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nail Patent Sktrt Supporter nod Brace. for Ladle.,
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it Cull be P•upp lied; fur menclotg totem:re, chum
were.o.o.mental work, toy:, ree , there i• oreloug
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nt vJoA : rmtLy VI:DICI NE STORE.
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TIME Subset& r. have received a New and Large
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of its btasitiess. nod elm fattish it to is large
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A . EEW more of those .btantihil Prints
which will Le gold elsenp,
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'uk. H. C. FON IJEErtlIt
Segars, Tobacco, &c,
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gfinti ono.
Pacts about Japan
RELIGIONS OF TILE JAFANESE
El]
The religious clement enters ea largely
into the social condition of the Japanese peo
ple that we must allude to some of the differ
ent forms of faith and superstition, the
distinction being but small. Recent visitors
to Jeddo, as well as those of olden time, have
teen struck with the superior condition of
the priesthood there as compared with those
of China. The attendenoe in the temples,
the orderly and reverent performance of the
religious services, all attest the fact that in
Japan there is none of that sad social in
difference to any faith, to over ruling Provi
dence, or a future state, which renders the
Chinamangsuclz a hopeless object of conver
sion to Christianity, The old Jesuits who
did not love the Japanese priesthood, ac
knowledged, nevertheless,-that amongst the
higher orders, there were men eloquently
impressive in their preaehint, and that their
rhetoric, logic, as well as good manners and
elegance of stylo•—whether in conversation
or their writings—was not a little to li.s ad
mired; in short, that the church of the devil
—as they charitably styled the Japanese
religion—was quiie as well adapted to en
list the feelings and touch the senses of the
lower orders as that of Rome.
EMI
There is much confusion as to the particu
lar form of faith which might be considered
the State religion of Japan; but so for as we
r can enn, it - oppoars to be a-form of Bud
bism modified by the spiritualism of the
ancient Sintoo faith. We hear of many
orders of priesthood, but those of the
highest class are indubitably better educa
ted, more intelligent, and far more respected
than in China. They :ire spleen of as the
eneourazers of intellectual progress and edu
cation, and the. natives give them credit as
the introducers and inventors of many of
their arts and science. Next to these stood
formerly, and in all probability do still, three
or more orders of military clergy somewhat
resembling in character the knightly priest
hood of ancient Europe. They are, however
said to be unpopular on account of their
turbulence, and of the bad odor they fell
into in the sixteenth century, when, by way
of checking the progress of Christianity, and
other innovations, they, to the number of
.30,000, took up arms against their sovereign.
and actually c.tpturei the spiritual capital.
The Emperor Nebonanga punished them
with great severity; but it seems likely that
his assassination was brought about by this
reactionary party, and that the severities of
Taiko-satna lull his hostility to Christians
arose from a fear of this powerful confeder
acy of 0 arlike priests.
PECIMIARITIE9
There Are -other sects of the priesthood
who rigidly abstain from all animal food,
and spend a life of penance and tnortifica
tion. Celibacy, though not general amongst
the Japanese priests, is enforced amongst
particular sects with severe penalties, incon-
Cuenca being punished with death. The
Ikkois take char ge of certain temples, in
which hospitality and kindness are carried
out to a very profane extent; they never,
says a scandalized father, trouble each other
or dispute with the citizens upon the ques
tion of faith; their temples are the houses of
g mil fellowship, built in pleasant places; in
short, these are the Friars Tuck of Japan.
And lastly, we have the mountain priest•
hood, the Ytimanboos before mentioned.—
A.ll these sects are 111,/re or less mendicants,
and amongst these thrifty people a system
of loans, not gifts to the ministers of their
rods, has been introduced, which is as per
fectly unique as the eonclusioa they arrived
at, to prevent a dispute about the color of
the "evil one" bringing about a schism in
the church. Each sect declarel the said
personage to be urn tarticular hue; all the
ehurches were by the ears upon the subject;
all authorities at variance; the dispute be
came serious, and was referred to the Em
peror; he solved thequestion with a wisdom
worthy of Solomon.
=1
The devil he declnred.to be of all colors,
and we suppose the harlequin attire of the
Japanese policeiman, as seen today, is to re
mind those who stray from the paths of vir
tue and the law that that representative of
the many colOred one will have them unless
they mead their ways. But to return
to the loans to the church. It •is a
standing law amongst the Japanese boozes
that Ire who lends them cash in this world
will receive in the next world the capital
and ten per cent. at simple interest. Bills
of exchange payable hereafter are duly giv
en to the lender, who carefully preserves
them, and it is not unusual for dying per
sons to leave especial directions as to these
bills. They are generally buried with the
corpse, in order that the principal and in
terest may be claimed in the other world, as
well as to frigbteo off the evil oils, who is
reputed to have a very natural horror of
such I. 0.
TUE COLLEGE Or Ca:,,:d.r—SUICIDE.
Another rel gious custom of a truly paia-
Cal nature is often spoken of by old writers
upon Japan, and that is the self-sacrifice or
the more enthusiastic uriests in their desire
to inherit inure quickly the blessings of the
'uture state. The neighborhood of tho great
religious College or Catiay is especially urn
tioned. as the scene of these suicides. This
College of Coney appears. team close to the
ancitmtvity I,fit3crunga, shout lull way be-
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READYNG,- NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY AIORNING, JULY, 27;, IS6I.
tween Jekdo and Osaca. It was visited in
1G49 by a Dutch Embassy, who say hither
repair all the learned of 'Japan to dispute in
theology and philosophy, and they appear to
have witnessed some of these suicidal at
tempts to reach Paradise. The enthusiasts
usually announced their intention of pro
ceeding to the ether world on a given day,
and expressed n willingness to undertake
any commissions for departed friends or rel
atives. They carefully noted dawn all such
messages in books carried for the purpose,
they loaded their wallets with alms, and
armed themselves with a sharp scythe to
clear the road of the many thorns and briars
said to impede the paths of Paradise. Thus
equipped, the poor creatures would embark
on a deep lake in a small canoe; paddling
out a distance, they attached heavy weights
to their bodies and sprang into the water,
whilst their admiring fraternity calmly re
garded them as men much to be envied, and
took care that the canoe should be burnt
with fire, as a vessel too sacred to be ever
defiled by being applied to less noble pur
poses.
JAPANESE MODE OP TRAVELLING
The Gazette of St. Petersburg publishes
a letter from Madame Albrecht, wife of a
physician, dated from llakodadi, in the 1--
land of Japan, the 15th April, giving an
ac
count of an excursion into the interior of
that singular country. It required many
efforts and more time to cause the Japanese
to consent to our project. According to
treaties Consul Generadalone have the right
of travelling by land in the interior. and
the Russians have hero only a simple Con
sul; but as he enjoys the same privileges as
a Consul General, the authorities could not
maintain any objection on that score. We
purchased Japanese litters, or, as they are
called here, cages (kahas). They contained
no sort of seats, and are not long enough to
enable the legs to be extended; so that we
were obliged to sit cross-legged in Japanese
fashion, we had, however, the back sup
ported by a cushion. We were five in num
ber—the Consul, his wife, their son, myself
and lady's maid, and each of us had a litter
or cage. Seven Japanese functionaries were
ordered to be in attendance on us, and each
of them had a litter and two domestics; we
had also two guides. The litter is suspen
ded from a long pole placed on the shoulders
of men—two before and two behind—and
etch one is attended by bearers to relieve
each other in turns, some of them having
as many as ten.
We were also accompanied by a vast num
ber of police officers, who walked before and
on each side of the litters, and who cried
in a melanch ply tone to all the common peo
ple we met on the road, "Sara," which
means "sit down." This order was ob , •yed.
In the towns, where the inhabitants collec
ted in crowds to see is Pass. the same order
was given, and the people immelately sat
down, in spite of mud and rain. In certain
towns however, which are occupied by
princes, the people were exempt from this
formality. So great, in some places, was
the curiosity of the people to see us, that
they pressed close to the litters, and endea
vored to open the doors (there is one or
each side), but the police, who were armed
with long sticks, and with small iron rods
(the latter carried in the sleeve), kept them
off. This rod is a mark of authority, and
it is said that the Japanese greatly fear
being touched by one as they are then
placed under arrest. At every station at
which we s'opped we found prepared for
us a chamber, which was very clean, and
decorated with magnificent paper hangings;
and, for us to sit down; benches with a
sort of cushion were provided. These
stations are designed fur funs tionaries who
travel on Cm public service. They are
all constructed on the came ilam the cham
ber we occupied in each was only separated
from the street by one fur the domestics,
and war divided into differentoompartments
by sliding partitions. Every room we wore
in was very. cold'et, night, notwithetan ling
the braziers were lighted on our retiring to
•
rest.
The roads were
_very good. Those in the
first part of our journey were very wide and
planted with high trees, the branches of
which extended across. Ou each side of the
road were rice - fields. .The second part of
our journey was through a mountainous
country; we there saw a large quantity of
snow, and was greatly inconvenienced with
rain. We frequently found the roads cut
by large rivers, and we crossed them in ferry
boats. The reception we obtained in every
town was very ceremonious. - First of all,
an elder in uniform cause forth to meet us,
and saluted each litter with profound re
spect; on each side of the street were police
officers with polished sticks, and at some
distance from them were public functiona
ries in groups, seated on stools. The uni
ferric of' these officials is singular; it con
sists of a s3rt of gown in gauze, with at the
shoulders a projeetion resembling wings.—
In consequence of this we collect them "fune.
tiunaries with wings!' Behind them were
attendants bearing wands, lances, something
resembling horses' tails, and other articles
indicating no doubt, their difference in
rank. In certain towns we found drawn up
large bodies of men, - with bows and arrows;
I in others lines of soldiers; with a masker
in one hand and a match in the other. We
completed the journey iri twenty-two dayi,
having traveled at the rate of from Mein
to twenty - miles a tiay.—From Once a Week.
1 A Soldier's Notion in Battle.
Our citizen soldiers, inexperienced in the
bartle-field will find the must terrible mo
ments just before' the combat begins. A
salier, - in his narration of personal
tares in the Mexican war. published in
, Achievements of Americans,;' gives
some interesting items on this head in his
description of the battle or Polo Alto, the
opening battle of the war.
When all was ready both armies stood
still for about twenty minutes, each waiting
for the other to begin the work of death, and
during this time I did not see a single man
tof the enemy move—they stood like statutes.
We rem fined quiet with two exceptions.
i General Taylor, followed by his ,qatf, rode
from left to right at a slow pace, with his
j leg thrown o'er like a woman, add as be
passed each regiment, he spoke words of en
; couragement. I know not what he said to
the others but when he came to whet. eve
stood he looked steadily at U. I suppose to
!see what effect the novel circumstance., in
which we were place I !,a 1 uptyt r. , at,d, as
he gazed, he said: "'rite I Ly,,,et, my hardy
oaks! the bayonet ;s the thimr!” Toe other
was that t,f Lietttemaut the engin
eeN, wit) volt nteere I to ga!1,1)
encoWn line in front of both armies,
0 , 0;0 their g11.1‘; 'Ulf SO e 1 . , 50 Ii I he go
tfiEt he might hlt.c been shot a hundred
tittles. 000 of the • 01 , of the enemy,
doubtless thinking he had some communi
cations to make rude out to meet hint; Blake,
however, paid no attention to hint, but rude
on, and then returned and reported to
Taylor.
Thus stood those two belligerent armie
face to face. What were the feelimv of
those thousands! 14ow many thoughts and
fears were crowded into thoSe few moments:
Look at our tnen; a clammy sweat is settled
all over faces slightly pale, not froth cow
ardly fear, but from ten awful sense of peril,
combined with a determination not to flinch
from duty. These are the moments in which
true soldiers resign themselves to their fate,
and console themselves with the reflection
that whatever may befall them they will at
with honor; these are the moments whets the
absolute coward suffers more titan death—
when, if not certain he would be shot in his
tracks, he would turn and flea righting is
very hard work; the man who has passed
through a two hours' fight has lived through
a great amount of mental and physical la
bor. At the end of a battle I had alway,
found that I perspired so profusely as to wet
through till my thick woollen clothing, a , d
when I had gut cool, I was as sure as if I
had been beaten all over with a club.
When the battle commences the feeling.
undergo a change. Reader, did you ever
see your house on fire? if so, it was then you
rushed into great danger; it was then you
went over places, climbed over walls, lifted
heavy loads, which you never could have
done in your cooler moment•; you Uteri
have experienced some of the excitement of
a soldier in battle. I always know my dan
ger—that at any moment I was liable to be
killed, yet such was my excitement that
never fully realized it. All men arc not
alike; some are cool, some are perfectly wild
or crazy; others are so prostrated with fea r
that they ate completely unnerved—an aw
ful oinking and relaxation of all their ener
gies takes place, awful to behold; they trem
ble like aspen, sink into ditches and covert
places, cry like children, and are totally in
sensible to shame—dead to every emotion
but the overwhelming fear of instant death.
We bed a few, and but a few, of such in our
army.
As the two armies were facing each other
it was remarkable to see the coolne4s'of our
men; there they stood, chewing bits of his
enit, and talking about' the Mexicans, some
wondering if they would fight; others allow
lowinr that they would, and like demurs.
etc. I kept my eyes on the artillery of the
enemy, and happened to be looking toward
their right wing, when suddenly a white curl
of smoke sprang up their from ono of their
guns, and then I saw the dust fly some dis-
tanee in front where the ball struck. In
stnntly another, and then another rich curl
of smoke arose, sueeoeie I by a booming
sound, and the shot came crashing towards
us. The enemy fired very rapidly, and •
their halls knocked the dust ablut us in all
directions—some went over our heads, ethers;
struck the ground in front and bounced
away.
Our batteries now went to work and *potir
ed in upon them a perfect storm of iron;
Lieut. Churchill and his men began with
their eg,hteen-pounders, and when the first
was fired, it made such a loud report that '
our men gave n spontaneous shoot, which
seemed to inspire us with renewed
demo. I could hear every word the Lieu
tenant said to his men. When the first shot
was fired, he watched the ball, saying. "Too
high, 'men; try another!"--"too low, men;
try again—the third time is the charm!"—
The- third shot was fired, and I saw with
my own eyes the dreadful effect of that and
the following shots. "That's it, my boys!"
shouted Churchill, jumping up about two
feet; "you hare them now! keep at- that;"-
and so they did, and every shot tore claim ,
plete lanes through the enemy's lines; but
they^stood it manfully. The full 'chorus of
bhttle now raged; -twenty-three pieces or
artillery belched forth their iron hail. •
We were ordered to lie down in the grass
o avoid the shot; this puzzled the enemy,
and they could not bring their guns to bear
upon us, making our loss very small. Many
3retc the narrow escapes; ono ball came
within six inehessof my left side: "The lot ee
of the shot was tretneadoukti horses body
was no obstacle at all; a man's leg wns a.
mere pipe stem. I - watched the shot as it
struck the roots of the Grass, and it was
astonishing how the dust flew: In about:in
hour the grass caught tut tire, nt:d the clouds
of smoke shut out the opposing armies from
view. We had mat as yet lost a man from
our'regiment. In the olHeur:ty the enelny
cha'nged their line, an-I the eighteen -pound
ers, -mppot ted by our regiment, took a new
position on at little ri-s .d' gr, urk , l. A. we
moved onto tol , e spot a six pound shot carried
away the lower jaw of Capt. Page, and then
took "off a man's head on the right as clean
as with a knife.
The blond of poor Pegs was the first I saw;
he was knocked doWn' in the grass, and as
he endeavored to r. ice Itttn4, , l I, he presented
such a ghestly spe-tucle'that n sitddy. tninF
g sensation came over Int% and the mom oty
of that toght t Olen 'carry with me to nty
dying day. A. litt'e later Major Ringgold
wa: mortally wean led at his battery; I FOW
hint jnsr otter it. The shot had torn away
•t portion of the flesh from his thighs; its
force Was tremendous', cutting off' both his
pistols at the locks, nod also the withers of
his horse—a splendid steed, which was
killed t reliete bite of his nii,ery. The
enemy tried third, but without avail, to hit
our eigeteen pounders. The battle con
tinued until night put an end to ti.e scone.
We bit (mocked where we were, and laid on
our arms: we slept however, but little, think
we might be attacked in our sleep.
The 0110/71V ha I been very severely
handled, owing to the superiority of nor
artillery. The gunners went into it more
late butchers than military men; each strip
ped off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and
tied his suspenders around his waist; they
all wore red flannel shirts, and, therefore.
were in uniform. To see them limbering
and unlimbering, firing a few shots, then
dashing throug't the smoke and then to tie
again with lightning Eke rapidity, pertly
hid front tiew by dense clouds of smoke end
dust, with their dark red shirts and naked
arms, 3 outing at every shot they m tde, re
minded me of a baud of demons rather than
ME
ShEupe's the Word
I recently procured a Sharpe's rifle --
Sharpe's the word. Breeeh-loading. It'.'
good thing to have in the family in a %vat
time. Said Ito that estimable W0211:171, our
wife, he that caret!' not na- his own house
hold is worse than en infidel, or something
like it. I dare say i•ou can find the passage
if you look for it. It is a beautiful trait.
finely seen in the least specimens of the
brute creation. have a scar on my hand
where fifteen years ag,o a woodchuck advei
tised the faetla three insertions. Ile care t
fur his house, he did, and it was the word•
for me that I was an infidel on that point,
and put my hand into his bole to draw him
out.
My Sharpe's rifle east me SGO, Eastern
currency, paid fur is ith my even check of
$lOO, on Messrs. Sint & Company, my Chi
cago bunkers; this of itself I thought rather
a sharp rifle, but then, said r, all for coun
try. I took the weapon in my hand and
admired it. It had none of the high flash
sheen of burnished metal end varnished
wood, seen in tin t. cumin in shooting irons.
but the tone of the clouded barrel and Meek
walnut stock. was eminently quiet and re
spectable, made for service. This, said I.
shall Le an heir-loom in the family. De
cidedly, I :01.111 hand this dawn to posterif3
as a memento of these times.
Thus armed and eqnipped I went home to
that estituahle woman, my wife. "MI , dear,"
saki I, "this is a Sharpe's rifle." . She im
mediately sent ,hr girl Jane into the room
overhead with the baby, a movement sa w
she regretted, when she observed how stn
dion.ly I kept the muzzle. pointed tit the
- "Oh, if it would paid she.
"It is not loatled,'" said I: Then I called
her to notice that these were times when it
wag a good thing to have weapons in the
flintily,
I. "Mn' dear; ail; is the celebrated
Sharpe's ride," Si'"th as they used in
Kansas?" she mike 1. I assured her it was
the very same. ."lint the piece has'itt any
ratnrad," said my wife. "That," said I , re
pre4sing a gleam of gratification of the•con
seiousness of sapellor knowledge, "is be
cause it is- breech-loading." 'ls it," said
she quietly, and was leaving the room. I
was burning to show my newly acquired
with the wonderful 'weapon, and
felt piqued because she 11450 little curios
ity. —lf you will sit here, my dear, I will
show jou." .
this breech-loading:, rifle, the lever
•
moves just so, and that thinguinlsob there
flies back, ned if you look now- your eye
can tdlow the fine rifle twist of the barrel.''
"I see," said my wife, "but Ittro afraid the
piece is loaded." "And yet, estimable, wo
man, you'are looking straight tilimu , ,r,h the
barrel, now na open tube from one cad to
the' other." you touch it off:"
asked,rity wife. ""Chat; my dear, is a beau
tiful peculiarity of this weapon. ''he per
cussion caps are ail concealed hare under
the hammer, and are automaton primers."
"What is that," raid she. sl.Self-acting,"
said I. Then I slid back a. spring to show
her, and out flew a'stnall-shower of percus
sion caps. — "I stall do this better in time,"
said
"Now; my, dmr," said 1, oracularly, "this
PER, YEAR, VA CE;.-$2,00 IF.NOT I ANCE
firrarrn'tarriim:iminnie ball. I
can lire from eietit-tn ten Shots n minute. at
a mark from• a Mile to a Mile and a half dis
tant. Think what a wtikpon this will prove
in case , of an .sattock." - My wife Was , se
elinsmed- that she insisted that 'She herself
sluiuld team how to fire it. -'"A Mile and a
half," said she, "Then yoticould hit a Man
somewhere in the vicinity of B ill's 'tread."
I MIMe a little estimate and thought it tni,4lit
be done.
••rhere-is one objection that strikes me,"
q h my e-diamble wife. "You are Fr)
very near sighted my dear. Don't you re
collect that you cannot distinguish persons
across the street, and often ask mo whether
it is our dear rector that is sitting in the
desk? , now urc you to see to hit a man a
mile and n hall' olf?•"•That indeed, an
objection," said 1, "but that may be obviated
by, the use of a glass. 1 shall procure one
at once."
A rev days alter, I went home earlier
titan usual and took my Sharpe's rifle under
my arm for a little practice. Said I, I shall
go to the quiet suburbs, and there get up
lay target and practice a little. I took m 3
wife's t.pera glass with Inc. I sclected
ectangular bit of board, and at melted it to
it fence, and sweeping the field of
with my glass, saw nothing to pi event, lily
making a few pretty shuts.
As the piece and 1, mechanically, were
on familiar terms already, I bade I it with
out difficulty. Shutting; the Minnie hall in
his chamber, "Go, little one, - said f, bighting
t ir“ugh the opera glass as I took aim at the
b sad. Laying down the piece. I ran
towards the board. It was a gaud run—
quite a little distance, in fact. The beard I
found w hole —thero was not the trace of a
Minnie ball to be seen. "Decidedly," said
"that ball has gone astray," and again 1
swept the field with my glas.. This time I
was struck with the contortion. and an un
ti.ts of a red cow a quarter of a mile away.
She was trying to get up. with a strong ten
dency to lie down. To my naked eye site
was invisible. With the glass I saw her lie
down nod roll over on her hack. A suspicion
flashed across me—a new light on the subject
of long range guns.
I have raid thirty dollars for that caw;
my Sharp's rifle has thus cost are a stun
you can estimate from data I have given
you. I begin to suspect that it is less an
.requisition to the family than I thought.
lure enough, ono might be called to shout a
burglar, but then the latter doings of that
hall, which might travel half a mile after
passing through the burglar, are nut ple,isant
.o contemplate in a city. I doubt iff ant as '
•nappy with my Sharp's rifle as n family
nicTe, as I fondly hoped I should be. On a
war-footing, in the tented field you know, it
would be a capital thing, said I. "If one
wasn't near-sighted," said that e , timuble
woman my wife, "fur he might kill a cow
,r his own geniral officer," said she. ' 1
4tould use an opera glass, of enurse." said I,
nettled, I confes., as I carefully rolled up
my Sharp'sritle in an old blanket. I have
not disturbed it since. I em ready fur en
...tales at a Inile and a half; h (Me, r.
The Big Tree of California
DEECRIDED BY ROY. THOMAS ST.III t: KINCI
Ina lato number of theßeston Transcript,
the most graphic neeonnt yet written of the
grove of mighty trees at illarimisa, Califor
nia, is eentriboted by Buy- 1 . 1104. Starr King
The fJllowipg extracts will be found inter
esting:.
"There are two large groves of the mem
moth trees in California. The one which is
usually visited is in Calaveras county-. It
remains hardly a third as many trees as the
Mariposa euster wlf.cli we were in search ot
in this letty, lint iv more easy of - aecess.—
ft covers Moult as much-space as the Com
mon, and a g toil carriage road lentil to the
heart of it. At the portal of the grove stand
-4 pair of sentinels, twenty-fire feet apart,
which are sixty feet in circumference and
three hundred feet high. They ore well
called the -"Two Guardsmen." 11 - hat n
pity, for Daunts' sake, that there is not one
more! Passing these warders, you drive up
to a hotel, in / and the grounds trimmed up
and the trees nnm'd and labeled for guests.
Some • of'tha. labali are of gilt lett-rtv en
alnrbl., we aretel..l. and are 'tastefully in.
laid in thd hark' fram VI twenty feet above
the'giettr.d. "Ite'rkes" in this group
is ninety'-three fe`et:in eiroumfertence. The
"California," serently-{!tree feet in eirettit.
' , hoots tip ttrait r eit'it.i - nri arrov three hun
dred and ten - fer."*l.7n6le Tnrn's ('Whin,"
is a' tree in t•ittoinfireirittr, and writ 1,, Ige
twenty' persons. Thd "nuttier of the For
est," is three hundredand twenty-veven feet
high, and nearly eighty ttet in girth.
4 4 • 4 ' 0414 or a C.tia
verde trees, three hundred feet high, was
cut down a-fen years ago; - eight feet from
the ground. Part of the trunkis used as a
bowling alley, and the Stump, twenty-five
feet in diameter, cocerel with a canopy of
green boughs, is now a dancing saloon-
cut it down, pump angeri were used from i
either side until the tree was completely sew- ;
era from the hate. Rut so nicely ptiised
was it that it would not fol. Only by drit
ing in large wedges with imruen.e batter
ir.g rams, mad its equilibrium be Jisturbed
sufficiently to make it top itenry,„„ l , Five uteu
were at work twenty five days in this drudg
ery of destruction.
The NlAriponk grnre stand% aim the erentnr hen a and b. - 4y. The young: unmarried girls
has fashioned it, unprafaned except by fire, I wore the" leather stripped rachat rotindtb
which, long before the advent of Saxon Wide; so me that covered their
~Dvii QL - 1, .1v'_V118E1.34,ti4:.1.,
white then; charr'ed the base of the larccr
portion of the . st tl mart trees. We rode on
fur an alrttie tiro' e till lA : e
reaclleda forest planted Ire thousand fco.
above the sea. This in Kett.Engiand is t 1..•
height of Mount Mi - clis.)n,'ivherenkasfirEb
can gran-. '
Riling on 'n...feVi fedi,
evergre'e:,a vrith
a glimpse o: a strange color
It is a tree in the distance of a 'cinnamon
hue. We ride nearer and nearer; see:r:g
other. 01 the same compiexian fitarting out
in the moqt impressive contrast viith tie
sombre columns of the wilderne,s. 'We are
now in the grove of the Titans. The bark
i,as a right !outline effect itn the eye. W..!
single ~ut one of them for a fist :0. t eal' •.
:thee, and anon dismount at the root.
I tanst confess that my own feelings, no I
first scanned it; and let the eye run up to the
tawny pillar. was of intense disappoint
ment. But then I said to myself, this is on..t
of the s - trinlirgs of the Annk brocd—only tc
&mall affair of some forty feet in girth. I
took nut the niett;tiring line, fastening it 1. ,
the trunk with a knife, and walked around
unwinding it no I went. The line wire
enty-tire feet long. I came to the end of this
b:foretine completing the circuit. gin..
feet more were needed. I had dismounted
before a structure eighty-four feet in circum
ference and nearly three hundred feet high,
and I should not Ita,ve gues.ed that it would
hare measured morethait fifteen feet through.
It did not lot.k to me twice as large'ns the
Big Elm on the Common, althoug:• that is
only eigh.cen feet in circumference, and
,hi: was twenty-eight in diameter. During
the tiny' I hail seendozon'sigar pines
which appeared to be farmore'lafty.
The next one - we" menitired tras 89 feet
and 2 inches in girth; the third was 90 font.
The] c are nearly three times es-many of the
giant species in the grove as in the Calave
ras structure. Divided into two grolan",
there are cis hundred and fifty of thena tcitt
in a space ,>fil mile and three-quarters. Colr
nel Warren, the faithful and sell-sacriGeing
friend of agricultural interests in the State,
proprietor and editor of the California,
Farmer, measured the principal trees of one
gr,,up on this ridge, some three years ay.
and found one of 102 feet, tyre of 100, ono
of 07, one of 92, ono of 80, nne of 80, two-of
77, three of 7ti, and thus gradually dimin
ishing. till more than ono lmndre4 trees
were on his list that measured arty feet c.:.tl
upwards in circumference."
Central Africa
A venturous n aveler, M r. John Pethevick,
ba. lately penetrated into tho wild.regions
of Central Africa. nod has given his esperi
ene2 to the world in the form of a most en
tertaining volume (••.a.tvp.t.,
.Sothian, and
Central Africa") itt.t published by Black
wood &C t. Among:t the pet social descrip
tions we find the fulloiltog very interesting
picture of a dancing girl:
"The sinking and accompaniment beving
vontinnee fur some titne without any opr,,t
lent inclination to dance, a very pretty darl.-
rolote.l. Arearin'g a scarf over her shoe `.-
Aers,:throviiiik it ripen, espobing her the , .
g•mcc , fillly into the "Contra of the
open space, and standing erer, I , doke
encitiettlably then with h r titek , -;
-right-foot sho indicatad a el:longe in ta.:l
oneaSure. Tht'owia..; he'r 'heal hack. an
her ft nely-mcmliled chest furward:rafbinz
her hens hoi izontally With her elbows,
and keeping time Avitli her .ri,iht
slowly ti - lvanced. moving head
hack .v . orls an , l`foiwar.la with a most seren4
ootin ten smac l - and in n manner not devoil3,
of grace, retired id the seine style. One
moventer.t of her Pint changed the
frOrn an 'adai4e". re 911 si , llegr y ; an I
hourvlio,i in the nir:diFrohine iier.tititst an
-lionhiers of, the a arf, site went - thrnugh
qrri:,3! of perforni`a'lePs whit - legs and arm-t
that es '
ftltino to lo,I; at: s'polte volume- f r
her rciustmlnr powers. " The ineatniegrrtric.-
1, any rpt3ckone , l, NNit ., elt the xcipandA t :
I until, after danninz:a/ prestor•oriehennl
I war4l,,brner.,frt her, I , scareely'lstiCia
t, thoi enneh, end eltnhnt-inttvAn:a arras. an 1
hendiel, her head to the eright and tho
she satutrni•mv cheeks with het tresses of
Zsritti`Y,'lgnite t blir, - -She ghosted rte Inneh
renter=ndvantage nt to, di•tnnee: the' exer•
tion 'elhe had gene through, nn (1411 e wretch e
pomeinm; odors , erbich I much - doubt
whether any' rionntity of -eau:de•Cologr.e
enanterietel; he moistening it
1, m ,11 gohi rnhyali.(nboat roarpence,)
i in tny natiith, and sticking it to-her fore
-1 bend; she retired nprtrentky as mach pleared
- -
A glimire of the country and the natives
is ems' agreeabff nEforded:
hertis of cattle, camels, rtni'd on
keyi re.ere browsing off the herimg,d In the
Eels: and in front of the village ivhlctivre
were now app reaching, n number hf women
were: c dteeted round the well; 'their tong
row of pitchers indicating that - they were
waiting their torn to fill them. The dark
i,rown-Arab omen Ifere - insifyiliiiernable
fr , m the blrittk ' in'tpm4'itr negreTts;*bu't
girls of oiired blood so mu elereielllifed their
mistresses in color, that it Alai - red a more
intimate knewledge to reeognird them. The
older negmzscs wore only a- wrapper of
native coarse white cottin cloth aroundthe
loins . ; whereas their mistresses,' in addition
to'a w'rapper of grey shirting, wore f • scarf,
witti f Ted of blue border, corering alike the
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