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from lltc (iA}'nl‘‘n) Oi-ntUrnon's Magazifa
History of the Hiitlsti Possessions in the
Knst Indies;
dt n. m. m iiitis, i:»a.
The author lias comprised much interesting and
valuable information in a small compass. He has
commenced with an account of the rise nntl pro
gress of the lirilish power in India, the conquest
of the territories under the presidency of Dcngal,
with the wars with Bcindiah, Ilolkar, and the
Burmese conquests ; then follows an account of
the Madras presidency, and the wars with Hyder
and Tippo; theßombay presidency, and the Mah
ratta confederacy ; concluding with the stipendia
ry princes and the subsidiary slates. The civil
and political history being thus closed, the author
enters into the subject of the phi/sical aspect of
India, its geography, rivers, mountains, ami geol
ogy, climate, and natural productions ; ho then
gives a short statislieal view of the population,
and the character and distinguishing features of
the people, llinir appearance and stature; and, last
ly. enumerates the varieties of languages used in
India, with theirfiliation. The work is very well
written, and very interesting; though the nature
of it, as an abridgement, has prevented the author
entering, as wc could have wished, more into the
details of the policy of our different statesmen and
governors, and of the brilliant and scientific, cam
paigns of our commanders. We should have
contented ourselves with thus giving our opinion
of the work, as specimens from it would not serve
to display its merits, which consist in the general
distribution, management, and arrangement of the
materials, affirding much information in a small
compass, and adjusting the quantity to the im
portance of the subject; but wo have been 100
much interested in the account of the Jugglers,
not to lay before our readers some specimens of
their unaccountable dexterity; which, appearing
like the fables of a dream, or visions of the fancy,
arc real ami authentic, and, therefore, form a cu
rious chapter in the history of the human mind
and its achievements. We no more pretend to
account for these marvelous performances than
the writers who have witnessed and recorded them;
hut we may rein irk, that undoubtedly they arc
based on this fact, that the power of muscular
movement in Hie limbs can be acquired, of such
quickness that the ei/r is far 100 slow to keep puce,
with if : this hnng the case, ami as an image
remains on the retina after the both/ bus been re
moved, Ihe ci/e. aud‘ r such ccleri/// of change pre
sented lo it, has not the capacity of such accurate
v 'sion as will enable it to detect the imposition.
But such marvelous quickness can only arise from
the greatest possible flexibility of limbs allowing
such rapid and invisible movement; and, accord
ingly, sucli feats are only performed by the natives
of the East, the stiff and muscular make of the
European body not allowing any thing like a near
approach to the power required. We shall now
transcribe some of these details.
“One of the men. taking a large carthcrn ves
sel with a cap ieiuus mouth, filled it with water,
and turned it upside down, when all the water
flowed out, hut the moment it was placed with
the mouth upward, it always became full. He
then emptied it, allowing any one to inspect it
who chose. This being done, he desired that
one of the party would fill it. His request was
obeyed. Still, when he reversed the jar, not a
drop of water flowed, and upon turning it, to our
astonishment, it was empty. Those, and similar <
deceptions, were several times repeated ; and so r
skilfully were they managed, that although any j
of us that chose were allowed to upset the vessel
when full, which I did many times, upon rovers- v
ing it, no water to he seen, and yet no appearance. i
of any having escaped. 1 examined the jar care- *
fully when empty, but detected nothing which
could lead In a discovery of the mystery. 1 was
allowed to retain and fill it myself, still, upon 11
taking it up, all was void within: so that how i
the water had disappeared, and where it had been
conveyed, were problems which none of us were
able to expound. The vessel employed by the
juggler upon this occasion was the common
earthenware of the country, very roughly made ; *
and in order to convince us that it had not licsn '
especially constructed for the purpose of aiding
his clover deceptions, he permitted it lo lie broken I
in our presence. The fragments were then
handed round for the inspection of his Highness, '
and the party present with him. The next thing 5
done was still more extraordinary ; a large basket
was produced, under which was put a lean, him- 1
gry Pariah bitch. After the lapse of about a 1
minute the basket was removed, and she appeared I
with a litter of seven puppies. These were 1
again covered, and upon raising the magic bask- '
ct, a goat was presented to our view. This was,
succeeded by a pig in the lull vigor of existence
but which, after being covered for the usual time, 1
appeared with its throat cut. It was, however,
shortly restored to life under the mystical shade
of the wicker covering. What rendered those
sudden changes so extraordinary was, that no
one stood near the basket hut the juggler, who
raised and covered the animals with it. When
ho concluded his exploits, there was nothing to
bo seen under it, and what became of the differ
ent animals which figured in this singular decep
tion, was a question that puzzled all. A man now
look a small bag of brass halls, which he threw
one by one into the air, to the number of thirty
five. None of them appeared to return. When
he had discharged the last, there was a pause fo
al least a minute. He then made a variety o .
motions with his hands, at the same time grunt
ing forth a sort of barbarous chant. In a few sc
conds the halts were seen to fall, one by one, un
til the whole of them were replaced in the hap
this was repeated at least half a dozen times.—
No one was allowed to come near him while tin
interesting juggle was performed. A gaunt-look
ing Hindoo then stopped forward, ami declare
ho would swallow a snake: opening a box, h
produced a Cobra di Capelin, not less than fiv
feet long, ami as big as an infant's wrist. H
stood, however apart, at some distance from u
and, like his predecessors, would not allow an
one to approach him, so that the deception b<
cams no longer equivocal. He then, as it aj
peered to us, took the snake, and putting its ta
into its mouth, gradually lowered it into li
stomach, until nothing hut the head appeared I
projs t from between bis lips, when, with a sud
don gulp, he seemed to complete the disgustin .
process of deglutition, and :o secure the odioe
reptile within his body. After the expiration 1 1
a few seconds he opened his mouth, and gn
dually drew forth the snake, which ho replaced i
the box.
The next thing that engaged our attention \vr
a feat of dexterity altogether astonishing. Ane
dorly woman, the upper part of whose body wu
entirely uncovered, presented herself lo our n
lice, ami taking a bamboo, twenty feet high, pie
eeJ it upright upon a flat stone, and then, will
out any support, climbed lo the lop of it with sun
prising agility. Having done this she stood u|
on one leg on the point of the bamboo, halancin
it all the while. Round her waist she had a gis
die to which was fasten .1 an iron socket. Sprint
ing from her upright position on the bamboo, sh
threw herself horizontally forward with such ex
act precision that the top of the iron pole entere
•the socket of her iron zone, and in this positin' t
she spun hers If round with a velocity that mad i
me giddy I i lajk.nl, the bamboo appearing all tin,
while as if it were supported liy some prctcrn.il,
lira! agency. tSh-c turned her legs backward un
til her heels touched her shoulders, and graspiii: '
the ankles in her bauds, continued her rotation so
rapi lly that the outline of her body was lost to the
eye, an 1 she looked like a revolving hall. Hav- |
ing performed o her feats equally extraordinary, {
she slid down th * elastic shaft, a-id raising it i u
the air,balanced it on her chin, then on her hip,
and flaediy .project, l l it to a distance from h r 1
without the application of her hands. The next !
p-e ver a -pica I up) i the ground a cloth about j
j the size ol a sheet. After a while it Beamed to )>.,
gradually raised; upon taking It tip there appeared
I three pine-apples growing under it, whieh were
! cut and prooented to the spectators. 'J'liis is enn
, sidcrcd o common juggle, and yet it is perfectly
inexplicable. A man, who in 1828 seated him
self in the air without any apparent support, ex
cited as much interest and curiosity as the auto
maton chess-player who astonished nil Europe a
few years ago. Drawings were exhibited in all
the India papers, and various conjectures formed
respecting the secret of bis art, but no very satis
factory discovery was made of the means by
which be effected an apparent impossibility. The
bodies of the Madras jugglers are so lithe and sup
ple as to resemble those of serpents rather than
men. An artist of litis kind will hold a ladder
upright on the ground, and wind himself in and
out through the uugs until ho reaches the top,
descending in the same manner, keeping the lad
der, which lias no support whatever, in a perpen
dicular position.
Home of the most accomplished tumblers will
spring over an enormous elephant, or five camels
abreast. Swallowing the sword is a common
operation, even by those who are not considered
to be the most expert; and they have various other
exploits with naked weapons of a most frightful
nature; a woman—for females are guile equal to
men in these kinds of teats —will dip the point of
a sword in some black pigment; the hilt is then
fixed firmly m the ground, and after a few whirls
m the air, the artiste taken off a part of the pig
ment with her eyelid A sword and four dag
gers arc placed iu the ground, with their edges
and points upward, at such a distance from each
other as to admit a man’s head between them.
Tile operator then plants a cimitcr firmly in the
ground, sits down behind it, and at a hound throws
himself over the cimiter, pitching his head ex
actly in the centre, between the daggers, and,
turning over, clears them and the sword. Walk
ing over the naked edges of satires seems to be
perfectly easy, and some of these people will slick
a sword in the ground, and step upon the point in
crossing over it. A more agreeable display of the
lightness and activity which would enable the
performers to treat over (lowers without bending
them, is shown upon a piece of thin linen cloth,
stretched out slightly in the hands of four per
sons, which is traversed without ruffling it, or be
ing forced from the grasp of the holders. The
lifting of heavy weights with the eyelids is another
very disgusting exhibition. Some of tile optical
deceptions are exceedingly curiousand ingenious.
lam to this day puzzled to guess how plants and
bowers can lie instantaneously produced from
seeds. I have witnessed juggling feats in Hen- 1
gal, and other parts of India, equally as oxtraor- I
dinary as the foregoing, and equally difficult to i
account for.”
CHRONICLE AND SENTIN P'L.
Altai S T A. 1
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 28. ‘
From Florida. \
The Savannah Georgian of Tuesday says:— <
We rejoice iu being able to correct the intelligence li
heretofore published of the dentil of Major Noel,
of the Army, it was communicated by our Cora
respondent, who is incapable of stating what lie
had not reason to believe, and the painful feelings ii
which ids friends must have experienced on learn ■ a:
ing it we regret were excited by our publication, p
the correctness of which was not then questioned,
us tlie wound was previously stated to have been
mortal, lie is spared, we trust, to confer still
more honor on himself, his friends and Country.
(From our Correspondent.J
“Gaukt’s Feuiit, E. F. March 32,1839. r
Dear Sir:—The news of Major Noel's death I
has proved to he untrue. He is alive and getting
well. \
Gen. Taylor and Staff are expected here to-day, t
Col. Harvey leaves shortly for Indian river.” >j
Another letter, (with an extract of which we a
have been favored) dated Fort Hcilcmann, March <
22d, says: (
“ Eight companies of the 4th Artillery arc to be t
relieved and proceed to fort Columbus as soon as
tlie Till Infantry arrives to succeed them. Capt. ]
Brown’s at Smyrna, and Capt. Washington’s at j
St. Augustine, have not been designated for relief. ]
By tlie middle of April, I think not many of the .
4th Artillery will remain in the nation. The 7th i
Infantry are daily expected at Tampa, and Gen- '
oral Taylor will probably arrive here this evening.” i
From Maine.
The Boston papers of the 20th contain nothing
of interest from Maine or the border—except the ,
interesting fact, which all accounts concur in show
ing, that tlie minds of men arc settling rapidly
down to tlie mark of peace and moderation. We
annex ail that we find, worth the room it occupies, ,
Correspondence of the Boston Transcript.
Auousta, (Me.) March 19th. — If 1 do not
cgregiously mistake “the signs of the times,” 1
you may expect to hear, in a day or two, of a
retrograde movement. The feeling lately exhibit
ed by tlie Van Uuren party is decidedly pacific,
and I have no doubt that the Cumberland and
Oxford forces, at present in the field, will he re
called and dismissed, ae soon as the resolves re
ported hy the Northeastern boundary committee
(which have palaed the Senate) lie passed the
House, and a large part of the military force at
the Aroostook will lie discharged.
The party arc evidently preparing to back out
as fast as possible. They have instructions to this
effect from Washington. Tlie course Maine has
taken has embarrassed our dear friends at the
White House, ami it lias been necessary to hint
to the leaders of tlie party, that they must expect
no favor from that quarter if they persist in their
belligerent action.
If Mr. Webster he appointed minister, it will
go far to reconcile the state to the course pursued
by the General Government, as universal confi
dence is felt in ids ability to bring the subject of
the boundary to a successful issue. 1 have heard
not a single objection to his appointment. On the
contrary, in addition to the leading men, of friends
of the Administration, who desire that Mr. Van
Buren may bestow the honorable office on him, I
may name a gentleman of great influence with
tlie party, Mr. Rogers, late attofuey general.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
Fuom St. Juhx.—We have received the St.
John Observer of tlie 13thiust. The New Bruns- j
wick Legislature was still iu session. It was ex- |
peeled that before tlie prorogation some strong
resolutions would he passed, and an address to the •
throne, iu relation to the controversy with Maine. I
Tlie transport barque Elizabeth, with a detach- I
] incut of the Ht»th regor cut -struck on Brazil Rock.
near Capo Sable, on the night of tlie 37th, and j
was considerably damaged. She got off with
loss of rudder, and quite leaky, and was towed
into Shelburne, where the troops landed. The
Lady Ogle had sailed with orders to the ship
Crocodile to proceed to Shelburne, and convey the
troops to St. John. The following paragraph*
are from the Observer.
Tlie drafts from the city militia, for actual ser
vice, marched into barracks on Thursday last, ami
i have since been performing garrison duty.
The most energetic military preparations are in
j progress throughout the province. Troops, can
non. muskets, ammunition and provisions are
: daily boin r forwarded from this post to the frontier, i
A parly of the Fredericton volunteer artillery i
came to the city last week, for the purpose of tak- I
| ing charge of some field pieces and ammunition, '
: I with which they returned lo l ead quartern on
I ' spirit prevails in this city, in the
- present emergency- Several volunteer rompa
, ni es , we learn, are fast filling up—horse, rifle,
- Scotch uniform company, .
We also learn that a corps, to he called the City
- Guards, is now rapidly forming, under excellent
i regulations, composed of persons of respectability,
1 who doubtless will take much interest in attending
1 to the duties which may be required ot them.
■ About 170 names arc already enrolled.
! Public Meeting.
At u the citizens of Jefferson coun
. (y. Georgia, held at the Court House in the town
|of Louisville, on the 16th of March, 1839, for
j the purpose of appointing delegates to the Com
mercial Convention to assemble in Charleston on
the third Monday in April next, Judge Samuel
Tauveu was called to the Chair, and James W.
M. B k mii ex appointed Secretary.
On motiom of Dr. P. S. Lkmle,
Resolved, That a committee of five he appoint
ed to report in the premises to the meeting.
Whereupon the Chair appointed Dr. Lemle,
Patrick B. Connelly, Ebenczer Bothwell, John
Crooks, and Henry B. Tood.
The committee, after a short consultation, re
ported the following preamble and resolutions, to
wit :
In common with our fellow-citizens of the
southern and south-western states, we have
looked with interest to the means which have
been in progress to accomplish a direct commer
cial intercourse with Europe. We believe that
it is fraught with consequences of immeasurable
benefit to all the interests of the country. It
will not only have the effect of advancing our
prosperity, but will secure to us the means of in
dependence, under the possible, if not probable
contingency, of a disruption with our northern
brethren. Believing, therefore, that every sec
tion of the country ought to he alivu to the sys
tem of exertions now being made to consummate
this great interest to the country, and believing
the Conventions which have been held, and the
one proposed to be held in Charleston, for the
the purpose of consulting upon and devising the
best means to attain the above object, are highly
conducive lo the success of the enterprise.
Be it therefore Resolved, That the county of
Jefferson send five delegates to the Convention
to lie held in the city of Charleston, on the 15th
of April next.
Whereupon (he Chairman appointed the indi
viduals, to wit: James W. Berrien, Patrick B.
Connolly, Dr. P. hi. Lemle, Charles Cunning
ham, and John W. Bothwell.
Upon motion of Dr. Lemle, the Chairman was
added to the delegation.
Upon motion, Resolved, That these proceed
ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary,
ami forwarded to the Chronicle and Sentinel for
publication. S. B. TARVER, Chairman.
J. W. M. BF.uniF.ir, Sec’y.
From the New Orleans Louisianian.
Further Particulars.
We have received the following details in addi
tion lo those already given in relation to the late
negotiation between Admiral Uuudiu and the
Mexican plenipotentiaries.
The right of trading by retail, formerly refused
with so much obstinacy by the Mexicans, is grant
ed to Frcncli subjects by the treaty. The sum of
$600,000 is to be paid to the French government
as compensation of old injuries, besides the in
demnity to French subjects who have been driven
from the country. —These payments are guaran
teed by the English minister.
Before entering upon any negotiation, Admiral
Baudin demanded full reparation for the insult
put upon him by Santa Ana and afterwards by
President Bustamenlc, in their relation of the
skirmish at Vera Cruz, in which the admiral was
accused of having violated a suspension of arms.
This reparation was made in the most satisfactory
manner. Having thus obtained reparation for
’juries iullicted upon himself and his fellow sub
lets, the admiral thought himself authorized to
lie generous in what interested ids government.
I : e gave up the demand for reimbursement of
ti e war expenses, on being advised by the pleni
potentiaries of the deplorable condition of the
Mexican finances, and being assured that it was
with difficulty the indemnities stipulated in the
treaty could be paid. And finally to save the
feelings of national honor from being too severely
wounded, waved his privilege of signing the treaty
on hoard of Ids ship, and consented to perform
that ceremony on shore.
From the Savannah Georgian of Tuesday,
Destructive Conflagration.
About four o’clock yesterday afternoon, a fire
broke out in the yard of the Savannah Steam
Saw Mill Company, on the other side of the river,
opposite the yard of the Steamboat Company of
Georgia, it proceeded from an old building from
one to two hundred yards below the mill, and
about 100 feet long by 30 wide, the roof of which
ignited from a spark from the mill pipe, the wind
at the time blowing st.ong from the North West.
The building was immediately in a blaze, and the
fire communicated in ten minutes or less to the
schooner Medoru, of Providence, lying at the
wharf near. The fire was by the wind rapidly
extended lo a cargo of white pine boards on the
wharf, owned by Capt. Win. Crabtree, jr., to
which gentleman and George Hall, Esq., both of
this city, the building in which the fire originated
also belonged.
In this building (on which there was some in
surance. not yet ascertained, in the Howard Insu
rance Company ofN'. York,) there was a new
engine intended for a new Steam Saw Mill about
to he erected, which was owned by the same gen
tlemen, and which we are happy to lean, is but
partially injured. This engine was not insured.
The flames also extended to another old build
ing, of same dimensions as the former, the proper
ty of the Estate of the late Robert Isaac, which
was also totally consumed, as also a portion of a
j pile of 200 chaldrons of Liverpool coal on the
■ wharf, the property of Messrs. Crabtree & Hall,
i The wharf heads have also been more or less iniu-
I red.
The schooner Medora was the property of Col.
| R. J. Arnold, of Bryan county, valued about
$3,000, and wo regret to learn, not insured. Two
men on board at the time endeavored lo loose her
from her moorings, hut before she could be got
adrift, they were compelled by the flames to desert
her, in one of the boats. She was afterwards
scuttled and when our informant left she had been
burnt to the water’s edge. The mill was fortu
nately pres ved.
\\ bile the tec md building was in flames, and
before engines could be carried across the river,
the alarm was again sounded and when we reached
the scene, the oil building on Reynolds square, on
the lot known as the old filature lot was in flames,
the roof hav ng caught from a spark wafted sev
eral hundred yards across the river, which igniting
liiie tinder threatened a serious conflagration.
The engines were however on the spot, and though
(hr, element was very o', stiuatc, by the timely, aid
of water well directed hy the firemen, and by the
exertions of many citizens, the fire was arrested,
after destroying, the double tenement, wooden
building occupied by Mrs. Russell, as a boarding
house, and by Mrs. Austin, and extending to a
small double"tenement also of wood on St. Juhan
Street, occupied by Mrs. Johns and Mr. P. Car
tier, which was totally consumed with out build
ings on the lot.
The large building owned by Mr. Thomas
Clark, and by Mr. Amos Scuddor, was under in
surance, as we learn, $BOO, made by Mr. Clark.
Mr. Scudder was not insured on this building or
on the other tenement which belonged to him. —
His loss, we regret to state, is therefore heavy, as
two othefx(wellings (not insured) on the lot. one
a double tcafeqaent on Lincoln Street, were more
or less dessroved by the Axemen to arrest the con
flagration. The dwellings of Mrs. Bourke, Mr.
Schley, and Mr. Thos. Wayne were with other
contiguous buildings repeatedly on fire, but pre
served by great exertion. We regret talearn that
-much furniture was lost by Mrs. Russell and Mrs.
Austin, and that two of their boarders Messrs.
Roberts lost considerable, as also a Mr. Gardiner.
We congratulate onr citizens that it proved not
more serious in its effects, and would urge upon
Council the necsssity of procuring more hose,
some of which proved very deficient, and of keep
ing in good repair the cisterns, from two ot which
in the vicinity material benefit at this fire was
derived.
The Hunk of England.
The last Quarterly account of the Bank of Eng
land is dated February 7th, and shows
LIABILITIES.
Circulation, XI 8,5253,000
Deposited, 10,269,000
r--
X 28,521,000
ASSETS.
Securities, X 22,157,000
8,919,000
( X 31,076,000
'
The late Storm in Dublin.
Estimate of the damage done during the late
hurricane, on the night cf the 6th ultimo, within
the Dublin Police district, as reported by the su
perintendents to the Commissioners of Police :
Amount of
damage done.
Mo. of persons killed 2 0
Mo. of persons injured 18 0
Mo. of houses blown down 38 3252
Mo. of houses partly blown down 119 3959
Mo. of houses completely unroofed 243 4758
Mo. of partially unroofed 4846 27,190
No. of chimneys blown down 1527 4520
No. of windows blown in 1143 1198
No. of panes of glass ascertained
to bo broken 30,358 3247
No. ot valuable trees blown down 2534 4659
No. of walls blown down 140 590
Miscellaneous damages not in
cluded in the above 10,687
Total X 64.054
The population of the district may be calculated
at 250,000, and the number of houses at 23,000,
which will give an average loss of five shillings to
every inhabitant; and the mean proportion of
damage done to the buildings may be estimated at a
very low calculation, as amounting to X 3 to every
house.
Locofoco Bankers. —lt appears by the fol
lowing statement, in a letter from Augusta, dated
March BUi, to the Boston Atlas of Monday, that
a large portion of the bank stock of the state of
Maine, is the property of i.ocofocos; and among
the least of large stockholders, shining out like
a bright particular star, we note the name of Levi
Woodbuuv. Hear this, yc honest dupes in
Tammany Hall; among the particulars in the
“ swindling monopolies” ye are taught to curse,
figures?/ he secretary} of the treasury himself.
Read the evidence, and make your own com
ments:—
“The principal business in the House this
morning has been the discussion of the question
which owns the most stock in the hanks of this
state, the loco focos ortho whig* I—This question
came up on a bill to incorporate the Mansam River
Bank—and from the evidence introduced, it ap
peared that a large portion of our bank stock is in
the hands of (ho loco focos ! John Fairfield,
Robert P. Dunlap, Ruell Williams, Asa Clapp.
John Anderson, Nathan Weston, John Howard,
John D. McCrate, Joseph Sewall, Levi Wood
bury!!—were proved to he laige stockholders.
The hank asked for, was to be a loco foco bank,
and the bill was almost unanimously rejected.
Thcjquestion was taken by yeas and noes—yens 3,
nocs, 148.”
From the Woodstock, Va. Sentinel.
Uuitnci against Crockett.
On Thursday night list, Mr. John Ruffner,
who lives just at the foot of the Fort Mountain,
on the bank of the Shenandoah river beard his
dogs in pursuit of what he supposed to be a deer.
He followed them to a point, not far from the riv
er, where he supposed the game, whatever it was,
would cross a small ridge on its way back to the
mountain. The dogs however, continued run
ning along the river bank, and at last uttered a
loud sounding bark, at 10 o’clock at night. Mr.
Ruffner supposed that the deer had taken to the
water, and that the dogs were baying it. He im
mediately cut for the river—but had no gun, nor
other weapon offensive, or defensive. When he
got to the river, he saw by the broad full moon, a
large dark looking animal, standing in the edge
of the water, the dogs just beyond it in the water,
ami two others on the beach within a few feet of
it. Without stopping a moment, down the bank
he went, when the animal and dogs immediately
struck for the other shore.—They happened to he
just opposite the mouth of Mill Run, and for that
point the game seemed to aim. Mr. Ruffner plun
ged into the river after the dogs, and with some
difficulty reached the opposite bank, and came up
to them, where, as the animal made repeated ef
forts to climb the steep bank just under a high
cl ill' of rocks, the dogs would catch hold of it and
they would both tumble back into the river. He
now for the first lime was warned of his danger,
and perceived what sort of a critter he had to do
with. The ter ihle snap of his enormous jaws
and the havoc that he was making with the dogs,
showed him that it was a ferocious he ivo/f, the
largest ofhis tribe.
Il»ro then was a case. The dogs, though brave
as lions and the idols of their master's affections,
were manifestly getting the worst of it; and must
ere long yield to the terrible gashes, which at ev
ery crash of his iron jaws, the wolf was making
in their bodies. He however, with a steady eve,
watched the moment when the wolf and dogs
tumbled down the bank into the river, near where
he was standing, and reached his baud into the
water, caught the wolf by the hind legs, and rais
ed him up at arms length. This was a moment
ofimmiuent peril. For the wolf doubly aroused
by his new enemy, and the dogs stimulated by
the assistance of their new ally, a fight took place
in the water, that utterly defies all description.
As the wolf would raise to snap Mr. Ruffner, he
would, by raising the hind legs plunge his head
under water —and when the wolf would rais'
himself to seize his arms, his falhful dogs would
lay hold for a moment and prevent it. Thus the
terrible fight went on for some minutes, till at last
Mr. Ruffner perceived the point nf a rock near the
water’s edge, and within a few feet of him; he
then, watching the favorable moment, by one
powerful muscular effort, swung the wolf entirely
orer, and thrashed its head and back against the
ruck, with such force us to stun, if not to kill it.
Bet to render the work complete, he held on with
one hand, whilst with the other ho broke his
skull.
Mr. Rulfner then threw the wolf over his
shoulder, and returned home with his bloody vic
tim and wounded dogs, but without himself recei
ving a single scratch in this unheard of naked
to the teeth, snap and smash wolf light.
He brought the skin to Luray, the next day,
where I saw it spread out on the floor, and heard
him with his peculiar and inimitable phrase and
gesture, recount the particulars of that exciting
S 'enr. Generous, brave ami powerful us alien—
may be live to light Ills own and bis country’s
battles; and to kill abe w olf or a she bear when
ever and wherever he can find them.
Ihe number ot persons who emigrated from
Liverpool during the year 1838, under the super
vision of the government emigration agent, was
13,411. Os these, 10,863 sailed for the United
States; 853 tor British North American colonics:
1 059 for Australis; 345 for West Indies; 196
for South America ; and 59 for Cape of Good
Hope and Mauritius. ’
Cusiocs Relationship.— According to, the
Danbury (Mass.) Times, there is a boy in that
town whose mother is his cousin, whose cousin is
his niece, whose uncle is his father, and whose
grandfather is his uncle. Who can give us an
explanation of this?
OBITU A R yT
Departed this life, in Lincolnian, on the 23d in
stant, after a protracted illness,Mrs. Sarah Eliza
beth, wife ofAlr. William .1. Evans, of Columbia
county, Ga., daughter, of Mrs. Susannah and Mr.
Nicholas Fox, ot the former place, aged 26 years
and tlncemonths. The deceased lias left three
small chilißtyi and numerous friends and relations
to lament their loss; but the Great Disposer of all
events worketh not as man workelh, nor seeth as
man seeth— 1 The good we know not but shall af
terwards see.” Death’s unrelenting arm has laid
Us icy hand upon our friend in the prime of life
and bloom of youth, and laid her low. It is true
her earthljytabernacle has dissolved, but we trust
she has -“Rebuilding not made with hands, but eter
nal in the Heavens.” A short time ago our de
ceased friend’s prospect fora long life was flattering
but disappointments are the common lot of man
kind. So with Mrs. Evans ; the place that knew
her, shall know her no more forever. Times’ bois
terous waves have borne her in the ocean of eternity
beyond the reach of sublunary woes. We can say
of our deceased friend that she was a kind mistress,
an affectionate mother, a dutiful wife, an obedient
child, and a faithful friend. May Heaven’s smiles
rest upon her bereaved husband, her orphan chi.-
dren, her troubled parents and friends.
(yT’Wc are authorised to annonunce HENRY
MEALING, Esq., as a candidate for member to
the Convention in May next. mar27-lf
9: ‘r The following gentlemen will be supported
for Members of Council in Ward No. 2.
JOHN BONES, MOSES ROFF, Jr.
B. If. WARREN. mar 19
iKr The following gentlemen will be supported
in Ward No. 3, for Members of Council:
FOR MAYOR,
A. GUMMING.
FOR ALOF.RMFN,
BENJ. BAIRD, D. W. ST. JOHN,
JAS. B. BISHOP. mar 19
&C? '1 hc<foU|sl|pg gentlemen will be supported
for Mayor of Council, in Ward No. 1.
FOR MAYOR,
A. GUMMING.
FOR ALDERMEN,
W. E. JACKSON, G. F. PARISH,
PHILIP CRUMP. mar 13
dj* The following gentlemen will be supparted
for Mayor and Members of Council in ward No. 4,
by Many Voters.
for MAYOR.
WILLIAM W. HOLT.
FOR ALDERMEN.
MATTHEW NELSON, JAMES HARPER,
LEON P. DUGAS. mar 4
dj 1 We are requested to announce RICHARD F.
BUSH, Esq., as a candidate for member of Council
in Ward No. 1, at the approaching election, mar 12
dj’ The following gentlemen will be supported
for Mayor and Members of Council, forWard No. 4.
FOR MAYOR,
W. W. HOLT.
FOR MEMDEHS OF COUNCIL,
JAMES HARPER, E. B. BELL,
mar 8
djf" The following gentlemen will be supported
for members of Council for ward No. 4, at the en
suing election, by Many Voters.
JAMES HARPER, Maj. E. B. BEALL.
mar 4
dj’ We are authorised to announce the follow
ing Gentlemen as candidates for Members of
Council, for Ward No. 1.
WM. E. JACKSON,
G. F. PARISH, D. L. HOLLIDAY,
mar 2
dj°The following gentlemen will be supported
for members of Council in the Third Ward;
D. W. ST. JOHN, JAS. B. BISHOP,
WILLIAM RANKIN. mar 1
rfj-' The following gentlemen will lie supported
for members of Council in the Second Ward ;
MARTIN M. DYE, JOHN iiii.H,
SAMUEL THOMPSON mar 1
The following gentlemen will he supported
for members of Council, for Ward No. 2.
M. M. DYE, I!. H. WARREN,
_feb 26 JOHN HI I.L.
(£jf We are authorized to say that ALFRED
GUMMING , Esq., will, at the approaching election,
be a candidate for the oliice of Mayor of the city of
Augusta. feb 18
dJWe are authorised to say that I VILLI AM
WVIIOLT, Esq., will, at the approaching election,
be a candidate for the office of Mayor of the city of
Augusta. td feb 7
dj 1- We arc authoiised to announce P. CRUMP
as a candidate for member ol Council for Ward No
1, at the approaching election. mar 12
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, for the relief
of the Side Poor of this city and vicinity. —The
Visiting Committees for the ensuing month are as
follows :
Division No. 1. —Mr. J. W. Meredith, Mr. Jas.
Godby.Mrs. C. Smith, Mrs. Waterman.
Division No. 2. —Mr. Wm. Haines, Mr. Wm. E.
Jackson, Miss Morrison, Mrs. Dr. Robertson.
Division No. 3.—Mr. E. Heard, Mr. P. Flem
ming, Mrs. Heard, Mrs. Hart.
Any member of these committees can obtain the
requisite funds by calling on the President, Wm.
W. Holt. Esq. at his oilicc, Cumming’s Piazza.
mar 20 C. F. STURGIS
dj 1 RESIDENT DENTIST..—Dr. Munroe’s
operating rooms, second door from Broad treet, on
Mclntosh-st., opposite the Constitutionalist oilicc.
march 13
MAMMOTH LOTTERY ! I
$80,000!
Don’t he alarmed, 1 have Tickets for sale in
the above Scheme, and will continue to keep a
supply for all my customers.
A. READ, Agent.
Avgusta, March 22, 1839. ts
i mi ,r- ■_ !
COMMERCIAL.
Baltimore, March 23.
Howard-Street Flour. —Sales in the early part
of the week were made from stores at $7 25, but
since then purchasers have refused to pay that
price and dealers have yielded to a reduction
Sales yesterday at $7 18J and 8,7 12 124, and al
though the general asking price is $7 25 to-day,
sales have been made at $ 124. The wagon and
railroad price is $l.
City Mills Flour. —A sale of 900 bbls at *7 50,
early in the week, is the only transaction we have
to report. The stock is very small, and no sales
within a few days past.
Susquehanna Flour. —Last sales at $1 374 and
*7 25. No.transactions within a day *r two.*
ii' c J
t(i rn Meul.—a a!H
ajS-t 375. ‘ esof W
The inspections of ihß
evening last, compM
quantities.
Howard-street
C ity Mills, St ’ ■'
Susquehanna,
Total, K
Besides 684 bids an Mh
I redencksburg, and
labels, and 21 bhl s i.H
Corn. —Sales of
SI a 82 els, and of ycl^Bs
yellow to-day at tlie .Ha:
83. H
Provisions. — ,
ment in the demand
and the sales have 1
Western assorted at ||H I
which is intended ; H,d
mac fisheries. f
shade higher, and
10| cts. lialtiinorei^Bh 1
but we hear of ne ,-,^B o f
es Baltimore
the week at 1,1 cts. ;Rur
Beef at $l6; lie. 1 at Wd
to (112 50 per bbl. pVde
have been made of yßs;
Prime at $l9. to n Msal
Lard, No. 1, at 12 ami BBy
24 to 25. ■
MARINES
■NN,
Cleared. —Scdrr EaR, H
Arrived i/csfmiajßoat
Augusta. n
Went to sea.~ Urlßrpri
Johns. if
Departed. —Stcaraißi, 11
Best
Arrived yes ferrfuß Bci
Johnson. Havre; IvHFay
York; ship ManovJHl, 1
John Triiughinn.Jußerpo
Kruse, Almanzas; Ha A
Bhilndi Ipliin. B
Cleared —Brig ViHis, 1!
Innilna, Stevens. FaHi.
From this purl,
t m. H
- ■
J. lI.Bf Xi
Hrtra
RESPECTFUIjHs his
public to hisHvo dc
S. Hotel, and dirccllHhe B
ville, Augusta. I
(In'. -■■ENT.
aIP tit house auHards
ma ket, tIH. nex
session will begiilj for
Applyat this office*
LIME, LIMR.Hsks fr
at tiro wharHr cash
march 28 tnjw. IV
HAWKIN.sH b ap
THE publicareHnotrde
the Bank olßnsvilh
by all the Banks irßta, bo
on deposite, andwißise be
at the counter oft*.
march 28 lit JOHN 1
Geokuia IsstßA Tut
Aa*l arch
THE arugt/al ni*f
Institution nßiolden’
otlice vn MmnlaijMi of A;
The Election fcßtors for
will take place onßie day,
■WAI. T
mar 28 g
WOOD
Sc/ltOUl receiv
, street, (uißUnited
extensive assorlßaf SV.
DRY GOODS, oißdcscripi
spcctfnlly rcqne'Hdics mi
and examine—hHrmined
at the lowest carl*.
fpo HI RE.-A man
1 ving llorsnH aiting
Also, a Negro (Bgood No
mar 28 I
ByED <JJ
nßvard nca
26th
bla
J* 'LJrl*m ni,lc >■
- _ *. gaio w
chafed with thetßabout 6
and paces a lit: * rode nr
will give the In* the hoi
delivering him toB Hibler’
Augusta. I
mar 28 I
FOII NOKIjANO
ir - r . I THE
i I Packets
A SM UNA a
** i * a 11 ■ hi H" season
more as follows* on Sat
and the other oißrday 6th J.
one ol them wiße Charles
on Saturday a(Bn, 6th a
every- Saturdayßoon after
tice. Apply toMdress
Bliam pa
f- Bn a. t||f it
Charleston }lys.
To the cierw the lsri
■Georgia.
SAMUEL HBOCH, orip
settled hinßin the Sta
ago, (the coun# resided i
died within tli« ten or tw<
his elfccts to hßther, Willi:
nessee, who haßce died : ar
William beiogAns of asccr
of tire affairs oßmel Uulloc
the Clerks ofßifferent Ci
majje an examßn of their
of the IVlUml Samuel;
it, by writing undersig
P. 0., Marslußmty, or P
county, Tennß shall rec
trouble,and (Brks of the
The subscHan be see
Hotel, in A Ij B This Dai
happy to informal!
FavettsviA o '" ( '°-Tt
tieor ;
WHKlPlß>bcrt Boyd
admi»B on >
estate of Ale* l Gordon,
county; I
These are Bore to cite
singular, the Bed and credi
to be and appß m y o, t' ee r
scribed by i |rt , B^ loXV caus(? :
why said leU®i°uld not be
Given umifV hand at ol
this 28th dajßiarch, 1839.
I T - H
march 23 B
j — s
4 GREEAB to an order (
\ court ofßrke county, ’
nan- purposi'Will be sold on
June ncxt.atl court house i
Warneshc o BweenTW- usi
following P fi W. v ! to wit: tr
land, more oiß> * n Burke ci
of Matthevrßs and Bcnjai
to the estateW°hn W. Lan
all the Ntgtjßelongmg tos
sale on ANHUI
march 28 '
•—jtTrff t».v shep
«■ 4 • ILL I* 1( 1 on the fil
\\ next, the court ho
county,bet* the usual hoi
ing property 1 1 one piece <
dred andnW one acres on
dree river. 1 'ming lands
others, levid ias the prope
to satisfy o" fa from the
A. Elton v- dJ Campbel
by defenJat'- " M >». Al
March 2-,