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VOLUME X. SANDEKSVILLE AND SPARTA, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1856. NUMBER 5. UM'RAL G hOliGIAN. . ..|y Miscellaneous Journal, PUBLISHED AT jDEBSfILLE AND SPARTA," £V E1’A Thursday morning, •jYSNST Pi c. PENDLETON; fcrms of this Paper. ADVANCE, - - - J‘A'00 ,„ E EXPinATIOX OF 3 MONTHS - 2.50 „ w :il consist of tell lines, But every vn’cnt will lie counted a square wheth- cnciics ton lines or not. V “ lines and muter tiventy-one ! over ion ,„ nn :ed two squares—all over twenty IdniiA'- thirty-one, three secures, &e. " TES OF ADVERTISING. VEK kc*u| 01- tW L1NKH -. c-i ()!.), and Fiftv cents for each ,.e mseriio* 1 i „irnt continuance. • ' I.,- -nts sent without a specif cation .UicK" ;„ <crt ; 011Si will be published i- year, ; -o'aietftUe by the year, ■ Q ecu J >ymy a ’ legal advertisements. ., i ..,„i Neirroos, t»y Adininistra- « LaDd ‘ JiaW are require first Tuesday in the weeirhe hours of 10 in the lorcupon “ Aa- ■ Is < 1! use m - - j ie proper 4 ”' 4 ii 01 tieout |.W to. >0 5 in me . c County in vrliicu :y i.i bitu- of these sales must he given in a- e Aiitte 40 days previous to the day of for the sale of personal property ’be fiveuinlike manner 10 days previous ,tt/'to the debtors ana creditors of all f eV.MbcVuf ma de to the ,ucc inai•-i’i , t sell Land or rt ot ‘o' Uvo montfc. SioastaEu'rs , i Administration, Guar- I V v • na-*ibe na'olished 30 days—lor ni2m from AAiuiuistration, ««iMfe «J tJu—irom disission irom Giuudiunship, -AO ,] e3 for foreclosure of Mortgage must be wiled monthly, f«r four month*—lot cs- shine loit papers, for ihe .tull ^ice of iw/iMf—for compelling titles from Ex-. , r3 or Administrators, where bond lias (mu by the deceased, the full space of i months. blicationfi will always be continued aecor- «these, the legal requirements, unless ordered, at the following K A T E S : ions or, letters of Administration, $2 7? Jo. Dhu.issoTyfro.m Admistration, 4 oO d0 ; do. Guardianship, « 00 e to sell Land or "EcgropS, nto Debtors arid Creditor?, d v} ■of personal property, ten days, 1 } •f Laud or Negroes by Executors, ^ “ 1 p T"' re > , ' ' } 1 50 a*, two weeks, .. , Yium advertising bis wile, (in -ad- ^ ^ jaln? candidates, 6 , 00 ires letters and cuts will be charged by titers on business must be Post paid to tie them to attention. S' We have adopted the above rates, from MilledrroviUe papers, by which we wiii be erued iiuiil cases. Advertisers are request- :: mv particular attention to these rates, fnev can makeout what will be.tlie cost of ir advertisements as well as we can ourselt. JOB JV O IS M , OF. ALL-KINDS, BONE WITH ITEAT2TESS, iND ON LIBERAL TERMS. |>!!Si)!fSS (L;irte, it pastes Carte* business Carte* CONFECTIONS. kabun & smith, nice things for little COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ! SAVANNAH, GA- S UCTI as Candies of various ports, Nuts of i rg^ENDER tlieir services to 'lie ditfereut kind.-:, fruits of all kinds to Georgia, in tlie sale of Cotton suit the seasons, cfctv Ac. Ac: Produce.—Having liad many y A T O f~\ tliAf ll.itfnl* tl l QlYlCfll VOC'ATI h ALSO SEGA PS., TOBACCO, ANI) SNUFF. Call and taste for yourselves. Mav 17 »55 F. M. ARNAU. iy WAMOCK & DAVIS Successors io Cubbeilge <£ Brother WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLERS AND » 'S',! TM et .i*IE SI S , NO. 15y, CONGRESS STREET, South-side Market Square, SAVANNAH, G-A. J. G. M IViaixocK. | M'm. E. Diva. May 24th, 1855: 16 tf Planters of and other _ _ ear» experi ence, they flatter themselves on being able to give satisfaction to their patrons. They Till not engage in speculation of any kind what ever. Orders for Bagging, Rope, and Family Supplies will he filled promptly and at the lowest market prices. j. w. raucx, of the lute firm UAiic.x £ whitehead W. II. SMITH, “• ‘ “ SMITH * LATHSOP. Savannah, June 24, 1854. 10-6m J. Id. WILLIAMS, formerly,of Knoxville, Term. COMMISSION merchant, AND DEALER IN Bacon, Lard, Corn, Oats, Wheat and Pro duce generally - , Johnson's Ware-house, Atlan ta, Ga. ' * £Sf Order a from a instance promptly at tended to Feb T—2oy DR. LAWRENCE. I 11AYE moved my ollice to the building occupied as a drug store by Messrs. GRAYB1LL <fc HARWELL, where. 1 shall always he prepared to attend professional calls. " M. J. LAWRENCE, M. D. Jan. loth, 1855. 2-tf DR. R. B. NISBET O FFERS his services to the people of Put nam, in the practice of Medicine and Surgery. Can always be found at li is office— at the “old* stand of Brailliani, Lawrence & Adams—or fit his house (thf late residence of Dr. K. Adams,) unlcssprofessionraly engaged. Jan. 20th, 1855. S-tf HARDWICK '& COOKE RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND Commission Merdmnts. Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. R. s'. HARDWICK, J. G. COO RE. January 1, 1855 2 ly DR. BRANHAM. A T the earnest request of many of my, oid Friends and patrons 1 have determin ed to remain in Eatonton and continue the -Prac tice of Medicine. I olfer my services to the citi zens of i.aloidouutnd Putnam county, and mil flitend firtif’fully to liiy Profession. 1 will give special attention to obstetrical eases, irirct tiie, diseases of women and children. Having had many years experience in the practice, I hope to get my share of patronage. My' otftc-e is in the house occupied by Win. A. lteid, Esq., as a law”office. Calls, left there, or at my resi dence will he attended to. - . .. JOEL BRANHAM. 13th, 1355. ' . 2-c-tf Franklin <§b Brantly, FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, SAVANNAH, GA. June Gtli, 1818. I—1 J LONG & COBB, W 1 BRUiISWIGS, GA, ILL give their attention to the practice of law in (he counties of Chatham, Liberty, Mein tosh, Gly..n, Wavne and Camden, of the Fasten Circuit; Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Chariton rud Appling of the Southern circuit and also Nassau Duval, and St. John’s counties Florida. Thos.'T. Long. 1 Tuoa. W. Cobb May 1854 ‘ tf Medical. . T he undea signed will continue to practice medicine in ali its branches, and respect fully offers his services to the citizen* of SslidersviHe and Wsshiurton eouutv. Ilia of fice ie on the corner in the ucw budding re cently put up by Mesers. J. T. Youngblood & Co“.,' where he may a!wave be found whan not professional} - engaged. A, A. CULLENS. Jun. 24 58 oy SAMUEL PALMER & SON, Istipatriers and JDealers l»* FILES, CUTLERY,' BLACKSMITH AND all other Meehanie’s Tools, Agricultural Implements, etc. etc., Savannah, Ga-, Keep constantly on hand, a Aiil aasortnaant of Planter’s, Builder's and House-keeper's goods; all of which, are offered at price* unusu ally low. ^ , ifqsrGoods for.the interior packed with care, and shipped witli dispatch. Orders respectfully solicited. Oct. 17, 1855 .; 37 tf DE. AVILLTAM L. .JEENIGAN- n AVING -. permapoMtly loiated himself at Davlsbdrongh respectfully offew hisqiro- .Sfashtess Carte, .it. S. B. . JONES. ATTORNEY AT LA TF, Sandersville Ga. June 21^1855. 20—tf ilURSH & GIEMRD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 175 Bay Street, SAYAXNAII, GA. P RACTICE in Wilkinson county, and the courts of the Eastern mid Middle Circuits, ind the Courts of the United States and Su preme Coprt of Georgia. Mclfohd Mausii. | May 31st,’55. John M.' Gbeiiard. 17—ly CAIN & LEWIS *■ A>teenies at Lena—Sparta, Georgia W ILL practice in ell the counties of the N- rtiiern Circuit—end also in Washing ton, Jefferson and Baldwin ecunties. Office over T. T. Windsor’s -Store, first door to the right. E. CAIN, 1 D. W. J.EWIS. March 15 M liOCNTY RAND. , • T HE Subscriber is preps red £o-procnre Extra Land Warrants for all those entitled by the last act of Congress. J. B. JI AVNE. Waynesboro,"Ga., Mby 31st, \55i 17—-tf A. J k T. M r . MILLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW A U GUST A, GA. May Sljst, ’55. 17—1J ffiuihUpjsia ■totoswmwsh*. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, IVayueaboro, Ga. Raferto A. J. A T. W. Miller, Augusta, Georgia T. ». MiLLen, ( Gso. A. Mkmbxli- May tie*, ’85. IT—ly DAVID j. ALEXANDER* ATTORNEY AT LAW, Louisville; Ga. r WILL Practice in all tlie Court* of tip* Mid dle Circuit, and will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to his cafe. May 81st, 1855. 17—ly HIEdT PI2HS0N/& GO. “ M\NUEACTURERS AND DEALERS IN READY-MADE CLOTHING. Have on hand a large and well selected stock of F A L L AND WINTER CLOTHING, which J they oiler for sale' on ACCOMMODATING.TERMS, at whole sale and retail. No. 101,'Bryan; and 138; Si Julienst. rannech,, Ga Oct. 17. 18' 37 tf- fcMonai services to the citizen of the Town and county, apr 4 tf DAVIS & WALKER. EATONTON, GA. D EALERS' ill Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars, Snutl Shoes, Hats, Drugs, Patent Med icines, Hard Hollow and Wood ware, Cutler} - , Powder and Shot, - Candles, Soaps, Crockery, Fine Liquors and II ines, and various othei ai- *i oall and examine brdforo purchasing elsewhere. Bargain, euu be had. April 13,183-1. ' ' '' CHAFFER AND CO. . VhitaLer Street, Savannah Ga, 10LESALE, and RETAIL DEALERS Pf,iuds, Doors, Mouldings, Ac. aints. oils Varnishes, Glass, Brushes, Bronze. Ac. Also 25 different kinds ■1-- f w.i e-J.fer. upw«r»la^ Builders and « aidwell t<> give ns a can wsaot d.-M-wlicre. “The nimble sixpence llluiLD. . . . ' • OV HOUSE PUNTING, In Us Various It rant lies, F.YUri'TIlD PROMPTLY, AND ; "" ITII EESPATCII. a HAVING y number of hands in eonnec- tion with me. l am prepared-to do .jobs not only in. Putman but in iheaidjoiniiig co in- ties.' Auv eotiimniiieatfon Hroul abroad will reach me through the Post Otfi<:e hei.e. 1 am idso'prepareJ to exo^afe papering ■with tieRt- ness. mid on good terms. April, IS, 1854. JEFFERSON WRIGHT. a PALMES, BSTBR a 1VII0L1NALE DEALERS IN— at 3 Q CBM'S E S 5 ' essors to A. WELiES & CD.-, r Till: OLD STAND, NO. 19&. Wm&MM SAVANNAH, GA. IfEtJSTEB. | CEO. F. PALMES :-cr 17. 1855 37 tf bem & -losim jp *‘1 c to n s COMMISSION klERCHANTS, SAVANNAH, GA. O UR promptness and personal attention to all business entrusted to our charge, Ua%- ing met witii approval, we beg. leave respeet- fuTlv to s-av, orir 'office is eoutmued at the old suaid. Plantation and.lamily supplies tor- warded at the lowest market prices, and lib- er;d advances made, on Produce in Store, or | upon Railroad Receipts. ^ ^ BEIIN . JOHN FOSTER. 34—ly Hesperian Harp. for sale bv J.. W. STANFORD of Sparta; ' J. T. YOUNGBLOOD & Co., Smiders- viile- TU. A. I1AYLE8 AUo., Louisville; and j x o'. M. COOPER & Co., Savannah. June 28, 1855 BEDDING HOUSE, JHacoii, Ga. T nE Subscriber (late Proprietor of tlie Washington Hall) having leased the well known Hotel (Floyd House) for a term of (-ears—the House will be known lnSreafter by the name of Redding House, where he will he i-nppy to meet his old customers of the IV asli- ingtou Hall -and the Public generally, and pledges himself to spare no pains to make Ins guests comfortable. He lias fitted up large comfortable and convenient Rooms for Ladies on first floor, near the private entrance and 1 ar- lor This .House is nearest to the Depot. ' II. P. REDDING, Proprietor, B. F. Dense, Superintendent, Aug 21b 1S55 o>’ J, B. HAYXE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Waynesboro’ Burke County, Ga- PRACTICKS in Burke, Striven, Jefferson, Washington, Bnllo sT, Emanuel, Ti.tnall and Montgomery counties. . May 31st,’5.'. “ ' 17—tf A HEW S0HG. BY GEORGE P. MORRIS. Thank God for pleasant weather 1 Chant it merry rills ! And clap your hands together, Ye exulting hills! Thank Him teeming valley 1 Thank Him fruitful plain I For the golden sunshine, And the silver rain. Thank God of Good the Giver 1 Shoot it sportive breeze! Respond, oh tuneful river 1 To the nodding trees. Thank Him, bud and birdling 1 ' As ye grow and sing 1 Mingle in thanksgiving Every living thing 1 Thank God with cheerful spirit, In -a glow of love, - ■■ » For what we here inherit, And our hopes above U— Universal Nature Revels in her birth, When God,‘in pleasant weather, Smiles upon tlie earth! i Battle with Grizzly Btais. The following adventure with drizzly bears is from a work by Ca.pt. Mayuc Reid, entitled lie Hunter’s Feast,” just published by Messrs. Dewitt li Davenport. The captain had’been traveling with a strange party—“scalp hunters”—in mountains near Santa Ic, -wlicn they were overtaken by a sudden and heavy fall of snow that render ed further progress impossible. The “canon,” a deep valley in which they had encamped, wa^ difficult to get*through at any time, but now the path, on account of the deep soft snow, was -rendered infpassable. When morning broke - , -they found > lins, and make" and whence was their next morsel a wheen o’ these sa.pl tocome? At hng* intervals, “Ay a fire.over him!” derail Dios dd mi alma l" were; The--hint was instantly followed, heard only in low murmurs, as some and in a few minutes a dozen pie- *in the £r.f.rs ATTORNIES AT LA IF Sandcrsvilie Georgia. B. D. EVANS 1 R. P. HARMAN. May 1-7, 1,855. tf ATTORNEY AT LAW, Sandcrsvilie Georgia feb. 17. 1853. *—■b Mudicai. rr'IIE uncleriigrigil having penriiiriciitlv loea 1 ted in San'tersviiie, would re.spBCtlully otlo- tothe citizens of the Town and the inhabitants of the surrounding country, his Professional services' in the firuetiee-of Medicine and surgery- His office is in the new building occupied by J- p . ^ SR" — y * u ' re ke^ may be *■ August lfitli 1855. 1 >car- Tuawton singletonT Attorney at Law, SYLVABIAi G A- R. L. PRESCOTT. ATTORNEY ATLAW Syl.va.nia, Scriven Co., Georgia WILL give 1'5b whole attention te tb* pra- tiee of Law in all its branches. July 12, 1853. ,. 24 ~ 6m p. c. ARRINGTON attorney at law. Sj ou isv tile, G a. Ravnniieh, Seytf. 27,185 IK A ;dextI IV HIGH T, DENTIST, -^^riLL practice in the co arts of_Scr even, B«l- EATONTON, GA. i354. S. DLSENBEPiltY, 'dshionable Tailor. warrant to please all who wish the latest style ot dress. Shop up stairs, ’. D. Pearson’s store. 1 18, 1854. tf ? .2 Sj Ij I£ S Eh> s Neatly Executed at this DANA & WASMBLRN. SUCCESSORS TO WASTTBUR Y WILDER & CO. - Factors "and Cornraission Mer- . ekants. Savansitili Geo. J osei’H Washbuus, ( Special J OHS p- Wn-BEii, j Pattner Eras. G. Daxa, . I General 11. K. Wasaburs, T Partners WILL continue the above business at, il l Bav Street East of the Exchange. Orders tor B vuoixg Korn and other supplies filled prompt ly at lowest cash prices. August 2nd 1855. hm lock', Effingham, Burke, Jefferson and Washington. „ r Nov. 1st, 1855, mTVwTpool, Surgeon Dentist, LOUISVILLE, GA. -STT1LL practice in the following counties . Lawrence. Emanuel, Burke, Jertetson, SAMUEL FIELD ATTORNEY' AT •_ LAW, Sandcrsvilie. Ga. oct.. 1 1854 tf E. GUMMING. attorney at law Inc in ton Geo. Nov. 21, 43 — tf DAVID G. WILDS, Attorney tit law, Spa 1 ta Georgia. WILL practice in the counties of Hancock Washington, Warren, and Baldwin. , vgs’l’rompt. utteutioa paid to the collection of debts, &c. Jan 17 - ov Hancock, and Washington. Nov. Z9, 1855 43 ly To My Friends in Eatonton and Yieinity. H AVING sold out my entire interest in_h- praetico of Medicine to ® r - • ; ' I bet, 1 can most cordially recommen , the public as a safe, prudent, and sk lful 1 lJiysieian; To those who may be inti L ; by'me, 1 will state, that my- services can be 1 had in conj action with his, at auv time,tie^. o extra charge. ROBERT ADAMb. Jan. 20,1854. *"« MEDICAL NOTICE. _ T HF. undersigned respectfully tenders his Professional services to the citizens of me countli B of Washington and Hancock. Office ■at the house of W. B. Hall-, Esq. A. G. CARSWELL, M. I*. Halls r*< Roads June 14 1855 tlJ SAVANNAH, GEORGIA PROPRIETOR. k October, It, 1&K5 HORRY & CABSWE'LL, A TTORNIES AT'LA W, Sylrania, Striven County, Ga. Will practice.ix the Middle Circuit. May 24 1855. tf THOMAS C. AUDAS. attorney at law Sparta Georgia October, 4. 36—tf hemselves fai copy: v * Abo'v.c and below the Valle*}' was choked with V-iow five fathoms deep. - Vast.ftesures—barrancas \\etc .filled with the.drift; and it was per ilous to attempt penetrating in eitli-' er direction. Two men had already disappeared. . * • ~ ' On each side of our camp rose the wafts of the c.lnon, almost ver tical, to the height of a -hundred feet. These we might have-climbed had the weather been -soft, for the rock was a trap formation, and of fered numerous seams and ledges but now there was a coating of ice afid snow upon them that, rendered the ascent impossible. The ground had been frozen hard before the storm came on, although it was now feezing no longer, and the snow would not bear our weight. All our efforts to get out of the valley proved idle 5 ‘and we gave them over, yielding ourselves, in a kind of reckless despair, to wait for—we scarce knew what. For three days we sat shivering around the fires, now and then cas- MNft 4- peaw-is&a 'grey for an answer, mottled witn Hakes slanting earthward, for it still continued to scow. Not a bright spot cheered the aching eye. The little-platform on which we rested—a piece of two or three acres—was still free from the snow drift, on account of its exposure 10* the wind. Straggling pines, stun ted and leafless, grew .oyer its sur face, in all about fifty or sixty trees. From these we obtained our fires; buf what were fires when we had not meat to cook upon them.* We were how m the third day without food! Without • food, though not absolutely without eat ing. The men had bolted tlieir gun covers, and the cat-skin flaps oftlieir bullet pouches, and were now seen—the last shift but one- stripping theparfleche from the soles of their mocc sins! . . The women, wrapped in their- tilmas, nestled closely in , l ^ ( p eil \‘ brace of -father, brother, husband and lover ; for all these affections were present.- The last string o tosajo, hitherto economized for their sake, had been parceled out to them M. k R, M. JOHNSTON. ATTORNIES AT LAW, Sparta Georgia. WILL practice in Hancock and the ad- , saK e, pan Deeu jin the morning. That was go e* colder blast swept down the canon. In the face of those beautiful crea tures might be read that uncom plaining patience—that high endu rance—so characteristic of the Ilis- pajna-Mexican women. Even the stern men around them bore up with less fortitude. Rude oaths were uttered from time to time, and teeth ground together with that strange, wild look that heralds insanity. Once or twice I fancied I Observed a look of still stranger, still, wilder expression, whenthe black ring forms around the eye, when the muscles twitch and quiver along gaunt famished jaws—when men gaze guilty-like at each other. O God ! it was fearful! The half-robber discipline, volun tary at tlie best, had vanished un der the leveling-rod of a common suffering, and 1 trembled to think— “It clans a little, out tharawa!” . It waff the voice of the trapper, Gnrcv, who had riseii and stood pointing towards the eqst. In an instant we were all . upon our. feet, looking in the direction indicated. Sure enough, there was a break in the lead-colored sky—a yellowish streak, that widened out as wc continued gazing—the flakes fell lighter and thinner, and in two hours more it had ceased snowing altogether. Half-a-dozen of us, shouldering our rifles, struck down the valley. Wc would make one more attempt to trample a road through the drift. It was’a vain one. The snow was over our heads, and after struggling for two'hours, we had not gained over two hundred yards. Here we caught a glimpse of what lay Re.fore ill As far ns the eye coulJ reach'k. rested upon tlie same im passible masses. Despair and hun ger paralyzed cur exertions, and dropping off, one by one, we re turned tp the camp. We fell down around the fires in sullen -silence. Garey continued 'pacing Rack and forth, now g’.m- t'.ng up the sky. and at times kneel ing down and ' running his hand ever the surface of The snojv. At length he approached ihe tire, and iii his slow, drawling' manner, re marked: "* .g . * “It’s a gwineto friz, I reck in.” “Well! and if it does?” .asked one of his comrades, without caring for an answer to the question. “ Wal,” air iv it does,” repeated the trapper, “we’ll walk ou; ot this hyarjug afore sun-up, and upon a good hard trail,* too.” The expression of eyery face was charged, fas if by magic. Several leaped to'tneir feet. Godh, the Ca ll dian, skilled in snow-craft, ran to a bank, arid drawing his hand along the combing, shouted back— C'est vrai; il gele; ii yele;— (“That is true ;• it freezes 1” A cold wind soon after set in, and, cheered by the brightening prospeeft we began to think of tlie tires, that daring our late hours of repkless indifference, had been al most suffered to burn out. Tlie Delew ares-, seizing their tomahawks, commenced hacking at the pines, whilst others dragged forward the fallen trees, iopping off their branch es with the keen scalpiog-knile. attracted our attention, and, looking j around, we perceived one of the 1 Indians drop suddenly upon his knees, striking the ground with his hatchet, “What is it ? .vliat is it ?”. shout ed se veral voices, in as many lan guages. “Yam-yam ! Yam-yam/” replied the Indian, still digging* at the fro zen ground “The Injun’s right; it’s man-root / said Garey, picking up some leaves which the Deleware had chopped off. I recognized a plant well known to the. mountain man—a rare but wo iderful convolvulus, the Iponea Uptophylla. The name of “man- root’ 1 is given to it by tlie hunters,- from the similarity of its root in shape, and sbmetiines in size, to the body of a man. It is esculent, and serves to sustain human, life. In an instant, half a dozen men were upon their knees, chipping and'hacking the hard clay, but their hatchets dinted off as from the surface of a rock. ces of pine were pil<?d upon the spot, and set on fire. We stood uiround tlie burning branches with eager anticipation. Shoald the root prove a “full- (.ro.vn man,” it would make a sup per for our whole part} ; and with the cheering idea of supper, jokes were ventured upon—the first we had heard for some time—the hun ters, tickled with the novelty of unearthing the “old man” ready roasted, and speculating whether he would prove a “fat old boss.” A hollow crack sounded from above, like the breaking of a dead tree. AUc locked up. A large ob ject—an animal—-was whirling out ward and downward from a ledge In an instant- it struck tlie earth, headforemost, with a loud “bump,” and bounding to tlie height of sev eral feet, came back with a somer sault on his legs, and - stood firmly. An involuntary “hurrah !” broke fr6m the hunters, who all recognis ed, at a glance, the-“Carnero Cim- maron,” or “bighorn.” He, had cleared the precipice at two leaps, lighting each time on his huge crcs- cent-shaped horns. For a moment, both parties— hunters and game—seemed equal ly taken by surprise, and stood eye ing each other in mute wonder. I* was bnt for a moment. The made a rush for their rifles, and tha animal recovering .from his trance ‘of astonishment, tossed hack his horns, and bounded Across the plat form. In a dozen springs he had reached the selvidge of the snow, and plunged into its yielding bank ; Hut at the same instftnt, several ri- (Iob orackoil, and tKc wlute ■wreath was crimsoned behind him. .JLe still kept on, I10 /ever, leaping and breaking through the drift. AYe struck into his track, and fol lowed with the eagerness of hungry y/dives. AYe could tell by the nu merous gouts that he was shedding his life-blood, and about fifty paces farther on we found him dead. shout apprised our compan ions of our success, and we had commenced dragging back tlie prize, w’mn -wild cries reached us from the platform—the yells of the men. the .screams of' women, mingled with oaths and exclamations of ter- '- ter! AYe ran onto the entrance of the track. On reaching it a sight wae before us that caused the stoutest heart to tremble. Hunters, In dians and women were running to and fro in frantic contusion, utter ing their varied -cries.. AYe knew our enemy at a glance—the dread ed monsters of the mountains—the ’grizzly bears! There were five of them—five in sight—there might be others in the background. Five were enough to .destroy our whole party, caged as we were, and weak ened by latnine. They had reached the cliff in chase of the Cimmacon, and hunger mid disappointment were visible on tlieir horrid aspects. Two of them had already crawled close to the scarp, and were pawing over and snuffing the air as if searching ^for place to descend. The otner prnp jffarprLtbffiflselvas cm, Jildr with dieir fore-arms in a human-like and comical-pantomime! AY e were'in no condition to rel ish this amusement. Every man hastened to arm himself, those who had emptied their rifles hurriedly re-loadiug them. - * “For your life, don’t 1” cried Ga rey, catching at the gun of one of the hunters. t The caution came too late; naif a dozen bullets were already whis tling upwards. ; The effect was just what the trap per anticipated. The bears, mad dened by the bullets, which had "banned them no more than the pricking of as many pins, dropped to their all-fours again, and with fierce growls, commenced descend ing the cliff. The .scene of confusion was now at its height. Several of the men, less brave than their comrades, ran off to hide themselves in the-snow, while others commenced climing the low pine trees. . “Cache the gals!” cried Garey. ‘Hyar. ye darnedSpanish.greasers! e surface of a rock. _ ^ - p' yer wont flght, hook on to the down 1 weeman a wheen ofyer.^d ta* I Lb l'