The weekly Butte record., 1867-07-13

4 MAS-WoLF.-Eev. DR.. Bntler. the well known
Methodist missionary who established i mission OF
that ehapch IN India In 1856. recently retaraeS To
this country He makes the following statement
of remarkable case:
IN ls5a a British soldier. while bearing q dis.
patch from one magistrate TO another in the king
dom CT oEGe, passed an uufreeuented rarine
where he saw pack OF wolves, and with them q
human being, evidently one Of their COMPANY.
Immediately retaining back he reported the cir
eunStance 10 the magistrate for whom he was tray
cling. The latter forthwith mustered q nnrnber OF
Coolies ard went 20 the place The pack OF wolves
tied shert distance and sought refuge in sort of
cave or del Beginning 10 dig. the parrv soon dis.
covered the feet OF the Wild man. and drawing him
forth, succeeded il binding him and carving him
10 the toEn. DR.. Butler has seen him often since.
and saws he Is evidently 6 man. and az the tine of
his capture apparently aboat twenty four years OF
age The captured creature Al first violently "a
sisted the attempt 10 pat clothing him but amer
while ceased to tear his garments. He Is row
kept by q gentleman ia the city Of fhltje Yamnare
some eighG hundred niles west O. Calcutta. when
4rst taken he was unwilling % el1 ANYTHING bat
raw meat and has never been asle to snaak or
make aay approximation to the knowledge OF the
aiphabeI. II any looks earnestly or sharply at
him he expresses his annoyance by half-aitsfed
grant iuInsii@tely turuing away aud seating him
sell Cpan hsA4uncheS IN corner of the room or
lies down. He ears his tood eff the ground: and
although evidently 4 haman being. Is in habits
wolf wiki the instincts OF that beast. This is Ger
taislv an anomalous fact in nataral history, si
though it is said four similar cases are known to
have occurred in India, presenting the same geneF
al facts. Wolves abound ln India where the III
ha5itautS liee wholly in the cities and villages; aud
at the approach Of night all persons employed in
the open c0Entry retire 10 these clusters OF houses
or huis. and these ferOcioGs and rowing animals
find tree range. 1t frequently happens that a wolf
steals into house and carries OF a child. 50 fre
quently is this the case. that in the schedules fur
nished for recording the mortality in each place,
one column is headed. Carried OF by Wolves"
DR.. Batter theory OF this strange case Is that
She wolf probably carried of this person when he
was an infant bat that before she deyoured her
prey the child iustinctiyeiy ched for tood. Be
ginning 10 draw lis nouri>hment. il awoke in the
wuli the maternal instinct. which led to the pre-
servat0n OF its life, and thus the boy lived and grew
The MonERN MoNTEzUM ,.-Juarez the conquer
or II Mexico on whose will rests the fate of Max
iInilian, il is not generally known is fulblooded
Indian. It adds dramatic Interest 10 the news of
the day and seems Ike vision of Nemesis to
think that the man who has driven Napoleon and
his foreign cohorts from our continent, and carried
the colGrs Of tie Republic from Vera Cruz TO the
City Of Mexico is full bl0oded descendant Of the
old MontezGras. he avenGeS 70 -Gav Europe
The wrongs of his country iur centuries. and the
young and accomplished Archduke Of Austriamust
expiate in person the crimes aud cruelties Of the
days of CoFJez. II seems in our days as il history
could not bat be dramatic.
The new ruler of Mexico. who has won his right
TO govern by tie sword as well as the choice of
tie people. is polished and literally educated
gentleman. Orr conventional idea Of an Indian
makes il almost impossible for Ms II think of the
Liberal caiettdin as a person who has received an
accomplished academic, legal and philosophical
education, bat such is the case. How it must have
worn and wUatied snch maa to have striyen for
years with the wretched material which forms The
armies Of Mexico. we can wei conceive and it i
painful TO think that his hard earned Success won
by such indomitable energy and pluck, will in ali
probability. result III little.
This Interesting Indication OF the lie and vigor
that still animatas the Old blood OF Mexico. sus-
re>ts pregnant reelection. This race we so des.
pse has produced great man, and as long as that
can be done, il is living race. What right have
TO despise or condemn any race uatil il Is fairly
-torneys Press.