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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
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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.
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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
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o
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LISTICE OF TOO PEICE, Columbia, Pa.
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g 7 -Prompt &mention given to ail bovines' entrusted
to November 4.3,1857.
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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
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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.
=
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1. ... , tuc If of :ti! hio of
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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
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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 !
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Turkish Prunes!
GOLD PENS, GOLD PENT
Segars, Tobacco, Br.c.
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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
<mart- houses, and• while the court was in
Session, some years ago, between Dr. Branch
T.-Archer. a distinguished actor in the early
struggles of Texas, and of -an eminent V ir
ginis - family. and a young relative. The
young man. for some rather - slight cause,
I clsalleaged:•Dr. Archer. who eridu.rored to
avoid a duel for-the same reason that made
81,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; . $2,00 IF NOT TN ADVANCE!
61.
McCarty fight Masun. The young man in
1 this case, peremptorily,and with threats de- I
mended a meeting, which was finally con- 1
ceded. They fought in a groro at five
pnces t the sound of the pistols interrupting!
the proceedings of the court. The young]
man was shot dead at the first fire. Archer
afterwards fought a knife duel in Tesus,
, with a Spaniard—their left hands tied to
gether—and killed hie antagonist. Ile was!
lone of Gen. Llouston's most bitter and u:,-
sparing foes, but never could bring -Old S4a
Jacinto" to fight.
It is stated of the celebrated Bowie, that
he settled an amicable controversy with a
Spaniard about the relative merits of his
terribly famous knife, and the Spanish long
knife, by it kuife duel with their left urine
tied together. At the word, Bowie, bye
powerful jerk, turned the_Spa-dard around.
passed his knife into his body, and tarimi It
—the Spaniard sinking down it dead mart.
ICwie coolly severed the cord-and let the
dead body fall, with as much indifference as
though it had been a log. This, of criurse,
was the most satisfactory and convincing
proof that he had the best of the controversy.
One of the moat melancholy fights that
ever took place in Virginia, occurred about
thirteen years ago, in Manchester; across
the James river frotri.:Riohtnand:. It was
between John llatnpdon .Pleasants; long n
very able and popular editor - of the
mond Whig, and Thomas Ritchie, jr.,son of
the celebrated Thomas Ritchie,. fur twenty
yaw the contestant editor of the Richmond
.Inquirer, in the political newspaper field.
with Pleasants. It was the futal.close of a
bad feeling, which had been ainuthering.for
some years,. although. there , can be .little
doubt that outside friends, were more active
than the principals, in stimulating the mat
ter 'into a death struggle.,., .• ,
Pleasants had. "been challenged, a few
years before the encounter mtvManrhester,
by William F. Ritchie. husband of Mrs.
Muwatt, and eLlet. son of Thomas Ritchie.
senior. The challenge was accepted—the
terms being at Clark's Springs, about two
miles from Richmond—shot. guns, loaded
with twelve buckshot—twelve paces—tb. ,
guns to be place i, tinc , ickeri, upon the
ground, at the feet of the Principals. to he
raised at the word and fired at will. -The
duel wits to have taken place at -five or six
o'clock in the morning, but by the exerti
'n
of two distinguished citizens was fortunately
put in shape for adjustment about two hours
before the affair was to come off.
The settlement was just and honorable to
both partiei, but there was a lingering bit
terness that finally led the 'younger Ritchie
('t honms) to charg e Monsanto with outward
ice, editorially. This led to the fight, for it
was not a formal duel, although the terms
were settled, and seconds were upon the
ground. The partieS were to stand sixty
yards apart, armed' as they saw fit. Plea
slants had a revolver in his pocket;two Pis
tols in his belt. and a Roman sword: At
the word, Piemonte commented the advanee.
and was directly fired tipon by Ritchie, who
stood in his place' and fired deliberately.
using a stick or cane, held horizontally. as
a rest. While advancing under fire; Plmt
sante discharged ono pistol,-hut otherwise
he made no use of his arms until he came
in front of Ritchie, when he exclaimed.
"Near you know Inns no coward!" then fired
his other pistol, made a pass or two with his
cane sword, and fell.• Eire shots had struok
him, wounding him mart:.(3". Lie died iu
about throe days. • - •
Twenty years ago, and still later the ;lea
sant town of Vicksburg usei to have regn
lox "sensations" from fizhta hntwetit
editors of the Whig and Sentinel. The edi
tor of the Sentinel was an 'lrishman by birth
end from Philadelphia. fiis writing.. were
virulent in the extreme, an I his relish for a
fight was seasoned even above that degree of
teal which has so celebrated the vivacity of
"Donnybrook Fair." lie was finally re
moved to a mere serene exiotence, in a syeet
fight with a gentleman named Jackson. who
went all the way from New Orleans for the
purpose of shooting him, which he did.—
The tone of the Sentinel was not abated by
this little incident—but always had its
"fighting editor," who chivalrously encoun
tered all corners, occasionally wiping out
one of them or maiming an adversary; hut
three or four of than "went under" in vu
eafeion, while engige I in this plcaz:n,l, yts
time.
A duel which came off ahnot twenty years ,
ago, between Gin)lson and Prenti,s. in Mi..
eissippi, created conaiderahle excitement in
the region where it ozzarred. T: ruin'
Wan a political difficulty, G m being a:t
ardent Democrat, and Prentieltist'oat
Gholeon teas a noted duelll;t, hal Itilie . fhis
man more than once, and was tt"dead
Prentiss had no laurels of that:kind, Vut
eras known as a' man of great nerve and :es
olutrion.
, alFair, as is usnal in thatre
gion, was attended by a large number of en
lightened and highly interested critics, and
this was te,,caso of suicrior excellonto and ,
attraction. Among the betting fraternity.'
Gholson "had the call;" but some bets were
made that both men w..ul i fsll; gad this
mturve,l the tto :er ju 1 4 ne^.. •
first fire ie aped three feet fern the.
groan!. with aihall through his heart, and
Peen ties, wheeling rutin& fell als , „ 1int1.,13.
from a smart flesh wound. .1 ge . /cramiu:
vrhi hat seen utsuy doele, fp:l :1••C,
this, toi l . ine that P •va..
be ever saw low a. dt,l sic vtgn
, of discomposure, and with cl.t:rc c Horne-•.
[WHOLE NUMBER 1,601:
Special Message of Gov. Curtin.
Corretpondence between the Slate and M.
ti.9n,it urtorirt ic4 in regard to the
from Pennsylvania.
EXECUTIVE CUAIIILIER,
liarrisburg, May 2., 1861.. j
r. Ow &nate ernl Muse of Representatire3
Commomccalth of Penniyloania::
GENTI.CNIEti---In my communication to
rO , l of the 33th "f April I had the boner to
-oy rOqUiCitign bad been made f
twenty-sve nd litinnal regiments of infoLtr:
-Ind one af cavalry, fir the service of the Lao
tional government.
As that order teas Conntermitnded by a
telegraphic dispatch on the eveßing, of the
30th tilt, and by a 'written order received
this morning from Major General Patteraon,
I fc..l it to he my duty tl lay the subject
before youlot ybur consideration.
The first &Mer made upon me by the r,,Ll
eral government wax for sixteen regiments
of infantry, which-, by-a enb.mquent order,
was reduced to fonrtretr.• The order was
filled immediAtely and I confirmed to recoi%e
companies for the reasons ngsi , ped in my
zue , sage of April 30th, untiNvrentY-tlireo
regiments were mustered into the serviee'nf
the United Slates.
The order from Mnjerrsene'rot PatleisMi;
of tip , 25th of April, was in the follivring
MEE
• rIEADQrARTEICP,v
3/iLITIRT DLPaIiTYENT OP , IVASUINGtOS,
Pniltide!polo, April 25„1.861.....,
Ilitt Excellency, Andrew G,, , cartio,„fil! - ,6•;
ernorof Penn-ylvania- 7 Sir:
dory to ex press, to You that thofti.rcitt:,the
dispAll of this Departmortt`Athpult!"-.l4e,lik z
creased without delay.• •
have„ to , reinest,yotax excel,
lency_ta direct- that twenty : five additional
segijnenes - or s infantry to tt, one, regiment
cavalry be..called for forthwith, to be
,ta?ns :
tere3 into the service of. the United S tates.
.
01hJeri will be detailed to inspeot„tind. tuna' :
ter the men into servicens soonfiX 11,131 in
formedpf the points. of elitdezroue which uay be 'desir,hated by youi
I hu.ve the honor to be, with great resheßt,
R. P.vrrxttsoN, 4lajor , Gen x3l,
I ennirneneed immediately to ralle'theid
ditional farce; and a large namber of Coin
‘r, tides were accepted from"different2 Pirts of
the Sfitte 'and from Which 'wet bhd not taken
a.mtpanics to Fill the first requistiiori."lllanY
tif the c Mmanies arc-here and on their way
to this ran lezrmr; and esimp'llPilkins,.at
Pittsburg. The bffiCiii of theitriiitadStates
army oletnila I to muster cempanics . iato`iert
rice at- Pittsburg has been' withdrawn, and
.
110 nmre companies will bo rowslerc+•irifo
the'service:tit "the 'differtibt'tiiiiiitebriinV6l
- cstablis4edZby,tl4e_ tovettomoAtjirftho
EMI
Tile letter from Major -General Patterson
rescinding the order fur odlitional regi
ingots
1 ;
./11.12.4 MPAR.FISCNT,o7 ZENN
To hi 3 Ercellency A.G. Curtin,
burg. Pa.. Sir:—On ‘ the , :2sth inst., I ad
'tressed you rizom m uni cation cap seseing"rny
opinion tint tho force at my.disposal was in
odegoate, and suggested that twenty-six ad
ditxmal regiments be add,: I to the Pennsyl
vania eorittitgeot. Sinai that data other
States have furnished a number of disci
plined troops, well armed, and, equipped,
rufficient for the present requirements of the
service at the nationnl capital, and it .Will,
therefore, be• inexpedient to accept the fur
vices of more three months volunteers;
'The tbreo companies referred to in my
communication of theZ'Sth aro required for
Immediate service, and otle troop will-bo on
duty t,-morrow
A rtll tmty be =de for an' miditionnl
force of volunteers to servo for
_two years of
the •a:ar , but the authority therefor will. Le
provided in time to'eftuse, no:delay or incen
venione.
Thn government informs me that no more.
three tnonths tuen still Verequieed, Plan:
having Ltcen adopted to inorsme the axpty
in n more efficient manner. - I7ipie thite
fore to request that my suggestion --inrelft
:ion to additional regiments be not taken Li
m consideration. I see that you bare re
cotutnenth..d to the Legislature to keep a
f .rze under e. !iltite organization in rArii•
Tle , o r Sate defence, and to rc9tond to a
ce'l frets td.c general ;.- ; orcratitent. Ico not
.I.•obt. that at the pre.ont time tin pro - lint
rr)p•eitien :rill meet with a rca9y
res , pongo from a co-ordinate tirattch re
:he Sate gorernment; and in that case ar7
f 1.0. e above that called for by the gvtra :
meat, and now collected, can bo orranisel
and disciplined under State laWe. Tlaqitoree
wilt then be in a Condi ti.,n to ••.rttiototnr:e
watits'of the gorcrntnent, !Lc lie'at
po . siitle mariner.
,
I Am, Fir, very, ropee.rviTy,
'roar 'obe•liel s'eFfnilt,
^ R. PArr.r.‘ito.,'.l.kltijor:Gent.re.
. .
Foi the puipila of n c!etircleintiMet;'r,
of the tcr'rc3 aaS Canditioit's'n'r` , mwhiclt'ttie
qt.ota of the 'en!! icn
erni sq'rertinamit ie acimittei - into t!to
rice. I communicate with this nacssa,:e tha
. ~,,werp interr, g at!tn, r ot
cue to t he War Dop trtniett on that sit'4,•:,:
w. 12 DtrArrurvrt
-11-a*lzington. April 29. 1561;
Ifni Eger.lleacy Andtam G. Curtin, Gm--
armor us Pennoylr...nia--11.aar Sir In vac
wee the queries propcaladal be Sou t
Dlrkricaent and presented by 0.
D Leg.. I bare Lite honor 11 reply,
7.)a: tae quntc. orrail:fla from Penn-
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