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AUGUSTA WASHINGTONIAN. §1 jf&MUg 9aq*r * 2&rWPr to mp^nuM^ P fctfrtotiaiiemm m*® 's§SMm&mm& Msmzwm Yol. II No. 33.] i ■ ! ' '-': Cfie fc&’asMiigtoiuan: t *WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY :i mormno, by ' JAJJKS McCAFKERTY, ( At tile lew price »f one dollar per annum, for , ■ a single subscriber, five dollars for a club of six, or ten dollars for a club of twelve sub i scribers — payment , in advance. 1 All Coinaiuiiications, by mail, addressed to the'; publisher, must be post paid to receive atten-'' tion. By the rules of the Post-Office. Depart-j ment, Post masters may frank subscription.' money for Newspapers. Advertisements will be inserted at the follow-■ ing reduced rates; —For one square, not*x-ij cording twelve lines. 50 cents for the first insertion, and twenty-five cents for each con tinuance, if published weekly; if semi-monthly 37J; and if monthly 43f cents, for each con tinuance. 'Yearly advertisers 10 per ct. discount. ~'iViJ3U£LLA\yi£ai;\sj, ' lilt; Dmm or TIIE DKIMiEIt. TUB INFURIATED TIGER. «■ Bound! with one lashing spring, the mighty brute His angry tail ; red rolls hiseje's diluted glow.’’ *• Where his vast neck just roiiigles with the spine, rheathed *i his form the deadly weapon lies/’ Cmiloe Harold’s I’ilorimacici Upon one evening, a party of collegi ans and young bloods ol the town had met together at my room to play and ca-| rouse. In fact it was a regular meeting of the Sad hunters, who assembled twice) in every week. We kept it up jollilyj until midnight, having in that time man aged to get full of Bacchus, when Som ers proposed that wo should sally forth; and astonish the town by some well; planned and well directed piece of mis-! chief. Without any one of us having a very clear conception of our actions or intentions, we hailed the proposition with; drunken rapture and started forth. A travelling menagerie had arrived ini the town the day before, and among the wonders it contained was a young hear.' The poor animal had been so well beaten.! that he became very humble, and ac-[ quired a number ot amusing tricks. Os this we were ail aware, having visited the: inenegerie the day before. Just as wej passed the* spot where the animals were 1 contined, it occurred to mo what rare sport it would bo to capture young Bruin, and place him in the chemical lecture room, to astonish, on the next day, the professors ami the class. No sootier had I made a proposition to; this effect, than it was adopted, and all 1 volunteered their assistance in carrying] it into execution. The tent or pavillion which covered the beasts, was erected ini the great yard of the principal tavern. —i The cages, each containing one or more animals, were iron grated boxes, stand ing on wheels, by means of which they i had been dragged into the town. These) were ranged around the interior of the; tent, forming a circular array of wow:j andiron. Not imagining that any on< . would disturb the animals, the showmen | and keepers had retired to rest along with! the inmates of the tavern, leaving tents, entirely unwatched. Thus we were afforded a clear field in which to) execute our scheme. After several of; our number had been posted as sentinels.! the rest crept in under the canvass, and entered the arena. It was some time before we could, in the deep darkness of the place, identify the cage in which out friend Bruin had been placed to sleep. After stumbling over divers things which lay scattered about, and peering here and there in the dark, vve found the object of •our search. There in a substantial cage, was the dim outline of the animal, his two eyes flashing drops of fire at being aroused from his quiet slumber. The next difficulty that occurred to us was the mode of conveying him to the college, which was several hundred yards distant. Some of the revellers proposed that we should throw a halter around his neck and so drag him along. We reject ed this, not for any personal fear, since we had arrived at that point which makes one oblivious of danger, but lest we should be seen by some late straggler, and have our fun spoiled. A better plan was, after much scheming, devised, and one which met with universal acquiescence. In the tavern yard stood a water hogs head, with a sliding lid fastened by means of a hasp and staple. We had only to roll this in, slide down the box from the ; wheels, open the door immediately in ' front of the hogshead, and drive the ani- i mal in. We could then push down the lid of the cask, secure it by means of a t rope passed through the staples, and roll I oar prisoner and prison-house to the i college. i No sooner was this suggested than we t hastened to put it into execution. The s AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1844. 'cage, with our united efforts, was slid !quietly down from the wheels—Bruin growling alt the time with anger-—the hogshead was rolled in and placed open end in front of the cage and the animal stirred up with our canes. With a ter rific yell he rushed in, and we closed the i lid suddenly down upon him, fastening it ; at the same time in a secure manner. The yell of the bear had roused the other i animals, and our ears were regaled for i jthe next ten minutes, with a variety of 1 hideous sounds, that wakened fearfully ]the sleeping echoes of the night. The animal in the hogshead growled, and his voice came like distant thunder, so dead ening was it by the wood in which he lay. llis fellows had no incumbrance to their : voices, and they howled as clearly as though they had been iu their native for ; est. Fearful of being discovered we remnin jed quiet for a time, holding our ven ] I breathes in suspense. But no one dis turbed, or thought of disturbing us. The l animals often started a chorus of strange |noises during the night, and the keepers thinking nothing unusual to bo the mat- Iter, merely cursed the unruly beasts ior [destroying the unity of their rest, and turning back, went to sleep again. As soon ns quiet was restored, we slit j la hole in the canvass, for we were afraid ito emerge by the aperture which faced the tavern, rolled our hogshead through the yard to the back gate, which we un fastened, and then passing into the road ! jstarted at a quick rate for our spot of des tination. Over and over went the hogs bead, the animal within growling at tke rough treatment he experienced, we near ly convulsed with laughter at the un couthness of the noise he made. At length we reached the hack part of I the college, when one of our party climb ed over the wall and unfastened the gate. We rolled in our prize to the back door (of tho laboratory, which was the place {where our professor of chemistry lectur led. We found that in consequence* of the narrowness of the door, the hogshead would not enter. Such being the case, we were about to start the animal through the open door, when an idea more redo lent of fun struck the fancy of Somers. Back of the lecture room was a small 'apartment containing odds and ends, and I which was not visited perhaps once a ; month. He said rightly, that if we pla [ced Bruin in this apartment, he would inot likely be discovered until sometime [during the lecture of the chemical pro jlessor, when the noise he w’ould be apt 'to make attracting attention, the plot I would readily be brought to a crisis. We ijoined our strength, and, upon our shoul- Itiers, up went the hogshead, until it was 'placed on a level with the window A jiight young fellow, the smallest of the [party, climbed up, hoisted the window,! [and siided up the lid of the cask. We shook the hogshead violently, but at first Ho no purpose. The animal was tho j roughly frightened, and lay still, or with !only an occasional growl. We shook it; | again and he started. There was but one possible mode of progression, which was straight forward—and the brute gave! a spring through the window. There) was a crash of glass, a howl, and the ter-1 rifled animal, crouching in the corner,] remained silent. Our little companion closed the sash and leaped down. Wc rolled the hogshead up into a corner of the yard, and, returning to our rooms, continued our revelry till near day-light. It was about noon when I awoke. I hurried on my clothes, passed a wet towel round my head, swallowed some soda water, and afterwards a cup of coffee, and then hastened to the college. It was the hour of the professor of chemistry, and I entered the room just as he had commenced to descant upon his subject. The class were all wrapped in attention— for the lecturer was an able man, and was treating upon “Light,” a matter of interest, and capable of beautiful illustra tion. He had scarcely finished his short and eloquent exordium, before we heard a crash of bottles, and a low, startling [ growl in the next room. The professor ( started, and stopped a moment, while ( those ofthe class not in the secret, looked | at each other in astonishment. There was a pause of a few seconds’ duration— ' and then the professor proceeded. I began to feel alarmed. I remember- j ed what had been done the night before. Under ordinary circumstances, there was no danger to be apprehended. The bear was tame enough, and had been whipped 1 until he had imbibed a proper sense ofthe s superiority of mam- But from the sounds, \ • I judged that Bruin had worked himself into the room, only separated from us by 1 a thin partition full of w indows, in which were kept the various drugs used in illus trative experiments. There were a great many carboys and bottles of acid in that room. Should he overset any of these, i and their contents touch his skin, he i would be apt to break through the win dows of the apartment, and do some mis chief before we could secure him. the looks of my companions, I saw. they entertained the very same fears. There was another crash and growl.— The professor stopped again, and the class looked around in dismay. Those who were acquainted with the cause of the noise, could scarcely keep their coun tenances. In spite of the alarm under which they labored, there was something so ludicrous in the growl, especially when we figured to ourselves the coming consternation of the class, that they could! hardly refrain from laughing outright. The professor who could not exactly tell from whence tho sound proceeded, and thought it a trick of the class, reproved them severely, and then coutinncd his lecture. “ Gentlemen,” said he, prepar ing for a brilliant experiment, -“1 will show you a most startling effect,” Anti he did. Hark! there was a sud den crash, as if every bottle in the place had been destroyed at once—a smoke rose tip —there was a terrific howl, that made the blood curdle and the marrow 1 brill—and, through that frail glass— Father of Truth! we had mistaken the cage—there leapt forth infuriated with the burning liquid, which streamed over him—horror!—an untamed royal tiger. No words can describe the consterna tion o£the class. Not one stirred. Pet . rifled by horror—motionless—breathless —there we sat. Not a muscle quivered, so rigid were we with our intense fear. It was our preservation. Maddened with the pain, the animal rushed on with ter rific bounds, and, meeting with no obstacle passed down the stairs into the great hall. There, as he leaped and rolled, and howl ed in his agony, the eldest daughter of our janitor, coining with a message, un wittingly entered. She screamed and fell. The tiger, frantic with the acid, which was eating to his very flesh, heed ed her not. On he passed, and the girl [lived. Better had she died, for never more shone the light of reason on her vacant eyes. From that day forth, she was a gibbering incurable idiot. On passed the tiger—on ! on ! on ! through the streets, with the populace flying to every side for shelter—past his old prison, where the keepers stood won dering at his escape—ou he went, bound after bound, howling, screaming with agony. On he went, while behind, be fore, and around, rose up the mingled cry of men, women and children—“ The tiger! the tiger!” At the extremity of the main street, a traveller was riding quietly to his home. 'He heard the noise behind him, and, {casting his eyes around, saw the cause. Ho spurred his horse, who started snort ing with terror, for he saw the coming of the mighty animal as well as his master. ;It was in vain. The tiger noted not the [man. He saw only the terrified steed. One leap—the distance was just saved— and ho struck his claws into the hind [quarters of the horse, who, unmindful of , his double burthen, rushed on, bearing the fearful load as though it were a fea ther’s weight. The man received no hurt. With the presence of mind and coolness most determined—for it resulted from despair—he drew his bowie-knife from his bosom, and, with a firm stroke, buried it to the hilt in the neck of the tiger. The spinal marrow of the reval brute was severed and he died on the in stant. But he did not release his hold. Still, with the death-grip, he clung to his place, his eyes glassed and glaring, and his claws sunk deep into the flesh. On went the horse, snorting, plunging, and screaming in mingled pain and terror— on he went, until exhausted by fatigue i and loss of blood he fell prostrate. Those ; who catne that way an hour after, cau- < tiouslyand timidly, saw the three stretch- ■ ed together. They watched awhile and t found they did not move. They stole r up—!o the horse and tiger were dead, and over their lifeless forms was the traveller, insensible, though alive, and still grasp ing in his hand the friendly knife. a —, c Thrilling Incident. s In 1787 Wheeling was beseiged by a v large army of British and Indians. So’J sudden was the attack made tjia.t. no Jime r was afforded for preparation. The fort c « at the time of the assault, was command-! ed hy Col. Silas Zane, the senior officer 1 who was in a blockhouse some 50 or 100; yards outside of the .wall. The enemy made several desperate assaults to break into the lort, but on every onset they were driven bacly. The ammunition for the defence of the fort was deposited in the blockhouse, and the attack was made so suddenly and unexpectedly that there was no time to remove it. On the, after noon of the second day of the seige, the powder in the fort was nearly exhausted, and no alternative remained but that some jonc must pass through the enertiy’s fire iio the blockhouse tor powder. When! Silas Zane made the proposition to the 1 men, to see if any one would undertake the hazardous enterprise, at first all were; silent. After looking at each other for! sometime, a young man stepped forwardj jand said he would run the chance. Im-| : mediately half a dozen offered their ser vices in the dangerous enterprise. While they were disputing about who should go, Elizabeth, sister of the ZanesJ came forward and declared she would go for the powder. Her brother thought she would flinch from the enterprise, but he was mistaken. »She had the intrepidity to dare and the fortitude to bear her up in the heroic risk of life. Her brother then tried to dissuade her from the at tempt by saying a man would be more fleet, and consequently would run less risk of losing his life. She replied that they lmd not a man to spare from the de : fence of the fort, and if she should fall, she would scarcely ho missed. She then di -1 vested herselfof such of her clothing as would impede her speed, and ran till she arrived at the door of the blockhouse, where her brother, Col. Zane, hastened to receive his intrepid sister. The Indi ans, when they saw her bound forth, did not fire a gun, but called aloud, ‘ Squaw, squaw, squaw!' When she had told her brother the errand on which she came, he took a table-cloth and fastened around her waist, and poured into it a keg of powder, she then sailed back to the fort with all the buoyancy of hope. The mo ment she was outside of the block-house the whole of the enemy’s line poured a leaden storm at her hut the halls went whistling by without doing her any in jury. She afterwards married a Mr. Clairville, of Ohio. Woman. Great indeed is the task assigned to woman. Who can elevate its dignity ? who can exaggerate its importance ? Not to make laws, not to lead armies, not to govern empires, but to form those by whom laws are made, and armies led. and empires governed ; to guard from the slightest taint of possible infirmity the frail creature, whose moral, no less than his physical being, must be derived from her; to inspire those principles, to inculcate those doctrines, to animate those sentiments, which generations yet unborn, and nations yet uncivilized, shall learn to bless; to soften firmness into mercy, to chasten honor into refinement, to exalt generosity iuto virtue; by her soothing cares to allay the anguish of the body, and the far worse anguish of the mind ; by her tenderness to disarm pas sion; by her purity to triumph over sense; to cheer the scholar sinking under his toil; to console the statesman for the ingratitude of a mistaken people ; to be the compensation for hopes that are blighted, for friends that are perfidious, for happiness that has passed away. Such is her vocation—the couch ofthe tortured sufferer, the prison ofthe deserted friend, the scaffold of the godlike patriot, the cross of a rejoiced Saviour; these are the theatres on vvtuch her greatest tri umphs have been achieved. Such is her destiny—to visit the forsaken, to attend to the neglected ; amid the forgetfulness of myriads to remember—amid the exe crations of multitudes to bless; when monarchs abandon, when counsellors be tray, when justice persecutes, when breth ren and disciples fly, to remain unshaken and unchanged ; and exhibit on this low er world, a type of that love—pure, con sfant, and ineffable —which in another world we are taught to believe the best reward of virtue.— Blackwood's Mag. 1 Cleanliness. ( Cohbett says, a yellow-white cravat or a shirt, on a man, speaks at once the \ character of his wife : and he assured that - she will not take with your dress pains t which she has not taken with her own. \ The manner in putting on the dress is r no ba,d foundation Jjst judging"; if if heir carelessly, slovenly—if it do not fit pro-!i [One Dollar a Year. - perlv. No matter for its mean quality— mean as it may be, it may be neatly and trimly put on, and if it be not, take care * of yourself, for you will, still find to your cost, a sloven in one thing is a sloven in all things. Oh! how much do women lose by inattention to these matters.-?- Men, in general say nothing about it to their wives, but think about it; they envy their luckier neighbors, and in numerous cases, consequences the most serious arise from this apparently trifling cause. Beau tv is valuable—it is one of the ties, and a strong tie, too, that however, cannot last jto an old age, but the charm of cleanli jness never ends but with life itself. [Boston Bee. *o Effort Fruitless. j My firm belief in the moral government of the world will not suffer me to think that any good effort is ever entirely lost, :or that any strenuous and honest endeavor to improve the condition of man is ulti 11mutely made in vain. One eflort may jSeeny insulated and inefficacious, oneen i flea'or may appear servile and fruitless, . but many make an aggregate that is al . wu 3' s sooner or later productive of a cor ; responding benefit. The moral and phy ) > '^ ,, l world will furnish abundant evidence , of this cheering and salutary truth.— Rev. 11. Fell owes. Bacon. ■ As the season is at hand for putting up t Pork and making Bacon, a few practical ■ hints in relation to the best modes will : not be out of place. 1. Kill your hogs as early as the sca ? son will admit. By this course, the Ba : conjwill be completely cured before warm • Weather, and will be sounder and better, i than if'deferred later. • 2. In cutting out, take off the head ■ first as near the ears as practicable, lay , the hog on the back, rut the ribs from ' both sides of the back bone, then halve ; lhe hog, :in(l hike out all the ribs and . hack bone. Next cut the midlings out as near the ham and shoulder as convenient. ( Trim off all the lumps and corners of fat lor lard, and the slices tor sausage meat. ' Take oti' the feet above the knees and i hocks, and put them with the heads for 1 soucc. :i. Let all cool one night, and you are ready lor salting. Prepare a level sur face at least four feet square, for rubbing. Then measure out a bushel and a half of salt to a thousand pounds of pork. Some J persons use about a pound of salt petre to ; ‘t thousand of pork, but the utility of this 1 practice is much doubted. The better 1 plan, in our estimation, is to pulverise about a half pound of red pepper with every two bushels of salt: In salting, rub the skin side first, then on the flesh side, till every part has an abundance. | Lay down your midlings, and joints to I themselves in a cool place. A level sur -1 face is best, and as each piece is laid ! flown, let salt be sprinkled on till it is 1 covered. 5. If the weather is favorable, in four ' or five weeks, the meat should be taken i up, the salt washed off, and the hanging commence. Let every piece be hung as it grew on the hog; that is, the big end ' of midlings and joints should be upper most. See that the house is tight, and ' that the meat is not touching. r 6. The smoking may now begin. If J convenient use green hickory wood, and the smoking should continue constant, ; four or five weeks and all is finished. In > damp weather, however, a little smoke 1 will prevent mould, and prove beneficial •at any season. Frequently the bacon is > taken down and packed in salt, bran, or ' ashes, to prevent the depredationsof flies; : but this is unnecessary, if the house is ■ dark, so that flies cannot be comfortable I within. — Nashville Agriculturalist. i To Remove Grease Spots from, Silk, Ape- —Take the yolk of an egg, entirely i free from the white, mix it with a little warm water, (be sure not to scald the egg,) and with a soft brush apply the mixture and rub it on the spot until the grease appears removed or loose. Wash off the egg with moderately warm water, and finally rinse off the whole with clear cold water. Should not all the grease be removed, .which may arise from being on a long time, or not sufficiently washed” drv and repeat the operation. Some years ago, I was in company with a lady who wore a splendid Merino shawl, and in passing the wheel of a car riage, she got her shawl badly smeared with tar and grease. I saw she was much mortified at the accident, and I im mediately applied the above remedy, and in a lew minutes all was sunshine again.