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They generally played itround the outside, but at one time were observed A. far in as Diamond Cove. Monday morning one of the monsters accompanied a vessel so far in that he evidently got. frightened and lost his reckoning. He swam into our inner harbor, straight up by all the wharves, and through the Portland Bridge and the P. S. & P. Railroad Pridge I There the water got so shoal that he quit the progressive and com menced to run from shore to shore, and back and forth between Vaughan's bridge and the Vailroad bridge, he being able to go in no direction more than half a mile. - Meantitne the veteran pilot and cap turer of big fsh, Capt. Denj. J. Wil lard, was notified of the presehee of our distinguished guest, and he made immediate plans to give him a warm reception. With his harpoons, whal ing-gun, eto., Captain Ben was soon in his boat, with six stout felows at the o.irs, They pulled, to the scene where the frightened whale was vainly seek ing an outletand the fuu oeimenced. A crowd of s'hA fifteen. hurdred peo ple were soon g reapn the bridges. ocasionally ho. whaIei. ld tush to the surface with such terrific speed that iearly his entiro bodi wouid appear above the surface, and-'+e would fall with a splash that would send columns of water high in the air. The boat in chase was propelled with great speed, but the whale avoid ed it for a long time. Men appeared with their rifles, took a' pop at.tfie giant of the deep 'when he came near% A number of rifle balls put into him without effect, sav4 in- the single in-u stance, where one struck him at short range near the eye. The shot seemed to stun him for a moment, and a mo ment only, for ho' ws off again more frisky than ever, closely followed by Captain Ben in his boat. Back and forth they fled, pursuor and pursued. The excitement became intense. Fi nally the whale broke water within some thirty-five feet of the boat, and the. next istaut i harpoon. was seen cirelingi through the air,.sent by the sturday.arni of Captain Ben Willard. Notwithstanding the great distance, the iron took effect, and boat and whale were rushing along at a speed of nigh twenty miles an hour., The scene was now indeed a strange one. There in the extroio back of the bar bor-of Portland, six miles from t];e ocean, wai being witnessed the most' thrilling' part ot the wild lifO of a whaleniam Unfortunatoly for all but the whale, the harpoon gave way just as the boat was being worked up near to give his ihajesty asecond iron. The chase was renewed, but the rising gave the whale more water-and room, and it seemed impossible to get near him. The struggle had lasted nearly six hours; the crew were about tired out, and Captain Willard deter mined totry the whale-gun and boatf lanco, rath'or than longer witit for the manly.and exciting fight incident to the -use of the harpoon, Just as he got in readiness his whale ship canie up within fifteen feet of the boat, look ing so huge and frightful as to elicit a cry of horror and alarm ffrom th9so on the bridge close by. "Oh, for my harpoon !" exclaimed Captain -Ben; "I could bary it to the wood?" 'But there was no time to get it reedy, and bang went the big bouib lance gun.1 it struck just in the thick of the whale's back, wvent entiely through .htiaud 'exploded about ten yards beyond. Though not infioting fatal injbtry,itI 'evidently cost the mouister some agia. ty, for he got out of the way at 'the speed of anoexpress tain. Uphe went ~to Vaughan's bridge, whirle abopt tnd rushed down like mad, strikIpag an the ways from which the Monitof as launched, near the railroad bridge, . Vth such force as to go near high snd yout of the water. Here case menso stru8jlO. \The huge sh rolled on his sdb, threw hisgreat tail into the air, and in his endeavors to got off lashed the water to a foam for yards about, His struggles did not, seem to avail him, butthe rapidly rising tide soon placed him afloat again. A few more frantic rushes from shore resultod, and the monster then made a direct bolt through the bridges, down the harbor and away, tothe advantage of hiinself and the disappointment of the'thou sands of speetators, and Captain Ben and his gallant. crew, who had fought so long and well. The fight lasted six-and-a half hoursi The whale was of the humpback species, a'nd was estimated to be between thir ty and forty feet in length. Captain Willard is of the opinion it sustained no material injuries, but thinks,he will have a fearful story to tell the whales outside of his trip to Portland to see the ruins. Our Fathers on the CoustItuilon, A correspondent furnishes us with the following extracts. They are both curious and interesting: EDITOR SOUT1 CAROUrNIAN : The extraots that follow are highly curious, not to say, interesting. Possibly some of your readers may like to see them. They are taken from the ninth volume of "Spark's Life and Writings of Washington" : Washington to Lafayette-"1l8th September, 1787. The Constitution wP(IS signed yesterday. It Is the result of four months deliberation, to 'be fostered by some and buffeted by oth ers. What will be the 4eneral opin ion or reception of It, it is not for me to deoide- If it be good, I suppose it will wotrki .way:; -It bad, it will re c611 U3W aii0rs. My best wishes, Wshidgton to' Patrick Henry "24th September, 1787. I take the iberty of sending you a capy of the Clonstitution, - which the Convention b as submitted to the. people of these States. Your own judgment will at omeo discover the good and exception al parts of it ; and your experience of the difficulties which have ever arisen Whou attempts have been hinde to re concile such a variety of interests and prejndices as pervade the several States renders explanation unnecessa. ry. I wish the Constitution which Is offered had been more perfect; but I sin cerely believe it is the best that -edurd be obtained at this time ; and as the door is open for amendments hereaf ter, the adoption of it, under piesent circumstances, is in my opinion de sirable. From a variety of concurring accounts it appears that the political, concerns of this coufitry are, in a man ner, suspended by a thrpad &c., and if hothing had beep agrded on by that Convention, anarchy would soon have ensued,'the seeds being 'deeply .sown in every spet, I am, &c. A copy of this same letter was-Rent to Qovernor Harrison. Henry replied as follows: "I have to lament th'at 1 cannot bring my mind to accord with the pro.. posed g.onstitutiou. The concern.I feel on, this account is really greater than Ican eipress. Perhaps mature. reflection may furnish Me reasona to obange my present sentimets; into 4v co0ormity with the opiniona of thqse for whom, have the liighest refer enpo0." Governor' Iarrison replied: "If our condition is not very des pera8te I have my fears that the rome 4ya.-this Consitution--will prove worse than disease. Age makes mon often over cautious, and Iami willing to attribate my fears to- that epuse bull from avhatever u >urce they Apring. I oannot divest myself of. an opinion .tha the needs of civil dissom*d are'pleal. titully sown in very many of theyow era g1ient both- to the'-President and Oongress, and that, If the Oonstt#ton lb oarried into effect the State f t.b Seuth will' be little better thana$ pendagecto those North. Yat'dha that general cbargd are thig wl* opt fore. They are so;tbu% in'tbe pr.eenkinmtanoe, I -do ivostwithIild particnlar obsefttttin 'he'euae I ats in want (f them. After the meeting of the Assembly of this State, and hearikig from those who had a hand in the work-the reasons that operated with" them in favor of their measures, I will then more at large give you my sentiments. In the meantime, I shall only say, that my objections chiefly lie against the unlimited powers of taxa tion and the regulation oftrade,and the jurfsdlitions that are'to be establish,id in every State altogether independent of the laws of each State. The sword and such powers must sooner or later cestalish a tyranny, &c. The Great Johnson Wigwam The Johnson Club of Philadelphia have pitched their wigwam It the in tersection of Twentieth street qnd Gi rard oventie. Th;e bitilder has At work a large force of carpenters, and the building will e, completed in ten davs. The Convention will ssiemble rn the 14th. A description of the biulding is thui given in the Netes . "Its ottsitle dimensions are one umn dred and fortysix by ono' huilired and sixtv-five feet. It will be eonstrueted of boards, and will i0 used as a hall for maAs meeting,; during the cofilig cam. paign. The interior will consist of a vestibule, an amphitheatre, the gifi-ries and four ante-roons. IntQ the vest ibtle it door twelve feet wide w'll open fron Gi,ard everne. A door of equal size will lead to) the amphithetre and lower gallery, anqd a pr tgentrai e will openl into t l*dt, al ry love. Th10:1 unte rooniswilfe 'd fo )co)fmitge purposes At. ijje1,ARd of e btiilAing will be placed the speaker'q deak, and on either side ite tables of the reporters. Ihe anphiiheatre will be venty-f'eet, by one hundred and forry. Vroiit the galleries will rise itn nearly tle snte m1anner as the seats in the Fquaro for the i Ih of July celleiration. T e capacity f dhe building will be over ten thousand people. The largost. auditceo ever seen in the Academy of Music conld be seated in onle wiig of tie i. mense galleries. The standaig roomn upon the floor will tecmminodato three thousand, while there will be se:ts for seiven thousand. The galleries will be supported by iron pillarsixteetn feet 9pdr. These will be hung with evergreens aud festooned with -f.im Ors 6during the sessis of t,he Convenion01. Tu PHI.An.IPPIA W1OWAX-IT8 lN CTaoN STuiPMD.-Philadlphia, July 27.-The parties engaged in erecting tle vigwam for the A ist Convention ar. red, yestenlay. at the instance of Pr., Jitmes, the owner of the ground, who objects to t li use of his ground for the pitrpose. The building has b.-Pn stop. pod, and will have to be erected else. where. Tht ground was obtaitied through an agent. without the Doctor's cuisent or knowledge. "Titu INDIAN WAR."-Under this heading the Washington "Tribune Oureau" man writes as follows: The following important order was to'.day issued by the Secretary of War. Ont thousand Indian souts will be organized, mounted and equipped im mediately, to serve with the following eonwmands, viz : Lieutenait-General W, T..8fernan, 600 ; Major-Generils lfillik and Sheridan, 200 each. * lhis the understanding that. these oot* will be used in the eqiamands of Generali Shterman and Sheridan to protett43erc'in charge of the 2reed ihena's areptV And Government ofli. ctals in Southemep-tates. *We oannoet see .how protecting the itreedmnen's Bureau'and Governmenlt 0eelals in tihe Southi can be torked st sho4l4.be nloeted for tihss p.*oaba-, eines. .8uobat a jaet tso 1 engui lar United States forije.s o.aot a-yet, It seems, deemed necematy th' tke de partment of Virginia. The foHoshig' notiee Wabfonda post edon *he bullethtreffe Westerta Post. offiet "Lost.Agted Ca'f H~e'had awhitempotm I tof,ble behindM ' ee. H~e 'a sire k*f.' I ild dela ,fevetIbawdI A*uf li0 Nlig him bum.-" AN UNruty E.PtIA,c-r.-The ele. phant aunched to Dan Rice's cirets lie Cnm ohtr4perous at New MI ford, PennsylVania, ioecently, and his keepers chniled his hin't legs to a tree and en. denvored to fisten a rope to his fore le.s and by these means throw him. Afier ninny fruit-less attempts the effort wits etecesshil. The tope was ittached to a tackle, and six mien conihid's-d their strenghit to pull inm down. I1 fooled ihem. Wit,h a blow of hig trtik he re. lefased his ror, leg. nnd with a tremen. dinis effort broke hischains. ')he men scattered iii all directions, pursuld by the animil. One eaved his life by hmnding over the fenct; and the ele. pliant, for ' satisfaction, threw dnwn r long span of it. At eleven o'clock they nionag..d to throw him, and with clb% and pi)kes were endeavoring to subdue him. Some fifty phots were fited, and took effect. in his trunIc and other por tions of his body but th ey were oftly flea bites, and were bit ski-n deep. EXFCUTIoN OF ANF .LIPHANT.-An Americin circis has -been traveling about Switzerland with great success this sum mer, bit.1t Fribar, last thonth, the mainle elephatt, 'over faligted jf t1.he eonsant mnrebing, aid irritated by tije rough treatment of his keeper, suddehly dt-ized his keeper and twssing him to a great. hetg t, on his fidl t-rtished his chest with his fiot before any assistance could he "ftorded. As it, was generally un derstout that after once killing a man those animils are dangtrqns, the direc ter of thecircus decidel upon having it, killed, and tor that purpoose applied to the authorities of Friburg for a piece of cannon. Tuis was granted; and the animal having been enticild into a fe vorable position, the gin w.'s firakauid the brute fell dead. DIFFERENCES OP TIME AT PROMI NENT POINTs.-The inauguration of submarine telegraphic conmunication by means of the Atlantic cable, makes it interesting to inquire into the differ once of time in the various cities in different parts of the world. When it is I2 o'clock high noon at New York it is 55 minutes and 42 seconds after 4 (P. L at London; 57 minutes and 20 seconds after 6 (P. M.) at St, Petersburg; 17 minutes 24 seconds after 7 (1. M.) at Jerusalem ;51 min utes and 44 seconds after 6 (P. M.) at Constantinople; 40 minutes and 32 seconds t'fter 4 (P. M.) at Madrid ; 31 minutes and,20 seconds after 5 )P. M.) at Bremen ; 30 minutes and 54 sec onds after 4 (P. M.) at - Dublin; and -41 minutes and 24 seconds after 6 (P. M.) at Florence. The difference of time *between the extreme castand wet p>oints of the United Stateq Is.l hours and 50 min. ntes, In the China Sea, between Singapore and China, it is midnight when it is noon at New York. A PAntvNTAL LVTF.-.-The follow i0g b-tter was written by a father to his son at oll' ge: "MY DKAI SN - Lwrite tosend von your new socks which your icither IaS just knit by cntting down some ,of mine. Your mothir sendis yot ten dollars with. out iy knowl-dge, nnd for fear yon woihl not sliend it. wisely, I k-pt, back half, tnd only send you live. Your own mot lier nnd I are well, except that vonr qistpi has got.the measlb, which we ihink woin , 1spread aning ti nther girls if Tom 1-Ad not had them before, and Ie is thg .oily'onie left. I hope you will do lihtior to my teamchinig, if you lo nlot, yon are a donmkey, and your mother and rugself are your afectionate parents." Tut LAneQlsT GOIa.-A correspan, dlent at Athien., Tennes'ee, gives thin Vol. 10 *ing descripmion of what hme styles' the hirgast.girl itt the wodIe "She lives at {utvwater Tenn.esiap,, weigfhu one hiundre'anetmety-Alvn pountfA, and ir named Mie Leroy Leath. Slie is See~ years.o1lewyedyteey ehesked;-quick spoken. a b4 a beautin.,eounre thian ar*if R4egca Tile' aweet lfi til/"doIet I4 no ao i a'mtka. bmijo1aedp 3Tu ADVICE. IT,t Wi3NTICti.-. Seizo every opport, iatYof - improving your mind. 2. Be careful as Ato who .aro your companions. 3. To whatsoevor occupation you may be called as a manmus of obtaining a livelihood, determine, to understand it well, and to work heaftily at it. 4. Accustom yourself to act kindly and oeturteously to every one. 5. Carefully to avoid all extrava gant habits. 6. Determine to possess a good charatcr for honesty. 7. Cultivate a st'ict regard for truth. 8. If your parents are -living) do your utmost to promove their happi ness and comfort. 9. Recollect that your progress in life must depend tipon your own exer-, tions. 10. Be a respecter of religion, and do unto others as you would' have them do unto you. 11. Be .stfiedy temp6rate in all things. 12. Avoid all obscene conversation. 13. Be especially regardful of the Sabbath, and on no.aebount desecrate ilt. 14. Make yourself useful. '9&E ToMATO FOR Foobt-A go.od medical authority ascribes to the tom"-, to the following very important mdi cal qualities: 1. That the tomato is ono of the most powerful aperients of the .liver and other organs ; where calomel is indicated, it is one of the most effec tive and lenst harmful medical agents kuown to the profession. Soial extract will be obtained from it that will supereode the iie of calomel in the cure of dis ease. 3. That he had successfully peated diarrhea with this article laone. 4. That when used as an' article of diet, it is almost sovefeign for 4yspep sia and indigestioth 5. That it should be constfntly used for daily food. Either tooked or raw, or in the form of catsup, it is the most wholesome article in use. Lori Broughain lins departed from Pari.-, I'nvirig behind him only tho liv in: m-meitoei of a few anecdotes, w1ich the papers have properly set b -fbre their renders. The noble Lord was p(-ading before the Queen's Bench, and had lahored in vain for some hours to convince the jndges of-thi force of his nrgiments. He was mitch irritated at bis fabilre, and hd already begim to grumble at their atnliess when tWo time for recess came on. Lord -Broog. ham went. out. and was sonn seen drink' ing thio last. drop of two pints of potter. "That.'s a hai tii.g to do," said one-of his friends, who noticed the act ; "if will make- you t niid." "IL's just Wbat I amirving to be." was the ParcaRtc. reply ; -I shall now be able to disciss my case more succsfuilly with tile judges." Ct'RFC FOR CANCra.-Take the nar row leavcd dlock roor, boil in soft watet, and wisq the ulcer with the strong do. coction as warm na it, cAn be brne; fill. the cavity with the liquor for two inin. utes; then scrape the hulk of the root, briiso it. fine, put it on ganze, and lay :t over every part of the kicer; dip a tin. en cloth in the decoction. and uit it over t he g aze. Repeat. this three'timies in twenty-four hours and at each tinie' let the patient take a wine-glass of the tea made of th~e root, with one third of a glass of port wine asveetened with hton. ft y. _ F'RATItRNIZtNG-.GverIOF 'alker of Fiorida,has appois)ted delegates to the Piliadelphaia Comvention; Among thets are two Colonl'-sone (Scot) a Confederate, the otheg (McKlbbn)gsp Fedsel._ TFhe Ichemonid 'licrd of'tme recently raised, bf' stsrpup ap na$ fortabl p . - har I4I se om iltan at ano.. -