Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-06-23

When the dawn looked Ger the misty way,
An And the early air blew eoldy, ~
For five I've given warming,
You'll never have health, you'll never get wealth
Unless you're up soon in the morning.
Still hourly the sound goes round and round
With tone that ceases never
While tears shed for the bright days fed
And the old friends lost forever!
Its heart beats on-though hearts gone
That warmer beat and younger;
Its hands still clasped though hands we love
Are clasped on earth no longer!
click, tick, it is sad-''to the church yard-bed,
The grave hath given warning
Up, up, and RISE and look to the skies,
And prepare for heavenly morning.
*Leters Of Laura Aurcme. By Charles Swain, London
Longman, 1853.
Furious Elephant "a Large-Sevcrat Persons In
iured.
1t has already been mentioned that an elephant
broke loose from his keeper on the 5lh inst on the
way from PawtuCket R. l., to Fall River. 1t
the large elephant, Hannibal, of the Broadway mena
gerie, weighing $500 lbs The Providence Journal
says:
When about seven miles from Pawtucket he be-
furious, turned upon his keeper. who had to fly
for his life and take refuge in house, got free, and
rushed along the road, destroying everything in his
way. Meeting horse and wagon belonging 10 Mr.
Stafford Short he thrust his tusk into the horse, and
lifted horse wagon and rider into the air He man
gled the horse terribly, and carried him about fifty
feet, and threw the dead body into pond. The
wagon was broken to pieces, and Mr. Short conside
rably hurt The elephant broke one of his enormous
turks in this encounter. mile further the elephant
now grown more furious, attacked in the same
ner, horse and wagon, with Mr. Thomas w. Peck
and his He broke the wagon and wounded the
horse, which away Mr.. Peck was pretty badly
hurt in the hip.
The next man in the path was Mr. Pearce, who
was riding with his little son in a one horse wagon
He coming towards the elephant, and being
warned by Mr. Barney, turned round and put the
horse to his speed, but the elephant overlook him,
and sezng the wagon, threw is into the air. dashing
it to pieces, and breaking The collar bone and arm
| of Mr.. Pearce. The horse, disengaged from the
wagon, escaped with the fore wheels, and the ele-
phant gave chase for eight miles, but did not catch
him. The elephant came back from his unsuccessful
pursuit, and took up his march again on the main
road, where he next encountered Mr. J. Eddy with
horse & wagon He threw up the whole establishment
the same way as before, smashed the wagon, killed
the horse, and wounded Mr.. Eddy. He threw the
horse twenty feet fence into the adjoining lot,
then broke down the fence went over and picked
up the dead horse, and deposited him in the road,
where he had first met him.
He killed one other horse, ana pursued another,
who fled to the barn the elephant followed but at
the door met by fierce bulldog, which bit his
leg and drove him off Once on the route, the keep
er being ahead Of him, him plunge wall
and make for house. The keeper got into the house
first, and hurried the frightened people within to the
upper story, and providing himself with axe,
ceeded in driving off the furious beast. The elephant
finally exhausted his strength and laid himself down
in the bushes about two miles from Shades Ferry
Here he was secured with chains and carried over
the ferry to Fall river. part of the time he ran at
/ the rate of a mile in three minutes.
A Good Joke
/ correspondent of the N. Y. Post and, we presume
from the signature, one of the editors of that paper
relates amusing incident which accured on board
one of the New York and Stonington line of steam.
boats few nights since 1t seems that an abolition
of NxrhC oaI
/ season and out of season of the habas corpus act
was on board the boat and some of the pasSengergs
willing 10 enjoy little SPORT informed him of the
presence of colered in the ice box of the
steamboat, and also gentleman apparently his mas
ter was standing by him, as if having nm in custody
The aboitlonIsts, in obedience to his phlanthropc
impulse, Immediately profered his gratuious service
for the benefit of the fugitive. The supposed ow-
ner responded by appointing an individual to advo-
cate his claim. A passenger assumed the charac-
tel of United States commissioner, and negko wait
er was brought into the cabin suitably manacled tc
represent the slave mock affidavit, signed by
James Wilson, read On the back of the aft la.
VII was mandate purporiing to be issued by Judge
Hitchcock, OF the northern district of New York, or
derng all United States officers arrest the slave
and bring hum bafofe a commissioner.
| The trial was commenced. and the preliminary
tOrmaillles having been gone through with, the limo
cent victim of the hoax opened the case with lone
Speech quoting at some length from q work of h
slavery In the course of the speech an attempt
was made by the alleged slave to escape by rushing
from the cabin but he was recaptured amidst in
tense excitement The counsel for the claimant, af
ter number OF original arguments and witcisms a
the expense of his opponent, closed his remarks b.
declaring that imprisoned in ice box coul
not be regarded as improperly confined.
The commissioner, stout man with an impertu
bable countenance, then delivered his opinion de
caring that The prisoners council had failed TO prov
black to be white, and black was the mark of al
inferior condition. and slavery was condition o
nferiorty, he must deny the application for release
and remand him to the ice box. Before so doing
| however, hat was passed round for the benefit @
the fugitive, and and fund of three cent piece wa
raised which made the waiter roll up the whites o
his eyes in grateful astOnishment The court laste
three hours, and the aboitionst was not apparent
undeceiVed 10 the last.
An old lady down East, having kept hired ma
on liver for nearly month, said to him one day:
"Why, John, don't think you like liver"
Oh yes,' said John, Il like it very well for fft
or sixty meals but don't think I'd like it as stea
dy diet"
The old lady cooked something else for the mex
meal.
The " Angel Gabriel" made his appearance in Low
ell on SATURDAY. afternoon and harranoued the crow