The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-09-11
From the Montgomery iAla.l Journal, 9TH ult. 3
The Flight Of Birds,

in the south end Of Macon county, Ala, an
unusual sight. A very large eagle came sail
ing through the aig from southwesterIy di-I
rection, anda little inthe rear was seen a large
hawk, usually denominated the goshawk, ac-
companied by a considerable number of al
most every other species of bird, say owls,
crows, swallows, and many others not neces-
sary to mention, evendownt to the bat, the last
and intermediate link between the feathered1
and animal tribes. / never saw SO many
birds together that differed so much in size,
color of plumage, voice in singing, and mode
Of life, in all my born days, for | was taught
to believe that birds OF feather focked to-
gether, and was not little puzzled to know
why the order of nature had been changed.
On came the eagle, cleaving the air without
an apparent struggle, and on came his pur-
suers-some sailing, though tapping their
wings very often, but with the largest MAORI
| ty there was an eternal flap, flap, flap. Their
bodies being heavy, great exertion was ne
cessary to keep in sight of the eagle. Here
they came, the eagle, hawk, and all the rest.
The eagle swooped, and settled himself am
ong the tail timbers in the immediate vicini-
ty Of Union Springs. Up came the hawk,
and settled on distant branch of the same
tree; and on came the owls, crows, &c, and
filed the branches of allthe trees in the i'm
mediate neighborhood of the one the eagle
sat on. A large number of the neighbors
round about were attracted hithsr to see the
birds. The eagle, Icing the largest and rar-
est of all, excited the greatest admiration;
and the hawk, either from jealousy, envy, or
some other cause, began making great noise.
As you are aware, the goshawk is the noisest
of all hawks, and yet, unlike some of the
feathered tribe-for instance, the mocking
bird, whose songs are various-had but one
language, to-wit: Carolina! Carolina! Car
DINA The owls threw in their heavy voices
to hoo! hoo hoo-ao! The crows Joined in
the chorus with acaw cav cav The 9th
er birds tWittered up the treble, and such a
song have never heard before. Just when
the noise seemed to be the loudest, the hawk
darted at the eagle, but wheeled off before
coming in striking distance. The owls, crows
Swallows, &C., followed suit, all darting a
: the eagle; then, wheeling away, would Cir
/ Gle round and dart again; and when they
would come too close, the eagle would fiji
out his wing at them, and such scatteratioI
and scampering among them you never die
see. Finally, they got tired of beating tht
e air, and settled themselves at safe distances
= from the eagle; after which the eagle fasten
. ed his long sharp talons firmly round tn
limb, spread his broad, keen wings, and roll
ed from his beak most beautiful stIeamer
t upon which was written the words az PA
t riJus UnumP All of us admired the BIZ
n bird and the streamer One very old man il
the crowd recognised the eagle, and said h
had seen that same bird when he was youn
man, at the battle of Lundy's Lane; said
kept flying about over the American arm
during the whole of the engagement; an
further said, that his father had spoken G
the same bird, which, during the revolution
/ airy war, kept with the army of Washington
II and that the British had shot at it ten thou
if sand times, but never cut feather from i
% said that his father told him that Washing
ton loved it, and called it the bird of JovC
y and half dozen young men said that the
a saw the same bird in Mexico, and that th
W Mexicans tried tokillit, but they couldn't d
a, it. l, and nearly all my neighbors, agree
to look upon the noble eagle and love it
y Washington did, and while we were taIkin
n, about it, the eagle few off in the direction
Barbour county The hawk, and few
n the crows, few off after the eagle, and IL
k, rest of the birds all few off in another d
n rection | learned, some two or three da,
ne after, that Mr.. Eagle, in.his fight over Ba
bour county, and particularly in and abol
ed Eufaula, scared up the tish-hawks, who we
y seen scudding about through the tops of Il
trees, aud the bats and the owls took to the
y, holes The forked-tailed fsh-hawks abor
IL Eufaula have tried to make it appear til
Is, there are no birds larger than themselve
nd but when the eagle got there the efforts of t
Jig fsh-hawks were equal to that of the frog
the fable that bursted himself; and as [ Ia
hi beeninformed, thecaglcs spread his wings az
81 rolled from his beak that same beautif
lp- streamer, upon which was written the wor
ties az Pl,uibus Unpne !" The eagle then fl
towards Henry and Dales counties, whert
opi learned there were several other eagles, a
as considerable number of hawks, who ha
all agreed to settle the difficulty between tht
sy- on the first Monday in August, and are
nd ranging for a general pitch-battle to come
Wn atthat time.
let The COUNTESS BccARME AND Arc