Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-06-03

1 SSloIGus tNui, Oh. lASA 90
ers including thl lfintcndant.
Yours vfpeotfully,
CEALKER, Superintendent
To the Rev IMAM, Rector.
flE ADVERTISER.
WnDsCAT.
MEssRs. EDIT AS Secession has been COM
PEELED to bow Eirnperious fate, Co-opera'ioh
in consequence limits onward career; Gcor-
gia Unionism tolintd discordant and u hope)
irreconcilable fac. In other words as the loco
motives at Wasbr have succeeded in blowing
off their stcam, lie engine row seems cooled
down to temptheat preparatory 10 entering
upon the Presiderace. beg leave to soar into
YOUR columns as ,thful historian of facts per-
tanning to the aniyorld. As Professor JULIUS
Cesar HAxxIuAmld say, the first thing to be
settled is the subupon which to write; which
is perhaps the moificult part of the perform
ancc. The Proft}saving already lcctured upon
"De Aztck chill" the disgrace OF Ameilca's
having been "fliskvered by furiner," de
Catfish" &c, be will endeavor to cnl'shteh
your readers upoat very numerous ana respect
able citizen of mytrict, The Wild Cat"
You may perhrecollect various conversations
which occurred been us upon this important sub
jec,, and as you resscd sundry doubts as to the
frats related, l fcsured that you will now set me
down as a con6rnfcspiser of truth. Blackstone
maintains that no should be condemned before
a hcarng-so oryour cars and harken to the
evidence.
The Professor sc mentioned would probably
commence by a Iced disquisition upon the diner
ence between thelis Swampo, or animal uhuei
consideration, andle Fes House, or domestic
Cat. But feeling, inferiorty to him in the nc
gro dialect, will ann unvarnished tale relate
in my mother Englitongue.
Like most thingsrtaining to the South, ''t'''
or nothing is knowpf the form, size, habits ant
disposition of the Va Cat; save by those l'v'n!
in its launts and fri rien,ly reminded of its mos
prominent pccuiarit. In, the dense SaV'n'''''
of Louisiana and Fida 1t IS to DC i"uno Pe''""l'
in its greatest perfedn: but even amongst us it
endowed with sufficit size, activity and strenst
to make it no feeble uanonist e.en against Il pac
of hounds. In tn. idile section Of South Care
lima it is seldom r lever met with-and tlav
frequently seen oil Htives of the State whose onl
acquaintance will ls Catship was through til
medium Of a meagrie, stuffed skin, or PRINT
some atural histcy.
That interesting witcr: T. =. Thorpe, Esq,
New Orleans, is afar as know, the only perso
who has dcigncd touch upon the merits or d
merits Of this n,inturc TigcrH-and as his style
far superior to a: which can hope TO attain
beg leave TO quotche following from an article
his published in TIT Zine qua non of the Amerlc;
sportsman, the Si,it Of the Times. ToScth
with other pieces y lhe same author, "Frank Eo
restcr," ETC.. this as subsequently added by Port
of the Times, to (ol Hawkcr's English Sports
neat aud intercsllg volume entitled "llawk
on Shooting, by pJtcr." But to the cStrac
Thorpe says:
"TnE WILD CAreeks the most solitary rctrca
in which to rear its onng, where, in some hole
the ground, or somchollow treo it finds protect
for itself and its kitans, from the destructive Ian
Of man. At nigh: OF at early morn, it CON
abroad, stealing ovs9the dried leaves IN search
prey, as quietly as aIephyr, or ascending the for
tree with almost tlla case Of a bird. The nest
the tree, and the buEow on the ground, arc ali
IL Al, ,,f tbo2fo q
his shcepfolds.-.ss. ssss,aSwsssSe rabbit, CO.
shesS;.izs from po''ie s-rruErss=Inii
upon the bird pcrched beneath, catching in
mouth its victim, and doing this while dcscendI
like an arrow in speed and with the soitncss o.
feather, to the. ground. Nothing can exceed
beauty Of motion when. in pursui, OF game.
sporting in play. No leap seems too formidable.
attitude is ungraccful. 1t runs, flies, leaps, ski
and is at case in an instant Of time; every hair
its body seems redulrnt with lifc Its disposition
untameable, it scclils inscnsibe 10 kindness, mC
mass of ill-naturc, llavingno symPathies with al
no, even Of its own kind. 1t is for this reason,
doubt that it is so rccklessy pursued, its paws
ing, like The Ishmarltcs, against every man; Il
il most individually follows that every mans do
sticks, and guns arc against it. The hounds the
selves. that hunt equally well the cat and fox, p
sue the former with :; clamorous JOY, and xii
with zcst that they!du not display when finish
off fine run after Rcynard. IN fact, as an ami
of sport, the Cat in many respects is preferable
the Fox-i,s trail is always warmer, and it she
more saracity in cluding lis enemies"
The hunter of tlIe Wild Turkey, while callin
in imitation of the hen, 10 allure the gobbcr wit
reach of Ills rifle, will sometimes be annoyed by
appearance of the Wild Cat, stealing up TO
pIacc from whence the sounds proceed.
greatest caution on such an occasion is visible,
Cat advancing by the slowcst possible movcmcl
stealing along like q serpent. The hunter kru
that the creature has spoiled his Turkey sport
the morning, and his only revenge is t" wait
tcntly, and give the Cat the contents Of his cr
then, minus all game, he goes home, anathcmaliz
the whole race Of Cats fur thus interfering with
dinner.
"Of all the pcculiariiics Of The Cat its uniam
bic AID quarrclsome disposition is its most mari
characteristic. The western hunter. when he wi
cs TO cap the climax of braggadccia, with resp
to his own prowcss, says, he ran whip his wei,
in Wild Cats This is saying all that can be S;
for il would seem, considering its size, that the
in fight can bite fcrcer, scratch harder, aud
longer than any other animal whatever. ] n
roaring earthquake in fight sung out one of
lalr-horse and halI.allisator species of fellows
real shorter of the universe ] can strike as Il;
as fourth proof lightning, and keep il up rough ;
tumble, as long ASA Wild Cat These high
comiums on The character of the pugnacly of
Cat arc beyond question. A singcd Cat is
excellent provcrb, illustrating that person may
smarter than he looks. 4 singcd Wild CIT
such an illustration, would be sublime There
no half-wa. mark, no exception, no occasio
moment of good nature; starvation and surf
blows and kind words. kicks, cuffs, and fresh III,
reach not the sympathies Of the Wild Cat
has the grcediness Of the pawn.brokcr the i'll nat
of IN old usurcr, The mcanness of pettifogg
lawyer, the blind rage Of the hog, aud the appar
insensblity 10 pain Of the turtle; like nom
the Wild Cat is Incompatible to anything Jut
SELF In expression of face the Wild Cat singul
I 1. al. a.