w T T J. H. LARRIMEIt, Editor. "l'.xciii.sini;." Villi. NO 'Jfi. TEnMS-81.23 p Annum. Ni:v8f:iur:s-vo!,. iii.no .hT l'A. WI'l)iKSI)A, JANUAHY 5 IB5I). Cl.lYAIM'IIVI n :rj rV--.v'oin)i Aiuciicii TOPOGRAPHY OF PARAGUAY. ft 1 4 I i 1 I T4P TS112 PATHOJTS immm i ,w neiro, ninl is sop JV nil. It lies in tl, 1 crs. Iho Parana i OF TMJE iho tulo or Time, still onward rolli,,-, lias swept another year around ; l.en now we hear its death-knell tolling, ith distant, solemn, farewell sound ' Yet 'niil the tone Whicli waft the There breathes a -mi imam year is of mingled sadm dying year away, strain of joyfufgl xirn to day ! idne.;s While the nioiirnful Their lamentation. A wing'd messenger Of n lovelier in its hells ol'd o'er the is tidings stead. ' ath arc riii'Mii; lead, bringing, Despoiled their land, usurped their thrones, Impels them still to wage the strife, And deem dearly sold each Sepoy life, It purchased with a dying Prilon's groans. When England her lamented dead deplores, ho fell hy Hindoo hands on Ganges shores. And points, as her excuse for harsh decrees, To Moody scenes of Indian cruelties, She should not forget, when she strikes the bravo, That cruel master makes rebellions slave. st- Then, come join, dear Patuon-, in the L'reetiiiL', The year, though hut dawning, is lli-etinu' ; Its pleasures too bright to last ; uo uiaiihs to mat Jiivme, Almighty uur sinehi in many trying hour, '.Mid the perils of the past. And let high resolves our brea Through tin; present vear ivitl "in religion s in.iv cause ; That wo may still that kind protection And not His stern and ju-t coit Deserve for broken laws. power, ts inspiring, hearts untiring I'tion, J'eeeil lul Lurope seems row at res i (loiihttul seeming at the best. Her shnnb'ring hates may soon awake Oneo more her tott'ring kingdoms shake; From smiling hill and fruitful plain, Thoshoiit of war be heard again : And strife mid carnage sweep the land, Jielore the new-born vear has waned. opt up their wave, is to lave ; vear, I'd. Since lat wo hailM the op'nin- now ott nas tai i. ii atllictioii s tear, Ami selfish man, with nought content, Oft mournM as ills, true blessing sent : J low oil our loudest hopes been cms Our pay est songs in sadness hushed. As linn! rolls on, relent less death Still swings the scythe and stops thebrcnh: His busy trade no recess ktiowiiv. Nor favor to hi, victims showing. The young he gathers with the old, At his with'ring touch the heart urows rold In the infant and the aged breast, And both alike lie down to rest : Py a certain, yet unequal doom, Condemned to fill a common tomb. And who are they of all the throng, Whicli crowd life's thoroughfare along, That ere revolving timo has brought Another year, to mark the spot "Whereon they stand in life to-day. Must fall the cruel spoiler's prey, To swell the countless multitudes, Death in his silent train includes. Forgive the bard ! this sad'ning strain Shall not awake his lyre again ; Livelier now shall be'the lay, Although his heart may not be gay : And we will sing of days gone by. In tones so light that inem'ry'sVigli, To swell the heart will scarcely rise, if with its moisture dim the eves. In Eastern lands, the tidings tell Of Moody wars that there be fell The children of that genial dime- The land of the spice-tree nnd lime. Kesistanco to a foreign yoke, To fierce rebellion did provoke The brave, but hapless Hindoo race ; Which to their masters deep disgrace, Eo'-' years had ground in galling chains, Whl the conq'rors reap'd their cruel gains. Until to live was worse than death In 'nadden'd rage, they rose at last, Kesolved on vengeance for the past Vow'd to liberty their latest breath. And tickle fortune, fal-.e the while. Allured thoni onward with her smile ; First their valor by success she crovi:s, Then' soon oVrwhelins them with her frowns. Ami now, though firm unci (launtiess still, Their pinki"? 'aiise no more can fill With hope the Sepoy's breast. Hate alone Of that nice, whicli through years agone, line, Put choose we now another theme, And tell a tale of peaceful scheme, To bind in bonds of wedlock true, The ( ild world to the willing New, With magnetic cords by craftsmen mad,., And in the Atlantic's bosom laid IViiealh her mighty waves depending Am. deep from .shore to shore extending A mystic wire, supple and strong, Within whoie folds may dart along, That swift electric messenger, ll lose SUbtli! Sliced outstrips ( ho s leit considerably jr, the rear In the nice from clime to clime.) And come to toll the tale it bears, if joy or wo, of hopes or fears, Two thousand miles beneath the sea. t 'II, wuiid'roiis age ! can-ucli things be? Hut wo inu-t own with dorp re-ivl, That all thee "things" have, not I n yet ; For up from the depth of Ocean weird. ' The promis'd herald has ne'er appeared : If ue cM-opl the "signals" that Do Sunt y Gcts, at Trinity I'.ay in his shanty. Thus my muse speeds over the wave, To the home of the free ami brave; luce more she's safe on freedom's soil. Where she can rest from war's turmoil Call not the Telegraph a fable, Sure she came over on the radio, Or rather 'twas, ('tis all the same,) I'pon that subject that she came; On it she fearless braved the main, And safely steered her home again. To other lands now Lid adieu : My weary muse her Might renew Hero let her lowly members swell To xtol the land we love so well. How 'tis with peace and plenty Lh 's od, And ali its strifes calm'd down to rest. Within the year whose parting sigh, I'pon the breeze is floating by. Most marked events were crowded l'y whicli the land in gloom wa shrouded. Then, civil discord reached its height Each patriot heart abhorred the tight ; Yet traitors fanned the glowing flame And thought--the deed they dare not name. ut still remained a noble band Within the breach, who took their stand !y our own brave I'lUchanan's side, And gave their aid to stem the tide Of sectional hate, whose depths untold, Tn dark fanatic billows roll'd Its freii.ied waves o'er northern lands, Where only bold disunion stands. Hut eiiolU'h, the ordeal is oat That band was faithful (,. ti,e last. Eocnmpton now lies cold and dead, And with it, the ,'- perished, lleneath oblivion's inky wave, IV their remembrance buried deep; Within that dark and gloomy gravo, May they, forgotten, ever sleep! A lofty theme now claims n line: Land of the tall and waving pine, Each tow'ring hill that meets my view, And nods its head amid the blue, Reminds me of the tribute due. Thy rugged face has charms for me, I'ntold by my rude minstrelsy. I love to climb thy moiintain.s"stcep, And to explore thy vallies deep ; 1 love to trace thy limpid streams When warm'd bv soft and vernal beams u hen summers beat drin My limbs within their Ami when thev be bv frost roneen 1 love to skim'their icy field. And though to strangers few thy charm As swells the theme my bosom warms, And fenciit praUe each glowing lino Should breathe in elo'pieuce divine, Could 1 awhile the niuso cuinniaiid, For oh ! 1 love my native land. Nor must our town be tiite forgot ; Though humble, 'tis a lovely spot. I'lanted by the. winding river's side. Where flows itssoltly murm'ring tide: The spot designed l,y nature's hand When fir.-t this curious earth she planiu Ordaining that such fitting place, Some future day a town should grace. And here, in ipiict beautv, lies Our little earthly paradise Embosomed 'mid the sloping hills, M ho.-o woody sides the picture fills : .miu uiieie, i lien summer rays arc We may let rent theirshades among, And find, in many a rude alcove, The dwelling o romance and love. Hut not on outward charms alone, Although in those excelled by none Is based the well-deserved renown Conceded to our unequalled town. (1 races more exalted still, combine i o make her name with liMn II is her slcrliti" moral woilli And that which soars above the earth, Seeking reward beyond the skies. Wherein her greatest glory lies. And here, to her beauty 's bright nrr.iv, I'd fain a pissing tribute pay ; Eut my dull wits could ne'er portray Their lieav'nly charms in such a lay As this. Still hero may I declare. How lovely Ci.kaiii-iki.d'.s daughters are And greatest boast as pure as fair; How versed in uaeh accomplishment, Their lives in useful occupation spent, And which with justice can be said. Alike of matron and of maiil. Her sons are comely, brave nnd true, j ueir mi iui s many, l lieir vices situated in the interior of licarlv West from h'io .le- neiro, nnd is separated Voin th sea coast t SI, I'aul's, n osi t of I'.nv- 10 fork of the broad riv and l'ara'Miav. the first, of which Hows down its eastern border, and tho other runs along its western edge, mid they unite their waters in '27 degrees ,'io minutu south latitude. From this point up to its northern limits is nearly five hundred miles, and its mean breadth, be tween those rivers is about two hundred miles. Through the length of this coun try extend-, a range of low mountain1, rich ly wooded lo their summits, which is the water shed to the whole interior of this state. On either tide of this onen and fill vallevs send out to those lar.e small, clear tributaries1, east and west so that tlie entiro territory is admi state. 2 J beaut i JiJ rivers, n entiro territory is ailnu- J'i rably watered. The level laiids along "S'y these streams nre extremely fertile, and Oiv the valleys in the mountains are clothed OiJ with forests of the yerba tree, theleavesof ' -s "'hich, prepared by drying over tires, is rV ' the. celebrated "mnlr " nv 1 V J'he.se "roves are called U ll will bo yOj The f 55. "-fepti -3 J P'lii.v Aj disd araguaynn tea. :ire called "ialml,.:," nnd more particularly noticed nain. southern section of the state, is an tiun to this topography. Tho rura lly river overllows its banks for some nice above its mouth, durina freshets. mid spreads out shallow, broad marshes on its western borders. The traveller, on the road to Assumption, will be up to the saddle-skirts in water for hours at a time with only here and there patches of dry land in view. This region is called the 'coast,' and is inhabited by scattered bo dies ol wood-cutters, whosufl'cr every pos sible allliction from ague and insects, still the Costeros, driven out, temporarily, by high water, to the uplands, always eagerly return to thoe sIoiil'Iis. The insects i.ar 1 ...1.. . 1 :. ,. ' , -my ueui.'ii iv me iiiusijuuoes, are so loriinila bio, that but for an expedient of these -J , people, based upon a known habit of these jl pest--, a man couia not exist there, f.x- C9 A) perieiiee lias shown toes conlino their surface of the ground, mgii in 1 lie air. 1 lie Iron" y grouii'l. h llldeS, i U1-the them (hat 1110 pl-edations to ind 'In not li-e leopie, tiiereforc, m of this tin-ill every nttribtile of sovereignty, ami -ueeesslullv i stabhshed the caprice of his "iv n nrbilrary will ; and they have not re islcd, nor does the world even know tho utenl of their oppression, so completely 'uivo they been shutout. 1 laving seen how favorably thn Riirfiiea State is disoosisl. brom woodwl hills and rich plains, ruined be tween by the beautiful rivers; we must dotho. fill with tho gorgeous forests of the tropii.s, and people them with bright winged birds, to get a proper conception of t lie scene. Tho latitude south is the samo w ith that of Culm and the liahamas.noi th, mid the productions of tho forests nnd lields are very lniieh the same. Tho fino leaved tobacco for cigars, the luxurious cane for sugar, the softest cotton for their line fabrics so much in demand by nil their neighbors mate, so highly prized us a ton by all class. , are lint some of tho rich products of their cultivated land. The neatly whito-washed cottage of tho poorest haciendas is embosomed in ever greens, orange, lime, and the del ion to aca cia, while the distant line of the forest IVames in his fields, shooting up hero and there, the stately crown of ft pulni tree. This is nature's bounty ; but tho ambi tion and cruelty of man have marred theso beauties with oppression nnd wrong as the seouel will show. front of their houses, raise a scallold noon posts, fifteen feet high, set firmly in the ground. I'pon this they stretch' bullocks and spread 011 these coarse straw At night (he family retire to this 1 1 . . . 1 , . (y Maying, linn. Having .irawn up the iii'tiler, X sleep undisturbed, lie-ides, this arran'je- i ii'.eiii, pioiecis 1, ,0111 Hum ineiierco puma lime ind ouiii This low region exfends up to the nar rows of the river I'arguay. Here the hi: h lands are crossed by the rivcr.w hieh forms the Angostura, above which, twenty seven miles, is d Capitol of (he Republic, As sumption, finely situated on (he cast Ft) X bank of the I'aragi JsJ 'i0'! f 'ho country be given than is p 1 i Mr. Dallas as a Sportsman. The London eorrespodent of the New York Times, gives the following lively ac count of a late achievement of Mr. Dallas : You may not know that Mr. Dallas is a capital shot, and wields tho Manfon as cleverly as the pen. So accomplishment can possibly come amiss to a diplomatist, although our good people ill general seem to think even good manners and a decent know ledge of their own language super lluous ornaments, unworthy the envoy of a Kopublii an State and Mr. Dallas' skill as a marksman served him very prettily the other day in an extemporised match with a certain veteran viseount who is trying to console himself in tho turnio. fields for his defeat upon tho floor of St. Stephens, and pops away at partridges with a surer aim thannt Jones. Ourniin isfer was the viscount's guest nt the char ming country seat immortalized by that mi st mi du-t of chroniclers, Mr. Henry Wyi'uli; and was enjoying the morning air, when his ho-t emerged frcm tho man sion, gay with that inexhaustible gaycty w hich fifty years of London life and gov ernment have not abated, and arrayed for the lield in tlu inevitable gaiters appro priate to the murder of birds. He was apolgi.ing for leaving bis gtiest .vithout a suspicion that an American di plomatist could think of meddling with 1 ,1 1 1 1 i ,1 i-t 1 :i; t : . 1 . i. , .1, ...1 1 . . : l j . - - 1 ..... , j s ,01 1, as MJMWMII L: Ufc partrnlgeq m the turnip fields. lnvolviiiL'. .may. A better des-.-np- j as it iloe,, us or seven hours of pretty ibout this city cannot hard walking, with no slight pull upon prevented in a letter by, the whole system, muscular and nor. .nglisii merchant, who visited it iulvous, when our Envoy most lioliteh'' person. J will, thcrelore, give an extract in.-isted upon setting od", accoutred as 110111 11 : he was, rather for tho drawing room "l'reseiitly we were shutout fio;n the than the open country, nnd trying his open country, and wended our way t hi o' j hand at t he business." Tho viscount of a road, embanked on cither side to the course assented, no doubt with such a pri height of twelvo feet. H was overarched j vale chuckle over the coining misfortunes by the wood which m.-l, and twined it 'of his diplomatic, friend as Rochefoucauld brandies on both sides of this shaded ! would have dclMitcd to wi'nes. nnd tlm pathway. From springs in the banks on illustrious gentlemen niarehed oil' tceth- lear er, with the small array of iIol'S and tamp ic penetrate. lew. Yet has ein y rous'd a n.'iglib ):-'s h it.) : Too jealous of our blest estate, Their blood is stii red to vengeful l.cat, To rob us of the county seat And they have made a solemn vow To then it must bo yielded now: lint we deem their oath ipiite too rash. Such things are not done h a flash ; And many moons may intervene Eefore so great a why seen. imsieueai ; anii ne rejoice 1 in tins re freshing passage through which we bent our course to the Capitol. All the ap proaches (or passes as they may be lucre jirapcrly called) to Assumption, are of this kind. They were mink? originally for defence against the I're.pient inroad's of the Indians: and these defiles mav 1 I'.ut my address is waxing long, And I must now cut short "my tong : 1 sing for i ash nnd not for glory, So, shall tell no lengthen VI story. Here let me then the lay eonchido With wishes for your future good ; nd gently hint'bofoi , J e,,, That of your plenty you bestow I'pon the poor a liberal share, That you may still the Maker's care Deserve. And then remember too, The trifle that's the rhim('k due. A in ki ! Aiueu! Ci.k r.vn:i n, It., January l.-t, S,V,I. A J cadi side of the road, gurgled th waters, not a ray of sun could p. L'O , - - uie iiiuians: an'i uiese delilos may lie ca ) il.V gn:ydo,l against nny nunibo,. 'of cn0. fykr mies. These dangers now being ia-t, the 'J aiiproaches to the City serve as tho plea LO wim a piiciier i eo, or parcel oT I head, clothed ii &' like a syloli th r Al(- vJli i T iU .WiVW XfM vTJ C- ltU (rwtC ".VsJ Advice to the Ladies. A pretty hand and a pretty foot alway go together, When we speak of one we always think of the other. For litis reason, stepping on a woman's foot is equivalent to squeezing her hand, nil equally proper, but sometimes more convenient, as it can bo done under the ta Jde. Becareful, however, never to attempt it at a crowded table, for fear of making a Oiisfuke. We once saw a lady very much confused, who was trying to give a signal toagentleman opposite, and instead of his. 'he trod and pressed on the corn covered jeofail old bachelor. Ho bore it as lonj! as he could, when ho very quietly re marked : '-Madame, when you wish to tread on a fentleman's toe, bo particular and pet 1"! foot that belongs to him for the last five minutes you have been jamming my corns most unmercifully. itself ; Tim New York Trilune thus lets our about the "last words" of He S "A voice from the desert! mystical, magnetic voice! The voice of one unknown to mortal eyes, but not nu known to fame! The voice of He Santy ! Like Juliet, ho speaks, yet says nothing at least nothing new. "Well-mark, d cur rents," but "nothing intelligible," cries HcSantv, ns lie cried last fall, when he first halioocd in tho woods about Trinity linv." Strktciiimi Timkb. An impatient ntv ! ! WeNhman called to his wife, "Come, isn't An undent, the breaksast ready 1 I've had nothing since yesterday, and to morrow will b. tho third day!" This is equal to the call of the stirring housewife, who roused her maid nt 4 o'clock with "Come- I'ridget, get up! Mere 'tis Monday morning, to-morrow's Tuesday, next day's Wednesday half the week's gone, nnd nothing done yet! Sham TIf.tchit. Word was sent by Mr. M , a defeated candidate, ton married lady, who was Biipnsod to have 0I11111201I the expected vote of her husband on decs tion day to the opposite party, to the fol lowing effect : "Go and tell' Mrs. F that I will send her by the first opportu nity, a pair of pantaloons for her political services." "Go and tell Mr. M ," was the reply, "to send them along at once. pon't forget to tell him that I want a new pair not n pairthat his wife has half worn out." f-,Tlt would be well if farmers would surround their their barnyards, barns and pin-pens with fruit trees. Such trees bear abundantly, and heavy crops of plums can often be obtained in such places, as the stung fruit is sure to be picked up and d Ptatii ok a Yetekax Paris PJ in -ricKr.it. A l'aris correspondent chronicles the de mise of an ancient rag-picker of that city, in the following terms: "The oldest rag-picker in Taris died this week, and at the age of ninety-one. I!ag pioking you see, is favorable to longevity. This old man. like most of his profession, w.n rich once, nnd his money being squan dered, he fell down the ladder of sociotjl, rung by rung, until ho reached the bottom. He was well educated, too, and his broth ern of tho r,ig-t.ig-tio looked up to him with respect. The Hug-Pickers' Associa tion made him a freo member' gave him a free ticket to all their fe-tivals, reserved him a number of streets into which no one was allowed to venture on hi- niekinir ex . - 1 . - . , v. voured as soon as it falls, thus preventing cursions, and gave him a monthly allow- tho increase of tho eurculio. Appl peaches, cherries and other fruits, do well, for tho samo reason, nnd they nio also pro vided with a plentiful amount of liquid from the drainage of the barn and barn yard. Next fall or spring recollect this and plant some trees. I nnce of nockot money, for his inn and to I boceo. His camrades buried him, and his funeral was largely attended by rag-piok-ers." Ui-irOno of tho Harey brothers is taming horses at Yieksburp, Ya. santpa-sages ly which travellers enter, or the rural inhabitants carry their fruit, ve getables and meats (o market. Of such we overtook hundreds, d. icily females, some on foot, others bestrode asses, some drove horses and mules with panniers across them, and fhoseof a higher station Inula clumsy horse-cart. "It was something more than pictur esque, to see the elegantly dotbed fe male, with her full bust, roundly turned nrms, small hands, and smaller li-et. short petticoat, and braided hrir.and black eves, pursuing her course of industry, either wilu a pitcher of water, a bundle of tubac- ofyueeii root, on In r jaunty in pure white, she ididod yi.V iiKeasyipn through tho preen foliage. Through these shady lanes of twelve miles 1 eniu:eii iis.sunipiion. w ith till 1 1 10 i ll 1 1111 sli tut of a man, introduced for tho flr-t time, into a country ofsm h Arcadian sim- i"s, iilicity and happiness." This Claude-like sketch 1 ninls eranhi cally the happy primitivenoss of this inno cent people, nnd the great abundance of the necessaries of life. Their n inote itu ation, (he mildness of the climat", and the great productiveness of the soil, con stitute them a quiet, nnd contented popu lation. They arc a mixed race of Span iard and Indian hut thejaboriginal blood has become so attenuated, as to bo scarce ly perceptible, and the females nre ns pretty in features and figure the coins ploxion ns dear ns a tint of olive, slightly tinged with red as the liaUvoAiidalusian. This grcaler beauty of person nnd docili ty of disposition is due to the fact, that the negro was never introduced into this bea'.iful country. This black donient, where it has been .infused into the mix ture, in other parts of Suulh America. gives coarseness of face nnd vieionsness and cru elty to tho character. It din-;- down the superior raco to a lower grade, rf mind and morals and he.ice of necessity, an in ferior civilization. This very veaeeful disposition of the native Paraguayan, has been mado an element, of the oppression of this people. Ir. Fr.mcia wrested from 1 'i-i . r 1 1 . . . weepers, ineiiisi American volley was delivered from both barrels, "right nnd left," nnd brought down ns many birds.. Fancy the viseout's amazement. This, however, might be a piece of luck, lint w bat could be said when every whirl and rise in the field was followed by tho same prompt and precise lemilts, till tbo hour of lunhcon found the unpremeditated g;imc bag of the Western representative rather more than twice as heavy ns thnt of his distinguished companion! Only I fear that we are often more fortunate than wi-e, fori have known some of our am bassadorirl corps whom I .should hav la en soi ry lo pit, cither in poiut of fckill, . strength, endurance, good humor, good mnnners, or pond sense, against tho veter an ex-leader of English liberals, I should be glad indeed to think that tho half of our young men of education and positiotv could come as creditably out of sudIi a chance encounter m tin actual minister at the court of St. ,1 nines. Meanwhile you may safely enroll Mr. Dallas, with Cl'iief .lust ice Marshall, Chncellor Kent, Gen, Scot.ainlother vigorous worthies to whom you once appealed against the notion that our American breed of men carries le. s weight and will stand lens wear and tear than the ancestral stock. Wo nre our own woist enemies. cerlainU' ninl need only take honest thought of our own bodies and what they require in the way of play and work alike, to hold our own with our cousins or with all tho world. Put of this honest thought wo have the sorest need, nnd 1 trust that every voung Ynukoe, who, on reading this, feels in wardly "convicted" that ho should have been unequal to the silent challenge ol the Pi itisli statesman, will forthwith shoul der bis gun and hunt the fields until he has bronchi himself up lo tho mark. E!luOiie of the curious facts recently re-. vealed by tho publication of custom-house tables is that there was imported into this country last year three hundred thousand pounds of opium. Of this amount it esti mated, from reliable data, that not more than one-tenth is used for niedieinal pur poses. Jho jihhit of eating opium is known to be spreading rapidly nmong law yers, doctors, clergymen, and literary men ; and enormous quantities aro used by the manufacturers of thoso poisonous liqui , ldi arc dealt out in drink in the sa loons and groggeries that infest every city and village in the country. 5! .
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