The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-03-30


A HoRR1D PYRAMID OF SERpSTs.-A traveller in
South America writes: In the savannas OF lZacuoo,
in Guiana | saw the most terrible spectacle that
can be seen a; and although it is not uncommon to
the Inhabitants, no traveller has ever mentioned It,
We were ten men horseback, two of whom took
the lead in order to sound the pass aae, while pre-
fcrred to skirt the great forest One of the blacks
WIN, formed the vanguard returned at tull galiop,
and called me. Here sir; and see the ser
pents in a pile" He pointed out to something
elevated in the middle of the savannah or swamp
which looked like bundle Of arms. One OF my
company then said This is certainly one Of the as
scnDla res Of sclpcnts which heap themselves on
each other after violent tempest. l have heard
of theirs, but have never seen proceed cautiously,
an not 90 too near.' We within twenty
PAGES oft the terror Of our horses preveated our
/ nearer approach to which none of Us We're inclined
On 4 sudden the pyramid became agltated
horrible hissings issued from it. Thousands of SER
pe1its rolled spirally each other. shot forth oat
Of their circle their eous heads, and presented the
! one OF nv, lrgt ,v uaw nssih ~lr 1
! formidable phaanx remaining at its post, and ap-
pearn@ to be disposed TO defend itself than to
attack us, rode around IN order OF battle, which
faced the enemy on every side. I then sought what
could be tue design Of this numerous assemblaGe,
and concluded that this species of fserpents dreaded
some enemy; which might be the great serpent or
cayman and that they reunited themselves after
seeing this enemy, in order to resist in a mass
A TERRIBLE ESGIxE OF WAR.-The London
Norning Post. says that rev steel gun, invented
by Z. Lynet Thomas, has just been tried at Slloel-
bayncss. Here is the result of the trial The gun
loaded Wit. twenty pounds of POWDER. sent a
ball Weighing hundred and sixty pounds to a
distance Of ten thous md yards or five miles and
h. ce-ourths. Measures have been taken to have
series of experiments in the presence of members
of the Comlnttec of the W oolwich Arsenal
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The ncmoc1 acy OF New Rochelle, n. y, last
week adopted the folio wing resolution:
''Reso1red That the Democracy of New Rochelle
adopt their party platform the Constitution Of the
seven Southern Confederate States.
REMARK ABLE Instance F AFFECTIoS.--Ihe he
Philadelphia; North American records the following
case ''In OF the compartments of the cage IN
which the animals perform at Van Amburgh s
beautiful mcna gerle in Chestnut street, is huge,
tawnev Asiatic lion. His roommate is a black tc-
male tiger The tiger is small compared to the re-
gal lion, but is highly valued as geological curl
osity, and the only specimen of the black tSer III
this country. She was purchased by MI an AM
burgh some years ago ami has lived with the
lion ever since ihe attachment between the IVY"
is something remarkable. When Other animals are
in the same cage, and any aftront IS offered TO the
little tiger she runs under the belly OF the hon.
and be to any animal that dares approach her.
| No matter how hungry he may be, the hon never
touches his share of their daily meat until his little
chuul has selected her share; and even this he
never entirely consumes until certain that she has
I had enough Ill the animals as fat as molcs !;
but this black tiger is adeTmanic in her proportons
and remedy exists for the matter. She has been
twice removed rom the non OUT uHlH oilo "'9 l0
turned the generous beast would take neither food
nor rest while the frantic manner in which he DASH
cd at the bars sufficient warning that FUR
ther detention of the tiger would be dangerous
matter Should his die, the lion would proba-
blv pine to death. Once when she was taken away,
lioness was substituted. The lion instantly fell
upon her, and at single bite broke her spine and
! crushed same of her ribs. Careful nursing saved
her life, and she is still living but with her hinder
parts ilnlnovably paralyzcd"
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THE FIRST ABoIIrIoNIsr.-A southern clergy
man says that in all his reading of the Bible, he
never succeeded in finding any account Of Aboli-
zionist in it. We beg to differ with him, for We Oe-
lieve there is referred to freqnen,y we mean
Satan He is the genuine, original, Simon Pure
Aboltionst. He has always been in favor of abol-
isht"g every thing that was good He was the
first advocate of the 'higher law He tried the
experiment IN heaven. and got kicked out for his
audacity, and then undertook to content himself
with the reflection that it &c better to reign in
hell than to in heaven,'' which to be
about the only consolation left to Lincolu now
" Y. Day Book.
SKCNNES OF GOV. ELLIS.
We very much regret to learn that Gov. Ellis is