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HIGIIT OR WKOXG.
WHEN KIGUT, TO BE KEPT RIGHT,
WRONG j TO BE PVT UIG1IT.
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:::::MAHCII 20.
DISSOLUTION or PABTN lrship.
The partuership heretofore existing
between the firm of ISolsingor t Hutchinson,
in the publication of The AlUijhciiUui, has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent. The
subscription and accounts due the firm will be
left with J. T. Hutchinson, who is ulone au
thorized to collect the same.
G. V. X. liOLSIN'tlF.R.
J. TOItD HUTCHINSON.
Ebensburg, February 10, 1300.
Ieople's larly .uiuinaliuu.
ron covisxoa :
A.DRL1V CJ. IL'RT1., of Ccntrs Co.
People's Electoral TicRet.
1st District Edward C. Knight.
3d " Kobert I'. King.
3d " Henry Bumni.
4th " Robert M. Koust.
5th " Nathan Hills.
6th " John M. Broomal.
7th " James W. Fuller.
8th " Levi D. Smith.
0th " Francis W. Christ.
10th " David Maimmi, Jr.
11th " David Taggart.
12th " Thomas It. Hull.
13th " Francis R. Penniman.
14ih Ulysses Mercury.
15th " George Dressier.
16th " A. B. Sharpe.
17th " Daniel O. Gehr.
13th " Samuel Calvin.
19th " Edgar Cowan.
20th " William MKennan.
31st ' John M. Kirkpatrick.
22d " James Kerr.
33d " Richard P. Roberts.
3tth " llenrv Souther.
25th " JohuGrier.
ELECTORS AT LARGE.
Jarnea Pollock. Thomas M.
Howe.
County Superintendent.
On the first Monday of May next, the
School Directors of this county will meet
at Ebensburg to elect a County Superin
tendent. The various candidates, num
bering some six or eight, or perhaps a
dozen, are pressing their respective claims
with considerable warmth, and Ave doubt
not that, when the proper time shall ar
rive, the Directors will vote uuderstand
ingly, and select from the group of ap
plicants a gentleman well qualified for the
position.
As to the necessity or usefulness of the
office, there are conflicting opinions ; some
contending that it is of the utmost impor
tance, and others that it is useless and
burdensome. We have no disposition
whatever to enter into a discussion of this
subject. Comparatively speaking, the of
fice is yet in its infancy; it is indeed but
an experiment in our Common School
System, and as such we hope to see it fair
ly and thoroughly tested. If, after this
be done, it fails of the purposes for which
it was established, then and only then let
it be abolished.
We trust the Convention, when select
ing the Superintendent, will entirely dis
regard politics and all like considerations;
and look only to the best man. To have
the duties of the office performed in ac
cordance with the requirements of the
law, the very best professional talent
should be employed and to secure this,
it must be paid for. "The man, then,
whom Law, Experience and the wants of
the system demand for County Superin
tendant, is : A practical Teacher, who is
also an accomplUied scholar, and a ready
public ipeaker; with sufficient love for it to
umlertake, and to perform, the great work
before him ; and the salary sfioubl be suf
ficient to compensate him, as far as money
can, for the efficient disfharge of so great a
hlor."
The salary of the present County Su
perintendent, if we mistake not, is Eight
Hundred dollars. Whoever his successor
nay be, if this sum is net increased, it
fhould not by any means be diminished.
To a man engaged in no other pifrsuit,
but who devotes all his time and energies
to the duties of his office, Eight hundred
dollars per annum is barely a compensa
tion. Besides, this salary is not paid out
of the County appropriation, but out of
the State Treasury. While, therefore, it
makes but little difference to the taxpaver
whether the salary be large or small, it
mny make a difference in the education
of b children and it will make a very
material difference to the County Super
intendent. Bt;5u Dr. D. W. Lewiu paid his old
fricjlds iiJ thii pce a flying visit tlil
lie if al'v. -ccriuc-
The Aisser.
NEGROES FOR SALE.
R L'XA WA Y XEGROES,
1CTC, ETC., ETC.
As our extreme Southern cotemporaries
are not generally disposed to exchange
with the incendiary sheets of the North,
we need scarcely say that it is but seldom
that we en joy the rare felicity of meeting
with a real, live, unadulterated Southern
paper. Such a streak of luck, however,
has recently crossed our editorial path,
and it is with unfeigned pleasure that we
lay that important fact before our readers.
Through the instrumentality of a friend
who sojourns on the other side of Mason
& Dixon's line, we have been favored with
a recent number of a journal, published
not exactly where our friend resides, but
hailing directly from that far-off state en
titled Louisiana. Anxious at all times to
obtain reliable information relative to that
favored region, and duly to record the
same for the beneflt of our readers, we
have perused the columns of this tropical
production with the utmost care. Our
efforts to glean something therefrom that
might be of general interest, have, we re
gret to say, been but partially successful.
The agricultural and commercial interests
of the State are not spoken of at all we
are left in the dark as to the present and
prospective condition of sugar plantations
and cotton and rice fields nor have we
any information as to the precise situation
of the bays, rivers, marshes, swamps and
cane-brakes in which the country is so
abundant. Nevertheless, while the journal
aforesaid does not post us upon these sub
jects, it ; et contaius some matter relative
to the nigger, which is by no means dry
and uninteresting. This is to be found
chiefly in its advertising columns, upon
which we now draw for a few specimens.
We give place first to advertisements of
those whose uiggers were bad enough to
take to their heels and run away:
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. Ran away
from my plantation, on the H5th of January,
my mulatto boy, CHARLEY. He is about Uj
years old, 5 feet lu inches in height, straight
mid usually very neat in dress. He is a
finished carpenter, and was raised in Memphis
or neighborhood, and will likely attempt
to reach that place. I will pay 00 to any
one who may deliver him to me, at this place,
or lodge him in jail, so that I can get him.
A. M. Waddill
Take Providence. La.
OXE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran away, or was enticed away, from 208
Camp street, about the 20th January, a yellow
girl named MA DALIXE, tall and likely, and
about 25 years old. The above reward will
be paid for her if taken out of the tLtate, or
half of it if taken in it, and returned to 208
Camp street. She is supposed to be conceal
ed in the city.
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran away from the subscriber on Mondav, the
13ih ins"t. : MARSHALL, bought from 'Lips
comb fc Day he is slim and about five feet
ten or eleven inches in height, of a black com
plexion and aged twenty-five. HARRY, aged
twenty-five, about live feet seven or eight
inches high, stout and black. MAJOR, a
mulatto, about five feet seven or eight indies
high, stout, and aged twenty years. LEE, a
slim black boy, about five feet eight or ten
inches high, and aged eighteen years. These
negroes were bought from J. J. Cook. The
above reward will be paid for the delivery of
the above negroes to D. I. Sparks, or on their
being lodged in the Parish Prison, and Si 00
reward for the apprehension of any person
concealing or aiding the said negroes.
D. P. Sparks. Jeticrson Parish.
Fellowes a Co., Xew Orleans.
How these rewards would dazzle the
eyes of a Northern dough-face, who might
wish to carry out the Fugitive Slave Law in
all its humane provisions! If Louisiana
bordered upon a Northern Free State, these
premiums to Slave-catchers would be much
higher. But we hasten to lay before our
readers a few of the advertisements of
such as keep niggers on hand and for sale.
It will be seen that there is considerable
competition in the Soul and Sinew Market:
SALE OF XEGROES On the last of Oc
tober next my house will be opened, and a
large supply of all classes of negroes offered for
pale, imported from Virginia, Maryland and
Georgia. Afterwards, during the whole 3eason,
the supply shall be kept good by the receipt
of large lots of the choicest Negroes to be had
from the above States. Apply at 54 Raronne
street, between Common and Gravier, and
two squares west of the St. Charles Hotel.
Walter L. Campbcll.
R. II. ELAM, (Formerly of Natchez Mis
sissippi,) ha3 located at No. 58 Raronne and
17G Gravier street, New Orleans, two squares
in the rear ot St. Charles Hotel, where lie uow
has a large lot of SLAVES for sale, which
will be regularly recruited by fresh importa
tions during the season.
It is only necessary for my old customers to
know where to find me T. i 1 i
, . w v i j x turuiu
say, please give me a trial.
FOR SALE. Just arrived, with a choice
lot of Virginiaand CarolinaN KG ltOKS consis
ting of Plantation hands, Blacksmith's, Car
penters, Cooks, Washers, Ironers and Seam
stresses, and will be receiving fresh supplies
during the season, w hich I otter for sale, for
cash or approved paper.
John B. Smith.
New Orleans La.
NEGROES FOR SALE. Just arrived, with
100 Negroes, from Virginia, consisting of
Field Hands, House Servants, and Mechanics;
and will be receiving fresh lots every month!
All of which are offered on accommodatin"
terms at my old stand, comer f E.-planade
'Jes running on Royal and Chartres streets
uu v. lltll . rj ucri3, UCllf IUE JUUl. CJ III 11 1
all p.s my house.
Jor-tru 7arjv
NEGROES FOR SALE. Having removed
from Esplanade to the corner of Buronne and
Gravier streets, two squares west of the St.
Charles Hotel, where I will keep constantly
on hand a choice lot of Maryland and Vir
ginia Negroes, consisting of Field Hands,
House Servants, Mechanics, Cooks, Washers
and Ironers, Seamstresses, kc. ; all of w hich
will be sold low for cash, or oil time for good
city acceptances. J. M. Wilsox.
CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA NEGROES
FOR SALE. I have received Fifty Carolina
and Virgina. Negroes, consisting of Field
Hands, Cooks, Wa.-hers, and Ironers; also
two No. 1 Blacksmiths one No. 1 Bricklayer,
five good Carpenters, and one good Cooper.
Will be receiving fresh gangs every mouth du
ring the season, w hich I will sell low for cash,
or good 12 months' city acceptances. Persons
wishing to purchase would do well to give
me a call before purchasing elsewhere. Ap
ply to H. F. PETERSON, 15 Perdido street,
between St. Charles and Corondelet.
C.F IIATCIIER,No 105 Gravier street, Xew
Orleans, La. Liberal Advances made on Prop
erty placed ia my hands for Sale laves
Texas. Mississippi aud Louisana Lands Bought
and Sold.
C. M. Johnston, Sup't Slave Depot.
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS, PLANTERS.
TRADERS, and Owners of Slaves II aving
made extensive alterations and accommoda
tions on my old stand, I am now prepared to
receive and accommodate from two to three
hundred slaves, for sale on commission. I
can also accommodate the owners with good
board and comfortable rooms, on resonable
terms. Those having business in my line
would do well to call and see for themselves
before looking elsewhere, as the inducements
I offer are unequalled. A good stock of .Ne
groes for sale will be constantly kept on hand
consisting of Field Hands, Mechanics, House
Servants, Seamstresses, Xurses, Hair Dressers,
ic. c. f. Hatch kr.
After slaves have been in other ycrd3 or
depots I will not receive theia at 1C'5 Gravier
street.
New Orleans, September 20, 1850.
We should like to accommodate a
few more of our Southern friends by in
serting their cards, but really we have not
room for anv more at present. Thou"h
f I o
our uniform rule is to charge for adverti
sing, we have given the above "free gratis
for nothing" a favor for which, we doubt
not, our friends Waddill, Sparks, Campbell
and others, w ill be severally duly grateful.
Small favors thankfully received, &c.
How lie meets liiui.
A grand Ratification Meeting was re
cently held by the People's Party in Phil
adelphia. It was addressed by Col Curtin,
our candidate for Governor, Hon. Thomas
Corwin, Hon. David Taggart, Win L
Mann, Esq., .Judge Kelly aud others, aud
the best feeling prevailed throughout the
entire proceedings. Col. Curtin, in the
course of his speech, made the following
remarks relative to Gen. Foster, showiu"
the treatment that gentleman will receive
at his hands, in the gubernatorial cam
paign :
'Fellow-citizens, in this groat contest you
have placed the standard in my hand. The Dem
ocratic organization have placed their stand
ard in the hands of a man of distinguished
ability ; of eminent purity of character, and
of a fair personal record, and so far as I am
concerned, neither 1, nor any man who re
spects me will say aught of his reputation.
Let others descend to the gutters of politics
if they will. General Foster at mv hands
shall never be defamed. I will give him an
open, manly and Pennsylvania fight, and when
the battle is over, the result announced, we
wi.l teach the Democratic party that at least
the contest has been conducted on our side as
becomes a. gentleman, a Pennsylvania!:, and if
I strike not the kev note too high. I will suv
the sum of all that makes that character u
J'tniifvlvmia gmtleman. (Applause.) We are
for the war, and as the battle waxes warmer
and wanner, we will light harder and harder,
(applause,) and if I fail General Foster will
acknowledge that he had the toughest aud
hardest fight he ever had in his life."
We like the spirit which these words
breathe. Between two such men as Cur
tin and Foster men w hose personal records
are pure and unsullied the campaign
ought to be conducted upon fair and hon
orable principles, and we believe it will be.
But there is one thing in Mr. Curtin's
speech we cannot endorse. We allude to
the phrase "if I fail." That really looks
as though it had been interpolated by the
reporter. We are sure the result in Octo
ber will bear us out in asserting that there
is no such word 3 "fail" iu Mr. Curtin's
vocabula-.
Lotteries.
Of all the varieties of gambling, we
have ever regarded the Lottery system as
the worst. No surer scheme for diddliii"-
CD
a man out of his loose change was ever
devised. By flashy hand-bills and windy
circulars, many a verdant individual has
been made to invest in them, and so invest
ing, to lose his money, aud perhaps his
temper. We are pleased, therefore, to sec
this genteel system of gambling gradually
going down. Maryland is now among the
States which prohibit its being carried on.
By a recent enactment of the Legislature
of that State, the making of lotteries, the
selling of lottery tickets, the keeping of a
house for the sale of such tickets, the
bringing of tickets into the State, the
publishing an account of a lottery, or the
advertising of tickets for sale, or the insu
ring for or against the drawing of a lottery
ticket, is made a punishable offence. The
penalties inflicted vary from S50toSl,000
fine, and imprisonment from sixty days to
twelve months. A conviction for a second
offence, Fubjects the culprit to the Peniten
tiary from Ito to cvcn v?si ?.
EDITORIAL NQTI KGS.
B,Read new advertisements.
Chapter five of the History of Cambria
County will be found very interesting.
ESWe publish to-day another interesting
letter from our friend "W.," of Baltimore.
BgL-The Pennsylvania Legislature will ad
journ on the 3d day of April.
Cigj The Nicaragua treaty has been rejec
ted by the United States Senate.
E3t IE Bucher Swoope, Esq., was recently
elected Burgess of Clearfield borough.
The scarlet fever is said to be prevail
ing to a fearful extent in and about Williams
burg. KL.The Free Banking Bill has passed the
House of Representatives by a vote of 51 to
'JO.
iQyThe crops iu this couuty look very
promising, and we hop3 they may not de
ceive their looks.
EQi Our friends iu Indiana county seem to
be earnestly at work in the cause of Temper
ance. Success to them.
1-55 Hon. Thomas H. Biirrowcs, recently
appointed State Superintendent of Common
Schools, is said to be a Douglas Democrat.
ELThe "obnoxious storm" evidently put
a stop to the sugar-making business for "a
few days" at least.
S We notice that hot-beds are becoming
quite numerous in the Mountain Village.
Hot-heads are scarce.
EtVXew and well-executed counterfeit
twenty-live cent pieces are now being freely
circulated. Sorry we cau"t say the same of
the genuine article.
JQ, Those of our subscribers changing th.cir
residences on the first of April, next, and de
siring their post office addresses changed
also, will please inform us accordingly.
fc-Maj. W. W. Ivory, of Xebraska City,
is now on a visit to hi native county. We
learn from the Mountaineer that he is succeed
ing admirably at his western home.
CgL. Howard J. Roberts, Esq., of Johns
towu, paid his friends iu this place a short
visit last week. It always makes us feelgood
to see him.
&sf John Carney, a workman at the Johns
town Rolling Mill, had one of his legs broken
some days ago, by being struck with a piece
of timber.
Br3tThe mother of George S. King, Esq.,
Johnstown, died at Harrisouville, Fulton coun
ty, on the lit instant, at the advanced age of
S3 years.
Esgi, Harrisburg, by a late act of the Legis
lature, has been incorporated as a citv. The
first election under the charter will be held on
Friday, the 13th of next month.
BgvD. J. Evans & Son have just received,
at their store-room on High St., a large assort
ment of iron, nails, glass, etc. The public
are invited to call and see.
Cay The next State Fair of the Pennsylva
nia Agricultural Society is to be held at Wy
oming, in Luzerne county, on the 24th, 25th,
20th and 27th of September.
KL. If any of our friends wish to see five
of the finest pigs in the county, they will call
on Foster, of the Arcade, who exhibits them
free. In this case it is no "five for a quarter."
t2VThe Huntingdon county court will be
gin on the second Monday in April. The Blair
county court will begin on the fourth Monday
of the same mouth, and will continue two
weeks.
B J- Andrew Rodrigue, Esq., who has
for sometime been sojourning in Kansas, re
turned to this place yesterday. His numer
ous friends here extend to him a hearty wel
come. fsjj" The "great mill" between Ileenan and
Sayers will come off, in England, on the ICth
of April. That both parties ia the disgraco
ful affair may be badly whipped, is all the
harm wc wish them.
SctOr.c of the best Republican papers w e
know of, is the Stale Journal, published at
Philadelphia, aud edited by Reuben G. Orwig,
Esq. Terms, $2.00 a year. Address '-State
Journal Company."
a5"Our neighbor of the Huntingdon Union
seems, like ourselves, to have been slightly
taken in by that celebrated Patent Lamp man,
J. C. Cary, of New York. Misery will have
company.
JEiST" A Loco-Foco in Bedford having dis
patched to somebody that the spring election
in that plce had resulted in an increased Loco-Foco
majority, friend Over, of the Inqui
rer, pronounces it a Tell-lie-graph.
Ja? The Standard says a corn-juice ex
change has been in successful operation at
Harrisburg fe-r a number of years.
Bitters supposes the editor of the Standard
must be an ornery member of that distinguish
ed body.
JD3T" E. Shoemaker & Sons, at their new
and enlarged rooms, ou High st., are now
opening one of the largest, best and cheapest
assortments of goods ever brought to town.
"An examination does not necessarily involve
a purchase," so everybody should crab in and
see for themselves
The Traveling Correspondent of the
State Journal writing from Johnstown, March
8th, says :
Two newspapers are published here the
Echo and the Tribune the latter by Mcssrrf.
Bowman a Snauk, courteous gentlemen, of en
ergy and ability, w ho light fearlessly in he
cause of freedom, defiant of the would-bc fas
ter aud the echo i
We heartily endorse the sentiment contain
ed in the above but would just suggest Yhat
the name of the junior editor of the Tribune"
is Swank, not Snauk. Will our co3moplitan
friend, now that he know? this fact, raake the
1 (intrust horOI tlf'l
Ilaltlmorc Correspondence.
Baltimore, March 21, 18G0.
To the Editor of The Alleohani
an : Our city has been remarkably quiet
since the adjournment of the State Legis
lature. The election in the City was de
clared void by the Legislature, and the
seats of the members from Baltimore were,
on the last day of the Session, declared
vacant.
Messrs Brock &, Co. did not succeed in
obtaining a charter for a City Passenger
Railway, nor did any other company.
Judge Stump, of the Criminal Court of
this City, at the request of the Legislature,
has been removed from the Judgeship, by
Gov. Hicks, and Hugh Lennox Bond, Esrj.,
has been appointed in his place, and entered
ou the discharge of his duties.
The Police Bill, of which I spoke in
my last, has been declared constitutional
by the Superior Court; but will be carried
to the Court of Appeals, where no doubt
the decision of the lower couit will be
sustained, and the question set at rest.
The Bill passed by the City Council,
authorizing the purchase of 12,000 shares
of Stock in the Pittsburg and Conuellsville
Road, has been vetoed by the Mayor. It
was intended to secure the City in her
advances to the road. The Mayor in his
Message, states, that lie has consulted the
City Counsellor, and he says the mortgage
of the City is a valid and subsisting secu
rity, and free from any omission calculated
to impair its efficiency; that the pledge
made to Allegheny County is not a prior
lien to the mortgage, &c.
The great topic at present is the chang
ing the j -lace of meeting of the Charleston
Convention. If a change be made, Balti
more, no doubt, will be the chosen place,
as we can accommodate a numerous crowd
here without raising the tariff. Reading
the news from Charleston j uts one in
mind of a circus stopping over night at a
one-horse town in the country, where ev
erything and everybody is turned upside
down and wrong side out. The President
makers, paying S10 per diem board, must
either have well-lined pockets, or hurrv
through with their balloting. The sub
ject of a change is under consideration,
and according to present information, the
National Executive Committ-c may be con
vened at Washington i:ext week, to take
such action as will quiet the public mind
on the subject.
The Harper's Ferry Investigating Com
mittee, after examining a few more wit
nesses, will close its labors. Nothing of
especial interest has been elicited. The
bodies of the last two Insurgent?, who met
their death on Friday last, at Charleston,
passed through here on Saturday morning
to their final resting-pkee.
We are having the u.-ual amount of wind
which accompanies the first month of
Spring, and also some culd along with it ;
and, to see the overcoats buttoned s.. closclv
and the ladies wrapped so cosily iu their
furs, we are reminded more of January
than oi March. y
CarnToria.
CHAPTLR V.
General Description.
In the last chapter, I attempted a des
cription of the various Forest Trees to be
found in Cambria County, together with
the uses t, which they are generally ap
plied. I shall not dwell upon the various
species of ornamental and fruit-trees, or
shrubbery; neither shall I descend into
that other branch of botany, known as the
vegetable kingdom; for in regard to all
these, a general description of the botany
of Pennsylvania gives the desired infor
mation aud to this I refer the reader.
The same may, with some few excep
tions, be said of the animal kingdom. I
have sufficiently alluded to the domestic
animals uuder the head of Agricultural
productions. Of wild animals there are
still an abundance, and the sportsman can
scarcely go wrong in our forests.
The Bear may sometimes be met with,
in the fall aud winter, particularly iu those
seasons when, like the present, chestnuts
are abundant. The Wolf and the Panther
arc both becoming very rare, not more
than one or two being captured in the
course of the year. Still they are not ex
tinct, and our County Commissioners give
occasional audience to the captors of these
bcasLs of prey, who present themselves to
claim the bounty.
It is told of a shrewd old hunter from
the Laurel Hill, that, having discovered
the lair of a she-wolf, he eaptured the
cubs every year, and obtained the bounty
on them, and permitted the dam to live its
the means of furnishing him this annual
revenue.
The Deer is found more frequently
particularly in the neighborhood of the
Susquehanna aud it triW:.ri. The
American fallow dter is one of t
beautiful objects that the whole aJT
kingdom affords. The beautiful sv'
try of its form, the lightness ami c"'
of its motions, it. sleudtr aud sV
limbs, its lofty, branching antlers i
der and expressive eye all eivc it a,.
of matchless grace and beauty, arj,j r !"
it the favorite of the forest. Yet-'.,
the game season, (for there is a lavr ..
hibiting the killing of deer fr.fa tl ff
of January until the first cf Asj- ;.
hunted most mercilessly by our ajjwt.
and their success is well attested ,r
number of venison hams annually i' .
market.
The inhuman habit of "cre-tiu-r''
was never indulged in to any great
in this county. This is done bv
the deer during the winter, wheu a
snow covered the ground, the surLcr
which had become hard or crested. T
unfortunate animal at every plunrc
break the snow, while his slender !:.
would be cut aud scarified by the ci-.-j
surface until he would submit to be til-
Deer are taken in two difTereut
either by "starting them up" and
ning them down," or by "waul;:',
lick." The former method is bv irtiv.
hounds on the track, and follow;.-,-1:
chase until the animal is run dos
stands at bay, unless, indeed, he is i.v
cepted or overtaken in the meantiif-
This often occupies a whole day, ander;
then the deer not unfrequently clulL
pursuers. He always makes f'.r the-:;
and if he succeeds in reaching it, Lc tL:.?
the hounds off the track, and ccam
Watching a deer-lick is a favorite tut".
of taking this animal. When a swai:
"urn.:: a a luiuc ciiiaiit, I lilcil Is C.i'.
given it by s'rcwiug salt in it.) the t
"..1 I Tl T 1
visit tue place to licc it. Uenee it i3 cu.t
a "deer-lick." The buster waichv-s t:
lick, frequently fixing a hiding -pLcc Li.
up among the branches of a neigkl.-.-rli.
tree, from where be watches the .vjr.
of his victims. Here he can take- de-lli-crate
aim, and his rifie is generally tV.il.
From hunters I have learned :l.e lv:.-.
of a disease which was new to i:.:
may be so to some ol my reade;. I'. j
is the buck-ague ; and nearly erery 1:
hunter with whom I have e-ouver-ri hi
experience-d it at one time or anoiL-:.
This is when the hunter finds Liu.-.:
W ithiii what is called sure shooting d.Mi! .'?
of his game, and he becomes sc much a
cited as to shake like a person labor;:.:
uuder a chill of the ague. The rt--.:
generally is, that :he discharge is hi:--less,
and the animal escapes.
NeL long tiuce. I visited an oil f.
who had taken his first lessons in huLi'::;
iu the valley of the Juniata. It was u:
ly bedtime when I arrived, but u.y frit--:
was absent. I learned that he had kill.-:
a Jeer, and gone cut for it, but had
ci returned. My horse was well ar:
tor, aud I was provided with an execu-.-supper.
Still my host had not vet re
turned. A little before midnight he u.l:
his appearance, and gave me the cause -his
detention, which was as follows:
He owns a large farm, and at sun?;:
had visited a distant field, b.dicb.: i
would fiud a deer. lie was net dc. civ.:.
for he discovered a larcre buck uui.:;
grazing. He discharged his ri2o. aud
ball took effect. The deer, however. iu:i
f or the fence, and escaped from the fit
But my friend found the hair eui the u:
rail of the feuce. and conclude! from ti?
force with which he niut have struck :t j
that he must have fallen before lie got
into the woods. Accordingly he n-:t
search, but as night had closed iu, he
unable to find his victim.
He returned to his house, and
his young man along with a lantern, 'r
agaiu set out. He was soon successful !
finding the object of his search, and hT
iug skiuued it, he hung a part of it en
tree, and throwing the balance over
shoulder, he started for home.
Strange as it may seem, he took t-'
wrong direction, aud became bewilder'1
in the woods. On he went at rando-i
until he came to a stream with which i
was acquainted. His light having '
out, he was compelled to ascertain U.
ing which way the water ran ; and f'0"
ing the bed of the stream, he reached
road which conducted him home, lle
travelled u circuit of several miles.
1 had the pleasure of enjoying thej
aiul the veuison together at break fa.-t nti'
morning ; but my friend made uie prons
not to tell that he killed a dee r iu hi l:
field, and lost himself briiminir it
But it was too good a joke to keep, s
told it more than once, and now te:l
again, hoping that my worthy friend
forgive the liberty I have taken.
JONATHAN OLl!ilCS
MossniRS3, Oct. 29, 1S53
y5 S'.iM'-ribe fr Tn At if" x '