The Southern Press

WILD BOAR KILLED.-We are informed that on Thursday last, a very large wild boar was killed near the plantation of Mrs. Mary Marshall, six miles from this city, by a party of hunters who went in pursuit of him. He had rendered himself notorious by his numerous depredations, and was the terror of all the negroes in the surrounding neighborhood. A party of men, accompanied by a number of dogs, started in pursuit of him on Thursday morning, and succeeded in bringing him to bay. A desperate fight soon took place between the dogs and the boar.— Three of the dogs were killed in a few moments, one of whom had his head completely severed from his body by a single stroke of the boar, which was finally killed by a rifle ball. He weighed 468 pounds. His skin was near an inch in thickness, and his tusks were 24 inches in length. He measured three feet across his shoulders. We give the description of this monster swine as it was given to us by one of the party who killed it—Savannah News.