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PUBLISHED EVERV SATURDAY, BY j JAMES McCAFFEBTT, MicisrojH-STarET, orrojiTE mu office. Terms of Paper. —For a single copy, one year, Two Dollars: for six copies, Ten Dollars : for thirteen copies, T wen ty Dollars, payasile in advance. Advertisements will be inserted at 50 cents per square fir the first insertion, and 25 cents for each con'inuance — Twelve lines to constitute a square. A liberal deduction to yearly advertisers. r~j* No letters taken fro.n the Post Office unless postage free. Officers Augusta IV. T. A Society. Dr. DAN'IEL HOOK, Presiue.vt. Rev. VV.VI. J. HARD, I “ C. S. DOD. > Vice Presidents ' HAWKINS HUFF, Esq. A WM. HAINES, Jr. Secretary. L. D. LALLERSTED T, Treasurer. 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 AUGUSTA WASHINGTONIAN. A WEEKLY PAPER: DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, AGRICULTURE, Sc MISCELLANEOUS READINGS. ivol. III.] 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.