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54 MISCELLANEOUS. NEW JEAE'S DAT AT THE TUTLLEEIES. Thf first day of this year was celebrated with great pomp at the imperial court. Josephine was "very generous, and knew perfectly well how to dispense her gifts ; but as she particularly loved children, it was to such she particularly devoted her attention on New-Year's day. On the first of January, 1806, the apartment of the Empress at the Tailleries- resembled a bazaar, and her bathing-saloons were transform ed into beautiful toy stores. In the afternoon, Josephine herself distributed .this handsome collection of articles, and the cas4e sxn presen ted the appearance of a boarding-school of both sexes, on the arrival of a holiday. The bestow ment having terminated, the happy troup b -gan: to make so much noise, that the Empress abandoned her apartment to their entire u-e.- Then arose a grave discussion ; the little boys wished to have a mock battle, and in order to enlarge their army, judged it expedient to en rol the young ladies by force. Some .'of the latter being opposed to this measure, young Massena, who had been elected general-in-chfef, decided they should be imprisoned until they would obey orders, and proclaim submission to the flag. The citadel was the dressing-room next to the bathing-saloon. Tire officers then formed themselves into a council of war, to judge the pretty little Alddoranchini, who headed the opposition, and whom it was pro posed to condemn and shoot immediately. Meantime, the prisoners retained in the cita del! uttered fearful cries; and Madame de la Rochefoucault hearing them, came to interpose her authority. jMadame,' said young Massena, very serious ly, leso obliging as not to interrupt the delibe rations of the council.' But, sirs,' replied the lady, it i very wrong to prevent these children from amusing them selves as they intended.' 'feut, madame, you see that, without them ourjarmy wiJl be composed of but one single battallion V I Very well, since you refuse , to restoie them to iberty; replied 'Madame de la It. chefoucaulr, 'I will myself ojen the door for them.; and I farther. declare that all the army, from the gen era.!, to the simple soldiers, shall only have dry bread to eat at. dinner., At present, let thi council of war deliberate on tiiiinat-4 Due can readilv imnoiue the D-rent m,.t.:,... di Ih a ticm occasioned by this order. The General, roking a grimace, p'aced his sword in its scab bojird; the officers began to we-p; and .the cojnraon toilers unam'mous'y manifested their indention to belabor their leaders, w ho had made thfem pass through such a campaign. I., a shprt time, However, their exasperation was C d med. anl j'ii' it in, sougni ior an expe- ltion by which to obtuin the revocation of to sentence condemning them to s inferable fepaston this jojous day. Already mafiv propositions had been advanced, examined and v,mU ...jpacLiuaoie. neiiest method would certainly have beeu to sin ply ask Madam d L rtpenertracanu parnon. no wcuftTT av'e readily iofgiven them, it penitent; but.it could not be! decided who should car ry tie messao-e f...- ' no one was willing to face madame. Thev , 'then spoke of appointing deputation to wait on the Emperor ; but this was not so easily to . d accomplished ; and beside this, it was nec esMry to be in haste, as the dinner hour ap- proacneo. J Their situation was becoming each moment , njore critical, when young Massena arrived at a gfand conclu.-ion. He cr-a-ed to pout, and -with' aji air or diguity, exceedingly comical, h pas ted-into the saloon occupied bv th F.nw, . . J 1" and gravely approaclnng her, said I 11 flfl n in j- . . .. I I , urt.nr, yeuerai who merits the anger of hU sovereign dares not retain his sword; ; I come, therefore, madme. to lav mine t-..L.t - iui.y at, your majesty s teet, and by reason of tFns submission, I ask "that the article in .the capitulation, relating to the dry bread, imposei .celled.' I Thus aneakiiitr. ha tank iholotla J ...i i. bad that day been presented him bvthe Emm . -. " i ried the memorial with her, no hidden as not to be perceived by any person ; her intention be ing to present it to Josephine when she passed befoie'her. Her turn came; she had prepared a few sentences with which to address the Em press, but emotion rendered her mute; she could only stammer. .Her trouble increased from perceiving a look fastened on her ; her heart beat rapidly, her knees trembled, her eyes became dimmed, and she fell senseless o the floor. People gathered around her, and the Empress herself came to see with her own eyes what was the matter; she approached the unfortunate lady, took her hand addressed to her some words of kindness. Suddenly, a pa per f-11 from the hand the Empress had taken ; she now already gues-ed a part of the truth' and took charge of the petition. The Jady soon recovered the use of her sen ses, and not finding the memorial which .she had carried with her, she glanced around with, an expression of uneasiness. Josephine perceived this, and said to her in a low voi- e lBe tranquil!, madame ; the letter has reached its address.' The recept on continu d, and every one was forgotten.The next morning, the captain's wife receiVd, as a New-Year's present, her husband s nomination to the rank of chef d es vruaron, and that or. her son and daughter as pirpils in "the Lycet Imperial, and amomr the young ladies of the Legion dflormeur. As regards Napoleon, his New-Year's gifts were ordinarUy as su.nptuou? as they were fan- ia.-iicai. , lor exa-nple : One day, in the month of De cember, he said to Real, director geneial of the p lice, and . a man whose devotion wa-i well known to him :, 'Your country house is too far off; you mut purchase one nearer to Paris, to that I tan al ways have you by me.' , 'Sire, I would willingly do so, but the con dition of my finances wiil not allow me to make so large a purchase.' Napoleon ?lid not in-U upon it ;' but the last day of the artie moiA, after having been em ' ?u3'ed two or ihree hours with R..al, 'he sa d to him, . , 4l)oes Madiime Real love iho -olate 'Yes, sire she frequently u-es ii.' 'Then I will pr-sentpSTay V c-ntinued he, taki. g from his s.c.etary a sealed package, which r.sembkd a pouul of chocolate, 'there i, not much of it, but I m Suva y.. t. iie nas never eneuanv in it T .l I l. . r i i ... . . . icii iier i i,e 8Ile T H E SOUTH E R fc W g g gl Y P Olt From the 8an Francisco Golden Era. A EIGHT WITH A GRIZZLY. A CALIFORNIA ADVENTURER. eoual will tas;e it to-mor : row morning, a..a that I particularly desire she i I prep ue it herself. -R-a! did not know wh-1 to think of so ni" .gardlyagft. What a whim I ke Najtoleoiis mal i g a present of only a pound of chocolate I It was almost in.-redible, an Real did not know but that he drearmd. 'Howev. r true this may be.' said he to him self, when returning home, 'reailr I do not know how 1 am to acquaint my v".h with this mys:e.y. fe was ob iged to do so, h-.weter, far til Pit rk. . occasion, might ask her, how 8he liked the ch.oolate. w- Arrived at home, he resortS pitifully to Ma dame Real, f 'My dear friend,' said he, 'you W1 be q,,i-e displeased with the Emptor ; see, here is the -New-Year's present he sends you a pound of chocolate !'? ' MadamejRaal could search- believe her eyes or her ears ; she, hwever, took the package, and with Ti pouting and discontented manner, iimnedjattly opened the envelope. One may judge of her own and her buslands sumnVe' thtre was not even the aj.pearance of chocolate; but instead of this aiti.-le, were placed within the paper a hundred'bank bi Is of 1,000 francs each! Two oliys after, Real said to the Em peror : Sire, I thank your majesty for the country house with which you have pre.-eu.ed me. Godey'f Lndy B-H)tc. Ti r. . ii was alter a winter of fruitless mining, that we oroite up our mining camp, and our party consisting of four members, started for the mountain to spend the. summer in hunting. iney were a jolly set of fellows as one could wib to start with on an expedition like ours. The first who is the hero of this adventure, was a six foot Hoosier, and a Colossus in proponion, whose proudest boast was that he had never yet seen the 'vaimint' that-could skeer him; and, indeed, judging from his personal appearance, one would suppose that the 4 varmint would be the first to run. His hair !ookd though it had never known a comb or pair ol shears since his infancy ; his face, bronzed by exposure to storms and tuns, had an aperture commonly called a mourn, but which looked, when he gave one of his inimitable guffaws, like the crat er of a volcano ; his eyes, the redeeming feature of his countenance, were of a jetty blackness. and that peculiar kind which seem to be never at rest, but Continually tiavel.ing from object to object ; and a pair of ears which looked as though thev Were cn-rvpd from well tnnun domestic animal, completed a face as ugly and yet as attractive as a person would meet with in a week' travel. lne next was an old hunter, who headed our party, having had the most experience, who had spent the most of his life in the Rocky mountains trapping and hunting, and whose tales of despe rate encounters- with the panthers and bears with which that region abounds, had beguiled many a weary evening. I have listened to those tales until I wished to encounter the animals as he had done, although the s ars on h s face and body bore indisputable evidence of the desperate nature of his struggles. His name was Eph. Harder, and surely a hardier enemy of the deni zens of the foiest could not be found. The ihird man of the company wasaMulatto, who had run away from his master in the South io try his fortunes in the ,Vest. He wasinvilu- able as a cook and to look after our mules. Sam as . ne of those specimens of the darkey race who afford so. much fun an 1 snor.1 t. oil ,h - - V V- Hll who meet him. After iibout a week's journey we reached our hunting ground in the Sci ihs, and pieparedfor the summer's work. The mountains we knew to be infested with grizzli.s, aud one evenino-the conversation turned upon the nature and habits of that aniiui.l. Weil, Cap'n,' said Jed the Hoos:er, in reply to a remark- musti K,r ti. f. i i - tjj me iur liter, 'jest let me meet one of the varmints, and I'll show you how we m.-.m.ge with them sort of ctis omers in my o. unity.' JJat's it; go it.Massa Jesson,' sdd S.mi, in high glee at the propeet of some fun .when we cio-sed a trail. Old Ilardner made no re'ph-, but I saw f.r a moment a smile play about the corneis of his mouth, for he knew that single- handed Jed would stand but a poor chance for iiis life. Tune passed away, and the bear fight was nea.iy torgotten bu 0t us except the old trap-Wnrt-.n M-so'.ftd thai at the tlrst opportu nely Jed should have his wish to meet a grizzly in single combat, and see if his boasted prowess wi.s e.piai ;to the attectionate hugs of the bear. The opportunity was not long needed, for on morri'iicr. t h ..1.1 mm . r.i i r to "i uui wnn ins rifle to shjoot some game f.,r breakfast, leaving the rest of us to prenaie for t.ho -lu. .... -i. tt , , - a WIJt. was gone longer than usm.l, and we began to think that we should not have any breakfast that morning, when Irs dog, which we had never be fore known to leave him, came into camp look ing as dejected and frighteied as it was possible for him Vj look. Jed was engaged washing out his rifle, and I was casting balls, when the dog came in. Sam called my attention more partic ularly to the animal, when I saw that his side was torn and bleeding. Sam immediately pro posed starting for his master, thinking that he might need our help, for, as he remarked, 'Massa ap n wouldn't run from de debbil hissolt ' meat, especially bounding over a bush, without giving us a show of a chance. I could not help smiling at Sam, who was taken with a sudden lameuess, and lagged behind ; but a word from the captain, telling them that perhaps they had Uft the place where he had left them, brought him up at a small trot Jed's dogs, which had followed quietly in the rear, now commenced snuffing the ground, and emitting those sharp, angry growls which show that they scent the game, and that it is of a na ture not to be despised. 'At them, Growler-at them. -Tige T said Jed, to the dogs, who immediately bounded off on the scent, followed by Jed, with his rifle cocked in his hands, to be ready at a moment's notice. We followed at a short distance behind, with rifles also cocked, to help him in case he needed our assistance. The dogs had not been gone many minutes, when they commenced barking furiously, which was followed by the deep, thunder-like growling of the three bears in concert. It was to me a scene of awful respon sibility to be placed in, to have the life of a fel low being depending, perhaps, on the certainty of my aim, and I proposed to the captain that we should all go with Jed and share the danger with cim, and then if he were killed, we could not lay his death t our doors. But Jedswould uoi uear oi n ior a moment ' Go it, Massa Jesson,' said Sam, who had ta keu his station at the foot of a tree, for fear of .'accidents ; 4 gib 'em de debbil in tree wolumesJ The din became momentarily louder, and the captain and I were obliged to mount a tree in order to look over the tops of the chapparel. Presently we saw the two dogs on a little emi nence, backing from the enemy, which soon ap peared in the shape of an enormous bear. I had never seen one before in its wjld state, and I congratulated mj self on being in. the tree out of her reach. Jed had not yet seen her, and I watched for the effect the first sight of her would produce. He was standing in an opeu space about twenty rods in diameter, patiently awaiting her approach ; he had not long to wait, for in a few minutes his dogs came into the clearing, and the crackling of the bushes an nounced the approach of thebear. She came in, not through the chapparel, but over it at a bound of eight or ten feet from the earth. The manner of her tntrance supressed Jed, and for a moment he seemed paralyzed ; but soon recov- , eiing his self-possession, he gave her his fire ; she gave vent to one of those loud, deep, pro longed roars, ending like the whine of a dog, w hich the hunters of the west are well acquaint ed with. The old trapper was as cool as though he was seated by his camp fire. Not so with Sam ; at the first note of the roar, he scrambled ino the branches of his me with the agility of a monkey. SINGULAR STATISTICS. danger ws past, bravely took the lead, and knife in hand, advanced on the bear, which lay The populations of. the elobe is estimated at comparatively still. But he had miscalculated OO,000,00O. It i, also 6&timA ,unt . nnm the power still in ber limbs, for the moment the ber elual to the entire population of the d-IoKp f u: i : a. 1.-J 1 1 I PYlstlnrr nt n r,U1' U1 u' "iie loucaeu ner, sue sprang up, -a - -"j uu lime, passes' awav tlireft n ,i 1. I.. I : 1 1 A -. I t.imAO 111 aua.. . J uu uenny caugnt ujixj 111 ner emurace. as lu - wuiury. As the present nonula- r r was, as she struck at him with her paw, the blow took effect on his person, carrying away the whole seat of his elk-skiu breeches, severely scratching the portion of his body located in that region, and rolling him over and over on the earth to the distance of several feet 'Gorra m ghty !' said he, brisk y rubbing his affected region wiih both hands, and grimacing like an ape, 4 missy grizzly, dat was near enuf to be tought personal, and too near for comfort anyhow.' Jed stopped a momont to laugh at Sam's mis hap, and that moment was near being fatal to him : the bear leaner! ' - 1 " f' - 1 I llg Ullll when ott his guard, bore him to the earth, and in a few moments would have torn him to pieces was it not that telp was so near. Then it was thtt the old hunter gave evidence of the intre pidity and coolness that we have given him credit for, and which he ind-ed possessed; f, while I stood paralyzed with fear at the danger or jeu, he sprang at the bear which was tearin him, and, as she opened her m. uth to give him a mortal bite, Harder plunged" his eighteen inch hunting knife down her throat so fiercely .."that he could not withdraw it, and she let eo her uoiu oi the almost insensible Jed, took a few steps, and tell, the blood gushing from her mouth and nose. It was now my turn to have a dash at her ; so taking my revolver. I step ped to her side and discharged the six barrel-, into her head. She turned on her back, and uttering an almost human groan, expired. We now turned our attention to Jed, who had fainted in the excess of his pain ; but a few drops of braudy4 forced down his throat from the flask of Harder, soon brought him to himself. He opened his eyes and asked if she were gone. I told him she was dead, aud inquired if he was much injured. He said the principal wound was on his stomach. We tore off the remain b; hirt, and with it -dressed his wounds as well as possible. Harder now called to Sam, who had i ot ventured to approach the spot, and directed urn to go to the camp for two mules and some firm tf , 1. 1 f . v. n.c llR8 increased fiom a single f"" wieu uout sixty centuries ago, and half ot the present population might be taken from fair estimate of the average number who have been carried away during each ot the one hun dred and eighty periods, or.thijrds of centuries, during which the earth may hVe been inhabi ted; which would leave 8,100,000,000 for the whole number who had been on the earth. Allowing an average of the square feet for the burial of each per.-on, on the supposition that one half die in infancy, and they would cover 24,300,000,000 square feet of earth. Dividing this by 27,878,400, the number of square feet in a square mile, gives less tharr eight hundred and seventy two square miles, which would af ford sufficient room to bury, side by side al. who have been hurried in the dust of the earth all of whom would not suffice to cover the little State of Rhode Isand. ;0nt Witlkk mast thousands of restored invalid t. ' . L S 1 nl a An sF mn. J . i ' "esiflf. . Sji,jr anu pleasure, of delUi.., . . course. with the best society, and am lntr' tunilies of testing the doctrine of p P 6 pPr- The noblest .tudy of mankind j, When we consider the difficulty 0w ced by the traveling pnb'ic. in tj CXper'en reach this region of he ding wat.-rs efforts to 'imagine the increased popularity the 1 yj wuen me great Central railr,....) ed. There can be no reasonable d, .,.!.. ., v wo year, from this time, ,h nun,ber f " " wll be more than doubled bv il t must afford. iaciluies THE F. FLVER IN NORFOLK AN MOUTH. D P3IS. ora a correspondent writing to ' 't a most in. the P, eter,. WILLIAM D. COOKER tjS James a. waddell.m. d. f EDITORS. KALEIGH, AUGUST 18, 1855. Term TWO DOLLARS PER ASKUM, jn Advance . CLUB PRICES: 1 hree Copies, $5 full price, Eight Copies, 12 Tea Copies,. ......... 15 Twenty Copies, 20 (.Payment in all case in advance.) 1& Where a club of eie-ht. sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. the Southern Week v Post . $6, 16, 20, 40. burg Kijresi, we lean, tl stole or thin exNtsin Norfolk and ' " ' u uul re "ceptn.n. I iillP.s f . '"""l. acter is entirely suspended. The m- . r' the appearance of a Sabbath ' ' ent look as serious as if thev had I, st . , tive. reoidesiH-nk in l,iJ, . . ... ,. " "'Ma. Pliysici;,ns au.l ui.deitaker onlv .ta",,i?,,,,- buv. U Among ihose said to be ,i h,,r , , dying, we notice the names f ,!, , ', ' t"'l,or Mr. Naah.Ta,,n, Chief l GosportNnvy Yard, is d. ad. H(. ,. this city. ''I'din Dr. Ko. W. Silvester, one of our nent physicians is sa:d to be dyi g. uost emi- rust It Ul;iV -Another I'fuve to report says he is dead. I ti 1. Mr. Samuel R. Uo,,im. f.rm.r't hnrrr Iiqo V...A .1. i i -.6, i,rtu -ue uiatK Vomit, to be lyin(r. Mr.T G.Rn,uglt.,,,J,,,p0111-i man, and s.. of , r esteem.-d ,v I5 & v " ti "'""ri.t uie He ' i!.o,,uht e-.M . Hunter Wood i F., emcient Mayor, wl.ile actively " thy and Mr. H. P. DniTrnr-p i. nr .tV,,; .u. states ol Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee. " EDIT0RIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 10, 1855. We will this week vary our contribution, to the pages of the Po.-t, by seudinsr our readers. provisions, as it was afternoon, and we had not from lhis listant Pint, a few notes of our recent yet bieakfested. Sam disaoueared. witl, travel among these salubrious wilds of Wln A 1 1 "I.I I 'Goora, Massa Cap'n, poor Jesson's gone up dis time.' I entieated the old man to fire; his answer was ' All in good time, youngster; yuu have a better chance now to study the nature i f the wild Ke n r than roil ovAr 1 1 ! : . j - v.. ... gci njj?iiu ; improve nanus still on his wounds, and cur.dng the U,-.r with a hearty good wid. He was gone abou three hours; meantime, we had.wibl, our knives cut down some bushes, and firmed a Itter, which we strapped upon the backsofi he mules, and, after partaking of a lunch, in which Jed joined, we placed him on the l tter and started home. fn . . ine next d .y the Captain proposed liuuti, g out the cubs hich the old bear had probably 1 ft in her den, and -killing them. The pr. .por tion was strenuously objected to by Sam, who declared he had got enough of bear hunting ; and indeed, he was right, for the only position in which he could get any rest was lying flat on his face. At the renuest nfl.A ti. I i(. Jnd X iH . K of beurtit tavon before tb I -nt and sk nned. the Rear, whose h soon as we could get ready we started, follow- As ed lm Jress, GEN- WASHINGTON'S LAST VOTE. Every incident in the life of Washing is lull pt interest. Jliat p'am heroic magnitude by d's dogs, which he said had followed h ot mind which distinguished h o -- miutuer wa., oi a pantuer tor two days without inell iL evlHftil in oil I . . . I a- I . . ...ouyiis. I'ainotism mncninff.. We huntA,! nrntinl f - u. . I.Mii .. - i, ' Chasten ft bv sn..n,l J ... . . . u , aooui two D" icyiitu oy a ourst d""" uu caretui uuu,a nuoui meeting the old man when of lauirhter. which was eehorl l.v n thought, prompted all his Dublin i a . --t itu vijt r i - i - - . . - ,.uv, . iii im i ivu i'aiy& lu I ,r 1 1 ii iiiinoc i l i t ll u-- ' . " thorn Pr,mU ,1 J , .. . . r, fe- -.o .wu , uer uiajes;y inen warmly embra- . , 1 luc Btuuy guidance of turne 1. J ust then his doe, which al,o h, r maiiK no ir. iim hn i.4 1 . . .... -uuidi noonecan ea us, set up a joylul bark, and presently the have the shortct interv.evv with a truly great captain made his appearance. In aLer to Itr man without. hin.r mo,U .iki. .e 1 . . "anPr 10 our '"""'uibui nissuneri- enquiries as to whew h ha.i 1 the young general, who was onry abou even and a half years old, returninir him his j j 1 . . " woru, anu saia 'that sne pardoned the entire ar iy,oecause or tne devotion oftheir leader.' But ornv. f)f tn ,K.. ' .1. , . . " c".ue stated . .iu Uttve ln some iuai on leavinff t he ramn in 1 . i'norrt . . . . . ' .htitUnf l..v : . u.. 1 . r ,1,ug OQ D9t r " - fu.o gicater saiety, and to- avoid " ' 13 VJ 110 means true, wanaerta tarther than common from the cam 4ny new contention, it was decided that' a bou.l- Its l'P1":liiy to the character of Wa-h.nir- ing ground, in pursuit of gam, mt a P" .. . i." 1 .1 .. 1 1 1 a 3 .. tna ill nr 4ary should be established d in the anartmont etween the little boys and girls. From this ime there was no more quarrels, but, instead there was a treble racket and the Empros deemed delighted with this good-humored ton .s verined m the tollowmg interesting cir- bei.ifr ahead. Mve notie of -m.; l cumstanees rolah-H lw 0 . 1 .. , . u i.T. . .1 . .. unusual - "J " w.iccuuuueni or the "y oarsine and crow inir anH ik.t i . Charleston Courier : 0 lsu 7 , . . CaUU k , .v ,UU(JU U1I11 8nan r was poise. J Ido not want any one to scold them said She, 'for these poor children are so happy: l Pi.t J 1 1 ' 1 Vu tt nut cunuien aione whom the plift1 press, treated with so much kindness for :th pives 01 me interior r rencn officers pbjecta of her particular solicitude, the ladies her on Ne . 1 . . . . ITI. rVtt.A0. I . . III ! 1 . ' . "'ra auu - oiuosi uiucers or tne arm Vi Dreent, S;IVS th'S COrrpsnnnflmt Dinor-fnrinnsln at .... 1 J .1. 1 u ,U fi 1 ix- 1 ' I J ' 11U IWO Cllh ; when Genera! Waidmigton cave his bw, about, half . . . CUD ft-Arui,-A Ha AcA ih li.kn . . . Li ...... - . iuai 11 was r - A-em;er tot- aeu t&at n m tor th fJlmn Tk. ,1.1 v 1 - r ' "iu uunter, x countv wa I more Derseverinor hn.l j .1 . ' then over the market house, and immediately lair, about five miles distant fronting GM tavern. The entrance into it for us to capture them. If. ..,.. , ? ' was bv a flight, of . . . . .. -"wmuea oy say- were also 0 "'"V ""1" " me out--ide. "g mat 11 was a canital chan f..r ta , T 16 e eetion was nrrwr.oc.inn, 1 .1 . 1: c . -. vWIUiu(! r her particular solicitude. Among 11,6 e ec!,on wa3 prog.essing--stveral thouands his first experiment in grizzly huntin of this class who were present to f P610"8 '". tl,e co.urt We Ja,d and immedi- 4 Give it to 'em, Massa Jesson'' w-Year's day, was the wile of one of 1 at ne,gb'ring streets ; and 1 was standing on ,u punkins for de whole tree P said Sam ; per husband, who was employed in the cavalry pitnough having been in service thirtyyears, eu msiructea, and ot tned courase. had not. Gadsby's .-teps when the father of h at is counirv And you. ham. sni.l tv, r . drove ud. and immediat.lv ...n-l. .u. J. h fi.. i-u: 77 ',F'"', to punish j -i f lucvuuri muguiui; at Jed l . i , ... - " iauu oy io assist house steps ; and when w.thin a yard or two of M io case they should be too much for him them, I saw eijht or ten cood lontin hil Jl,ncn ..i t . , u,ra i . "6- t - " "icu, i iase to a tree to see th ret obtained any distinction, and at the-- Ce of different directions, certainly without the port.' fifty years, was only captain; whilst many, who ,6a8t c?nce' 8Pri.nf simultaneously, and place 4 te debbil, Massa Cap'n ' said Sam IV t uiemsetves in positions to uphold and support luf fr hear bait.' the steps should they fall in the general's ascent during this short conversation I had been in- of them. 1 was immediately at his back, and tently watching the countenance of JL and in that position . entered the court house with renounced him 'game ' to the back bon TT h,m--followi,ig in his wake through a dense tightened his belt, loosened his bowie-knife7n T l th Po- vote-returned sheath, to be prepared for cloj Touarte" . - 7 ' I J 1. possessea out a portion of the qualities display d by this brave man, had become funerals. with titles of counts, barons, maiors. Ac Th capto,n resembled a precious stone covered with dust-the stain of poverty had tarnished the hrilliancy of his qualities, and caused them to be forgoten. 1 However, this brave officer was married and nad two children j a young girl, ten years old i v. r wy, wuo was dui nine years old ; and he had only his pay with which to support h,3 At this period, the captain's regiment vith him to the outward crowd--heard him ""ineJ the priming gf his rifle. and pronou.'ced Cheered by more than two thousand persons as himself ready. Durin- our walk L r the nature of to Drofit hv tiiA . j vtjwiuuiiy onereu Dy new Yeart day, to present to the Empress a peti tion, m which, in respectful terms, she sta ted the neglect manifested towards her tus- VBUU. :-- The day of presenUtion arrived, and she c car- he entered his carrige--and saw his departure. ge him some instructions about Aiiere were nre nr bit conHviot. . u 1 i ih o.,,,i u. .uu,vTO on me uencn v "i",uai ue was goinor to meet, and ended b siting; and the General approached them, they saying that the first fire should be as mortal L uZL??mrlJi aD?the rS8ID,e' aS.aflesU WOund only made him ten un.,Ug uceu leburueu very gracetully, wmes more lerocious. .t.i!u 3 . . - , I .1.-. " . J "" ouiuonea at rans, and his young wife resolved " vjea.eral 'mediately cast his eyes towards Yes, Massa Jed,' says Sam cri it tn think it waa 8aiH ZnT U Tf to fotch ' v-ii. v cur i a. i intw a Vnti i c uHti i ri irevc mM l a i ?The i.ni , , ., -y ... ,... T "S -ooUl an nour, when ;d- unT , wea at tne candidates, em em. Tote f and said for men Md a. ZZZT? f.0' made a graceful bow and retired." vulwsa . captain ana we were near the place, and ad vised us to move more cautiously, and to keep a sharp look out into the dense chapparel which ately acted on by me, for I had no taste for bear sumirrer is out, ,or S shall be mistakeu.' Meantime the bear, brought to a halt bv the shot, seemed to be gathering strength "for a iresh attack. Jed had not been idle ; as soon as he saw the effect of his shot, he commenced it- . . loaning again and by the time the bear had re covered from the effect of his first shot he had another ready for her. It seemed that she had not yet seen Mm, tor she sprang at the do-;s, one ot which, Jeds favorite, Tige, she brained at one stroke of her paw; the other turned and ran a short distance, stopped, and looking back at his dead brother, howled piteous I v. 'Here ges to revenge ray dog !' said Jed. as he gave her the second shot. Again came that fearful roar, which seemed to make the very earth tremble beneath our feet Now,' said the old hunter, 4 she is fully arous ed and Jed had better run fur it.' '"- uii imenuon, tor throwing down his rifle, he drew his pistol, one of Colt's navy size, and klowly advanced to get within good pistol distance. At the last shot she had rolled on the ground, tearing at the shrubs with in her reach, and her own sides ih the wilderness of her fury ; but at his. advance she sprang up, and from the manner in which she moved, it appeared that t ne shot had taken effect in her --o- ; "-j paiuiuuy towards him jrwhen he commenced firing his revolver, every discharge of which took effect in her body, judging from her roaring. The doc now ventured to approach her, and she sorancr at mm ; out he managetLfor a time too keeD cl of her, thus diverting her attention from his master ; but at length, at one fierce bound fhe tore the skin from his back with her huge claws ana me dog ran howling towards the camp. Jed had now fired Ike last shot from his d5: tol, and had no titra to load ; therefore, he tnougut it the safest method to follow his dog. The bear sprang after Kim over the tops of the bushes, and it now seemed a race of life and death with him. The bear, somewhat disabled by her w ounds, could not run so fast as she would have done, but she gayied on him at every leap. He took the trail directly for our tree, and at times he could be seen as he darted across places less dense. 4 Now, then, Johnson aud Sam,' said the old man, as Jed had nearly reached us, closely fol lowed by the bear, 'take good aim, just after the fore-shoulder, and make every shot count,' The word came n-t too soon, for Jed was nearly out of breath with runidng. The captain began now to be a little excited. 4 There ! there P he shouted, when she comes up on that little hillock, give it to her all ti, at once.' t i , . 1 "IOUSni nfle to bear on the knoll, which Jed had just passed, and sprung for a tree as his last hope. She came in sight ; fire !' cried the captain, and simultaneously we lodged three ounces of lead - m her carcass. It brought her down, and she rolled about, roaring and growling in her agony. 6 Jed had safely reached the tree, but not sat sned with wht h. i.a a j . . . ; v v uuusi determined to finish her with his Bowie knife. Accordingly, after breathing for a few minutes, he descended from the tree, followed by us all to see the fin ishing .troke. Sam, now that he thought the llid 11- t-ui notne as a trophy of his first bear fight. It was -ometime ere he or Sam recovered from tlieir wounds. The summer pawed away wiih go d success, tha company was broken up and separated, and amid ihe bustle and excitement of a Californ a life, 1 had forgotten ihe circumstances which I here give you, when a few weeks ago, bein-r jn Sacramento I saw Sim or, the opposite side or the str.et, and called to him bv name. He did not recognise me, but when 1 mentioned th raicn ot tne bear, he instantly clapped h:s hand on the locality, as though he still felt it. I inquired for Jed, and he told me that he had gone Lome to his native stale wiih a small for tune ; that his last words were, tell ILmler Johnson, if you ever see them again, that I snail never forget mv firct ko- .i.. GLACIEES AND VOLCAWIYES Among the wonderful onerations ,.f these hold prominent posiiions, and strike the. mind with great force, ttnd avvak,n . yll A r . . . b" .eglcc o. aMonisnnient and adm ration v.i. nits way performs great duties. inea.,al,l f k: , . ' oC1,,g penormea in any other way. The volca- .10 nerves out, rrom the bowels of earth the hid. den treasures contained there, and whioh f, ung gone through the process of decomposi tion consequent upon exposure to exterior influ ,.uulC3 so largely to the benefit of lite. Virginia. We aie here on our letum from a Hying visit t the celebrated .White Sulphm Springs, where we spent oiie solitary day. con templating with interest and surp.ise the people and the place. Our journey to that point was in this wise : Leavmg Staunton at 3 P. M., on the cars of the great Central i ail road, we passed for about twelve mihs weajt.of that place throug;. one of the most beautiful and fertile par.s of the Val ley of Virginia, when reaching a g.-,p in the North M -uuuin, which bo undsie Valley i. the North west, we turned short to the South West, and passed along the elevated We-rn side of the ridge to ihe terminus ol the Central road, 18 miles from Staunton. Here, we found, oura-lves in la narrow secondary va ley, with higa parallef ridges on each side. Two lines of stages are here represented by numerous agents with numerous coaches, a ,d we proceeded in a long lab .ring file by one of those Uautiful trans parent s:reams which foam through the moun tain gorges. Early in the night, we began to approach that most awful pass in the mountain on the west, called Panther Gap, through which an angry torrent finds its way over innumerable cascades. Immediately before us the twohei.-hts which bound tl .o0 ,u pyramiaal sym metry to a grand elevation, and with a regu ar Uy of outline against the even W t-,. ui,,, ,i, , v- LI J C v utuug o. a cniel. 1 hey look much a-y we im ayn'ne. the nronrla nf V i " , ' ' -3jt'L'a" kuii ies appear l the present day to the eye of the traveler. mis romance pass is sev.ral miles in lenth, and such is the dene unbroken grow.h on "the sides cf the mour.t.ins that the appropriateness of the name is well sustained by the scenery, es pecially when viewed through the medium of a sombre twilight. One or two hours af;er leaving the Panther Gap the driver sto, ped the coach, and announ ced the Blowing Cave, one of the most wonder ful i f the many natural wonders rf this raoun tainous region. Ascending a &teep path on the right for some fifteen or twenty feet, the traveler is brought to a stand before an opening in the rock from which issues a strong current of M Jhe spot is awlul to th el!.r iri....f . i in the diseharo-e of l ,i. 1 . . , ,. "uu ""'"C'lnsroDttlie s-ckand lelievmg .heir W!m,.swatni, k 6 with the fever, ,nd ,,, 1o trut that his valuable Ii.-, Ili;iv h1 1 the commencement of the Epidemic t.. the-e ent he has been untiring in his effit n. to the. -erv pi.n(i f .1. : r . .. ' & o j -w.mr U wherever else duty called 1 infected di,trict, and l.'iii. DOWN WITH THE nwmv . The negroes ot New Yo.k and their wIlit9. ndia Ema,,cip,tion. the Ut Angt, U Island, .speak,,,. a, f e h'ng aKoumled I Judge Cuiv,r,Spk,.,,0 ,,,u,S(n . ot ,:egrodor:-,he t,. (m, ny kna;..acks and lunch, d. Af,e w,r,:s the noW nous Ga.r son pom,, f ,th , .rRycM. a,., ns hiiu uemmciatiou- to i ... nis adininng' 'he mfiiiite satisfaction of1 and ence. The l.,lloii, .i . conclusion of hi haiangue: "Ti , : . t. iueiu i no i n-on, tl erifre, I with it. Unjoins equal. M; il,.r, . ty, t Hereford there i- no Union, the liberty of the shae; let every oy ti e tx.ard I do not H.h'r. -I. . . ' J . insane men. W ,,.. , lie of r own. O i ! f. mi . . . inen wv -hall l,e a fr ii.r tree say Wn i- no i .jiiali First,.I want l hi, gelse po S 111 V . -1 f tf ilia o t' i in, fiey a,e ave a iioiiiie'D r.-j.ub- the jilt, le t;. mm. l,tJ' l e. ;,ii.l K;ie ll.n i.Jessu.gs ot Almghry (Jod heada s,.o,en d i'p,n our THE VALUE OF POLITENESS r. I in I r. of mi lioea re, who so oblirinj tMt 9)1 V t 1 lir, .111 II. ! "J IT Ml I 1-.. . The alacier. in it, , --e Supe,stit,ous, and , - .w., .uiu rtiMioes ir-! i, irco tn lo ine n pmni-v rt m n .1 ... arindinn dn, r.,;,u ... .. ----- v rt,s Ieca.i8 me table of .L.-L. " . ' l" ,LS P"aous power, that ancient poets, who a-siffned some ah WHICH WOlllfl sum t.-. A.f. -.1 Ti t . . " lu uely ay oilier Dower! IVjIUS Kinir of thA W;n,l I.:. -i- mnimiom. ti .. . ... ' 0 " umne retreat k.,,uwu Up Dy iurce and infln I -I.at t . . . Grand and imposing as the Alns mav be H, and " ... , ep"le' is no feature of them ,rtM ' , v . . A"1S P'ce isMtuat- .u: , ' ""'u'Hry man tne eastern base of the Warm Rnnn UVer wiiwu we parsed the next morn tnrT or . 1 ...6 Qulloc uy vav oi me most tortuous roads we ever traveled. The scenery in this ascent is crlorious. The and Rhinft m,.l..i . . ? .. . . " vl l" dl,eJ8 appears . uearoa a,)d jt lQ lne jn lhe morning sum lit- alonar their route, on Mthcrc;.. . . 1 ... ,. . ,v,,lluS sun, like " ' oiur. in r tin iiiiviqIj 1 au lnuenren i.nw vv e Wonderful indeed, too. is the ' '7""J'" 7 above th , ,. u""vu -ese . "u are pnvueffea to Dot Hon,., U .f I ,1 . , .. - " 111 ouu- -,u.. ui 00111 are almost m lunary things from an almost p-us;i .. a vIax A -A it I k X .1 . w giauce ai uie man n me western base of th e isnone. after having n-oti.. ered its treasures from t,e grinding of the gla ciers, on its side of the Alps, and acaifArin,r aA deposing the same along ito course, empties ilaa F mlrt KA Vrl. iwcil iiJi,u mo iueuiierranean. Tl. . -c 1 . . xue rrencn seem satisfied with their shar. en passant, and deem it i.n. . . ... , r-, u"tows7 toasK more Pi'-vi ience. R Is'ai'd a h'd sot'ite ix v . a s ago was he le-OlH-l Pil '-L Oiiru mm n-ght, .l,ly to s'u; p.', a lit r J gi, wiih ;, sp,wl of Hired which she w?,nt d. Tie incid-nt le came known, (Mr Rer ;is a ,,,., al the !.ime. .Hid the l.Mfl.n r . I 1 .1 1. his ;,ceom dating ..j.j.j t w sl)AWi tnl7 g affair, and in ihe g neial co. duct ..f his bus;nesS de. rved a od . n f . .i-toi.., , t,,. v g lVe" and 1 I ,c .1 him , ih, track , f I i r,b" p.-riiy' He sub-cnbvd the sum. of f ty ihou-an l , oilms towaids lound ng a hospi.nl f..r U,e j,lsanoiD XI...OUO through. he beueol. n, i uities of Mis'Dix. ip TtU- L W 1 LteouhOti 1 usi. ATEw from Ecropb. -The CuJard strainer arrived at ewYoik oii-ih is.h With tu'v1i- tne,r g.ac.ers. Here are these great grindstones at wotk, year m and year mending down these great upheavals, and furnishing an ample i ..c guano, which the rivers Rhone two rivers ! Th exactly opposite directions will show this. Th ciers, l.:l. ri 1 . -wi.us, tne ttn,e 1S very different,y treated xuicn. Alt Holland is W .K- A :. of the Rhine; and, not content with th.iTh. r?, UlCn 'termined that no por tion of the wealth of that river shall reach the sea. 00 iney aam f nd dik e Same mountain down whose sides wo are conveyed with exciting oiucuy, lies the celebrated Warm Si,rin lovely spot where nature has combined wiih its valuable sanitary provision of a delightful tem perate bath, the elevating influence of the most beautiful scenery. Five or six miles bevond is the newer but more celebrated Hot Spring blishment. frenuented bv laro-e nnmhf.ro e ; 1 j o vi in valids, and every year acquiring additional cele brity for its extraordinary virtues. Every varietv of bath can here be entoyed at almost any hour and it is pleasing to witness the improvement e it round, in nil Ai. experienced bv many of the affi'otA :: rections, and turn the whole of ita ri.h K-.:... Aftr nassiror thmuo-h a , , ' . , 1 , f nigs 1 r o & wnuerness of n e and pork, and cheese, and biitft. montkains. in about cabbages and schnapps; and for all these thev reach the White Sulphur Snrina. t 1.... J I l & -"v ieoi, ays ,a,er new fiom Knmm. She brings nothing UK ftom ,ju, Clj ,ie:l , The j.re-ence of a Polish n..m,t i inA.,r, ha raised the supposition that a olan i 01. foot tonauo.aliz, P an, 0, ce mT,. weaken RU8-ia. The M.rkeU U ,hi. Steamer were unchanged. TheSt.amer America vvitF, fi,-- ,l,A!,iu, intelligence from Europe. ,han th ahov n- .eived by the Lebanon, ha, n.. (r i,a war. By this -f a.i.er cotton had declined Imm a sixteenth to an eiarhtb. Kr,.l n.ff. ..n. chauired. Ammnt. . 1 1 , .. " -"-- vi,.v.ijji irgniy lavoranie. Thk Pknn a nt."- We have received tbe firrt U x. the Candm, I 'ennai.t." publish, d inthis utyby M.srs. Mdler and Kerb, and edited by R. II. Whisker, for the prop-ie:. It makes a m-8t app-arance, f,dy sustaining in this So., the expectations of the public in re-' gard to it. Ve w sh tlom much success in spreading far a. d w de it- f -Ids, and hope they may never hav ,auik. to haul down their flxg. Adams Express Co. Oui,r i fih.re iu making arrangements uki, ,1,,, R. A- G. Rail- road Company, our citizens are now deprived of the benfits of Adam'- Express line. Their contract having expir d. the offi e is here bio- Ken up, and w Wm -eaueni.lv wid h;iv io await the arrival of the A Ought notnafeirrh. as a si.-ter town, and highly inter.-sied in them comm. rciallv. aid brtsinouth and Noif dk in their present dis- trcS'-J condiiiou ? lira Hip.tflTr m l.t j l ... ..vv.v maeotea to the glaciers of the Alps. ere tnere no giaciers ,n the Alps, there would u uo noitand, no Dutchmeu-and consequent ly, no Holland Gin. A gentleman with w ith a red no? e is about town assuring his friends that he got it at the sea-board .uugn ii 1S strongly suspected that he has made a mistake of a single Word and intended to say sideboard. The discontented man finds no easy chair, , ... ..ucneu, ami most fa-h onaKl- of all these famous waters. Over eitrht hundred persons were there when we arrived, and coaches were constantly arriving with additional numbers, many of whom Were frmruAaA 1 , - j.mv. W leave for want of accommodation. W ),. neither time nor space to occupy with a descrip tion of this world-renowned spot '.' Nature and Art combined to tender it peculiarly attrac Ure, and the healing virtue of the waters has been established br the happy experience of SW If the cone-pondeut who sent us the communication sign, d " Montague" w ill furui-h us wuh his name, we wiil publish, it We would again . cay to ouroin Fpondents . that no conviiun:catibu will be ptiblished un less it is accompanied with a responsible name! A few evenings sin;-e, a widow, who wis known by the entire eongrea.ipn 'to be greatly in want of a husband, : was pravSiig with fervency-' Oh thou knovvejdawliarLTthe desire of my heart!" she exclaimed. 'lA-m-a-n I" responded a brother, in broad accent. Il ws wicked, but we are quite sure that several grave members smiled on the occasion. ;- j ' J. v , -. '. - ' - 1 ' ; ' 1 ' -7 ,;- " ' t- . " ' ' V' ' y , l jr;i ,-u.. lu,.
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