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TOW ANDA:
turbanfitorMan, December 20, 1831.
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(From Chambers Egmbargit Jourpia.)
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occatEcricnd:Ziar A POLIO UN
Tie records of police courts afford but imperfect
ti
%ice of the businds already effected by the
.cent atiacheii to them. The machinery of Eng.
criminal law in practice, PO subservient to the
ince of individeal prosecutors, that instances are
occuning in which flagrant violations of
,anal justice are, from various motives, corrupt
ot!tereise"Nvithilrawn not only from the cogni :
nce of judicial authoiity,-but from the reprobation
public opinion. Compromises are usually effect:
between the apprehen-ion of the inculpatird par
; av id the public exlimihation before the magi's.,
, e The olject of prosecution has been perhaps
i iieil by the prelintiriary step of arrest, or crimi.
interstand.nr„ has been artived at interval ;
o tren found utterly hopeless to proceed,
wryer foamiest ma.y.liave appeared the pill! of
yowler. ll you adopt the expedient of corn
the attendance of the accused, it is, nine
e . cut of ten, mere time and trouble "thrown
-,'the utter forgettulneso of memory, the
-s; recollections of ,acts so' vividly remembered
s tew hours before, the delicatelyscrupulous-I
alion to depose confitinnily to the clearest ve
er ev tared by die reluctant prosecutor, render a
ctiorr almost *impossible ; so' that, except in
-5 of flagrant and stalling crimes, which are of
- e arrre-ily "rosecuteit by the crown law'yers,
ces against our ecivereigti lady the queen, her
, and d ig riry, as.' criminal illtlielMell l B run, if
subject voluntarily appears to chal
' m be:la:101 his liege lady, remain unchastis.
Hot taitritiroly unexposed. From several
e• of Iris prevalent abuse which have come
run knowledge, I select the following 'in
merely changing the names of :he parties :
.e noes, the superintendent late one atter
,n formed me, we were requirect inn perplex
enialt;led afiair, which would-probably
ne
e for some time, as coders Jim] :been given
the_nratter thoroughly " There," lie
ra a Mr. Reptorri-a_ biOily respectable
solicitor's card. He is from raircashite„
ray ing at Webb's Hotel, Pi:earl:lls. You
.Fz aim at once. He will put you in posses
- al the facts—surmised rather, f 'should say,
:_ ices , to my, apprelieusicm, are scant enough
eclet.l'Nt ill the case, and you will then use
le ditti4„elice to ascertain, first, if the alieg
really been committed, and so, of
;•' , e criminal to justice."
a stunt, bald-headed, gentle
, pe:sx.• apparett.ly about sixty years of age,
:le act cut gum; out. ‘• I have a pressing en
tat for this eremite, Mr. 11'aters, 71 said he.
;.iic.:o1„; a: the introductory note Iliad brought,
:•ar,r.ot possibly go into the business with the
rn and minuteness it requires. But I'll tell
, '3; , one of the parties concemetl, and me
\la tilt whom you will have especially to
a I knot, to be oldie Convert Garden Thea
. , eTE111!12. It is of course necessary that year
t , a acqiiainted with his person ;
you Till uo oan me in the cab ttiat is wait
.e. I sill step with yea into the theatre and
,!!?: COL — I astUnted and on entering Con
itsLlen pit, Mr Rep:on, who kept behind me
observation, thiected my attention to a
t. itecsons occupying the front teats of the.
wi ra the lower tier from the stage, cn the
of :he house They Were—a gentleman
ep years of age ; his Wife, a very elf:
. ...stotn, a year or ISO younger; and three
!he elitesi of w horn, a boy could cot hare
71)re than six on ‘-even years old. This done,
T a !•• 4 ne theatre, and about two Wane of
did 1,,e same. - •
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?St IT:011141 breakfasted with the Lance
he apputrcment. As soon as it was
I , ll4,resa was at once e - leted upon.
c earli observed Sir Chattel Malvern,
etening, I pre•ame r said 111 r. Repton.
paid •eat arentian to the gentleman you
is me. - I answered, " if he be Sir
Nialrern ** •
, or ]t lea‘t--=-litit of thit p l esenily
©e elform yOU that Malvern, a few months
to a be4gared gimm.rer, or nearly so, tospeak
- et - ision He is now in good bodily health.
?1 - rang wife, and a family to 'whom he is
:‘ached, an unineurnbered estate of aixrat
- .oi.:e.and a year, and has not gambled since
two pn.t;esnon of the properly This pee"
is them any thing remarkable in Sit Charles'
o• I.*
3ly impression Ins that be
r. , 2.er a terrible depreaksino or apirita r
.l'man'te'd• by pecuniary difficulties. He
a ' ^1 X ,7 1 whatever to any thing going on on
excep t when his wife or one of the chit
challenged his attention;. and then,
tettirned, he relapsed iamb the same
. ...o.:l..s.,:vance as before. He is very net•
The box door was 'suddenly opened
ire• an.; I noticed his sudden start each
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Ii re erattly4e<crihed him. Well, that
save feres.shuess of msnner has cort
-s-c.;c.u.tied him since his secession to the
era:e, and Gulp since then. It glenre h"
c.:.a or two others in poiskble an un
afpu:tore which—Bot I had better, if I
relder myself intelligible, relate matters in
Thomasßedwood, whdoe property in 'art- '
thleily in the neighborhood of Liverpool,
43th, as did his only eon, :Sir. Arehibat
4 ' 1 3 atom sii months ago, in a very &widen
1 4 41, trannee. Therarere Wage apiend-,
, arwe urn time in harness, bas Sii
ts.; Is. , ely'purchased at a very high prize-
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Two groOntina' litniithsek were in attendance, to
render assistance if required, for the animal was a
very powerful, high spirited cot Alt went very
welt tiff they arrived in
_faint oe, Meredith's place,
0/k Villa. This genilhmint•Bmkttpassion for firing
off a number ofbrass cannon on the anniversary of
such events as he deetned worthy of the honor.—
This happened, unfortunately, to be one of Mr.
Meredith's gun-powder days and as Sir Thomas
and his son were passing, a stream of light flashed
directly in the eyes of• the mare, followed by the
roar of artillety„at not more than ten paces oft The
terrific ahimarbecame instantly unmanageable, got
the bit between her teeth, and darted ofi with the
wildest apeed. The road is curved and rugged one;
and after tearing along for about half a mile, the
off wheel of the gigcawni, at, an abrupt turn, - full
against a mile stone The tremendous shock hurl
ed the two uitforthnate - gentlemen upon the road
with frightful violence, tore the vehicle almost corn.
pleteTy asunder, and so injured the mare that she
died the next day. The alarmed grooms had not
only beep unable to render assistance; but even to
keep up. with the terrified mare, found Mr. Archi
bald Redwood quite dead. The spine had been
broken close to the nape of the neck ; his bead, in
'fact, was doubled cp, so to speak, under the body.
Sir Thomas still breathed, and was conveyed to
I I Redwood Manor House. Surgical assistance was
promptly obtained ; but the internal injuries were
so great, that the excellent old gentleman expired
in a dew hours after he had reached his home.
I was haitily sent for ; and when I arrived, Sir
Thomas was still fully conscious. He imparted to
me m: tters of great moment, to which he Imping
ed I would direct. after his decease, •my best care
and attenlion. The soy 1 was aware, had but inst.
returned lien a tour on the continent, where- he
had been absent for nearly twelve months ; but I'
was riot aware ; that Mr. Archibald Redwood had
not only secretly espoused a Miss Ashton—of a re
duced family, bat belonging to our best gentry—but
had returned home, not solely for the purpose of so
hinting Sir Thomas' forg,ivenes , cf his rash espou
sals, but that the probable heir of Redwood might
he barn within the wells Of the ancient house. Af
ter the first burst of passion and surprise, Sir Thom
, as, one of the best-hearted men in the universe,
cordially forgave his eon's, disobedience—Oanly,
and quite rightly. imputing it to his own foolish ur
gency in. pressing a union with one of the Lacy
Fuity_ i _w oh which the baronet was very intimate,
and whosi - estate adjoined his.
‘• Well, this lady, now a widoar, hail been lett
by her husband at. hester; while he came on IC.
seek all explanation with his father. Mr. Archibald
Redwood was to have set out the next morning in
.roe of • Sir Thomas' carriages to bring Immo his
wife ; and the baronet, with his dying breath, bade
me as'bre her of his entire forgiveness, and his ear
nest
hope and nos: that through her offspring the
race of the Redwoods might be centinned in a di
rect line. The family estates ; I should tell you,
being strictly entailed on• heirs-male, devolved, it
no son of Mr. Archibald Redwood should bar his
claims, upon Charles Malvern, the son of a cousiri
of the late Thomas Redwood. The baronet had
always felt partial toward Malvern, and had assisted
him pecuniarily a hundred times. Sir Thomas al.
so. difeeted pie to draWkii qtriCkly as I could a short
will bequeathing Mr. Charles Malvern twenty thou
sand pounds out of his personals. I wrote as cape.
ditiously as I could, but by the tints that the papers
were ready for his signature, Sir Thomas was no
longer cozscious. I placed the pen in his hand,
and I fancied he undersmed• the purpose, for his
fingers closen faintly upon it ; but the power to
guide had utterly gone and only a slight, 'scramb
ling stroke marked the paper as the pen slid across
it towards the failing arm.
Mr. Malvern arrived at the house about an hour
after Sir Thomas breathed his last. It was clearly
apparent through all his sorrow, panty real, I heye
no doubt, as well .as partly assumed, that joy of
riches; splendor, station, was dancing at his heart,
and Ipite of all his efforts to entidoe or conceal it,
sparkling in his eye. I briefly, but as gently -as I
acquainted him with the tree position Of af
fairs." The revulsion of feeling which etisced, en
tirely eritrranned him ; and it - waa not till an boor
aherwarda that he recovered his self-pi:emersion suf
ficiently to converse reasonably end coon, upon his
position. At last he bacame apparently reconciles to
the sudden over clouding of his imaginaniety
bril
kant pnxspects, and it was agreed as he wasa rela
tive of the widow, he should break the sad news to
her. Well, a few days eller hisdeparture, I receie
ed a letter from him, stating that Lady Redwbod—
I don't thitiVby the way f ithat, as her husband died
before succeeding to - ihe baronetcy; she is entitled
to that appellation.of honer; we however, calf her
so get of cciarterry—that Lady Redwood; though pre.
maiurely Confined in consequence of the intelli
gence of her husband's untimely death, had given
birth to a female child, and that both mother and
daughter . ..were as well as might be expetted
' This, yea will agree, seemed perfectly 4satisfamo•
y r
" Entirely so." -
"So I ihou.:ht. Mr. Malv'etn was novr ouques
tionably, whether Sir Charles Malvern or not, it.
proprietor of Redword estate, buithened as 'rib a
charge, in accordance with the conditions o 1 the
entails of a thousand poondi life aonnity to the late
Mr. Redwood's infant daughter.
"Sir Charles returned to the Redwood Manor
house, where his wife and family soon afterwards
arrived. Lady Bellwood had been jOined, 1 ander:
stood by his mother. Ashton, and would,
when able to undertake the journey, return to her
maternal 'borne. 'll was abbot two months after Sit
Thomas Redwood's death that I dltermined inpat
'Lady' Redwood a visit, in order to the winding : up .
of the personal estate, which it was derrinddetoad.
compfuth as speedily as possible, antf then a new ,
and terrible light flashed upon. me.? '
• "Vhau ialteatreni name 1" 1.-excl j airaed,fru
tiate,bmaking whatfgd. the*b•
to reveal 1"
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY Al TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, 11.„ BY E. O'iEARA GOODRICH.
" IMILROLESS or DENUNCIATION PROS ANT IaIRJATTATL."
0n1Y,," rejoined Mr. 'lepton, "that-ill, deliri
ous, as Lady Redwood admitted herself to have
been, it waster intimate, unconquerable conviction
that she had gives birth to twins t"
"Good God I And you suspect 1"
"We deal know whar to suspect. Shruld th'
lady'i confident beijef be correct, the missing child
mighttave been a boy. You understand?"
" i do. But is there any tangible evidence to
-justify this horrible suspicion 1"
" Yes ; the surgeon apothecary and his wife, a
Mr. and Mrs. %Villiams, who attended Lady Red
wood, have suddenly disappeared from Chester,
and, from no explainable motive, having left or
abandoned a fair business there." •
"That has certainly an ugly look."
" Tine; and a few days ago I received informs.
Lion that Williams had been seen in Birmingham.
Be was well dressed ; and not, apparently in any
business."
" There certainly appears some ground for sus
picion. What plan of operation do yoo propose !"
"That," replied Mr. 'lepton, " I must leave to
your more practised sagacity. J can only under
take that no means shalt be lacking that may be re.
quired "
11 It will be better, perhaps," I suggested titterer)
interval of reflection, 14 that l should proceed to
Birmingham at once. You have of coarse an emu
rate descripion of the persons of Williams and his
wife ready ?".
14 I have ; and very accurate pen and ink sketch
es lam told they are. Ete.ides these, I have, al
so here," continued Mr. Repton, taking from his
pocket-book a sheet of carefully folded stain-paper,
1 4 a full description of the female baby, drawn up
by its mother, under the impression that twins al-
ways—l believe they generally do—closely resem.
ble each other. " Light hair, blue eyes, dimpled
chin," and so off. The fairy—a very charthing per
son, I assure you, and meek and gentle as a fawn
—is chiefly iiinxions to recover her child. Yon and
should onr suspicious be confirmed, have other
duties to perform."
4. This was pretty near all that passed, and the
next day I was in Birmiu;2ham.
The search, as I was compelled to be captions
in my enquiries, was tedious, but finally success
ful. Mr. and Mrs. Williams I discovered living in
a pretty house with neat grounds attached, about
two miles from Birmingham, on the coaeh road to
Wolverhampton. Their assumed' name watt Bar
ridge, as I ascertained from a servant girl, who
fetched their dinner and copper beer, and occasion •
ally wine and spirits, from a neighboring tavern,
that they had one child, a few months old, of whom
neither father nor Mother seemed vety fond By
dint of much perseverance, I at length got upon
pretty familiar terms with Mr. Buiridge alias Wil
liams. He spent his evenings reeel arty in a tavern,
but with all the pains-taking, indefatigable ingenui
ty I employed, the chief knowledge I acquired, du
ring three weeks of assiduous endeavor,. was that
my friend Berridge intended, immediately after a
visit which he expected shortly to receive from a,
rich and influential relative in London, to emigrate
to America, at all events to abroad. This was,
however, preclons information, and very rarely, in
deed,.was he, after I had obtained it, oat of my
sigh: or observation. At length perseverance ob.
tained its reward. One morning I discovered my
friend much more sprncely attired than ordinarily,
make way to the railway station, and there question
with eager looks every passenger that alighted
from the first class carriages. At last a gentleman
whom I instantly recognized, in spite of his shawl
and other wrappings, arrived by the express train
from London.limns instantly accosted him, a
cab was called, and away they drove. f followed
in another, and saw them both alight at a hotef in
New street. I also lighted, and was mentally de
bating how to proceed, when Williams came dui
of the tavern, and proceeded in the direction of his
home. I fokoweo, overtook him, am soon contriv
ed to ascertain that he and his wife had important
baseness to transact in Birmingham the next morn
itg, which would render it impossible he should
meet me as I proposed, till iwo or threg o'clock in
the &reunion, at the eariiesl, and the next morning
my esteeined friend informed me, they would leave
the place, probably foreven
An hoar after this interesting conversation 1, ac-
companied by me chief of the Birmingham police
was closeted wi.b the landlord of the hotel in New
street, a highly respectable person who promised
us every assistance in his power. Sir Charles Mal
vern had, we found, engaged, a private room for
the transaction of important busintts with some
persons he expected in the morning, and our plans
were soon fully matured and agreed upon.
I slept little that night and immediately after
breakfast, hastened, wkh my Birmingham col
league, to the hotel. The apartment assigned for
Sir Charles Blalvem's use had been , a bedroom, and
a large wardrobe, with a high wing at each end ;
gill remained in it.
We tried if it would bold us r and with very ifftlet
stooping and squerzinz, found it would do S'ery
well. The Landlord soon gave as the signal to he
on the alert, and , in we jammed ourselves, locking
the win; doors on the inside. A minute or tiro af.
(erarards, Sir Charles, and Mr. and Mrs. Williams,
entered, and pacer, pens and ink having been
brought, business commenced in right earnest.—
Their conversation it is Leedless to derail. it will
suffice to observe, that it was manifest Sir Charles
by a heavy bribe, had induced the ac ouches and
his wile to conceal the birth of the male child,
which as I suspected, was that which Williams and
his spouse were bringing up as their own. 1 must
do the fictitious baronet the justice to say that he
had from the first the utmost anxiety that no harm
should beEd the infant.
Mr. Malvern's nervous dread lest his `confeile
'rates should be questioned, - had induced their hur
rieddeparture from Cheerer, and it now appeared
that he bad' become aware of the auspicious enter-
tained by bk. Rapti*, and couhl- not rest till the
Williams and the child irsze out of the country
EMI
It * was now insisted, by the woman mere especial.
ly, that the agreement for the taiga annual pay.
ment to be made by Sir Chivies, should be fairly
written out andeigned in plain." black and white,"
to use M-s. William's expression, in order that no
future misunderstandings might vise. This Mr.
'Malvern strongly objected to; but finding the wo
man would accept of no other terms, he sullenly
complied and at the same time reiterated, that it
any harm should befal the boy, to whom be inten
ded, he said, to leave a• handsOme fortune—he
would cease, regardless of the consequences, to
pay the Williamses a shilling.
A silence of several minutes followeit, broke on
ly by the scnichini t of the pen on paper. The
time to me seemed an age, squeezed, crooks!, sti
fled as I was in that narrow box, and so I after.
wards learned it did to my fellow sufferer. At
length, Ur: Iktalvern said, in the same cautions
whisper, in which they had all hitherto prken.-
1‘ This will do, I 'think," and read whet he had
written Mr. and Mn. Williams signified their
approval; and as now matters were lolly ripe, I
gently turned the key, and very softly pushed open
the door. The back -of the amiable trio were
towards me, and as my boots were off, :and the
apartment was thickly carpeted, I approached un
perceived, and to the inexpressible horror and as
tonishment of the parties concerned, whose heads
were bent eagerly over the impatient document, a
hand, which belonged to neither of them, was
thrust silently but swiftly forward, and grasped the
precious instrument.
A fierce exclamation from Mr. Malvern, as h -
started from his seat, and a c,pnvulsive scream from
Mrs. Williams, as :she fell back in her chair, fel
lowed ; arid to add to the animation'or the tableau,
my friend at the opposite wing emerged at the
same moment from his hiding place.
Mr. Malvern comprehended at a glance the sit.
uation of affairs, and made a futons dash at the
paper. I was quicker as well as stronger than he,
and he failed in his object. gesivtance was put of
the question; and in less than two hours we were
speeding on the railroad toward London, accompa
nied by the child, whom we entrusted to Williams'
servant maid.
Mr. Repton was still in town, and Mrs. Aston,
Lady Redwood and her unmarried sister, in their
impatience of intelligence, had arrived several days
before I had the pltasure of accompanying Mr.
Repton with the child and his temporary nurse, to
Obbome Hotel in the aidelrht; and I reall3 at first
feared for excited mother's reason, or that she
would do the infant a mischief, so tumultuous, so
frenzied, was her rapturous joy at the recovery of
the lost treasnre. When placed in the cot beside:
the female Infant, the fesetnblance of the one to
the other was almost perfect. 1 never saw before
nor since so perfect a titaness. This wa: enough
for the mother ; but, fortunately, wo had touch more
satisfactory evidence, legally viewed, to establish
the idenitfy of the,child in court of law, should the
necessity arise for doing so.
Here as far as I am 'concerned, all positive
knowledge of this curious piece of family history,
ends. Of subsequent transactions b-:.tr:.:en the par
ties I have„no personal cosinner). f ortly.know
here was :a failure el justice, and I can pretty
well guess from what maims. The parties I ar
rested in Birmingham were kept in strict custody
for several days; but no inducement, no threats
could induce the institutors of the inquiry to appear
against the detected criminals.
Mr. and Mrs; Ashton, Lady Redwood and `her
children, left town th• nest day big one for Red
wood Manor; and Mr. Repton coldly told the an
gry superintendent that "he had no brstmetions - to
prosecute." He, too, was speedily off, and the
prisoners were, necessarily discharged oat of cos.
tody.
saw about three weeks afterwards in a morning
paper. that Mr. Malvern, "whom the bilh of a
posthumous child in a clirectline had necessarily
been deprived of ail chance jot succerton to the
Redwood estates, and the baronetcy, which ttie
nee-simper' had so absurdly conferred on him, was
with Iris amiable lady and family, about to leave
England fOr Italy. where they intended to remain
for some time. The expressed, bat uncompleted
will of the deceased' barons Sir Thomas Red
wood, had been, it was farther stated ; carried'` . into
efleey and the legacy intended for Mr. Malvern
paid over to him. The Williams - es never, to my
knowledge, attained to the dignity of a notice ii
the newspapers; bet 1 believe they pursued their
original intention of passing over to America.
Thus not only " offence's gilded hand," but some
of the best feeleva of oor nature, not unfreqoently
"shove by justice," and places concealing gloss
over deeds which, cualer other circumstances,
would base infallibly consigned the perpetrators to
prison, or perhaps the hulks. Wher.her, however,
any enactment could effectually grapple with an
abase which iprings from motives natural and and.
able, is a question which I mast leave to wiser
heads than mine to discuss and determine.
Cummings, in hisaccoant of a five years' hunt in
South Afric,a, gives in interesting account of his
killing a large inall elephant on the borders of the
great Kalahari desert, and the manner in which
the natives treated the carcase. Elephants are
here found in herds of from six to twelve, and ere
easily tracked from their watering places to the for
ens. On the occasion alluded to, Cummings se
lected an emirates boll elephant from a herdofsix
or seven and by dogs and men succeeded in sep
arating him from thri drove. He- then lode up to
him anti around'him firing aeon the animal with a
large Title that earned a ball we4tted three ounces.
Every tune the elephant washit, he raised his trunk
made a tremendous toying noise. s_cha sat
upon the hunter. But a fleet horse and goal rider
kept out of his way: 'After about a dozen bullets
bad beenfiltgor,d. into him, the old elephant gave
op his breath anirsonendeted. It was the happi.
eat day of my We, says Cummins, as I climbed
Wag and tatting op as ElepluaL
up his broad side which was op to my chinas the
elephant ray flat upon the ' ground.. . ft was the first
large old bull elephant he had killed, and he had
traveled a tedious journey of menthr , to din this
very thing. lie was then in the vicinity of the
camp of Sieormy, a native chief, with whom Cum
mings traded off a musket; that cost him S 4 in
England for ivory worth 3150. Cummings gives
the following account of an elephant dressing bar.
bacue, :
As the sun rose on the 2.4 th, (the morning after
the animal was killed,) Mutchusitio, the brother of
Sicomy, gave the word to cut ffie elephant,
when a scene of blood, nvise,wnil turmoil ensued
which baffles all the description. Every native
there,divested of his karma, and armed with a
assagia/ rushed to the onslintght ; and in less than
tem hours every inch of the elephant was! gone,
and cinied . by the different parties to their respect.
ire hordes which they have chosen beneath each
convenient tree that crew around.
The manner in which the elephant is cut up is
as follows:—The rough outer skin is first removed
in large sheets from the side which lies uppermost
Several coats of an ender skin is them met with.
This skin is.of a tough and pliant nature, and is
used by the natives for making water bats, in
which. they convey water from the nearest fountain
or vley (which is often miles distant) to the ele
phant. ,They remove this inner skin with caution
taking care not to cut it with the usagai,. and it
is formed into water bags by gathering the :orners
and edges, and hanriming the whole on a pointed
wand: The flesh is then removed in enormous
Cteets from the ribs, when the hatchets crape into
play, with whic they chop throagh, and re st.ove
indivi3ually e h collossal rib. The bowels are
thus laid bare : d itir the removal of those the
leading men la e a lively interest and an ktive
pan, for it is thro ..hout and around the bowels that
the fat of the els 'bent is mainly found.
There are afe - things which a Bechuana prizes
us high as fat of ny descripkin ; they will go an
amazing distance for e'smaff'portion of it. They
nee it principally a cooking their sun dried bill
tongue and they Ise eat it with their corn, The
tat of the elephant lies in extensive layers and
sheets in,-his insideland the quantity which is ob
tained from a full-gown bull, in high ccilidition, is
very great. Beforeit tan be obtained the greater
part of the bowels must be removed., To accom
plish this, several Men event u ally enter the im
mense cavity of hislinsitle, when they continue
mining away with their assegai/Da:7d banding the
tat to their comrades outside until all is bare.
While this is transpiring with the sides and bowels
other parties are eqiially Ratite in sernoiint the
skin and flesh fromitha remaining parts of the
ifhcar
case. The natives aye a horrid practice on these
occasions of beg erring their bodies from the
crown of their head tolhe sole of their feet, with the
black and tinned gore ; and in this anointing they
assist one another, each man taking up the
filth in both his hands and spreading it over the
back and shoulders of his friend. Throughout the
entire proceeding an incessant and deafeninr,clam
or of many voices and confused pounds is main
tained, and violent jostlings and wrestlings are
practised by every rnm, elbowing the breast and 1
countenances of his] fellows, all slippery with gore
as he endeavors to (force his way to the venison
through the dense inkervening' ranks while the sharp
and ready assagia gleams in every hand. The
angry voices and : g ry appearance of these naked
savages combined with their excited and frantic
gestures and glistening arms, presented an effect
so wild and striking that when I first beheld the
scene I contemplated it wit the momentary expec
tation of beholding one-half of the gathering turn
their weapons against the other.
The trunks and lee' are considered a delicacy,
and a detachment are employed • on, these. The
miff feet are amputated at the fetlock and the fet,
lock and the trunk, which at the base is about twp
feet in thickness, is cut into convenient lengths.
Trunk and feet are then baked, preparatory to their
removal to head quarters. The manner in which
this is done is as follows : A party provided
with sharp-pointed sticks, dig a hole in the-ground
for each foot and a portion ofthe trunk The holes
are two leet deep, and a yard in-width: tie *lca
vale eanb is embanked around the margin of the
hole. This work being completed they next cal
lect an immense quantity of dry branches and
trunks of treesi of which there is always a profu
, elan scattered re:and, having been broken b . ) the el-
ephants in former years. This they pile above the
holes to the height of eight or nine feet, and then
set 618 to the heap. l When these strong fires hive
burned down, and the whole wood is reduced to
ashes, the holes and surrounding earth are.heatecl
to a great degree. Ten or tn-elve men then stand
round the pit, and rake out the ashes with a pose
about sixteen feet in length, haring a hook at the
end. They relieve one another in quick exemsion
each mail running in and - taking the athes for Slew
seconds, and then pitching the pole to his comrade
and retreating,' since the heat is so intense that it
is scattily to be endured.
When ail the ashes are • raked out beyond= the
surrounding bank of eanh, each elephant's foot and
a portion of Cm trunk is Idled by two athletic men,
standing side by side : who place it on their shoal
tiers, and approaching the pit wgether, they heave
t itgo it. The loag pole ts now again resumed,
and with it they shove in the heated bank of earth
upon the foot, shoring and raking until it is com
pletely buried in' the earth. The hot embers, of
which there is always a great supply, are then
raked into a heap above the foot, and another bon
fire is kindled over each, a Bich is allowed :o bum
down and die a natural death, by which time the
enormous foot or trunk will be found to be equally
bated throughout to its inmost parts. When the
foot is supposed to be ready, it is taken :out, of -tt.e
ground with pointed sticks, and is first well beaten
and is then scraped with an assapi, whereby the
adhering particles of sand are got rid or. The oat.
side is then pared off; and his transfixed with a
allari stake for facility 01 carriage.
riiMMEI
'rho feet thin! ebokkif; are excellent, as is, also
the trunk; which very much resembles buffakes
tongue. The reason why each large fires are ne•
cessary, is owing to the mass of flesh that must WI
bake& In raking the wand on !tie foot, the oatisso
are careful not to rake the red hot embers in with
it, which would burn and derctrisy.tlittmeat, abaci.
SS the sand or earth•protects it; imparting in CVINY
and steady heat. When• thernatiyes hags cut up
the elephant, and removed' the rtirge masses of
fleith, • B:c., to .their • respectiterlomporary kraals
around, they sit down for a little while to•rest 'and
draw their breath, and for a short time' smoking
and snuffing are indulgedin: •
[Many years ago. my father, residing in - Nov
York, was dihappointed:ottemornimnby bitbreak
fast not appearing at the usual hoar, which', be dis
covered: arose from our cook having eloped over
night. In the hurry dairy of flight she left behind
several articles—among others, the following:which
I presume, from its vitriolic strength, did . Me buil:
sass, seduced her front my father's empley, awesob
sequently, as 'learnt, made her the bride of thews
thor, who was printer's devil to a weekly print. I
give it verbatim d lileratim, having only addedt the
punctuation Sums.
7.• 71. M.
10.000 sheets, post Poly-hrk
from eend 2 eend clam thrcio;
i eezily. my Wyly fan.
toed rite in prase of U.
lu• raps the sole in estissy
lo• all the cents smazus ;.
km sets a feller in a *too,
til all at *mat he balms r
fur me, alas! mi dearest fan,
ml bars is like to tinder ;
Yurs ize is like a dint & suede.
theyze burnt me 2a sinder.
yes ! if for parehmint i hood have.'
The warst & boundless Ski,
I'd fill it full, as full hood be,
in prazing fanny's i!
if ev'ry goos vot romes the sir
shood yeeld me ev'ry
rd ose 'em to the we, ry stump—
and then i d use 'em still.
had i the mind of milton—pope—
shakspeer, homer, steel—
that mind wood i dewnte to thee:
'in luveroiktrapeel.
if rd the oshun all for ink.
I'd have nn ink 2 spare ;
I'd use up rivers, hikes. and spritigie
in prazing fanny's hair.
vim i a fife or fiagurlet,
i swour i no lips of man
Eltinod ever make me blow • matie;
unless that note was "fan."
waz i a pare or appal tree.
mi (rule 'aloud ne'er be sweet,
inept item pares and appals rittr.
mi darling fan mite eet.
wuz i a brilc, i d shurely be
a brik in her room wag;
halm me i wood, or else, by &bib !'
rd be no brik at all !
wnz i a strip of gold i'd be
a ring on fanny's hand ;
bet. 0 ! about her taper wastir
I'd rather be a band !!
lynx iliort-plaster i wood bs
Xpateh upon her lip,
2 spend a life of missy,
And sip, and sip, and sip !
win 1 a pate nf 'peels:reit%
how deerly I wood prize
a sitervashnn on
_her nose. ,
a toot her in the ize
win i a piece of good &mos kik
or even wot i bred. (we)
I'd always git on Canny's plate;
:bare the darting stied me.
wuz t a :Graz. Cd be cotehe'di
mi shell ea freely stied.
thug yeeld my Tife to' be a toms
a top of fanny's hid !
wirz i a &mind, rich and tare,
i never kood i salowi
adorn a richer diErdeol
than fanny's ms:bal brow
VDi i a lump of purest pert
all butifol and 'deer,
Pd only az to dekerate
The ring in,tanny's ear.
rm like a feller in the C.
Who pooty nearly drowndid—
lav's balers gathers o'er my tied.
main I'm most domfonndid.
rut like a sbad in New York bay,
on eery side beset_
rich ever say i turns, alas
•
rm alrays in the net.
bekase i am so constant 2.
bekase i am not 6kkle;
I'm like a shad another way—
Vat like wan in a pikkie.
and, o ! mi hart is burning so,
with anguish hot and wild,
ern feer'd ill soon be like a shad
wut on the toles is brand.
My frienis all stops me in the streets,
anJ say that i look bad. o !
that thinner than a shad i.se gamed,
and acto aro but a abad-ov.
then, fanny .do not kruel pron.!.
and keep mi hart unary.
for ifyou dont relent—by Jura !
rat sartin 11! go crazy.
raj laze. mi net:, ml arms. mi jintes,
ml bed, MI dart—all akm—
U refufe me still ill hang
miself—there's no mistake!
in haste. deer fanny. i am your°.
Your servant. low and bumble.
boo printises, if you'll be his.
he'll never grant nor grumble ;
at t 2 o7eLick to cigNt. I li be
jog underneath your winder.
(iryotere weed.) to tare
dozent kure ho .11 binder.
Soxernzao von Tires—"* of my trxigeoca
f.iee me an -4-," said a privet to his sweet bee.
She innediatrtj made a—at him, and.,plasted
tier etr between his i i's, pearly a-re his
[exigence. "Stich an outrage,!: was the! et Sam,
•
looking t t at, her, "is probably ethos! a 1 i
of the mutiny, and is a good subject for a 1.7,,
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