New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-11-24
rrr. web.,sr Deer.Ehun.ing.


s.e The following account of deer-hunt with DAN
TEL WEBSTER is from letter Of the Correspond
ent OF the Commercial Advertiser:
ro5 We approached with our horses and wagons, as
near as circumstances permitted TO the sequestered
8 els and secret recesses of the timd deer, from
which
He bursts the thicket glances through the glade
And punges deep in the widest woods.
Our first care was to secure our horses ard at the
same time TO ensure to them the requisite attention
during our absence This done, our next business
was to equip ourselves for tramp on foot Water.
proof boots a snug cap stou, cloth Pantaloons and
short coat for marching throughthe woods, climb
ing hills or fording the smaller streams which con-
stitufe the outlet inlet of the ponds, were Just
the articles required; and those we have. Our
party consists of six, each one of whom has coed
gun, plenty Of powder and bullets and buckshot,
and all the little apparatus for convenience. The
Pilgrims, am told, used the old-fashionad match
locks instead of the percussion caps with which
we are provided. Thus we'll accoutred, set
forth to hunt in couples Mr.. Webster and N.Y.
self were together, The dogs we have are well
trained and accustomed to chase in these woods
s My dog Cato which occasionally performed a con-
spicueus part in my hunting excursions last Au
tumn, is not up the business of following bucks
and does in these haunts aud is therefore COM
PEELED to follow close at my heels, and has per-
formed no higher office than bringing to the shore
duck or two, which, being shot on the wing, tell
into the water.
We let slip the dogs, and then separated, with
an understanding as 10 the place where we should
meet and as TO certain signals which should be
given in case any thing remarkable should happen.
Mr.. Webster aud myself, after making way
FOR some distance through trackless thicket at
length came to a path not often trodden, but fol-
lowing which we were led TO the shore OF u good
sized pond Of water, which in England or Scotland
would probably be called lake, and long since
would have been the burden of some immortal
sony. On the sunny side of a small hillock which
rose gradually from the shore Of this pond we
made stand, TO wait the approach OF the deer
and to watch the result of the chase, into which
the dogs had now entered with hearty good WILL
believing that the very path which led us there
would be the one the game would pursue if found
in that neighbour hood aRd routed by the dogs; in
which respect we were not mistaken. We sat
down on a rock, for rapid walk of considerable
= distances carrying our rifles, had made moments
rest agreeable TO our legs. The rifle which Mr.
Webster has s his crack gun, and is present
from valued friend. He took 1t out for this &C.
casion because it was the best his gun-heuse afford
ed (and by the by he has the choicest collection in
this country land because he did not intend to make
any mistake IN case his eve should be favored with
the sight Of stag.
Ny rifle is the one l have had for some time
past, At distance we heard the cry of the
hounds, which YOU know to the ears of q hunter in
the field is much mere enchanting than the music
of an opera.
once heard gentleman say he would not vote
for Daniel Webster for President because lie was
not fond of music. Now whether he is or is not
fond OF what some call music / have no means of
4 knowing, bus [ will venture the assertion that if
7 the gea,iemsn had been present when Mr.. Web
stss heard these hoands in full cry as tho suavers
ana demiser4navers We're echoed and re-echoed
ne would have been satisfied that Mr.. Webster
was fond of music, and would have beer induced
70 give him his vote. At first the sounds reoeded
and almost died away, like some of the German
music, ouS alter a while they became louder and
louder, and was evident that the dogs were ap.
prosoaing the stand we had fortunately chosen -
Knowing The shape of the country Mr. Webster
+, believed they were in o path which would lead
them 70 that pond.
The time drew near to o'clock and the dogs
had gone around alarge circle Of course we were
wide awake and on the sharp lockout, The sem
satieps which [ Eel, were those thar excited me
when seo, the deer running in the centre of the
Delaware River, of which once gave you an &C.
5 count But MIR. Webster was as cool and "a self
possessed as when he rose 30 reply TO Senator
i, Hasne Of South Carolina, He stood erect where
he had full view of the path thas lay before him
along the foot of the bin at the waters edge fer
nearly a hundred rods, With his eyes piercing tue
thicRet 70 cstch glimpse of the first molten OF a
twig. he held his rife across his breast ready 30
take fatal aim. stood partly behind him ready
TO fire il there should be any objec, TO shoot at, or