V v 4 4 mi i ,j T H H II 12 H fJ 11 J. H. LARRIMI-R, J Editor. VOL Villi. NOJG. Trrms of Siinsrriiitluii. If (mi'I in ailvitnnr, nr williin three iiiihiiIik, $1 2.') (fpiiiil any tinio within tlio year, ... 1 ,',n tf pahl afu-r tho expirntinn f (ho your, - 2 (Ml Terms of Ail vrrHslii. Ailrertint'iniMitii aro inm-rU"! in t'lo Kopiililicun t tlm following rnti' ! 1 Iii'crlinn. 2 (In. 3 do. Onequre, (Mlinrii,) $ Ml $ ?5 $no miimrcn, (2Slino,) I III) 51) 2 III) lhro iUiiros, (42 linos,) 1 SO 2 0(1 2 50 3 iimnlli. fi inn'n. 1 2 m 0n Sipmris : : : : $2 50 $4 110 $7 on iofiiiart!i, : : : : : 4 (II) fi 00 10 no tlireo squnros, : : : : 5 00 8 III) ,12 00 pour npinri'5, : : : : (I 00 111 01) " on llairaroliimn,' : : : : R 00 12 (10 is 00 0n column, : : : : 1 I (10 2o no :!,-, 00 Ovor throo woxkn nml loss tli:m tliroo imuitlig 25 cents P'f ''iiiro fur ouch iii.n'ition. Buninomi notices nut oxuocdin Mines nre in torit'il fur $2 year. Ailvorticmi'nts tint mnrkc-l witlihlio number if insertiuiiK dosircd, will lio oi.utinuod till fuilml an charged according to theso loriin. J. ii. i..ii!;i:.n:;;. THE IXMIANS (IF Till; PLAINS. The special correspondent n' (lie SI. Louis l,nirr,i'lt wlin ; 1 -(. 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 i -1 1 dm, lliirncv on march (ci l'';i!i, cives the following rcf-iiws of events mi the wnv Inane: "Ten l:iy - was (he term which (ieinial Ilnrncy had agroi-d t . wait for i.e Chey enncs, mid on the tenth tiny ti.ey iinu'le their appearance, having IrnvYlled desper ately to keep t(. .vriuiii!iiiii,i. Tl.cv have the reputation of being (lie bravest tribe this side of I ho mountains, and the iinpearanoo imil bearing ol' the delegation (liil not lielie their reputation. Tiio"laik" was conducted in (he same style jinil ffilli tho sinio etiquette 11s the talk with t lie Millall:is. They eulne up, one i.v mie, in ft ni.tnl v numer, each shaking hands with the General, ivli'i sat in the Amo of 11 tree, nnd those whites' who v.'e.o willi liim. They seated themselves in r. eir, le, Mid proceeded to light their pipes. Till' orutur of the occasion was as faithful to the rules (if his in t as if he had studied in the schools. Jle commenced l.y savin--' that the fame of Gi lu ral Hal licy a- a gi eat chief was known to them, an I that they were all exceedingly glad to sec him.---The substance of the di -course, was that they were desirous of being at (aro w ith the whites; that the success of t h 3 mis sion oflircat Bear brought happim ss ind ponce of mind to the w hole ti il.e ; that they were also desirous of being at peace with other Indian tribes, hut that tlio Pawnees were always rohlin' tiiein. "I thought (ien. lla,irv's ciiuncl to them judicious and humane. He remind l them of their outraL'es upon the w hites, litlt told them if henceforth they acted ri'lit li, would ask tho (Ireat l ather at Washington to foiyive tlieui. He had not cnine to make a treaty with them, as Ids imsiiicss w as to chastise w hile childci n of tlio (In nt Father, w ho had hecn acting liadly, hut that these whitechildreii, know ing the power that was arrayed aainst thein, they suhinitte.l. 'I'iio ( leneral's liilll was to iinpre.-- them with the iih'a that if they tiaiisgresscd tiley ecnld not escape punishment, arid tliat they would receive justice if w hites committed any outrages upon them. He promised to he their friend if their conduct continued ;ood, hut that otherwise they would lind him a 'devil.' "In the propre-M of the talk it was learn ed that a party had gone out airainst the lVwiiees hefore t he return of (rood Hear, and this the warriors present regreted, as the counsel of their (.'ran Ifalhor (so they I'.illOcn. Harney) inclined them to peace, with tho Indians as well as whiles. "Tho talk was protracted for a eonid cruhle time, or rather there were two talks one on their arriv d and the other in tho evening tho l it tor tlio morn im portant. They wore treated hospitahly, and in addition to lucad and meat, got weak groj? to drink nnd tohaccoto Hinoke; but the condition of the commissariat and the circumstances of tho meeting did not warrant ihc giving to them of any presents. From what transpired, it is certain that llicy will not molest tho whites this year i t least, and that they have a .salutary dread of (ien. Harney. )t was noticed that the old chiefs laid the Maine of past mutters upon tho 'yotin just ns liriuhaiu Young and the apologists of Kansas ra-scalities lay the blauio ol'ail inii--ilocds upon tho 'boys.' "Next day (tlio P.Uli) Gen. Harney re Mimed h's homeward march. Ho had been within sight of tho crossing of the South Fork of the Platte, -fiill miles west of Leav enworth, when the dispatch notifying him of the restoration of "peace in I' tali," and the new disposition of the forces conse quent thereon, reached him. On the 'Jlst wo reached fort Kearney, mid when ap proaching that uncomfortable place, heard that battle was raging between the Sioux and tho Pawnees. It turned outthat it was tho Cheyenncs the war party which had gone out from tho Republican Fork and not tint Sioux, who had tho audacity to nllack their eneruy w ithin sight of tho Hag of the United Slates. Tho CI icvennes, who had been hovering in tho vicinity for two or threo days, swooped down upon tho Pawnees, whilo a branch of their iia tion, called tho Loup Pawnees, werechang ing their camp. The assailants succeeded in stainpeeding three or four hundred horses, and tlio contest then was really for tho spoils. The pawnees, though taken by surprise, were soon mounted and in pursuit of tlio Clieyennes, w ho were not more than forty. As wo pnssed out east of the fort, some, of tho attendant circum Ftanee of Indian warfare presented them selves to our notice. Naked warriors armeil with nnliimtol puns, or bows and quivers, galloped ceaselessly towards the Fort. Tlieso were all Pawnees. They Were perturbed, but not with fear, nnd in answer to nil questions put to them, said the 'Sioux' had come upon them nnd took away a 'lienp' of their horses. It was impossible to know the truth ubout the mtlle until evening. It was learned that t lie heyennes had killed ono J'awnoa chlcl, named the French chief n, man be loved and admired l.y his trihe, w ho rode learlesv ln among the Cheyennes nnd turned the stampeded horses, but Who while thus engaged was speared to death. I here were some thrco or four wounded, but none of them mortally. All the hors es were rescued nt least the Taw-nccs say f. Tim Cheyenne did not even succeed 11 taking the scalp of the .shun Pawned, who wan hurried the samo day with loud wail nnd lamentation, nnd as befitted the dignity of a chief, with many weapons and bitlhdo robes and vengeful 'vows, tho last ol u hich are destined ton speedy rpsur rection in bloody deeds. "(ien. Harney had 11 talk with tho Paw nees, also. He lectured them severely 11 bout their thievillL'. but thev defended themselves by accusing tho' Cheycinics j and Sioux of various murders and robber-1 I ies. He also advised them not to retaliate 1 j upon tho Cheyenncs, as the latter were j disposed to make peace. Their knitted 1 ! brows and unbroken silence gave evidence I that they did not much relish this advice, I nut yet 111 their reply they promised to re-! main quiet, allhomh Hie perfidy and ' blood-thirstiness of the Cheyenncs was the topic upon whi. h they most elaborately1 dwelt, One of them, who had been lit ! Washington, and who displayed the med als which he received there, urged with gi cat skill tiie atrocious nature of tho in- suit given to tho whites by the Cheyenncs in spilling blood under the walls "of tins fort. I in Iced, (it'ii. Harney himself thought thai the ( 'heyennes should have been pre vented JVom attacking the Pawnees or any any other nation in sight of tho Hag staff; j and Col. May, w ho is now in command at ' Foi l Kuiniev, promised that if tho Chey.' (mie-; should venture to make war near! the fort, ho would chastise thom. The link wiih the Pawnees was tho most for- mal and impics.-ive of tho three, and all the chiefs, without exception, gavo mani-' festat ions of the weight which the (icner al's counsel had with them, and of tlio , fear with which they regard him. 1 "We remained a day at Fort Kearney, ' cliing out on tie; ":jd ultimo, nnd accom plishing tlie journey to Leavenworth in1 ten days. Wo hoard that wo should find I a band of Arrapahoes on Little Blue, but wncn we came ncro wo louiul merely tlio traces of their camp, o learned aftcr- ward that they had entered into unnlli-i aiice il h the Cheyenncs to make war on ' the Pawnees, but thatthey had not arrived ! at the rendezvous in time. Tho reckless1 I ,!;! ',r' iV tlin I 'Iifii'iMTnnu intr 1 s, (rii.tu.nl I at from the fact that forty of them j.rovok cd a battle with over a thousand Pawnee warriors, and in close proximity to the I'nted Stales troops, both in fort and camp. It deserves to be l icntioncd that a Pawnee boy, fifteen years of age, was the person that rescued most of the hors os." . Til K TLLKGKAPIIIC SYSTKM. On tiio sea-walls between Venice and the Adriatic, erected by the City of tho Sea when she was yet a proud republic, Nacoi.kon I. put tho inscription "Ausu leniiaiio a ro Veneto" truly indicating that Vcniiian money with lionutn enter prise had raised tlieso remarkable bulwark.-, rescuing tho harbor, ns it were, from being absorbed in tho Lagune. Without much strainingof wordsor mean ing, we might take some such similar in scription as a motto for the Atlantic Tel egraph, w hich certainly is the offspring of Fnglish worn ,i and American sciriici: A con-iderablo portion of tho capital was Knglish. Put tho suggestion, of car rying Moiisk's telegraph across tho Atlan tic, was wholly American, and Mr. Cyrus West Fif.i.ii is eminently entitled to im mortal credit for tho part which ho has taken in it, with equal energy and perse-! verance. Four years have elapsed since he first devoted himself to this great project four years of bodily as well as mental la bor. Ho had the fatigues and peril of much travel to encounter; he had to per suade legislatures as well individuals; ho had to interest capitalists in bis scheme; 1 e had to engage iho servioo of eminent men of science ; he had to make contracts with General and State Governments; he had to superintc-nd everything and supci vi.-e every body employed on or con nected with the ontcrpriso; worse than all, he had to sustain repeated failures. At last canio that crowning cunsumation of success, which places his name, forever, on the roll of fame. J'roln the AVw Ym k, Tiim-A of yesterday, we tako the following biographical memoranda, knowing how great and hyw natural must bo thecurios ity to learn particulars respecting such a man: "Cyrus WV.-t Field, who w ill bo remem bered in nil time for his connection with the Oceanic Telegraph, was born nt Stock bridge in tho year 1S22. Upon arriving at a proper age ho eamo to tho city of New York, and commenced business un der the training of A, T. Stewart, the emij in-lit merchant. 1 to subsequently became tho head of one of tho largest houses in the city engaged in Iho manufacture and sale of paper. Four years ngo, in a social party, composed of some four or fivo of our eminent business men, tho subject of connecting F.uropo with America was broached. Mr. Field tit onco became im pressed w ith tho idea of its feasibility, and turned the whole energies of his mind to bear upon tho subject, lie very soon, with others, formed nn association in this city, 'composed of Peter Cooper, Moses Taylor, Marshal O. lioberts, Chandler Wiu'to, iS. F. P. Morse, and David Dudley. Field, for tho purpose ell'ecting a commu nication between tho Eastern and West ern world. Asa first step Mr. Cvrus W. Field, with his brother, David Dudley and Chandler White, went to Newfoundland, nnd after overcoming many legislative dif (lenities, procured a charter, under which they constructed h line of telegraph from "i:xr'i:i.sinit." CLKAKF1KU), I'A. WKDMvSI) AV AIJCSUST I, m. I St. .lohnl Newfoundland, nctrturt (lit, island of more than ,'!(H miles, through a ' sterile wilderness, composed of rock'or- ' est, anJ morass. Then followed tin! huIi marino telegraph ncross the (iulf of S, Lawrence, the first one attempted to be' laid, ns our readers will remember, being lost. Hen-eitis that Mr. Field trained himself for future triumphs, for undis mayed, he immediately ordered a new ca ble ; then, ngnilist all seeming possibility of Kiieecsn, oeeillTd the one at the bottom i of tho dull", nnd thus llnnllv ri leived (he company against nny material loss. A teb egrnphie communication with Capo Hie ton was thus accomplished, connecting! with the then existing lines in Nova Sco- j tia. The company then procured grants and charters for 'linos from Prince F.d- j ward's Island, Nova Scotia. New p,m,is-! wick, Maine, nnd Canada, All these j things accomplished, Mr. Fieldstarted fori r.iigiand, and there, unremitting efforts, succeeded in establishing the Atlantic Tel egraph Company for tho purpose of cm necting the F.uroponn and American con tinents. What Mr. Field has done to bring about this wonderful ('(insinuation is familiar to the world. Failure nlier fail ure never dampened his ardor, or lessened his enthusiasm, and on the memorable oc casion when tho cable, apparently w ithout cause, untwisted ns it was paying out from the Agamemnon, when all were despond ent, it was stated that Mr. Field alone was sanguine nnd sure of success. Such en ergy, such deteriiimntion to triumph, has creative power, and is only to be found in elm meters illustrated by Columbus, Frank lin, and other discoverers, who have led tho way in tho advancement of civiliza tion, and been tho eyes, as it were, of the world in which they lived and had material association." Ton days niter the Telegraph Fleet had sailed, on the last and fortunate attempt to lay the Cable, the jCI.OUO .-hares of the Company were ollcred, on the London Stock Exchange, at '".() to OJD each butMcr.i were no buyers. No one di e uncd that this last effort would succoe l. It will be singular should shareholders, who were compelled to hold on their stock be cause nobody would purchase, eventually realize largely by the enterprise. We anticipate, as a matter of prudence and necessity, that early step will bo ta ken for laying a trami cable. It w ill nev er answer to havo tho noivly-established relations between the two continents de pending wholly upon a single line, sn at tenuated as that which has now been placed. Nobody can say w hat unexpected accident may occur to undo, in an instant ol time, what it has taken so many years and so much capital to complete. Tho greatest reliance can bo placed up on Lieutenant Mauhv's statement, the re sult of numerous soundings, that tho greater part of tho plateau at tho bottom of the Atlantic, between Newfoundland nnd Ireland, is smooth, and that it is too deeply placed to bo disturbed by the influ ences of currents or winds. Hut theiW. route is not thus favorable. The two or three hundred miles nearest to Ireland arc of variable depth, and certainly not even smooth or undisturbed at iho bot tom. Wo can readily fancy tho cable placed upon tho jagged summits of the sharp rocks which abound in that part of the Atlantic, nnd the thought naturally arises, is a single telegraphic line, which mny so easily bo chafed, strained, or cut upon these rocks, to bo ihc sod connecting link between the Old World and the New? It is evident that a second cable must bo laid, and tho sooner the better. If not, wo may awake some line morning and find that, from somo cause or other, tho Atlantic Telegraph is hw ir oimLit, and that we aro thrown back, for an in definite period, upon tho old communi cation of "ten days from England by mail steamer." It is satisfactory to add that hitherto the sub-ma?ino telegraphs have invariably worked more reliably than those upon tho land. It is astonishing to find how much has been dono by the Magnetic Telegraph within the last one and twenty years. In IS!!", Professor Mouse filed a caveat for what ha called Tho American Electro Magnetic Telegraph, took out a French patunt in 1H',)X, and an American in IS III. Tho first Telegraphic line, actually in practical operation, was that between Baltimore and Washington, completed in 144, and extending forty miles. From that small commencement arose a system of intercommunication so great that, in the United States alone, there nre now 33,000 miles of Telegraph communication, all of which will bo connected with the At lantic Telegraph. In tho whole of Europe there aro only liS.OOO miles of telegraph viz: (ireat Britain 38,000 ; Germany and Austria, 10,000; Franco, M.llOOj Prussia, 5,700; Italy, 2,500; Switzerland, 1,mKI; Spain and Portugal, GOO ; Holland, COO; I and Belgium, 50(1. Tho Atlantic Telegraph is nearly two thousand miles in length, an unbroken ' line. All over tho rest of tho world, sub- marino telegraphing is not one thousand i miles. Tho earliest w ns that between 1 o-1 vcr and Calais, established Jn ls.M), and ' only twenty-lour miles long, J lie longest across tho Black Sea, is under four hun dred miles it was on this line that Lord Pan Mr he, War Minister of England, con veyed that messago about young Dou;n; uen, his nephew, "Tako care of Dow b." Tho triumph of American science and skill is rerceptiblo in the Telegraph sys tem. Morse would seem the successor of Fkanki.in, who snatched Iho lightning from heaven, just as Fui.Tn.v completing what Watt had done with steam, applied that great power to the purposes of navi gation. That Stephenson should subse quently have applied tho same motive power to land travelling was but an induc tion from Fulton's application. The won der is that il did not follow earlier. But tho telegraphic system, put to actual work, 1 is undeniably American, and wu may bu doubly proud of it, as such. l'ui l. ';v-.v. Frnzcr River-Tho NcwEldoiatlo. A correspondent at St. Paul, Minnesota, writing to an exchange paper in reference t'Mho razcr Kivcr gold di-covery, says: The recent fold discoveries iit Fia'.cr Liver have awakened quite a lively inter est i II t his com iniinil v, as We believe the feasible route to he ',,,. , St. Paul, for that region of country, as another M-aoii will make evident. Thai pin t (lf I'.rilMi America lying inn h ol this, and extending (,, t. p,,eilie, has, Ulilll within a late dale, l.ren a ten-it ..- "''' l" l!1""t il'tcllig.-nt pie, owin:' to the care which I he lliid-on'.-. Par Compa ny has exercised in suppres-in-r'nll infor mation of Hie riclui.-s. Icilililv and exu berance of the soil and saluhritv of the cli mate of the huge tcrrilorv over Inch their chartered rights have extended. From the little knowled gained of that tract, the (loire to know more of il. has been quickened, and has thu- far resulted in the organization of two exploring expe ditions bv the British Government one of wdiicn will proceed from (he east, ..nd iho other Iron, the wc-t. The excitement oc casioned by the di-eovery of the rich au riferous valley of FraZeS' ' h'ivi-r in British Oregon, will very much ha-tcn thoo'ovel- o, IIIOIlls ol'lhe va t le, unices of the lilo-t favorable route to the PaeiHic ,.,,a for ci ther rail o wagon road. With a desire to give to the public tin most reliable information in regard to the country over w hich emigrant train Irom this point to the gold bearing portions of Oregon will have to pass, several meeiings have been held in this city, and reports made u hich give to any one wishing infor mation all the know ledge they can desire. From these reports we learn that the di.lamo from St. Paul to the Gobi .Mines mi Frn.'.er Liver i- as follows : St. Paul to Pembina, IVI mile -. Pembina to ( 'ai lton House, I'lOii miles. ( arlton House to Edmondton, hill miles. Ediiion.lton to Thompson Kiver. (a branch of the Fra.cr,) 2' HI miles. Total, L'.'iO miles. It is estimated that in vie'.' of the facil ities aUbrdeil by the face of the country, and a continuous line of Hudson's Bay Company posts, this journey can bo ac complished in seventy days, at an expense to a company of ton persons of slsil each. There are niaity reasons why the above mentioned route is the best from the val ley ol the Mississippi to tin- Paclic. One is, il has moi'e water, timber and game than those which start from the Miss nni. Another is, there is no danger of molesta tion from the Indians on this northern route. Another, and a very important one is, that the i idge of iho Pocky .Moun tains, which, west of Missouri, hunches up like a (.unci's back, gradually llallcns out so t he i rails! I on the northern route is com pnritively easy. The fact inn-! be kept ill mind, also, which is vciilied by "Blodget's Clinialo- logv, that there is a rapid increase of heat in going westward from Minnesota on a line of latitude, and this, even w hero Hie elevation increases, so thai the climate of St. Paul is carried Jar north into the Valley of the Saskatchewan, to the Pocky Mountains, beyond w hich We find u cli mate very similar to that of England, mild and humid. The region of country through which this route to the Pacific passes, besides be ing well watered, well timbered, and a boimding in game, ns well as being most easy in crossing tho mountains, is also the healthiest of any which has been travers ed, In the report of Gov. Stevens to tho War Department, of tho runic ho survey ed for a railroad to tho Pacific, taking this point as our terminus, is tho report of t ho Surgeon of the Expedition, in which he says tho climate on the line of this survey is so highly salubrious that the average amount of sickness, with all I ho exposures incident to a constant inarch, are far less than when the ti ps are in garrison. Such, in tenor, is also the report of the explorers, surveyors and voyagers on the northern route. It would not. be at all surprising if the F razor liiver gold tract, which Go v. St ovens states extends into our posses- ions as far down as Southern Oregon, be found the richest on the continent. The discoveries and yield thus far warrant siului belief. Then, there must ol necessity be some di rect communication with the Pacific than we now have with California, and, as an enthusiast io railroad projector once said of another route, "Thejinger of the Almighty lias indicated the route" by way of St. i'aui, tho valleys of the Bed and Sackatchewan llivcrs, over the the great depression of the Pocky Mountoins, in about the 5 2d (leg. of north latitude, as the most feasible, and in all rcspeels desirable, to the aurif erous regions of the Paclic. Tiik Gukit Covrr come at i,si'. The A' Ymk Jleriiil makes the following in teresting announcmcnl, of which we see no confirmation elsewhere. "Wo learn from our despatches by the Arago that the great Comet of Charles Y . as it is somo times called, but. better know n to Astronomers as that of Fiilu ici us. has at last made its npprnrancc, nnd will very shortly bo visible tho naked eye. It has been seen from the Paris Observato ry through its telescopes, nnd is pronoun ced by Arago the genuine article. A sharp lookout has been kept up for it for a year or two past by the European comet seek ers. It is not yet know n whether it will appear as it once did, like a very large and bright star, or w ith a tail one hundred degrees in length, Tho curious hope that it will its "wondrous tail unfold." Its lirst appearance was in 12i'il, and it-disappearance took place on thn 2n 1 of October ol that year, tho day on w hich Popo Urban IV died, nnd as tho world thought, in strange coincidence. In LVili it re-nppenr-cd and was observed by Pnnl Fabi icius, astronomer to HunKs V, who executed u map of its path, which was published In November of t It ii t year. Tho Emperor coii-Hcrcd it ns a special omen of his own approaching death; but he lived for some veai altenvards. It was then described as a great and brilliant star. Its course was "tii t - .ti "I i 'ir.'o and Cassiopci." The cel ebrated Dr. Ilalley calculated its elements more than a century aferw.irdi, and sever al others aller him. The calculations of Mr. Bommo ,,f Middleburg, of the Neth erlands, of recent date, nre more precise, mid more generally suppo-ed In bo relia ble than tho.-e of his pre.eces-oi-.-. This I astronomer fiuallv came to the conclusion that in thoyoar 120 I its eclipse had a peri od of."(l2.!2years, expedited bv planetary disturbances by -l.nTT d iys, and that, iii IS. iii its moan motion corresponded to a peiiod of ;!liN.lt; years, lis present revo lution he calculated would be .shortened by perturbations il..s years, and the com et should reach its periholon about the 2nd of August, s,"s. J'oWEh'oF A BO. CoNHTh'ICToi:. From the Sporting Soeiioi am ng the K.illirs ol South Africa, by Captain A. W. Drayson, K. A., we lake iho following: ""i lo of attack gave inc an insight ill'.-, t le- met ho 1 by which I iii ; specie-, of snake do.troys animals. The tooth of the boa cousin, tor being long, bent and turn ed back, something in ii fish hook shape tho snake darts out and seizes held of its, prey Th drawing luck agiin. i; pulh tho animal to the ground at once, and coil ing lou.-d it, it c uiiiiiouivs the crush ing process. This power of squeezing must bo enormous. On at tempting to skin this reptile, the muscles in-.ide had the appear ance ol a stringof rope extending from tho head to the tail : these he .-.-ems to havo the power of contracting or extending, so that a part that might bo three foot loin.' as he coiled hiuneli' roan 1 yo,u- body, could bo instanly reduced to about a foot, by Ihis means giving any one in his em brace a very tolerable squeeze. I have before rem irked that these sn ikes aro not consideied dangerous to man, as they are not poisonous; and if those attacked have a sharp knife and m urage to keep their arms free, Mr. Snake would gel tin- worst of it. If one happened to bo asleep, and a boa constrictor then became, familiar, he might so wind himself round arms and bo dy as to prevent a knife from being used. I have no doubt, that they have power suf lieoint to crush.- ny man to death in a ve ry f-'-v seconds, did they onco get them selves comfortably settled round his ribs but I never hoard of such a case during my rc-siileiice at Natal, although I made every inquiry from the Kio'lhs. Formerly there was a great superstition among the Kaflirs with regard to this snake, and a person who killed ono had to go through a quarantine of purifying: now howorcr, the Kaflirs do not seem to care much a bout them. I saw an old fellow near Um bilo river pinning a largo Ina constrictor to the ground with several assngies to pro vent its wriggling; bo had about a dozen dillercnt ones drove into bib' body, and seemed to think a few moie would do him no harm. He told :no that tiie snake was a great rascal, and had killed a calf of his soiuthne before; that he had long watched for an opportunity of catching it out of its hole, and at last found it so, when a smart race of somey an Is ended in tho Kaflir's as saying tho veal-cater. Anlutarestinj DhcDvcry. Wo see it stated, upon w hat may be considered reliable authority, that thirty thousand Christians have recently been found upon an island north of Celebes. Il has been rumored for a time that there win there a Christi-m people forgotten and forsaken, which however, yet possessed threoli-l.ler.aiid contihued steadfast in the faith. When missionaries first landed on Hie island, they met with a seho.-1-teaelier and his 1 upils, who icpalcd in theM.d.iy im tongue, "As the heart pauteth after the water br-ioks, so pauteth my soul after thee, O Lord" No Bibles were found, but the most precious promises of the Bibleweio written upon tho bark of trees. They knew tho Apostles Creed, and the Heidelberg Catechism customs. Twenty churches and schools yet existed. Through tho instru mentality of Pastor Heldring, founder of the Mag-lalon As luui at Liellbeek, and chief patron of Inner Missions in Holland our missonariiM, who had been educated under the vrnerablo Gossncr, were sent out, and three thousand persons baptised. This i; certainly a most interest ?ng dis covery. The Island on which thoso Chris tians wore found belongs to the East Indi an Archipelago. Tho Dutch havo for years had political rub) in thoso regions. This may account for tho original intro duction of Christianity among this jx-oplo, and for the fact '.hat the Heidelberg Cate chism win still found in their possession. But still the particular time and circum stances in which this introduction took calk-nipl ace may woh lls.'pecial attention. TERMS - I $1 25 per Annum. NKVSKi;iKSV()L in. mo 3lf and elicit investigation from thoso whrt have tho leisure and facilities for prosecu ting it. tlmuim lliftirmeil Mesnniirr. Cmmus pitciieuT Prominent among the curiosities m the Hermitage., once tho home of General Jackson, is a woodeit pitcher remarkable both on aoeountof tho artistic skill. displayed and tho celebrity of the treo from which the wood was procur ed. It was made of tio wood from theelni tree under which William Ponn mado the celebrated Indian treaty. Tho pitcher was re-ented by the coopers of Philadelphia; and, although it is no larger than a com mon cream-jug, it contains seven hundred lifty staves. Tho hoops, lid and handle, are of silver ; the bottom is a magnifying glass, by looking through which ono is en abled to sec tho joints, which arc invisible to tho naked eye. GiwAN'i'ic Su;l .etons. Wm. 1). I'Vazor writes to tlio Cinehmatti "Gazette" from Winchester, Indiana, that half a mile nor' east of that place, there is an old fort, in cluding a'loul thirty acres of ground with in the fortification. Tho tnottnd in Iho centre is about twenty five feet high, while the fort or breastwork is only about fifteen feet. Directly east and west of tho mound are openings or gateways, around w hich aro other forts. A quarter of it mile northwest of the fort is the burying ground, where hones have boon exhumed, of men that wore perhnjin ton feet high' Any ono who'doubts the lattor statement, the wi iter says, can call at his office ami see the evidence. A Female River Piratj. The CUavland i'.'.e'i..vi',:,, of the 19th, says.- "The notorious Maria Keys, alias Faulkner, was arrested on la.vt Saturday by Marshal Gallagher and his aids, on il charge of stealing some ?70() worth of ex tra gin from the warehouse of Mix & Mop l is, Kiver .street, a fcv mouths since. Min was ordered to give bail in tho sum of si. .1(1(1, which she promptly did. This Maria Keys is tho (nocii of a gang of a bout twenty dock pirates. Her hovel on the west side, near the Old Exchange, is their rendezvous. T here the dock pirated j secure their 'swag,' thoro Maria gives or ! dels, plans thieving expeditions, nnd is IJueen. Frequently, the police tell US, she heads tho banditti in person, dressing herself in men's clothes. She lifts all ex ten -ivo wardrobe, and can appear in any character that she deems necessary for the successful consummation ot her plans. i She has been known to rig herself up iit tho character of a sailor, a canal boatman, a verdant young man from the country, an old gray haired and deerepid man, &C. All alono she has 'cracked' many a ware house along the docks in the night. Nlio is, in short, a regular feinalo Jack Khep pard, and would make a splendid heroine for ono of Ainswoi th's novels. IcX-An exchange! says adivino out west is trying to persuade girls to forego mar riago. It says ho has succeeded so far m to persuade one, and sho is about 70 years old. fi-A Physician once advised Sidney Smith to tako a walk on an empty stonl ach. "Whose stomach?" asked the wit InfX man in Kentucky killed a coV a few days since, in whoso stomach wcro found a largo brass ring, a hair pin, and a quantity of hooks nnd eyes. Brindlw had probably swallowed the milk maid, A unit for divorce is now pending in liochoster, w hich originated in a dis pute between Mr. P.. and his Wife as to whether they should havo broiled beef steak or fried oysters for break fast. Our young friend John A. drier lias? been promoted to tho rank of second as sistant engineer in tho U. S. Navy. Item, ( 'hrnnicli'. Purr rou a Postmaster. A coteni-. porary noticing tho appointment of ajpost' master, says: "I f ho attends to tho ulrti 1st as well as ho does to the females, ho will make a very at tontiveand efficient oflicer.'' Fashions Now ani.JTiien. An old gen t Ionian furnishes tho Philadelphia ' Even, ing Bulletin' with tho following interest ing reminiscences of fashion : "In 1708 tho ladies woro a single hoop( which was ns largo as tlio lower one now D worn. Thojhoopwai worn ns high as tho hips, an -1 below it depended a train five or six yards long, that was carried by waiting-maids or hoys. Tho old gentleman recollects seeing Mrs. Robert Morris walk along Broadway, New York, in company with Aaron Burr, while ho rlrain was car ried by six tnustee women, richly dressed, nnd with turbans on their heads. Tho women all woro stays, nnd shoes with heels two or three inches high immonso silver buckels being on tho shoes. Siik dresses were not then common, and mus lin ones worn, wore admired according to tho ize of tho flowers on thom rosea a largo ns one's hat being considered most elegant and tasteful. At that time, cnor moils head-dresses woro worn, towering far above the head of tho woiiror. Tho" head-gear (or the street was n sort of cap, which was placed upon tho top the head-dress, with a curtain of copar to tho sides and back, which hung down tothe shoulders." -
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