The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-01-20

have observed, and ,springinG into a
tree, with n growl now surveyed the |
horror stricken hunter, while lis tierce
aad fiery gaze made him rccoiI TO the
very brink Of the precipice. He cast
his eyes over the abyss--there WAS no
stared him in she face
en- either side, and he gave himselfuP, W
TIE. hopelessness of despair.- Yctthexe
might be hope /; he held bis knife open
in one hand, Vhietk unconscious 81
sapling i1llle ol NJ his dog however,
instead reliotinE bis fears, only ex-
cited 5(n irritating his foe by an|kIl-
cry t|hrk, as it lay crouched upon'the
the limb like catready to spring upon
her prey, but still that spring was delay
ed ,as ifit felt conscious that itsprey WAS
sure, and alpieasure in holding it's VIC
tim in terrific suspense. At length,
ripping up the bark, with ferociors
aud quick growl, it drew its recumbent
length together, then suddenly expand
ing itself sprang through the air to-
wards its victim. The hunter, who had
eagerly watched its notions. with q
shrek of horror sprang aside, but for
tunately held to the sapling with an al
most convulsiye grasp.-The sharp
claws ofthe animal fixed in his clothing
aud seemed nigh to have carried him
headong with it over the dread abyss
for a moment it seemed that the
panther would'recover its footicg, 80
with an intuitiye presence Of mind the
! old man with his knife ripped asunder
his clothing, and il fell from crag to
crag marking the sharp projection Of
the rocks with its blood, till the well
come sound ofits fall to the earth struck
on his ears MS joyfully as the sounds Of
liberty to captive. He rushed for.
ward to his rifle, fearful perhaps that
life was not yet extinct in his enemy.
Soon, however, the contents of his piece
was lodged in the head of his foe, while
a prayer went up to heaven from his
lips in gratitude for his preservation.
The hunter exhibited ls trophy, but
tho terror and toll had been too great
his age could not endure il. and his re-
mains now rest in the earth near the
scene of his terrific achievement.
fatal resak Of Frightening a Chill.
I'VE have often remarked on the im-
propriety Of exciting the fears of chih
dren, for the purpose of more easily
mauagingthem. But never, since we ap-
.peared before the public, have we
heard of any thing so truly horrible as
the following: The subject being too
delicate to allow OF the mentioning of
names, we shall avoid such an exposure,
but, at the same time, we pledge our
selves for the correctness ofthe. .narfa-f
tion. Some time ago, q lady in a cer-
tain town in Yorkshire went out to Z.
neighbor's house to take tea, along
with her husband, and left her little
family to the care of her servants. In
the course Of the evening, she feltyery
uneasy, and being impressed with an
idea that all was not right al home, she
left her friends house early. On ar
riying at home, she found that her SER
wants in high life below stairs, had col
lected party. This she passed over,
without observation, and proceeding up
stairs to the nursery, she was surprised
by a terrific fsNre at the bottom ofthe
bed of the Youngest child, which was
but three years of age. The fact was,
shatthe nursemaid, finding the child notI
very ready TO go TO rest, and being
loath to be disturbed in her evenings
enjoyments by its crying, had dressed
up and placed the figure alluded to Mt
the bottom of the infants bed, with
view Of frightening it to sleep. The
contrary effect, however, had been pro-
duced--the child had been horror
struck, and.appeared 70 i.s mathcr with
its eyes fixed, in an idiotic stare, upon
the image. Astonishcd and distressed,
she rung the bell, and then proceeded
TO take up the infant--but 10 il was a
lifeless corpse, the iightoccasionedb by
the nurses folly, had been too much
for the poor little innocent. Inthe ex-
treme of fear, the pulse had ceased to
beat; the vital spark had fled, and the \
mother was left 10 mourn In uuuttera- /
bic anguish, the credulity which induc-
ed her TO trust to such a servant, and /
the periidy of the uuprincipled nurse
in whom she had conided. To add |
more is quite needless and to describe
the subsequent sorrow Of the parents
is impossible. 1t is a melancholy sto-
fy, but it is no more strange than true
and we give it with no other view than
to place parents. upon their guard, with
reenecf to thoce fo >vhnn, thev ,,ov an