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rim republic, IS PUBLISHED EVEKY WEDNESDAY, U VER J- D- WINN’S BRICK STORE. COTTON AVENUE, MACON, GA. AT $3,00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. rates of advertising, &.<% One square, of 100 words, or less, in small lype, 75 cents lor the first insertion, and 50 cents lor each übseqaent insertion. 6 All advertwemenU containing more than 100 and ,| IS „ 200 words, will be charged as two squares. j'„ yearly advertisers, a liberal deduction will be " Sales of Land, bv Administrators, Executors, nc Guardians, are required by law to be held on the ,j rsl Tuesday in the month, between the hours of , n j,i the forenoon, and three in the altcrnoon, at ,h e Court House in the county in which the pro rtv is situated. Notice of these must be given in i public gazette, sixty dayt previous to the day of sale. c Nolice to debtors and creditors ol an estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will lie made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be publish ed four months. Sales of Negroes must be made at public auc tion, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the leo-al hours of sale, at the place of public sales, in the county where ihe letters testamentary, ol administration of guardianship, shall have been in-anted, sixty days notice being previously given fn one of the public gazettes of this Stale, and at the door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. , , Notice lor leave to sell Negroes must lie pub lulled for four months heliire any order absolute shall he made thereon by the Court. All business of this nature will receive prompt attention at the office of THE REPUBLIC. BIJSmiSS CARPS. JOB PRINTING ESESTsyffisiat aip suras ©jfifhcjb, With Neatness and Dispatch. BROWN <fc SHOCK LIT, MACON, GA. Jan 1, 1845. 12—ly FI.OVD MOUSE. B Y B. S. N E WCO M . Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. l-'l WUIT’fXG &, MIX, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN HOOTS AHP SHOES, Near the Washington Hull, Second street. Macon, Georgia. * Oct. 19, 1811. 1 —ll j nr. Jones & co. CLOTHING STORE. West ,ide Mulberry Street, next door below the Big Hal. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. l-tl , NIBBKT & WINGFIELD, A T TORN EV S A T I. AW. Office on Mulberry Street, over Kimberly's Hat Store. Macon, Georgia. Od. 19,1844. l-ll DOCTORS J. M. & H. K. GREEK, Corner of .Mulberry and Third Streets. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. l-ll FREEMAN & ROBERTS, Saddle, Harness, and IV hip, MANUFACTORY. Dealers in all hinds of Leather, Saddlery Harness anil Carnage Trimming*, On Cotton Avenue and Second street, Macon, Ga. October 25, 1841. 9-1 JOSEPH X. SEYMOUR, IIEU.CR in DRY GOOD.*, GROCERIES, HARD WARE, ifcc. Brkk Store. Cherry Street, Ralston's Range, first door below Russell be Kimberley's. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. l-tl GEORGE M. LOG AX, DEALER IN FANCY AND STAPLE PRY GOODS, Hard-H are, Crockery, Class-II are, tcc. bee. Corner of Second and Cherry streets. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. I-if 57"& VV. GUNN, dealers in STAPLE DRY GOODS, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, bee. Macon, Georgia. Oct. ll)j -tf | SAMUEL J RAY & CO. DEALERS IN FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, Ready Made Clothing, Hals, Shoes, bee. Second street, a few doors from the Washington Hotel. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 18, 1941. I-ll REDDINIT& WHITEHEAD, DEALERS IN FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, Groceries, Hard Ware, Cutlery, Hals, Shoes, Crockery, bee. t*c. Corner of Colton Avenue and Cherry streets. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. 1-ts B. F. ROSST dealer in DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. l-tl J. M. BOAItDMAN, DEALER IN LAW, MEDICAL, MISCELLANEOUS and School Books; Blank Bonks ami Stationery of all kinds ; Printing Paper, &.C. &c. of the Large Bible, two doors above Shol teeU’s corner, west side of Mulberry Street. Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19,1844. l-tl B. R. WARNER, AUCTION AND COMMISSION MER CHANT. Dealer in every description of Merchandise. “The Public’s Servant,” and subject to receiving consignments at all times, by the consignees pa.v --ln? 5 per cent, commissions lor servicts rendered Macon, Georgia. Oct. 19, 1844. 1-ts L. J. CROSS, Has for Sale DRY GOODS Sf GROCERIES, Boots, shoes, caps, and hats, At John D. Winn's Old Store. Macon, Oct. 25,1844. 2-ts •H >•». HusotVs Hotel, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. m MRS. IIUSON, 'TAKES this method of informing her friends and the public generally, that she will . 1 sontinue to keep a Hotel in this place, a few u" ,r * below the .Monroe Rail Road and Banking '’use, just across the street front where she for- I ® r !y kept. Her charges will correspond with the ‘•irunesi of the times. The house will be fitted ,1 "J a superior style. Siie will take the house on if - ft th day of December, when every thing will complete order. f . AMELIA IIUSON. Griffin, Dec. 9, 1844. 10 2m S. M. STRONG, Editor. VOLUME 1. MISCELLANY. j WOMAN’S WIT. The following passage in the life ofGus- I tavus \ asa, when that distinguished mon arch took refuge from the Danish usurper in Dalecarlia, to mature his noble plan for deliverance of his country, is truly dramatic —“ On a little hill stood a very ancient habitation, of so simple an archi tecture that you would have taken it fora hind’s cottage, instead of a place that, in t:mes oi old, had been the abode of no bility. It consised of a long larm-like ; structure, formed of hr, covered in a j strange fashion with seals, and odd orna mental twistings in the carved wood ; but I the spot was hallowed by the virtues of its • heroic mistress, who saved, by her pre sence of mind, the life of the" future de liverer of her country. Gustavus, hav jng> By an evil accident, been discovered in the mines, bent his course towards this house, then inhabited by a gentleman of the name of Pearson, whom he had known in the armies of the late administrator. Here, he hoped, from the obligations he had formerly laid on the ollicer, that he should at least find a safe retreat. Pear son received him with every mark of friend ship—nay, treated him with that respect and submission which noble minds are proud to pay to the truly great, when rob j bed of their external honours. He ex claimed with such vehemence agaiifst the Danes that, instead of awaiting a propo sition mke up arms, he offered, unasked, to try the spirit of the mountaineers, and declared that himself and his vassals would be the first to set an example, at and turn out under ihe command of bis belov ed general. Gustavus relied on his word, and, promising not to name himself to any while he was absent, some days after wards saw Pearson leave the house to put his design in execution. It was in deed a desigr}, and a black one. Under the specious cloak of a zealous affection for Gustavus, the traitor was contriving bis ruin. The hope of making his court to the Danish tyrant, and the expectation ol a large reward, induced lnm to sacri fice his honour to his ambition, and for the sake ot a few ducats, violate the most sa cred laws of hospitality by betraying his guest. In pursuance of that base resolu tion, he proceeded to one of Christiern’s officers commanding in the province, and informed him that Gustavus was his pri soner. Having committed this treachery, he had not the courage to face his victim, but, telling the Dane how to surprise the prince, who, he said, believed himself under the protection of a friend, he pro- ! posed taking a wider circuit home, while they apparently unknown to him, rifled it rtf its treasure. “It will be an easy mat ! ter,” said he, “ lor not even my wife knows that it is Gustavus.” The officer, at the head of a party of well armed soldiers, marched directly to the lake. The men invested the house; while the leader, ab ruptly entering, found Pearson’s wife, ac cording to the fashion of those days, em ployed in culinary preparations. At some distance from her sat a young man in a rustic garb, lopping offthe knots from the broken branch of a tree. The officer told her he came in King Christiern’s name, to demand the rebel Gustavus, who, he knew, was concealed under her roof. The dauntless woman never changed colour ; she immediately guessed the man whom her husband had introduced as a miner’s son to be the Swedish hero. The door was blocked up by soldiers. In an in stant she replied, without once glancing at Gustavus, who sat montionless with sur prise. ‘if you mean the melancholy gen tleman my husband has had here these two days, he has just walked out into the wood, on the other side of the hill. Some of the soldiers may readily seize him, as he has no arms with him.’ At this mo ment, suddenly turning her eyes on Gus tavus, she flew up to him, and, catching the stick out of his hand, exclaimed, in an angry voice, ‘Unmanly wretch ! What! sit before your betters! Don’t you see the king’s officers in the room ? Get out of my sight, or some of them shah give you a drubbing!’ As she spoke; she struck him a blow on the back with all her strength; and, opening a side door, ‘Then*, get into the scullery,’ cried she, ‘it is the fittest place for such company!’ and giv ing him another knock, she flung the stick after him, and shut the door. ‘Sure,’ ad ded she, in a great heat, ‘never woman was plagued with such a lout of a slave!’ The officer begged she would not disturb herself on his account; but she, aflecting great reverence for the king, and respect for his representative, prayed him to en ter her parlour, while she brought him some refreshments. The Dane civilly complied, perhaps glad enough to get from the side of a shrew; and she immediate ly flew to Gustavus, whom she had bolt ed in, and, by means of a back passage, conducted him in a moment to the bank of the lake, where the fishers’ boats lay, and, giving him a direction to an honest curate across the lake, committed him to Providence.” A cantab, one day observing a ragmuf fin looking boy scratching his head at the door of one of the city fathers, where he was begging, and thinking to pass a joke upon him, said— -1 “So, Jack, you are picking them out, ; are you?” “Ao, sir,” reloited the urchin, “I takes i ’em as they come!” PRO PATRIA ET LEGIBVS. MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1815. THE SHIP SYRACUSAN. Three hundred carpenters were em ployed in building this vessel, which was completed in one year. The timber for the planks and ribs was obtained partly from Mount Etna and partly from Italy, other materials from Spain, and hemp lor cordage from the vicinity of the Rhone. She was everywhere secured with large copper nails (bolts), each of which weigh ed ten pounds and upwards. At equal distances, all round the exterior, were statues of Atlas, nine feel in height, sup porting the upper decks and triclyphs; besides which the whole outside was adorned with paintings, and environed with ramparts or guards of iron, to pre vent an enemy from boarding her. She had three masts; for two of these trees sufficiently large were obtained without much difficulty, but a suitable one for the mainmast was not procured for some time. A swineherd accidentally discovered one growing on the mountains of Brultia. She was launched by a few hands, by means of a helix, or screw machine, in vented by Archimedes for the purpose ; and it appears that she was sheathed with sheet lead. Twelve anchors were on board, four of which were of wood, and eight of iron. Grappling irons were dis posed all round, which, by means of sui table engines, could be thrown into ene mies’s ships. Upon each side of this ves sel were six hundred young men fully armed, and an equal number on the masts, and attending the engines for throwing stones. Soldiers (modem marines) were also emplo3’ed on board, and they were supplied with ammunition—i. e. stones and arrows—by little boys that were be low (the powder monkies of a modern man-of-war,) who sent them up in baskets . by means of pulleys. She had twenty ranges of oars. Upon a rampart was at. l engine invented by Archimedes, which; could throw arrows and stones of BOO ! pounds to the distance of a stadium (fur long), besides others lor defence, anti sus pended in chains of brass. She seems to j have been what is now called a “three- ! decker,” for there were three “galleries! or corridors,” from the lowest of which j the sailors went down by ladders to the j hold. In the middle one were llirily rooms, in each of which were four beds; the floors were paved with small stones of different colours (mosaics,) representing scenes from Homer’s Iliad. Thedoors, windows, and ceilings were finished with “wonder ful art,” and embellished with every kind of ornament. The kitchen is mentioned as on this deck, and next to the stern, also, three large rooms for eating. In the third gallery were lodgings for the soldiers, anti a gymnasium or place.of exercise. There were also gardens in this vessel, in whieh various plants were arranged with taste, and among them walks proportioned to the magnitude of the ship, and shaded by arbours of ivy and vines, whose n ots were in large vessels filled with earth. Adjacent to these was a room named “ the apartment of Venus,” the floor cf which was paved with agate and other precious stones; the walls, roof, and windows were of cypress wood, and adorned with vases, statues, paintings, and inlaid with ivory. Another room, the sides and windows ot which were of boxwood, contained a li brary; the ceiling represented the heavens, and on the top or outside was a sun-dial. Another apartment was fitted up for bath ing: the water was heated in three large copper cauldrons, and the bathing vessel was made of a single stone ol variegated colours; it contained sixty gallons. There were also ten stables placed on both sides of the vessel, together with straw and corn for the horses, and conveniences for the horsemen and their servants. At certain distances, piecesof timber projected, upon which were piles of wood, ovens, mills, and other contrivances for the services of life. At the ship’s head was a large re servoir of fresh water, formed of plank, and pitched. Near it was a conservatory for fish, lined with sheet lead, and contain ing salt water. Although the well or hold was extremely deep, one man, Atheneas says could pump out all the water that leaked into her by a screw pump, which Archimedes adapted to that purpose. There were probably other hydraulic machines on board for the plants, balhind apparatus, and kitchen, &c. Ihe upper decks were supplied with water by pipes of earthenware and of lead, the latter most likely extending from pumps or other engines that raised the liquid ; for there is reason to believe that machines analogous to forcing pumps were at that time known. Embank's Hydraulic Machinery. Prayer and Penance by Proxy. — Praying by prox3 r is not at all uncommon in Ire land. Thus, if a person has any urgent business or recreation on hand, preventive of going to mass and performing the pro per number of aves and genuflexions, he or she hires a substitute, generally a men dicant, who for a trifling recompense, goes through, with most conscientious punctu ality, the vicarious duties ol the holy ser vice committed to their charge. The prayer by proxy is considered to be nearly as efficacious as that delivered up in pro pria persona. But the penance by proxy goesu step farther, and shifts the burthen of aclual suffering or punishment from the shoulders of the rich to those of the poor! The following anecdote, abridged from the Rev. Mr. Otway’s Ascent to Croagh Patrick, will illustrate the penance by proxy system 44 A little puffy, barrel bodied attorney, hired a guide to conduct | him up the mountain. The little man grunted, groaned, panted and perspired, ! ‘ larding the lean mountain,’ as they as cended. The guide did his best to alle viate his difficulties, and at length they came to the well, where St. Patrick made his first stop, when proceeding to dtsen ; chant the mountain. Here the little fat tourist was in a pretty plight, like a tallow : candle in a hot tavern ! 4 Well,’ says the guide to himself, ‘this dacent man is ccr j tainly doing penance for some great sin, j and the poor simple sowl doesn’t know j that 1 could put him out of pain for a few j shillings; it is a wonder all out that some ! one, even if the priest hadn’t the good na j thur, would not tell him that there’s many a one about here that would do the dhur rus for him. So it’s that’ll have the innocent fellow out of his trouble in a jiffy.’ So with that the guide came up to him where he sat wiping with his silk handkerchief his reeking, steaming head and neck. 4 Why, then, your honor, t wonder you’d be after thinking of going up yon mountain, through all its stations, when you know that I’ll go up foryou and do dhurrus with all the veins in my heart.’ 4 What do you mean?’ says the attorney, ‘You go up for me!’ ‘Yes, pluse your honor, and that I will, and 3 r ou may sit there quietly until I come back, not one I’ll miss—look at my knees when I return, and see if they’re not haltered and bleed ing enough to p/asc yees.’ ‘ Why, what, honest man, do you mean ? can you see lor me—can you mlmirc for me—can your going up enable me to say, when I go home, that l have been at the top ol’Croag Patrick?’ ‘Ah, then, says the guide, is that all that brings you to the Reek—my self thought ye were a religious man, and that yees were undher vows or orthersto perforin stations here, ami sure all the world knows that I could do all that for vees, and chape enough—ay r , diaper and just as well as ever Rob of the Reck did, ‘rest be to his sowl, and the heavens his bed.’ Now, considering the state of Ireland— the destitution of the poor, and the want of employment—this proxy-prayer, and proxy-penance, seem to he useful items in the popular pract*ce of religion, as giving an occasional job, however painful, to the idle and starving pauper.— [Dr. Johnson's Tour in Ireland. 'llit Albatross. —This noble bird, which may be said to constitute the head of the gull family, is in body about the size of a common goose; but, to enable it to under take the extraordinary flights which often carry it hundreds of leagues from any resting-place, except the billows foaming under its rapid course, it is provided with wings of immense length and power.— With these, which often measure ns much as twelve feet from tip to tip, it glides in search of prey over boundless tracts, often it is said, sleeping even while soaring over the waters. Insatiable anil voracious in appetite, it is always craving, and never satisfied. Not content with feeding on the inhabitants of the deep, it preys in discriminately on every thing which it c omes across. The smaller aquatic birds are not free from its great voracity, which is not unfrequently the means of its cap ture find destruction. A piece of pork or suet, fixed on a small hook and allowed to drag by a long line in the wake of the vessel, often proves a temptation too strong to he resisted: the greedy bird stoops on bis prey, swallows the bait, and then, with distended wings, is towed on board, and soon stands tottering on deck amidst his exulting captors; who f requent ly’ employ, with similar success, the same device to ensnare the smaller pintado, or Cape pigeon. The immense power of wing of the albatross enables it to cleave the air with the greatest facility and a motion peculiar to itself. Its widely en tendecl pinions, without any perceptible volition, carry it rapidly past from the ex treme verge of the horizon; whilst its gliding and graceful movements appear to be extended with perfect ease, and to be under the most complete control, whe ther quietly floating in the calmest atmos phere, or riding liie furious blast of the hurricane. Another peculiarity of the al batross, is the shape of the bill, which has many of the characteristics belonging to a bird of prey. It is six inches in length, extending at first in a straight line, and then, suddenly sweeping into a curve, terminates in a most formidable booked point. With this peculiarity of the eagle and falcon, it has the webbed feet, dives ted of claws, so clearly an attribute of the aquatic tribe, and which, with its enor mous breadth of wing, appear to mark it as the exclusive occupant of the cloud and the wave, of the raging blast or hea ving billow; for no sooner does it set foot on the vessel’s deck, than it loses all ma jesty of appearance and grace of motion, staggers awkwardly, like a lubberly lands man, into the lee-scuppers, and, similar to the latter under identical circumstan ces, seeks relief by the same means that follow the application of an emetic. — [Col. Napier's Wild, Sports. Os all the situations on Earth, what j would be more disagreeable than the fol lowing which wc copy from a cotempora i * What an uncomfortable situattion ! A 1 seat on a sofa between two beautiful girls, ] one with blackeyes.jctringlets, and snowy ! nec k—tfie other with soft blue eyes, sun -1 tty |ringlels, red cheeks and lips, both ‘ laughing and talking to you at the same time. H. C. CROSBY, Proprietor. NUMBER 18. THE FROZEN CREW. There are fearful wonders upon the ocean; wonders in the tempest and in the tropical heat, and in the cold ot the frozen seas. Thousands and tens of thousands go down in the deep, anti arc no more seen forever. A more sears ul fate has be fallen a thousand sons of the ocean. Long before the idea of the existence of anew world was contemplated by the Europeans, the northern seas had been traversed in every direction by the daring freebooters of the North, who often bore the titleoi the Kings of the. Sea. They had dis covered Iceland,|and the settlement there formed became an asylum tor the hosts of northern men, who were driven from Scandinavia, by the gtadual approach of Southern civilization. In time, Iceland also sent forth her colonies, and early in the tenth century effected a settlement up on the coast of Greenland. It long lan guished for want of sufficient population; at length, in 9SS, Erick Raude, an Icelan dic chieftain, fitted out an expedition of twenty-five gallics, at Snefell, and having manned them with sufficient crews of col onists, set forth from Iceland, bound to what appeared to .them a more congenial climate. They sailed upon the ocean fif teen days, and they saw no land. The next day brought with it a storm; and many a gallant vessel sunk in the deep. Moun tains of ice covered the waters as far as the e3 T c could reach, and but a few gallies of the fleet escaped destruction. The morning of the seventeenth day was clear and cloudless. The sea was calm, and far away to the north could be seen the glare of the ice fields reflecting on the sk3. The remains of the shattered fleet gnth ed together to pursue their voyage. But the galley of Erick was not with them.— The crew of a galley which was driven farther down than the rest, reported that as the morning broke, the huge fields of ice that had covered the ocean were driv en by the current past them, and that they beheld the galley of Erick Raude, borne by a resistless force, and with the speed of the wind, before a tremendous flake of ice. Her crew had lost all control over Iter —they were tossing their arms in wild ngori3’. Scarcely a moment elapsed ere it was walled in by a hundred ice hills, and the whole mass moved forward and was soon beyond the horizon. That the galley of the narrators escaped was won derful. It remained, however, umontra dicted, and the vessel of Erick Raude was never more seen. Half a century after this, a Danish Col ony was established upon the western coast ofGreemand. The crew of the ves sel that carried (lie colonists thither, in their excursions into the interior, crossed a range of hills that stretched to the north ward; they had approached perhaps near er to the pule than any succeeding adven turers. Upon looking down from the summit of the hills, they beheld a vast, and almost interminable field of ice, undulat ing in various places, and formed into a thousand grotesque shapes. They saw not far from the shore, a figure in an ice vessel, with a glittering icicle in place of a mast rising from it. Curiosity prompt ed them to approach, when they beheld a dismal sight. Figures of men, in every attitude of wo, were upon the deck, but they were icy things. One figure alone stood creel, and with folded arms, leaning against the mast. A hatchet was procur ed and the ice split away, and the fea uresofa chieftain disclosed—pallid and deathly, but free from decay. This was doubtless the vessel, and that figure the form of Erick Raude. Benumbed with cold, and in the agony of despair, his crew had fallen around him. He alone had stood erect while the chill ofdealh passed over him. The spray of the ocean and the fallen sleet had frozen as it lighted up on them, and covered each figure with an icy robe which the short lived glance of a Greenland sun had not time to remove.— The Danes gazed' upon the spectacle with trembling. They knew not but the same might be their fate. They kneeled down upon the deck and muttered a prayer, in their native tongue, for the souls of the frozen crew, then hastily left the place, for the night was fast approaching. From the St. Louts Reveille. A ll ßad Fix" in a Bear Eight. We have a friend residing in the State of Lou isiana, who is famously fond of bear hunt ing. This penchant lias led him into many imminent perils, in some of which, had it not been for his brave heart, strong arm, and eagle eye, he must long since have fallen a victim. One of his adventures, in an extensive canebrake , it is our purpose here to relate; not so much because it was one of danger and hardihood, as because it exhibited the spirit, coolness, and prompt action, so es sential to the hunter of these ‘ varmints.’ These canebrakes are matted together by an undergrowth of vine and briar, and are intersected by running swamp streams so as to render them almost impenetrable. Our friend G— on a liuqt, once near the close of day, had penetrated some dis tance into a canebrake bordering on the Washita, when his dogs—two very valu able ones — ‘•bayed' a magnificent bear! Magnificent we presume, because he was monstrous strong and full of fight. G —, guided by the baying of the dogs, hastened towardr the scene of conflict, so far as it was practicable to hasten, whore you are obliged freqeutly to crawl oil your hands and knees, and, sometimes, to cut your way with your hunting-knife. After considerable difficulty, however, he. ob tained a sight of th« ferocious animal; the f two noble dogs, true to their training, were keeping him in check, though they had been handled very roughly. G— fired as soon as he had obtained his distance and aim, and although the ball took effect, it was not in a vital part. The enraged an imal now sprang upon one of the dogs, and gave the brave creature a mortal wound. G—, exasperated at the sight, for he prized his faithful followers almost as dearly as himself, threw down his gun, drew his knife, and crept into the terrible tight, for, reader, you can’t rush into a fight in a canebrake ! Cautiously he approach ed the foe, until he was near enough, when, upon his knees, and with his arm stretched across the animal he suddenly gave him three deep wounds upon the off or farther side; he knew well that this was his only chance, for the instinct of the animal prompts it always to turn and snap at the quarter from whence it is hurt. ‘The critter’s got more lives than nat’- rally belongs to a bar, any bow,’ ejacula ted G—, as he saw the monster still strong and vigorous, and rending with his tusks, again and again, the body of the tlog, which he held firmly in his embrace. G— gave his unyielding enemy another fear ful wound from the further side, as be fore, when his knife, by a sudden move ment of the hear, slipped frofn his grasp and the brute was upon him! G— ex tended his left arm for the clutch, but in a moment the bear’s tusks were crunching his hand, and, at the same instant, he felt himself in a close hug! This was rather a ‘bad fix.’ G— turned and looked upon his remaining dog, which had previously been of great assistance in attracting the beast’s attention : be said but a word to him—the affectionate creature gave one bound, and had the bear again fast . by the throat. This new attack gave G — his freedom; in an instant he had recovered his weapon, arid i:i another its keen point was buried deep in the brute’s heart! ‘ Prehaps,’ say’s G—, ‘you n,ever did see a bar roll over like that one !’ Our sporting friend has never recovered the free use of his left hand, but he is still a right-handed man in a hunt. As he mo destly expressed himself, 4 1 an’t what I used to was in a bar fight, but when I’m pushed, I’m some 3’et, I reckon.’ We copy from the New York Sun the following letter from Gen. Lamar, on the adoption by the House of Representatives of Congress, of a resolution for the an nexation of Texas. As regards the peo ple of Texas we have no doubt that Gen. Lamar represents truly their feelings on that great and important measure. Washington City, ) January 26, 1845. $ Moses Y. Beach, Esq. Dear Sir, —l congratulate you on the realization of your favorite hope. You were among the first to enter the list for the annexation of Texas, and may fairly rejoice on the almost certain success of that great and American movement.—- The Bill has passed the House of Rep resentatives, in a firm which I have no doubt will be readily accepted by the people of Texas. Although it contains a restriction which Ido not f ully approve of myself, yet its general provisions are just to that country, and honorable to the United States. I cannot believe for a moment, that the Senate will attempt to defeat a measure, which the nation at large has so emphatically pronounced up on, and which is so indispensable to its permanent peace and prosperity. The meeting at Tammany Hall last Friday, judging from newspaper reports, was significant. Ido not recognise it as a.’party movement. It was a voice from the heart of American republicanism, welcoming with generous afleclion, the return of her expatriated kindred, to the maternal embrace of the Union. Texas will respond to the call with filial warmth; for never since she erected her own house hold altar to freedom, has she failed to re member with grateful love, the shrine at which she lit the sacred flame. The ex pressed determination of the American people that no ignominious conditions, no thing which they would refuse, shall be ottered to Texas, is a strong and abiding evidence that the law of equal rights— the soul of" free institutions—rules the popular thought. You will find that it is also supreme in Texas. Though the youngest, she is the real and legitimate sister of the Old Thirteen, and like them, will endure much evil before she will submit to dishonor. Site will not dim the lustre of her Lone Star by either unjust demands or base concessions, any more than the Union would shame her constel lation by taking undue advantage of its power and influence. 1 am glad to see our honorable and* tal ented friend. Ex-Mayor Morris, leading the advance of the republican doctrine of fair equality. It belongs to no party, and proves that he can look be3’ond present expediency, and keep step with the age. He is a man of the people, and does not believe that a blessing loses its value by becoming universal. Those conservatives who expect to regulate the men of to day, by conventions and observances as a herd of unenlightened serfs, and who would arrest the progress of liberal prin ciples and enlarged views, by chaining ihe nation to a narrow and stationary pol icy, will be left in the distance. Republi canism is progressive and all-embracing; and be who cannot comprehend and share its march, ot who would attempt to teach it to make selfish and unequal exclusions, is an alien to its spirit, and must not hope to govern its councils or direct its opera tions. MIRABEAU B. LAMAR. A Voter. —The Providence Gazette asks — 4 If u man gets too lazy to draw his lasi breath,’can he die ?