groundand ihe still smouldering slubs of grass
became insufferable to his feet, and then he
turned to mount. He nowr for the first time,
looked at the animal carefully, and to his hor
ror saw that every hair upon its body was gone
and nothing but the bare skin left, and thai was
to badly scorched in places, that it came off to
the slightest touch. This was dreadful enough,
boi water! water! water! he must have that,
or they ould both die. Ho sprang into the
saddle and urged the wretched creature along
with the last energies of his sinking life. In
nn hour he had began to erow dizzy, and the
blackened earth swam round and roundr and
tossed him to and fro ! Now a strange froise
was about him, and as the lifting waves of the
earth would almost seem to leap op into his
face, he would catch glimpses of huge wolves
careering: on them, who would turn up their
fiery eyes to his, and howl at him with red hot
mouth and lollingtongues ! Suddenly his horse
rushed down a sleep bank, and ihere was a
great splashing. Water ! Blessed God, wa
ter ! He tumbled from his saddle into the cold
delicious .fluid. In an instant his. senses had
retnred, and he saw himself surrounded by
thirty or forty prairie wolves, some of whom
ere swimming in the water after him, while
the others sat upon the bank of the small lake,
as he now discovered it 'o be, and howled
fiercely at him He struck those which were
nearcbt with his gun barrel and beat them off,
while he had time to draw his heavy knife.
One of them had seized his passive horse, who,
while it was endeavoring to pull him down,
Mood sull and drank the long eager draughts.
He splii the wolf's head with his knife, and
soon sent the rest back out of the warier yel
ling with their wounds. Cui those upon the
bank only howled the louder, and they were
auswcretLncar at hand and from afar by hun
dreds of others, who were swifty gathering in
ai the well known call to a banquet. He now
remembered that these wearied and infernal
brutes always collect in large numbers, to fol
low in the wake of a great paririe fire and tear
the carcasses of those animals lhat are killed,
or band together, to chase and drag down those
tat corrc through alive, but scorched, blinded
and staggering, as was his poor horse. They
became very savage, wiih blood, impunity and
numbers, and very few creatures which have
escaped from the hungry flames can escape
from their yet more ravenous jaws. The crea
tures, at other times, are utterly contemptible
for their cowardice, but he shuddered when ho
called to mind the dreadful stories he had
heard of their deadly fierceness at such times
as this. "My God!" he moaned aloud-'wasn't
it bad enough for me to pass that hell of flames
back yonder ? and have I only escaped that to
meet u fate a thousand times more hideous?" He
locked at his horse; ihe animal was now, too,
refreshed, and began to be conscious of the
new danger as it gazed around with staring eye
balls upon the eager and swiftly gathering
crowd that howled along the shore. He snor
ted in affright, and lifted his head wiih a wildly
mournful neigh, that seemed to poor Dan the
most piteous sound that ever rung upon his ear
before. There was some comfort though, the
horse had life enough left in him to make one
more run for, safety. He mounted and after hav
ing fired his rifle, with deliberate aim, into the
thickest of them, charged right through at fnll
speed. They leaped at his feet and attempted
to seize his horse's legs, but the animal was too
rnorially frightend for ibem to impede his way
for an instant. Through he trampled, and away
across the prairie he flies, snorting with terror,
and moving with as great speed as if perfectly
frebh, and away too, in pursuit, swept the yel
i:ng herd of wolves. They were more than a
hundred now, and seemed increasing in num
bers at every jump, for as Dan glanced his
.'lightened eyes around, he would see them
fctraightened out with speed and their mouths
irideopen, coming to join the terrible route from
every direction over the prairie. He looks be
hind him they wero close upon his heels
jhe great pan of them, particularly those in
front, and who seemed most fierce and ravenous,
were scorched nearly naked, and with the
white foam flying, their red tongues, their fiery
glaring eyes, they presented the most hidious
picture of unearthly terror that ever mortal
lived to be chased by before, unless by the hor
rible phantasmagoria of madness ! He fired
his pistols back at them, but It made no differ
ence, they only yelled the louder, and came
on ihe more fiercely, while five joined their
long train for each one that he had killed. If
his horse should only fall or grreour, they would
both be torn to fragments in an instant f This
appalling conviction caused him to give all of
eye and nerve that were left hira in the mortal
fright to steadying and guiding his horse, for
the only hope now lay in him. He 60on per
ceivedj however, that he was leaving the pack
far behind, for there is little comparison be
tween the speed of the horse and that of the
paririe wolf.
He now began lo feel something .of hope, and
,as the frantic speed of his horse placed yet a
greater distance between them, the unimagina
ble dread seemetf io be lifting from his life.
Now he could noi hear their yells, and could
barfly distinguish far injthe rear, the long snake
like train yet moving on through in the relent
less chase ever the undulations of the bare plain.
He sees timber ahead, and shouts irr an ecsta
sy of joyful relief, for then he himself ai least
is safe.,! He can climb n tree and jn the de
light of that tho't he has no time for thinking
that .his poor horse cannot clime trees f
The horse sees,, and .is inspirited too for to
all creatures -on the prairies there seems to bo
a vague feeling of aafety in the sight of woods!
But alas ! poor horr They have reached the
timber, but scarcely a hundred rods have been
passed orer, when th poor horse gives out,
,and after a fe w ineffectual rfioria still to obey
the urging jpur can only ;ie,an sgaiust iheirpnk
of a tree, and pant and groan with exhaustion.
Dan ascends the tree, tying the lariat of his
horsey one of the lower limbs, tie then loa
ded his arms in the forlorn hope of defending
his horse if they came up. All was still as
death, but the loud panting of the poor horse.
He ascended higher to look our for the approach
of the wolves, for he had' a- fainihope thatihey
had given up the chase. But alas ! his heart
sinks again ! There they come, the long yel
lowish looking train, and several large white
wolves have joined them now. He knows well
the tameless and pitiless ferocity of these red
eyed monsters, and feels that his true, his no
ble horse, must go ! Now he can hear their
cry! They are in the woods. The poor horse
shivers looks back, and utters that wild and
waiting neigh, as they rush upon him in a body.
Dan fires down among them, but what avails
it ? In a twinkling, his faithful horse is down,
and has been lorn to atoms ! The halter of
the lariat hangs empty beside the tree. Now
they & panting around the foot of the tree,
with their fiery eyes turned up wistfully at
him for the horse had been only a mouthful
a-piece. Whenever he makes a movement, they
rise with eager yells and leap up toward him
as if to. meet his fall. Dan says, lhat in the ut
ter and dreadfully hopeless desperation of his
position now, a grotesque sort of humor posses
sed him of a sudden, and he commenced delib
erately fireing down at the red glaring eyeballs
of the white wolves, and would roar with laugh
ter, and fairly dance upon his ticklish perch
wiih glee, when he saw Ihe creatures tumble
over with a shrill death cry, and then the whole
pack rush on it and tear it to pieces iir an in
stant, with gnashing cries. He says he amused
himself in this way for an hour, and made them
tear to pieces, in this way, one after another,
every whito wolf that had joined the chase.
This sport delighted htm so much, that he be
came careless, and commenced falling. He
only saved himself by dropping his gun, which
they seized, and almost lore its stock to pieces
before they discovered it was not eaiable. I
saw the dents in the barrel afterwards. Dark
ness was coming on and they seemed not in
the least disposed to go, and he felt that he must
tumble out from the faintness of hunger and
fatigue, if he was compelled to remain in that
tree another hour without food. He had become
entirely reckless now, and loaded up his pis
tols, determined, if he must fall, to bring death
with him for some more of them. Suddenly
he heard a distant yelling on the prairie, like
that which had sounded so dreadfully behind
his flight. The wolves sprung to iheir feet in
a body, and with pricked ears, listened. He
looked out towords the prairie, and could fantly
discover a large buffalo bull plunging along over
the plain, surrounded by a great herd of wolves,
who were tearing him at every jump. He
could even hear the low bellowing of the crea
ture's agony another victim! and his thirsty
guardians started to join in the chase. One af
ter one ihey went, while those who staid be
hind would turn their heads to look back wist
fully at him, and whine and lick their dry chaps.
When the chase came in sight though, off they
started in a body with savage yells. He fired
his pistols after them in farewell, and killed
one of the hindmost dead, while ihe other, with
a broken shoulder, kept on yelling with the
pack. He knew he would be safe now if he
could get a fire kindled before they returned,
if they did so at all. Before they were out of
sight, he had reached the grouud and wiih trem
bling eagerness proceeded to light a fire with
the help of his tinde-box, which ever' ranger
carries. He soon had a great fire blazing and
then cutting a piece from ihe last wolf he had
j killed, proceeded to roast it for food. When
he had eaten, he fell so much refreshed that
he could now proceed to make provision for the
night's rest. He gathered a great deal of dried
wood and built a large fire in a circle about the
spot he had selected to sleep upon. The wolves
come back in about an hour after he had fin
ished his arrangements for the night ; but be
now felt perfectly secure, for though he could
see their hungry eyes shining all a round the
outside of ihe circle, and they kept up s con
tinued howling all night long, he laid himself
down and slept soundly until morning. When
he waked up, the wolves were all gone but one
or two, craunching at the bones of yesterday's
feast. He shot one of them with his pistol,
and made a breahfast of it. He picked up the
gun, and found that though very much lorn, it
could still be used. He now look his course,
and started to fool it into the settlements. After
a week of almost incredible suffering, he got
in safe, and saw nothing more of ihe wolves or
of his comrades, who are thought to have been
carried off prisoners, and afterwards murdered
by the Indians on their attempting to escape.
Dan was sick of a fever for several weeks at
Corpus Christ i after he got in, and raved inces
santly about wolves !
Advice in Poultry Keeping.
The principle upon which I rely for success in
keeping hens, says a correspondent ; are, 1st, to
have two breedsa few to hatch and rear the
chickens, and twice the- number of everlasting lay
ers, as eggs are more profitable than chickens ;
2d, to get a hatch as early as-possible in Spring,
and to keep them well ; these never cast -their
feathers like the old birds, and if they begin to lay
in autumn, lay more or less all- winter; 3d, never
to keep old fowls (none but favorite fowls ought to
be kept more than two years;) old birds lay larger
eggs than pullets, but not neat sp many; 4th, to
give them the best barley I could get, and as much
as they could pick up once a day, in summer, and
twice jn winter, .they are not more profitable well
kept, but the eggs are-better. The two breeds T
like best are the spotted Dorkings fur setting,and
the pheasant breed for laying. ,f
JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, march 8, 1849.
Another Great Pictorial Paper.
Wieson & Co., of New York, have issued a
most magnificent pictorial Inauguration sheet Dou
ble Brother Jonathan, in commemoration of
General Taylor's taking his seat in the Presiden
tial Chair of the Nation. It is filled with fine large
and beautifully printed engravings characteristic of
the great event, among which are' portraits of Tay
lor and Fillmore the size of life. The principal
picture is an exact representation of Old Zack"
delivering his Inaugutal Address, surrounded by
the great men of both political parties. The Dole
ful Doings of a disappointed Patriot in search of
an office the rich Adventures in California the
Inauguration Ball the Battle of Bttena Vista and
other subjects are also amply illustrated with spir
ited and well executed Engravings. The price
of the sheet is 12 cents only, or ten for one dol
lar. Every man his own Patent A sent.
Muni & Co., publishers-of the "SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN," have favoured us with a Pamphlet
containing the Patent Laws of the United States,
together with all the forms necessary for applying
for a Patent, information in regard to filing caveats-,
with remarks on its uses, etc.,amount of fee
required at the1 Patent Office, and every other in
formation that is necessary to instruct a person in
making his own applications-.
Price 12 1-2 cents single, or12" copies for one
dollar sent by mail to any part of the United
States.
Address MITNN & CO., New-York.
Adjoimment of Congress-
Both branches of Congress adjourned on Sun
day morning last, at about seven o'clock. Much
important business was transacted during, the last
hours of the session. Among the bills which
passed, may be mentioned that for the establish
ment of the Interior, or a Home Department, the
bill for the coinage of Gold Dollars and double
Eaglesthe Postal Bill the Naval Appropriation
Bill, &c &c. Several personal difficulties occur
red between members. In the Senate, after mid
night, an important bill being under discussion,
Mr. Foote protested against proceeding, as the
term had expired, Mr. Cameron raised'a point of
order during the discussion, when Mr. Foote
walked up to him. Warm words passed between
them, when Mr. Foote shook his fi3t in the face of
Mr. Cameron, and the latter struck him. The par
ties were separated.
In the House, an exciting question having just
been settled, Mr. Giddings passed over to the
Democratic side of the House, when Mr. Meade
jammed his fist in Mr. Giddings' face and collared
him. The combatants were, however, immedi
ately separated.
While killing time by useless motions, a fight
occurred between Johnson of Arkansas and Fick
lin of Illinois, at half past two o'clock, in which
Mr. Johnson inflicted severe blows upon Mr. Fick
lin, causing the blook to blow freely. They were
separated and Mr, Ficklin was led out of the hall.
All the above combatants except Mr. Giddings
(a Free Soiler,) are Locofocos.
" Taverns.
A list of the taverns licensed in Pennsylvania
has recently been published, from which it ap
pears that in the number of tavens in proportion
to the number of taxable inhabitants, Monroe stands
second on the the list as follows :
Counties. Taverns
Pike, 35
Monroe, 55
Lehigh, llf
Somerset, '80
Dauphin, 99
Lancaster, .288
Berks, 223
Northampton, 100
Schuylkill, 160
Carbon, 39
Taxables.
1 tavern to
u
31
50
62
'63
64
71
75
78
79
82
The average o(
whole. State is about one to
118 taxables.
en. Taylor's Cabinet.
Fowweeks past the papers and Washington let
ter waiters have been speculating about the mate
rialllikely tv compose Gen. Taylor's Cabinet.
Noting certain about the matter would be known
beftng Monday last? but the following is the latest
and most general guess.
SecretaryofState J. M. CLAYTpN, of Delaware.
Secretary of thB Treasury JOHN liAVIS , ofMassa'chusetts.
Secretaiy of WarTrCRAWjaaiD'ordeorgia.
Secretary of the Navy W. B. PRES CON, of Va.
Home Department W. M. MEREDITH, of Pa
Postmaster General THOMAS EWING, of Ohio..
Attorney General REVERDY JOHNSON , of Maryland.
The Canal Commissioners announce that
the Main Line of the Canal will be opened for
navigation on Saturday nextr the Iflthinst., if the
weather will permit.
Massachusetts. -rThe election for a: member
of Congress in the 4th djstriet ofjlassachusetts,
took place on the 5th inst. -Hon. Benj. Thomp
son is the Whig candidate, Hon; J. G. Palfrey in
his opponent
4 i.'v
GEN. TAYLOR'S INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.
On Monday last, at 12 o'clock, GEJN, Z'A CH
ARY TAYLOR, President elect of the United
States, delivered, to the Senate and members of
the House of Representatives of the United States,
and thousands of assembled citizens in front of
the capitol.'the following
Inaugural Address.
Elected by the American people to the high
est office known to our laws, 1 appear here to
take the oaih prescribed by the Constitution ;
and, in compliance with a time-honored custom,
to address those who are now assembed.
The confidence and retipect shown by my
countrymen fn calling me to be the chief mag
istrate of a Republic holding a high rank among
the nations of ihe earth, have inspired me with
the most profound gratitude ; but, when I re
flect thai the acceptance of the office which
their partiality has bestowed imposes the dis
charge of the most arduous duties, and involves
the weightiest obligations. I am conscious that
that the position which I have been called to
fill, though sufficient to satisfy the loftiest am
bition, is surrounded by fearful responsibilities.
Happily, however, in lha performance of my
new duties, 1 shall noi be without able co-operation.
The legislative and judical branches
of the government present prominent examples
of distinguished civil attainments, and matured
experience ; and it shall be my endeavor to
call to my assistance in the Executive Depart
ments individuals whose talenis, integrity, and
purity of character will furnish ample guaran
tees for the faithful and honorable performance
of the trusts to be commuted to their charge.
With such aids and an honesi purpose to do
whatever is right, I hope to execute dtlligenily,
impartially, and for the beat interests of the
country, the manifold dutiesdevolved upon me.
In the discharge of these duties, my guide will
bo the constitution which I this day swear to
"preserve, protect, and defend."
For the interpretation of that instrument, I
shall look to the decisions of the judicial tribu
nals established by its authority, and to the
practice of the government under the earlier
Presidents, who had so large a share in its for
mation. To the example of those illustrious patriots
I shall always defer, with reverence; and es
pecially to his example who was, byso many
titles, "the father of his country."
- To command ihe army and navy of the Uni
ted States ; with the advice and consent of the
Senate, to make treaties and to appoint ambas
sadors and oiher officers ; to give to Congress
information of the state of the Union, and re
commend such measures as he shall judge to
be necessary ; and to take care thai the laws
shall be faithfully executed, these are the
most important functions entrusted to ihe Pres
ident by the Constitution, and it may be expec
ted lhat I shall, briefly, indicate the principles
which will control me in their execution.
Chosen by the body of the people under the
assurance that my administration would be de
voted to the welfare of the whole country, and
not to the support of any particular section or
merely local interests, I this day renew the
declarations 1 have heretofore made, and; pro
claim my fixed determination to maintain, to
the extent of my ability, the Government in its
original purity, and to adopt as the basis of my
public policy those great republican doctrines
which constitute the strength of our national' ex
istence. In reference to the Army and Navy, lately
employed wiih so much distinction on active
service, care shall be taken lo insure the high
est condition of efficiency ; and, in furtherance
of that object, the Military and Naval Schooh,
sustained by ihe liberality of Congress, shall re
ceive the special attention of the Executive.
As American freemen, we cannot but sym
pathise in all efforts to extend the blessings of
civil and political liberty; butratihe same time,
we are warned by the admonitions of history,
and the voice of our own beloved Washington,
to abstain from entangling alliances with for
eign nations.
In all disputes between conflicting Govern
ments, it is our interest not less than bur duty,
to remain strictly neutral ; while our geograph
ical position, the genius of our institutions
and our people, the advancing spirit of civili
zation, and, above all, the dictates of religion,
direct us to the cultivation of peaceful and
friendly relations with all oiher Powers.
It is to be hoped that no international? ques
tion can now arise which a government, confi
dent in its own strength and resolved to pro
tect its own just rights, may not settle by wise
negotiation ; and it eminently becomes a Gov
ernment like our own, founded on the morality
and intelligence of its citizens, and upheld by
their affections, to exhaust every resort of hon
orable diplomacy before appealing lo arms.
In the conduct of our foreign relations I shall
conform to these views, as I believe them es
sential to the best interests and the true honor
of the country. The appointing power vested
in the President imposes delicate and onerous
duties. So far as it is possible to be informed,
1 shall make Honesty, Capacity and Fidelity
indispensible prerequisites to the bestowal of
office, and ihe absence of en her of these quali
ties shall be deemed sufficient cause for remo
vel. It shall be my study to recommend such
constitutional measures to Congress as may be
necessary and proper to secure encouragement
and protection io ihe great interests of agricul
lure, commerce, and manufaciures ; to improve
our rivers, and harbors; to provide for the
speedy extinguishment of the public debt r to
enforce a strict accountability on the part of
all officers of ihe Government, and the utmost
economy in alj public expenditures.
Bui ii is for the wisdom of Congress itself, in
which alj legialaiiye powers are vested by the
constitution, to ipgnlaie iheseand oiher. matter
of domestic policy. I shall look wiih confi.
dence to the enlightened patriotism of i,
body to adopt iuch measures of conciliation a,
may harmonize conflicting interests, and ttnJ
to perpetuate that Union which should bo n,
paramount object of our hopes and affection,'
In any action calculated to promote an objec;
so near the heart of every one who truly 0Ve
his country, I will zealously unim with ih
co-ordinate branches of the Government.
In conclusion, I congratlate you, my felow.
citizens, upon the high slate of prosperhy Io I
which the goodness of Divine Providence ha,
conducted our common country.
Let us invoke a continuance of the
protecting care, which has led us from small
beginnings to the eminence we ihis day occupy 1
nrmlence and mnflaratinn in nnr pniinqnl. . i
I ; " " - "-Kia ,
ness which too often marks unavoidable Jiff,.
ences of opinion ; by the promulgation and
practice 01 jusi aim uuerai principles and b?
an enlarged patriotism which shall acknnJ
edge no limits but those of our own wide spread
republic.
On the conclusion of the address, which wu
received with prolonged cneenng by ihe aj.
sembled multitude, the following oath was ad
ministered to President Taylor by Chief JUl.
tice Taney of the supreme court :
Oatli of Office.
"1 do solemnly swear that I will f;iiihf
execute me oinco 01 rresiueui oi me Uuued
States, and will, to the best of my ahiljiy
preserve, protect, and defend, the coiiatitu:iou
of the Uniled Stales.
The President returned into the Capitol a.
midst prolonged and vociferous cheering.
A Most Extraordinary Letter Gen.
Shields to Hon. S. Brecse.
It is pretty generally known in political circle
that Gen. James Shields, who served with did
tinction in the late War on Mexico, was for sums
months of last year a candidate before the Peop'a
of Illinois for a seat in the U. S. Senate vice
Sidney Breeae, and that Gen. S. was finally sac-
cessful in the party caucus, and of course in tha
Legislature,sometwomonthssince. ItwasknoJ
that a personal ill-feeling between these two gen. I
tlemen had been developed by this rivalry, (Gei
S. having been a law student with Judge Breese,)
but we think none can have suspected the inten
sity of hatred, the ferocity of purpose; which thai
rivalry appears to have excited on the part of the!
triumphant competitor, who, since his arrival hi
Washington, has addressed to Judge 6. the fo'..j
towing most amazing leuer :
Washington, Feb. 22. 1819.
Hon. Sidney Breese :
Sir On my return to this country from Mexico
broken in constitution, feeble in health, and stiljfe
suffering under the effect of wounds ; you wes
the only man in the City of Washington who re
ceived me with coldness and unkindness. Whea
the city honored me with a public dinner, whica
was generously intended not only as a compli
ment to me but to my State, you were the oa!r
man who declined to attend that dinner. Y01
went farther; you propagated a report hereia
Washington, and circulated it afrerward in Iliinoa
that I was.ineligible to the office of Senator, ast
this toa after T had poured out my blood like wats
on the battle-fields of my country. You published
an article in the St. JLouis Repullican chargir
me with ineligibility doing that which I though
no man in these United States would have bee:
mean enough to do in my case, even if it had bee:
true. You, however, did this, knowing it to bf
untrue. On this subject I have simply to say, tbi
had I been defeated by you on that ground, Ih.
sworn tn my heart that you never should profile
your success, and depend upon it, I would hin
kept that vow regardless of consequences. Thtf
however, is now passed, and the vow is cancels
by your defeat. Why I address you now is sin-
ply this : In 1840 you gave me something in tb
shape of a final Certificate of Naturalization :
Effingham Court. You knew at the time that i,
was naturalized by law, and by the naturaliMtior
of my father, while I was a minor. I told jk
the circumstances, and, as I then talked of gofc
to Canada in case of war, you offered to give v
a certificate which would simplify the proof inca
of difficulty. Now I wish you to give me alet
acknowledging these facts. I write you a pri
letter for that purpose. I should have sent a frie
at once and imperatively demanded such a lets
but I feH that in disgracing you I should disgrac
the State that had made you and myself Senatos
and I also wished to give you an opportunity '
make this acknowledgement quietly. If, howert
you persist in your course of injustice toward
and refuse this request, I here give you fairff
ing. Let the consequences fall on your own hea:
I shall hold myself acquitted, both before G;
and man, for the course I shall feel bound to f
sue toward you. Your obedient servant.
(Copy.) JAS. SHIELDS.
The following is the reply of Judge Breese. J
the belligerent epistle of Gen. Shields. It is 0'
and sensible, and will be read with interest:
Gen. Shields begins his letter by referring to&
wounds he received in Mexico. This allu3J
seems quit unnecessary. The whole count?
and particularly the people of Illinois, are 0
iar with the fact that he bears honorable sci
upon his person. For these wounds he has
thv
his grateful countrymen. However, I am nol
tuacu to cavu at ini part or nia letter. 11 -matter
of taste that does not concern me.
I deny most Dositivelv that 1 treated Gen1'
i
Shieldi with " coldness or unkindnes?" on hi 1
u -