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ing some nights between 20 and 40. He soon 

 became the terror of the town, and various mea- 

 sures were resorted toby individuals to destroy 

 him, but without effect. To such an extent were 

 his depredations carried, that at last the people 

 turned out en masse, and drove him from the 

 town; but not, however, until lie had killed be- 

 tween three and four hundred sheep — merely 

 sucking the blood and seldom feasting upon the 

 carcasses. 



He was next heard of in the vicinity of Pine 

 Hill, Genesee county, last winter, where rising of 

 one hundred sheep became his victims. From 

 that place, as at Avon, the people, before getting 

 rid of him, were obliged to make a general turn 

 out. The dog was driven into Bergen, and in that 

 town and this, (Riga) he has within the last two 

 or three months, destroyed over 300 sheep and 

 lambs, having been alternately driven from one 

 town to the other. 



Although the dog has been hunted by various 

 individuals, (the army often amounted to hundreds) 

 since he took up his unwelcome residence in the 

 town last named, and notwithstanding some of the 

 best marksmen in these towns, as well as those 

 where he has pursued his work of death for six 

 months past, have made frequent shots at him, he 

 has never to my knowledge, asked for quarters, 

 nor was he finally conquered until this evening. — 

 It was yesterday determined to make a general 

 assault upon this common enemy, and take him it 

 possible; and a reward of about $80 having been 

 previously oflered, by a subscription for his scalp, 

 about two hundred persons belonging to this town 

 and to Bergen, headed by General, Major, Colonel, 

 Captains, and other necessary officers, took up 

 their line of march to-day for the south part of 

 this town, where he had last been seen, and about 

 noon routed and drove him into what is called 

 Adams' Swamp, which was immediately sur- 

 rounded; dogs were sent in to drive him out, and 



the exception of a hole in one of the sides, about 

 four inches in diameter, around which the hair has 

 been worn off, probably by the friction of the wa- 

 ter, in which it must have lain for ages past to 

 have produced such a phenomenon. The hair on 

 the hump, and shoulders, neck, forehead and tail, 

 though concentrated into almost a smooth surface, 

 may be easily discerned. The horns, eyes, nos- 

 trils, mouth and legs, are as perfect in their stone 

 as in their pristine state. 



The country in which this rare specimen was 

 found, is inhabited by the Euteaux, a roving tribe 

 of savages, who subsist, a great portion of their 

 lives, on insects, snakes, toads, roots, &c. This 

 tribe being particularly hostile to the whites, ren- 

 ders the acquisition of this curiosity an undertaking 

 not a little hazardous. Notwithstanding this, and 

 many other difficulties to be surmounted, such as 

 distance, expense, &c. our enterprizing citizen, 

 Captain Charles Bent, contemplates procuring and 

 bringing the specimen to the United States with 

 him on his return from Santa Fe, during the en- 

 suing autumn. We heartily wish him succes.? in 

 his praiseworthy undertaking. 



From the Leesburg (Loudoun) Genius, June 13. 

 THE HARVEST. 



The time is near at hand when our farmers a.e 

 wont to cut their harvest. Sad and gloomy is the 

 prospect, not only in this county, but as far as we 

 have heard, with very few exceptions, through- 

 out the wide and diversified country. There are 

 some farmers in Loudoun, who, owing to the lo- 

 calities of their farms, will make nearly an ave- 

 rage crop; but they are few. By far the greatest 

 part will not reap more than their seed, with per- 

 haps a sufficiency for domestic use and enough to 

 defray the expenses of harvesting. Others will 



not make their seed. This is certainly very 



discouraging, and must have a tendency to en- 



about six o'clock he emerged from the woods, and j nance the price of wheat and fiourvery considera- 



:_- ! Jl Jl K„„. C„,„ ft/I"- A ,lnmr.1 I r. I 1 I J 



in crossing the road leading from Mr. Adams' to 

 Buel's corners, was shot through the heart by Ros- 

 well Parish, Jr. of this town, a lad aged about 17 

 years. 



By the blowing of horns and firing of guns, the 

 company was soon congregated — the fallen foe 

 was placed in a wagon — the company were formed 

 into a double file, at the head of which as a mark 

 of honor, was placed the fortunate young marks- 

 man. The procession then marched to Riga cor- 

 ners, where the dog was hung up by the neck and 

 a general salute fired — after which they proceeded 

 to Bergen corners, where they took the skin from 

 the doir and stuffed it. 



From the St. Louis Commercial Bulletin. 

 PETRIFIED BUFFALO. 



This extraordinary curiosity was discovered 

 about two years since by some trappers belonging 

 to Captain Bent's Company, lying on the side of 

 one of the beaver dams of Rio Grande of the north 

 (a stream emptying itself into the Gulf of Califor- 

 na) whose waters, it is said possess the petrifying 

 qualities to an eminent degree; its shores abound- 

 ing in specimens of various animal and vegetable 

 productions in a petrified state. The petrified 

 Buffalo is described by those who have seen it, to 

 be as perfect in its petrifaction as when living, with 



From the New York Star. 

 A3IERICAN CHAMPAGNE — TRENTON HEID- 

 SIECK. 



We have been informed by a gentleman who is 

 thoroughly conversant with the subject, that the 

 universally favorite and fashionable wine cham- 

 pagne, is manufactured or rather counterfeited at 

 Trenton, New Jersey, to an incredible extent. A 

 large establishment has been built, warehouse, 

 laboratories, &c. for three or four hundred boys 

 and girls, making wicker baskets, and an immense 

 number of bottles, branded corks, such as "anchor," 

 "hard," "comet," "Joly," &c. — and also, expert 

 alchemists in compounding these articles, im- 

 ported for the express purpose from the vine- 

 yards of la belle France. Well, if these precious 

 drinks are from the incentive of high prices to be 

 counterfeited, we know no more exquisite domes- 

 tic nectar than our famed Newark cider, which, 

 with all the honey in our market, have, we learn, 

 been boughtupfortheTrentonfactory. Such acom- 

 position must be infinitely superior to the mock 

 champagne manufactured in France, which is 

 impregnated often with the deleterious admixture 

 of sugar of lead. The Trenton Heidsieck, with 

 its leaden caps and false bottomed bottles complete, 



