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SELECT POETRY.
A BEAUTIFUL EALLAD.
Tlio fnIIowir.Ef ballinl, wliieh we retvUdCl
rcailina in our luixliooil, oriuiimily nppriiiril
in tin; l.niiFinplniiuli (Jazi'tlo of May, ? S 10.
it hail n pr.'iit run sit lite liiiii?, and was fnnn,l
in tin; peiiip bmik of every yonn,i hnly, lor
tunny jvaio nlU'iwarcU. I s n-pnlilieatinn
has iireiiiiily bi'i.-ii iixivel. We ii'iolk-el
ceeii'L', thany yiais iiyn, a pain'iiiU IimiiiiIi' I
on the jiiriJciit it n Liti s IUtiJiiig Jouriiul.
LLKGANT HAI.I.AD.
'Twn on a clifT wIiokh rocky lii iylit
Halili.'il the Ii iny wavB ;
Wlin?(! rnllnieil lieiitht their vcrilanl store
To many a tenant gave
A mollier, Itvl by tuMic ran?.
Hail wandcri'il with h'?r chil l ;
Lir. caticil the babe. Jot on the tjrafs
ile frolicked and lie finil. il.
Wi ll si hit ileliitlit the mollier flowed,
To lli:ilk that infant boy ;
II iw oil wouM pause ami. I llie (oil,
To conleii'.piate Ic.t boy.
Yi't pooii, by olIi'T care!" pslranred,
11. "r tlnhules the cliii.l duniuk ;
C.'arele." lie winuleri'il on lh" ojoum.1,
iot cauyhl hi. mo! h"i Iiink.
CmppM was each fio'.v'i ti:il met his eye.
Till cninib!i;i!7 o'er t!ie. 'reeii
lie naini'd the elill's tn:!-tii l:cl''il eilye,
Ami ileased, puiveyed the fcene.
'Tv:i now th" nmtli'T fioni her toil,
Turned to l.i'hold ill" rhiM :
Tit" inchiii cui.e ! Iierelierk. were (lusli'il,
II 'r waudeiini; eve was wild!
She )..! him o:i the cliffV rn-le verg.,
N'mv cau'less peepii o'rr !
He innii il mi l to In- niu'li r sniiied,
Tie'i: ier:ril as belme.
S:";!; -a h "r veie-- -';wr v:'in In fi
:Twas vain ill" lri-.!; In brave i
(V n.iliii", il 'r.vas thine iiiui:i;
T.j prompt 111" ire'ans to s-ave !
Siie tore the !!;-reliief frot'i her breas'
An I I. till I - - J" h"-":n bale :
11:
deli-!ie,l, !.: I lie
iaerlit llie b;.ii.:r,e!
i
A'
Ascent of Honnt Elaio ty a Ealtmcreri. j
The New York Herald contains the fallowing i
lellcr from Mr. J. K. (livens, el' llie Uuhitnore
Miisi iim. !"ic:-ibiiijy 1 i i - recent pe.il. jui as?eal ef
.Mount Ulane.
Ci:,:.vjim, Si '
3, 13.VJ.
T!;
S'tfcessiii
ascension
of Mount Dhv.c
the hi
;h
t inoiiiihiin in I
ii 'I'Mrir.ance l.v
irope is iv
the tourists ;
trar.le.i P.; a
n 11(1 as many inou
a:i I u!t
li. ills have ln'e:i
I!, varied i'V I'i" ratifire ol Ihe elemi'lit
n l to llie Hi r;ild a l.riel account of an 3-
cee'ioii t;mdi-1
' "
' !" . r'
.men:';::i sine
v mvself, on the 1 :t and '
le'iin: l!"' f'1'-- rnade by
tii" vear lSl'.'.
a:i
., Iirrr;i I ;;'. ioi'S ol f:i;i..es. inters.
I servar.t:', piovr'ni w ii: loon, cli-tli'iij: oral
i the neces-rtry at'.icles for the juirney : !id
jr,n l!:.' iiiornini of the 1st s!:::t"d oM'over
I the ice fbd.kof the r! iet.-r i).-s IJorsons en
I route for the erand Mulets, where il was
our intention lo rep se th" firs', ni.tiil. The
i weather was remarkably line; and thr.iiu'h
' bein.jr the on! V o::e of the party with a drop
! of Ihe Atuj;!o S.iN'on in my veins, we wi re
( all in good spin's, arid without experiencing
, anv p.n -ticuhir i:n i l- nt, except a somewhat
i dr.njeto'is tramji over a s a ol ice :d.-in:id-;
in ia c'lasms, we arrived at the (.'rami
1 Mulets, which are a ma- of hurre rocks at
' an elevation of about 10,0')!) f,H.( above the
j level of the sea. Here we unpacked our
! provisions, and mv ruides made a heart v
meal, and prepared a lire from materials
brnu.-ht Irom the village by the porters.
llie eieiauuiioi lllissioi yoinienuua "
Pi.. .1 i.:. 1 ., n
. j , i '. t
hni? view o the aciers lies I accotiav and
' ii ii ,-
Des P.irsons, as well as the whole valley ol
Cbauiouu't from the C
.he t'al ile Palme, with the ; , ' ." ""
IV , ... ,. , c, the storm, am the vexa'ion nalura ly ans
I Pie dil Mult, above Si. , . c ' , . . ,
1 1 ti, , , . , ing from a lalse position in our route, here
vallais. The sunset Irom 7 . 1 , , , , . .
, 'Pnr d'Ant am
in nil H i , ill .in- .uii.ii. I in tiling' . iiniii
.i,:., ..... .i, in.i., r.r.r,n.
m.. .,-:., ii,..
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tcle I pver bad tin? lortune o witnessing.
Ilefoie retiring, the clouds in the north
east came rolling around the distant peaks
of the Mont Plane chain, and my guides
immediately signified that this was a bad
1 1 1,1 1 . r . , 1
omen, and intimated that our forces must
. . ., , ,v,i 1 it. -
he strengthened. W ith every desire, there-
c 1 T 1 1 1 1 1 ,.1.1.
loie, 10 iiiiiini i.if suiumui in, iiiiiiei ia.-
t i- . 1.. 1 .,.. 1, ..1 ir-
lier, 1 llllllieui.tiei y iie.-.j:nii.inii n ji.'ihi ,
down the glacier, wilh written instructions
1 '
lo a friend in C'hamouni lo s Mid me three
more guides. This order was complied
with, and they arrived just alter midnight.
After a hearty meal, the novelty of which,
at such an eb'valion, rather added to the
zest of the appetite, we once more packed
up our knapsacks, leaving what superfluous
luggage we could spare on the rocks, and
soon were on our snowy pathway. 1 found
the snow in some places extremely soft,
and at every step sank to our knees in it.
In about three hours we reached a steep
embankment of ice, divided bv a crevice of
dreadful width, along the ledge cf which,
alter the guides and myself were lied to
each other by ropes, at about ten feet apart,
we continued to creep, on the extreme
verge of a precipice many hundred feet
deep, until we arrived upon the Grand
Plateau, about i A. M.
This plain is about two mile long, and
at its extremity is an ampitheatre ol rocks
and icebergs, above which the summit ri
ses almost peipendicularly. Here we were
in constant terror of avalanches falling from
the peaks skirting this bleak expanse, and
with our lanterns proceeded cautiously on
ward. 1 now experienced a new difficul
ty, apart from the dangers of the ascent, in
llie rarefaclioti of the nir, and an agonizing
Ihirst, which nothing tonltl allay. Two
ol the guides ivere seized Willi bleeding al
the nose, while a Ihir.f roughed will) in
teriniltent dillictilty. lies! ins at fvcry
1 vvenl v steps, we managed to reach a pile
of rocks, called (lie Koihai's Ivanf; rs, al
aliotit two V. M. Here vi nain came to
a halt, and then commenced llie ascent ol
a wall of ice, almost perpendicular, which
we accomplished by culling nit lies in the
ice, lare eiin:i!t to admit our feet, will)
an axe brought for the purpos.'. The pro
gress In ie was very slow, the rarelaclion
becoming very oppressive, and the guides
beinft exhausted with fatigue. My position
on this dangerous place was now truly
perilous. Symptoms ol an approaching
storm were every moment becoming more
evident, and the guides glancing upwnrds
every lew moments, w ilh doubt expressed
in thi ir fiaz". Al lenu'lli a wreath of dark
cloiitiii M'tl It il around ll.e summit, and llie
man with the axe turned about, refusing lo
1 proceed any further.
I im'iii'ili:ilely saw that ihey enlrrtained
a feeling of a'tirrn: but, .-pnrii'd on by a
depiie to succeed, and tmawMie ol the real
danger to lie overcome, I .oposcd to give
them one hundred and tif.'y Irancv, in addi
tion to llie stipulated sum, if tiny would
att lin the snimiiit. (.u'.e n,cre, with re
newed xiniral this rIer, they strove lo
make their way, and we hid fairly reached
the top of the Irowi.in;; Mur de la Cote,
find within fifty feet of the summit, when
a fearful lo' rmrniu came iolenllv whirl
ing down, dining before it clouds of fine
hail and snow, nearly ilislodirini: and a
ly dislodtriii"; and
nm-t Idiiuliii;: u
ail I e'.is.'-. .:. T
r.olwilhiiandi'.i our veils
guides now positively
! reliis-J to a.lvnaie. a:i. f'i'.di!'"; all remon-
I e
j s'rjnres awl a;:n ;;', i:i ai;l, we prepirod
! to ! 'se-f,.!. Jt vcas h-re I f;rs! noticed
: that the ronipiei in ol mv f tilde's faces
; wer-. cliatureii one was ivarly black,
1 while the te.-t wore iisper I s t ha t gradually
x di-a j'pe,u-.. as We desceiuh d tiie mountain.
; The bui nii!.', iiia;ldei:iii(; thirst now seemed
j to ra.je wi; ii greater (ury. My lontrue jiro-
li nded dry am! hard Irom my mouth, and
on Jeseomfina; the perilous footmarks of the
I ?!::", I lhr"W ii'ysel! prostrate on the ice
j in utter exhaustion. The guides likewise
' followed mv xamole and lor a few mo
ments we wa'ched the snow clouds whirl
i ;iir an l winding in fantastic shapes around
the peaks above i:.
S "i kiivr Ihe shei!. r &if 'ided by theRl-
c.i is' ),a:,'. rs, I wis enabled, alter a lew
r.miuenis rest, to purl tally ''"j V the ma
iiifle.ent scenes arotiud me. i he campaine
ol sunny Italy flretchetl like a map on one
side, and there sjem'd to he more peaks
llian on tlie side of Savov. l.i fai l, M int
I'lanc seemed almost the northern cxtivmi
tv of til" rane of primitive mountains.
The bird's-eye view ol their pignut ic slrur
liire and orrani ilioa is most ii,ajelic. i he
p'.iins ol I.om' .irdv ami Franre ar.pear as
if enveloped ia a haze, and did not Ihe
I'.ioitli'.aliis shut out the view, the blue Me
('i'orraman would be defined in the dis
tance. Ti glacieis and piTiks of the Alps
on the norih side, ilie varied forms and si
:'. s ol their roupes, intermixed with rocks
and green valleys, present a grand specta
cle as far as the vi-i ei commands.
I!ut our plea ore ia this respect here en
ili .!. The slor.ii a'.ove increased, and the
I; 'di, cold wind. Iwarini on its blast tile
fine pari ieb s of ir e, came riishin down
the ir.o'iolain, oMileraling our fool prinls,
and fiei ziii:; in will) ils viobT.ce. (Jradu
nliv we dejcei.dii!, and cr.isite.r th" (Irand
Plateau in moiie-titarv dread that tiie force
of th" wind we-uld d' taeh tin' huie masses
of snow on all sides and overwhelm tis, we
once more ri at lied Ihe Grand Mub ls, un
der the jolting points of which we crouch
ed f r a f v ii'. imei.ts, in order to prepare
for the p:is-age of the ilivadful glaciers.
At ahold nihlla'1, with only one s dila
I V lantern, we tna ! our wav over the up-
p r poriim ol the tttazier lie lacconay;
the storm still unabated, drove us onward,
and threading the w ide creivrws with feel
ings o! dread, reached the junction ol the
two vast fields of ice. where, by an unfor-
.,, , i-. i , r ... I ..-.il.
luiiilie t'li'Jl Ol Hit- l I . vie lusi inn puui-
. , , .
wav in Ihe snow. Our extreme slate of
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1 "P"11 u 1 rendiTdl us almost in
capable of crossing the chasms that yawned
. ' . ... . .- ....
in fearful desolation on all sides of us.
IIo'.v 1 ever battled the perils of that
j night, I cannot tell. The thought of my
j situation alarms me even now as 1 think of
a u i in 1 ! 1 1 i srarcii 111 lour
1 . .
; hours, we succeeded 111 finding our wav
' " J
across the pathway of the Pierra a' Lchie.
: An.- i. .1 r
, , , .,
a111' after a rapid descent ol throe 1
hours
.....l 1 1 : ... r. .. . ! . .1. .
",u,.l . wt' "H.r,u "l ve " Vle
iniiiiiiii.:, iiu'in 11. i.i 1 .1.1 inr iiiuiiiiiiiiua
of eternal snow for forty-eight hours
worn, exhausted, and suflicienlly impressed
with the danger and horror attendant upon
an ascent of Mont Plane.
The Tribune says, "a di.eel Railroad from
the Missisippi to C.ilileriiia is the noblest
physical project of our age" nnd adds;
"With a raihead to California from sumo
point on the Mississippi, (whence there will
be railroad enum.!) to this City, Halifax and
Newfoundland.) S.in Francisco will bo
within twenty days of London uud ten days
of this city, and Mich a road, if this day in
running Older, would have business enough
to pay a fair dividend on its cost even in
1853. Il would have ut least one hundred
thousand through passengers, one way, in
that year at if 100 each from this city, or $75
each Irom Ihe Mississippi, yielding a gross
income of 7,500,000 from passengers alone."
All a German wants for dinner is three
sausage and a flute. To a gentleman born
in the vicinity of the Rhine, musis ia as ne
cessary to existence as breath 01 long tailed
pipes.
jtfiogvapljica!.
DUATll OF A M1TOIUUI S SLAVE TP.ADI ll
Mr. Thomas Hutton, of London, in a pa
per presented to Parliament on Ihe destruc
tion of Lagos, thus sketches the life of Da
Soum, one of the most active and influen
tial slave traders on the coast of Africa :
M. DaSoiizn, the notorious slave dealer,
died about fifteen mouths ago; this man
was in his Slst yar when he died. He
went to U'hvdah in llie year 1792, in his
2 Idl) year. Various have been the rumor
that occasioned his going there ; he, how
ever, himself once told me lie came out as
Secretary under the Portugese Government
to their fort in Whydah, and remained
three years in that service, and then return
ed lo the Prazils, where 1 imagined he was
born. lie wished it supposed lie was a
Spaniard by birth, and was always treated
so in courtesy, and styled Don.
The Portugese did not long continue lo
support their government in Whydah, and
ipl
the slave trade there soon lell into
hands ol the most enterprising, the most of
w hom was M. Da Sauza. He had for ma
ny years an extraordinary run ol good luck,
and it was imagined had amassed a large
fortune. Jlis fame as a slave dealer sained
him unlimited credit in Havana and Brazil,
atid ship after ship arrived from those pla
ces at Popo, Whydah and Lagos, consigned
to him, generally wilh lull cargoes of mer
chandise and specie ; the goods were reck
lessly landed in bamboo store houses on the
beach.
The accumulated cargoes brought upon
him an immense amount of debt; of this
he appeared utterly regardless, so long as
it had Ihe desired elibtt upon the natives to
cause them to consider him possessed of in
exaustii le weahh. and for (lie King of Da
homey lo imagine the fame, on whom he
lavished vast sums ol wealth, but who in
return could never at any time supply more
than a fraction of the amount of slaves for
the large amount of properly t i,at was s" nt
to him. Frequently from thirty to forty
ships, in the year lS'ifi, were lying in the
road-steads of Whydah, all consigned to
DaSouza, who had landed all their cargoes,
but in return could seldom supply more
than four or five cargms of slaves.
Many of the ships, aller staying out twen
ty months to two years, from their light
construction went to pieces on the beach ;
others lost all their crews anil were aban-
doned ; som- became prizes, and the gener- I
j al result was, as no account was kept what- j
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t.) the ruin of the owners. S-ime of them
sent out supercargoes to see what the for
mer were alio it. Frequently the fate of
the second supercargo nnd ship and cargo
Weill the Wav id the firt Si lucrative.
i:u I icn mil i.vnnn. 11 I 'd mnu I
Il, ,r .,.-'.. Il ..CI n r.,.. r.r I I, I
i want of them si much required, that some
i.. i, ..us iii lui'iii uii oiii.t.., iii iii. ;
years elapsed !' fore these reckless consig- . voeaey nf his sublime Ihoni-hl. I do not know j adjoining '-llie claim oi inese iiu h) ici
nees lo Da SinI began to grow cautious i no one has over reneated it. and 1 niesunio I lows, and heie, loo, llu daily yield aver-
in ltrt, not before many were ruined. In
the iui. i nin a more rigid law had passed
respectit glh" capture ef slave trading ves-
Th" King of P.ihmnv, who thus had, for
years past, countless wealth poured in upon
him, became at last exacting when the ra
pid torrent ceased to flow as fast as former
ly, and it tool; some years before be could, ; il
in the b comprehend the causes that di
minished the supplies to his agent DaSou
za, who hat veins b-fore become so, t)
! have the monopoly of the trade, anil who
went annually to Dahomey, with tribute
lo th. King, and with vast supplies to his
chief.-, furnish them wilh means for the
.slave hunt. Year after year these supplies
became generally l":s; DaSouza, having
lu coiii" gradually poorer, and troubled will)
a host of creditors in the Havana and Bra
zils. The pi incipa's or consignees them
s. -Ives in many iustauci s came to Whydah
to claim lh. ir deb's.
Da Suiza, keeping no accounts, general
ly denied all knowledge of the parlies or
the business on which they had come, fre
quently he would absent himself or be in
Dahomey for months, when a party of cre
ditors arrived from the Havana or Brazils.
Yet such was the nature of the trade, a luc
ky voyage or two enabied him to pacily
the clamors of these distressed creditors.
He treated then) with country presents and
an unbounded hospitality, and with tales
of the endless resources ol the King, who
would at any lime send him as many slaves
as he pleased.
Various enactments took place ; the crui
sers were more vigilant than ever, and
matters grew worse and worse. Merchants
in the Havana sent agents to have inter
views wilh the King; heavy complaints
were made against Da Shiz.i, which, lor
policy ,s sake, the King would not listen to,
lie himself not being the rightful successor,
but upheld by Da Sauza's influence and
vast presents to the chiefs.
At last, aller a few more years, it was
arranged that agenls from the Havana and
Brazils might settle at Whydah, and Da
Souza should give up shipping slaves, but
to receive a commission of a doubloon on
every slave that was shipped. On this he
lived in the latter years of his life, lie had
also raised up duties or contributions on
every native who held a klavc, at a certain
amount per head, which enabled him lat
terly to keep up sjme appearance belore
the King and his chiefs; but this grew less
and less, until he actually became tortured
with the thought of want. When he died,
his stores were empty.
The King of Dahomey sent to have his
property taken un to him, and the chiefs
entered into the house, and all that could
be found was simply a little furniture and
some plate, but neither money, goods, nor
any thing of value. This lesson has been
most salutary to the King and his chief,
to see that the man whom they considered
was possessed of endless wealth, had died
without the value of a keg of gunpowder
in his stores to be fired over hit remains,
whirli is with them considered rxlremp
poverty; thus coulounding them, and sha
king their confidence in the stability of the
slave trade. Such was the end ol one ol
the greatest slave dealers of modern times.
ANEtnoTES OF Mil. Wt.nsTER.
A correspondent of Ihe Piochepler Auieij.
can adds llie following to llie host nf anec
dotes of the great statesman, w hich his de
cease has called foul) ;
"When Mr. Websler was Secrelary of
State, some years ago, under another Admin
istration than that of Mr. Fillmore, he w rote
to one of the pioptielois of Ihe Astor House'
in New York, saying that ho would reach
that house on such n day, and begued that
some of his friends should be invited to dire
w ill) him on the same eveninir. There weie
about twenty or so at the lable, and Mr.
Webster eeemad wearied by his tiavel, and
speak in"; but litlle if nt till, plunged into a
darksome sort of reverie, not well calculated
enliven his Mends. This at lenulh be
came so apparent, and llie situation ol all so
uiiplensent, that one of the company urged
upon a very distinguished man present, a
warm friend of Mr. Webster, to get him into
conversation. H.i only needed to be jogged
to become as lively as Ihey wished.
''This fiiend consented, and spoke nlotid
to Mr. Webster, usking him some question,
that in ordinary eircuuislauees and will) or
dinary men, would have led lo conversation,
but it failed in ihe present ease. The daik
Secretin y of Slate merely raised his head
and answered simply, and ciept into his cave
again.
"Again the centlemun, frightened by his j
failure, was urged lo renew the attempt lo
draw him out. lie summoned courage nnd I
said: "Mr. Webster (Mr. Websler looked
tip out of his cave) Mr. Webster, I want
you to tell me what was the most impotlant
tiiouirht Ihat ever occupied your mind."
Here was a thumper fur yon, and so every
body thought at Ihe table. Mr. Webster
slowly passed his hand over his foiehead
and in a low lone said to a friend near him, , cov"c" i " ev"' "le 01 P'Brs """'-
' Is there anv one here Ihat does not know "s to por,lu "ow aml nn"1 thcn "ever-heard-me?''
'-No, sir, Ihey all know you are ! of lwnlity. Thus, for instance, there are
all vor.r friends.' Then he looked over the several spots in ihe vicinity of Forest
table, and you may well imagine bow the C"-'''k. wl'ii;l lll,ve ncquircd a sudden and
tones of his voice would be on such an oc- j biilliant fame. One place, :a fiat," between
easion, civiii-' answer lo such a nceslion ! Adelaide Galley and Waltletree Flat, on
rl ., ,,,.,., .;...;, ,, fir,.
My mim,.., lP) ;., flf ( ,
dieMudrtwmiMinvtoCoilP-vmnwhkhAty! l0,,r Adeiaum men, w no nau
'
for twenty minutes, he spoke lo them there,
and when he had finished begot up f,om Ihe
table and relired to his room, and ihey, with-
mil ttfxr.l u'nnl inln o n tiili innnl rt'iilnr nil. I
when Ihey'had cathered there some of them
o vnt.. i.n n.l I. Who Ii.ir.r.l ,.f ., v 1 1, i , , rr
. v. ii. m , , ..." . . ..,. fj
like that V What Mr. Webster said iu ad-
l no one can.
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A correspondent of ihe Detroit Free Picss ! In the w hole lino of the gi.Uies and flats
gives the followino correction of an annec- J in ihat vicinity the digger have been emi
dole about Mr. Webster, when riding lit nently successful. Many in Ihe neighbor
night between Washington and bVihimoie. j hoed have taken 9, 12, uud 20 pound
Mr. Webster was one of the passengers in
stage coach winch broke down bel ween
Babimoie am! Washington. The passengers
went to the nearest la rem, and there found
that there was no oiher vehicle lo be procnr-
eil for some hours. This was at night, and
Mr. Webster being very anxious lo proceed
on his journey, applied lo the landlord for
soma conveyance: but bis answer was that:
he bad none, but that a peison was about to'
proceed towards Washington in a gig, and
might bo induced to give him a seat : bul,"
said the landlunl, draw i ig Mr. Webster aside, j
' Yon may not like your companion ; he is
the notuiioiis M , Ihe murderer." !
"Never mind," said Mr. Webster, "be will
not hurt me ; a'k him if ho will lake me."
M was a man w ho had been tried lor
a most atrocious and savage murder, and
who, although hu had been acquitted, was
believed by all to be guilty, and went by tho
name of M , the murderer. The own-
er of the gig consented lo take Mr. Webster
with him, and ihey slarted, chatting on va
rious subjects, until suddenly, al a very lonely
pait of the toad, his companion turned ab-
rublly towards Mr. Websler, and said, "Dj
you know whom you are riding wilh?''
Without a moments hesitation, Mr Webster
answered, "Yes with M , llie mm-
derer;" and, in his turn, asked. "And do
ynu know wilh whom i;on aie riding?"
M nt once answered, "Yes, with
Dam k.i. WtnsTEit, and I believe too Ihe only
man in ihe United Stales w ho would dare to
say tome what you have just said." The
boldness of the answer suited the savage
spail of M , and he often afterwards
related the autiecdote.
A Phv.-iciax in the Philadelphia T.eJuer
refers In the general deficiency of salt in tho
food of children, ami especially ihe very
youngs Ihoso under one or two yen is, who
are compelled to be fed. In their food you
always find abundance of sugar, and very
frequently no salt or a mem iiille. I have
made it a common tule that w here a child
has to be fed, to tell ti.e mother lo sweeten
the food wilh sail, and adJ only a liule su
gar lo gire il a taste, and I can say wilb Ihe
happiest result.
Baron Ltebi'g, Ihe distinguished chemist,
saya Ihat as much flour or meal as can lie
on the point of a table knife i more nulri
ciou than five measures, or aboul $ or 10
quarts, of Ihe Bavarian beer j and ihat a
person who daily consume ihat amount of
beer, obtains from it, in a year, the amount
of uutrimeiil which there is in a fire pound
loaf of bread, or in thiee pounds of flesh.
Kxiract frutn n l'riVQtn t.uttif ft. in CuLu
I KIM St: IN II.IIA.
'The w ild, uncivilized look ef the negroes
i,o. .i.ib.. .. v,.rv i'fn;i,i,v r.,ii.i.,ntle
one 'sees leelli filed like those nf a saw.
which fives a most slunk like look to a huge.
mouth, and nearly every daikcy one meets,
has Ihe long cieat rices on his cheeks or fore
head, that in Africa mark the tribe or the
people lo which he belongs. I do not know
if these fureiuners have increased much in
number lately, allhonth we hear on all sides
that large cargoes of Ilium have been landed.
Indeed, '.he excess of males on the planta
tions, and the cruelly hard woik, keep the
slaves from increasing except from imporia
tion. The English will have great dilliuully
in picveiiling it. Bold and skliful slavers can
easily run their vessels into friendly ports.
I had strong hopes and I still have, that the
Chinese emigration may act as a check upon
this infernal business. There have been
two thousand Culeslials iu the Island for
some years. They where imported ut an
expense of $125 a head, and receive S3 a
mouth fur the eight or ten years during
which they aie bound to their employeis.
''Thus far they huvtj given naisfaelion by
their industry and iiiteligence so much ot
thai a planter who has woiked a number of
them, said he should pay them S8 a mouth
when their time was up. rather than lose
them. Eight thousand more have been sub
scribed for. and six thousand ate said lo be
on their way hither. Perhaps Providence
may make use of the surplus population to
drive out the curse of slavery from among
lis. Who knows where the Chinamen will
appear next, now that Ihe whole world is be
coming as one country ?"' Evening Post.
IMMENSE YIELD OF GOLD.
Every mail brings fresh marvels. In ad
dition lo ihe enormous yields of ihe mines
whoso names aie already familiar to the
British public, new spots, teeming wilh llie
precious melal, are continually being dis"
I , . i i . r 1
ihe road leading from Forest Creek to Fry
e.t's Creek, has obtained colonial celebriiy
! ?" mere "prospecting, lu.n.ng op u..
hundred and fifty pounds' weichl of pure
' sold in one morning, between breakfast and
I dinner. That is to sav, X'fidluO worth of
1 sterling money obtained in one hole, in llie
i COli Tse O f Otll! IllUm illS. AllOllier lioll', liaS
of course, been sunk immediately, closely
I
aged from six lo tune pound wei
ht of
: weight iu 'pockets,' but, of course, the 15o
I pounds of sold we quoted above stands as
vet tintiaialled in the history of gold finding.
It is high lime lo revise Ihe Arabian Sights'
; Entertainments. Pillars of gold, rind baskets
' filled whit precious stor.es, cannot dazzle
j the iinaginaiion of the lising generating
I when Ihe wildest flights of romance are left
behind of common-place matter of fact
rcaliiy. Seven tons of gold were Iving at
Adelaide Gulley for want of horses to lake
them to Melbourne, and more was fast ac
cumiilaiing. Al New Bendigo Flat, Forest
Cieek, one party look 12 pounds weight
from one hole, and four germans gained 21
pound uf gold in one week. At I'onkey
Gulley, in the upper part of Forest Creek,
100 ounces were taken out by a party in one
week, and many other diggers in that vi
cinity aif digging the old deserted holes,
and doing very well.
Tho ISendigo digging., which we men
tioned in a late report, have been spoiled by
tho floods, al least for the time being.
Snow, seven feet deep, has fallen, which is
j qnito a raiily in Au.tralia, and llie snow
which coveis llie bids nf Cemligo has given
the finishing touch to ihat gold field.
Tho increasing pmspuiity of ihe miners
has had a bad cilecl 011 their niiuals. Then;
aie account ol diuukcuuess, rows, thieving
and lobbenes. Gangs of mounted bushran
gers, wilh pi-l'ds in I hoi r hands mid masks
on llieir laces, are infesting all the to ids
and slopping tiavelleis and gold transports,
unless the escorts are stiong and well-arm
ed. For n season we trust for a veiy stioil
season Iho cold colonies will have the days
of Dick Tuipin over again.
Lauge Iiitk Mr. Gideon fiuwm.ni, of
Allegheny lp , Somerset co., Pa , a few day
Hgoshol the la.gest buck iu ihe mountain.
The deer has been known by the name id
Old Isaac" for many years, Some hauler
t j in diiii in
ivtrt'ii. lit naa mi
addiiiliou 10 Ihe one Ihat killed him.
w eighl w as 2 1 2 pound.
. Merit i-Klan h
Itself lwilei-iied ia tiii-l, "r fine clothe,
lint, hermit-like, 'u efi'n'r uil to fly,
And hiiiv a. beuutics in ol.w-'unty.
Ill
Da. Howe ha examined almost the entire
number of cases ol idiocy known iu Massa
chusetts, end the result is, in all but four
instances, he found the parent of these
idiol were either intemperate, addicted to
ensual vices, tcrofuloua, predisposed lo
insanity, or bad iutermariied wilb blood-relation.
Til Kb KB V II AMIS A TALE.
Hit -. O. Picayune discourses, under this
llPiulini!, of a raie nnimnl nt nrounnl In
""'is, nt manner lollowmj?. town:
J'i ' tail, hangs to what the iiKluralistn
cM B P11) Mexicans a Lion, the Tex-
...e-.. i,i",ruii Mon. A sr. end hi fe ow Im
i, 100, wmi great, sleepy gieen eyes, n skin
as soft as velvet and beautifully mottled,
teeth a half inch long and sharp as razors,
claws over an inch in length, paws four in
ches across, limbs as finely proportioned as a
sculptor could desire and as brawny as any
ploughman' you ever saw, a chest ns broad
as a onn coil's and a body as flexible t,s a
snake's. Tho fellow is playful, too ; the only
precaution lo be laken is not lo put your hand
wheie he can get hold of it. To look at him
one would think him the gentlest of kittens,
as weak and delicate ns a mouse ; but a look
at his old cage, with Ihe thick timbers torn
up as if Rtinck by lightning, willl change this
opinion at once. Once or twice already ho
has got loose in the big warehouse whero
he is kept, and such a sudden disappearance
of the human inhabitants thereof as then
look place was never before witnessed. He
did no harm, however, being mercifully in
clined. This specimen of what Texas can produce
n tho way of wild animals, was, when a
cub, caught on the Rio Grande by an officer
in Ihe army, and was presented by him to a
friend of his residing in Corpus Christi. He
grew up under charge of a Mexican, who
led Inm about, without a chain, and treated
him as he would a favorite dog. The ani
mal never attempted to harm his guardian
and appeared to have a decided affection for
him.
Not long since an acquaintance of ours, a
yctmg man unacquainted with the ways of
the world, and particularly the world of Tex
as, was out on horseback in the prairies,
back ol Corpus Christi, "looking for what ho
could see. Presently, in moving along a
road, he came across one of those low, odd
awkward looking things, called a Mexican
cart. It occupied the middle of the highway ;
ho oxon harnessed lo it were lying down,
chewing the cud of animal reflection. Tho
vehiclo was apparently unoccupied.
Our adventurer rode nearer, and just as he
was within a few feel of the cart, up rose
suddenly a tall, black, oil-skin covered, stee
ple-shaped Mexican hat, and under it one of
iho strangest faces lhat ever astonished a
stranger. It was no less an indvidual than
our "lion," w ho had sprung up and sat there
0:1 his haunches, showing his teeth in a grim
smile, and staring out of his big, greer., glis
tening eyes in no pleasant manner for a per
son unaccustomed to su?h adventures. Our
traveller felt "all ovcrish" down to his boots .
his horse, frightened out of his wits, snorted
and reared and pranced around, gelling as
far out of the cart ns he could. The "lion"
sat still, wagging his long tail, and evidently
enjoying llie scene. His appearance, with
ihe lull, queer hat, was ridicuiotis enough;
still lliore was something about him that
made, it more natural to desire lo get out of
his neighbothood than to stay nearand laugh
at him.
Our traveller speedily regained his pres
ence of mind, and fmced his horse up to the
cart. A man's head now rose above the sidj
of Ihe carl, and called out in Spanish what
the Senor wanted, The lion' companion
was his guardian a .Mexican. He was go
ing down Curpns Christi, to deliver him to
his owner, and at noon had stopped his cart
and laid down to take a nap. The lion's
haunch was un excellent pillow for the Mex
ican's head, and ihe lion's head a superior
deposit for the Mexican's hat. So both bad
gone lovingly to sleep together.
Tho Mexican lion no wise resemble hi
African or Asiatic namesake. He is more
akin to iho liger. Tho one we have spoken
of above, is the finest specimen of the race
wo have ever seen. They are now quite
rare in Texas.
High Life Bei.ow Stairs. A wag in
the Newaik Daily Adveitiser hits off in a
Punchy vein certain M. C.'s, who visit the.
lunch room at tho capiiul al Washington :
It is a marvellous sight to see General
Cass and General Rusk talking over th;;
"Texan boundary," wilh llieir mouths full
of bread and butter, to see Soule and Sum
mer vis a vis over tho agonizing luikey, :
deliberate upon the sublimity of Sewrar.i,
prefenii'.g his fingers to a foik, as he mua
ches away at the "di unkstick" of a clncke::.
I say it is a marvellous siht.
Just fancy old Jacinto and Borland, after a
lilt in llie Senate, to a breathless audience
Houston ' Boiland, I lather got yon v.:
the con-sti-lu-lion-al'' (hi Voice lost in a
hiiii mouthful of roast beef and dry crack
er )
Holland ' I don't know, exactly (p'e e
uf pickle) I think the Constitution is ch . .
011 Ihe point. (Piece of ham.) Theie m y
ha some slight modification (brandy and w..
ter) due the question in all its expansi. 'i -
(111. bull. nn Ihe lower button of his wa V
coal) hut I'm of opinion, General, (ano'l;-:
piece of ham,) lhat you are wrong. (Fe:
ishes the brandy and water.)
Jusl behind these Hale is making Hun" '
laugh hi eye out, while in a con. or yoi.
will ee a couple of Cabinet men with tha
Speaker," wilh a "loddy" that would eve.
tempi Sam Houston.-
Counterfeit Gold Dollabs. Oa aecc.v
of lh Urge number of counterfeit (fold do!
Ian in circulation here, it would be well fn;
ihe publio to be on Iheir guard. They ar s
beautifully executed, and except in their
weight, well calculated to deceive,