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Catching a Shark at Sea.
“ A shark along side, sir !” exclaimed
Hen Hatchway, one bright morning,
while at work seizing a ratlin on the
mizen rigging of the ship Evening Star,
when on her passage from Batavia to
Boston, in the doldrum latitudes, near
the equator.
Old Captain Kelson was lazily pacing
the quarter-deck, with his hands in his
beckcts, and whisteling lillebullerno, for
a breeze. “ A shark !” exclaimed the
Captain. “ A shark alongside! Where
is lie, Ben ? Where is the rascal ?”
“ Close aboard, sir, just beneath the i
outer end of the weather bumpkin—and
a noble fellow he is, too.”
“ I see him now,” said the skipper;
“ his hack-fin is a foot out of the water — !
and he is twelve feet long if he is an ;
inch. Hallo, Mr. Stanchell, muster flic ,
men aft here, and bring (lie shark-hook !” ■
“Aye, aye, sir,” replied the mate, in '
a clear, animated voice. “Go aft, men, j
and stand by to rouse in a shark!”
“There he is,” exclaimed Bill Rol
lins, “just beneath the surface of the
water —a lazy-looking, sulky loafer—a
huge, over-grown, regular-built sealaw
yer.”
“Aye,” said Ned Butler, “and if he
could get you for a client, Bill, he’d soon
serve you out as neatly as any of his
brethren on shore.”
“Cook,” exclaimed the Captain, “hand
along a piece of beef; we must give him
something to keep him alonside until the
ho ik is ready.”
“ Aye, aye, sir,” bawled out the dar
key ; and m less than a minute all hands
were on the quarter deck, grinning with
delight, eager to assist in the capture of
the shark and anticipating glorious sport.
“ Where is that shark-hook. Mr. Stan
ched ? Bear a hand with that shark- i
hook, or he will sheer off' before we arc J
ready for him, and I wouldn’t lose him i
for five hundred dollars!” exclaimed the
excited skipper. “Throw overboard a I
piece of beef. That’s your sort, Ned. j
He sees it—lie’s after it. There he
turns over and shows the white of his
belly. He’s got it—lie’s swallowed it,
and now the rascal is licking his chops,
and, like the half-starved workhouse boy,
is asking for more.”
“Them fellows are always hungry,”
said Bill Rollins to Alec Fuller, “I nev
er saw one yet (hat hadn’t a swept hold,
ready for a full cargo.”
“ Yes,” replied Alec, “ and they are
not particular neither about their diet—
salt junk or curried fowl, pigs or poultry,
a sailor or a landsman, a white man or
a negro —it’s all one to them—one bite, j
a crunch, a gulp, and down be goes. I !
wonder if the scoundrels are never trou- I
bled with dispepsy!”
In the meantime, Mr. Stanchell had j
found the sharkhook in the tool chest. It
was a huge piece of iron, near.y half an
inch in diameter, fashioned by a black
smith into the shape of a hook, and barb
ed. To the hook an iron chain two or
three feet in length was attached, with a
view to disappoint any shark that might
be hooked, in his attempts to bite otf the
line- To the chain? was fastened a stout
inch rope, leading from the waist; the
hook was then baited with some half a
dozen pounds of salt beef—and every
thing being ready, Captain Kelson gent
ly lowered the daintf morsel into the wa
ter.
The shark, which had become an ob
ject of great interest to the crew of the !
Evening Star, had dropped gradually
astern, and was now a few fathoms off,
directly in the wake, and the ship was
moving sluggishly along at the rate of a
couple of knots.
“There he comes! there he comes!”
exclaimed Mr. Stanchell, standing on the
taffrel.
“ I see him,” said the Captain, paying
cut a little more rope, “The hook will
soon be fixed in his jaws. Stand by
there, men, to haul the fellow in, but see
that the end of the rope is well fast.”
“ Aye, aye, sir, aye, aye, sir,” respon
ded the men in the waist.
The shark sniffed at the beef—he
seemed to like it—and throwing himself
on with an adroit and not iw
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graceful movement, caught it in his pon
derous jaws, and the Captain gave him
a little more rope, the well baited shark
hook disappeared within the frightful
cavity.
Capt. Kelson, his eyes sparkling with
delight, and every feature radient with
intense gratification, shouted. “ Now.
I’ve got him!” and gave a sudden and
emphatic pull. The monster was firmly
hooked, and the captain called out to the
men, who hud hold of the rope in the
waist, to haul in. But this wns more
easily said than done. A shark is a re
markably strong and muscular fish, and
this one began to suspect that something
was wrong. He got his head in a direc
tion at right angles with the wake of the
ship, and made a bold push to escape.—
Although some half dozen strong men
had hold of the rope, their efforts for
some minutes were fruitless. The sea
monster jerked the rope from their hands
without ceremony, regardless of the blis
tors which might thus be produced in
their pal ii)9, and had it not been tor the
wise precaution of making the end of
the rope fast to a ringbolt, he would have
gone off in triumph, carrying the hook
and rope with him as the trophies ol war !
As it was, however, the old fellow was
brought up all standing, which seemed
to perplex and annoy him not a little,
and he struggled and threshed about in
the water at a great rate. llis desper
ate efforts to escape, however, were un
successful. The rope attached to the
hook was passed through a snatch-hlock,
and all hands took hold and bowsed a
way right merrily, and in spite of the
remonstrances and struggles of the in
dignant shark, at such coercive measures,
he was soon dragged alongside the lee
gangway—the hook still fast in his jaws,
and his nose fairly hoisted out of the
water.
It was feared, however, (lint the hook
might not be strong or slid’ enough to
bear the whole of his weight. A bow
line, or slip noose, was therefore made
and pas-fd down carefully over Ins head,
and led alt towards his tail, where it was
drawn tight. The shark might then be
liiirly considered a prize, he was firmly
secured head and tail. A tackle was
then rove at leisure and hitched on to the
ropes, and he was on board, amid
loud shouts and rejoicings !
This shark measured about eleven feet
in length, and being very compactly built
must have weighed at least a thousand
pounds. But such <arge sharks, espe
cially when alive, are unpleasant com
panions on board ship, as was soon ascer
tained by the crew of the Evening Star.
He took possession of the whole of
the waist, between the spare spars and
the lee gunwale, aid (lapped about at a
great rate —lashing with Iris tail, and ex
hibiting feats of n. ijs-udar strength,
which were actually astnnv hiiig. lie
absolutely resisted all attempts which
Mr. Stanchell made to stun him by a
blow on the head with the cook’s axo.—
He also manifested nothing of a forgiv.
ing spirit, hut on the contrary exhibited
a most violent temper, and an apparent
wish to inflict all possible injury upon his
captors. The ropes, which were knock
ed down from the belaying pins, in llie
rumpus, and lay scattered about then
decks stood a poor chance. The infurin o
ted monster would seize a two inch ro| I
in his teeth, and with one motion of H I
massive jaws, sever it as clean and eff- 1
lively, as could be done by a boatsw n '
with a rigger’s knife. He also seizi a 1
spare topmast, near the centre, ailUh \
out a piece, which spoiled the beiy/ »
the stick, and much diminished ir/ usc * >
fulness. / *
Bill Rollins, however, finally /ececd- ■
cd after several attempts, in tlirMing a
tough hickory handspike down V> throat,
and he was kept tolerably stillymtil Mr.
Stanchell had an opportunity t/g''’* 3 h' m
: the coup de grace, by stickj/g an axe
into his brain. /
From the Auburn (N. Y.)/ournal.
A Monster Revolting Atten/t tj Murder.
Some men have sing»ar modes of
showing their love and attachment to
their wives—but it seems to us that one
of the clearest exhibit ims of oddity in
this respect manifested /tself in Genoa,
one of the southern toms cf this coun
ty. As the matter cones to us upon the
most unquestionable Authority, it is as
follows: /
Oil the evening Wednesday, the
sth inst., a Mr. Loifenzo Patrick, who,
by the way, has be/n considered a very
AUGUSTA, GA. APRIL, 12, 1845.
good, kind sort of a man, and who was
t never known (as she declares) to say a
cross word to his wife, nor to do a diso
i bliging thing—after having assisted her
jin getting their two children asleep
i went into the woodhouse, as was his wont,
i to bring in an armful or two of wood.
While out, however, he called to bis
I wife to come into the woodhouse, as a
ben bad got into the well, and be wished
: I her assistance in getting it out. After
I I some little effort. bv lowering ;he buck
• ct, in the hope that the fowl would thus
■ jhe induced to cling to the rope nr buck-
Net, he called her to see what she could
; do. She accordingly took hold of the
. rope, he at the same time standing hy
! the windlass—and while she was loanin'*
■ over the curb, he, without uttering a
i word, caught her by the feet and threw
• her over head first into the well—which
■ is not tar from 25 feet deep, the water
i coming up within some 4 feet of the
■ platform. When she went into the wa
iter she did not let go the. rope, hut went
> down the length of it, and then came up
r the rope, and got out of the water with
• | her feet upon the stone, and screamed
; I for help.
! ; The monster then got a light, (the one
<! which they had having been put out when
1 she went into the well,) and next took a
, hoard and undertook to jam her dow n in
i to the water. She said, “ Lorenzo, for
- God’s sake, don’t murder me!” and he
. replied, “I wont.” He then got over
1 into the curb and let himself down so as
, to put his liet on her legs, and tried to
- push her feet from the stone on which
> they were placed. Now she clenched
- liist hold of his pantaloons, and by his
, help raised herself so that site got out of
; the curb. At i his same time, begot out
. of the well, and taking his knife, cut off
i the rope which lie supposed she was still
holding on—as he says lie never saw her
l come out of the well. After she got out
> she ran to the nearest neighbor’s and
■ gave the alarm.
> Mrs. Patrick is a woman of very del
, iente health; they have bceft married
i about five years; arc not far from 28
■ and 50 years of ago ; have two children,
• the youngest about nine months old ; and
! have always borne good characters'.
Patrick was arrested, but made his es-
I cape on the Sunday night following, and
is yet at large. From every attending
! circumstance, it appears to be one of the
l most deliberate, cold-blooded transuc.
1 tions of which we have ever heard. For
• some weeks before, he had been very
busy in collecting debts, hut has scarcely
• been known to pay a farthing on any
hill presented. No doubt is felt that the
foul deed attempted has been long pre-
I meditated.
Hydrophobia. —We clip the follow ing
i from a Morristown, New Jersey paper :
“Any person can be cured of the bite
i of a mad dog hy applying to Dr. Oliff
No. 6, Bowery, New York, at any time
■ before hydrophobia shows itself, any in
| formation can he had on the subject by
• calling on Johnathan Nixon, two miles
1 i|bove Morristown.
• N. I». Keep the wound open as much
•' iWsihle. S. ALLISON.”
5 believe that the worthy doctors
’ nave l V'ki the secret, “Keep die wound
°P en as much as possible.” We believe
that most j be cascs 0 f hydrophobia
have arisen % From healing the wound.—
In seine 'criV iai} hospitals they have been
very j n j >reV enting hydropho.
hia In linmediV.jtely washing the wound
with cloucle of j eV) sa |t an( | water,,
&c., and then Cil Werizing it with a hot j
iron—-an open 111 uming sore has been
thus kept lor (llfec monihs
without any svmf)loms> _
Locking the }n t[)e * , em bv
healing the wound,- w , he causc of j, y .
drophobia. — N. 1. Sun\
Great Copper mifcouy a ~p ariß .
A vast deal of interest . cxci .
ted in Pans by the near ' cornp | e)ion of
an immense balloon of c. which
has been so far to , )c px
hibited to the public. M. >\ r( .v M ~,r e
is the artiste of this great \ wor U; a*., j
considerable importance is n '%tached by
scientific persons to the refill,
viz: the employment of this fjLnlloo in
the determination of electric { JLpd mg
netic phenomena. In this easily-TyjAr
ago will introduce the tolhe
French Institute. 3 .1 \r
The ballon is entirely confofjpoh of
; sheets of copper, the 20th an
inch in thickness; it is about jteni) - ards
in diameter, weighs SOOpoundip, aid will
1 -so Aj \
[No. 3D j
| contain 100 pounds of the hydrogen gas.
M. Marev Monge states, that by its use
he shall he enabled to steer through the
air, bv a system which he has already de
veloped in a memoir submitted to the
French Academy. He maintains, that
by substituting copper for silk he shall be
able altogether to prevent the escajie of
the gas, so that the gsronaii* may remain
in the air for any length of time; and
thus he enabled to study the atmospheric
current better that he could do during
such ascents as have been made in silk
balloons. Again, by keeping the cop
per balloon for a longer time in the at
mosphere, and connecting it with the
earth by a metal wire, M. Mare v Monge
expects to conduct the electrical matter
from the clouds, and thus prevent the for
mation of hail, which is so destructive to
agriculture. — N. Y. Gazelle.
Ilow they get Tar aiut Turpentine.
The principal pursuit of the inhabit
ants in many places near the sea coast of
the Southern States, Ls that of getting
turpentine. It is made from the pines
which there abound, almost to the ex
clusion of every other forest tree. Ma
ny persons have no other means of live
lihood than this employment, especially
those of the poorer classes.
As soon as the sap beging to run in
the season, a notch is made near the
root of the tree, to catch the turpentine.
This is called boxing the tree Then it
is dipped out, generally with a simple
gourd, into buckets, which are emptied
into the barrels on the spot. These are
ready for market as soon ns they are
filled.
Another small portion of the tree is
(lien pared off, and the sap descends free
ly into these receptacles. Under this
operation a pine will usually live for six
or seven years, and is used in this manner
until it is thus deprived of its hark and a
small portion of its trunk, to the height!
of ten or fifteen feet.
One man. it is calculated, will attend
to 7000 boxes in n season, and will col
lect from i()0 to 100 barrels of turpen
tine in a year.
Tl»e old trees, when they can yield no
more turpentine, are cut up into small
pieces, and then piled in heaps to make
tar, which is only turpentine heated and
smoked. The whole is then covered
carfullv with dirt, and a smothered fire
is kept up beneath. As the wood slowly
burns out, the tar runs from beneath into
gutters prepared for its reception.
While burning the kiln is carefully
watched, day and night. One hundred
barrels of tar are usually made at one
burning. When the kiln is burned out,
the charcoal still remains from the wood,
and becomes also an article of use and
value.
IJow wisely are the provisions of Prov
idence adapted to the use of man !
Thus pine, growing as it does on the
poorest of lands, affords support to thou
sands of persons.
Ilow useful is the tree! It produces
the turpentine, and, when worn out for
this purpose, tar and coal are obtained
from it; from the wood are made also
the barrels to convey the tar and turpen
tine to market. The whole process is
carried on in the very forests where na
ture has planted this beautiful tree.
The road in these regions often runs
for miles through these pine woods ; and
I know of no sight more singular than
for the eye to rest upon these trees, thus
rising up on every hand, and naked and
stripped for many feet from the ground.
In their resemblance, the imagination
pictures many things. I have often be
held them silent and majestic, and
thought they resembled an immense ar
my drawn out in columns, and at rest.
At night, especially by clear moonlight,
the scene becomes impressive. There,
they stand, naked, and white, and solemn,
like the tomb-stones of some vast grave
yard, impressing the mind with serious
and profitable reflections.
Spirit of Dove.
Beyond all question, it is the unalter
able constitution of nature, that there is
eflicacy, divine, unspeakable efficacy in
‘-e. The exhibition of kindness has
* , t ‘\wer to bring even irrational ani
maisin. su foj eC (j on , Show kindness to
a dog, atm w jjj rem , niber it; he will
be gratelul; h, w j|j jnfalliby return love
for lo\e. Show i--,(j neS g | 0 a lion, and
you can lead him by r., mane . you can
thrust your hand into his Uj-ilUh ; vou can
melt the untamed ferocity- Q f his heart!
into affection stronger than dcaqh. In j
all of God’s and unbouncJcu fe*ea.
vvAsniKCToxiArr
! TOTAL ABSTINENCE PLEDGE.
,
J We, whose names are hereunto an
-1 nexejl, desirous of forming a Sncii tv for
l our mutual benefit, and to guard against
a pernicious practice, which is injurious
, to our health, standing and families, do
ph iige ourselves as Gentlemen, not to
drink any Spirituous or Malt l.iquors,
| Wine or Cider.
tion, there is not a living and sentient be
ing, from the least to the largest, not one,
not even tiie outcast and degraded ser
pent, that is insensible to acts of kind
ness, If love such as our blessed Sa
viour manifested, could bo introduced in
| to the world and exert its appropriate do
j minion, it would restore a state of things
more cheering, far brighter than the falm,
lons age oi gold; it would annihilate ev
ery sting; it would pluck every poison
ous tooth ; it would hush every discor
dant voice. Even the inanimate crea
tion b:, not insensible to this divine influ
ence. ihe hud and flower and fruit put
j forth most abundantly and beautifully
I where the hand of kindness is extended
for their culture. And if this blessed in
fluence should extend itself over the
earth, a moral garden of Eden would ex
ist in every land; instead of the thorn
and briar, would spring up the fig-tree
and myrtle; the desert would blossom
and the solitary place be made glad.—
Upham.
A Courtship —Uncle Sam’s corres
pondent, Solomon Piper, thus describes a
courtship Down East:
It seems from that, that arter the old
folks was gone he didn’t say nothin’, but
jest sot a syin’ and groniu’ as if he was
:in great distress, enough to break the
l heart of a stun, till Miss Ofeliatook pity
on his sufferings and axed him woodent
he take some peppermint drops, thinkin’
he had the kawlic, or may he sumthin’
wus. And then down he went on his
inarro’ bones and told her it wassent the
stumick ake but the heart ake he had,
and nobody but she could cure him.—
And then he swore a dreadful oath that
he’d do sumthin’ desperate, if she wod*
dent have him.
Wall, what do you think the gal dun ?
blushed all manner of kullers and sed
slic’d consider on’t ? or told him she’d
no idea of changing her sitivation?—
No such thing. She looks him right in
the fnis and aaca him. sez she, “Master
Grub, does pour mother know you're out?”
A man never rises bv drinking. If he
begins to drink in the low grogshop he
does not ascend to the fashionable saloon,
with its pavement of marble, its walls of
mirrors, its brilliant chandeliers, its silver
goblets and delicious wines. But he who
begins in that saloon descends to the stew
and kennel. Let moderate drinkers
| hear this in mind.
Judging from Appearances.
A good story is told of a Yankee edi
tor, in illustration of the foilv of judging
from appearances. A person dressed in
a suit of home-spun clothes, stepped in
to a house in Boston on some business,
where several ladies were assembled in an
inner room. One of the company re
marked in a low tone, that a country,
man was in waiting, and they agreed to
have some fun. The following dialogue
ensued.
‘You’re from the country I suppose?’
‘Yes, I’m from the country.’
‘ Well, sir, what do you think of the
city?’
‘ It’s got a tarnal sight of houses in it.’
‘I expect there are a great many la
dies where you come from.’
‘ Oh, yes, a woundy sight; jist for all
the world like them,’ pointing to the la
dies.
‘ And you are quite a beau among
them, no doubt.’
‘ Yes, I beaus ’em to meetin’ and about.’
‘May be the gentleman will take a glass
of wine,’said one of the company.
‘Thankee, don’t care if I do.’
* But you must drink a toast.’
‘ I eats toasts, what aunt Debby makes
it. but as to drinking I never seed the
like.’
What was the surprise of the compa
ny to hear the stranger speak clearly as
follows:
‘Ladies and Gentlemen—Permit mt
to wish you health and happiness with
every other blessing the earth can af
ford, and I advise you to hear in mind,
that wo are often deceived by appear
ances. You mistook me, by my dress
for a country booby; from the same
cause, these men were gentlemen. The
deception was mutual. I wish you a
good evening.’
- fc,
Jf the devil were to lose his tail where
would he go to get a one 1 Do you give
it up? To the dram shops where they
re-tail bad spirits.