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BF,H SrcRy.-The Washington correspondent of
the Ncx York Herald tells the following clever sto-
~ of Gen. Gillian, who commands a company of Or
cgon cmlgrants which left Missouri the lsi ult.


IL the winter time years ago the
snow upon the ground, and the weather was cX-
cossively cold. and freezing hard. Gen. Gilliams
hogs were IN pasture near hy his cabin where he
slept. He woke up one night BY the squcaling
Of his hogs and the barking of his dogs. He hast
" >prang from his bed IN his shlrt-ai-snachcd up
his rite. and without stopping TO put shoe, boot,
stocking, vest, coat. the General out
II catch sic' at the bear. The dogs were chas-
Ig the rarpipf. and would occasionally him and
pull him dow n. and have little fight. The General
IN the excitement Of the moment, thOug ghtlcssy fol-
lowed on, hoping every moment t. get shot at the
bear. As the bear passed on through the neighbor-
hood every house aroused by the barking of the
dogs. and the shouting of the pursuing Shirf-tai-
and all tie dogs far and WIDE gathered IN and olncd
ln the cla~c. TN went the tcar-cn went the dogs
thing upon his nakedness but his shirt. Daylight at
lcnrti broke. and the bear took to tree, upon which
tie General finally shot him THIS ended the Sp0rf
and when the General coolly reckoncd up his latitude
aud longitude, he found that he fftecn miles from
the log cabin where he left his warm and comfortable
bed two three hours before. He found that
the skin of legs all below his shirt was ro st-hlt-
ten. and eventually peeled o-and his feet very
badly frozen. lie land up for the balance of the
winter-hu he ultimately recovered although 1t was
many months aticrwarl.