Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-03-21

led my rifle to my shoulder, and another second
the loness stretched on the plain eless corpse
In The struggles OF death she half Turned on her back,
and stretched her neck and foreams c0nvulsyey when
she fell back TO her former positions her mighty
hung power'ess by her side, her jaw fell, blood stream
ed from her moaihs and she expired. At the moment
| fired my second shot. Sofoluss who hardly knew
whether he was alive or dead allowed the three hor-
ses 10 escape. These gaoped franlieally across the
plain on which he and Klenboy instantly started af-
Ter Them leaving standing alone and Rnarmed within
few PAGES of the lioness, which they. from their
lety to be out of the way, evidently considered quite
capable of doing further mischief
| Distant Relation.
We saw yesterday recommendation written by
an Irish friend of ours in favor of gentleman who
was applicant for commission in the army
Among other things, he says: my friend, Mr..
! -, is closely connected with the President, his
father having fought duel acith of the Polks'
The above brings to our mind an incident that oe-
CURED some time ago at Cincinnati, on board the
steamer Buckeye" just as she was about to depart
for New Orleans.
A tall countryman, carrying pair of saddle bags
on his arm, and covered with perspration, and who
looked as though he couldn't tell his head from a
bunch of shingles rushed into the cabin calling at
| the top of his voice
| !" Whar is Col M'Intosh /? Is COL M'Intosh on
this boat 2,
| No one answered.
well then, whar is the capun must see Col
M'Intoshn
| On being informed that the captain was on the
hurricane deck, enquring friend pressed through
the crowd in that direction.
| g Haul in the planks and shove her off !" sounded
in his ears, just as he had reached the deck.
'Stop her, capun-stop her l am not going to
| Orleans"
run out the planks ashore with you then
quick b shouted Capt. Hartshorn.
er :" | say cap'un, l want to see Col. MIntosh-l
81 don't know him, SIR" quickly answered the old
sea-dog. awe can't wait-go ashore-haul in the
planks, sayn
40, capun, I must see the Kurnel, he is distant
relation of mine, and never seed him in my life.
Now Capt. H was a warm-hearted man, as every
body knows. The last appeal touched his feelings
and he kindly enquired--
" How near of kin are you to the gentleman whom
you are seeking 2"
why, capun he is the father Of my first child ~
':Cast off that hawser and let her go!n were the
that in search of his relative, wendell their way
to Orleans. We have not yet heard that the MAJ
found Col. M'Intosh, or the place where he landed
JENNY LIND IN NArcHEz.-NArcHEz March 70
Jenny Lind gave concert here last night in tn,
Methodist Church, which realized S6,600 She CAV
1000 to the poor. She left to day in the steame
Magnolia, for St. Louis.
The Homer, N. Y, Wing say
awe will--the Wing party will-raise and keel
raised the slavery question. We hold it as one of til
first principles Of the whig party THAT 1T WILL
CONTINUE TO ACETATE THE SLAVERY CUES
TON"
LYNcH1NG AN ABoL1TIoN1sT IN KENTucKY.--Rev
Edward Matthews. travelling agent of the American
Baptist Emancipation Society of New York, willis
on pilgrimage to the residence of Cassius M Clay
of Kentucky, stopped at Richmond, Kentucky, an,
made use of certain unwholesome expressions rela
tive to the subject of slavery which induced the citi
zens to order him to leave the town. He left, bu
returned day or two afterwards, whereupon som
citizens seized him, and after ducking him nine time
in pond. ordered him to leave the State. Up
on refusing to do so, he dipped twice more
whereupon he promised to leave Immediately, an
took up the line of march foot for Pennsylvania
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