat orsle p, and I have had nigh upon the hull (»ovt rnin* nt to beat off; but so long as I had the Gmeral on my side, I md'nt care nothin about it. But tother day the Gmeral he bt gan to shake in the 1 wind a leetle, and this about the cause on’t. ' He and me was sittm talkin over matters alone, and firein red hot shot at the opposition folks, 1 and especially at Squire Bi iale, when I telled ! the Gmeral, says I Gmeral, ns well enuf tor u to talk sc among folks who come to see us, for it is the natur ol people to give one credit for honesty at least, though he is wrong, it he ony ! seems warm and determined, jest as you was when vou cut down that old man’s Bee tree, ■ but snvs I. mv don’t to’’ me that the pres- > f ent trouble ail about the country is owin to the > | bank crampin folks. And with that I reached • | down my slate, anu I showe*) the Gineral. Now i says I, here we see th..t the bank a< tually ha* i been lendiu more uoney since w to tk the de i posites away from it, than it iiad lent afore that time. The Gineral he looked over the figers, and sure enuf there it was, why says he, Major I how is this? Vhat on earth then, says he, are i the people grumblin at? All our folks tell me, I says the Gineral, that Biddle is crampin th; people all over creation, and here now you ■ show as clear as day light, that the bank haint screwed at all. And with that the Gin ral he. began t< count on bis fingers, and though he can sometimes figer out a pretty considerable tuff sum that way, this puzzled him amazingly. So t.i rights, says he, Major, what then is the cause ot all this trouble? Well, says I, Gineral I suppose we shall know now pretty soon. Th' re is a cog out some where says I; and as the Senate isoverhawlin tne mill perhaps they’ll find it, and let us know. And lhe words varn’t more than out of my mouth, when in come Kindle and Blair, lookin as though they had jest i been snaked through a gimbiet hole, and they telled the Gmeral that the Senate had jest past Clay’s resolutions, it w*>nt do no good to tell what followed, but the Gineral was hoppin mad, and it was more than an hour afore he got threw slattin things about. And as it wa- about the time when folks would be comm to visit lhe Gineral, I jest step d out to tell <*m they must call again, for the Gmeral was hard at work in “Cabinet Kounsel.” U hen I got back I found the Gineral with pritty nigh all the steam blowed off, and them other two cr tters writin somethin to come out in the Globe nxt Jay. I telled the Gineral right off, now s <ys 1, Gineral, we better ke< p an eye on what we say in print, for we have trouble enuf with what we sav here to folks— but says I, if we go to abu-in the Senate .md put it in print too, the people may take a stand ag.n us and puzzle us hereafter most pl gdy. And with that the Gineral got his steam up l* a mimt—and he told me if that was my noti* n I betler pack up and quit, tor the time had come now for every man to take his own sid* , and if 1 thought the Senate had more w isdom t an he had 1 must < lear out. Well, says 1 («me<al, had’nt we best call the hull Cabinet together on this bus ncss. Cabinet? says the Gineral, what more do I want? and with that lie turned and pinted at Kindle and Blair,and give me a look as black as thunder. W ell sajs 1, that’s < nus; and as 1 had kept my bundle rea *v fora move tor some days past, all 1 had to do was to stick my slate in if, and poke my ax handl* thi* ugli ; lhe uppei knot, and 1 slung th ; hull c ncern i over my shoulder, and was back agin m th* C abinet afore you could say Jack Romnson. Now say- 1 Gineral, 1 and you art going to quit—but afore 1 go I should like to tell you a story—and the best on’t is: it aint a long one says I. And so ti ll’d t e Gmeial that story you’ve hearn me tell afore. How 1 w<«s walkin tn a field down then in Downingvtlle, and hear in a clatter, and se< in no one, t.ut to rights fin din that it all come from a Lig black snake more tba*. half a roi long, the tail quarellm will the head about t king the lead, and saying the lit bad led long enuf, and the tad ought to try its turn a sp< II and st* the head gave up a i< • ttie tail have its way—and i followed on to s how things work that way—and so after gon* agin the scales a spell and making tmn. s gti, v nsideraide, the tail tried to gotuiew a stone fence, and g* tun pirn’ti, riggled and fwi- ti a ana screwd and ouhi’i go on, aid i.ie h• i i of tne sn.ik* wanted to know what vas tie matter, and why it did’nl go threw, an** that he ha • gone threw tine same fence twenty firm s— th ini g t a little rathy, and a little asham’o an . i ’nt Ilk*- to tell. When 1 got so far m my store, the Cineral who La * been all the while sittm an * looking | right at the fire, turd round i*n* gm me a plag* y J iiiqiiirin I ok, and I stopp’d sn. rt off—w, 11, says I he, v.l.at was th e< nd on it? Why, says, 1, Gineral, 1 l> unt got time now to t* II you, but,' sa . s 1, the next tint* we meet I’ll fint. ii the t*.> rv, and with ti.at 1 made the Gim rul a rale cab inet b< w, and I walk* d strait out of the white house feelin pretty muc u , 1 suppose like a good many ii Iks afore im, who have na th ir sav , there and then < leared out. As soon as i got outside, I was a leetle stump’d to know which way to steei —1 had some bread and cheese in mj pa* k,but I want d a place to go to f r the 1 night —and there was so nany < ommitlee folks in H ashmgt<*n, every tavern was chin k full— i but Ji t then I sue the flag go up at 'the rapitul, ana thinks I I'll go t.iere and try my link; an*, up 1 went- but owii to my bemstopn’d -*>often on the way, by folks all wan in to know whit had happened, by the time i reach’d the capitol all Congress km w it, an I al) parties was tn a ! takiu about it. 1 went first to th* House of Representatives, and I let cm know there that all i wanted wasjist to be allowed to stop there ovt r night; and then came sich km>< king of no ses— Mr. Adams spoke for moie than half an hour in favor ot havrn a cot put up for m* right j off—Mr. Camb rleng from York City .-ani it was altogether a go at party qu -stiori, and mu t b<- min led carefully, and he wanted time to 1 consider on’t. 1 ask’d Mr. Lawrence, a* uth r N* w York member, if n could’nt give me a lift—firs he thought he would, and he puk’d nrs teeth on one side, anu said he’d jist s* e his friends about it—when he g<*t back, 1 found be was pickin teeth on tother side, and said he was now a candulate for Mayor up these in, New York, an I h< must go with his party. ' ‘ • kers go ’ i a chance, and some on ’em was just beninnin to speak a second time, Mr Beardsly said “if Congress and credit, and banks, nndcanals, nli perish d he d vote agm it; and to cut the matter short,he moved the previous question—and Mr Vanderpool from Kinderhook, (who I was the one who wrote that Dutch Lcfter"fo me) he said it was all a “humbug,” and he ser onoed the motion When they come to count over the names, there was a tie, and the Snen» ker had to untie the hull on’t; and so he got tm and made a considerable of a speech about r and wound up by saym the Cheer had never been ca t d on to decide on a more important pint, and though the Cheer could give 9000 reasons right off, for the vote he was about to give, yet he would give but one, and that wag mat the Major could not have a bed there— he knew the bank and Biddle had a hand H sendin the Major there, and that was enuf for ( him; and so the Cheer decided that the Maio* must tote his bundle out. Well, thinks I, that was a pretty tight vote, any how, and I wen» over to the Senate Chamber. There they j were all at it too, as soon as I walk’d in Mr Van Buren call’d Mr. King of Alabama. tJ take his place, and I could ony get a glimpse on him now and then, dodgin about, and no critter could tell whether he was tickled or not Mr. Grundy wanted to have the hull matter refer’d to his committee on the Post Office. Mr Clayton said he would’nt agree to that, so? that committee would never report in creation and When they did, perhaps they’d find the Major’s name scratched out and some one else writti n in the place on’t. Mr. Calhoun said he was glad the Major had come there, the “conservative principle” says he, is now getting to be better understood-- States shoo’d stick to it with reference to the General Government—Counties to States— Townships to Counties—Families to Town ships, and individuals to families, so that phiL osophicallly, and metaphysically, and, above all, politically speaking, the Major had as good a right to the of the Senate chamber, as the General Government, and here says he is the butt end of my notions of nullification, and I hope the Major and every man will now fully understand me—at one end of the avenue, says h■, stands the white house, and at the other end the Senate chamber. “Consolidation” th* re— “Conservative” here—and he wound up by saying that for his part he was ready to contribute his chair and desk for the Major to spread ins bed on. Mr Benton was just goiu to begin, and 1 was about swingin my pack on my s c'Huer, mr when he gits hold he hangs on like a inoth-flche, and wou’d a talk’d all night ano s they call’d the question like all natur, and h. took his seat. Air. U ebster he got tin l* xi, and was just agoin to tackle on and taken pull upon Air ( olhoun’s conservative notions— but he bad’t gone far when he took out his watch and suein ’twas gettin late, he said he wou’d not tak« up the constitutional part of the question— to; if he did, and seein that he must sift the hull prii iple ui consolidation and conservative no* Hods, the Alajor might loose his night’s lodging an* so m .ved that the application, along with th. Aiajcr, his ax and bundle, be laid on the til-te l*»r that nigh , and if the table warn’t big enul In’d push his’n along side on’f; then come -i lc< ti kind of a tussel, and pritty nigh the hull ou 'em had somethin to say. When Mr. Clav a chance—he is a master hsnd you know in quietlm n alters when th” v "'•* ' said th* it was no dbiTift a large majority of the . ..—. ... ii..-. the Alajor a place io lay his head, but the great difficulty was to decide whether it w<*uld be an act growing out ; the conservative principle, or the principle of < oii.'u.tdation, so ably stated by the gentleman ir**m ouili-4 arolina; and as tegarded the con stitut tonal tty of the measure; he was desirous to hear the gentleman from Alassachusctts at. <*n early Lour the next day, and he had no doubt that g ntlemen would ably expound it, and that In for one was sure he should not differ with him— but, says he, the Alajor wants a bed, and it'- now almost bed time, and 1 therefore, sav? tie, offer the following n solution ; Whereas consolidation is known to exist at cne end of Pcnnsylvuny avenue, and the “con seivative principles” sometimes call'd and un justly c il’d nullification nt one end. Then for , Resolved, That until the Consti tutio sbail b? distinctly and clearly expounded, it is safest for the Major to take up his night's longing just half way between those two e.v tre es. '1 he resolution was then ptft and carried, 29 to 18- A committee was then appointed t< measure the Avenue, and reported that Gads i y's Hot 1 was just half way, but that was ftili. i tie Senate tnen adjourned, Air. Clay come round tell’d me that as Lis resolution had got me iii this diff’i. ulty, he couldn’t do less than put * p a bet. for me m Lis own lodgins, tight in a 1 ne witn Gadsby’s ; and J might slctp there in welcome, til! the constitutional pints w’hs nil s* ttie*., and so here! Lb now at Mr. Clay’s boos <tud knock about through the day as we’l ■*s I * an, and most of the time in the Senate ( amber, when 1 find upon the hull, I've got <*. thumping majority, an afore Congre-s gees Jo home. I calculate th vote in tuthe.* house will change to*?; a good many there I hnd sbnkin in their shoes already, and as soon no they seo y*-ur elf.-lions ami the V irgiuny election* go as I hope they will, 1 calculate on gitten a t\»o tiiir vote on ev'iy pint agin the folks who ba v e got the Gin* ra! in keepia now. Yours, 8;c. J DOWNING, Alajor. P- • 7-' i”? Militia. 2d . MO: