Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-11-24
Exciting Field Sports I'm Texas.
LION HUNTING.

cisbes the following account of lion hunt near
Fort Belknap. Frontier service, ii appears, has its
vc;tino pleasures as well as it's hardships. Lieut.
Ovens seems to enjoy right royal sport the from
Texas lion or Puma was lately captured near
Fort Beknap, in this State by Lieut. Givens of that
most measuring six feet six inches. This animal, in
P5nnearance and conformation, resembles the African
To6e,s without possessing the points indicating the
same strength though it is said to be equally Zero.
cous and has been known TO carry of full grown
hogs and warnings They are found more frequent
" on the Rio Grande and in New Mexico, but seldom
50 far north as in the present instance. While in
motion they have a feroclOus appearance, crouch at
the approach of an enemy and then bound off with
great swiftness They make an excellent and ex-
citing chase and can be hunted, as this one was, by
fox hounds When the dogs first opened on his trail
their excitement and animation showed that they
were in pursuit Of ordinary animal, and after a
hot run Of about mile, bayed at the foot of a post
nok in the crotch of which the lion was perched,
looking almost as large mule, with gIaring eyes
and displaying formidable set ofteeth
While in this position he was shot twice through
the body. He then made long leap and escaped in
a thcket, from which he was routed by the dogs,
and after short run, took another tree, where he
was shot through the left shoulder, which preven
ted him from climbing again, and gave the dogs an
opportunity of worrying him. The whole pack now
close in upon himf followed closely by the horse
men, and, after an intensely exciting running fight
tor dOOul ndl Il mile, ne was SnOt III the right eye,
winch ended his run. The younger puppies then
came for their share of the sport, by Selling hold
with great apparent courage.
IN the battle some of the younger and less prudent
puppies wer considerably injured one had his skull
broken in by stroke of the claws, and another had
his fore leg tore open for some distance.
Lieut. Givens has endeavored to produce breed
Of honnds combining the strong scent peculiar to the
fox hound with greater speed than they usually pos
ses He has succeeded in this by retaining only the
swiftes and heaithest in the pack, and crossing the
swift ones with those having fine nose, but keep.
Ing The blood pure. His pack fight well from always
running with bull terrier whose example teaches
them courage they have also been trained TO chase
wolves, which also developes that quality. The
pack he hunts with is considered unusually fast
for fox bounds besides having good nose. The blue
hound is the swiftest, the yellow largest and strong
est the black the most courageous
The great American Traveller has issued the 4th
number Of The Gridiron, and Original Know No
thing" We copy the following from its columns
II Daniel Pratt, Jr., the Great American Traveller:
addressed five or six thousand people from the bal.
cOny Of the East side of the Old State House, last
evening, about o'clock
Fellow Ctizens,-The Know -Nothings are triumph
ant, they have carried the whole State, tremendous
applause. Henry ]. Gardiner is elected governor of
MASSACHUSETTS by an overwhelming mygory, great
applause. had no idea when issued the first num-
Der of my GrdirOn, that it was agong to take such
uOJ OF lIIG American peOpeS ucdIlS1
applause. The tbunders of my voice woke up and
drawed the very filth, and of Foreign influence,
they crowded the balcony so that was obliged 20
leave it, getting my umberer broke, and getting my
Hat bruised, the excitement was sintence and ifthe
police had Of been their post and done their duty,
their would of been good order, and might of spoken
so TO of b en- heard by the thousands of citizens
there assembled. | left the balcony, and went down
on the side walk in front of where standing,
commenced speaking but the crowd was so great and
the exctment was intense. question whether the
confusion Of toGngs at the tower of Babel so
great as the confusion which originated from the For
egin influence last evening in State street Boston
DANIEL PRATT, JR.
The Greet american Traretlcr
Boston Nor. II, 1854"
The "Gridiron is richly embellished with pictures.
One in the present number represents colofed gen.
tleman travelling at the great speed with horse on
his back 10 which is appended the following ex-
PLANTATION:
n FugeytiUe.--This Cut above represents Fu-
gerve Slave running OFF with his masters horse from
the South, into CANDIDATES The Horse got tired,
and for fear Of being cought, he jumps off and shol-
ders the horse, and makes off ingne speed, believe
he has not got their yet is his slave 10 sin,
D. P, Jr.
THE LONDON TIMES "A statement in the London
Tines of the comparative number of penny stamps
which were issued to that Journal for the second
quarter for the present year. and 10 the five other
morning papers published in London shows that the
Times has almost absorbed the entire circulation OF
the morning press of the city. 1t appears that the
number of stamps issued to the Times during the
quarter was 39767 which is equal to a daily Is
sue of over $4,000, while that of the Daily News
Morning Advertiser, Morning Chronicle, Morning
Herald, and Morning Post. amounted to only $685.
094 which is equal 10 average daily issue OF lit
tie more than 1000.
Our GALLs.'-We have good many big, fat, fine
looking girls in Edgefeld. and unpre JUDGED per-
will deny the fact But we know of one moi
eight miles from town who takes the rag off the
BUSH for sZe so completely, that the rest of our
pretty must all sing low for the future. She is
only IA years old, and is 6 feet high nearly, and
wears Nc 13 shoes. We permitted to make this
statement by those who have the best right to grant
that permission. Talk no more of womans degener'
acy while we can raise such amaZons IN old Edge
held-Edgefeld Aduertiser,
MATRIMoNY UNRoMANTIC.-Iti is extraordinary how
dreadtu!ly unromantic a little dose OF marlmOny
makes people. When girls get married, they are O.
bhged ncontinently to substitute mutton for Moon
hight shirt buttons for stars and bowers, dnmplng'
and darnng for dropping lashes and dewy smiles, po
taoes and picking for polkas and plays, beef anc
bTooms for bushes and bird cages, feather brushes
and wash.tubs for flirting and waltzing and mops to
music.
Too True to be Questioned!-M Magic, and Holloway
ointment and Pills.-These extraordinary medlclnes nave
Just effected another astonishing lad of the nam
Of Archibald Thoe aged twelve (son of VIM Ihorne
avton for eight years the poor little fellow was covered
with scorbHic sores distressing to his parents t.
gee him suffer They despared of his ever being cured ant
did look like it, until they tried HOoways Ointment ant
Pills which, like Aladdin's Lamp merely required using
and the wishes of the wisher obeyed so the parents
this child used HoOway's Pills. and we'll rubbed in the Oint
ment and in three weeks by these remedies alone he wa
completely cured!
Sold the Establishments of Holloway SO Nader
Lane New York. and PA Strand (near Temple Bar London
and by all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicine
throughout the British Empire and those of the United States
Boxes 37tc Sc 81 so each Wholesale by the prncpa
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