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_..._. Cosrucr wrrn a Man Doc.—Tbe Charleston Mercury publishes the pa r- ticulars of a fearful encounter be- tween Mr. I-Iappoldt, a citizen of that place and a rabid dogz—Aftcr shooting until past mid-day,observing that his dog became dis-obedient and exhibited a suspicious repugnance to water, Mr. Happoldt tied it witha handkerchief to a sapling, leaned his gun againsta tree, and ate his lun- cheon a few yards off. On return- ing towards his gun, he found the dog evidently mad, in the act of tearing itself loose and making at him.— Without being able to reach bis‘gun, Mr. H. ran into some water-near, .and stood on a log until the dog hav- inggone out ofsight, he was returning for hisgnn, when suddenly the dog rushed upon him ("were hillock, ‘and he only escaped being bitten, by-aeiz- ~ ing the rabid animal by the throat..— A struggle ensued between them for more than halfan hour,requiring tho exertion of all the muscular power of the assailed, while the dog mangled its own tongue dreadfully and cover- ed 'Mr.‘H. with foam and blood. He at last succeeded ‘in getting off his 'belt, ' putting it around the dog’s neck." and'bu‘ckling'it to the stem ofa small bush, regained the gun and shot the dog. Mr. lI., though he escaped fortunater without a scratch, was much exhausted, and the muscles of his arms were swollen from the exertion for two days after. While on the subject ofdogs, weperceive by the Baltimore papers that Mr. Dub- snard, recently bitten by avferocious dog, has since died.

‘ Ourmoeous “ounce—The Mobile Tribune of the Mill tilt. had the following account of a savage oc- currence in that State:

passengers from Norwood’s Landing, in the lower part of Dallas county, we learn the particulars of a most terrible scene of violence.per- formed near that place on the night ofThurstlay week.

A party of nine men, with blacken- ed faces and otherwise disguised, made an attack upon an old man, named Barge, the object of which, it is supposed, “as by threats and punishment, to drive him from the possession ofhis land. Burge cloned his doors and prepared to defend himself. The agressors were armed, and attempted to beat down the doors. In the attack the old man Was killed, and his son so dreadfully wounded as to preclude all hope of recovery. One ot'lhe daughters, a woman of eighteen, escaped from the house, and was killed about two hun- dred yards distant from it. a ball en- tering her right side below the arm and coming out on the other side be. low the heart. It is said that at the time she was killed she was on her knees supplicating the murderers for mercy. Another younger sister was wounded slightly in the hand.

In the defence made by Mr. Burge a man named Holloway was killed, and another (Davis) was so wound- ed that there was no chance of his surviving.

The rest ofthe scoundrels fled.— Several of them, we are informed, whore names are .‘lclfilry and Harris arrived here on Wednesday last,and immediately took passage 'for New Orleans.

The attack was made about nine o‘clock in the evening, and the dreadful result of it was exciting a great deal of feeling in Dallas coun- ty. A purse was collecting for the purpose of aiding in the arrest of the murderers. All the parties. it is said, were men of .good standing.- Burge was industrious and had amass- ed his little preperty by frugality . and hard work. _

Dean Swift remarked that in the establishment of colonies,the French commenced with a fort, the Spanish

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Flint, one of our western writers, says—"Next to temperance, a quiet conscience, a cheerful mind and ac- tive habits, 1 place early rising as a means of health and happiness.”

Girls and boys, don’t you lie in bed, after ~unrisc, any longer.

T?“ E MORNING NEWS.

\Vnoxsnssv, Januanv l5, I845.

CENTRAL Aoatcvuuasr. Sacra".— The annual meeting of this Society was held at the Court-house on Wednesday evening last, and was respectany attend-

ed. After the Report had been read by

the'Secretary, which 'was .voluminoas and‘very interesting, several gentlemen addressed the meeting on the general business of the Society—its objects and interests. It would be rather out of place to particularise who was most zealous in the‘cause before them, were it. not that the Vice President, ‘VILIJAM Douse, Esq. M. P. P. 'read an original paper on the great science ongriculture, its respectability and usefulness—its dig- nity and preeminence over every other occupation, from the earliest period of time, and its close connexion with the growth and prosperity ofsvery country in the world. The worthy lecturer was in good earnest, and we regret that our limits will not permit us to do justice to his address.

A noble zeal pervaded the meeting throughout—and we noticed that of the "on. T. H. llaviland, Col. Sec'y.-—thc llonJiobcrt Ilodgson, AttorncyGeneral; Ilon.CharlesYouug—George Coles,Esq. Mr. George Beer. and several other gentlemen, with whose names we were not familiar—as being very prominent in promoting the objects for which they had assembled. The Election of Officers for the present year was also veryjudi- ciously indde,—-the Hon. .l. S. Macdon- old was re-clected President—William Douse, Esquire, Vice President; Peter Macgowan, Esq. Secretary and Treasur- er. The Committee, which consist at nine, were filled up, differing but little from the pastycar.

This Society has been in existence for eighteen years, and it is acknowledg- edon all bands that it has effected much This should be the impetus to fu- ture exertion.

good. Individual subscriptions will do something, but Legislative aid will do more, and if both could be corn- bined on a more enlarged principle, the result would soon be apparent through- out the Islnnd ;——it would be seen in the better organization of branch societies-— the taste for agricultural information would be increased—libraries would he useful—and monthly meetings for the dis- semination of know ledge would be found indispensany necessary to the very ex- istence f‘of the societies, and every far- mer would soon become enlisted in their favour. As it is at present, the want of agricultural information is much felt in the country; and itisa great pity indeed, that while periodials may be had at five or six shillings per annum,which could be taken in the farming circles, however

“poor the plea maybe, the agriculturist

in many districts is utterly destitute of that practical knowledge and information so'intimateiv‘connected with his very existence» It y the exertions of every influential-far rand'townsmsn bssx- tendoddn gem. liliurodowards the pur-‘ wit. of Agric ra--lstan .honsst and

hearty heal be thiismlsland

on its behalf--let the press respond in terms of respect ‘ God speed the plough,’ and this noble branch ofnatioual industry and wealth will revive with power to make this colony at no distant day,’as superior in its internal circumstances as Newfoundland is at prescnt with rev gard to its specie and its Fisheries.

[[j’VVe are requested to give notice, thntthe friends of the “Religious Book and Tract Society.residing in this town, will be visited within the next fortnight by members of the Committee appoint- ed to collect subscriptions. We may well bespeak the favourable attention of the community to this Society. when we mention that the ‘I‘ract Association has now been in active operation. more thantwoyerus, and that they weekly visit more than 300 families andtdis- tribute 1560 'l‘racts;---that grants of Tracts have been made to nearly every protestant’Minister and every Sunday School in the lsland,and that every one from the soldier in the barracks to the smallest Sunday scholar, have alike, shared in the amusement and instruction afi‘orded'by this Society’s Publications.

THE WsA'rnsn.—0n Sunday morn- ingthe thermometer fell to l5°bclow 0, and during the day the cold was felt very severely. It has since moderated a few degrees; but we have good roads and ex- cellent sleighing, especially for Wood, which is now in grat demand.

SEPThe General Aassembly ofi English paper says, the allies oanrile

Prince Edward Island will be con- vened forth 6 dcspatch of business, on Tuesday the 4th day of March next.

Mscmxrcs’ [unicorn—Mr. John LePngewill deliver a lecture this evening. Doors open at eight o’clock -—I.ectnre to commence at quarter past eight.

Flam—0n Sunday morning last about 1 o’clock, the cry of “ fire” was heard in the streets. to the spot, the fire was discovered bursting from the roof ofa house oc-

cupied by Michael Carrol, in Fitz'

Roy Streak—through which a stove pipe protruded and caused the disa- ster. The fire, however, was ob- servedin good time, and the usual exertions being made, it was reduced without very material damage to the house.

CAPTURE or A PIRATE—AWFUL Discaosunrzs.—An extract ofa letter in the New York Tribune, dated Trieste. Oct.2l01hsays:—

“ We have news ofthe capture of an extraordinary large and well-equipped piraticnl barque named the ‘ Avenger’ The vessel was taken into Trieste, and the disclosures the bands made on board to their capturcrs were beyond concep- tion. Their confessions are not fully known, but this much is true.

The barque has been cruising. pirati-

cally, for the last two years, and in that ‘ time there have been no less than 900?

murders committed by the crew, and ten sliipa,three barques,ono brig, and ele- ven achooners taken and plundered by her. The. amount of treasure found on board of the vessel was immense. She Is an English built Vessel, with tall raking mastund of-sbout 700 tons bur- themrary sharp shitting”,

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PREADFUL ACCIDENT.~:AT nor 6 Inquest was held at Green 9 ' King's County, on the 8th instMCh' 1 fore Isaac Haviland, Esq, on V" by.

the bodies ofRichai-d and Beniew-of l sons of Mr. Richard Graveslamm’ thirteen years old and the otherfiono It appeared that the chimney of ie' house in which they were livino “bide was built of stones and chi” ivh down suddenly, and killed oil. is” stnutly. Verdict of the Jury... mic-ups! death by the falling ofa chim. b 3"wohothers of the c a y art but it is thounh v

recover. They with thgirthiidrhtm fortunate brethren were also burl; beneath the rubbish of the-chimn: where they Were found by their r.’ (her, (whosis a widower,) mm. m: turn to the dwelling shortly alter-um accident, of which he had been .

prised by his youngest child \ilio cl: caped unhurL—JMB. cone...

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Tannrrtc GALl.—-0lt Monday night, about ten o’clock, we we". visited with ‘one'of-the most terrific gates we ever recollect experiencins which continued for about'tlie spade. of two hours. The wind was 8.'W ~th6brtmswicker. . .

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The Right Reverend Dr. Field Bishop of Newfoundland. wassivo’ in a member of Her Majesty's Coun oil, and accordingly took his' seat: the Council Board. We understam ! that his Lordship will remain in till i portion of his diocese throughout tb

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; to the 'I‘ower has been bestowedby hi i Grace the Duke of Wellington, since if laceeptauce of the cousialrlt’ihip'of Ill Tower in 1826, on the thirty twtiul l non-commissioned officers. The pml i remove ofhis Grace have invariably r l coived £300 for each wardcr’s appoi iincnt,but the Duke of Wellington It in none of the cases mentionedmcrept any fee.

Usrren Srnss. There was a great riot in Geort town on the I lth inst. in consequen of an attempt made by 8 Par” the Kentuckians to capture runaway slaves. One man was!" bed in several places. One N" ’1' and one slave was hung tor result! The whole number killed and WU“ ed is not known, and at tlielast counts the riot was increasing-

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finditors sometimes deserve, dit for their ingenious hints. He" specimen, which we quote: somewhere

, “ There is a man, . 1 Maine, who has been in the habit, 1 several years, of celebrating hm?" age by paying for his paper and‘chl":l i ing his new born infants. H9 " w i be the mostprosperous and MW" the neighborhood. We wish “1"”

, more men happy from the m” can.

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