Sceottum 6trritson,.frogrittars.
,selett V.ottrg.
• -From the Animal Gift.
LONGING FOR HOME 6
Our Northern bills are cold and bleak,
. , And chilling is the air,
But dear to me is every peak—;-
Wontd now that I we*? there.
Stern Winter crowns witligl i N e d tig gems
_ The mountain's stately height ;
Majestic , look their diadems,
Flashing in sunbeams bright.
Our forest trees are old and grand,
And beautiful, I weer,
When Spring comes forth with fa iry hand,
And decks their limbs with green.
I wandered o'er, when but a. child,
Each bleak rugged brow,
And through the forest wild— -
Would I could wander now.
Among those hills and vales my home
h nestling 'mid the snow,
The Mecca shrine, to which my heart
Stil! turns, where'er go.
Yeats have passed, and friends have sown,
And I have roamed afar;
But one is there to cheer nie on,
. Life's own blight guiding star.
My Mother ! youthful lore e'er throws
A halo round thy brow ;
Kind sympathizer in my woes,
Would I ,were with thee, new.
I long to corne t my mother dear,
And rest me by thy side, ,
To meet familiar faces, where
Love liglap the ingleside..
This-world is Very lone and drew.,
And sadly do i roam ; • .
Mother, thy child is weary here 4-:,
Take me, 0 ! ,take me borne ! •
And mother, fold me to thy heart,.
Secarely.as of yore ;
And mother, say we ne'er shall part,
No I never, nevermotC!
From the London Leader.
TM NEW A.ItISTOCIZACT.
A title once could only show
The signs of noble Lirth,
And smen of rapk were yearr. ago ,
The, great one• of the earth.
'They deemed it just the crowd should shrink
Before the cap and gown ;
They thoaght it wrong the poor should, think
And right to keep them down.
Those were the days wben books were thine
"The People" -could not touch ;
„Made for. the use of lords and kings,
And only meant for such.
To work the loom, to till the soil,
.To cut the co-tly
To-tread the round of daily toil,
Was quite enough for them.
Time was when inst to read and write
Were thought a wonderons deal,
Tor those who wake with mortiing
• To earn their daily meal.
The man a more submissive slave,
The less bis head-piece knew ;
And so the mass from habit gave
Their birth-right to the few.
'Now look around, the light of Truth
Is spreading far and wide,
And that which fills the 'English youth,
Must shame our ancient pride.
'Tis mind Alone can wield the sword,
In spite of wealth and rank,
The artisan may face a lord
With thousands in the bank.
We scorn not those of high 'degree
For so %were wrong to do;
But poorer men as rich can be,
Atd quite as noisle too.
The prince may act a gayer pert, ",
But be whoorks for bread
May have, perc lance, a warmer heart,
And perhaps a Clearer head.
'Then grieve not for "the good old times,"
Behold a brighter day l ,
'The causes of our father's crimes •
Are wearing fast away:,
Before the Pen, the Press, - anctßail
Must old opinions fall,
The mighty project cannot fail—
' Then aid it one and all:
xr~~z~
For the Democrat.
TO-MY MOST MELANCHOLY FRIEND. .
I Now 'lcy dear fellow, you've worn that
seasbre laik too long. Da be persuaded to
lay tit by. If yoti were the "Last Man" lam
• certain you could not present to the crowds of
skeletons a more lengthened and lugulrious
ThiL Bow dare you walk through a Dower
,garden, or appear in the presence of children
Your grim visage' would be like frost to the
°tie, and would scare the others into dismal
.little ghosts. Don't tell me of the cares and
sorrows that have overshadowed your life.
That's all :mere literary cant. You learned
it . out qf Cooper's Novels. , One of yota age
talking bf csres tind misfortunes! Just in the
morning of your life, and mourning over your
past in such a heart broken way; and quot
;leg Byron to show that life has no more
Otualres for you! Pow ridiculous!
But suppose you have had some misfor
tODeSi suppose yotir extravagant hopes have
not 4 , bees realized. Why tail's° at the
world As time' that was ill . to blame: , It
looks aslbough your days and nights bad
been devoted to BFrort rather than to.Addi
von and Irving. The world has no particular
ill-feeling towards you, I3elieve um ; for Icon
vouch for its good nature. It has no !lab to
injure your prospects in the least, or •to pre-,
vent the realization IA One, of your Impeso
though to be sum, it isn't going to put itself
0,1 of the way orvonr account.. it stands
rofeetly oeutrouldas soon film( you
succeed and t , o baiTy as full sod be gig,s4llll^
ble; If there is a . nythi , ! , however, that will
put the world out of humor, it is to see a dis
mal face and hear a dismal voice... It can't
endure them. It loves cheerfulness and hates
gloom. Don't think to awaken its sympa
thies by - whining. Yon only make it laugh.
But put on a bright face and it is your friend
henceforth. Affect cheerfulness if you have
it not. It will do you good. Assume a
pleasant look, and you will soon be bothered
to throw it off. Accustom yourself to speak I
pleasantly and you will be astonished to see'
theaffect it will have upon yourself as well
aaothens. Never allude to cares, troubles,
"blighted hopes" or the like. Such, in real
life, are not appreciated - by the world. They ,
only , raise a smile of
_contempt or ridicule
upon its calculating c ountenance. They do
very well in poetry. When written in such
langurge as that of Byron or Keats, and re
cited by a good elocutionist, with proper ges
ture, 6e.. world, if not too busy, will some
times drop a hurried fear. But it can't en
dure the'Clongated face and complaining tone,
especially when intruded on its busy hours.
A careless and playful allusion to misfortunes
—if you - mast talk about them—is mach
more effective in awaking its sympathy. - It
admires the nature that is not cast down by
adversity, and is touched by the delicacy
that hides grief from its view;
.while he who
",wears his heart on. his sleeve" and goes
blubbejing Lis woes to every one ho meets
is sure to be mocked and avoided.
There are veins of sadness in the most
mirthful nature. Every heart has tinges
`of. melancholy, its desponding thought and
its'grief scars; but the truly sensitive will not
parade these to the world and demand its
sympathies on their account. Such things
I
1 are for the sacredness of friendship.. W'liat
do you want a friend for if he has no more
lof your confidence than all others,—if you
Iturn your heart inside out to every body.
1 I will suppose you suffering under all the
weight _which you
will
yourself - has been
laid upon you: I will suppose your past a
mere wreck, as.you often boast, to Which you
I cannot look back without sighs,—l will sup
pose you really ill-used by fate,_.--your sytnpa
thief; chilled, your heart wounded, your_
• (
prospects overturned. And yet, suppos ing
,
all this,l can give you no better advice. Don't
I let the world into the secret by plain word
l or look. But the supposition is most Judi
-1 crows. Throw away " Child Harrold" and
I Bulwer, avoid dark swampy places, e s chew
1 solitary walks, and "midnight tapers," and
take to - Dtekens, daylight and dancing.; and
my word for it, the imaginary woes yoti are
cherishing so fondly will disappear like owls
1 and bats in the morning, ancl'yOur rheubarb
* visage with them, Don't regard the world as
" A wilderness
Where tears are hung on every tree."
M. C. L
That is one of Hoods best joke , , which
you, I fear, with a good many besid . es, hare
taken as sober truth. When • you feel yoUr
sombre symptoms, go out into the meadow,
and with bloom and fragrance and song
around you and the' clear Sky above, " enjoy
yourself" and let your grim feelings vanish.
Don't waste the sunny hours in !egrets for
the dark ones.- Don't, like an angry school
boy, throw away your top because con hare
lost yoxtr marble. Don't talk of shadows.
Let them pass as easily . as they can, then for
get them. But mark down every bright
hour in your memory with indelible ink. Do
' this and be a happier and more agreeable
S. 11. D.
From The Private Correspondence of Webster
*DANIEL WEBSTER AS A LAW STUDENT.
" Arrived at Boston, I looked out for an
office wherein to study... But then, as I knew
none of the legal gentlemen, and bad no
letter, this was an affair of some difficulty.
Some npernvs to be received into a lawyer's
office failed, properly enough, for these rea
son,;, although the reminisceuce has since
sometimes caused me to smile.
"Mr..GO're bad just returned from Eng
land, and renewed the prictice of the law.—
He had rooms in See Builaing,, and as
yet be had no clerk.
.A young man, as lit
tle known to Mr. Gore as myself, undertook`
to introduce me !
_ln logic this would have
been bad. I.onotuts per ignotum. Never
theless it succeeded 'here. We ventured in
to Mr Gore's rooms, and my name was pro
nounced. 1 "'is shockingly embaras.-ed, but
Mr. Gore's habitual courtesy 'of manner gave
me courage to speak. I bad the grace to
begin with aaaffected apology; told him my
po4tron 'was very awkivard, my -appearance
there very like intrusion, and that -if I ea-
pected anything but a civil dismission, it was
only tounZled on his known kindness and gen
erosity
of character. -I was from the Country
I said . ; had studied law for two years; had '
come to Boston to study a year more; bad
l_some respectable_ acquaintances in New
Hampshire, not unknown to him, but, had no
introduction; that I had heard he had no
1 clerk; thought it possible' that he would. re
ceive one; that I came :to ,Bo ston to work,
and not to play; was most desirous on all
accounts to be his pupil; and all that I
vehtureci to ask at preeept was, that lie oro'd
keep a place for the in his I could
write to Nei 'Hampshire for proper letters,
showing me worthy of it:. I - delivered' this
speech trippingly on the tongue, though I
suppose it was bettcr compo‘e4 than spoken.
• "Mr. Gore heard: me with Much encour
aging good nalmre,evidently_ lsllF - my
enibarrassmentlipoie kind woide, And asked
me to sit down, My friend bad. steady dis 7
• appeared I Mr.:Gore taid,• . 'irbat I bid sug
geited its very reasonable, sod regained - itt
tie:apology ;, ate slid nett anew AO 61l of
fice with clerks, but. w** ,, ,orillipit: to *Rive
one or two :and would ' - nonsider what I had
said. - He inquired, _an& !-told him mOsilt gen
tieman of hit acquaintance kriew Ma' led
my- father, in Hampiiiire; lAmong
- others,l remember Irneutima43ly,
who was Mr:Goreii Okstiate, d - totiled
K WE AUE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND TUE CCkNSTITUTION. II --Jantes Enchquatt,
IContrast, , itsquellaitna Cattntn, genit'a, Clitirsarr ',4ll,artb. lit, 1857.
to me pleasantly for a quarter of an hour ;
and when
.I rose to depart. he said : " My
young friend, pu'look as though you might
be trusted. lon say you came to study and
not to waste time.- ° I
will take, you at your
word. You may as well hang tip your hat at
once. Go into the other room, take your
book, and sit down to reading •it, and write
at your convenience to .N 8w Ilanfpshire for
your letteb..
"; was conscious of making a good stride
onward when I had obtained admission into
Mr. Gore's office. It was tr situistion.which
offered to me the means of studying books
and men and thingS.,t was on the 20th of
July, 1804,-that I first made myself known
to Mr. Gore• ' and although I remained in
his office only till March following, and that
with considerable intervening' absences, I
Made, as I think, some respectable progress.
]?n August the supreme court. sat. r at
tended it constantly, and reported • every one
lof its decisions. I did the same in the cir
cuit' court of the United States. I kept a
'little journal at that time, which still sur
vives. It contains little besides a list of
books read.
." In addition to books on the common
and municipal law, I find I. read Vavel for I
the third time .in my life, as. is stated in
the journal ; Ward's law of Nations, Lord . '
Bacon's Eletnents. ruirendOrrs Latin Ilisto-2
ry of England, Gifford's Juvenal, Boswells
Tour to the Hebrides, Moore's - Travels, and
many miscellaneous things. : But my main,'
study was the common law, • and especially
the parts of it which relate to special plead
ing. Whatever was in Finer, l3acon, and
other books, then usually Studied on that
part of science, I paid - -my respects to.—
Arnong other things I went through Saund
er's Reports, the old folio. edition, and. ab
stracted and put into English, out of Latin
and Norman French, the pleading in all his
reports. -It was .an edifying work. - Frour
that day, to this the forms and language of
special pleas have been quite . familiar to md..
I. believe I have my little abstract yet. •
From the Bei ks County Press
TIIE SANGUINARY DUEL.
JCIIS L. Z!EZtr.P..
A braggart has often-been taken for a
brave reckless man, unless he was /really'
known to be barrnlesS, physically sneaking,
would possess the power of • iutiruidating
peaceably
.disposed persons.
Jim Rankins was one of the class of indi
rvidnals above mentioned—he was a barkeep=
er in the tavern in the village of 13—. lie
was not a native of that place, hence all hiS
marvellous narratives ab ou t himself, as he
related them could tot safely be cciatta
dieted.
lint in the course' of timedoutik began to
ari-e regarding the veracity of all his daring
adventures—be enlarged so much that none
but the-axioat verdant. - believed and be
soon found that his hearers would occasion
ally wink as he dwelt upon some of his most
daring exploits.
These resided in the village another indi
vidual whose name was Oliver Mills ; he was'
similarly 'affected, - he blustered and foamed
furiously, and the majority of the cilizets .
avoided him. lie Wits a large athletic man
cif about twentygour or fire, and 8 quarrel
some fellow—belSeVer beSitated to knoCk . a
man over who &tied to insult or affront him.
Thete existed a rivalry between the twoin
di'iduals which was destined to create gen
eral " blow up," some day, as Jim once ex
pressed it. The two were not on speaking
terms, nor could either tell .why it was so;
they only knew that a cordial hatred for each
other burned in their boioms, and neither
sought to have it quenched: Loth were ever
eager at - the least r ffront, to challenge the
other, with this difference; Jim. would chal
lenge his foe to.m,ortal 'Combat—pistols--
while Oliver Mills would use Nature's cudg
els—fists only. ' -
One evening Parkins sat in s grocery
store where many of the villagers oft congre
gated ; .he was relating some marvellous sto
ries,'and bad just reached the most Interest
ing point, when the word ",liar," in a loud
tone rang through the apartment:
In a moment Jim sprang upon his feet,
and loudly demanded wini the individual
was who dared apply such an obnoxious epi
thet to him.
"'Tway me - said it; you darned blower,"
growled Milk, as he strode forth, and con
fronted the astonished bully.
. Now it should be known that Ranking
never related any-of his adventures when Mills
wa:, present,- he had probably reasons of his
own for so doing; but - on 'this occasion he
was taken by surprise. Mills and the propri
etor of' the-store had bebn in an out house,
for some half hour, examining
,some hams,
and they returned just as kaakins was, in the
midst of his tale—Mills listened but a mo
ment,' when he uttered the . word above men-
• For a moment. Rankins stood eyeing his
more bulky rival as if undecided bow to pro
cee4. but at length he cried : -
" Sir, you must recall that vile word or
- fight me."
" Well, if I 'must, I must," raid Mills calm
lr.
" Well then apologise at once," said Rank
ins haughtily, seemingly misunderstanding
his foe.
Yon be blasted '." exclaimed Mins, " I'll
fight."
" F.h I" cried Jim, in confusion, " I thought
you were going to apologise—to retract the
word you made use of."
"rioter wind what you thought, 111 fight 1
you," teplied
" Very well, sir, • send. ray second to
yours to-morrow to arrange matters.'?
" Arrange thunderatiun," cried Mills,
"What do I want with secondal If von
send any one to me to arrange; things, I'll
smash his face just as I'm going to yours."
"Sir," said Jim, with an air of dignity,
" you entirely mistake the nature of our con
templated meeting, I fight only with the
seapous qf sE gentleman—pistols or satords r
" Why you blasted cowardly skunk," cried
the enraged bully, " you dent,tnean_ to say
that you refuse to flea me r
" t shall not disgrace my telt by resorting
to the, vulgar precuoe of 'settling such affairs;
arms only !will suit.,". said 'Jim. •
Well, dont yoti call these arms?' said
Mills, throwing himself in an attitude, and
displaying a pairior limbs of that name.
"You aadststsed rae;" said Jiar,•and sat
in this ha left the stette4
Those present now persuaded Mills to ac
cept the challenge. and one of them, a great
wag, volunteered to act as his second.
The two seconds met, and secretly resolv
ed to amuse -themselves at the expense of
those two pests of B----.
The hour fixed upon for tbe meeting WAS two
o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, and
the distance agreed 'upon was only ten yards.
They met, and judging by their features, one
would have supposed they would rather Lave
been somewhere else, and under, diirorent
circumstances, they rooked, really. miserable.
The seconds once more pretended. to en
deavor to reconcile the two young men, but
neither would withdraw a word; both yearned
for"blooi3, if their asscrtions could be relied
upon.
They finally took their places, - pistols in
hand, and- hearts, in their throats--the sec-
and who was to give the Piglial to fire, ap
proached the surreon, and said :
•`I suppose yo - u have yorir implement-4
handc in case an rimpntation is tiecessary I"
"Yes sir," replied sur;con Thompson, who
aware that the pistols were' trot even loaded
. _
with wads, though in the ptpsent case, had
they contained halls they would have been
jut as harrnhiss hi the I;antis of -those two
lubbelly cuwar4s.
Had it been a "11:t fight," Mills would I
tare
fought l'ottikins with pleasure, but he I
had a horror of powder and ball—tte would
not have accepted the eballenge had not Bill
Krone, his second, assured him - that Rankin:
would not stand fire, so here be was now in I
a horrible situation, with the eyes ortwenty
five or thirty of his acquaintances upon him,
whb would be so malty witnesses against him I
1
if be (lid not acquit himielf manfu lly. s
The remarks of his second relative to the
amputation of limbs were as daggers to his'
already excited feeling:, and the effect of
those apparently sincere words told with
equal effect upon the other boaster—both
were as pale as sheets. _
" Gentlemen, ate you ready ?" asked the
second. -•
" Y-e•s," _stammered -RankinS with nervous
trepiaation: Mills would not trust himself
with hL voice, so he tneielv .inclined his
" At the wont three' yc.o affil plea.° to
fir(.;'. said theother, "now prepare for victory
or death 17- -
The two "'wretched men a Ftatinz at
each othir**blanclicd cheeks and dilated
.eyes; at the btfrd " one," they staited
coh
vulsively,:and both turned a ;shade paler.-- ;
When ''•two" was pronounced4bev presented
=I • -
an appearance at once pitiful ti diLions.
Mills perspired like an over-worked slave—
his m o uth Btooll open with fear, and his un
oceripied hand opened and shut again in a
nervous manner. •
Rankin** face Nrai actually greenisliwLite,
Lis knees smote together, and finally his hat
fell off—his he& stood on end 1 It could
not 1-e decided then which of the two was
are aneet frig-Irter.cti. - •
.Suddenly both seemed to nerve themselves;
they assumed a more 'determined demeanor.
and looked less horrified. The spectators
thought they. would now really fire, a fact
which before was very muelt doubted.
At the word " three," they both raised
theii pistol's, and then simultaneously drop
{anal
their arms again arid. pistols in hand,
they took to their heels in opposite - direc
tions. It now appeared evident to those its 7
sernhled,• that thelook of fit which the
"duellist*" exhibited precious to their giving
out the word " three," Was only a determina
tion to run, in case the other persisted in re
inainlng firm, but unfortunately, both were
too cowardly to see' how mpch courage tLe
other possessed. hence the result above.
::Cuu• it occurred to R:tekins. at, the mo
ment he turned his baok,that Milk also took
to his . .heels, so iu order to maintain his repu
tation as a brave wan, be turned back again
after running a dozen paces or so. Bnt nn
fortunately fur him, Mills became. possessed
I of the same idea. and.acted upon it likewise,
so when the valiant challenger presented his
pistol—duel fashion, he was horrified to be
hold the redoubtable challenged party appa
rently ready to fight it out: Both were hor-.
ror struck, and the effect was instantaneous,
•but it operated in two distinct .ways on the
individuals - most concerned. Mills fled a
second time, this time, however dropping the
pistol; the waggish iecond picked t i tp the
weapon, and discharged it after the fugitive.
This capped the climax ; Mills thought his
opponent - shot at him, and he redoubled his
speed executing some superior feats of run
ning. ilankins when he beard the'report of
the pistol took it for granted that he was
shot, and with a howl of terror -he Batik up
on the ground.
• - When he returned to consciousness he
found himself alone; all had left the spot;
be returned to the tavern through some by
way, and next mordag the -first stage con
veved'biln to a distant town. _
lie was'never again seen in and
Oliver Mills became a respeetablecitizen,only
once When he spoke somewhat sharply .to
neighbor who ditTered from him in politics,
the latter merely said :
"Do you want Erie to challenge you t
fight a duet I"
This was enough to silence him. • •
Thus, by' judicious' management of Bill
Risme the n ag, of the inhabitants
of that town :were rid of •two obnoxious indi
viduals by driving one out of the, village
and changing, the other from a blustering
bully into a sensible man. •
A Grstus THE U. S. SEICATE.--The
world renowned statesman, General Cass. is
to be succeeded in the IThited States Senate,
by a Black Republican very illy qualified
for his position. The Detroit Free Press re
latgs the following anecdote of him :
During the late campaign, Mr. Zacharie
Chandler,, United. States Senator elect, im
proved himself in stump speaking by taking
lemons of a recently graduated youth of the
University, named Dexter.. Op one occasion
Dexter had taught him to recite an extract
front Burke, which !tots intended. to be broit,
in with great force and tremendou's applause.
laving heard him - recite, just_before time for.
public speaking,. Dexter weak-down to }dear
and see Zecharta climb the - tree.',. Ile did
it, Well; the passage :from Bork° was finish
ed, and drew . down,the plauditiof the,multi ! .
tude., in order to give it Still more force.
Chandler reutarkeel { .in his moat- impressive
.Manner :Suck citizens-}vas
language tithe immortal Burke, in the Sen-.
ate of do United States!"
HUNTING THE H
IN SOUTH
•
fibe invention of &cart:n.4 has made than
lord of the animal creation. Lions, hems,
and tigers fail before him, when he raises' , his
gun AO takes his deadly :din . ; and even the I
hippopotamus—the ancient behemoth of
Seripturp—has become the sport of our mod
ern NOrods. Its name, as derived from the
Greek, signifies The River Home. Modern
writers, perhaps with more propriety, call the
male animal the "The Sea Cow." "These an•
irnals, as moo. of our readers know, are am;
pliibiuus—that is, able to live both in air and
in water. They are denizens both of the land
and.the lake the rock and the river
G9nkion Cumming, who .spent five' years in
the far interior of Southern Africa, and slew
animals of every description with as much
zest and skill as'out..sporfsmen do game at
home, gives the following account of his ad
ventures among a school of the hippopotamus
tribe:—
On the 27th, whilst riding along the riv
er's bank, some distance beyond the limits of
yesteiday's gallop, I beard a loud plunge,
which was immediately fellowed . by the wel-
come blowing sound of sea e,pws.. I iciitant
ly divested myself of my leather trowsers,and
went into the reeds, when I came suddenly
upon a - crococlile.of average size, lying in :a
shall,*• hauk'itream, and, on his attempting
to gain the min river, I shot hips dead on
:he ;. this was the first crocodile I 'had
inannffed to lay my hands upon, although , I
had killed many. Soon after breakfast, the
chief, accompanied bt: . a 'lumber of his aiis
toeracy, !Aid me a visit.
On the 2.8t1t he sent me down the river,
before it, was clear, to look fur sea cows, and
they soon came running after me to say that
they had found some ; I followed accordingly
and, in a long, broad and *deep bend, came
upon four hippOpotruni, two full grown cows,
a small dire, and a calf. At the tail of this
pool was a strong and rapid 'stream, 'which
thundered along in Highland fashion oiler
large mas, , es of dark took, and on 'coining . to
the shady bank, I cituld at first only see yne
-old
into
and calf. When they .dived; I ran
into the reeds, and as the'cow•rose, shot her
in the head ; she, however, cot away down
ate river, and I lost- her.. The
. .other there
took up the river ; and became-very' shy, re
maining under the water for five minutes at a
time, and then popping their 'heads •up only
fur a few seconds; I accordingly kept behind
the reeds, in bore of dismissing their alarms.
Presently, the t,W4: smaller ones,apparently no
'longer fiightensd, showed their entire heads
remaining above water for a minute; but the
third, which was by far the largest, and
which I thought Must be a bull, continued
extremely shy, diving under the water for ten
minutes and more, letting us see her face but
for a staxmd,tital•making a blowing like a
whale, teturning to , the bottom.. I stood
th e re with a rifle at my shouldekand my eye
,; g l,t, tiara 1 : -x- f ie *pits- tired. I
thought I slionld:never get a chance at her .
and had just resolved to let fly at ono of
the smaller ones when she shoved up- her
-head and looked about her; I fired, the butt,
cracked lou(ily below her ear, and the huge
body of the sea cow came floundering to the
top:
" Tbough 'not dead, she bad lost:her se e se e 4
and continued swimming round and round,
sumetigues-beneath and sometimes at the sur
face of the water, creating a fearful commo
tion, when 1 finished her with a shot in her
neck, upon which she instantly sank- to the
bottom, and disappeared in the strong and
rapid torrent at the tail of the sea cdw pool.
Here she remained for a long time, and I
thought that I had lost her, but the natives
said she would soon reappear,and while. take
ing my breakfast there was a
,loud hue and
cry that. the hippopotamus had floated and
was sailing down the river. It was so, and
.tny Hottentots swam in and brought , ber to
the bank . ; -her flesh proved most excellent.H
In the afternoon 1 shot a splendid old hater
buck, with a princely head, which I kept.
"The next day I rode down the river's bank
with two after riders, to seek f ar hippopotami
which the natives reported would be found
a pool in advance, where another river
joined the Limpopo; After riding a " short
distance, I found the banks unusually green
.and shady, and in a broad, deep, - and •long
still bend" of the stream the game I sought. •
"They were lying in their sandy beds
among the rank reeds at the river .side, and
on hearing me galloping over the gravelly
shingle, the deposit of some great -flood, they
plunged into their native stronghold in • dire
alarm, alid commenced blowing, snorting' s :it'd
uttering a'sound Very similar to that made
by the musical instrument called a serpent:.
It wits a fairish place for an attack, so divest
lug myself of my leaiker , trowsers, I Ordered
my after riders to remain silent,apdthen crept
cautiously forward, determined not to . fire a
shot until I had thourougbly examined the
herd, to see if there was - not a buil, rind, at
all events, to secure; if possible, the Very finest
bead - artiodg them.
" The troop consisted of about fourteen hip
popotami, ten of them being a little farther
down the stream than the other four. Having
carefully examined these ten, I made out two
'decidedly , larger . than .the others. I then
crept a little distance up the river behind the
reeds, to obtain a.tiew of the four, 'and_ saw
that they were two enormous old cows, with
two• large calves beside them. The old ones
had exactly the same size s of head as : the two
best cows fielow. I accordingly chose what
I thought the best 6f the.two, and making a
fine shot at the side of her lead, at once di . -
abled -her. . She.disappeared for a -few sec
ouds, and then came floundering to .the sur
face, swinitaing round - and round, diving and
reappearing with a loud splash
,and a blow-_
ing noise, and getting s lowly down the riser,
until I reattached and finished her,. about an
.hour after, a quarter of a mile farther down:
The other sea cows were now greatly..
ed, showing, sad. that, occasionally, . but a
small part of. their beads. I managed, how
ever, to select, one -of the. three remaining.
ones, and,- making a perfect shot, sent a 'but•
let crashing into her brain; this sawed
_Ju
stantaneous death,.and she sank to. hot,
tom. ; 1. then wounded two-more se. a•cows.
tlitheatl, both 9f, others
were so alarmed and-etmning, that , it iao l tt',
possible to do anything With . theta,_ -
"The one l bad first shot, waslipw:resting
with'half her body above water,•op. t a. aSad
bank in:the Limpopo,-at. '-.1130411ci - of 0°
river 4palala,;which was,--brort4 clear.. au4.
-rapid, and from this position; I started, her
with one bullet in the shoulder and another
IPPOPOTABIUS
AFRICA.
in the side of the head. This last shot set spell , -tramOr in Liq.(iv fiier..ersi or a it* ot
her in motion, when she commenced swig• icasioned by the`:rough-le , el Bud bripk:pacei
gling in the water in the most, extraordina- of the animal, &W eed •tlei, ball to miss its•
ry manner, disappearing for a I
few seconds aim, and tighter gripe atelatotlensteti - trot
and then coming up like a great whale,, sat. l alone announced; the a ounellse receive&
iiog the whole river in a vortex.L ( Presently moment of inexpressible .anxiety ensued; yet
she took her way down the stream, but, re. undismaied by die ik success* of , ..h*ekertai
turning I killed • Lei with a shot -in the though painfully .nware that, - be -noir pos=
middle of the forehead. :this proved a most sessed only a single chaecefOrlife, the home
magnificent specimen of the female hippopo-'individual prepared,,With more: careful
tamus. She far surpassed the brightest con- eration, to make 'a flesh attempt. 'lie:felt for -
ceptions I bad formed of her, being a larger, the pulsation of thebeart a aqaandl:4PaiPlace (l
a more wonderful and interesting :mime' - his remaining pistol firmly aeinst the vital
than certain writers had led me to expect.— fart,_aed drew the tr . iglei wit!) a
_steadier
On securing this fi ne sea cow, I immediately land, - and nicer precis ion. ' The jaws > Sitdileft-
cut off het head, and placed it high and dry, ly relaxed their grasp, and the tigir iirtipped
and this was a work of considerable difficulty dead beneath - his burthent - -The triumph - ; of
for four men. We left the body in the wat- the victor as be surveyed the lifelen body, pf
er, beicg of course, doable to do anything the animal stretched upon the grinid, ess
with it there, and it was well I secured' the subdued by the loss of WOod and the-pain 01'
head when I did, for the crocodiles had drag. his wounds: lie was uncertain r too,wbether
.ged away the carcase. . his failing strength would enable him` to tett.itt
•
" The body of the other huge sea cow the camp, eten if be could be Ceitaitiefinde
which I bad shot now floated and • became. ing the way to it; but his wilier oport this
_stationary within about twenty yards of the i point was very speedily ended by the Iced
opposite bank of the river, I accord- shouts whia mec his' ear; from his Mends
ingly held down the river to the tail of the searching foWm.-He staggered - Ontsatd
is
pool, where the stream was broad and less
. the direction iiiiaßck the sound proceeded . ,
likely to hold crocodiles, and, although cold issued from the tiezet .covered with- blooti
and -worn out with fatigue. swam across to and exhausted, but ,free from woitaai
secure my game.
Two or my Hottentots mortal nature.
swam over to my* assistance; bat just as we
were going to lay hold of the animal. she be:
fffcame disengaged' from the invisible fetters
that had held her, a gigantic old tree that
some flood had lodged in the bottom of the
pool, and floated down the middle of the riv
er; when she neared the tail of the paw we
swam in, and, inclining her course to shore,
stranded her on a fine a ruitel bank.
,
"This truly tnagnificent• specimen wass
about the same size its the first.and apparent
ly older,but her teeth were not quite so thick.
Ordering the natives at onee . to cut .. off her
huge head; and having seen it lardy deposit
ed on the.bank, along with that of 'her com
rade, held for My wagons:bating to cross
the Lepalala tO reach them: 1-was very
much knocked up, but most highly gratified
at my good fortune in first killing, and then
securing, two out of the four heit sea cows iti
it herd of fourteen." 1........„ . '.
ADVENTURE WITH A TIGER. ''
Itwai in the -cold seasotrthrit a few of the
civil and • inilitary.officeia helonging to the
station at Asscarglaur, in India, says Lieuten
ant St. Clair, agreed. to make a_sitooting er
., cur.iion in the vicinity of Agra; and it gave
occasion to :an *animated scene, A conven
ient spot: had been selected for the tents, be
neath the spreading branches of a • huge
I bany,an ; peacocks glittered inithe'sun upon
the lower bows, and mops of Monkey grinned
and chattered above. The horses were fastened
, under the surrounding trees,'and there fanned
1 off the insects with heir flowing tails ; and
pawed the - ground with :their graceful feet;
farther cif stood a.statety,elehaut, watching
the nrogreA of Vis evening. repast preparing
by his driver, and taking under his special
protection the - nets of his master. a small doe,
a handsome bird, six feet high. decked in
plumage or lilac and black. and a couple-of,
g usts, who. knowing their safest asylum, kepi
to his trunk or under the shelter of his huge.
limbs. Beybnd reposed a gronp of- camels
with their driters—some lying (loan. °theta
standing or kneeling. Numerous white: bul
locks,. their, companions in labor, rested at
their feet ;. While pack-saddles,Tanniers, and
sacks, piled around, completed the picture.
Within the Circle of . .the camps
scene was piping, fires blazed in. every quar
ter, and !Sundry operations of roasting, boil
ing and frying, were going on -in the open
air. • Every fire was surrounded by -al. busy
crowd; all engaged in that important office-r
-preparing for the evening meal: The inte
rior_of the tents also presented, an aniinafed .
spectricle.rts the servants werept t ting them
in order for the night, they were lighted with
lamps, the walls hung with chintS or -tiger
skins, carpets were spread upon the ground,
and sofas surrounded !by - -curtains 'cif trans,
parent, gauze—it necessary precaution 'against
inseets—became cororndions beds. Polished
swords and daggers,
and silver-mounted pis;
tots and gufia• with knives red boar spears,,
and the gilded bows, arrows, and quivers,.-of
native workinanship, were scattered around.
The tables were covered with European hooks
and newspapers; so that it was necessary' to
be. continually reminded by some savage_ oh
jtct these temporary abodes were placedirt the
I heart of an Indian forest. The',vast number
of persons—the noise, bustle, and many fires
about the camp precluded every idea of dan
ger—and the gentlemen of the party" col-.
lected together in front Of the tents,- convers,
ed carelessly with eaela. other ' f or amused''
themselves with looking about them.
While thus indolently beguiling the . few
minutes which had to elapse before they, were;
summoned to dinner, a -full grown tiger, of
.the. largest size, sprang suddenly 'into the
centre of the group, seized one of tliiparty
in his extended jaws, and bore bin' away into
the wood vrith n rapidity
_that defied pursuit.
The loud outcry raised by those whose fact&
ties were not entirely paralyzed by
-terror and
consternation, only served. to increase -the'
tifter's• speed. Though scarcely , a moment
bad elapsed, not a trace of the animal re
mained, so • impenetrable was -the, thicket
through which he bad: retreated ;. ut, not
witstanding the apparent hopelessness 'of the
case,-no means which hum.au ingenuity could
suggest was : left untried, Tomtit:4 were in
stantly- collected, Weapons hastily snatched
up, and - the whole party 'rushed into the
forest—some beating the brush on every side,
while others pressed , their way through the -
tangled:underwood;in; a state ef anxiety in.:
capable of description. •
Thnvictins selected by the tiger Avas:nn'of 7
fleet' whose presence of -mind and
. dauntless
courage, In the midst of the latest - Nip:ding
danger, most: providentially. - enabled like
to ' meet , the exigencies of his, eituatiom
Neither the anguish - heendured : , (rens.
'the' wounds already received, . hortibla
Manner .sVhiett he: was 'hurried - glop
through brush and brake ; _ and "the prospect
so immediately.: of dreadful
death, aithde.ed the Ate:Teea othitfipitit sod,
L meditating, with the utriteet. coOttput,t . tpon the
readied means 'effeeti hi's' e'ritt . deliver - -;
/ma;" he 'proceeded atiotiouity;
attempt.. - Ile woru!st Wee of pis
414. and,tl),a,tige l e: hayipg fel* the
,waist, his were constantly left 14!. liherty.
Applying his hand to . the menstai'S Ode;
heaseettpintdilie4tiaiitioositicakittheliiiart.;
i thettalrnWitik Oat Oa. piltoli.pheedtttsalikup -
tle to the - Dart and: fired.., rerhaps- tome,.
gol.ume 14, Xl.mlar
JEALOUSY AND ILIEVIENGE: -
ROME, Jan. al—A, tragical Ape:din:ten' , of
Italian jealousy took place in tho-teginnirig :
of this week at the. Pope's favorite summer
residence; the once famous but 'no//w 'deserted
sea coast town, of Porto d'Ausio,. ,The wo- .
men of that and the neighboriag town of
Nettnno are celebrated for their heatityi, tint
the charms of a young girl,. the dauglqr of
a fisherman of Porto d'Atizio,_ have for :i0U343
time past entitled her to a re-eminent ! rank .
ern in that land of beauties. A young mart
belonging to a noble fatality of Orvietotwhitit
easually sojout aim , in Porto trAnzio, beeri*
enerbored of the fis%errnartisslaughter to such
1 a degree as to Overlook 4111 alifferences rof
rank, and to wish for a Onion with tfreobject
of his„passion ; but his parents suddenly put
a stop.to hiemettinionial intentions by suil-, '
denly .surnmeniag bint back .t.it Orvieto; and - -
' keeping him there .in mipectation ,of - soils
more suitable project. ' • •, -
• The young girl thus unwillingly abandon
ed by -her lover,. was . soon after courted' by
one of her own townsmen, quite a yothh,and -_
son of the indrueipalliecretary,who profess
ed the most ardent affection for tier rand-Of
fered to marty,her, though totally.anprepar
ed to meet the expenses of the matrimontaf
state. Whilst the unsatisfactory propaitions
were pending the Orvietou lover sent a letter
stating-that by the deceme of his parents he
had become master of bis own actiOns; and
, he should lose no time in - returniningto
, Porto d'Anzio,,to-fulfil tlis promise of marry
ing the fisherman's daughter. This `piece of
intelligence was favorably ieecived by rim
old min and the young gill, :snag their:ok-
pectations were realized, towards the end of -
last week by seeing the atnerous count ar
rive from 'Rome, laden with presents for his
i.tc.,Vl bride. - rue riece.ary prelimina
ties having been - . summarily arrow - red, - the
impatient ' loverk were united in 6 the holy'
bands of matrimony on Sundayienornioglast
the bride being fashionably attired in the --
wedding dre.ls and 'bonnet bought. by,-her .
husband for the occasion. • ' '
: .
• It, Would be surperflnous to hint at the
-rage and disappointment of the disappointed
suitor: , lie pas-zed his morning, in smoking
find playing at billiards. hirdly replying . to
thtl sareasticrematis of his friends, who ex. , .
patiated upoo the beauty of the bride,' and
'the becomingness of-her new dress: In the -
afternoon, however, he was roused .by•seeltig
the bridegroom and ' bride; with her father_
and little, brother, set Out .for .I.Vott,ono, a
neighboring town about' two miles oistaut,
in a errettino," or chaise. Ile iinnlediattiv
left - the billiard table, said went home `for "Fi r s
double • barrelled fowling piece, ‘ telling his
mother that he was going to "shoot - a: hare,
whos'l.e heart and liver he intended to -have for supper that very - evening; Thus,himed,.
he proceeded toward gettuno, and waited for ~
his victim at a turn of the road betweenithe
baiter -Ea and the Villa. Doris. 'The' briial '
party meanwhile, returning gaily from a iriai:t
to gettuno and the church • of San .Itoat
came in sight of the standing-a's - sassin,. ivlth
his gun in the middle of the raid.-
The bride - was seized :. with a" Tana'
and exclaimed;', " Oh; DiO! - There - la
Paoluccio!" Rut her husband reassured her,
1
land told her there wait withing to - be alarmed
•
r itt, as a proof of which be stopped his hOise on
_reaching his rival, and said to him, '".cTood.
evening Paclo; where are you: going3"_ TO -`
which the other:replied, "Do you not -seal
I am going to' hoot a hare," presenting at the
same time his piece at the bride. ~She-shrieke
d out, " Spare our lives; Paolo!'" Her , bate- •
band threw his arms round her,, hat 'PaollO •• .
sternly replied, " It is too .bite r and; firing'
immediately, shot the bride through heart,
with a bullet, and broke_ her husbantes - 'artit
1 with three slugs, with which tlie,,first barrel.
I of his gun was loaded.
Seeing that his rival was, not kilieo,.-Paoh?
fired the other batrel without effeOt, iitduras
proceedinwcoolly to relilad, whetic'the 'ciitirit
urged his horse into a - gallop acid ,inisde - iii
once for Porto- d'Anzio. . The ' murderer ; , a A
youth not eighteen years old, thenatrook into
the forest, and tirade the best of hit way t 4,1
the outlaw's asylum, at Getups? 3forto, an 44.
tate belonging to the' chapter•''of ' Si. -- Poiai; -
ivliieh is in such noxious partof tJurOarn; ..
pegs, that it has always been:considered:As* '
sanctuary flr murderers and rebliers,,wl* -
have:remained:time out •Of naiad; OattOested'
within ils- pree i note, and,liniPloyed 4tiPttift .."-.
for want of 'more ImieSt,,werknien; - siolric , -
On, having .the aildi tit:trial ,ailvanliVAitt bejng.:
gtul-son' of the. arch priest of 'cap, Motto,
donlitiiis thought ' hirnself cinitiy tare in:ribia l :
retreat; but the-goierirnieooOlittely•-foUnit:,
the bandit tenants of.,tiss=s#ktiOsi': ato;•!tata,
much on the increase, or the failiiiisfor - or sot '
sujneientiy aotiye in tliiinpVer.4eir,.T#AirliAlf?..
thSt the,polioiritniliniities ace nor . .411'WtitOtV
inns in Oh.inTilitthe'fraditiOtinrlo:olliiiiik
of the:phkoh; ~ T he consent of the 'Dtiiii
_AA
Chapter of St. Peter's hasing•?eett*Vicititht
Obtained, a,detritetOriqat of-Iptr4 ,l 4t..*llit-,
Rome yesterday 41011iing,to make att,AOrfi ~ 4 _.
into' t4e - Atjine• hOiliid' • taitlini`, OC.C4tint:
Morto,in.sestett 'it: titii"l6 6 (titiaciiiiithOk r '. ;
who 40 rutkoial tatriad:jolheiiiittp)iiiiiiaC :
violent PasiiiSOntorf as 4staiMt_o". ....; , ,i.,,41: - ;-t.:-,
i-- 1.--: -,,,.•
'The i •AtatiS 10iiret'a lititv4; a Ug - nioiiiiiitt, -
a is* is. ' ititiafted ii.iW hiiiiself;:leiiiiiicAf"
eip.e c i.bsatisfted, 5. , 4,1001. 1 - - -- - - c