The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-12 00:00:00

BUFFALO HUNT.
Mobs. -Chardon " tossed the feather' (a: custem
i always observed, to try the course of the wind), and
we commenced "stripping," as it is termed (i. e. every
man strips himself and his horse of every extraneous
and unnecessary appendage of dress, &c., t might
be an ineumbrance he running) ; hats are laid off,
and coats—and bullet pouches ; sleeves are rolled
up, a handkerchief tied lightly around the head, and
another round the waist—cartridges are prepared
and placed in the waistcoat pocket, or a half dozen
bullets " throwed into the mouth," &c., &c.; all of which
takes up some ten or fifteen minutes, and is not, in
appearance or in effect, unlike a council of war. Oar
leader lays the whole plan of the chase,eand prelimi-
naries all fixed, guns charged, and ramrods in our
hands, we mount and start for the onset. The horses
are all trained for this business, and seem to enter
into it with as much enthusiasm, and with as restless
a spirit as the riders themselves. * * We carefully
and silently marched, until within some forty or fifty
rods ; when the herd, discovering us, wheeled and
laid their course in a m see. At this instant we started!
(and all must start, for no one could check the fury
of those steeds at that moment of excitement), and
away all sailed, and over the prairie flew in a cloud
of dust which was raised by their trampling hoofs.
McKenzie was foremost in the throng, and sson dashed
off amidst the dust and was out of sight—he was
after the fattest and the faste:t. I had discovered
a huge bull whose shoulders towered above the whole
band, and I picked my way through the crowd to
get alongside of him. I went not for meat," but for
a trophy—l wanted his head and horns. I dashed
along through the thundering mass, as they swept
away over the plain, scarcely able to tell whether I
was on a buffalo's back or my horse—hit and hooked,
and jostled about, till at length I found myself
alongside of my grane, when I gave him a shot, as I
passed him. I saw guns flash in several dliections
about me, but I head them not. * * I turned my
eyes in the direction where the herd had gone, and
our companions in pursui', and nothing could be seen
of them, nor indication, except the cloud of dust
which they left behind them. At a little distance
on the right, however, I beheld my huge victim en-
deavouring to make as much headway as he possibly
could, from this dangerous ground, upon three legs.
I galloped off to him, and at my approach he wheeled
around—and bristled up for battle ; he seemed to
know perfectly welt that he could not escape from
me, and resolved to meet his enemy and death as
bravely as possible. I found that my shot had entered
him a little too far forward, breaking one of his shoul-
ders, and lodging in his breast, and from his very great
weight it was impossible for him to make much advance
upon me. As I rode up within a few paces of him, he
would bristle up with fury enough in his looks alone,
almost to annihilate me ; and making one lunge at me,
would fall upon his neck and nose, so that I found the
sagacity of my horse alone enough to keep me out of
reach of danger ; and I drew from my pocket my
sketch-book, laid my gun across my lap, and commenced
taking his likeness. He stood stiffened up, and swelling
with awful vengeance, which was sublime for a picture,
but which he could net vent upon me. I rode around
him and sketched him in numerous attitudes, some-
times be would lie down, and I would then sketch him ;
then throw my cap at him, and rousing him Oil his legs,
rally a new expression, and sketch him again."—Catlin's
America.

The Siecle says :—" The examination in the
Council of Ministers of the Budget of the Navy, to see
whether it can be reduced, has led to a thorough schism
in the Council. On one side are Messrs. Guizot, Duchatel,
and Martin ; on the other are Marshal Soult, Admiral
Duperre, M. Testy, and M. Canin Gridaine. The two
parties stand aloof alike from M. Humana, who, they
say, has spoiled everything by the unskilfulness of his
financial combinations. The proposition of relieving the
Budget of the Navy, which is of 125 millions, to the ex-
tent of 63 millions, was made by M. Guizot. The Mi-
nister of Finances having stated that, in order to esta-
blish an equilibrium between the receipts and the expen-
diture in 1843, a reduction of 90 millions must be made
in the army and navy, Marshal Soult declared that he
could not consent to retrench more than 25 millions
on the budget of his department. M. Guizot then ob-
served, that England was governed by a Ministry friendly
to France, that the Convention of July 13 removed all
danger of a conflict in the Mediterranean, and that the
fleet could be of no use in maintaining order in the in-
terior. He concluded, therefore, by proposing that the
reductions should fall principally upon the navy. Ad-
miral Duperre threatened to withdraw if this proposition
should be acted upon, and in this state the question re-
mained for some days. In the interval previous to the
next Council a resolution was adopted to reduce the naval
budget to the extent of only 36 millions ; but the Court
being informed of the sensation produced by this
proposed reduction, which had been communicated by
the Minister of Marine to the heads of the service, in
order that he might concert with them the mode of re-
duction ; and, it being found impossible to impose
silence upon the remonstrances of the navy, and fly in
the face of public opinion, while, at the same time, it
was desirable not to have the air of giving way to the
opposition, the Debats was desired to commence a dis-
cussion with the English press on the question of dis-
arming the fleet, and the Paris Correspondents of the
London Journals were, at the same time, invited to say
that the King was personally opposed to disarmament."
We give the above rather as a specimen of the off-hand
way in which reasons are assigned for events, than as
attaching much credit to the account.
THE EDITORS STIIATAQEM.—We believe it is
not true, as has been stated, that Mr. Hook was the editor
of the John Bull from its commencement. He was, in
conjunction with Mr. Croker, of the Admiralty, one of
its earliest contributors, but it was not until some time
afterwards that its sole management was intrusted to his
care. He in some measure changed its character, greatly
retrenching its personalities, and was more anxious to
r ender it remarkable for quiet and inoffensive humour
th an to sustain its reputation for keen satire and scanda-
lous stories. With all his circumspection, however, he
was sometimes involved in awkward positions by the re-
sporrsibilities of editorship, by which he contrived to
escape with his accustomed tact, often making the mode
of his deliverance serve as an admirable jest. On one
occasion a thin-skinned gentleman, who conceived his
conduct had been commented on with too much freedom,
called at the Bull office, and inquired for the editor.
The publisher, guessing his errand from the fierceness
of his demeanor, and the stout horsewhip he held in his
ha nd, informed the choleric gentleman that the editor
was not then at the office, but might probably be seen at
twelve o'clock the next day. Punctually at the ap-
pointed hour, the gentleman, horsewhip in hand, arrived,
arid was shown up stairs into an empty room. After
waiting some minutes in anxious suspense, the door
slowly opened, and a fine young fellow, of Herculean
proportions, entered the room in his shirt sleeves. The
Lsourage of the visitor at once sank below zero at such
a.O unexpected apparition, and he civilly inquired of the
young giant before him if he was the editor? " Bedad,
I a;n the edithur," was the reply in a strong Irish accent,
"• as your service." "Impossible!" said the gentleman,
t rembling in every limb as he saw the fellow coolly tuck
t en leis shirt sleeves, display arms that would have felled
in or without difficulty, and then spit in leis hands as he
i.ilenchod them, and placed himself in a fighting attitude,
"Impossible! you can't be the editor." But the reply
wsts still the same, " Faith ! I am the edithur, at your
sa rvice," the last word being delivered very significantly.
The visitor, utterly panic-struck, retreated towards the
do or as the " edithur" advanvd, then abandoned his
ho rsewhip, and rushed precipitately out of the house,
leaving Hook, who had been a witness to the scene, in a
closet of the room, half suffocated with laughter at the
,sac iess of his stratagem.
The Droit says, that the object of: the search
at the office of the Journal du Peuple was the seizure of
the reform petitions and other papers belonging to the
form Committee. The subjoined particulars of the
set Tell are from the France :—" At 5 yesterday morning
a c ximinissary of police, accompanied by a number of
assi sta.nts, entered the dwelling of M. Dupoty, responsible
edit or of the Journal du Peuple. A warrant issued by
Bar on Paiquier, dated the 6th, was shown to M. Dupoty,
and 'siatifi.ed that he ivas celled upon .to answer certain
incalpations'alleged against him. RS. Dupoty was ins-
rnedi ately taken to the offices and press of the journal.
M. 1 tOulloche, the examining magistrate, accompanied by
anotl ler Coininissirys of police, proceeded to a long and
mints te. Search. 150,petitiens for electoral reform, and a
great many PaMplilets, among which were several copies of
their :al ofthe'Prance, the ‘Bio.raphie Militaire de Louis
Phi :.t nee,' and the Speech of M7Ledru-Rollin, were seized.
This. operation lasted till two in the afternoon. A search
was afterwards made at the residence of M. Dupoty, and
at ft nir the editor of the Journal du Peuple was commit-
ted to .the Conciergerie. Baron Pasquier came imam-
diet, tly' wd put some summary questions to M. Dupoty.
Two .otfrer editors of the Journal, who had been present
thrc tigho'ut 'these proceedings, asked the Chancellor
who ther RA. Dupoty might continue to sign the journal.
Thee aniwer was dryly negative, because M. Dupoty was
to bee r est into close confinement. In answer to an ob-
serviti on that the existence of the Journal would
thereb y be endangered, Baron Pasquier said there
were e such greater misfortunes than the arrest of a Jour-
nalist and the ruin of a journal ; but, at the same time
affairs of commercedid not come within his province."
The S. 'iecle; in its account of these proceedings, says :
" The police agents, after having searched every place,
seized 200 petitions for electoral reforin, and five or six
pan sp:nle is oil reform which have never been incrimi-
nab '..l.'hey examined for a long time, and with great
care,. a petition to the Chambers against the detached
fort,, ieiv tees° were not :seized. M. Dupoty, we are
info ru led, was arrested on an accusation of being impli-
cate d in Quenisset's attempt, although he affirmed that
he nt Ner had any acquaintance with that assassin, and
never belonged to any secret society." The Courtier
Fran E..ais states that General Heymee, aide-de-camp to
the I ring, carried to the' Queen Dowager of Spain the
intell igeuce of the insurrection in her favour in Navarre.
P, CJBLIC WALKS IN LAMBETH.--A deputa-
tion, headed. by 11, liernble, Esq., M.P., and B. Hawes,
M.P„ had a fong interview with Sir James Gra-
lay.m as d Lord Lincoln yesterday at the Home-office,
t Lambeth.
on the*. sabjeei of. maklapublic walks in the extensive
me itropri. titers, boroughs e
been in the north of
HA it,VEST.—Wo have
Sr rmer set during the past week, and have seen a great
qt tanti ley
'hea t, barley, and oats are alike expos 5
ed to this flooding
IN
of corn still in the fields there, and rotting.
w eat's( 3r, and the farmers tell us that the potatoes in the
kb ids are drowned, and would not get dry again if
aye ,no probability,—Somerset Gazette.
t' 3e we; Tither should clear immediately, but of this there