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' v V-. wAt THB PIBUO OOOD Wi AIH," T*j^.'fe.-, . '" ' _;._ CASlIWEiV, SOOTH CAKOUtV^ SATURDAY JANUARY ?, 1838. ^?"ol > J - -?-sag, I -at TUHJttS or the % { ooMuaB,oiAii ootrfixaa'i Publishod waoklyly every Saturday morning at |3 por annum if paid in advances or $4 if not until the expiration of the year. . i Persons subscribing out of tbo State, are required to pay in advanco. No subscription received for a less tenia than one year. AovF.aTisc.MBMT3 will be insertod at One Dollar per square for tho first insertion, and Firrr Cento for | every continuance. Thoso Advertisements that do not have tlio number of insertions marked on the margin will bo published until forbid, and charged accordingly. O" All Lottors addressed to this Office, must be poet paid. g? ?????????? From the Mirror of Taste. Sporting Intelligence. The coterie of old ladies in the British parliament, the chairwoman of which was the late sir Richard Hill, have failed in all their attempts to tie tip the hands of the people from their old sports. They have declimed in parliament, and they have declimed in print, against all the gymnastic exarcises which time immemorial have been the pride and the pastime of the hardy natives of the British islands. Never did Robespierro weep such unfeigned tears over "sweet bleeding humanity," as those gobd souls have shed over the broken heads, and black eyes, and bloody noses of the Bull family, who, obstinate dogs, will still go on ttnd latlffh at their ladvshins. Inilpnd a J 1 Bonaparte, himself, whose interest A really is, couhl not more anxiously desire the abolition of those gymnastic exercises. The sports of England arc horse-racing; fox, hare, and stag-hunting; coursing with greyhounds; shooting, fishing, bull-baiting, wre tling, single stick, pugilism, pedestrianism, cricket, dec.. These arc practised by all ranks and on national accounts, arc encouraged by all the wise and patriotic men of the country; some few, and those mostly fanatics, excepted. To those games they adJ, in Ireland,' the noble sport of hurling, in which that vigorous race exhibit such prodigies of strength and activity, as induced the celebrated Arthur Young to speak to this effect in his Tour through Ireland: "In their hurlings, which I would call the cricltet of savage-5, they perform feats of agility that would net do discredit to Sadler's WPIU" The gymnastic games have been long carried on so systematically, that they make as regular a part of the public intelligence as any that finds its way into the public papers, and have, like the theatre, their appropriated 'publications. On this subject \vc would fei?y much more, as we mean to present our readers with such things as appear curious or extraordinary in those publications; but by way of a beginning, and to pave the road for the reception of this part of our work by the public, we beg leave to offer, not to their hasty perusal, but their profound considerotion, the following defence of pugilisriV, written, it is said, by that profound statesman, patriot, and scholar, William Windham, whose eloquence caused Sir R. Hill's bull-bailing bill to be laughed out of the House of Commons. 4,1 lay it down as a principle, that in every state of society; men, particularly those of tile lower ranks, will ever require some means of venting their passions and redressing nersonal affronts- inrlanon. denlly of those which the laws of their country might afford them; and that it is of more benefit to the community that these personal contest should be tinder such regulations as place bounds to resentment, than that they should be leftto the unrestrained indulgence of revenge and ferocity. In most countries on the norther continent of Europe, bodily strength exclusively decides the contest; hands, feet, teeth, and nails are all employed, and the strongest gratifies his resentment l>y biting, kicking, and trampling upon his prostrate adversary. In the south the appeal is usually to the stiletto, nnd a colpo dicoltcllo is so common at Naples, that there is hardly a lazarone who has not the marks of it on some part of his body; not a year passes in which mere urc noi Hundreds ol"assassinations in this city. Now observe the different effects of a different principle: A sailor, some lime since, at Nottingham, lent an aeronaut his assistance in preparing the ascent of his baloon; when receiving a blow from one of the by-slanders while nc held a knife in his hand?"You scoundrel," exclaimes the tar, "you have taken the advantage by striking me because you knew that, as I had a knife I could not strike you again." Under., similar circumstances, what would have been the conduct ot a Genoese or NeapolilanT Boxing, as it is conducted in this country, is a remnant of the ancient tilt and tOUmamCnt. ni>in?inUa ? v.. Ml? r,.?v.r? of honor and equity; a contest of courage, strength, und dexterity, where everv thing like an unfair and ungenerous advantage, is proscribed and abhorred. It is a custom peculiarly our own, and to which probably we are not only indebted for the in frequency of murder and anas* < sinatioa, but alio fof tlw victories of Mai- ] da, and Trafalgar. * < 8ome persons*re willing to allow these i effects, provided the. practice was con- . fined to casual contests, and not extended I to |>ubUe combats, and stage fighty*? i These, they say, ihduco the If bo r ions men I to quit their occunations. and usrts m * I rendezvous for tfie disorderly and the ^rjffligate: but is not the same objection to be made to all amhsetnents in which the lower orders are peculiarly interested, and where else would men of this description practically learn* .that the gratification of their personal resentments must be limited by the laws of honor and ; forbearance? Had Crib struck Gregson 'after the decision of the contest in his favor. what would have been the indignant feelings of the surrounding multitude, and what would he not have experienced from their resentment? And are these feelings not worth inculcating? will they ; not characterize a notion* and are they < not the genuine sources of gederosity and honor? If it be admitted, which I; j think cannot be denied, that any advan. j tage be derived to society 'froth indivi- > ; ?1 ? ? i? A ? -- - j . uuam in micbv cuiiiuaiB ueing resirBineu ( 'from giving full scope to ferocity And;rc- "i : vcnge, these advantages must be exclu- 1 sivcly ascribed to the custom of public exhibitions. It is from these that all regu- 1 ; lation and restrictions originate?it is i from these they are propagated, and with 1 these they will be extinguished. t "I am not without apprehension, that': from abhorrence of what some call brutal j and vulgar pursuits, the noble science of attack and defence should be in future. proscribed at the seminaries of Eton,j Winchester, and Westminister, and that little master should be enjoined by his i mama, in case of an affront, to resort to ! his master for redress and protection.? ' To the custom, indeed, as it now prcVkite, the EJrrglish youth are, in a great j measure indebted for their nobleness and I manliness of character. Two boys quar-: reb they agree to box it out?they begin j and (Key end by shfcjving hands; the enmii ty terminates with the contest?And what 1'is'thfs but a lesson of, courage, magnanj imity, and forgivcnassl the principles , of 1 I which are thus indelibly impressed on the j i mind of the boy, and must ever after in- j fluencc the character of the man. ! Mm* -a - ^ ' "'Away men witn this eneminalc cant j about fiiaintaiuing order and decorum, j 'by the suppression of the pubfic exh'ibi-' lions of manly exercises. To them the | individual Englishman owes his superiori- , 1 ty to the individual of every other cou.n-f j try. In CoUrage, strength, and agility: and ; as a country is composed of individuals, i to what other causes can England more reasonably impute her proud pre-eminence among nations which she now enjoyis,, and which she will ever maintain till this 1 spirit is tamed into servility, tender the pretenc.e of applying salutary restrictions to the licentiousness of the people." . After the foregoiug essay, a parallel dr&wn between English men and English mastitis by the celebrated cardinal Ximenes comefl not inappropriately in this place. The cardinal, who was minister to one of the French monarchs, observed that the English, like their native mastiffs, lived in a state of internal hostility. "The cabse," said he, "which crertes a canine uproar, every one knows, is a bone; whence among the English, every statisj tical elevation, as well as other causes of contest, is called a bone of contention.? I During the time of profound peace, these ; island dogs are always growling, snapin g at, and tearing each other; but the ! moment the barking of foreign dogs is : heard, the contention about bones, ceases. | the Whole species become friends, and I with one heart and mind they join their | teeth to defend their kennels against foreign enemies." 4 J \ * |r , ; Col: Thornton's Departure from Yorkshire.?Every true sportsman of this country must regret to hear that what has been for sometime rumored has at last taken place. Col. Thornton has been induced to part with Falconer'shall, and if the report is true, we have to congratulate him in having selected the most enviable and princely domain iu England, a ^residence unparalleled in its situation1 either for a man of fashion, a i bon vioant, or a sportsman. After havr ing giveti the very best sport, in hawking : coursing and hunting, at Scarborough, < Falconer's.hall, and to the Saltergate | Club, the colonel, a few days since, pro- < reeded through York, on his way to Spy i Park, in Wiltshire; followed by a caval- < cade, (such aft Attracted the attention of I the whole of this place) in the following 1 order: i First, the boat-wagon, so well known 1 try the opponents of my lord Milton, and I held by the owner invaluable, from having i conveyed not less than three thousand in- 1 dependa.it free-holders of this virtuous ( country to vote, and ultimately, iu spite of ] ministerial influence, to elect lord Milton, i a descendant of that man, the pattern of i patriotism and unexampled restitute, i Cftarles Watson Wentworth, marquis of i Rockingham;?this wagon, admirably con- 1 trived for the carrying of luggage or loose < '11 " fogs, covered with the skins of stags, fallow-deer and roebucks killed by the colonel,' nets, otter spears, fishihg rods, and guns, drawn by fpur thorough-bred cream-colored Arabian mares bred by the king. Next a dog-cart, which carried milk-white terriers, and beautiful grayliqundq; These were afy sheeted and embroidered with the different matches they tad won; the novelty of this appeared t<? sxcite particular gratification. The huntsman, mounted upon a powerful, fine gray himself, followed hytan immense pack [judged not less than oi$e hundred couple) bf stag-honnds, fox-hounds, and ottcrliounds, and lively lag dog beaglers. A stud-groom and four grooms, each leading a thorough-bred horse, the descend lftts, as it is said, of Jupiter;?deer-skins covered them by way of housing. A keeper appropriately dresse I, with three !>race of pointers. Tl|* falconer in green ind silver, surrounded by hawks, and on [lis fist a venernble grand-duke, closed this procession. Following, we understand, there were nine wagon loads of old wine ind ale, brought from Thornville Royal, inestimable from its age, and held by the duke of York as the finest wine in the kingdom. These wines, mo red at such an immense cxpence, Were from twentyfive to an hundred years old. Many sportsmen, though delighted with the coup d'eeil, could not forbear saying mey snouiu nevejr. see audi sport as they) had enjoyed with the colonel,, and envied j those who were now to partake of his; amusemens and hospitality in Whiteshire The distance we understand this cavalcade is to travel, is about two hundred miles. A farther account of this very valuable removal, and their safe arrival at! their destination(and such was the sincere1 wish of all the spectators) we hope to give hereafter. 'Since the publication of colonel Thornton's departure from Yorksire, the following letter has appeared in the public prints: I am happy to inform the public through the medium of your interesting paper, that the cavalcade of colonel Thornton at this place, was distinguished by a junction of an immense number of sporting a rill AtVlAM tiAlitnUta ? MM tA/wnlkaM ??'? viiiui vaiuauiu puiuiiiigO| lugciuui with a collection of rare exotic plants, and threee wagon loads of bald faced and orher red deer, roebucks, Asiatic deer* and party-colored fallow deer; a garde chasSc had the charge of two brace of Russian and French wild boars, the latter understood to be a present from Napoleon, in return for seventy couple of high-bred fox-hounds, descended from the fameous old Conqueror, and sent to the emperor Napoleon during the last peace, whose high mettle afforded him the most exquisite gratification A brace of cormorants with silver rings around their necks, and broke in for fish-hunting; together with ichneumons and pole cat fcrrit, for rat-liunling, and some beautiful milk-white Muscovy (lucks, and a number of high-bred blood marcs, foals, coalts, fillies, and the two fatuous horses, the Esterhazy and Theodolite, closed this snlendirl nrnrossinn: nod it U under stood that on their arrival at Spy Park they were met by the colonel and some sporting friends, who expressed their astonishment, that after having travelled through such almost impossible roads, amid torents of rain, and particularly the lap-dog beagles, not more than thirteen inches and a half high, and consequently often swimming, they should have arrived without the least injury. Colonel O'Kelly's famous horse Dungannon.?This celebrated racer is sire of many famous horses; he is the son of the famous eclipse, was foaled in 1780, and bred by Col. O'Kelly himself. The exploits of this famous racer are still fresh in the memory of all frequenters of the turf: and that bis fnrure mnv survive with his fame, a most spirited print of him is published in England, in which he was drawn accordpanird by a sheep. A story attaches to this curious coalescence, which we think worth relating to our reader^. As a drover was passing by Col O'Kelly's on his way with a flock of sheep for Smithfield market, one of them became so lame and sore-footed, that it could travel no further. The man wishing to get rid of the impediment, took up the distressed animal, and dropped it over the pales of the paddock belonging to Mr. O'Kelly, where the race horse was then grazing, and pursued his jr uruey, intending to call foe the sheep, upon his return hack to the farmer who, had employed him, believing the creature dfiier a little rest, would quickly recover. This was Lh^case, and an attachment between the two rangers of the little paddock presently took place, almost to surpass probability. It is related by evidence indisputable, that such was the affection of riiin<rannnn fnr the sheeD. that besides "" ?w? _ j r - sporting with it in various ways, he would sometimes take it in his mouth by the neck with great tenderness, and lift it into the crib where the groom deposited Ms fodder, as much as to say, though you ire not able to reach it, I will help you to the banquet. Besides this, the horse would on ell occasions defend his new friend, and suffered no one to offer him the least molestation. H ... . . Mr. O'Kelly being made acquainted with these circumstances, resolved to make the sheep his own, bought him of the farmer, and marked the wool, with his own initials, D. 0*K. anjfl left the 'two. friends in peaceable possession of the | paddock and its adjoining shelter. ... j Mr. Sfubbs the painter, being acquain- j ted with these faeta, when he requested j leave to paint Dungannon,also introduced the portrait of. the sfyeop, as a lasting mo* mcnto of the usual affection that aubsisted between two creatures, so dissimilar; in appearance, and so opposite in their pursuits. . i From the N. Y Mirror. . THREE DAY$ AT LIF SN El DECKERS. A Ifunt and an Adventure. I The warm south wind, .vhich had dis- 1 tressed the hounds yesterday, had chang? ' ed during the night. The air, as I spiang : from bed, was bracing as a cold bath, 1 and raising tny window blinds, I found the country covered with a white frost; yet so roscy a hue was thrown over every ' thing from the east, that I cast up the window, and indulged in the vivifying luxury of an air-batn. Old Cantnin Q. ioined our lirakfnst.tft. # ?F ~ ~ " "* hie; he is above six feel in height, a noted punter, and his whole appearance is in character, cvch his Korse, it is said, can track a deer as well 83 a hound. , Horsemen with hounds coupled, were seen trotting up the sides of the mill-pond, as old John Murray again pulled us across it. The broad still waters of the pond reflected.back tbc rosey hue of the morning sky; and the bright crimson leaves oil its borders were rendered more brilliant by the silvering of the frost. The second stand fell this day to my lo?, the tjiird to Ts., and G. resumed his from Station, called Morris* stand. The forest above me was soon awakenel by a chorus of .hounds, and crack, came a sharp report through the keen air; there was no second shot? the first had evidently done busines. Again all was quiet. A large eagle disturbed by the report, or by the baying of the hounds, came wheeling aloft. Perceiving me on his second circle, I heard the rush like a torrent from his powerful pinions, as he beat in his sudden Ascent. Three other reports startled the forest during the day. but I saw neither deeer nor hound. j At length the click of an oar, and the low caugh of John Murray, came to me down the water, ami the boat dronned ? ' f * round one of the islands, bearing T# in its bow. As it neared me, I saw that it was encumbered with a fine young buck. T. inform?- ' me that he had also knocked down a large doe, as $he paused in Front of him, listening to the hounds; but she had risen as., be approached her, and escaped into the thicket. On reaehing the inn, we found that G. had killed iwu fine docs. In the afternoon, my horse, having been for two days without exercise, showed a* disposition to carry off the stable at the end of his halter; so ordering him saddled and T. bestriding the long-tailed blue? or black, I should rather say?we gallop_ i r -i -i ? - ^ - eu lor miies inrougn tne loot-paths. . j ^ A gloomy morning was the next; distant thunderclouds were piled heavily upon the horrizon: ond the damp, heavy atmosphere, which had weighed upon the heart during the sleep engendering dreams and nightmare, would fain have kept dominion over me, vThe morning should long since have broken, the whole house seemed under the influence of some Vmsty magician of the night. That accidental rap against the wall, however, has caused a rustling in the next room, and uncurtained a pair of orbs that might light up the mists of Mont Blanc.. . j . The boat again put forth upon the millpond, and moved sluggishly upon its bosom. Old John's caugn was more frequent than usual, as he pulled the oar, owing to the heavineas of the atmosphere; and the forest closed around me with unusual gloom, as I rode through its paths Tor Morris' standA warm shower descended soon after I had reached my post bo the river. The , lank moss dropped mournfully rrnkp i^ie ; dark firs, and there was none of the gay ] underwood which in. other parts relieved < the gloom of the forrest. As I. gazed upon the scene,, 1 could have . fancied myself transported to the neighborhood , of Mobile, for I recollect just such melancholy forests of pine in the vicinity of that city. r , . The morning passed away, and neither deer nor hound came near me, and I left my stand in obedience to the signal to return. ,, . When nearly home I was arrested by the bay of hounds, close by the borders of the forrest and entered the brushwood, on foot, to make my way to them. I was beguiled on, and on through l^e matted and tangled underwooa, crossing bogs deep enoggh to swallow me, had I not sprupg from root to root. After an i hour's toil directing my course by the sun, I penetrated to the borders of the rirer. Pausing a moment, I thought I heard a slight sonn|) from below, and giving a light hajlo, f wjls promptly answered. A. boat'shot towards me bearing an old hunter of the neighborhood, who usked, with looks of extreme alartp, what upqn earth had induced me to come there. He had been listening to my progress through the thicket, and had made sure of a deer: ho had seen the hnalien move 1 Caused on the river side. The noise I enrd was the slight concussion, us he deposited the the oar; and he had cocked hip gun to lire, as I spoke. He had /already seen one man shot in that part of the forest, and cautioned me repeatedly not again to venture in it. My alarmed deevrstalker sliovcd me home in his boat, and came, by my invitation, to dine with us. , Toward evening 1 took leave of my merry companions of the rifle; my good chesnut carried me a thirty mile canter to Hempstead, the greater part by moonlight, and on the following morning I bestrode him for the rcmuing distance to New-York.^ . ? t A fine saddle of Venison came to the city for me, with one of my companions, the day following. The skin which I have dressed, I shall preserve as a trophy of the chase; and it will likewise be a- talisman, which, in after times, and far away, shall bring bq fine mc visions of the good: old Dutch inn ...;VK :. . i - mm us oigiiiiicuui sign. xiiuy, who is a very king of his class, at the porch to receive his guests; and ,an Indian apparition of John Murray, .whose true conversion 10 Christianity qn?.continua1]y illustrated in his forgiveness of his enemy* would gratify, the zeal of all sincere missionaries, saving that it is of spontaneous growth. An uplifting of the elbow, indeed, rather that of the soul* characterizes his religion; and on inporing, rather than an outporiug of the spirit. ,? farewell, John Murray! it is a hearty good will which suggests my jokes upon thee, and thou shall walk in my memory long after thou hast ceased to steal upon the deer. 1 think 1 hear thee answer me with one of thy mysterious smiles* that "many gay waves of the rivulet have dushed on the ocean* while the old twig they reflected still bei\ds over the stream.1' I. v. w. LOCKS CONFESSION OF BELIEF. I have long been of, opinion that the foundation of many* of the errors into which . mankind daily fell* lies in the indefinite unexamined notions which they possess upon almost any given subject. Words, and not ideas, being only what are taught at Our schdftstic .institutions, and the juvenile ..mind being seldom, except by chance, subjected to cultivation, we find that people, when they, arrive at manhood, have, in most instances, no settled defined opinion on the character and what will be the result of particular lines oi conduct, and that the judgment is leA entirely to be formed from the lagging experience of years. It has been suggested to me that much of this misIkhievou* want of sober reflection might be obviated by every person, who is capable of reasoning, reducing their opinions (in morals, religion, and politics, for instance,) to a formal confession of belief? jihut is, write down what they actually think on such subjects. - Yet it is perhaps vain to expect that persons who are engngctJ in. the .multifarious duties of life should thus turn author, as it were, though but for an hour; and, in such a case, the next best is for therpto ponder on the conlessions of opinion of some of our great luminaries, in philosophic reasoning. ... . If I were asked to point out to the juvenile inquirer after truth, where he ouglrt to pursue his search, I would say, read,' learn, and act upon the philosophy of John Locke. His Essay on the Human Understanding, I. need not say, is invaluable; but his loose papers, tecenlly brought to light by Lord King, and appended to the life which he lias written of t! at distinguished man,-are also excellent* The latter work, being published in an expensive form, very few can have it lit their power, to examine it; and I therefore take tbe liberty nl extracting some of the nr.ore practically useful articles; in the meanwhile, ,olfering the .'following confession of belief, which Locke entitles , , THUS 1 THINK It is n man's proper business to seek flap pin . -s and avoid misery. Happiness consists in what delights inil < 11 tents the mind, misery in what iisturbs, discomposes, or torments it. * ii .L e i? i l will jneir.iiire iimitc u my uasiness to seek satisfaction and delight, .and avoid uneasiness and disquiet, or have as much >f the . one and as little of the other as nay be. ?. . 4. .. Let tne then see wherein consists the nost lasting pleasures of this life, and hat, as far as 1 can observe is in these , 1st. Health?without which no sensuil pica Mire can have any relish. 2d, Reputation?foi that 1 find every1