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VOLUME
liiih.LEMEM REGISTER,
Is published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh
Coindy, Pa., every Thursday
8Y AUGINTIUS L. J{VIH,
•
At $1 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
00 if not paid until the end of the year. No
'llaper discontinued, until all arrearages are paid,
except at the option of tho proprietor.
Anriorrisittsx•rs, making not more than one
'square, will be inserted three times for one dollar
'and for every subsequent insertion twenty-five
'cents. • Larger advertisements charged in the
'same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines,
'will becharged seventy-five cents,aud those mak
'ing six lines or less, three insertions for 50 cents•
LV'A liberal deduction will he made to those
'who advcrtise by the year.
Ec Offic c in Hamilton Street, next door to
Stem's .111entown Hotel, (formerly !Feiss')
opposite Schnurman's Store.
• Allentown Academy.
The Summer Term of this Institution
tommences on Monday the 14th inst. Al
though pupils are charged from the dine of
t•ntrance, yet it is always better to enter,
either at the commencement of a new term
!or a week or two before. Young men evho
'desire to pursue the study of surveyin g ,
Wh i tt the higher Mathematics and the Eng
lish language, will find the present session
a favorable one for this purpose.
In the Female Department, plain and or
namental needle work with music, receive,
!careful attention. Further peaticulars may
lie learned upon application at the Academy
R. C. CHANDI.MI, A. B. Principal.
May 3.
41 1 .11.0T11/11.3 ADT1111: Q.
In the Oyhan's Court of Le
€
4 ,..v.x.t t ,„ 0.,
high county.
If W.
I n ~,.. In thr matter of the account of
...,,.. "A V 4 ,C." Reuben Butz and Daniel 'Guth,
4 rv'i l Adm'rs.&c. of Joshua Butz, late
'of Lehigh county, deceased.
And now, Nlay 1, 1819, on petition, the
'Court appoint I lenry I .ongnecker, John D.
'Stiles and A. L. Rohe, auditors to audit and
'resettle said account, make distrihntion, and
'report to the next stated Orphan's court.
From the Records,
TEsTE—J. D. LA WALL, (yea.
•
The auditors above named will attend to
'the duties of their aprointment at the house
'of Benjamin Hagenbuch, in the borough of
Allentown, on Friday the 22d day ., of June
'next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, where
'all persons interested can attend if they think.
proper. 11. LONG NEC K ER,
J. D. STILES,
A. 1,. 121:11E,
[al• 17
la a Ul a Tall
Cit .
4lenj. Ludwig, In the Court of Common
1,3. Pleas ql Lehigh co. May
Chas. Kline, Term, 18-18. No. 173.
And , now May 1,.1849, on motion of Mr.
king, Charles M. Runk, is appointed a
t'ommissioner, to report facts and liens, and
make diStribution 'of the proceeds.
r otre 'Prom the Records,
4' '':- Teste—NATlitoi MIT.LER. Prot!).
tin g
". 414 LI by F. E. Samuels, Deputy.
t.,..7 '-
` - a - rrol l ' The undersigned will attend
to the ditties of his appointment, at his office
in Hamilton street, on Friday the 25th day
tic May, at 10 o'clock A. M., when and
Where all those interested, may attend; if
they think proper.
May 10
C. M. RUNIC, C'onimissioncr
iII)tTIECCIa4
geichline,l In the Court of Common
ofvs. Pleas Leh i
s gh ro. May
.lidom Kline, j
t.
Term, 1848„ No. 151
Vol. Ex. to April Term 1 . 849. No. 22.
And now May 2d. 1841), the Court ap
point Charles M. Runk, a Commissioner in
the above case, to report facts and liens,
and to make distribution of proceeds.
. 01 ".2 .r .er • Iron! the Records,
Teste—NATuns MILLER, Prob.
r by F. E. Samuels, Deputy.
•re' The undersigned will attend to
duties of his appointment; at his office
Hamilton . street, on Friday the 25th of May,
.trt 2 o'clock in the afternoon, where and
when all parties interested, may attend, if
they they proper. C. M. RUNK,
COMMI3BIOIIer.
May 10
II C. CIILESBROLGII, .
Commission Merchant.
For the sale f FISH and PROVISIONS,
No. 4.'South Water street, below 'Market,
Philadelphia. • -
Has constantly on hatid an assortment of
dried and pickled
Fish, 4.e. Mackerel, Salmon, Shad, Her.
rings, Codfish, Beef, Pork, Lard,
Rams, Sides, Shoulders, .
-Meese, Pails,
Butler, •
, 5 9 !.
April 3tn
TAKE NOTICE.
font let yourselves be deceived, lionght
o: caught by fictitious prices, that are pub
lished in the papers. The undersigned sell
ns low as our next neighbors, and in fact as
low as any commission house in Allentown.
We do not deem it necessary to publish
prices, in order to inform the public that we
sell at lower rates than others —all we ask,
is, that such who purchase Iron, Hardware,
&c. should give us a call,,and they will
find that "Saeger's Hardware ,*re" sells
as low if not lower than any hotise in town:
O. & J. SAEGFAZ,
Iron .S• Hardware Store, illlentown
A 'nil 21;. 11-5 w
NEW ARRIVAL OF
Hardware.
• The undersigned have just returned front
( 1 % ( 4 2 (.13.54 Philadelphia with a large as
sortment of Hardware, Cal
low and Saddlery, with Coach-trimings
and ,Vhne-findings, all of which will be sold
at reduced prices at the Store of
April 26
1110 N.—A good lot of Hammered and
Rolled Iron, Sheet Iron, American nod Eng
lish Band Iron, Hoop Iron. Cast and. Shear
Steel, square, flat nod round, just received
with Anvils and Vices, and for sale cheaß,
at the Store of O. & J. SA EGER.
GLASS.-150 boxes Glass of all sizes,
for sale by 0. & J. SAEGER.
IVI-11TE LEAD.-1 ton of White Lead
just received, Pure and Extra, and for sale
by O.& J. SAEGER.
NAILS.-200 Kegs of the best Nails,
Brads and Spikes, just received, and for
sale by 0. &J. SAEGER.
SEIOE-PINDINGS.—A largeassortment
of Shoe-Finding, just received and for sale
by 0. & J. SAEGER.
'l'o 131711_,DERS.—A large assortment
of Iling,es, Screws, Nails, Bolts with Mine
ral Knob Locks, German Locks and Latch
es, &c., just received and for sale by
LOOKING-GLASSES.—A splendid lot
of Looking Glass Plates, and Frames of all
sizesir.sale by 0. &J. SAEGER.
OILS & VARNISH.—OiIs of all kinds,
boiled and raw, Turpentine, Newark Var
nish of all hinds, Glue, &c.,—will be sold
cheap by 0. &. J. SAEGER.
PLANES.—A full assortment of Planes
of John Bell's best make, also a large assort
ment of carpenter's Tools, for sale cheap
by 0. & J. SAEGER.
T--.1%1
HOUSE KEEPERS.—A good supply
of articles for House keepers, such as ena
meled Boilers, oval and round, Plates, &c.,
for sale by 0. & J. SAEGER.
Nov. 11. 11-6 w
- -
WAS for tiic - 1 I COVie, \
HIRAM YEAGER, HATTER,
llAmivros STREIT, itI.LENTOWN,PA
WOULD respectfully inform his friends
and the public in general, that he has just
received from" New York and Philadelphia
the latest
Spring Fashions,
and will be pleased to furnish his custom
ers and all others with them at the shortest
notice. His Hats for. durability and finish
cannot be surpassed by any establish
ment in this or any other town in the Union !
His stock consists of
NIMEII=I
CASSINIERE, MOLESKIN, SILK,
PALM-LEAP, LEGHORN,
STRAWHATS, MEN •
& BOYS CAPS,
of all hinds, at the very lowest Gash Prices.
Call and examine his stock before purehas*
ing elsewhere.
Eir Country Merchants visiting Allentown,
dealing, in Hats and Caps can be supplied
at Wholesale prices, from one to dozen,
such sizes as nny may want.
April 5. . 11-3
LEE & IVALKER,
SUCCESSORS TO GEO. WILLI°,
1.1 AVE removed their stock of Music and
Musical Instruments, to the new and spa
cious store in Swaim's 13uilding, NO. 162
Chestnut Street, below Seventh, PHILA:
DELPHIA, where they invite'the attend
ance and patronage of the public.
LEE & WALKER having purchased
the entire stock of Geo. Willig, (who has de
clined business,) are now prepared' to exe
cute all orders in their line. Their assort
ment of Music and Musical Instruments, is
as extensive as that of any other establish
meat in the country.
PIANO FORTES, from various well
known and approved manufactories, now in
More. and will he•constantly o%red forsale.
- CV:Country thalcrs supplied on very rea
sonable terms
Feb. 8
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., MAY 24, 1849.
0. .& J. SA EGE. R.
1; -Cw
0. & J. SAEGER
has resinned the practice of his profes
sion in Lehigh and the adjoining . counties.
Ilk office is in the residence of the late Hon.
Jon W. Hornbeck, in Hamilton street, Boy
ough of Allentown.
January 11. •
Owen Hoffman,
Clock, Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Ne:el door to the New York Store, of Kept
and Samson,inHamilton Street,
Allentown Pa.
The Mle . riiined respectfully informs his
friends and the public in general, that he has
just returned from New York and Philadel
phia, with a very lar,ge and well selected
stock of
GOLD AM) SILVER WATCHES,
ir --- 6 - --. 0 -,..i., , S day and 24 hour
CLOCK,
.fr //.5,:,'7 -- from two to fifteen dollars,
1..,
~,,„„, and a full assortment of
IlM:-.-- - -ti., Jewelry. A mong ot hers it
tordrommarminnw comprises the following ar
ticles : Gold and Silver Levers, A nicer Le
vers, Lupines, English, French and Swiss
watches, Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles,
for all ages, Silver Combs, Gold Breast pins,
Ear-rings and Finger rings, Gold, pens,
Gold and Silver pencils, Silver Tea and Ta
ble-spoons, and a large variety of articles in
his line of business. Ile has also on hand a
large assortment Accord ians, &c.
The above stock is entirely new, and se
lected with the greatest care, and of the lat
est fitshions and styles.
Ile invites the public to give him a call,
particularly the Ladies, and to examine his
beautiful stock of Jewelryi and he feels con
fident that he can satisfy them that his
goods are not only as cheap as can be found
in town, but will bear the strictest examina
tion for their purity.
[le is thankful for past favors and trusts
that his prices and his beautiful assortment
will bring him many new customers, to
whom he will ever feel grateful.
r....+Y Repairing done at the shortest no
tice, all of which he warrants to be done
well, at the usual prices. . _
OWEN HOFFMAN
May 3
Satases Al. Marsh,
TIN AND STOVE SMITH,
In Allentown.
Respectfully informS lkis friends and the
public in general, that he continues the Tin
and Stove Smithing business, in all its va
rious branches, at his old stand, two doors
east of Moyer's Allentown Hotel, in Hamil
ton street, in the borough of Allentown. He
has on hanp a very large assortment of
AND IRON WARE,
Such as all kinds of Buckets, Watering
Pots, Spout-heads, &c. which he also man
uffictures to order, at the shortest notice, and
warrants them to be durable, and of the best
materials.,
[le keeps constantly on hand a large sup
ply, of Roofing Tin, expressly manufactur
ed for 'Roofing Houses, which enables him
to do rooting at the shortest notice, and at
moderate charges. He will undertake jobs
a, reasonable distance from Allentown, and
will warrant them to be durable.
He also keeps on hand "Downs, Myn
derse & Co's. Improved Revolving Stand-
Pump," at the extreme low price of from
$5 to $7. This is without doubt the best
improvement in the way of Pumps, being
very simple and take up but very little room.
They can be used in WelN or Cisterns, at a
depth of over 30 feet.
He pays the highest price for old Brass,
Copper, Pewter, Lend and Iron, or takes
them in exchange for goods.
Call and examine his articles before pur
chasing elsewhere, as he is determined to
sell cheap. Thankful for past favors, he
hopes to continue to receive a share public
patronage.
May 3. .
AIDFIDIn SID111:11
the Orphan'B court of Lc
-404 high county.
.16164,1” In the matter of the account of
Peter I-Inns, Esq., surviving exe
-4414.11 cuter, of Christian Brobst deed,
late of the borough of Allentown, Lehigh
county.
• And now May 4, 1849, the Court ap
point Jacob Dilinger, A. L. Ruhe, and Jesse
Samuels, auditors to audit and make distri
bution and report the same to the next stated
Orphans Court.
. From the Records,
TEsTi:,—J. D. LAWALL, Clerk.
The undersigned, will meet the parties
interested on Saturday the 9th day of June
next, at 10 o'clock, P. M., at the house of
Jonathan Kolb, in the Borough of Allentown.
J. DILINGER,
• A. L. RUNE, •
J. SAMUELS,
May 9. 11-4 w
Henry C. Longneeker,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
= = ; P_
BMIER
Miss tie itichtenerabeer
Have just received, from Philadelphia
and New York, and now offer for sale, a
new lot of the most fashionable stock of Dry
Goods, ever exhibited in Allentown, such as
Superfine, Blue, Blue Black, Brown,
Olive, Green; Drab, and Invisi
ble Green loths—Doe Skin,
Plaid, Striped and Fan
cy CaBBiineres.
VESTlNG.—Vestings of every de
scription, such as
Marsailles, Satin, Blue, Green,
, Black and Brown Silk.
• DRILLING.—AII kinds of Spring
and Summer Woolen, Linen and Cotton
Dress Goods.
SITHETS.—Shirts, Shirt Bosoms. Un
der-shirts, Drawrs, Suspenders, Cravats,
Stocks, I losiery;Oloves, &c.
ALSO.—Parasols, Bead Purses, Combs,
Fans; &c.
An assortment of Ready made Clothing
of every description for Men and Boys—at
the following extreme low prices.
READY ADE CLOTHING,
Sinnmer Coats, from $l,OO to 2,00
Fine Linen Coats, from $1,25 to 2,00
Tweed Coats, $2,00 to 3,50
Summer Cloth, $2,00 to 4,00
Silk warp Cashmerett, $B,OO to 11,00
Superfine Cloth, • $7,50 to 10,00 ' '
Pants, Cotton front sio to 1,00
" Tweed " $l,OO to 2,00
" Linen " $l,OO to 3,09
" Satinet!. " $2,00 to 3,00
" Sup. Cassimere, $3,00 to 5,00
Vests Marsailles, • 50 to 1,00
" Cashmere, Al,OO to 2,50
" Satin, $2,00. to 4,00
" . Cloth, , $2,00 to 2,50
LirAll kinds of country produce taken in
exchange fur goods. Cash of course "not
refused."
Thankful for past favors, they trust that
their very low prices, will be the menus to
retain their old customers and bring many
"new ones."
May 9. .
EMPORIUM OF FASHION !
The undersigned have formed a Ce-part
iiership, in the Fashionable Tailoring busi
ness under the firm of Stettler §• Geiz.
They have rented the building, one door
east of Meyer's Allentown Hotel, formerly
occupied as the "Lehigh Register" printing
office, on the north side of Hamilton street,
in the Borough of Allentown, where they
will be ready to receive their customers at
the shortest notice. They have made ar
rangement to receive the Spring. and Fall
Paris and London fashions, whici will ena
ble them to dress a man off in real Bun
combe style
May la
Cheap Hat and Cap Store.
Hamilton Street neetrly opposite Weiss
Hotel, Slientown.
Jacob B. Boas,
•
Takes this method to inform his: friends
and customers, that he still continues the
Hatmaking and Cap -business, and keeps
constantly on hand, a large assortment of
the most fashionable,
Beaver, Nutre, Brush, Russia, Si/k and
' Napped Hats, which he will sell at
the lowest prices. .also—a large
•
assortment of. Arens, _Boys
and Childrens Caps, at
very reduced prices.
Ile is likewise prepared to manufacture
to order Flats at the shortest possible notice.
Thankful for past favors lie hopes to en
joy a continuance of 'patrona g e, as he feels
confident that his Hats, fully recommend
themselves.
IN'Such who are indebted to him for
some length of time, will please recollect,
that their accounts should be promptly.sett
led, and it is expected will not be neglected.
NbV. 9. ll—ly
13randreth and Wrights Pills.
Country merchants anti others, orb here
by notified, that the far famous Pills of
Doctors William A. Wright, and Benjamin
• Bmndreth, arc constantly kept for sale at
the office of the "Lehigh Beglster" by the
Dozen boxeS, at Wholesale prices.
April 17 1N -4w
FA
Cloth
HIONABLE
sig Emporium.
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11'41 ALLENTOWN
STETTLER & GETZ.
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NEUTRAL IN POLITIOB.
poetical Mepartment. I
From the Home-Jour nal
Summer Longings.
Oh ! my heart is weary waiting, •
Waiting for the May—
Waiting for the pleasant rambles,
Where the fragrant hawthorn brambles,
With the woodbine alternating,
Scent the dewy way,
Ah! my heart is weary Waiting,
Waiting for the May.
Ah! my heart is Sick with longing;
Longing for the May—
Longing to escape from study,
To the young face fair and ruddy,
And the thousand charms belonging
To the summer's day.
Alt ! my heart is sick with longings,
Longing for the May. .
Ah ! my heart is sore with sighing,
Sighing for the May—
Sighing . for - their sure returning,
When the slimmer beams are burning
Hopes and flowers that dead or dying
All the winter lay.
Ah ! my heart is sore with sighing,
Sighing for the May.
! my heart is pained with throbbing,
Throbbing for the May—
Throbbing for the seaside billows,
Or the water-wooing willows;
Where in laughing and in sobbing
Qlicte the streams away.
Ah ! my heart, my heart is throbbing,
Throbbing for the May.
Waiting sad, dejected, weary,
Waiting for the May.
Spring goes by with wasted warnings—
Moonlight evenings, sunbright mornings
Summer comes, yet dark and dreary
bite still ebbs away—
Man is ever weary, weary,
Waiting for the May.
illi9ccllancotts . ,sclectiong.
The Character of Aaron Burr.
=2
If Blennerhasset had been the only per
son ruined by Burr, in the prosecution of
his enterprizes. charity would suggest a bu
rial of our remembrances of exile's desola
tion. But the victims of Burr are to be
numbered by hundreds. The base and the
peaks of society, alike show the scathing
marks of his fiery visitation.
Ile cherished no friendship ; he returned
unhonored the drafts of gratitude ; he kin
dled by the fireside of hospitality the flame
of lust, and felt little pleasure in bidding
adieu to the Lures of the host, until the
dearest that flourished in their shadows
were sacrificed. The man's whole being
vas centered on the pivot of selfishness.
But for the affection he manifested towards
his daughter, his sole moral merits seem to
have been courage and coolness; and yet
clustering as were the laurels which they
wedded to his brow—his baser passions
were so predominated that he held it more
glorious to seduce a woman •than to succeed
in letters, to scale the steeps of philosophy,
or to wave a banner victoriously -in battle.
He courted the man to corrupt his wife—
the„statesman.to profit by his influence—
the millionaire to obtain his money—and
the world to gratify his desires. He was
the more dangerous from the possession of
an intellect, massive, piercing, brilliant, uni
ted to a frame at once handsome and vigor
ous. His mind was but the keen and resist-
less weapon with which his passions hewed
a way to conquest. That weapon was Pro
tean. • But few could escape its ever chang
ing attack. if the victim came fully under
the gaze of an eye—whose sharp light re
sembled' lightning imprisoned and forever
playing in a cloud as black as night—he
was lost. Burr's conversation was irresist
ibly fascinating—his hand swept over every
chord of the human heart. He strewed the
rosy path of the happy with flowers of a
still brighter hue ; he arched the troubled sky
of the desponding with the rainbow of
hope; he conjured up before the rapt vision
of the avaricious, mountains of gold ; and to
the aspiring, ho pointed out the shadowy
vistas of glory.
Thus he stood, gifted; unprincipled ruth
less and terrible. The want of fortune alone
prevented hint front presenting in one dread
ful
and overwheltning mass, that evil he ac
complished but too successfully in many de
tails. Chance confined to valleys, compar
atively humble, a tempest which only wait
ed for a release to devastate continents.
It may be asked: 'GIs not his valor on
the battle fields of hiS country to be remem
bered?" The answer must be, ""Yes ! That
was a redeeming trait. No matter from
what motive his military talents were exer
cised, our land reaped some benefit. But
there are many persons Who will doubt the
real patriotism of one who was so ready to
forswear his allegience; who trampled on
so much that was sacred, and who held even
his exploits against tyranny as less glorious
than the moral destruction of a human being.
NUMBER 33,
Age is expected tosubdue ; but *ith Bat
the winter of time brought no anovis to cool
I the lava of passion. At roar teat and Mir;
the crater wore a glow as ardent as at twets
ty. His faculties Mocked at a century;
Age should bring the soothing calm of re&
gion to enable the barque Which has beets
tossed by the Storms of life, to prepare for a
worthy , entrance into the sea of an.othet
world. Burr died as he lived, practically
an atheist. Age should bring respect :
Burr died as he had lived without respect of
the good—his hoary hairs went down to the
grave floating on the breeze of infamy.
In cunning, an Ingo; in lust, a Tarquin ;
in patience, a Cataline ; in pleasure, a Sy
barite ; in Gratitude a Malay; and in ant
bition a Napoleon, he affords the world a
powerful example of powerful intellect des
titute of virtue. His portrait woti Id fitly ap
pear in a circle of Dante's Inferno.—ibt•ld
as it Moves.
An Alligator Hunt in Florida..
I have just returned from an alligator
hunt. A party of three of us, with two ne:
groes to paddle our boat, went round the
shore to the mouth of the upper St. Johns;
and some miles up that wild and 'romantic
stream—camping on its banks. No one
who has not visited these wild and unfre;
quented Southern rivers, can form an idea
of the numbers of AlligatorSiVhith frequent
them.
I have, in one single bend or cove of the
river, (which is in no place straight for a
quarter of a mile,) seen 10 or 15 in sight at
once. They lie along the edge of the cane:.
brake, (which, in prairie land; skirt the WaL
ter to the height of twelve or fifteen reet,)
on a little vacancy which they }cave cleared;
called "slides," and plunge iii the moment
they are awakened, which is not always ve=
ry easy. I plumped on td one so neat-, hi
suddenly rounding a point, that t could
easily have struck him with my paddle:
Shooting them is generally .done in water;
which requires a pretty good shot ; as hi
swimming they show no part of their bodies
except the triangular protuberance, which
contains the eye and the elevated extremity
of the snout. It is necessary for the bill td
enter . the eye to do execution, as, Unless it
hits perpendicularly, it will glance from the
skull, as from a wall of stone.
We had a tremendous tight With one du=
ring oiir hunt. I put a heavy slug from one
of Wesson's patent rifles into his eye, ivith;
in fifty yards, which tore open his forehead
as large as my hand; yet see what tetiailif4
of life ! I ordered the boys to ove i'vaY, as
I saw what I considered his dying strug la
had ceased, and in a few moments laid 3
canoe alongside of him, thinking him dea ..
One of the negrocs grasped .one leg, and I
the other on the same side, intending to Marto
him fast and tow him ; but whilstendedvoring
to slip the noose over his head; he sitddmily
revived, and gave a slight struggle, Which
nearly upset the boat. We tooka firm brace
and hung on like "grim death," thinking it
his last kick, but with a furious kik he
broke loose, and with a powerful slaill ,bf
his tail knocked three of tls head over heels,
and canoe very near crushing the astrde,
Here was a pretty fix ; however; he *de too
severely wounded to upset the boat; acid
when we had picked ourselves lip; *Ott
him again. I struck a hook into hint, and
the two negroes seized the and 'of his tail,
while S. tried to split his skull with on axe ;
howezer after half filling the canoe and
knocking two of us flat again, he gat away*
carrying offhook and everything. Fie was
too badly wounded, hottrevet, to .dive, and
we determined not to "give up the ship."
We made another dash at hint; and, after
putting a barrel of buck shot throtigh the old
wound at six feet distance;, succeeded in
getting a running noose of, halt-inch rope
around his neck, and atnithei around his
forward flipper, though he came very near
.taking my left arm Win the effort.
It is .not 0 peculiarly, Pleasing view to see
a mouth as big as 6 nail-keg close Within an
inch or two otone. This time we "axed"
him securely, and, lashing him alongside,
towed him off: I *as; at first, afraid that the
negro, who' received most of the bloW, was
severely injured. He was struck on the
breast and side, and had the breath complete
ly knocked out of him, laying him-flat m the
bottom of the canoe on top of two more of us,
and frightening him almost to death.
So Mitch for Alligator shafting, which is
when they fight—a Most inteteating and ex
citing sport. They are generally approach.
ed more cautiously, or else killed by a re•
peated shot. They do not Wien fight so
wickedly either, though sometimes,whon not
very badly wounded, they make directly for
the canoe, and not unfrequently split or over
set it at one crack with their immence tail—
With a good rifle and a large cohital slug s I
have shot them through the eye sti devlsthet
they made but one or two flatine: s . , W e
have also immence trout. and tatfish ' here,
two and three feet long, Which the boys
shoot with bow and Into* with an iron head.
Krit's all very well to say, "Know thy
self; but, suppose you never found . yourself
at home, how are you to get an 4ntroduc
tion.