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NUMBER 14, OF VOmJME IV. the creature minutely, I perceived how exquis- j ofi ten giraffes sir had fallen i they were all it ely adapted was jts conformation to its jife i cows, and mine, the largest, was only about and predatory haijjt. The small green eyes j (ben feet in height, but, it beinjfflbe time had l seen the creature in its wild state, i appeared enormous. " I hare since shol the bul standing between 'eighteen land nineteen lee highj and, amongst several- adult males kille by me, generally found this . to.be the outside1 limit of their stature. 1 always carried a;rneas4 urng tape and tinder.tiox.. beside my .shooting gejar ; the latter is indispensable in case of a traveller, being lost and benighted.'! jThe sun had set, and. Griquas, covering the! iodies of the dead giraffes with bushes, left a Balala in j charge of each till they could bring their wagl were on a prominence on the highest part of the head, so that they iafione might' be -( rais ed above the iwater wpfn all other portions of the body were s ilnierged ; the teeth locked together like those of a in, and the lower ones fitted into cavitiesiorsheaths in the upper jaw, rendering escape Irom ; iheir hold nearly im possible ; the ears, which were scarcely, pier ceptible, were merely two slits running behind the eyes on a parallel wth the jaws ; nostrils enclosed in a circje, sniall, and 6n the tip of the nose ; color on the back dingy yellow and black ; belly whitk eigh parallel jagged lines ' orJs on the" morrow. vit the back, Que running down to the extremi- I " Before the twilight bad given nlace to dark ty of the tail ; five toes on the foreffeet, four on ' ness we drew near our camp, but were astont the hinder ; thirty. six teeth in the upper jaw LUhed by the ground which, at our departure - i . F i - - j ' 'm . . . . ' . J i ' 8ICIIEL AND HIS COURT. ' !" i Kilrr frcim tin earth. 0ttS(i and Rating in Africa. Oyr jurf rgn files, sometime: aflord us, as our ,fi know, agreeable extracts from books .jyitt tthclf n. Among sucti is tne no. voWrn of adrenture in bouth Africa, lnvist offi'fj According to what we sec of much, that is entertaining, to scenes quite new, and 5 sorkj relates entire length seven feei two inches. Nearly allied in color to! the lnbd, capable of 'seeing all above it, and furnished with, long jaws, and tremendous teeth, j the crocodile fies in wait for, game in the ford and shallows where they drink, and probably kills them in most cases by seizing their heads and drowning them." AN UNWELCOME VISITER. " 30th. Ueforp daybreak I was roused from my slumber in the tent by Bain saying, some thing has got hold of an ox ;' and, listening, heard the poor c real urd bellow and moan phe ously, but in a kind ofi stifled tone ; the horses had all been fastened to the wagon wheelsbut hard day's work,' had umifTectednes, and absence to make much out of thing? the products of book- I ' T ' 1 , J lftMn.nd hc i V.iw!ift,Mr. Me k!r?it. idtlnul lMoit'j,,d A,ji,n fn'uch spirit and intelli. Lick noirttiyV. renders ,nji(j:iaricimely exaggerated. To the epiciire, as well as to the hu'eh's pages 'must 'be juile Intelligrnccr. Jr in the, 1 ) Vihlemeh ; or Wanderings ij&ulh Africa, liy r 1 . 1 1 L Methuen. Oieould much like to know; how it came Io psi that iibreulgifets have neglected to as piny, square, half inch on the surface of the cranium as the seat ot that strong pas. I .t the oxen, having had a been allowed to lie loose during the night. Mr. Uarlett s hinf flashd on my recollection, but all soon became qiiiet again, and till dawn nothing could; be done ; in the course of half an hour the gray light was, we, judged, suffi cient for our purpose, and three of us, well arm ed, sallied forth in the direction of the outcry to reconnoitre. VVe marked a crow hovering, and by its guidance soon discovered one of the best oxen lying dead. We approached with Cau tion, and a quick-siglittjd Hottentot pointed to the large print o( a. lion's foot in the sand just by us. The! lion had (attacked the ox in the rear, and fastened its .tremendous claws in the poor wretch's side, one having pierCed through to the intestines i he bad then bitten him in the, flank, and, j to show the prodigious power of the monster's jaws, the thigh joint was dis located, the hide broken, one of the largest si- 1-1 I ' ! 1 1 . ! .t ;.!ich with us bears the name of "a love f na M? ivvo, ana protruding trom ine wounu : navmg inus cri npiea nis victim, ne nau apparently, seized him by the throat and throl-, tied him. was whitened over with long dead grass, ' bet ihg blackened and smoking. Instinctively eve ry eye sought for the wagons, but Inevl stool seemingly uninjured. My companions, on our arj-ival, tojd me that the firo had coma on thetjni very suddenly, and that they had arrested, the course of the flames with the greatest; difficulty by burning a lane through the grass in front -.of the wagons, and keeping the fire under sub jection with green boughs, or. in Cooper,-the American novelist's I words,"! by making fjj-e fiht fire. .Eh -wlof reminded rah strongly ofiihe description in his Prairie oT a bartv sim ilarly situated. There were some grounds lor suspecuug iua.i mis ure ua.u oeen maae ,mau ctously, and the whole race of Balalas were in discriminately consigned to' obloauv. I A kraal ofsome Bechuanas from Melito, who ivere Ua!v! eiung wan us, was uueny consumeq; toe nre, had passed within tw'enty feet on either sidejof. our camp, and in one place was within an ace ofi burning the' lent. sWe could still see on the distant horizon a broad red line of conflagration. Thejje were at least one j hundred . and fifty pounds of gunpowder; in our wagons at the time wiich, in colloquial phrasej would hake ensured a pretty blow up; and vain would have been my search tor wagons or friends, it such an e vem naa occurrea." Bain and thyself having been politely re. quested to visit his Majesty in his royal resi dence,' we: proceeded thither, and found him seated on the ground in his cotla, or public court, with a queen reclioing near him on an ox-bide. Aware that we were not accustom ed to this mode of sitting, they, with great cour tesy, handed to me an inverted bowl,:and.,a.i wooden pillow to Pain. " In the course of the conversation which then ensued, Sichele expressed a wish that the En glish queen would come and see him. A dish of sour porridge was next ordered in." of which the king first partook.; then, alasf we followed suite ; and then the queen, his fa voritei swallowed at least two pints ; after which she graciously gave the remainder to the court, and never did fingers'do mouths bet ter service than did those of her attendants. : -. . ' -. i i i , " "iThe queens paid us another Pegging visit ; enUririg ojur tent before we had dressed in the morning, and watching with much pleasure and interest .the European manner of attiring the person4;His, Majesty has at last promised us guiues to tne mariqua. , t21sf.!Queens, lords, and commons have a gain beeriTbegging, filling the tent, and smoth ering us with dust and heat, not to mention certain nameless visitors whom they left behind -t. r . . . '. . -IT i ! JJ. '" ' . "in ocarotone mah i i a brass pao toe k oi a carpet iag, to his innn g'atigf From the Norfolk Herald. GEN. TAYLOR'S POLITICAL OPIN. X. ioxs. i nuuuugn we have harl tifnint vi. dence to satisfy n that nn iT,..i sentmlly and practically a Whis. we haveJ n.X UonSfs from Alabama, I S to -he mass of ,eS. Or eans. ! ,: that we could show you a ii-tl i " U9-i J.nP" mnjoriiy. : Alter t.i uicru ui met?, l think you will a-rt me that the Whigs have a curious v afTordinr aid and rnVnfnrt r,iv' . Santa AnnaI am certain, thinks , 'J ; HKlind comfort as his frWnd Ja::. Polk aflbrdrd him,' than any! be L cetved from Taylor.'Scoit, Wool, c. In our last we copied frt:n the l: more Patriot an extract frofn a Icttrr i a prominent Whig fo a prominrnt D crat. trtving a most Blowing descrip--Gen. Taylor. We hope bar rca U r member the extract; of which the f. lnS is the history i " A letter vasadJressed, slnco t! bession, by the Hon. Dixon IL L l : . . . uu oujecuon to aadinir to th ma nf i.. timony upon that head, th fnllnwino- iract of a letter which hai been handed u UJ inenu. nle letter Camp neae-Bijes; a Vista, inquiries relative to th Gen. Taylor in regard to certain qu i" in wuicu mo otaie Uights- party -tr. r ,!,, VteWa iT I a i Ii a Sen!,eman of characters -u" zence, in whose; judgment and ciwijr we nave enure confidence : June 11.' 1847. I hope to be vith von at th next elect ion. and give ja lonir nulL a strong pull, iand.a; pull 'Wtogether," for, via mougn nna Heady. pee by the De moctatic papers that the)!, are trying to throwqsome cold water on his nomination for Presldentrand tajdouht Whether his political principles are of the Whig School. I ha.ve the satisfaction to .know that he is a genuine Whicr. This iPhhvA 1a trom his most intimate frienr!s,and amon-1 . canaiaale. it is to be presumed tl. others frnm bi itwn -KtV-;;, uJ?-t is equally correct in othpr in this matter. ' , . 31 r Lewis was highly ilelightr. ins repiy, ana gives to it lull faith. which is not published, saiff ii.nt' if c I Taylor's views I on these subjects r Sound, he wnuh! sunnnrt Wm'r,.. ,i . . 1 - iui l i i ; . sidency, even if he were a Whig. Col. Peyton had receritly serve,: der Gen.' Taylor, with the" LouiMar.:. unteers, and . shares largely in his t and confidence. He was also kno. ; a distinguished politician, bavin- I prominent membct of Congress, for from Tennessee. This gentleman author of thelletter in reply to Mr. L questions. He does not profe ss to by authority. He disclaims that. I ; he correctly; states the sole grou "" xayior wouiu consent others from his own'br'oth there can be no mistake: also know, that he is the avowed candi (jate of nearly the whole army; and that Mr. L's declared opinion, that Gen. lor will be supported by all! the St States. '-' - M ', i teg- ! '' A QUAGGA BATTUE.R ! " We had ridden: Within a mile of the moun- tion ; but, tinding be-could not unclasp -u.-the will s-o it in lftlS wiiK n.rr. ..,.t. pleasure,khe came back grew, angry, and in As I am now on politics! I will give vot W ZW; course was 'Jca of the state of parties in our K doneii1i;jjl...u.-K.(f ,; 1 ltnent. . - U , uh mis uaj uui juuiuri r was n "a in 10 u iir np lo . r iim - j.i v , f 1 1 ,c l bantams. 9 are Winers. reneweoana jusi pe ore our oepanure we saw Of the 39 Litn,on J oq ,rt.:.. 4 . --lll.-,.ic ill C T IJlgS. The Colonel and Major are Whigs, and the Lieut. Col., although a Democrat is an open advocate for ?Old llouh and Ueadyw for the next Presidency. Two thirds of the rank and file of the regiment are also Whigs. Gen. Vool, who is now in rnmrnanfl nf nnr rf ivt JfAU ...i conceal it, looked ill at ease in the trammels ! also a large majority of;the oflicers in the Pr'ce-f corn, is now so ditT re : I' ll I 1 !! ! V ! 1 V . i k . . i.l . f I some person approaching in European cost ume to all appearance a most slovenly, illfa vored fellow whom on his coming up we found to be Sichele, clad in the clothes we had given him his trousers too short, his coat too tight, and his stockings the color of the soil around. He walked amongst his admiring subjects with conscious superiority, but, despite his efforts to a ruEniCTioN . and ITs fulfil- So long as the present tariff remain i -turbed, the prices of provisions mustii high. XashvUle Union. i ; The above, is from a pet crgm cf y.r. in Tennessee. , ,1 i Now read the followingjfrpm anc!!. r I toco organ theJew Yo'iTcfJourn:.! c merce. it sas : tains, which, clad in wood at their bases and yWfports.'r; I j', I I;, b'llrnen, appears to be. animated with juk'j? a strariMij litis spirit as Gills to the lot Muvmiii. Aaniraiiy oi aoeiuiate constiiu. fliiihe had tike n; a folage, to;-the Cape in IWUnil, hj. health lia vingbeen restored, re- bnl h'tirnt in lije lollowing year. But his ;jiiy climate eHmi Hot to have agreed with ' inktM he Bgitiii mailed lor the Lape in 1843, itn iiitiMitionJ'f settling iherk as a colonist f say fuirniiH'cU of mcress iiresienled them- kItti. ; TIih intijntion he .subsemientlv relin. .ami, niifetihg at -('rsthanrs Town hre gfMth'iiii'n vho hiid.eilhor Salso abandon- 'iluir riglmi(;ue!igii of s-eltling in the colo. ),or wrre in iM'ha.te to put their design ncUdii, the lour hpo'rt'smen planned an ex- puiion if)iuj tile cotoivy, into tin; interior re- ritier igbt-motlis, and although the expe. 'lif'H dijriiot rnitrati' into the interior c far ii - i jijj lijrieijiftUjr .jlti'.r MtU-d, the result was sat ,sffiofy ebouiib to the liaisons concerned, and i5Wy iiit jo bej MiiattiMided with advantage 4 (fee putilic, a jttefid tosh,ow that, with a well. mieA train amdiskWul shots, much might be towahli -cle-Hring up the mystery which; r Mijif "'fljvcr the central regions of South wic s ithirt the frdpic.' The narrative of the scntiuhich te-fell the party during their pn7 is a- tnosl interesting one. Mr. Mclhu. I'rnoi oniy a ursi-raie snot, out a good na- ".liu 9Kflut UlilllglllSIIIAII, ilMU IJC IlilllOIISS H wjih alfjKist'as much facility and effect tfafas ihe nciicil, ixi'ssessing the art of ma. 'H feW ; stakes tell. ; Game the party shot jTunilatice,;fiocn the rhinoceros, the elephant ta jjiralTo1, do'wn to antelopes and patridges, Methien killing oi the latteK on one ocV 9noJm than Avetity at a sind. The ap-; -waryeMS expiamed uy the statement mat flirifi iere all seated in a row, having come (tuVe pool to drink, and the unsportsman. 'tWacier ofthe shot is humorously excused l".!gwervatior that there were many mouths j n4hat; they were too hungry to allow (uiiuust scruples. .V.fclliwinjS extrac Viport ',: ' The habits of ihei king of beasts are not of that noble order which naturalists formerly as cribed to him. In the daytime he will almost V invariably fly from man', unless attacked, when nis courage is mat ot to mined raf?e and desoair. n J l-i O ------ j- I have seen the ion, suddenly roused from his lair, run ofi" as t midly as a buck. It is" said that even at nigu they do not like to seize a man from a party, especially if the persons ex ercise their voices ; and that the carcase of an antelope, or otht?;r game, may be preserved by hanging some stjrups on a branch near, so that the irons may cash together when blown by the wind ; a whjte handkerchief on the end of a ramrod is another receipt for effecting ; the same object. 'Ijhe lioni is a stealthy, cunning brute, never attacking unless he has the ad vantage, and relying on! his vast strength, jfeels sure of the vicioty. The natives tell incredible stones of his-sagacuv. which would almost 1 ! intersected by dark ravines, formed iwith their rugged summits a most striking object, when we encountered some Bakatlas, armed with shields and assegais. "They talked very fast;; add made many signs, from which we conclu ded that they knew vvhere game was, and w?re desirous to lead us to it. Parties of men, how ever, shouting with) stentorian , lungs, issued from the bushes on all sides ; a giraffe was seen striding rapidly away ; presently a herd of quag gas, pallabs, gnoos, and ostriches showed the mi selves. I shot a pallah and a quagga, right and left, but only obtained the horns of the far mer, the natives having; skinned the head. fcesh bodies, of men, running and hallooiiig burst in view, till we were completely mysti fied on the sulijecU The quaggas turned back, ol civilized dress. He charged us to send him Aorth Carolina and MisstssinDi rrpimpmc ' the expectation of tha own fir Wo. s' fat, and kill plenty of game and I am satisfied that if an election wast charges are more than the article ii v . oaviv iois oi ciauus ,or him ; and he sent a large party with us to to take place in our cathp to day on polit- Large narcels of m. nA I carry these things home to his abode. jcal grounds, that we could show vnn n i . , . It is difficult lo refrain trom making further BelheP if not an "Old Trap" ma or it v. 1 rJ r, : some other extracts from so amusing a work, but-we must do our inclinations a violence, and forbear. In taking leave of our agreeable companion, how ever, we feel we may venture to con him,- in the name of Alexis Soyer, true gastronome in Europe, upon the novel. though succulent, pieces de resistance which his "Life in the Wilderness" has enabled him to appreciate. Jt is with much satisfaction, perhaps not unalloyed by a little envy, that we learn from one who has partaken of the dain ty, that an African bustard is better than the best turkey ; t'nat the flesh and fat on the ribs of a well-fed' rhinoceros, cut into steaks, and a!nd I rode after them, and then, by the hedg- ' introduced to the gridiron, are no bad substi tute for mutton chops, and that the hump of the animal is no less agreeable. I he flesh of the females-giraffe eats, we are told, very much like beef; quagga steaks are prime, though they have a flavor of their own ; and an elephant's foot bakeipJrom which a gelatinous substance els on each side of me, first discovered the ib ject of the natives, and that I had entered wih in the limit of their game-traps. Two wattle hedges, of perhaps a milelin width at the en trance, contracted to a long narrow lane, about six feet in breadth, at their termination, where were two covered pitfalls, with a number of' like calve V head is abstracted by mea-nsof"a loose poles placed in parallel lines above each. s?oont foriihs, when dulVseasoned with pepper make him a reasoning animal. ThereiJrer-ai e well autbentibatkease. on record of lions car- jWeaUire escaping or pawing down the so I, nuen venn tne n illation ot .ne ,uxu y ei on poises WHCKTreri around me and men ruswfu ,iU pa,ait "u Mttc -"uc,v,,ru ttS ast, their skin cloaks "streamwg to. ibe wind, down, these words;fr But what we would not ill, from i their black naked figures, and wild gs- have given for his experience tof a "ftltl de ures, it needed no Martin to imagine a pande. crocodile or a gogit d' hippopotamus " monium. I pressed hard upon the flying ani- . , - ! 1 mals. and ffallonino- down ihe lanP. raw tfiA-i It is a: singular fact, that under no circumstance, i;. . : iO 1 e ' Trap" majority, After this statement of facts 1 think you will agree with me that the Whigs have on-ratulate fa Curious wa" of affording." aid and com- I able, the , and every I fort l. ihc. enemy-" Santa Anna, I am And , ' tho nnvpi certain, thinks so ; and fam sure he would man rather receive such aid and comfort as his friend James K. Polk afforded him, than any he has received from, Taylor, Scott, Wool, &c. In this connexion wejtake the opportu nity to introduce an extract of another letter, from a gallant and distinguished Kentuckian. who has done the state some service" in the field and the forest, which has been some weeks in our possession. Speaking of Gen. Taylor, he says : " He is a firm, self poised, clear sensi ble, plain, honest manp-rconcuring with the Whig party in all )s prominent opin-iOR-rA-GWIig t for he would pre fer Mr. Clay, as President, to 4l;!"-?Jl?.er living men; and next H him, Crittenden.' rying men away at night from the fireside, but these arc quite the exception they are grega nous, as ma try as twenty having been sepn in (t I'lfd the j river: our return a little 'ay It ,Bi,sig.d.n.st and Idisturbed a crocodile i ;tktrdfii'g to the habits of it's racei on t-?b4L These. creatures easily takelthe j . toJt diving- into the water, commonly m "lr V1 flj"!urfacc4'f. xposing merely their 3 w. of the jr noses, as if to see Jnhq coatihe clear or no, Thii coc. r, pted iW 'abovementioned rusei And, u!,,,i Une ji with his eyes, but! some si extracT'verifies the old adage u all, are fish that comes to j :!'.. ; i ;; SHOT AT A CBOCODILE. tttnen i ri la . Wre hirrlJ I hriil ihd rrnnd 1 nolf frt cftnd through his brain. He bled much, !i fl-,erUnd lajf onihis back at the V '"Me , hjf his Vhite belly. Afler'some Hi diji-g-afordJ we crossed and pro- 'J0 ? PPt where he lay. Forcing a Mjh thrtf Kink nJJ 4.5oK t:nM4 ik ye hooked up the crocodile with t hut. inake.like.1 thou h stuoiriArl Jdaadjind always wriggled out of the y, la?t;resourceI seized the extremi. '".f Wld it fast, while Frolic ran fi Xl f;ovt' Vnjbody above the hind , MfitWing the. noose light, we1 pull- svLi ,lh anT,?r hall, we secured j .i "v vr 'ouip, one oi inose oo- ing horses that W tiy.j . 7,,JfT, mine, o P iVf1'1' carte sh(K)ti i mg unless their mci0r A. aA I ind t J ihe ground one side U.T"1 P8 'lead' . jlu,i i.. i oth-. i M aniM ii is i nos 'fi ' Ji'. Wf-fce.w4.1ked " unconcerned V'M- We Could not in u.. At r' 0a horifKPl- n 4 . 11 I f Ou examining MY I'lRST GIRAFFE. " As we advanced the jsigns of ganje thick ened, and with tiiem wefeTniterspersed the foot, prints of lions ; still nothing. could be seen. Striking at last on ; the fresh track i of e lands, we espied, to my infinite delight, some giraffes quietly cropping the high boughs of the U mokala trea; their long taper neck stretched to uie ui ii lengiu, iwisiing ineir nexioie ippperiiips round the leaves and young shoots. . A short council of war waaf held a long one to me and away we d.-vrted in pursuit. The animals soon perceived vis and took to flight ; charging through some IbVishesJiindstriding clear over Others With their. Brobdinawian lpra. and ran. tering in the mJst ludilrous manner imagina- ! )va- i.i- .u u:fJ..m ol, i Icon uic 'iiic uuiuot siga ijtvn ?piuig coming oe Kifa rhnk.'fntl. Lvt.lL ovo-ol r,C :.nJ.t:! either of pleasure, pa.n, or tear, are the eland and g.ratle u - -. i. - j i l ee T . known to utter any souud. noticing their danger, and turned upon me, ears , . back and teeth showing, compelling me to re- i treat .with equal celerity from them. Some na-! ', jtlves standing in the lane made the fugitives : run the gauntlet with their assegais : as each- Quagga made a dash at them, they pressed - tneir oacKs into tne Hedge, and held their broad1 ; oxhide shields in his face, hurling their spears j into his sides as he passed onward One map- j ;aged to burst through the hedge and escape, ; the rest fell pierced with assegais like so ma- : jny porcupines. Men are often killed on these: 'hunts when buffaloes turn back in a similar their backs, and.thei s and heads rockin THE LATE JUDGE MARTIN. A statement has gone the rounds of the papers imputing fraud to the late venera ble Judge Fraucors ?Xavier Martin, of New Orleans, (formerly of Xewbern,N. C.) in the making of his will. He left his large estate, nearly half a million, to his brother in New Orleans, and it was as serted that his real intention was to give the property to his relatives in France but that by leaving it as he did he evaded a law of Louisiana which lays a tax of 10 twin fill ll'llrfl flk rhlfo flwit mntV.r nnlmaL . nn.r 1 .A I ' I L'd " fnTOI (TllPrS. V e OO" i"' "'ii' i i o iiiai 1 1 to. i ij nil l ilia u jn; - (jcuij VJ i I uc lca iu iuivi0hv.- - had run over the bodies of their comrades and serve that the Supreme Court of Louisia- got free. Never can I forget that bloody mur- na jn affirming the validity of the will, derous spectacle ; a moving, wriggling mass . A . . . of quag.L huddled and iammed together in the has taken . occasion to repel, in most deci- WC? -- j t.T It was some little time before Bain and could find a gap in the hedge and get round yond the fbrel one, ahdf working outside them I to lhe Vlt8 nth found one, and then iv at ipnsi two leet: tneir tans an curled . r r " ",""v"0 uw-'i' .1 I '? ll.t '-ili.'.iL'- I' 1 L. 1- . most inextricable confusion; some were on; their backs, with their heels up, and others lying across them ; some had taken a dive and , only displayed their tails ; all lay interlocked, like a bucket full of eels. The savages, fl an tic with excitement, yelled round them, thrust ing their assegais, with smiles of satisfaction, into the upper ones, and leaving them to surTo--cate those beneath evidently rejoicing in the , agonv of their victims. Mosleli, their chief from their peculiar rnotion, like a ship's mast in a heavy swell. : I was quickly alongside the largest, and contrived to separate it from the herd, when, ajthpugh strongly excited, I could j not ihe I p remarking the strange sight which; these colossal; brutes 1 exhibited, each followed; by such insignificant, dwarfish men and horses,; whom, had the fugitives possessqd courage to make resistance one of the kicks must have) annihilated truljy is 'the fear of man on all creatures.' Thojrns scratched and tore myj clothes fo ribahdg ; all my companions vanish-; ed, though reports on all sides proclaimed the work of death in progress ; and my giraffe, a musing itself bykhrowiilg dirt and sticks be hind it in my (ace, I galloped ahead, and, dis mounting, fired my favorite two ounce Purday's; rifle liehind its srjoulder, when, to my great joy,; the animal stopped, after running twenty yards,: reeled, tottered, and laid its steeple-neck pros-; trate on the earthl Then came a certain de gree of compuiicjlioTi 5 I knew; the flesh and; skin would neither of them be wasted, and I rarely deviated from the rule of never taking away life but for ihe sake of procuring food or a specimen; but the full, eloquent black eye of the giraffe called me murderer, and I could hardly bear to hiok at it. They are beautiful; exemplifications of vasit power, united with per feet benevolence! nr innfkniiveness. The Bal alas camesup to i rne, and merry smiles illumiha-j ders practised pf yore for the amusement of ted each tawn tisage at thoughts of the ban- i! their chieftains, A large-extent of country is . . .At .- m .. .i - ll .! - ! l.l mn nnlhaca AMlinnc U'kn nor. ded term, the imputation of fraud, as al together foreign to the known purity and uprightness of the Judge's character. This is a gratifying decision, and it gave gen eral satisfaction in New Orleans. From the Fayetleville Observer. GENERAL TAYLOR'S POLITICS. Some oTtheXocofoco papers affect to believe that Gen. Taylor's politics are un known, or doubtful. If there had been the least doubt in their own minds, they are too sagacious to have treated him as they have done. They never would have thought of censuring him in Congress, or taking his forces from him, or withholding that high praise to which lie is so well en titled. They would gladly enough have brought his overwhelming popularity to the aid of their own administration and party. l ; The Louisville Journal says it has seen a letter from General Taylor to the Hon. Wm. J. Graves of Kentucky, in which Gen. Taylor twice declares that he is A , of Congress from Virginia, the WHIG" be declares this directly and tin- ' among other regular toasts, was drank : equivocally. At. the Hamri time he dis- Jajtes K, Pok Distinguished alike claims all partisan bitterness, and avows ralor and skill as Commandcr-in-Chi.-f his anxiety to see his beloved country de- i American armies, as well as for hi livered lrom the disastrous consequences of violent partyism. In one paragraph, he says, that, although liimsclf" Wmc," yet, if he. had the poiccr- to make a Presi dent of the United States, and if he knew who, in the high office ofa President, would administer the Government in the greatest many cargoes the consignees would k charges. 1 he origin U purchase ui therefore a total loss, and. 'the owr.-r able, they will sufTtfr a.still further Iom. And the following from tjje. Alba: r man : - i On change yesttrdfy morning n V,' faimer, who bad been tempted beyonJ ' and quiet confines of lis bread and : acres into the uncertain whirlpool f t! market, offered for sale a lot cf COO ' 1 of handsome Western flat 3:6m. I) ; i rule of the high price of May and Jun 3 ! chased this property at9i a 93 cents r el. Now he asked but 54 a 55 ecu , offered, as the very highest Cgure, .VJ 1 t this he probably sold, and if so, J, decline of price,' independent of all tT expenses of travelling, freight ic, I'J 1 jer bushel. At one lime, riot Ion g same kind of corn sold "readily at 1 1' And ihis from the New Yrk Ex; : . The Editor of the NashVifio Uui:' -clared that, so Jong as the- preset.', mains umfiiltitlj, tfcc-ptice'of pot; remain high," can, perhaps, explain t growers of Tennessee how thisTa! sioned. The new tariifis iij succef f ' tion, so the Locofocos tell us, and in t breath, they say lhat farm produce, j for a foreign market. a joss to t' ternsender, and that if he is 'able, h-: v . to pay something besides. Tiis U .i ing obliged to pay for being; JianJ. ihe old tariff, we know, the firmer ' thing lor their corn, but under ike nnv ' free-traders say it Is 'worse than no1'..'.: ; Western owner. " j . i These are some oTlha effects ff tl.c " fits and blessings" of Free Tiade 1 ! t 1 I A MILITARY CHlfe FTA IN. At a complimentarydinner lately the Hon. Mr. Bendingr,av Demiciau'- vuritu and do most toward restoring it of and slioT displayed by Mr. IVlk as co: Prevention of Infection from Typhus Fecer. Dr. J. C. Smith, obtained 5.000 was there in person, and, alter the lapse of half from Parliament, for the following recipe: an hour, the poles at the entrance of the pits "Take six drachms of povvderca nil re being removed, the dead bodies, in all the con. (saltpetre.) and six drachms 01 suipnaie tortious and stiffness of death, were drawn out bv hooked stakes secured through the main rary words being chanted the while. " Vultures hovered over-head in anxious ex pectation of a feast, and Moseleli, who received us civillv and shook hands with us, sat in his acid (oil :of vitro!,) mix them.in a tea-cup. Rv addirisr one drachm of theioil at a time, sinew of the neck ; a rude song, with extempo- j ! COPi0us discharge of nitrous acid gas v 1 take nlace. The cup to ne placea during the preparation on a hot hearth or a nlate of heated iron, and the mixture stirred with a tobacco pipe. The quanti what it was in the earlier da us of the fie- I public, he would make that man President no matter to xcitat party lie nvgra nominal ly belong. u"' ' The sentiment is worthy of the bid patriot-hero, and it may be regarded byj all j parties as an indication oi the spirit in which he himself will droinistef jhe go vernment when his countrymen shall call him to the Presidency. I ; j v j . - ; A letter from an oiricer(irij the Virginia regiment, at Baena Visfavsays that Gen. Taylor is a genuine Vhtgi and that he will go it in 1813 with ia perfect rush." - . - 1 . .1 it r : us civilly and shook hands with us, sat 111 his stirred with a tobacco pipe. 1 uc qua.u. - jhat lhrj .Hegjment, leopard.skin caro upon a dead qttagga, recej. ty of gas may! be regulated by lining Major O out 13 (Captains. and quet m store, VCutting off the tail with its Ifng tuft of black hair, I rode to seek the Griquas and Frolic, whofhad absconded, and it proved, on inquiry, instHd of attending to'tne, bad been Awn;; pleasure; bul unaerjino Is fault was pardonable. Mut m - j hunting jforjuy circumstanees'h ving the congratulations of his courtiers, for this j ;nr.rfiainrr the Quantity of ingredients flesh is a very favorite food, with them, j His 1 T. ufti. ; fnr a moderate! sized room; appearance was mild, but undignified, j e j naif the quantity would be" sufficient for were in great luck to witness this sight, fcince J & smajj om Avbid as much RS pbssi il had been a royal hunt, such a. the Highlan. , uu:-; the cas when jit first rises from the vessel." ;Na injury to the longs will hannen when the air is impregnated with the gas, which is called nitrous acid gas 'and it cannot be 'too ; widely known encircled by men on these occasions, who, har rovvin- to a centre, drive all the game enclosed withintheir ranks to the desired point, j, T coun ted twenty qiiaggastas theyj were belngjeitrac ted from one pif not more tban tenTeel Isquare; and six feet dqepi'' " 1,1 tl vK " that it possesses thei propertytof preventing the' spread of fever.' ' ! ; 21 out of 39 Lieutenants, jafe Whigs; and the Lieut. Col.; altbougji n jDemocraC is an open i advocate fori Old Jtough and Ready.1 Two thirds of the rank and file of the regiment are alsci yhigs.j General Wool, vhb is now in cipmrapd of our di vision, lis a Whig, as also a ilarge majori ty of the officers in the N!rth Carolina and i Mississippi regiments, land I am sat isfied that an electionivvas to take place in our-camp to day on; political grounds. and statesmanship l President of the States." r'J , . i ' ' ' - How fortunate il ls for a great m .n t friends that; in" spite of envious oppon i. do justice to bis merits But for these f of Mr. Bendinger tbb, world would, in u'A ability never hare been informed of L nr nfttiM Aineiican artrues. Tnc truth I- B S r ( will all the information at present abru ! land, at least one-half of the people a: froundly ignorant that the President is a war-horse in a fight, and led in" person t T.. . ,. i.7a fnnnlri' lTirnnrK Klrwwt r n ' ' j inns ." - " -r - - ter on the plains of Bucna Vista and ihe.lr' 'er 1 A.. V'l,i ..n T to do with these sanguinaryjeonflict ? f.ifiiro titctnrian inilt Iruilf Wll lo thli f and on the authority of this ltle toast c an error inio wnicn tne peopi arc raju... . ing. The valor and skill displayed in tl. r .1.. II. a. i.lonl Mtnl it. A t . qualities that it is confidently 'believed 1 hereafter display, .are his ownightfil j r and coming generations should be duly fi end as to The when and whefolha lim places, that witnessed his sjM and cro with) victorv his valor and daring. 1 . ..r.ilnll v hard fifhtirilr i has done uinr "fvini-v - p p- Mexican war, and the Virginia boys kh We ha!l look to them to do justice to his 1 - ..1 L!. l.ln.ujii!i 1 tarv prowess. v.. re Is from leing transifirred to the br. Taylor, Scott, Wuith ; Twiggs and other 5 ' ther of whom, according to the mot j accounts, has ever as yet teen in a bat I j IXIIUIV"' Mf i 'If t 1 u
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Aug. 5, 1847, edition 1
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