Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-07-16

Ily enteebled by the loss OF blood, as Inc
exertion made il well out copiously. After
moments pause, and fierce glare upward
from his bIood-sho. eyes, he clasped the
trunk; but saw his endeavors to climb
were crippled by the wounded shoulder
However, by the aid Of his avs, he just
succeeded in reaching the first branch with
} his sound arm, and was working convulsive-
Ily to bring up the body, when, with a we'll
directed blow from my cullass, completely
severed the tendons of the foot, and he in
s,anlly fell with dreadful souse and hor-
rife growI, the blood spouling up as if i'm
PEELED from jet; he rose somewhat tardi-
ly, and limping round the tree with upturn-
ed eyes, kept tearing off the bark with his
tusks. However, watching my oppoiluni-
ty, and leaning downward, | sent ball from
my revolver with such good effect immedi-
ately behind the head, ,ha. he dropped; and
my nerves being now rather more composed
| lesurely distributed the remaining five
balls in the most vulnerable parts of his car
case.
BY this time saw the muscular system
totally relaxed, SO decended with conf
dence, and found him quite dead, and my
self not little enervated with the excite
ment and the effect Of my wound, which
bled profnsively from the temple SO much
so, that thought an artery was ruptured.
! bound up my head as we'll as | could,
loaded my revolver anew and returned for
my rife; but as evening was approaching
and my mule gone, had little time to sur
vey the dimensions of my fallen foe, and
no means Of packing much Of his flesh.
therefore hastily hacked off few steaks
from his thigh, and hewing off one of his
hind feet as trophy Of victory, | set out
towards the trading-post, which reached
about midnight, my friend and my truant
mule being there before me, but no horses.
exhibited the foot of my fallen foe in
great triumph, and described the conflict
with due emphasis and etlec, TO the company,
who arose to listen; after which made a
transfer Of the flesh 10 the traders, on con-
dition that there was not TO be any charge
for the hotel or the use Of the mule. There
was an old exerenced French lrapper Of
the party, who, judging from the size Of the
foot, SET down the weigh. Of the bear al l.
500 lbs, which, he said they frequently
overrun, lie himself, as well as Colonel Fre-
mont's exploring party, having killed sever
al ,ha. came to 1000 lbs. lie advised me,
should again be pursued by a bear, and
have no other means of escape, to ascend a
small l.girhcd tree, which they cannot get
up, for, not having any central joint in the
fore-legs, they cannot climb any with
bfanchless stem that does not fully fill their
embrace; and in the event of not being able
to accomplish tire ascen, before my pursuer
overlook me, to place my back against it,
when, if ii and did not constitute bulk
capable Of filling his hug, might have time
to rip out his enirails before he could kill
me, being in most favorable posture for
The operation. They do not generally use
their mouth in the destruction of their vic
tins, but hugging them closely, lift one of
the hind-leet, which, are armed with tremen-
dous claws, and tear out the bowels. The
Frenchman's advice reads nationally enough,
and is feasible theory on the art Of evad-
ing unbearable compression; but, unfortu-
nately, in the haun,s Of that animal those
slim juvenile sapllngs are rarely met with,
and person closely confronted with such
a grizzly vis-a-uis is not exactly in tone
of nerve for surgical operations.
PINE AND CEDAR FoREsTs OF CALIFoR-
NIA.-Of all the wonders have ever seen
in the vegetable kingdom, nothing will bear
comparison with the magnificent and lofty
growth of cedars and pines which embellish
the hills and mountains that lead to, and
make up the great Sierra Nevada range
The magnifcence and grandeur Of scenes in
! H.. ~ 49, Lo
ed by any man who has not seen them, and
fell, the awe and sublimity to which they
give rise. have counted in circle of ff-
,y fee. in diameter thirteen pine trees, not
one Of which was less than three fee, in di-
ameter, nor less than two hundred and fifty
feet in height, nor was any of them marked
by the slightest curve or inclination. They
are the inim!table and lofty monuments of
nature, uninlluenced by sweeping storms
and winds, unbent by cen.urian age. Not a
limb nor knot can be found upon their
bodies until you reach an altitude of from
one hundred to two hundred feet, eyond
which height they continue to grow until
their towering majesty overawes all sur
rounding objects, and affords fit refuge for
the noble bird which adorns the banner of
the country. No man can travel through
these scenes without feeling that the gran
deur of Omnipotence itself is teaching him
his finite and insignificant powers. Such
was the moral inhuepces Of these levia,han
grow,hs Of cecars and pines upon my mind
| would not have dared to have given enter
tainment to fugitive thought against the
supremacy, wisdom, and power of Jehovah
Such are the pine and cedar forests of Cali.
fornia. And when you reflect that they
cover an area Of hundreds, if not thousands
: Of square miles, you are prepared to admit
the importance Of this claim, which We
would urge upon the consideration Of oul
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