THE BIG BEAR OF ARKANSAS, By T. B. THORPE, Esq. of Louisiana. 13

JONES'S FIGHT, A Story of Kentucky—By an Alabamian. 32

THE GREAT KALAMAZOO HUNT, A Story of Michigan—by a New-Yorker. 42

THAT BIG DOG FIGHT AT MYERS'S, A Story of Mississippi—By a Mississippian. 54

HOW SIMON SUGGS “RAISED JACK,” A Story of Georgia—By an Alabamian. 62

SWALLOWING AN OYSTER ALIVE, A Story of Illinois—By a Missourian. 80

A TEXAN JOKER “IN A TIGHT PLACE,” A Story of that Ilk—By an Editor. 87

BILLY WARRICK'S COURTSHIP AND WEDDING, A Story of the “Old North State”—By a County Court Lawyer. 90

A BULLY BOAT AND A BRAG CAPTAIN, 1A Story of Steamboat Life on the Mississippi—By SOL. SMITH. 106

LETTER FROM BILLY PATTERSON HIMSELF, “Who hit Billy Patterson?” 115

A SWIM FOR A DEER, A Story of Mississippi—By the “Turkey Runner.” 118

CHUNKEY'S FIGHT WITH THE PANTHERS, A thrilling Hunting Adventure in Mississippi. 128

A YANKEE THAT COULDN'T TALK SPANISH, By JOHN A. STUART, Esq. of South Carolina. 140

F ARKANSAS, ” of that . 143

LOUISIANA, and Patterson, of the “Concordia Intelligencer.” 147

IN ARKANSAS, -governor of a Cotton-growing State. 154

ARKANSAS BAR, Lawyer. 159

MISSOURI, 164

IN MISSISSIPPI, Johnny. 167

” SHADDOCK “SCARED UP A JACK,” 175

LLIARD Sketch, in the “Old North State.” 178