The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-20 00:00:00

THE FORESHORE AND BED OF THE SEA.

The Duke of ARGYLL said that ho wished to call
the attention of the House to a Inemorauduin as to the
Board of Trade's dealings with the foreshore and bed
of the sea. He said that the point which he wished to in-
vestigate was the point that the ownership which was
limited on the part of the Grown was to be male absolute.
The noble duke spoke of the disadvantages of giving
licenses by the Board of Trade with. regard to taking soil
from the foreshore of the oea.

The Duke of RICHMOND said the document was
drawn up by the Under -Secretary of the Board of Trade,
and was intended only for the guidance cif those who were
in that office ; but a private member of Parliament having
asked the Government to lay it on the table of the house,
his request was acceded to, without its being supposed
to prejudice the interest of any ono. He, however, took
upon himself the whole responsibility of the memorandum,
although it had not his signature attached to it.
The Marquis of SALISBURY asked a question as to
the preference said to have been given by the Government
to Mr. Street's plan for the new Law Courts over that of
Mr. Barry, although it had baeu admitted that the interior
of the plan of the latter was superior to that of the former,
Mr. Street's plan only having the preference in respect to
its exterior architecture.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said that no design had
been selected by the Government, but the whole question
had been left in the hands of the five persons appointed
judges for that purpose, who considered Ur. Barry's best
for internal arrangement, and Mr. Streets for elevation; but
ultimately the award made by the judges was d)emed in-.
valid, and the competition ended.

After a short conversation the subject dropped.
Their Lordships adjourned at ten minutes past eight
o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.
There not being 4) men-ners present at four o'clock,
the houso adjourned until Mon lay.

BUFFALO II UN 7IN G.

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(From Wilkes' Spirit of the Times.

The best buffalo hunters aro the Mexica❑ cibuleros, who
hunt them for a living, drying the meat and takiug it back
to Now Mexico for sale, it bringing sometimes, under
rather unusual circumstances, fifty cents per pound. They
go out into the prairies with wagons, leading their horses,
and slaughter and dry in the sun as much of the meat of
the "prairie rovers" as they can carry home. I have seen
these hunters divest themselves of all el 'thing but shirt,
pants, and moccasins, tie handkerchiefs round their heads,
remove the saddles and stirrups from their horses, and
replace them by blankets and straps, and, armed wit'i a
couple of old-fashioned dragoon revolvers, ride slowly
off towards the herd. The horses, all the while these
preparations were being made, would stand with dilated
nostrils and blazing eyes eager for the chase. Old
prairie-men, when running buffalo, tie the and of their
lariat, some thirty feet long, to their belt, and the
other to the bit; because if thrown from their horse
it prevents his escape, and if disabled they can pull him
to them and ride into camp. If they are injured so severely
as to be unabled to mount, or are rendered senseless, there
stands the horse, a mark that can be seen for miles and
miles away; for sometimes the hunter, in chasing up the
herd, will lose sight of his friends altogether, and if he
lay alone on the prairie they might hunt for weeks and
daily pass and repass without seeing him.
Then his fate is dreadful, and when he has no longer
strength left to keep the wolves and ravens away—almost
dead with hunger and delirious with thirst - the circle
closes in on him and eat him up alive. But the hunter
never thinks of this as he slowly rides off toward the
herd, looking like some gallant knight going to do
battle for his lady-love. He moves slowly that he may
save the wind of his horse until he has selected his victim,
usually a fat young cow, and his noble horse marks
his prey as soon as he receives the first pressure of
tt e knee, and after that sees nothing else. Then,
like the wind, away they fly over the prairie—across
arroyos, down the sides, up steep canons—amid the little
prairie dog-holes and gopher ridges—the poor buffalo run-
ning in and out of the herd, and wildly doubling here and
there as ho vainly trios to shake off his pursuer, till fin-
ally he becomes separated from the herd, and, with head
down, lolling tongue and glaring eyes, he shoots off across
the prairie. Like a hound, the noble animal follows in
the track of the panting buffalo, who hears each moment,
nearer and nearer, the steady gallop of the coming horse.
The blood tinkles in your veins, and your horse needs no
guiding, for he is now a part of yourself, and when his
nose almost touches the flank of the flying buffalo, with a
sudden burst of speed he sweeps up beside him, and you
fire. Perhaps, instead of drooping, he keeps steadily on ;
but when you have again fired, and another little stream
of blood trickles down his side, quick as the lightning he
makes a sudden, surging, swinging plunge at your horse,
who as readily sways aside, and then, with eyes blazing
defiance, he stops, and shaking his shaggy front blows the
blood from his nostrils in two bright red spouts, like little
miniature fountains. Like gladiators, the two animals
eye each other—the horse wary and resolute, proudly
gazing at him with heaving sides, arched neck, flowing
mane, and ears thrown forward watching his every motion
and waiting for his nest move. Shaking his huge front,
flecked with blood and foam, and tearing up the grass
and throwing the earth in clouds about him with his
feet, the buffalo again runs off, followed by the horse,
at every shot halting, surging around, and starting off
again. Suddenly he drops, but is on his feet again quick
as the conception of a thought, and starts away only
to drop again and again, and, after staggering on awhile,
turns, and with a sudden bellow stands at bay. It is grand
to see the noble animal stand and, proudly, as it were,
look at death full in the face.

I never shall forget the impression of dogged, sullen
courage made upon me, when for the first time I beheld
the great form that breasted me standing with the blood
trickling from three little holes, and running in separate
streams down his side, pattering upon the short, crispy
gramma grass. His breath rattled loudly as the blood
spouted from his nostrils, anti, turn whichever way I
would, that shaggy head, crowned by short, thick, scaly
horns, and thick with matted hair, was turned sullenly
toward me, lowered level with the green turf that was so
quickly drinking up his hot heart's blood. Those eye-
balls glaring from beneath the bushy forelock, like coals
of fire, It ere not dimmed by the slightest shade of fear,
but glowed bright with hate as he would charge
fiercely toward me a few paces and then pause, weak and
weary. He was bleeding his life away, that proud old
King of the Plains, and when death began to tug at the
tendons of his heart, and slowly sever, one by ono, its
brawny muscles, it was pitiful to see the tremendous
efforts the noble fellow would make to shake off its chill
and keep upon his feet. Ho would sway and reel from
side to side, gradually spreading wider and wiler his legs
to steady him—his great form shaking and shivering all the
while, like the sails of a ship thrown up into the wind, and
by a mighty effort would stand erect again, and as firm
and as proud as ever.
Slowly, by inches, and with many a moan, he sunk into
the pool of blood beneath him, his last low bellow stifled
by the blood that gushed from his mouth ; his eye faded ;
the horse neighed fiercely ; and with a groan almost
human, the wounded animal rolled over—dead.

PROMOTION OF EMIGRATION. —0 n Monday, June 1,
Mr. Donnelly, of Minnesota, introduced a bill to estab-
lish, under direction of the Secretary of State, agencies in
Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, and Norway, for the
promotion of emigration to the United States. The pre-
amble-asserts that the United States have grown to their
present magnitude and power, by reason, in a great degree,
of the continued and increasing immigration of persons of
foreign birth, and that the present financial condition
of the country makes it more than over necessary to
encourage and promote this great source of national
wealth. The first section provides for the appointment
for one Commissioner for Great Britain and Ireland, one
for the North German Union, one for the Austrian em-
pire, and one for the kingdom of Norway and Sweden.
Iheso commissioners shall collect ant disseminate infor-
mation concerning the several States and Territories, so as
to induce and protect emigration to the United States.
Tho second section provides for the salary of the commis-
sioners, and that they shall report annually to the Secre-
tary of State. Tho third section provides that any State
or Territory may furnish books or pamphlets to the com-
missioners to distribute among those who contemplate
emigrating to the United States. The fourth section pro-
vides that the commissioners, under the direction of the
Secretary of State, may make arrangements with steam-
boat or railroad lines to reduce the cost of travel of immi-
grants to the United States, without cost, however, to the
Government. The fifth section provides that the com-
missioners shall expose in their respective offices books,
maps, and specimens of the agricultural, mineral, and
manufactured productions of the States and Territories
which solicit immigration.