. . . . . .... . .. . . . . _ , . ~.. ' . - • v -A • . 7,--,. - :: ', ___ . . - , • - .. 7 Al: v .i; - ' :.,: ..4:t. - • . . 1 :.-- 7 . 4.• -• , , , ,Ff. . 4 ..„. ,_. ~. . . . . .. r ..... ..,..,,._,....:....„...z.., -,,,-..._ -,.,,,,,, ,_ . H SAMIT.L WRIGHT, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME XXXI, NUMBER 412 LIFE INSURANCE. THOMAS WELSH, Esq., has been appointed Agent of the Peon Alututal Life lentroutte Com pony. or Philadelppia, tar Colombia a,,n neighbor hood - TM. la an old eunnbleulletl Company. Persona oni-luing to provide for their fnurilie. in etuae of death nd better cull on the agent and gust inzarrd. Columbin.Joly 10. 1111594 , 6oxitrura3xll. IRON roil:m . lam 0 51 ) POSIT COL P. Tit E: UMBIA, PA. CANAL BASIN, T .EE subscriber has removed to the cxten ,1101/.. CO(U111111:t tionittr). which hr nioroughly liiird up. with 114• W and film-rude machinery. and in nom prepared to trianucitioure Swain Engines and • . rapes Cl r errs dr arription, Machinery tOr Furl, L•".. Forges. Mit Vat:miser. C ♦ Work..Nr.c. Ir o n and Bid-. einem forni•liel to ordrr lindac Boit. and lr . ritemoring promptly tilN Q 1 - 01.1.01.iri, July . 3 , it",4,5' JOIIN_SIIEI ,I I ItEKG ' PIIC'S FURNITURE WARE Rooms: rriiE undersigned buying unloved his, Far. ..A. tin f, %Van . lid NI n'nOnn•noy.tosnes new brick buililmg, na the ~/0-Ohcsitli• of Locust reel be %wren. SCUM Id tlll.l si ,If ha. in Ms friends and.the rionlie•lo Wye him .A -e and , mperior •ii CA B/NET . W A RE ' AND CHA IR' WORK. nt altal..SC no kV - b. NO PI Le ,h 1•111 eon n nt4 . on band. which will lie son) on the most rea •orinble terms. As lie Malt tifaciurr, hie o+ be is enabled .io warm's' every •artie in, be who% l• reple-Sentilffand to be of glom ash iwelvsnp. Hi-Stork is very large.nno lit part embrnees Pres. sing. l'lnim and Fancy Ilterenvte:qidobriardS. Sen. Card; Faid,iora ,Centre,D ressing.lhuitig and areal lam TA 131.5.5' Common French and other 1.1/.:1 STEADS; Commbn sild'Voney CII A I RS. and SIT! TEES of every sty le.togmbe rwuh u geoara 'assort menrof all Irladv ofFURNITCRI3. . . Funerals wi I i be attended will, negipler.did flt:arse on shormotice and al Ittece.lar;, tltcatiotnziven u UNDERTAKING.' •• r . Ile respectfully solicits a share of nubile patronage as well a c a continuance ofilte custom with which be LAIR been liberally favored. Columbia, April 11.1 55?. Nora ,lievi Goods AT THE CORNEH',U - N . 1014* I THIRD'STS JTINT teemed, n fine si-eondieut of I.O . dien , Shoes. Lutes' S.yle lilaglrCleound Figared De Layer. La dles' I,ong and Square zhawls:Clolti..l.laisimere-und 7e-11ngo Roo gentlemen .. All are invited if.ealiond ox. umnie I.U. & H. F. 13RUNER. Columbia, Dec. 1.,.1560 .. Ropes;llopet;Mopes. 400 COr LS justreceived and for , nle, nu - whole sale, and-retailie laza had length, 10:.ruit pur ell.L.ert , , at my ±Urrn, near die outlet locks M 31, Li3GO. _.l - 7.: .:•11: _ THOS. WELSH. GEOROW J. SMITH, WHOLBSALE , RetaiT Bread and Cake Bititer.—Constantly4n hand a variety of ::akes .00 iturnerons tornentian; Crackers; soda, %Vine, Sc-roll end Sorge Bisenir, , Codfchtionerpi-of every description kc., 2. e ! • . • LOtUST STILEET, Dee. 3.'59 netvecen the Bonk and Frttnklin I lonse. FOR "LENT tram room in the Woe Moat,' now °Peopled 'by Thottms Welsh, asq.; also. several i.M.I.CA p ry!). in WM. WIIII.PIat Columbia. Felsruary 21.1859. Soap land Vinegar. n TIOXES of Du ln , s. Urow•u : , oap; 20 barrel of Viii egur, wholesale ono rem:. t nnusr.R-4. Corner of Thin! Lind 1:»lon t-ircets. 311nee..11,40 SALT! SA LT !! 1 000 Site 7rounid Alum Sall j.. l re.rrived. and far 12.1t1r al the extraardtaafily tow pr.., ell one l iar Unit five ..e.014 per 4iiek. Taos Cola April 00..”' 1.. a. NOTICE ALL persons indebted, on the Books of the Liver) Mahlr, from tiw I,t 01 limit. 1t57. to the ,Ilider•Ig11141. are reque,ted I 0 iniike immrd unr pity Mimi; nitti 1110, haivitig claims will pre-mil them lot 11. he la det.iroli, or cto-o• A r hi, uo•i.,e.• wrihout Ori. I,..iftif COMMISSION BUSINESS. TUE subscriber has math: arrangements and • 1. •10W p,rpered 10 receive Olt 1.0111111,u1011. ut ilia iNtirth side nrMitt street, alum/der. ra., COAL, LUMBER, WOOD OR TIES, Ile will Ur harp) to settee rouuul-•iou- for tom.ing or -runic do• ;Amer ortotlett to tatty amount. I , lton Ito , expel ienee in the I.mnin I,etwve, that In• will lie obit! 10 ...der a tarpon. Strivt 111 ottoton will be given 10 011 hu-in^• et.trumett.to hit rare AMOS N. 1. It1•:P1. Col innbia, arch T. 1555. THU COLUMBIA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Second St., below Union, Columbia, Pa., pop.r.d in 14104141111. sl ' l4 EN• fi GINES. BOILER:, SIIAI , I INC.. PULLI•WS: I'S. ISBY folf BLAST ACEr.. ROLLING W I 1 FLOUR 1111.1.-. and PV, , " Variety 111 %1:14 4 14.44 4 4 , 4 144111,111 •• 1 114 4 11,41g11 40141 11411:1114, 11411.4411. 44 1. frail awl Butt , 141,10 ronkr. ol.lllll.ll . 141- :C1145.41 rt. Iu ey.l, ,11.1 114 4 .4 4 44, 4414411.1114 4 1114 • 1111. 01dt 1- It% it,. /11 'l, 11 to ..7(b...31 attittthiritiot,2 C 0104.4141.4. 4•41." 2 -L. 1' it -1;1 . 1 . 1.V.E. t•lt. LI ,ISN,.S eninthis...lutir 19 Ibi7 Expecturai, I:terative. nito -.1r.. 'o'. loll), 1.1•.te* , ,1" subscriber irv,l4s of the 11010.• tufts NEW GRot:F.RY, FI.OIJP.. FL CD AND VARIETY STORE, Surf capered by turn letteuet firer% bets , Cr Serord and 'turd. He will PI) a AA/Id a Co.utp:. to ...tuck of at I kinds of Groceries. Qu ~....nehr Ae . 11110 ever 3 thine to t . . F. 00 ,3 Of ne wm doil PM' He v. id furni-It uncAD from the ne rhouteal Itukery, fresh every evening; airo. .ea lbs. ru . t. Cracker- kcc ke. Those .feui. me it ran be served at ihehourms He wilt give the !mollies- 1 , 15 strict attetnum, and by flue-rein_ Ultd prOUllitly apply the the wants of ettizeus Itches to deserve and receive liberal .bare of their support. 4. 4 .% F. EBERI.EIti. N 0.71 Locust -Heel. Co multi , . Ptc OEM Mtens Wear, Vewiens. tettwMT+, Jeans: n full tt..or.m•o I now oil und, In which w•.; Invite the attention of the g•ntrf. I 0 & II F nntNne. Cor. Third and Union EIZEIZI To Lumbermen gr. Manufacturers: HUEY'S Patent ShinEle Machine. TIIE anbseriber -having perfected the skt.ove machine. otTerr to veil State, County and Shen Mena on reasonable terms. Th mnetatne saves and planes Shingles to any 'midi t sr ILmkuees. and produces a very unitarnt and clean article, which hen given perfect suustuotion wherevettried. ase of the maellines and freetmena of it. work ran seen at • trrlusquebn min Planing Mill, Columbia, /-a. tor:nether informatton, address. Mt. RUST. Columbia. Lancaster co, Pa. trThe constrnetion of the I.IIW and frame. admits of use. separate from the plotter, to an Wing all kinds of mired:M. and bevelled work, such as FlOcrtnlC Claphotodine. de. Columbia. Aloe 91.057. B. P. .APPOLD, 2 '• ? ;, - 17. -- Mg_ MA GENERAL FORWARDING AND COMMIS SION Alett.CllAN'r, tt lict:iv mit 01' IC 0 'PVC E,AL LIIII6 An 4 Delio rrrrr on any point on th e Colombia and - PAiladaritia Radroad. to York and Asitunc;re and to "Nttaborg; TIT:ALTA IN COAL ' Ts, AND GRAIN. ~II %V DDIKT AND DACON, wave juel roecirted a large lot of Nonongramlu Rectified Whe.kry .from POI *burp, o whir Mho) wiLkerp» *apply commsrmiy on timid-at] omj.rire•.Alm. 1. Kan de Cana 'limn! , errlombiajammilln.l.bs4. PUBLISHED' EVERY SATURDAY IRORNING (Vice in Carpet Hall. North-icestcorncr of Front and Locust strectx. Terms of Subscription. Due Copy pe ranruma fpnidc n advnnee. SI SO • If not [mid three month ,- romeommencernentofthe year. 200 No; nip-erunton.ereuved tune thnn cIX sow ht.: nnd no impel ..vOl be tikenntinunn until all arrearagr. tre paid.onlest,tt the uptionoithe pub tcner 1 (7•Xlone) navue•etnittedbvmail au herbublish lr s naL Bates of Advertising. squat., (6 i n es)on ew „k. XO3B •• three. weekoz, 75 each - oh.equeniinsertion, to 12 ine.loneweek. 50 three week..." • t it eacniub.equentio.ertion. L o rgertdve - rti.ernent..n proportion A. lifteouro wi I lbe mode to quorteriy,balt ctrly •Irlv verii.er..wno are darietlyeonfined o - • DR.. DoPPER,, - )ENTIST,OFFICE, Front Street 4th • door irom Locust over s.tylor h Ale.Dona.trs Hook store cel e mbi Pa . ECT'llatrunee, s•nme ns Jolley's Pho lo.;r oph t...ncry•. [August 21, 1858. TIIOM4B LISTICE OF TOO PEICE, Columbia, Pa. OFFI,AII. in %Whipper's New Building, below 3lnek'sqlotei, Front street. - g 7 -Prompt &mention given to ail bovines' entrusted to November 4.3,1857. • ITTORNET AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW tnbin .Pn Collectkon. romptly made .t T..aaeamerand Vorl, :ountles. Columbia May 4,1850. : • Attorney and Counsellor. at_haw, C.103.11.2.233k7.14514 Columlosu ...inetritier to 1,436.1 f , • . S. Atlee B eking, D. D. S. - DnAcTicns the Operntive. tiara teal and Meehan ji. iral Departments of Dentistry: - Omen I.oeusi street, between be Pranklin•Llouse and Post Office, Columbia, Pa May 7.1650. Harrison's . Contilbian Ink: - -lIiLCU . it a ~ s petrior•artiele, permaneatlrAdack. I send not corroding the pen. run Lie hud• in ens ..entity. at the Family hledieitte :kola, and blacker i eL tr lbw English Hoot l'olieh. • . Colurnhin..l noi. 9.1859 1 — )11; CUTTER'S Improved Chest Expanding .-2•11-nender aud Shoulder Brom, for Gentlemen'. mad Patent Supporter told Oruro for - Ladle.. mom the nrhele 'that in Wonted at thiviirhp. Come and gee them at Family :11etheine Store. Odd Pr:low.o (April V. 1F59 lArr. have the New Eng land Soho fur those , who die I' not obtain it from the soap Wm; it aff• n4%4111111 to the f-ictit. soot will take grett.e ~pot. froon Woo 4 en Good.. it i•ft theretore it, humbug. for you get the worth of }our looney at 'he Family Medietue Store. Columbia, J ive 11.1.959. Crtituam. or, Bond's Boston Crackers, for -itelotie mid d reo,v Rool for in volida and rhiltheti--,tew articles In Columbitk, the Family llrtheine Siurc. prrsl la. I ris9 SZPA LDING'S PREPARED CLITE.--The want of -uco a 0 In fell 10 .y.•r) t'..fuliy. and nob• it eau tn. .upylu•d: tem inentling tuinuurr. eloiun• Ware,O.n.mittilial Work. by.. I[t• their is untiring rope. tor. %''r hat, found It tt-clot rn rrp.drlug ITI . III) irlivle- WIIIOI Itavt• broth ureless for ulonlb•. You Jon 2tri.l II tit thu la oallA t 1 , 411 I frY EDICIN fl STORE. = F•ttbserll)..N 1111 VC reCVIVed II New Ithd Large 1. ... , tuc If of :ti! hio of . • BAR IRON AND STEEL! Th-v arc eon-tautly eiipp lett with -hu•k w fill. brunets of hi. soul c ot fU.n-II n in eu. , caniire ut large or .1,1.11 i qUIIIIIIIIIOP, al ate batl.C:4 OUR, J. RUM vi.r. & FON. street below Second. Columbia, Pn. April 2.1. H ITTER'S Compound syrup of '1 • and 'henry. tir.:o :old. dce. h.• Act' Mori:" ()nigStore front st . luly2 YETI'S Compound Coneentratro Arad the cure of Script Est r K.stg'- 1 .VII. situ ni l sc roil. loss ffeetton, al fre I at, just received unit for sae by ft WILLIAMS, ['rout tst , Columbia, geol. 33. Ibso FOR SALE. 2 0 r:f t i o ctioa Matches. very pow for eefb Dutcb Herring! y lord go Ileoror; • an 11.• Poppi!ed at nucrti.ni so, crY:'lo•e„:`.o 71 Loewe et. lON's PURL' MU CATAWBA BRANDY .1 „.,, I'i... ‘Vi e•peeiiill) . lor :11ed , rinee ..• porpo et 111 e 1 .tl , IX 1; r:mct XT: s‘ ICE RAISINS for 8 cts. per pound, arc to yilly at EBERI,EIN'S Grocery Store, No. 71 1..0cu0 street I= ARDEN SEEDS.-- il Fresh Cardt m erivr Scedi, war • thl. j , /,••, of O h•l. red 111 1:11KR1.1:1VS q.rocrry Map, !O ISGO No 71 Losu.l .Iwet %Ht J. poi . t hnu 010 CoMulOti 13001, and from 15 Cen.• to two each. lie . 4 1e1111111411,1 and NeWR O , POL C0111M ., 111. A nt" 14 1 460. EEW more of those beautiful Prints Irly 1% . 11141 Will IoW fold rhaap. at SAYLOR ac IaIeIIONALIVA Aim! 14 Columbia. Pn. 15uOSACKS Ground clam Salt, In Igrge or -.1140 qulroo Ilea, at .A rroLD'S May 5.'60. WorPLton.c Cantu Baotn. I' OLD CREAM OF GLYCERINE.—For Abe cure ninl prevenlido IA cnnpord hand.. Ite. ‘ale at the GOLDEN 1110 RTA It DRUG' STORK Der 3.1350 Front 'tree'. Colurnwa. F OR n Suet rate a Inc to of Nov lg. 1909. Grocery Stare, No 71 VOCURt tt JUST rereived n large and fige nveortment of Cold rest , nrAlevrtor and I:riatveld'a manersetore, at NA yi,o ft & N&DuNA Lirs Book 'Store, naril 14 I'm .% Invert. above hoeu.t. FRESH GIIOEF:RIES. Wll : mi n ii ' r t o rn w u n ' g;;rs " io . 1411 11l Calamine at the Neve Cornrr Store, op• prirnie Oat t Pellowe 11.11, end nt the old/nand adjoin tog the 'nit. 11. C. Fos ucaom LOT of firini:rate Seger.. Tobacco end Surf will It he. touted al the store of the -oh-either. ,Ile keeps only .6 P.r.t rate 'envie t'.ll at. s. F. Jan.:3Ln Grocery Mare. Clet 6.'8 Locum et . Columbia. Pe. CRANBERRIES, _ , N'nrs• 7rtql 1 . 1 ' 1111,1. iNheW ,10011. at Otri A M. AMBO'S ' SARDINgS, • wou,,,t,..him saw, it.Gueft cocoa 3kr- Jost re remed •ud f0r...41c by b. I'. nlinIll•EIN. Oct 2). Itbo. IC , . 71 LirM4.4 RI. CRANBERRIES. MIT let of ("nether/ie. Rad New Curromt... at No. 71 I..trem4 Street. Oct 21 INGO. r. EBtItLLXN. 4 comet ti copy. 11. 111. NORTH, J. W. FISHER, 's e Have Just Received Prof. Gardner's Soap IRON AND STEEL ! =llll POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES Just Received and For Sale Turkish Prunes! GOLD PENS, GOLD PENT Segars, Tobacco, Br.c. "NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." A 4 NT V• I ‘l • • • T t e r 1 gritztions. Boa Constrictors The gloomy forest in which I witnessed what I am about to relate is situntod at a short distance from the town of Dielky, in the East India Island of Timore. On a small plot of ground where stands a group cf about fifty buildings of most fan tastic shapes, each surrounded by its own inclosures, lice and die a few sickly Euro peans and a number of Malays who blacken their teeth with betel, areka, and lime. Here they live, and near them--so near in deed that he can reach them at a single bound—lives th terrible bna constrictor, who only devours myriads of insects when be-happens not-to have pounced upon st - buf-: falu in his rapid flight. The buffalo Is the boa's natural food. The moment' he has seized upon an animal of this description, lie drags him toward one of the sturdy giants of the forest, enfolds him, squeezes him, and stifles him, in spite of his sharp horns; his frightful bellowing and his sturdy shoulders; then covers him with slime, his rough tongue seeming at once to caress and inject his 'victim; he kneads his body, he stretches it out and pounds his bones, and when these hideous preparations are completed, and his reptile instinct tells him that his victim is in a state to be - devoured, he lets it full, and _placing -himself at full length opposite-the lifeless buffalo's head, opens his jaws; the elacticit,r - of ,whieh is al -Most beyond credence—till his, rings' creak as they draw-nearer each other, and then draws a fong breath, when the quadruped is sucked in by :a aeries of jerks, nnd'no 'soon er is its body half engulfed than' the co melons:boa grows calm, feels drowsy, 'and at length fulls asleep as if wearied by a struggle that has eximusted , his strength. - ' If the boa was alone before he' attacked the Iniffelo„ and if his female -is asleep 'at some distance from him, you may then ap proach in full confidence, fur you hare noth ing to fear from his strength, his slime, nor his open' jaw? *that are yawning like Bowie vast furnace. I have said that he is asleep, but it would' be more correct to say dead, fur he is ag insensible as the trunk of a tree. There is no glory as you - may perceive in killing the boa in the state of torpor in which he is thrown at the beginning of his loath some repast, lint as no one thinks of glory in the daily war waged against this hideous reptile, the best plan is to take him in the midst of his feast, and for several tan to kneel down from his hea I to the middle of his body, as if before some venerated idol, and then to place a poisoned arrow on a string made of the entrails of Ssh, and at a given signal, to let fly sitnultan eously at this crawling Locating, who is struck by death in the midst of his feast. Hunting a boa is far more peril one, nnd, fur my part, I should a thousand times pre fer attacking a tiger or a hungry lion in the desert, than the dreaded boa constrictor in the forest. Bullets are ineffectual against him—fur bow were it possible to direct them with a sure aim in the midst of his rapid undulation, as the flickering of a Itine?— Besides, where is your enemy? You fancy you hear him rustling under your feet, when lid he is hanging by the last rings of his tail to some high branch, swinging to and fro ready to dart upon you, and erush'you to atoms its he would a bulFilo. It may be, as thereis no sting to be feared, th t you may have sufficient presence of mind to di vide the reptiles body with your sword; but for my part, I should give myself up for lost the moment his slimy body had encir cled me in its folds, and I should only be lieve in the success of your attempt, if you assure mo you are born a Malay, and in habit Timore. The depredations on the herd.; of buffa loes belonging to the Eiiropeans and to the Rajahs tributary to the Resident of Dielky, committed by the boas of the forest adjoin ing this unfortunate colony, had become so frequent and so fatal that the Governor, Jose Pinto Alcoferada de Azevedu Sauna, deter mined at length to organize hunting parties for the purpose of destroying. or at emirate driving away, these dangerous reptiles.— For this purpose he enlisted n number, of stout-lunrted, energetic men, who were not afraid of entering the gloomy forest by day or by night, and making war on its dread ful rulers. Their weapons consisted of the formidable crick, whose undlating blade is 1 generally steeped in yellowish gum, of the I upas-tree, and of short jagged arrows that are placed in the shape of a fan, on their chests, and which they dart at the monster whenever they surprise him asleep. Du t so many of the hunters fell victims to the reptile, that they at length gave up this mode of attack, for which condemned felons were chiefly employed. After these unsuccessful &tempts, which would hare finished by depopulating the Ts ' land Fir More . rapidly thari, dysetitory or the most pernicious fevers, Dm Jose Pinto de ' termined to set fire to the wood - even et the 1 expense of a general conpagration through out the islarill. lffe,.however, adopted every precaution required ander the circumstances and as soon as the buffaloes that were sent Cirward to be sacrificed to the reptiles. had given token of the presence of Mle or more of these monsters, be caused a quantity of I trees to be felled in a circle round the !pot thus indicated. And as the Serpent retakins in a state of torpor for -some months' after ttis'repast, the courageous "rood-cutter; Lad only to be on their guard against these rep tiles which had not yet gorged themselves, but were not sufficiently bold to attack a troop of men ready to repel them. No sooner were the thee honored trunks felled to the ground, together with the lux uriant branches, s - ) varied and so fantastic in their shapes, thee whole armfuls of dry leaves wore cast into a heap in the middle, these were set on fire, and the fire was con tinually fed by fresh fool cast in from the outer circle, and then through the fitful un dulations of the lambent flames the dreaded boas inightbeseen writhing round and round in the fiery circle, in their struggles to es cape from death; then leaping at'a bouhd to the topmost branches of the trees, and attempting to clear the belt of flames that hedged them in—but in vain were their en deitvors. They fell exhausted in the midst of the fuinace, and breathed their last amid the most hideous contortions, expressive of the horrors of so agonizing a death. Some of them, however, as Don Jose Pin to assured me, contrived to leap beyond the scene of danger, rushed upon the intrepid Malays, several of whoni forfeited their lives before the reptiles ccnld be subdued: • But it is when the boa comes forth 'triple the gloomy and silent forests, and scours the plain to enjoy the light.and the sunshine, that human life is in the greatest jeopardy, even in the most securely cloied habitations, The boa constrictor possesses all the cun ning and hypocrisy of the jackal add the ti ger; he crawls along stealthily• through the fences, following • all the sinuosities of the soil, so as not to make a noise by striking against any object that might iinpede passage. , 'lle -stoops his head beneath the leaves and branches of the shrubs, and then raison it up again with• due caution, having previously .listened to •ascertain whether there might beeome-easy pray near of hand, after which hovrawls"onward in the-direc tion-of the spot he aims at, when-suddenly by a aeries of rapid bounde_and evolttiods, that•can be compared to nothing more aptly than the streamer on the mainmast of a yes eel dallying with the wind, he twists himself now to the right, now to the left, then turns backward, and anon leaps forward as though he wore seized with a vertigo. Bat' in this fevered 'state the boa hiss marked his victim and his greedy eye has nt once discerned which animal will afford him the largest di- geßtion. Such of the native: of Timore as are em ployed on plantations open to the incursions of the bon. hare thorefJre devised the fol lowing stratagem: They tie up a burst° with strong ropes ton tree or rock, with crenated opening;, where they can ensconse thennelres in safety. while they are enabled to vvateh their anemic: manteuvres. The boa now rushes upon its victim, and the suppressed roar of the buffalo coon proclaims the reptile's triumph and the feast that CA. lows. But it must not be imagined that when the monster is impelled by hunger ho acts in the cautious manner I have just described —just the contrary: at such times his bear ing is bold and decisive; he towers proudly ahn•e the tall heath, uttering a hissing I sound like the moaning of the wind in a tempest, and following as straight a line ns on arrow shut out of a bow by some prac ticed hand. Then, oh! then, woe to the un happy man upon whom this hideous reptile is about to rush! Nothing can sa e him from his deadly grasp, and frequently have several fallen a prey to his voracity. - when he stalks with a rapidity far exceeding that the most nimble tiger. It is difficult to comprehend The wonder ful elasticity of the boa's jaws. ills head is no larger than a man's two fists put together yet his jaws expand without any great ef fort, and engulf masses of- astounding enor mity. Thus when the whole body of the buffalo has been consigned to his living tomb, you may see the boa's scaly skin dis tended by a number of domes, while the vic tim's horns rise up like two sharp peaks, as if about to pierce - through the hard walls of a prison. But of all sights in the world, none is at once morn curious and more frightful than an encounter between two boas, which nre contending for a female or for a buffalo. Dan Soso Pinto and I witnessed an en counter of this kind one evening. taking care, however, to keep nt a respectful die tame. ' We took up our positions on a lofty Belvi dere, front whence, though at a distance of about a thousand footsteps froni the scene of action, we could hear the sonorous hisiing . —more like gusts of wind than anything else—of combatants about to enter the lists. We saw the scattered branches on the ground rising like whirlwinds ir, impelled by the rapid evolutions of the two infuriated combatants, and flying like rock ets in all directions: 'The two boas reached at a .bound,- the solid ,branohes of a couple of trees standing near each other; and than there,was a kind of lull, only interrupted by• the feverish rustling of the foliage, in which the terrible combatants lay ensconced. - On a sudden the trees quivered all over, and two sturdy cables rushed at each other. These cables were the two inveterate - foss hanging.by, the last ring of their tails; each to a branch, entwined in each other's folds, like cemented stones of a bridge; andloolsed above the. abyss bele*: Sometimes -they formed a couver. stud at other .times soon cave- arch, then they remained motionless awhile; yet even dining their apparelst im mobility, they w..u11 crush nod peundissah other's rings, and under this seeming calm there was rage, despair, and, gnashing of teeth. The body of one of the boas must drop lifeless to the ground, and the other fall asleep beside his vanquished foe. The struggle had lasted about a quarter of an hour, when the two champions, as if by mutual agreement, loosened their hold of each other, and retreated each to his former station, till the hostilities should be resumed. The war-cry was a kind of stifled hiss, but more prolonged than the two first we had heard, after which both monsters slid down the smooth trunk of the tree they had chosen fur the field of battle, and then fdluwed a violent attack as rapid as light ning's Serest onslaught, and the last agonies of one of the combatanteseemed almost sim ultaneous. Ona of the reptiles bad drawn his adversary within his vortex, and the rings of his tail were relaxing their hold by slow degrees. The bodies of the two mon sters were now side by side, and stretched at full length. One was motionless, the other more agitated, and after carefully Coiling himself 'round the tree, he at length stifled his adversary within his deadly em brace.- Duels and Deadly Fights. =3 Whatever the moralists - may say, or pop ular opinion may be, there is no' class of •"serisxtion" reading more eagerly pursued than-such as detail scenes of violence 'and blood•ehed. The "duello" has prevailed among all races,civilised and hartrtrian, from the remotest antiquity, and is not lilt ly to be radicated while men Are urged by hot passion, or ideas of punctillious honor: pre rail in professibus and communities. I read recently in a newspaper, a chronological sketch of 'the numerous' duels which have been fought upon the renowned fighting ground at -Bladensburg; and I-propose brow together a _brief account of several duels and affrays that have taken place in our country at various times—giving facts as I heard them, without pretending to mi nute accuracy. I have not the newspaper item alluded to before me—but I believe there is some error in the account of the duel between Mason and McCarty (1829, I think,) and there are some facts omitted, which I will add. Mason and McCarty were brothers-in-law —Mason a man of hot and irascible temper —McCarty of a resolute but bettor controlled disposition. Fur some offense Mason chal lenged McCarty, who objected to a deadly combat with ono so closely related to him, and offered to apologize. An apology was refused, and McCarty notified-that he would bo forced. to fight, unless he proceeded with the challenge. McCarty then named his terms—that both parties should sit tiport a keg of powder and then fire it. This was rejected by the seconds as barbarous. Mc- Carty then proposed that both should go upon the cupola of the Capital at Washing ton, and leap from it hand in hand—but this was also pronounced' inadmistable.— Ile then named muskets, loaded with two balls each, and eight paces, saying that he would kill Mason—he did, beilig unharmed himself. The newspaper account says that McCarty'■ hair became white soon after, vrltch I suppose is a telex - Ili. I knew him ten years aftor.ttte duel, and his hair was then brown, with no signs of being gray, and was oolong as to full upon bin sboul dtrs. . • An incident in the sub equent life of Mc- Carty exhibits, the determirmd character of the man. Somewhere about twenty-five or thirty years ago, and before the pre-emption system had avnlified the rude end high-hand ed ways which prevailed in the disposal of public lands, Cul. McCarty, with three or four friends, went from Virginia to attend a public .land sale. On the day, before the sale, the squatters in that region, according to the energetic system of that energetic and very useful class of our fellow citizens, no tified all strangers present of what lawis they should bid upon, and that any. attempt to bid for any others would be summarily set tled at. the peril of the intruding bidder, and they were not meu that trifled, or often failed in this kind of patriotic duty. At the moment the auctioneer was 2th:tit to commence the sale, Col. McCarty stepped forward and requested a moments deli:y.- 11e then stated to the crowd—and there was no lack of. fierce, or those pleasing argu ments, rifles, pistols, and knives around— that he had been warned not to bid for cer tain lands now about to be offered for sale; that he recognized no authority but the law of the land; that he should allow no man to control his rights by threats; and then an nouncing himself and friends by same and as from Virginia, he added that they in tended to bid fur whatever lands they saw fit. autong.theseubout W beeffered, and any man_attempting violence would da so at his peril. ' liethen drew a brace of pistols; his frienda.did the same and the bidding com menced. The Virginians bid as they pleased fur the forbidden lands but no fight resulted. • 'An instance resembling, in its circum stances, the duel between. Mitsui and Mc- Carty, 'occarred- near one of the Virginia