The Cecil Whig., 1843-07-08

EXTRAORDINARY Power OF REcouYi-
TIoN IN A TiGER.-One day last week a
singular Circumstance occurred in Wome-
welPs Royal Menagerie, corroborali.s
OF the reten.Ive memory said tc be pos
sessed by this most vicious Of the forest
tribe, the tiger. A sailor who had been
slrolling round the exhibition, lettering
here and there to admire and identity
some of the animals with those he had
seen III far distant climes, was attracted
by the strange noise made by tiger, who
seemed lrrtated hey ond endurance. Jack,
somcwhat<armed, sought IL kreper TO
inquire the cause of So singular display
ol leeling, which he remarked, btaur,e
more boisterous The nearer he approached
The animal; the keeper replied, that the be-
IIavlor OF the animal indicated either that
ne was vastly pleased or annoyed: upon
This the sailor again approached the den,
ana, alter gazing a. the tiger for few
minutes, during which the animal became
frantic with seeming rage, lashing his tail
against his sides aud giving u'ierance to
the most irighliul bellowlngs, discovered
the tiger to be the same animal brought
to England under the special care Of the
wealher-beatel. tar. 1t now became Jacks
turn to be delighted, az it Appeared the
tiger was in thus recognising his cid lrenG
and, after making repea I , applications +.
be permitted to enter lhe lt.. or The pl.-
pose, as he said, Of Shaking fist" With
the beautiful animal, he was suffered TO
DO SO: the iron door was opened and in
Jumped Jack TO the delight Of himself
and striped friend, and the astonshment
OF the lookeis-on. The affection of the
animal uus now shown, by caressing and
licking the pleased sailor, whom he seem
ed 10 welcome with The hearlest satlsfac-
ton, and when tie honest tar left the den,
| the anguish of the a9imal appeared almos,
lnsnpporlabie.-Depenport LdcpenGe ent.
Pastoral and Primitive The Pittsburgh
Sun gives the follow a,co,"': Of a
wedding which recently .v, r.ssy % ID
neighborhood Of Pil.sbaG,
''On the 2d inst. Squire MiI,sr. M4gis-
trate in the borough Of Taren,uu, IL L'ls
county, went to the house OF a n.an ll,-
''S NV iiiiiSo Outh III pldlSs iCI-
| ing to previous arrangement, to MARI Il
couple. He arrived al the appointed lr,,
and finding no preparation for u eddin.,,
he began to think he was hoaxet. lie
conseqner.!y Went to field where m4n
was plIughlng, to see what was wrorg.
On his arrival, the man stopped his
| plough, laying he would see if she Was
coming, q after walking few steps,
with his eyes fixed on little hill at Z,
short distance. they saw beautiful girl
Of about sixteen descending the heights,
and vending ,er way towards them. It
was she: on her arrival they we've united
III bonds o! matiimony on the spot and he
went on with his p|oughing The muu
was said 10 be about SO.
Heights Of Mountains in the Umtcd
'HateS.--The general height Of Tie Ale
ghany range of Mountains is about 20CJ
/ or 5000 feet above he Level Of the o.
cean. The highest peek in this range =
Black mountain, n. G. which j. 6,476
feet. Round top, The highest peak .|e
Catski!l, is 3.SO4 feet
The Rocky M"unlains have a genera,
height Of 5000 feet, ugh some reoo,
are much higher. auC AVE been ,s,,na-
ted as high as frnm 10000 to 2j,UO0
feet.
The highest peak Of ;;e Green Noun
tain. Mansfield, is 1850.
The highest of the White Mnur ain,
Mt Washington, is 6.427 eet.
Mount Marcy, ives. r. lake G"4n-
plain, III NV Yo!L = :. .i"N f:et.
Joe Smith, le trader of nc Murmon
sect. was lately indicted in some of the
upper counties of the State of Missouri
for treason and murder, growing out of
the Mormon war. metiasely ihereal-
ter a writ was issued and messenger
despatched TO Springfield, Illinois, viii. ID
requlsltlon from the Governor oi Mis-
souri, on the Governor of Illinois for
the arrest and delivery Of Smith. il was
intended to keep the whole proceeding
secre, TO secure Smiths arrest but IN
some way or other lie Morr.ons of
Springf ID go wind of uha! was going
on, and despatched ness~~ge. 10 &tnilh
at NauvoC, "ha concealed !,imss'
DEATu O. GEMERAi. EG5TE.-
We learn irom the Portland papers mat
Brigadier General Abraham liusus, cont
mander of the sixth Division Of the y
S. Army, died in tlaf city on TUESDAY
morning, Of congestion of tic bfaa.
He was 10 be entered on "Wednesday
with military honors.
We learn from the Frederick Ci,ilcu
nat the Collector of Safe Taxes .or
rederlck County has collected and naid