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' - "p ' The 'first 1 notice I saHv of this Grass; v.;is Vty Doctor Hardeman, of Missouri; t o f i ts wo n d er fu 1 p ro due t i on , and valuable properties, may be found in .tin th ol. of the Ameriean Farmer. c Z . I considered the calculations he in:i.!e- of -resuits, visionary and had Ijri'ultcrj it. : ; it however, 'attracted; the attention of ?iry JumiTs Jlagpflih, of Alabama, 'who p'rJcu red soine -seed, a'nd has, now, been c;t;:-iv;r irir; it. several years. The result A Ji i "'exprntji jnts. may be seen; in be seenr in the lot h -iwl'. of thti American Farn'ier, paires 1 ahd 215. S outlier a- lAlso, in' the 4th vol. ui the Agriculturalist, pages o 14, aim 'ii o. Further experiments with this grass ore detailed by Mr. Wm.' Ellison, in the '1th vol. of the ..Southern Agriculturalist, 4;i0rc i dU ti 'and the 5th vol. of the same wi.iiv. page ij. To these, severil commu- r.iratiorVs, F would refer such of your rea i!ers as have those worksfor a better and .iriore particular description oi ine grass, ifi;m I; can give tnem. U- Ij-: feucn Farmers as can afford to pay the cost of i;V A inevicanJ Farmer. an.J Southern Ag ricuTtuialist, and' neglect to subscribe for . t:;c:n, or one ot tnem, do not deserve the K'iu lit of any .'iniprovernent or discovery in Agriquiture". j; ; The tonibincd results of the experi- ! I jiK Uts. of these gentlemen shew, that the I j iT.intky of hay which this grass yields, is ' ;r irr.i!ert!than any heretofore tried. yreaier.i than any 'I'iiat the v;!i:iiitv ol the .hay is'" equal to jui v ouh-i";av tiiat, both when green, &:wlien eu t oil, it is greedily eateh .'by stock of all :ii)(isrM. Magdiiin informs us, -he has fotually made at the rate of ninety tons pf.grecii hay per acre in-one yearequal I jo In'iAVeen -0 and 30 tons bf cured hay. f !Dr. ikrdeinan states, that a' single root, il'.overiag a circle,' the diameter" of which ivaiv twy feet,' yielded at one cutting 52 lbs. ol trrec: liay, vhich vlien dried weighed ( 20 ib;:..: and consequently, that an'acre-iof . roiaid, filled . with roots equally produc tive, would yield r more than 270 tons of Iny. ' 1 However exorbitant these accounts may appear at first, the high standing of ytih'sefirentlenien loaves no room to doubt tix'ir 'accuracy,. Ilv own- experiments u. ifice me, to believe, that under circum- .Stances, in all regards favoiable, they may be realised. if t hi - I -ti nii'Msn vnluo of this grass, to us,; hi a hot climate, and on a sandy o it, no doubt can exist. - - "' , ' f 1 have ascertained the folio win; facts, Ivitli certaintyi . That it grows spontane ously and lux:ari;intly, in our country, on iliaial bottom,; and rotten, limestone laaus. I have planted ;t in a poor sahdy loaai oh a clayvundation (such as is the general quality of the still' pine lands of run country,) and on a sand liill,- origin ?u!y as ' barren, and as arid, as the deserts I Alalia. ' These; soils,-. ;- -iceli manured, produce it abundantly: Even the long jrought of 1832, (which, wjith me, con- tfiiiicd from 23d May to 1st August, with the Kcq.ti;u of one slight rain on the 9th of Ju-y.) did not materially affect its growth 1: s: :y be nt as-carly asr the 1st of May, ftud ilic cutting rcpeatetl every, thirty days. Until frost. It. ought to be planted in drills threes feet apart, and two feet space between- the foots. An acre will then tain 7,350 roots. A single root, of the ?.econd year's growth, (on the dry sand hill. Vat thref rnttincr5 hn! thi:' Vp.nr nl- -ready y ielded 7 1-2 lbs. of green hay, and ! our pine country particularly. It is ccr will withoui doubt yield at least as. much tamly the spontaneous; product of our rnorebefbre frostv At that rate, an acre own State. I know it grows in New pi pure sand hill, well manured, would. yield 55 tons of green hay, equal to a- bout 18 tons of cured ha v. of U adalitv -.1'. . - T. W" A J J as good as the best blade fodder. . . i i. In January last, I drilled some seed, in drills two feet apart, with seed . drop ped at intervals of six inches, intended ior transplanting next; fall. The whole grass 2 1-2 feet. nigh. On the 10th of i this month I cut and weighed the product 1 of one drill 35 feet long. It yielded 25 lbs. of preen hay. which, when cured. produced 8 lbs. of delightful forage. At this jrate- an acre would yield 15,750 lbs. , of green hay at one cutting; It pay yet w vui mree times more, ana consequem .;Iy..the. product would be 63,00a lbs. of green hay, from seed planted in January, last The nroduct of old" roots is from two to three fold These seeds are nlan- . ted on ptne land, with a noo'r saudv joam on the snrfawA i.. r..w:, well many. red. T hnvk not made anv i Vu , u mis Sss, on any other ol the marshal, r - - " l"e above specrhe, but 1 borne by tico stout loiow, it grows cmcn more luxuriantly on lensthX ' rotten stone lands. .-.''.' M , t .. Mr. MagofHn is certainly mistaken, when he supposes this grass is -found in-digenovs-. only in the western prairies He furnished Irrje w;ith ' a few seeds of his own raising. also procured some from Mr. Ellison ot South Carolina, which grew in Fairfield District, and some from Gen. Owen, which grew spontaneously: on his plantation in Bladen county in this State, on the alluvial soil of the Cape Fear. ' '- j ' They are all planted near each other; and are unquestionably, the same species of grass. There is not the least difler- ence between jithat found in this State, and that from South Carolina. That sent me by Mr. Magofiin, from -Alabama, is a lit tle different in colour, , being of a paler hue, and of a little finer texture. This grasses, without doubt, the 'Trip sacum' of botanists. In Elliott's Botany of South Carolina and Georgia, vol. 2d, page 522, two varieties are described: 1st. 1 Dactyioides. 'Root. perennial Stem 4 to 5 fpet long. Leaves large, 3 feet long, 1 l2 inch wide. Flowers, in terminal spikes Spikes numerous. -Ve ry rare have only seen it growing on the; margin or tnq ugeecnee river. t lowers from May to July." "2d.. Monostachyoh. -Root, perennial. - Stem, 3 to $ feet long. Leaves 1 to 3 feet lo'ngr 1 inth wide. Spike, solitary. Flowers in. terminal spjkes.- Grows a bundantjy on the Sea Islands, (parti cular ly'on Paris Island) and along the margin of the salt water. -Flowers-frorii August to October." 1 ' i For any practical purpose, there is no difTerehce between these two varieties. They are foun'd growing together.- . The following' characteristics will ren der this Gras obvious to common obser vers: . ' " ' , ;:; ; It grows inufts or rjunches, measuring about two feetlacross and three in height, which tufts ajre . composed of numerous branches, springing from a comirjon root, which is tubmousj in its form for about three inches, land terminates in many small.,' but-strong radicles. These branch es, in their Origin, ,form the common root, and ' have a peculiar arrangement; being produced from two opposite sides of the tuberous portions onlv, and de parting from t at an angle in Opposite directions, gies to this part of the plant a flat shape. : The leaveslwhich (previous to the pe riod of flowering) all issue from. the root,. are of a deep green colour, irom to 6 from 1 to 1 1 -2 inch ! wide, feet Jong, audi are.shaped lille a blade of fodder, but are sawed or fougjh on the edges, particular ly- towards th point. The leaves com mence in a sheath, at the bottom, which incloses and qoyers the origin of several other interior leaves, About the. last of May, a number of flower stems shoot up from di fie rent parts ; of the bunch, grow from 3 to 7- fet high, and tt-rminate in one, two, or nore finger-like appendages (called by botmists spikes.) The upper, end of the'Spike, rfsembles a single spike of the tassel of Indian corn, and has a blossom (farina) on it. ' The seeds, (which vary, from 3 tdnG on-each spi ke) are inl mediately below this tassel, and when flowering, each has a singles tag, of a deep purple ;colour, resembling the silk ot In dian corn. , The tassej drops i as soon as it has shed itsfpollen, and then the seeds ripen, one byf one, and drop off. The seeds; are imbedded ..on opposite sides of the stem, and attached together, after the manner of the -rattles of a rattle snake. The flower ptem is jointed and cloth ed with leaves- much shorter than those which proceed from the root, the sheaths of which embrace, the stem, to within a short space of (he next joint. It is chan nelled on alternate sidtjs like a stalk of corn. When full grown, it puts out bran ches at nearly every joint, which termin ate and produce seeds like the main stem. I have been thus particular in my des- t cnption, to enable persons to searcn out this grass. 1 am satisfied it will tie the source of much wealth and comfort in Hanover. Brunswick and Bladen Coun- ties, and have been informed it is found In Craven; and in Orange, and may, probably, on any of pur alluvial bottoms. Now- is the time to search for it If is in bloom' and lhoreS'eau'ilv d entitled, by the peculiarity !bf the seed. When hot in oioom, it very much resemb es some :hl lurenantJ Pot fo valuable. I might add much more regarding it, but again refer y1,r readers tp the essays kbove refer- red to. Very reshectfullv. yours. AVM. p. AlliAKtiS. 1 A well known writer in the STewbem Specta tor of the lpth int. (Hi B: C.) states that during the last year he found the Gaina grass on the hore of theNeuse river, and that a geotleoaan in Flori ia assured him that he had found it in that Terri tory. Ed U&r of the Observer. ' i Tall Jiff. The Newport Spectator, giving an account of a celebration in that j.u Jitrri. sinn was thpn formed under the direction preceded by a streamer, men, seventeen teet in alluvial. bottom, MIltlAM LA BALLERINA. PR, THE FATHER S ' CURSE "No-w by my hood, a Gentile., and no Jcwess."- Mer chant of Venice. , 4N6, no,' cried the Jew Levi, while he strucl violently with his clenched fist the table at which he had just supped, one Sab bath j evening. 'No, my daughter shall never go upon the stage, to amuse byj her pirouettes the idlers of Palermo. AVrhad Miriam la Ballerina a dancer holy Fath er Abraham, my, daughter an opera, dan-M cer! apd that too, when pur young 'njejgri-. bor Aaron is ready to marry her; whn she mav be i to-morrow! the bride of the riVhosf mprr.hant in th iritv wh pn' . . , r , 'I dlo not wish to vejc pr contradict you; love jinterrupted his wife; 'but, however, Miriam anxiously longs: to appear at the theatre. She feels opera' dancing to be her vocation, and she may make a large; for tune by that means, and honestly too - though all dancing; girls; have not the best reputations.' j 'Hold your ; foolish j tongue, woman, continued her husbandj 'you know, or ought to know, that dancing girls are no better than so many incarnate Babyloni ans. I would rather, like pur great Pa triarch, sacrifice her with" my own hands, than have her a public gazing-stock for fools, and the; common 'object of gossip in s scandal. Ichabod! Ichabod! a dau'gh- ter of J the tribe of Judah a public dancer!' 'Blit still, love,' said his wife, in a soothing tone, 'David has danced before the" ark.' ' ' I 'AVe,' answered with Isplemnity the old Jew; but that dance did not in- any wise resemble the one which Miriam is so fond of practising;; it was a grave, a measured movement, to; the slow sound of cymbals and psaltries. ! - I 'That my dear,' answered the old ladr, 'you c'annot know positively. The book of Samuel, which the Christians calj the Book of Kings, makes no more mention of one description of dance, than of ano ther.' 'Tongue of Satan,' -shouted the Jew, worked into frenzy by this petticoat oppo sition 'would you destroy our child here, arid hereafter?' This complimentary interrogatory effec tually stopped the old Jewess's mouth: she removed the remains of Itheir supper, and spoke no more to heir husband on that e vening except to remind him that the clock of San dypriano had sounded'the usual hour of retiring to rest. " Three month? afterihis scene, the great Oper4" House of Palermo was more cro w ded thau it had been for years. The pit,' the bpxes, the galleries, the orchestra, were lall crammed almost to suffocation; and in one of the private boxes sat! the Ambassador of England; and his Secreta ry of Legation, chatting; about the young debutante, who had excited so great an interest and attracted so large an audi ence. 'There is something in the circum stances of this debut,' said the secretary, 'whic h, renders la Signorina Miriam jboth piquante and romanesquej her father is a Jew, who, forsooth, piques himself upon his Hebrew morality, and wishes to knar ry hU daughter to a fellow of a merchant, instead Of allowing her to become the Terpsichore of Sidly. for a girl whose ; steps Such a destiny express the jvery poetry of motion, w oujd be too shocking! The gentle Jessica; herself has had; soul enojigh to spurn the dull monotony pf a bourgeois life; she has quarrelled with all her 'family, cut her commercial Corydon, and appears to-night in search at once of celebrity and ia protector.' ! . 'Diavaloi' answered or rather- soliloqui zed the ambassador, arranging at the same timetjie curls' of an admirably built jwig. 'The girl must have spirit; I should like to intj-oduce her to an English audience, provided shejwould accept of me as her compagnon du voyage. There would be something qiiite Oriental, patriarchal, in beingi loved by a gentle Jewess, and of the poetical name of Miriam, too! But see, thej curtain rises, and the,ballet begins.' And the ballet did begin with its ' pastoral scenes and canvass vineyards, and in came the shepherds and the shepherdesses with their crooks ana garlands of nowersj (tne only ruralities in theif composition, and danced, and grimaced, ijmd made love; af ter the most approved and orthodox thea trical fashion; and at the, third scene in came the long expected Miriam, a tall, dark liaired damsel, 'en! be rge re.' , with the grace of Taglioni, and the figure of He berle. She glided forward in the most seducing pas j seul, which quite overcame the diplomatic; susceptibility; of the Eng lish Ambassador. -The .applauses jwere rapturous, when, just at the moment as the young dancing divinity j had finished a -concluding pirouette of extreme difficul ty anil exquisite grace, and remained mb tionless, with a half timid, half crjnfiding air,-ais if to woo the adjniration of her en raptured beholders ju si at tKat verr mo ment, an , old man with a long beard- and broad-leaved hat, not in the least degree rural or Arcadian, rushed from the side scenes to Miriam, and seized her delicate gauzip dress, which he frantically crushed and tore. Wretched girl- shouted he, "could nothing , prerent your exposing yourself in these jbntlerfly gauds to the gaze of alt Palermo? Well' then, before all Palermo, - I curse you bitterly ,with a father' curseand pray "heaven that you y end your days , in rags and wretched! ness! I curse vouf Tnatfd I he' Wnashino his teeth with fury, and although Lei v was not in the least degree abactor perhaps there never was juttered trpon thej stage an imprecation which produced a greater theatrical effect. - At this apparition Miriani fainted, and! her father was apprehended; antl carried! offas a disturber of the public peace, by two police officers. The Audience weref 'electrified by this unexpected coup de thti aire, and the manager was in utter asion ishment at the anger of Levijas his daucrh tkt had obtaineda more advantageous en-? gefrient by ten zecehihs'j a night, than itiy dancer since the days of La Voltapi: odi. The male part of the audience were liianimous in stigmatizing the Jtw's con ojict as brutal and uncalled for, towards a'daughter possessed of such faultless an cles; while the, ladies, with that impartial--ij which a 'woman alwaj-s exercises to vyjirds her own sex, allowed that Miriam's fjjure was tolerable, but declared that she rniist be a very abandoned girl indeed, to occasion -.so much grief to so respectable a jarent. As for the people in the.pit, at first they appeared affected by the incir dent; but when they recovered from their momentary emotionj and the 'manager cime forward to excuse the disappearance! pi Miriam, on the ground of her j indispo-i s?,ion, Jiisses and cries of disapprobation j were heard on all sie1, demanding the! restitution of the entrance moapy, as thef Jew father was not mentioned in the play-'f 11, and as they had come to see. a pasto- ral ballet, and not a domestic drama. ! ifjowever, the tumult, like all other; tu- lriults in this best of possible! worlds, whe- tuer political, religious or dramatic, was al last stilled; and the ballet ended, with- ptt the re-appearance 6f either - lather or daughter. ' - When the Jew and Miriam returned tp their respective habitations, they both: weVe attacked with violent ' jfever,. cased; by the harassing emotions , which hey! had experienced. The old age pf her fa-r thersunk under the disease, but tHe yth-p ful strength of the Jewess triumphed over its malignity, and that day month sawj them both fulfillling their several desty flies undar very' different auspices. .Levi was carried, with all the fufieral jsoiefnni-f ties of his tribe, to the Jewish burial-ground outside the City gates, upon the. road tq Messina; and along that very road, upon5 the self-same day, in the travelling carrij alge of the English ambassador, at Miri am, as the com-pagnon du voyage of his; cjdmiring excellency. She had- heard oj" her father's death, and notwithstanding the excitement of the journey, the complij ments of the ambassador, and. the more delicate diplomatic attentions of the secrej tary of legation, as the-carriage drove byr the old burial-ground, its: rows or'cypresj scs, and gloomy array of tomb-stones vith their half-efiaced Hebrew inscnp dons, she could not refrain from thinking of the old man who had once so enderly loved her, and whose dying: curse wai yet Unrepented and unrecaiied. lnere J, . . . , . f i i i s rill s i There s a strange influence in a iathefis curse; i it -is not a force, a moving power, as the 1 ma Mathematicians say it fs not ai body, a. iPff nair. ana ariniu fcUuViue aS!ir Substance tangible or material; ihere iUMng sno4 One lovely hand re Lthing more unreal or uniupstantial r med graceiu ly fixed upon her breast, than the words, ' curse you; nd yejtl vyhi e the othe ever and anon dipt inp there are few persons loaded with the pa rental anathema who have shaken offits effects.'or borne it lightly or harmlessly through life. As for Miriam, the; gloomy ifecollection weighed on her mini for the first few leagues of her journey; j)ut lon before she had reached MessinaJ, it was effaced by the rapidity and luxury witji which she travelled, and by the glowing anticipations of the glories which await ed her in London that paradise !of pretty pera girls, where pirouetting fields novy the. same rank in public estimation, which agitation does in Ireland. Her prophetic fancy fondly pictured her appjoachin honors; and she proudly suppoftkl upon her shoulder the sleeping head of the English ambassador, weighed down as it vas by politics and a meat breakfast. From time to time, the large da rk eyes pf Ballerina met the saucy bide ones of the secretary of legation, whoJreclined in the opposite corner of the bprouch'e, and who had no objection wfatevero play the first part in amatory diplomacy during the repose of his principal. But alasl '"nulla rosa senza spina,1- noleasue IS given to us poor raonais m ory vale of tears, without a correspona- ng proportion of sorrow and ;riei. ine Sicilian post-horses had the astpnishirtg presumption to run away with the equi page of the embassador of England The carriage was dashed to pieces, his excellency escaped with a broken, leg, the secretary of legation's teeth were Smashed in a manner to " render him Ot- erly incapable for ever either ; of saying r signing son tnings; ana iuinauj. uiup d, crushed, without a vestige of her-former autv. was carried senseless to a neigh boring village. Her fever returned that bight she became delirious, raved of ' her father's curse, the secretary of legation. nd the opera house, and- died happy n - 7 . .- I - -. he imaginary execution of an inimitable las'seul. On the morrow, eartlLas jnven 1o earth, Miriam was consigned ,to riPr rnffin. nnd the worms noted Over their destined prey. THE MERMAID. - i . .1 A PATHETIC FISH STORY. j Hiram Coffin was an intrepid fisher; Iman of Nantucket; a good looking fellow, land withal a man of some" talent in the I way of his profession. He had, by iri- dustry, amassedj enough of the "world s !geat" to build him a house, and rig out it neat little smack which had lain "high and dry" long after the death of his father. Flirarri took it mto his head that Jenny Gil, daughter of a veteran son of the linev (not Jack Ketch) would make one of the best helpmates that could be found upon tbe whole island, and he therefore detet- mined- to Tenturie Within soundings, anid threw out his bait. One evening-s and k was a beautiful evening the pensive moon looked fondly on the bosom of the calm waters, "the mirror of ber lovieliness!" stillness reigri ed not even the gentle, ripples that 'Toh led up the beach1, murmured loud enough to be heard a furlong off Occasionally a distant splash j was heard, which, mighi have been a dolphin or a porpoise per haps a sea serpent, leaping from the brj ny deep my authorities are silent upon this important head, and much it is toi regretted. . I said that ll was a beautifu evening, Jenny walked pensively along the yellow 'shore, in. search of clams for the morrow's breakfast; her thoughts were like the sea calm and placid and she often wished herself a water nymph, that she might traverse the pathless deep, and sport in the coral caves beneath its bosont. Of a sudden she! heard a mournful noise, like a sigh anel . looking down she per ceived )a stream of water issuing from ia hole in the sand Experience had taught her that the hole the sigh, the gush, were infallible indications, of the presence of a clam; so she began to dig for the hidden treasure. Long; did she toil, and the lon ger she toiled, jjthe more cldm-orous be came the inhabitant of the beach; at one moment she had it between her taper fin gers, "and then; again it would slip away with a mournful groan. Chance brought Hiram to the y?pot, and with a fisher- F man's gallantry, he stooped down and drew the shell-jfish from its home. Jen ny thanked him with a blush. Hiram sighed; and th4 clam sighed. This was the "workless eloquence of love; -sigh brought on sighj - utterance came- word brought on word and (happy Hiram!) confusion brought on "confusion. ;;: Happy in the society of each other, Hiram and his beloved Jenny wanderejl along the sea beach they made chaplets of the sea weeds, they cracked 'poppers- they chased each other with the 'decifs apron . they threw stones, and they dug clams. Pleasant is the love that meets returns. They had not -wandered more than half a Yn lie, when they observed something .in the sea, bobbing up aiid down, as if it were dancing to Handel fe Water Music.' j The surprised islanders glanced at ,eaci otiier, as if they would have said, 'shall we run?' but they mo ved not, and trie object in the water gra 1 n i i it i ui i nn-iinr a Tinmnrjirii ?i il i i r .3 I f:u 111c , '- , CY; -J : "i mnnn chnno linrrht nnon it-it ninp.irf(l " T? i -u i 11 1 'a:uwun I'uu Z . u L Hiram looked with all his eyes what a heavenly, being thought he- how-fit for a fisherman's wife! Jenny saw the fire of admiration dart from her lover's eye she saw it fixed in rapture upon the beau tiful sea-goddess, and her heart sunk with in her Jealousy that green eyed mons ter, crept into her bosom, and she turned away and wcpl. Hiram chid her not, for his soul , was wrapt away in the water spi rit, who by this time had reached a rock about ten yards from low-watermark, arid, with a graceful bound, she threw herself from the deep, and rested on one of its shelves. Not a sound had -broken upon the silence for some time, until a sigh from Jenny awakened the dormant clams, and from the Basket issued a chorus of sighs. Hiramt started from his stupairj ,he thought he heard the plairftive voice Pf the mermaid, and his heart was, filled with love. He. went to the edge of the sea, called on trie water lady, but she an swered not, still preserving the same atti tude in' which' she had at first appeared. The force of love has often been illustra ted, but never so finely since the days of Hero andiLearjder, as in a picture I have seen of Hiram! plunging into the ; watt less deep, to the rescue of the mysterious sea beauty. es it was an act of chi valry and deserves to be recorded; he went into the alt water, swam bravely, while the disconsolate Jenny remained on shore, -wringing her hands in the agony of despair. Nothing daunted, the heroic Hiram skimmed lightly over the surface of the deep, u itil he arrived at the rock. There sat the water nymph in nature's loveliness: he seized her round her waist. and bore ner tnumpnamiy to ine oeacu: Jenny shed an ocean of tears, and ex claimed "Ah Hiram, ybuf yows were all felse-you have fallen in love with an evil one, apd Ipoor Jenny Gill is for gotten." Neyer fear," said the honest fisherman. 1 have only been out to save the figure head of the brig $Ie rinaid, : wnicn was lost some time ago ou hhvw land! Why Jenny, odds sniggers! look hs nathing- but tcood!" ! j" , ; : Jenny and Hiram were united in the holy bands of wedlock on; the week fol lowing and the wooden sea-nymph, to this day, graces a corner of the hut i ? The Wanderer.- ; i i i : ' j . It is positively asserted by all who know any thing & bout the matter, that Mermaids -have the power of charming alien by the soft melody ol their voices. . ' - GOMEZ, j THE MEXICAN ROBBER. This famous robber, with four hundred, associates Inhabited ; tlife extensive Jorest of Pinal in Mexico, and committed the most atrocious, and even guilty of the most heartless and diabolical' cruelties, No traveller was safe, high or low, rich or poor; and -7 the name of Gomez spread terror in every, directiPn.1, His power was so great that government ivere inti midated, and jyyere unable to routhim from, his 'strong hplds; ; -A '- : The following "Is an instance of the re?' finement and cold bloodedf barbarity vith ; which he inflicted death. A poor fellow travelling near St. Martins, ovenoPk a . man onthe, road'and entered into conver sation with htm, in the coursp; of which he observed that he hoped that he might : never fall into the hands -of ! Gomez. "Why not!" asked his companion. ".Be cause" continued the traveller, "helf not, only partial to robbing his victim, but he delights in the shedding of blood, and in - the exercise" of cruelty." , i '. ; - ! "And who told, you that?" ; said his fel- ; low pedestrian; "common report," said thfT traveller, "and I know for certaintyi that he murders every man he captures, and washes his hands in the blood." ' "Indeed," replied thes otherj "npw you shall be convinced, for here." said he pointing, to a. path tin the wood, is the abode of Gomez,,, and J will take the li berty to introduce you to him," In vain ' the traveller expressed his detestation of all new acquaintances, and urged the im portance of his business; he was forcibly conducted to jhe ground, and then had the inexpressible horror of finding the ," robber to be his companion. ' . v ; "Here," said Gomez to some of his v gang, "bring that large chest here."- It ' waS;brought. "Now get in here," he ' continued to the trembling traveller, which being complied with, the lid was fastened down, when Gomez said to rii'm, "Now, Senor, yrou shall know hdw false is'com mOn report, You shall die,! but youf blood shall not be spilt, Neither shall 'T gloat over thee, or wash my hands in the streams of life now starve; suffocate and die,"- ' " ; ! -. ;.-" ' - . - The poor wretch in vain solicited me-i ; cy, and perished while the brutal murdc- ' rers were laughing at his vfoes and gam bling on the chest! 1 ! ANIMAL LIFE. ; t ; The following is the scale! of anima life from the most celebrated writers on natural history: A hare will live 10 years, a cat ft), a goat 8, ah ass 30, a sheep 10; a ram 15, a dog 14 to -', ;i bull 15V an ox 20, a swine 25, a pigeun 8, a turtledovc25, a partridge 25, a raven 1,00, an eagle 100, a goqse 100. !! : Pittsb LRo, July 9 On Friday lash ; the Hpn. Daniel Webster, William. Wil li ins, liar mar Denny, and several other gentleman, walked down to the. end of , Ma rktt'Strcet, where the names'' oi:Uw.'iW(f-; steamboats which happened to be nearest ; gave rise to the following) jeu ttes U. Mr. Webster's eye was very naturally at--trayted to the "Boston," end he remarked "There is a narae very familiar to inc.'' ' Yes replied judge Wilkms. alid the next. . boat is the f Statesman." The ' Bosom ', Statesman is a name very familiar to us all." . The Dutchman and Kis Pij ''the; . tefil's in te pete and no gcot 'tis even von contrariar animal as1 my vife Dtbdmh, Tump my vile one time, she tump too, tump her tree time and she valk away more quiet as if she vas vasht asleep.- . tJut te tefil! notin can satisfy te pig .: ven I tump him von vay, he runs htad' vay after his tail ten ven I tump hhn te oter' way he runs tail vav after his "head, and! me got! after follenng each other tish half hour, here ve are, as nearer fe place ve came from ten ven ve set out." ; Pats idea of Competition. An honest Hibernian who "takes in" a newspaper, though unlike some,; Yankees that wo wot ot, he does not take. in the publisher. encounteretLin bis readjn, theother d.iy the word competition. ".Barney." said he, "you are a lad ot letters, will you- an- fe! swer a question that I'll be putting to yepfc..M " 1 rothv an. 1 will, Pat,; it ; isn't my mo ther's son that would deny any thing treasonable to Patrick O'Flynn." "AVclh thin, hprft's a iatvhrraker of a word that (sticks in my crop intirely; Divil bum. me il i can spate n.ai ; - 7-'-!;r ; rick that is compatitioq." ' And whnt is v ; corapation, Barney; will you tell )ne i-;; will you, and so will I, Barney." Wfll i 1lM youf by Jasus, thin -wc have it .bctwnr.ei M fc-ig'- wm: ' ';- V-!'W!.K'- .: m-..m;'V ' ' ,!;" Mm -mm ;l:- -;!; il - ' tl;i w. , ' .' . r - . : . - -" - - i 1
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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Aug. 7, 1833, edition 1
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