PANTHER HUNT.
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rot ,pa,ly DAYS AGO, AN elderly emlgrant
!. ,he comfy cf NVashtenaw, discovered, not
~ from his don.icil, what he conceived to
no the tracks Of u Panther, and Immediately
o,me 70 the praise ewarthy resolution ot dc
s,rnyipg the furious animal. Sixteen active
and Courageous young wnodsmcn were soon
;n,;,rd 10 hunt TIE animal aud when they
a,,embied with their rifles, &c. IT was decid-
rdthat the woods in which il had taken shell
rrshould be surrounded by the party, VINO
we're to approach towards the centre. ne
nan,euyre sdcCecded--thu panther was
driven to tree, aruuad the foot OF which. the
nartv, elatci with their success, soon gath
ered. The angry animal looked down upon
his pursuers, his glari0g eye balls seemed 70
sboot trcm0r i'll the stoulest heart. In a
,nompnt more several balls entered his body
but he fell not--the death pang had fixed
bis terrible nails deep into the tree, aud
here he hi. g is ii uIYckcry OF the hunters
md their rifless. At length daring young
man offered to climb the tree, and to torce
the panther from his hold. Having with
much exer;ons, reached the fork at the tree
n which the anima! was lodged lie seized
lie tail, and, cxc,ting himself 10 the utmost,
The panther was thrown to the earth, which
Ae 10 sooner touched than the dogs went 10
upon him, and having rcyengcd themselves
,or the trouble whicI they had been put to
in the chase, they walked surli.y aside, and
permitted their masters to approach and
view the postratr, yet terrible toe. nc
son Of the old gentleman who had discovered
tic track first camc near, and taking The
panther by the tail, he raised It ut arui' 5
ength, and having examncd IL TOY Ho-
nent, he called to his father dad, said
Ne, "this IS ouI old Cat n'-"Poh." said the
Id man, "lhat can't be--'tis twice as iargr
Is our old cat 80 L ook for Yourself, said
nc son. ! he thing was thcn subjectc t.
tne old gentleman's examination. who was
reluctantly forced to admit "that it was 0Ei
| I'd cat"


The Albany Daily Advertiser Of Monday
Nys that Henry Wheaton. Esq. hasaccept,
ed the .arrointmcnt OF charge des ati.s'rrs>c'
| tie United States at the court OF Denmark


In Hayti, cultivators of the soil arc oblig-
lby law to sell only to brokers, ard pur-
hasers to buy of them. This regulation
Ike many others in operation in tha. coan-
ny, Is Inconsistant with its greatest prosper
r..


The N10Har6 or lflld Drcts is very Nh
meroos i'll South Car ,lina during the winter
Charleston market for three months is new
er without them. Thev leave Carolina q
bout the middle of March and return again
in November. In this respect they rcsculbl


the eastern pilgrims. The following is til


mode OF catching the malard in the south: =


In the lakes where the fowl resorts, tn


most favorite haunt is carefully observed


thea in the most se9uestercd part Of thi


aannt ditch IS cut and covered over, form


!lg kind Of tunnel, into which by variou


d'ratagcnls man aided by well trainc


dos, decoyS the fowl when he gets the duck


slrly within the tunnel, he coeers its mout


With net, and takes The ducks out at hi


l.isure.