El nserw., ° l 4 rrt li.f:r:. 1M --- -ORAPIDFAT4.:ER4. OLD 'FARM, 1V1 . 1.1.T WA . S.-1Y0.`41 WITH IT I arts on:rc trip the erg's 1403 , old fotpw.l tnyself•uprin NP11.t... WWI tt gptalvinlinlyv nun tylvdpeetl whom Os Imhof. WI nje) I endoii -- ored to. iun4:(3. ittSrtelf . o . ggi'ecteble; en'rourc.: After aid iittrre,lninge ortifew con:iniiotlrlace reinarlts,”o„n'r,e9nyurclrtion,'ltivittl : upon. : the F,ubjedt tif.n.t , ricultttre, the. alii - ands.new..modes of Isilitiing; I -stigirinentlyTnscortititkl niy•renornblo ai.gntiiittnncc erns ID most fnriner,l‘blpfiludretired in 1115. old — ll.gks ,upon - a-ronipetvacy, As -IVD.l.DlaDillelf in the CIO'S ho entertlllted, roc wiili till! snip --Btane . o of tit& followini; narrative, tho_.(latais wliich he assnred . the had Wan:Tired within his Itint‘Vic .• .Spealting of the e:geiting progres itn prov;ements ~ agriculture, said he, remind me of nu instance timt. occurred within my • 'remetnlmince, yhieb I will ;Tinto to yeti, -if -- ::ynamre--(fisposetl to hear it-r----1.--thatikeil,.liiin alia heyrocetle,l mr'rm follows 4.- „ . _ - --- 8 - crt , n . e forty pairs or more ago', a neighbor of mine In C , it )Ir. Smith ( - mni - ilea iikii . ini inuisetynet of hurl, willeh he' ei - illeila • form.' lt.wasalmilt_thitty viols in -width, 'and -n-p -, war, s of two Illikii ill iel , 01; 'upon Ns' hi 04 la; \ liml tc.c.nbroug.lit up a" fat nmr," 'and yll'ere - his fatlfer . itiO 'granilfather Ira c. lived" before IMO . genpation Of' tile" ...timits that had --divelt-iiiion this st.iip of land, had. non . triod. to fanian it, enelt hi the someold way, year in turd year out, front father to son. Tliit p_lpoo Ina •ti6ver lotoOn a, dolltirti.'.incumUr;tuc'e 16,i been re.nrcti.-npon„..i.t, . generation atter g‘...itorationciiino and IntSt-t , tl• uaay there, .atid t patitst 141a,ijii• .sante dilapittatt.4:tra,ls find sltantics .and. .Iv cay.ed trers_iin.o still visible—al niost the .5:11110 furyoiy:liad beenzt.uttieg fur fi hundred . xeriv : . , 'and tonne as t6lc!/li'i) - 11"&ii - Ow --ousloni Of.the,Sct,ith . families-on previcats etectatiiii7, it &pally mime the-turn of the °cmp:int to • sign' grandfather's old.place to - his • only - son, • Ben Smith, new come to thirty, For five :and thirty years at least Ben's . fn- Alter had. ma'rit:tl, on :his 'farm:: all 'that long-•peritg and regular .ns the yetr. - rolLd Mr. Smith _plowed upr, his eight '.acres, mowed, all the grass that . -....llrovidence would grow for him, pastured his ten,sheep, reared his four mad'of cattle, fat trued his three hogs, and wintered as many cows. But this was not all. .. True Mr. Smith had a great farm, Ile .. • toiled like a trooper, rum daylight- till dark. lle raised his own. rk and corn,, such ns it was, his cattle and fodder ; front his own for o.- rest the Wo d he Mulled ; never Mwed any man u farthing. Ile contrived even to pay' his own-town and county'.. tag. But ho was literally "even with - th - rworld,"..for-he 'owed no one, and no one owed hitmit dollar. And __solit_livitlitp_to seventy_____ "Ben," said the 'old man to his 'son, one evening, as they siit before the tire, 'q am . getting old, I bare worked pooty laird here; for a good many years, and 1 have concluded to give it up. It is your turn 'Low." turn for whail" , asked.Ben. • "To take charge of the 'farm, Ben. You areffeTing, stout and healthy. lam going to give up the Itomestead to yen.; and if you . continue.to labor constantlyas I've done, and your grandfather did before us—you can get a good livin' offon't as We have do tt e ' W e. can't take nothing out of ,this-world with us, Ben, Naked we came into it andso we muse _ • out: . Batthe old plebe is free frone incum brume,' there never was a dollar mortgage on - and I hope„ there iteOr wilFbe, I shall • give you the farm free and clear timmorrow. Bea slept - on this, and-the next dtty• master of the farm thirty rods wide'. and two nod a half miles long. - • . • " I shall take the place, father," he said, ",and carry it on; but not as you and grand father, and hig•-father . And thOugh the old gentleman shook his _. head and looked earnestly-over the -bridge of his spectacles at his - seb, Ben was as good as his word ; foithwith be went to work iti. ear., nest. - • o iisl EEE • come. Ben went into,the old - bight. acre field end ploughed-up the one half of Upon this bC had'Aeflosited the whole of the season's manure,' that hitherto .feeyenrs _been: ifiliitirepx.ead . upen trouble thp Buffoon: ' • harrowed thesstr-ticrps,. and harrowt . d them Booing time. came and Ben 1)0 only one half the space dogo over. Though --the • corn andpotatoes.looked finely.,nntl•the beets,' 'the cabbages,,and carrots greist anktbe old man grew - crusty, mind deolnred it , wouldn'tlo,,there wouldn't be roots enough. But Ben, wont right along his own way,' _t _e: hoeing Ben went into his four r 'neres ; but not . with a - band hoe., got some sort of a patent-eh, (as the old 'men • termed hitches:Me the old mare's heels instead, of hoeing his pOtatoei mait .fashlom; he'd - begun with Lie luTrovetnent . hnt tha ME etltivntor, ns 1)6 Called it, "Wouldn't work no how." Ben contilniekto iisp the ritlitivater,. how "ever_; thb oh.) gentleman , niud potatoes aoutinuoll to ' • .•, .• • • Ben Sinith•bnd -gone over to :u - neirdtbbring tpwn rhrly in the spring and rtinTin diqa. (tell • whs• the first Stnilh tharever . .dhl this thiu~), for two 114(11.'ed im'sll"643 . ''' nasty u§lies, • ' • '• whielf he togged the to to dhi: tprifi ittld wa.s 011,inn0v1t1011 sut!e: • 110 had sul!selibed for ph per `io8,•;- - whnt hiii"jitneraultof r . ",eultilhaer" • iish64 . " • • o . d • . 1.)601; .t he • 6hr dentleunin • ertl7,eir.•, . 1 It would tin' • - • . rate, sold the old genitmpn.. - • • - . . - nut the four acres ikpd pot:.,tor3nifil greA'fifinety, •11;f I seen--suoll-cornt-buell..pota.h.:es.nilits!y::, - rots. - The grass canny up thick' -nod strong - . and : thrifty, - ant the hat:vest time came arelltla at last. • •• • The Cattle had 7 plenty .4f good :feed, - and they were fat and sleek, the pigs u:ei . e fat, the pnultry was fat, tire !tarse was . fat, and L'e'n g.arnerol his OAF, - --- drig potatoes; hie -.siz'cd beets, and his peat h:glYetiow• carrots. Ben jiad found tinie , dining his 'evenings.to read. ttte agriculiuraharf.eies in. his paper; anti to post himi , elf itt re'.artithe 'markets. • yinier.etutia. :mil the good. old ather entei•- :•on the - barn.- - "Tt. , iyns eramMed WI-bay-and cornstalks and, wheat and rye,. The gptini:::: Watt , 10t . 1(4 , 1 With. corn ; tifFtrnA AY : co bad — rqJrCr'( • tieNtt'llll;worlisimve recent]; been published ckrefully tdshell the_ cobs Crnm,s Ate • (At V: -bcast:i of Atte forests . edge ore ,‘ t;t.o ia).l — hcsidt, atti.thct iol d f r ,, m it c uttviltic li they !luxe e.t : attu'atcle,d: stupid - tthichiDe, hushei of e,os. I Iv , t.t iA e-t.ntisfied of the in • to . est th4t , at the't, p .whihA the Lig gohiet) L:i..triets rurh..! ;cnin this ed otit ip tt eottit . ent showtr., PA' the bi.ttioc•= l ,== I A h oo k 0,1161 the Ben torlh had ";(1:111117.le,1:ed'''::::i$:-.7t'Lliliirm t it,, \C'4n cash tipoil n corthEheller.: I 1 , 1 . 4 in 1t _„r,l this: tho . ucc boy e,.inic.g io,.exelchned the .yAltel:). t.ts t.ur in Jittliti. Tit ry, .go.nitcr, as he sighed bud Aurhed to the. 1.2, In j t2.rtiut to the Itlow-ento.ts of the (hide," AY I:: ittt C the 1 - o .ll o wit, g , (1e... F e:416)n of ME 111fITL 11:1:rvt.;,;1:,g "time t,n ii nr The corn tad•turited out grandly. Tl.•-le.tts every, thiUg'in a:id only one bill' ut the gimund had - been tilled, . Botyroit.le.l to the gratifyiar result, and fathei:•s t•nly -slillok:his head, and said, 'Tom you htiec beet; T.T.Yetty- lucky ; we've had a - remarkable sens•:,n, bare grts4in finely." $ • lien Smith Jr. only smiled at this, • tinned to void his agrlault.ural - _,Ntwhs,' sub - •seribed.for another paper, and raid - fcr tfienil both, Oh, what , extravaiganee !). and .winter 1 4 passed glibly away. • . He killed Willie old raZoi . ..hneked gruntt4s that had been .bred upon t to tuHent farm , fnaru Ailue„„ituutimuria% find 19M2gl!t . six iin* .prat d 6utfollifi,instead three aligators that had previously been annually tolerated on the Smith farm The euperanuated cows,_-__? with the crum pled hornsf,P turned into beef, stare brace of shining Durhams in their pi ices,' A subsoil plow 'found its way into the yard one uioriiiaigearly in idie - spritrgoind = gled harrow" followed this. Then'come d new patent churn, then a etipital striiw cutter, then Tore •'uasty . ashes,'' then a' seed drill—iind "there was no end,.( said lien .senior ) tot* infernal machines that Ben, jr., cluttered the old place Wail. • . Ben had been no idler meantime. had drawn into the eow yard two hundred loads, o 1 pond `muck the•previons fall. Ile got • plaster and crushed bones and mixed with.. it, and whonyebruary . came; it was heaped out gen orously'upon the four acres.. agiiiii. Every thing went on smilingly; and at. harvest Jinn the capabcat: of Machinery arrived. , oit earth is - that ?!' . usketl-the old-gem. tlemen. as Ben 'put .14. tame before a new horse rake. Beu.laughed•outright, And asked of- his respect od_ progen or.....w_by_ Ate_ did, r ntt .: read the papers r• , But his father:Said "he knew enough already!! .. • Again the' old barns ., croaked -under their' generous harvest of' hay and grain and vegeta. bles; unit ti the old man looked and sighed, And declaitdiriat—tbe" season had been re markable, very. ' t • r, Ben had't , room to store away two , thirds of. the. year's producejl. But his hay -was.excell ant; hispotatoes were noble ones ; his carrots: beets, and:onions were splendid';' he had sur-' plus rata haps by 'the cord, and turnips and . squashes aud : cabages_bylite ton, all:of which readily foundimod :markt seven miles die .tiobo.dy-.believed, at first that these fine products really Came-from Smith's farm. • Whedtho snatv and slerit rallied :atantid o kt that ancient mansion -that winter , Ben' wed no man a dollar r his bmiru' and oellari iv 're svoll - filled, and he; had three hundred doll re in bash on hand I . here was a fortune,.l . : • . A . , - 'Nerily, Ben," said hie parent, tlyou-have been 'tory lucky and 'the_ seasons hare ' been ftivorable,"• - fl _:' "- - ICIEMI2I _ like elder ..Stllit4 11R8 been fathered to ' hie fathers. Benjamin Smith, 'Seq., is now a man of eolliraubstance, 'a justice of the pett'en, and lir.farmer .of forty years in goOd standing. kt,trAi9le ryeralb. keSves the" (11114enee. hetweeil ptirthll llioreugh,_eultivetien ;- he can tell you the hetk cfits ''!148611 (7 ; i: _Pork or ,P12)1, in' of Alia' ii:ey botit'ti.b sty, or. ilia jliy)'glt: • • ; bow to" l. . so li'Orse r - 414 - er 113F 7 w - 1 - 1 - 19iriforuri y, 9 of the ikilviintitp.e tiotbe derived frnur.~rri Ht.:Atiou t from ,drititiihg, fiorn the use of pli6s of litin;ftud the' like ; l i-oitvi4fils - -ifitratilitt_ltil; taelu, n sijuitshes huge.potataes'p twelye rowed eon', fat Pogs - , itn 7 proved pOultry,kleek. - velvety:enttle; nr,(l, all ;tll4l;ilinrachs of a inde — rn agrieulturnlprngi•ess 4 1 10 . 1(1:you find, in iv snug corner Of Bei).'s iiniPlilslecTi - ng Toon), 0.10 the. el:nicest Agrietiltnral 1-011,,ITY:111.the State; while he inn - et;Untant - rentle - r pnying sub seritairAn:4ll_thswlentlijig Boni. ferni tint: in, the: . Whole'comitry • - . No (itie. Orel hiie 'the olci Smith farm five and t w S•ears,agn i wool! *nor( Esq. Ben is•wortli pre:alliriAne, luis a box • 0111 wife nod liiilf ft iliizeii'•Olio[',lre . nod thou g h olitilecorpolent, (fur he Will live well;,), he as livr,lg t.ntl thrift ) ; :t übouli farmers," ae'you or Lwoulti •wi:;1) torneet with. •• ' • • I yon_r_riarilon, noucluded my. traveler . friend; here Ird - are ! arid 'alb train halted in the depot ~i~l~~~lll'llll~~ ~ ~~t#i~~: , -- Pci_ogious° Animal Comb, ts AN I:I,EVILINT. 1.1(aI1' '•Atli sictutl givt.m . bythe king; :the . pluturq advanced from ciMsite•sitios,e'aelt h; s . t a t ,hn;ot -Itiq neck Ulcer, -with his oilu 61,1,14.mkittght: no oceans utitt!‘blo nx . the huge black .antagoni:t whom-he-- 'was to. \rastit all ivor t y. .41'he nMtneCt - they. caugli c t sight of each"ulbet' it' itith • an 'instinctive perception of Iyhat \vas expected or, them, put :t . h.eit• I.llunl ;lad-tails aloft, and shuffled .uh to each ot'ler with chnsiderable speed, lifter after their ..tutwieltly• fashion, trompelitll2; out loudly mutual defiance. i 5 the ordinary attitude of attack of. the eliii.tnt, li.c puts his .11nahoppetpentlicularlyrill. order tp he out of harm's lytly. JIM tairis similarly rais ed from excitetuelit. Iris trumpeting consrsts of a series of gnick blasts, hefircen roars and llc ruii grunting ":klalleer and his rue rushed at each other. ...._ itupettmusly._ 'The sound tit' their huge bends coining into violent collision might have been I.. , nt . 4_at_the_distance of half a_ mile. This inny.,•soMid lihe an exaggeration.i. It is not so. ‘1 hen the render only thinks of the bulk of the elephant, the great weight, the momentum T lii acquired by 1! •• pid /lotion,. and then the concussio two telt bodies coining NH tilt against each Other;, Ciiill il , WrlieT-iitftiied at it., Moro than on C . OO such ob - tasionOutve I seen the husks snapped 'short MI, and ill - town up into the tar With 'the 'terrlble force. of the collision. "Ihe lirst•blow struck, both - elepliant§ set set ,theruseivec vigerottsly,to - push agailfst. each . oil a tvith their .broad . foreheads._ head to heitd; beth. trunks Etilll elevated into the air pTrpendicularly, their. tusks. interlaced; their feet set•tirtnly in massive 'Solidtty upon the ground, - did" they publr and push, end shofe . .and_shnVe, not with one resolute, long .-: contin treiLlagy . t, but Vvith repeated-short atroi<Cs their, utrwieldy ortheir ifeTt - di. weie• not separate for a moment; but the "backs were curving slightly ,and then .becoming straight again in regular succession, as,each'shove and push was administered. * * :It was a spectacle to make the blood come fast 'thump— ing through the veins—as the two huge com bats pushed and • shoved with all their might yeheniently, and as the two mahouts exerted' tdl their,powers to encourage them. "It is evident in such ri contest, as allghappens with these- wilil unimtils, that the strouger.combatants gains the victory. Iu snincas do :becur in whielf - superior agility the weaker to bet.r..off the honors ofzuccees ; ~ kiKsuch instances are rare'-in the case Of two opposing elephants; rarer,' perhaps than with other•animuls. But what is the' end : of this pushing'? you ask. It' the stronger. sue t : seeded overthrowing hie adversary, the deitth * Of the vanquished i 9 the prebable result. Thie sometimes Ocoure when,' great VirdeAcn . iEs • • used, and the weaker can hardly retreat quick °umiak. hope and strength together, turns awkwardy - fn fly, lir pushed as ho turns, and falls. ? .the end is then soon seen: The vietor , plung4his tusks without mercy into' 0'6,144; of his foe, as he,lies helplessly ;on the Ell gi•oundaitt death follows:. If the Ivealcer, by great .apilfi y r sticeeed•ittlurnitT.' gild . . rim - Atitig iti,e_say:li elinse it 3 the resati , vihich erLdti . either-iii-i-he-esealpeot_theLfiliiiive (iv in Ilk beinf.; e9rely helaboied by the tr'et'i'kiittid iiilred by-by-tho-4.11:4L5:0f hiti__rvi)ta.g.t9titm . • ,_. -- ' _ ' ._. „. . . • Tic eout - ei•d-toci IMlg' - to quote in full—en • • .? oppry ne n.f. Hi na ttlsrseajic-ol;riiasyl:lver ; and resulted, t,esities n-killookitig, .or coiltoe 'the human , • , , „ look' inkimnout horror on • orn ,, :.imolu made ; is won lei• 1111111 y: rens:ons ervii3t.ant, in thifilFtelt,,flort - the dote But,•)ii tittise wi• den Oonii!ets, we hate :glinapme of : the wild seenes of .juiittle and desert, . i . ,ttite, . of rant= r pant nittifte is rill - tre'seeltt-----Altitty-erOonitter,4., are notratcd: such ns thoio of the •untelopq,?i.l . thinoctiroseit other ; tige,rel ancr elephant:h We 'Erelcet pirrts u•• • I &i:11, 1 f.i0:11 IT A4%-- ".Tli . ere was a fatuous tiger—a -Monster of a tiger—iMme s aN:igra, who bad fidnmphed I . ,licksio - iv on several occasions. •Iltrwas err • Mainly one of,the . larg'e:4. 1,- , ; have eye,r seen ; and-beautifully streaked was his , glossy coat, as it moved freely - over his innseniar - libbs and long back.. The:czmnoissetirs in sport-had desptilrett - of - fmtli,n - g—a- fittint_iadversary - PAL- E:rig-re,. when news arrived .that onormons,,slze and strength -bad- been. taken, uninjureii,iii the Teriii.Lthe 'long strip ofju'n • gle land bet wern. Otitie and- TS'epai,l, just at the font of the Himalayas. , It.nnsnnlieLizn .d,. that there would ho gitlrions sport - Wh"en , thi . S neW rrioikerwas brought-face to face with BIM tt. "The cnges o'fßa - ttrptend Terai-7 . allttlr , (the acne-giv t fp to tic:xvtmoßstcr)_irere_lbroighti to 6pP,it , ite of the Court yorkl, both corn— rnat.lol by'our position in the gnifer..l. We I could see ,the long, silitking hilet,:s of the.tifs t ers fts:theyrtotinel arotiud . their in great tenietit ot.te,6lorilyilierit-'svii teeth tritirtnin:t to Wi tt;/!8! , ,' :ul.3.tiOde :Went/ant 1_11)11rf):1C111.0 cage;. .tt` VMS. ' in i tonde.d 01711 . 111E' ;liiinials'tslio.uld become t rtware of-the presrnee of oliehotti6 - r& and hence tity',• I 'previous ache- ft -T r ferocious AS the Alger is I t he i:, - tceownr(l!) , , litlitotil, tiirl, it'. brought expeelly into the presenc6 or .t.ht - tiii,er, may " - cower anti retre:il •froni kite •, given- Aleboo'rnil ing fruit of the e 4 _rose simultaneously ou eitherfrridu—the lioors Of:the esgesiqitned. Terai-rallali-tprang, with a single hound, out of his 'cage,,opened his hu o jaws widely, and shaking from tide to,side * his long' tail in- an excited tviiy. Ka - gra aitrasieed mbre'leisUrel)- i»to the orena,.but with 9imilar demonstra tions. ThiiY Might have been fifty feet at art, Ws.they stood cut%ping •enii ,oPen niotithed, the. tails playingall !lie time. At hingTh Xi/grit : advanced a - few paces ; his ad- versary laid himself down forthwith upon the , court-yaril t ,jtist,,wheFe he stood, facing, him, but with his feet well under him, not ebend cd, evidently quite prepared for . a. spring.— liogra watched his foe intently„ . atid still ad vanced slowly add cautiously s but not in a straight line, rather toward . the l side, de.scri bing- an arc of a circle-a S-ha dr(iWiear. I .'f6terai-Wallalt. soon rose. to his feet' and. describing a similar.nrc bn the Opposite Bide ; both irailually; approach ing each other however.. IfirnSa moment 'of lirealldeqs - stirpense - in the - sallery.: Every, eye was fixed qn the. two ctitabotants as they thus tried to ciret mv,ent each other.; it Wit enough to arrest attention, fdr'tlie tigers were • ~ unusually large; both,wero in beautiful -eon 0t .- dition. plump !Intl muscular ; the'.color of the Terai.wallah vas somewhat -lighter. -thari 2 that of Kagra—a more yellowish hue shonebetween the black stripes.. Beth were very beautiful, and very c'ourageoils, and very formidable. •.‘ At length, di they thus advanced', step by `step, very slowly, Ktigra. made a spring. His former victories had probably made him a !it• . tle-self conident. He spitiugoiot - nelf it were a voluntary 'effort of his own, but as if he mere suddenly. impelled alof by some uncontrolla ble galvani o which he could nit resist. The spring was so sudden, so rapid, so itn petuous, that it had quite the appearance of being involuntary. . The Terai• Wallah Wag not unprepared. As' ,rapidly_ as ~kagra hurled himself up. into the air, tie . rapidly' did ho jump aside both movements seemed to be simultaneous, so admirably Were they execu-, alighted, foiledl; but before, he could recover himself, before ho could have well-assured himself that he..stra foiled, the Terni-wailah was upon him. The claws of his adversary were flied firmly in his neck,. • au& the bor.rid jaws were already grating near his throat. It Was the work of nAnothent: -We Could scarcely see that,tho.Torrai-wallak had, gained the. advantage. : ---yre oouid scarcely -dis .tinguish Ms huge fore-paws grasping the neck,' and -his open mouth plunged' at the throat--; when - Kagre, made, another sPriug, a bound in whiehfho.orideittly concentrated euer gy. The Terai-wallah was dragged with him a little ;,the claws that had bee' dug into' his ,'neck •worotorn - gratingly through it; Open ,mouth Snapped tlerceli.but harmlessly at th advaresibg ehoulderi and kagra X 449. free, r~vv ~s . "It was but an instant that the two, tigers •steed 'surveying eaeh ..ether; open'quottthetl,. , after,Ragra had shaken eff' the grip:ofibytan togoaist.. jaws --the ample ,Illollt Is op - enect -7 -Ttetit-eir-:: - ,atateditIlsn'itl- rr their' beautittilly.Streatteki,sl:iiis tetiietit,_their-eyeciliT;tekied:, as the wateliiikl cacti .other,; the ends ertheii.. t a il s iir i 6 T lng encv,ort:iyite., nfi tf Ni7i - th ,4ve , twitehes- 7 they..stood. Klzigra taus th tirst"tty at4nok :chis tinio his (,fiz)r,tient :was to,ttj his fOluer stratugon of Mtn boldlir„ stood, tit this moinent,onear ThiTe-trittrer of the arena.; awl, as toe.sharli claws rdowed. ,incesrintli, and the • bilge , rnontlis tried . ; tcr. gilisp the neck no e4her•sjde; it .V 798. tio.to +listing ish the attack . fioit l til urn's st) , , Dr,a tri rig gradually nearer, as .thcly., bits, fought with claws and montlts'ferileinualy,•ut t in` Erg - fi - c; reiFS t ti-St ell-- -to iIfIVC stiCceedM:in griping,„ his anto'gonist._ Ihtir bw„Jed in otber's tneor.,:., and their cla4;..1111.• deeply into -tho • ueck-,.they rose, at lengtl4-to-the -ayateb . t,, on 'their (And legs—straining: and lugging, 11,141 , I I wrestling, as it Were, with eat:l uther,`each witlihis utmost.force and . B'4lll. •-I.t was , speetticle,Lof ttartling-interest that ,.. ; -and now ever.you may t rli.a*n3;;:gootl.lllad eclitini horrible - l or- savage! beli-ove there were many elements of •the stafdinle is -that•contest ; - and tloubtleSs, , snell contests'of ten-Jake place in _thejungle. They stood Moro . _ than •sixfeet-Ifigh:as they, thus grappled with eiich other; elevated on their liind legs in a r3III7IIIIIIMMITITM “': MAI . , • • . g ariug eyes surniciputing Ole muscAlar,pillars . (Allieir.bdug * As the tiger :41AI:um 1.3 . 411 . NYC " Valll4.?:the.o we merely sum up the ronmiui-ng atitag(Mist; rho; the!) in-mei:Kim and got a tiemjiy I,t,linutages from which he wmi-foyeed-eff-_with hot -iron while peel' ,Engra eseiv . po.l into'his cago Ny e r Cinnplaining; h E.bovt • time riuce, to a of the tedion . proliley Of counsel in a eas'n - v . ve inippened twbo intern..z.lea cinevied,ave atmwer the. einis •of justice equally • well to tto-dwa witiCaltdrguinent to the jury, 'Xhat. might •dos ray legal friend ; give - you tin instance to that it: is trot always , pare„.• I oi t .no -bad a case' agnintit•aimatt in the couully,. v;1 1 3 ns clear us daylight in inyfwvor—the fellow,hatl not even n blnidOW of di:fencc for refusing . to pay Ills debt—but, hi - the cunning'Of his . lavr- • yer, he had contrived to avoid coming to.. trial tor about two years, in hopes that be-Trri-. worry me into — a ,eotni:otoise: At last' 4be case was-called, late in the term and lute in a but day, the courinial jury. tired and . stated the facts, produced ileevi deuce, which was nil on my side the, judge, asked, the counsel whether they. wished to ar 'gee the case, stating-that he thought it hardly necessary in so plain a matter. The lawyers agreed to subrnitli without argument.; the ja_•• ry went out, and, immediately returned with a • verdict for the defendant ! t prayed the, judge to overrule the verdiot as contrarrtplaw and evidence, turd after-so-Me tithe this was dothe, and . l . got judgment; But as soon as the court adiournedl sought the, foreman of the jury, a worthy but not very brilliant can, and asked 'hiM how, tn in the nae'of common - sensei they -came to render such tiverdict.. ''.Why, 3ou see,' said ho o 'we didn't, think ,much of thelawyer tight Sou, and i4y waft strange he - didn't have nothing to say ;• .but._ Squire, the fact is, we thonghtythintM-about . one of the snni - ftestilairyeri -in' this' count}, and if you could:l.'ond' anything to ~day on: your side,. it must be 'a party Lard case, and 'so we had to goligin you I" liIiPItINONXENT FonDEIIT IN ENGLAND.—Ab; cording to the - Official returns JUBA . thal st - of - Air&ist - laTst - thore ,was _no. 1 - e 88* theft one , thOusand and ninety-eight persons con- ) P, fined in the 'various ' prisons of England for debt. In . the , prison *of Bedford, man, Whose' original dept was nine..shilliags, _was incarcerated for twenty dap, because he could not pay the - expenses or the atilt brought against him'. These amouniCd to £1 98., or more than three times the original debt. In another case a man was in prison for ten days because he could not pay', fen 'shillings. and four pence,.the expenses of a , debt of three`, shillings. arid sixpence.. in a third the 'debt '' amounted to £1 7s. 8d .analhe costs to £`2.Bs. 7d. These, and many similar cases, have at tracted mud' attention, and the . policy of abolishing_imprisoninent fOrdebt is now open ly dlecusaed A Lucia ,FELLOW.;--Thei Rogersville (Teri nessee)_ Timen'has the following ,;" " A Short tine since a fellow from Buffalo Creek, Cartei °entity-, 'was impriioned iti Elizabethtown-jai •for burning n barn, The citizens of the place learning that he was from tbe neighberhobi . whore the smallitax, was,raging, twoko opei the jail and turned him but, and then teld biz if be didn't leave town, in fifteen minlitis thoP would tar , and feather rzz 10 a-C:10110V; ~:~:' . MM!I
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