The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-21
I HI E DISPATC
TUESDAY MORNING ..... .DKCKNBER a. Is6s


TUESDAY, MORNING c...... ..DECEMBER II, 1888
: Tas sIlzsMr OF Pesp MorSrAN."-The recon,
disappearanee and return of wilburn Walters, th,
Hermit of Pond Mountain" in South westerr
virginia has given the press an opportunity o
rseishing some OF his exploits. The Abingdon
| firginian ssys:
veil aud as cheerful and happy as be ever was In
h's itie, aud far more 90, apparently. than men
| hsasiiy are. We bad from his own lips an account
a 2. his onns IN the Wilson Laurel, which was a
| thri'iing adventure. For seven miies in passiu
| through 1t, 80 thick wasthe growth that he had
TO crawl on his hands aud knees without the nos.
siosii'y OF standing erect or Of using his gun. A
part OF the way he Was closely followed bv mor.
| strous bear, which would frequently get within a
few feet of him, bus wac kept constantly emnlov. ).
| ed sn lighting OF the dogs. The bear dnalIy es.
capped. and so did Wilburn. He was out Ave day..
capturing in the hunt, three bears, ten coons And
| a catamount.
| lie gave Us an account of one Of bis adventures
| with bear. lie Was in the open woods, and the
snow about a foot deep. At a distance Of about
| twenty PAGES from him, he cav what he supposed
60 be bear.skin lying In the snow at the root of
| tree. Whi!st looking at it he saw IL move, and
| supposing IL TO be cub. fired. At the crack OF
she gun 1t sprasg TO its feet, and shaking off the
snow, ky which It had been partially covered. II
seemed 10 be almost as large steer There
was large tree between the bear and hin, self
aud within q iew feet of him a scrubby beech The
bear, as soon as it saw him, threw back its ears
aud raised the hair upon its back indicative OF an
attack. Wiiburn, with his empty gun, sprapg
upon the branches of the beech, which brought
| the large tree between himself and the bear
Though not out Of reach of the nded aud surag.
ed animal he remained motor less " lille the he.r
with ears set forward in its eagerness, and its
mouth wide open, rushed under him. aud overran
his track. But Bruin, having lost sight of both
his enemy and his track, returned to the trail and
quickly disappeared on the back track A 400,
| a Nfttu the bears mi ats hns
the ground, loaded his rihs and started In pursuit
lie had gone but a abort distance before he heard
the bushes cracking, and the bear, haviag discov.
cred its mistake was returning in search of its
enemy. Wihurn stood bis ground, and 40 the
lear rushed at him wiki distended jaws, he plaut-
ed bullet between his eyes, and Eruin rolled over
lifeless at his feet.
This is but one Of his numerous encounters.
moro of which, when we have time and space, we
may fill up leisure hour in relating.
THE "MosRos DoCrRIyz"-Ths National Intelli-
geucer has an able and elaborate review of the
| origin and purport Of what is called the Monroe
Doctrine. The following are the points which II
claims to iavs established in its examination of
| the srbjsct:-
l. That the Monroe declarati:n OF 1928 in b1th its
phases had its origin in the changed relations and
new responsibilities imposed on the several States
of the American tin.Dts arising especially from
the emancipation OF the Spanish Colonies and rem
derps IL conducive TO the interest of ali that tho
American Continents should not be subject to fr-
tute colon;2 stion by any Eur psan Pow waste
and unoccupitd territory; and at NO foreign STATE
or etates should be al0we 10 intervene In the do
mestic affairs of any American people fer the pur.
| pose Of suppressing republican institutions
2 That the Mosroe declaration, in far as it re-
| lated 10 the threatened Intervention OF the holy
Alliance in the concerns of the Spanish American
| states, as intended to meet particular coutn
Gency Of events and ther fore passed away with the
| occa.on which called it forth.
That the Monroe doctrine in so far as T. relates
to the coon!z .tion Of the American Continents by
any European Power. was not intended ss bind the
United States to guard the territory OF tle New
World from such occupation by Eui opean States :;
bu. was intended to Indicate as is. portant prn
cipie OF American public policy. that each State
shGnld guard by its own means against the estab.
| lishment of any future Europsan colony within
the jurisdiction OF it's flag That is the Amer ican
Continents longer held open to colonization
as dereict territory, capable of upation By right
| OF discovery and settlement
L. That the Monroe doctrine" was not in anv
proper sense "a pledge, and as sEch was especially
discarded by the Democratic party.
The current Interpretation of the Monroe d. c.
trine has therefore, no foundation in the truth of
history and il defended at aii must be defeu led on
and concsves by it's author or affirmed b., its rst
promulgator, whose destiny it hes been to give ia
honored name to principle !or which he never CON
tended.
HUNTING WITH ARrIlLRRr.-Aibert Pike went out
recently with Major Rector, Indian superintend-
eat, to assist in the paymen; of the Indian annui
ties among the tribes west of Arkansas. A cores
the Creek Agency, describes Col. Pixies method of
hunting the grouse or prairie hem
Knowing bow wild they are he came preparsd
70 oatwit sheta. He hunts with a piece of artil.
lery, six p0under. This he hauIs out on the
prairie. and when he discovers flock. he unlin-
Lers, sights the gun and touches her off He rare
ly msses. 1t is very exciting to see a dozen
grouse tiuttering with broken wings among twice
mapy dead ones, and the captain chasing them
around aid catching them. His usual charge is
about a pound of powder, and quarter of a bag
of turkey or swan shot. He generally shoots at
about 200 yards. He killed, 10 John Shells field
below here, the other day, IS grouse at q single
IRE. Major Rector, who accompanied him, thnks
that be must have crippled 1000, that got off
among The corn stalks aud cockle burrs.
CosT OF THE NEw YoRK QUARANTINE RIors-A
New York paper gives the following calculation
of the damages the result finally, from the burn
ing of the quaraa line buildings Staten Island
The troops will average $500 day, about $50.
900; value of the burned buildings $500 900: aud
personal property consumed $4,000 1he Health
Officer for $40 900 damages, the Physician of
Marine Hospital, $4,000; Assistant Physician $500,
aud Deputy Health Officer 81 ,000 The total of
damages and military expenses cannot fall short
Of S40o,eo0
BILL sHAKspEARE.-In the course Of q recent
lecture at Chicago, Mr.. James Grant Wilson. of
that city, introduced anecdote related to him
by his Quaker friend, William Hewitt Said
iiewitt:5 4As was pans;ng through Stratford one
morning, I saw the master of the village school
mastering his scholars to their task stopped,
being pleased with the looks OF the old man and
said, You seem to have a considerable number OF
lads here; shall You raise another Shakespeare
from among them, think you;' why replied the
master, L have a Shakespeare now in the school,
| knew that Shakespeare had no descendants be.
yond the seccud generation, and was not aware
that there was any of his family remaining. But
Ii seems that the posterty of his slater Joan Hart
who is mentioned in his will, yet exists, part un.
der her marriage name of Hart at Tewkssbsrry,
and family In Stratford of the name Of Smith
i have Shakespeare here, said the master with
evident pride and pleasure. Here boys, here' He
quickly mustered his laddish troop in a rev aud
said to me. There now, sir, can you tell me which
is Shakespeare | glanced my eye along the line,
and instantly fixing it upon one boy. said, THAT
is the Shakespeare You are right said the mas
ter, that is Shakespeare. The Shakespeare cast of
oountenanre is there, That is William Shakespeare
Smith, lineGl descendant OF the poets sister,
Mr.. Howitt adde, sItsounded strangely enough, as
| was passing along the street In the evening, TO
hear some of the same scboolboys say one TO auo-
thor. That is the gentleman who gave Bill shak-
speare shilling this morning"
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AccrDENr.-On Monday afternoon, 9th inst
while party of young ladies were at .he etsan
esw-miil of Capt Halliday, engaged in looking at
the machinery, &c, an accident occurred to them,
which has cast over the minds Of this community,
a shade Of the deepest melancholy. While stand.
ing near some part CT the machinery. the dress of
Miss Jane Dupont became entapgled In one of the
bands and Ia the efforts of Misses Maria Doggett,
and Kste Ferris, to extricate their friend from her
perious condition, were themselves drawn down
and made the victims. also, Of the sad affair. Miss
Ferris we are told is the least sufferer Of the
three having sustained no serious or internal IN
jury. Miss Dupont and Miss Doggett unfortunate.
ly are sufferers to greater extent; the former
having received an injury OF the back and spine,
and the other the loss OF an arm-Jacksonrtts
(Fld Standard.
SINGULAR AccrpxNT.--Nen Injured by Tie Burst
ing If Barrei Of Sduerkraat, - Yesterday morn
ing, ba, rel, which had been lying for number
Ct months In the cellar Of . commission house on
Front street, between Broadway aud Ludlow, was
being removed by several workmen, engaged In
clearing the cellar, when the barrel exploded a. IL
1t had been gnnpowder, the slaves Hying 10 variA
ona directions, striking the men and mi arins