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Istellanonts,
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Central Afri
c an Exploration.
Tits balf-ccuturywhicit has elipseirsince
the of Mungo Pai:, the -picineer of
modern exploration in Africa, has been rich
in men who have courted dangers and of
tent suffered death, in efforts to. open up
to Civilization and connneroe 'Owl Interior
table-lands of that singular contimint. But
never have these efforts been so nnmerous, 1
and so full of presage of success,.
at' the
present moment: los sorriewhat marks
ble that while the progress . of WC world
has peopled America,, has colonised Ans.
tmiia and Ziew Zealand', has sn • ued
dia, has established a lucrative triq't with
the remotest nations of the East, and has
mapped the ice:boundislands of the polar
seas, the larger portion Of on of the great
divisions of the globe should have i.emain
.ed inaccessible and unknown. The causes
of this isolation of Africa are to be
sought in its peculiar geographical forma
tion, and in the peculiar character of .the
4 races which inhabit it. The vast central
plateau which forms the body of the con
tinent, is surrounded, upon - two of its tri
angular sides, by a broad belt of Marshy,
la.' -4 breed P`'
alluvial land, whose exhalations breed one
of the most fatal of febrile diseases.
Against this African 'fever medical science,
until within a few. years, has unavailingly.
- attempted to protect the constitutions. of
foreigners. And even if the venturesome
explorer succeeded in crowing this pesti
lential region unharmed,,he found himself
among more terrible perils in the Midstofj
wild tribes who considered war, Slavery,-
canibalism and the long- train of vices'
generated by igreirace and
,superstition as
virtues. At last, however, the down
peditions „now- - proceeding inwa from
every point of the compass promise to pluck
out froni the heart of Africa its old, im
penetrable mysteq: -The portals' which
have been kept closed, - through; ll the
historic ages, - by the repulsive inhospitali
ty of nature, and the - savage barbarity of
man, are yielding to the enterprise, the
greed of trade,
and the, missioary zeal Of
the nineteenth century.. In Saharim and
Nilotic Africa the, scientific laborers of
Europe have already pased-farheyond
the southermost traaes Of Roman explora
tion; in the mist an eltensive system 'of 1
lakes has been discovered, whose waters
will soon foam around the peace.l4 prews
of commerce"; sciAth of the equator the
lines of traa estAblished.by the e:kly Per,-
tugtiese adventurers now lie within the
domain surveyed by theszealpuS travellers`
and fearless hunters of - the last decade;
While in western Africa steamers ;ire sail
ing up the branches of that great.river
whose Watery bed stretches -from: . the
desert to the line, and whotie course was
until - recently a fertile subject of dispute
among geographers.
Some years ago Henri" Dm-eviler, 'a
young and well educated Frenchman, be
gan to feel an interest in African re I t 3e'arch. -
With an ardent enthusiasm, tempered
with unusual patience and perSeveranee,
he set about preparing himself, for t an ex
tended survey of northern Africa'. In
France, in Germany, and finally in Algiere,
he visited the best informed men,. stored
his mind with Abe result of theit . eTpt ,
rience and study, and, made -his tongue
familiar with the accents of the Iviirgar
• Arabic and the Berber
.dialect.. Enriched
. ,
by this useful learning, andTrovided with
proper instruments, he entered in May,
185 9, upon a. thorough scientific : eiplorp
tion of the desert. Sahara. He pr4ioses
to measure the heights and distanc6 i - the
oases and gorges, of that sandy and !sterile
waste, to collect specimens of itsgeology,
zoology and botany, and to report upon
its physical geography and etlinolok.- At
the last accounts he had reached *,point
two- hundred and fifty miles south ! Of Al-,
giers, and had determined the astrotnicar
bearings of .1 number ollocalitiesl . Not
long after the -departure of. Duveyrier
from the - capital of Algeria; Baron 'Krafft,,
a somewat eccentric and semi-ori.entalized
German., travelljno•in the garb of t 3lus
sulman,- and under - the Arabic nnie of
Hadji Skande lef> Tripolis for . TimbuctoO,
the entreport of north African trade. Krafft
carried with him a boat, by means of
which he . hopes . to descend . the ;Niger
from Timblictoo to the \ Atlantic. The last
letters . of Duveyrier, hoWever, mention a
report that the German baron had ml. l
dertly abandoned all his project's', and
started for Constantinople—a storyiwbich
-.it is to be Wiped ,more definite informa
tion will contradict. The proposed! route
Of the Frenchman 31acearthy, who .still
lingers to complete his arrangements in ,
Algiers, is very similar to that laid down
by Krafft. He will endeavor tb - i ! cross
nortwestern Africa, by the way 44 Tina-.
bnctoo, from : the Gape colonies the.
Mediterranean to *the Gallic colonies on I gradually pushing s, __lis is a not. pia, ~ .g.tioug. to pick ou. . . __ -__ ~ ,
the. Atlantic. The governor of Sertagam- , district . toward.the ermator. - The thrmer real estate to purchase.. :,.. es novel; grotesqite and dream like, as it , •I
try, I don't knew Whit kind of stuff she's
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his hai'sent messengers to the tribeslttlong lin - his exploration of the Kunene, had We bad an altitude' of g mile When if
was beam ui and enchanting. We were t
made of.. - `. I .
the upper Senegal, to inform them of the , gone from th e lo n d onge to a point, on the over theharbor, and sinking I,,rra,lnally in- with the clouds and above them, which' u Tn iei tt w.,,lnlarrie&„_tkaph in Nay.
expected arrival of a stranger from the Thige, in: 10 deg. 30 min.' south lati."
star -I didn't getitjed ternny suchicitid of
They were raised lip . around , ' c ro ak- TT . Joshua wasn't unconnnon hand. ,
fo the lower current, i - e took a !Lev ,- route ' formed. ii - floor beneath us and Ant out :
north, and to ask their issistaneein the tude, and 18 Sleg..east - loner., where the lover the N o rth End_to;Charlestown„
.1.34n... 1 , the earth.
great bank', but the moon shone ;,some`, to look, at, l i to - be nine-anyone
prosecution of his-researches. In addition ~.Party were attacked by the fever, and the l ker. Hill monument wit; no' larger than an i us in
to all this, Egypt is to be the basis ofsorne I leader was conipelled to send his servant, ordinary lamp post:
As we passed over ! above.them and lighted ourlittle excloive . might have thought of a brown earthen
interesting operations during the present Pereira back to the missionary station ''of the-city, not more that half a mile - above 11. world With its mild - , benignant rays. - For': plate' side of a china Vase, coMpariee him
year.- Guillaume Lejean, whose repute: :Otjitithinque- tiir means •and assistance. li t , we heard every cracker and squib fired ' a tbae Nile moped on with the -mass of with such a whisluiterl, scented-rip Chap as
tion as a geogvpher has made .hint vice. They encamped Among a` people styled d off in all the streets. There was one con-1 clouds,knOwing not whither we went and " Li zz y Jaue's.•littibtind, but I can tell you
president of the Geopraphitial st4ty of the Oyakuan,r7Sri, I . comprising some ten, finial crackling, as iflthe city .was one ' hart thinking we were "above our basi- .i
. he i'sjhal iolm if took him r;bbe,aita I, never
Paris, has just been sent out on a Mission> thousinid sonlsi and living totally beyond immense bunch of Crackers let off at once. , ness, while there was tio much to excite -
shed one• single tear finding out that ray
to the White Nile. His instructions from the territory traverhed by thehaidy bush- I The air Was so elm& 4 this time that ice . 1 our unbounded admiration Bul-this- al- • 'idol must 6 handled cereful,: l ftissed
the imperial government anthorizds him . men, Ladislai Magyar had. visited,. ores- could point out every ibullding
we k new most celestial ticatty was not intended -to ".over, on :And run for to keep in
to push on to the long sought for sources ttertained ' the I existence of the following" in the city. W c 'saw non and women i n , remain; for we:plunged into: the enbank- (:good 4
I did feel kind of spitefid when Lizay.
ood !limner without fear of breakae:
of the ancient l'.,:gyptian stream. He is large lakes in the interior of south Africa: i the streets looking till at us, and heard merit before as, and seen' ere wandering.,
likely to have for a coadjutor Mr.-{Peth. The 3. 1 / 4 1 ga rm, 3 ,it eh dy
well known to Euro- their merry eheersi. - The hospital grounds,
,
lin gloomy darkness between two strata! J une ;set h er he a d up and noted hke she
crick, British consul it Chertuin,l who 1 peen and America readers; the Oval, with its white buildini and green trees, .
of clouds, one above and one beneatli,.andi kinder crowed over emir 'Canso she'd got a
promises, providedhis geveknmedt shall between the lands - of Kanvmae ant:ll-lands; nesatsi‘like a whit e ltiower surrotinde . •the moon had parted our emnpan
y aPia. eityhusband; butl ever 'since I stopped
consent, to go and meet IFlaptain.Speke, ,the Keteba, inl the' neighborhood of the l With fresh leaves. 'iThe evening bells - This wit-dismal enough,.. but there . iVal there; I've felt reel. elitistiannbont it. • -
who, adopting the opposite course; pur- linnene stream; • the Ivantula, having its struck up a grand coimert, and 'chime_ on 1 something wild and enchanting about it — ' "Il.tell you, girls When a fello*gsks
pses to descend the river; froinitsihead. origin in the overliew of the fiver Kaltuin- , chime and peal on peat calve in from the It an infittenee - whioli men are. more apt to. von to 'stand, up before` theparson with
The endeavors of these various travellers . , val; and finally, the great inland sea of surrounding towns a nd j o lied in the cho:: - feel thati to 'describe. We scented tty he I lini,yon jpst-duel out Whsther. he can-stir
and the- rapid growth of the trans4iledi4 Monvai or Gyiva, which stretches away i'mus." Then came the et ening salute on the not only ; divorced from earth but from . the i on o f t h h. ,.,A t i n; c h a i r lone , tn„gh to fail
terranean colonial poscessions of - Yrat - me, (to the north trent the country of Kazembe..- I
, common tq aid in the) anthem, and . the heavens :also, and we moved in silence in ."-• boot s
'PUS or not,,aied whether you ere to
Will result'; in, speedy and imporrant ac- ; tambalameba, and which may be identi- 'crack Of smaller powder preparations corgi ;that land of the Storm King • i
bet Ween be head-writer or help-meet 4ifter yea- ar- .
quiSitions to our knowledgeof northern ' fled with the Nyastai. Less - britliant than tinned the accompaninient. "1
' them: i - . . , rive ,in the Count of Matrimony,', State
Africa. , ' .1 `the sehimueists ,of:`; Livingstone, Andres- 1
.ja u nt •• ,4 i
.tte hour fiont our Atari, -
we After:seiling through the vaporous air , o f Bli ss. " • 7 . . ,
In the eastern portion of thezoitinent son and biagyar,' are: Ile patient atlii
. - - e ve • , wetvtiver .Ealit Camhiidge- bridge. We for a time in this way, :we went . deurn . to I
it similar activity prevails. taptainSPolce, ?_meets of the seuth African: misilonaries
, had again. ascended,. and h m ile and get a view of the earth end learn here
to whom, and to Cptaiskliurton, the world 1 wliose ststioo srii _slowly extending to a half from the earth.- iThe boats at Bin- we were.' We w
We were not sitillciendy ac
is' indebted for the discovery of the two the north, - art 'Whole. additions to our..lman's leidted. like ehip4 upon' the water.-- quainter! with the country to know . oar
greatlakes Npoza told ' Tarlpinyika, in ethnic kn'o t wle ge, published alter a long Th e b oom o f th e e a, on i m wa ,, s gevee two. position;!, eturlie were soon enveloped ir.i
the equatorial regions, left: Et' tgland - this' farriiiiarity.Th , the:yeoply, 'are generally ones behind the Haab. LThe grand concert another : cloud laying on a level with us.
spring for the scenes of his former signal 1 accurate sed.kaluatilt„ • I still continued and we'ldid tiotlose . a tone. Again. vie -weut; beneath it and ow a emi
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,MUSIO.OF THE UNION.
VOL. 11,,,
success. • IL asserts, and the assertion is
suported by he chiefgeopraphicatauthori- •
ties of the.o. d *Old, that one.of the new i
found bodies of water,' the Ny_anza, is the
fountain of t i e.I.Hle ; ; and he gill attempt ;
to Make his way down the river to Egypt, 1
meeting Le'ean '-', and! Petherick as they
come friMit i north. i Preceeding Speke
by some m the . - iiii - tut • importint expedi
tion, fitted iti tby the Geographical. soeie- '
ty of BOmba. under the leadership . of iti, i
:
I- secretary , 151;./lienelly,.' an excellent as- 1
'tionenti.er, sinftaiscompanied by An excel
lent physiehit. Entering Africa at Zanzi
bar, m the alit reeks of last'syear, they
-Shaped theirl
course- directly for the lakes,
intending to cdriip,lete - the researches- a.
Burton and peke, and thereafter to pen-.
eirate -as fa into the interior as cireum
stances shun d T4rinit. But both the En
glish and Indian expeditions hick that-Flow`
of. personal interest which distinguishes. :
1 the attempt f Albert Roscher. A native
....e
of Hamburg nd *cry young , his fondnese
for knowled 2 induced a desire to imitate'
the example' of his Countrymen, Barth,
Vogel and 2 Ovetweg, all of whom have
risked, and two pf
_whom have sacrificed
their liVes iniextonding the boundaries of
science. Wint Of Wealth seemed to him
ne insurmountable obstacle, and, after a
1 tedious journey he landed' at Zatiiibar ih
1 September, 11358. HiS first design was to
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visit NilmandjarO "monarch of African
1
Mountains," n order to settle the disputed
_cause of ih - white appearace 'kits lofty
summit,. as iii . ed..by some to snow, and
by others to. a
,kind a. glittering stone.
But he sub equently 'changed his plans
-and resolved . turn his foot4eps towards
Nyassa, a /a -it a great size, and perhaps
a continual n of- the most southern of
Speke's inlan - seas. He now experienced
a peculiarly. , aligimut end tenacious at
.tack of the t rrible fever. But sickness
failed, as pov rty Alid done, to subdue hilt
unconquerable; spirit.- - rovided with
meantby.thei geoerosity of a Hamburg
merchant resident' in Zanzibar, he started,
-on foot and still very feeble, for-the south;
and, following the line of the copst,reach
-1 ed QUilon,.haying, examined on hiaway
the lower Waters of the Sufidji, a fine river,
1 - supposed to 'be an - outlet._ of Nyassa.
While engaged on this stream, he was
compelled to face iumberless dangers and
disasters., and : th&tnamier in whigh he en
_ _ _
countered theiwplainly evinced his fitness
for the task be htis' undertaken. Re left-
Quilon with. a. native caravan, bound for
Nyassa, on the 25th of hist August: .The
leader of the earaian, who has since re
turned to - the .cottit; reports that Rosciter
had found the noble sheet., which was the
object of his search, more than threu him
dre.d miles from the sea, and though car
ried in a littet most of the way, hislever,
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under the. healingpfluenee of the breeze
front the lake anti hills, was rapidly leaving
him: All who 'dye science anti - admire
a self-denying deVotion to its' pursuits,
must. await, with an anxious interest, fur
ther and more precise information from .
theintrepid yOung traveller.
In' the meantime, furnished with a
freighted steamboat and abundance of
means; the Hopeful and persistent
stone has been at iv - ork in south Africa and
already stand's tiptin the southern shores
of Nyassa, untroddea until to-day by
European feet. looking before him he
sees a boundless it sea and does.not
dream that cm, its eastern side, nearly
four hundred mil es :to't.be north, the herOic
Itoscher is, at the Same time gazing at its
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waves. and' 'Wonderin4t at, its broad ex- idea of *the 'harbr for yaciamen! . But.,
panse. . Entering the 'Zambesi, which, al- , there was 'no time then tbr that study.—.l
ter crossing the. 'continent ponrs its massy I On the other side wei.had a view more va-
yolinne into - the Indian Oeetill just oppo-.l rued ; and interesting :: • There were the I.
sitethe island of 'Madagascar,' Livin^stene 1 bridgei-to Cambridge and Charleston and
steamed up itli Chief tributary, the7shire, 1 Roxbury, and:beyonkhe country stretch-
.to .its cataracts, hence accomplished a ; ing away.. to the wel. The rivers and - 1
pedestrian . journey of two hundred and the roadS.Most claittisd my. attention.—'
fifty- miles, to is sources in Nya - 4 3sa, dis; There appeared to be no. bills: -. Ail .wa s
covered anotlAer biidy of fresh water, six- level,, regular and 'tenni:dui; -; The sun
;ty miles by I thirty., In extent; :called i came out, and the r ioids . and streams
Shirwa, and established friendlyrelations. - 1
shone like 'silver. • Riving gained a: - good:
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with the tribes aloni his whole 'route. I altitude 'we foundo. eurreiit. which brought'
Betweeo theShirwaandNyassa he climbed ' us, slowly at - first' anct then; quite - .rapidly,
.to the top of a hirdly mountain', named '.back over the eity'abd nearly over the
Zomba, • and. disetivered a _curious white Common. ' We let down a: rabbit_in a 1
lichen, vhich at, a distance reserlibles snow - parachute, hoping thai he would lan on 1
-or m arble, and aceonnts for the shining ' the Common. • . The / little' felloW sailed:-;
peak of Kilmandjaro. • Writing from the 1 away to the west 'until it Seemed as if he
borders of NriSfta:,the Englishman exult-. 1 must: descend in Cbalies river. hal •he
ingly Bays:. "I. think we have here, in the I continued on across th'e apparentli narrow 1
.lands watered bif. the lakes, a cotton i flood; and we traced bite along . the green
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eouritry of milioi extent." .Every fields, over ditches ad • hedges; until he
the fiarty _foetid the inhabitants en e ,fmged 1-alighted in Cambridlport. .
in the culture of two varieties of this ba- I By' this thee we:1 1: 4 -i crossed t h e. city
portant plant. 'TIM' method of caltiVation , 'and were aver the harbor, standing out
is necessarily imperfect And . rude,. but so
. !-to sea:: The shippinglseemed ta be a: col
favorableis the climate and- soil, that its i lection of. small boats; • the ferry-hoot s yield is enormous M]didts. quality Of such ' passed from-shore to iilore, looking very
excellence that it was deemed needless. to. -touch like mud l ttittlest of re.spectable size
firnish the' natives; with any American We studied-East Bostkin and admired the
seeds brought by : the expedition Iron] i Perkins asylum for ilk blind, which'is de,
Enghiod. - In the imorecentral re•rzloos of 1 cidedly the best lookikig, piece of real es
the south, AridreF,o4 ' the Swede, and : tate seen - from the ba‘loon. :South Bos-
Ladislas Magyar, , ' the. 'Hungarian, ' ; are 1 ton looks very well altogotlier from above.
-odually pOshi• 'the limits of the known I Thu - )od• place, Ilthought, tr -' -*out
iMONTROSE, PA., TITURSDAY,. JULY 19, 1860.
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*Less active, for l m
am oment, are. the I Here we . got. another wind and, w,entling : Allege-and broad fields - which-seemed
scientific operations long that long line of - back ,''to Charlestown,l
- standing straight to offer us a safe 'desCebt7and that, 'repose
the African coast wteli looks ton' the,west.. over Bunker at twenty minutes of ft which we were beginning to, need: We I
ilhe details of Du ,hailltea bold explore, (Moot We passed again over the North , hailed it as a .good' omen and perintris Our 1 .
' Lions among the equ?storial•meitntains are .End and dyer the harbor. It began to last:chance-for -assistance-,in atightatig.— r;
I pet to be published i but : the late visit of lord: dark down_below; but' o one of the We came neat theground and called loud- I
Baitain to the ancient eit,yofSt.Dominge, . party wanted to descend.. Lights appear. ly
, for aid, but without -raisingthe . atten-
the Capital of Congti, is full of matter in= '-ed in the city of Belton, and in a very 1 don .of ;xny one within. By this time we '
Wresting to'the antiquary anti. the ethno- short 'tame all the streets were illuminated, ( dame very near to an °retard situated-on
- "The govern" of Senegambia has • so that afterwards,. - when We -could no a. ridge of laidnear the hblise,•aturfinding,l
established a 'geographical commission .see, the" land. or the houses, ' the that. no assistance. could. be p
procnred and 1.
charged with the labor of surveying and glitteringlights were pperfeet representa - }" that it was impracticable to • attempt to I
I mapping-the'whole Senegal country. This 1 tion of the boundaries of the city.
: About herealone, the _professor seized' ;
conumanon does-no..eon - fine itself to the this tits we began to ate rockets, Which , last'•hag-of ballast a n by throwing over
FrenehpOssesaions; has just dispatched ~.added their reports to the din below, and I ; small quantity took the balloon above
two expeditions to interior. But ate • t heir ash to the numerous lights. Where i the projecting lirebs and binshed our
Niger' is the scene of the greatest present !we wo:re,.perfeet Sffence reigned, - and . the ; ket through the, tree-tops, from Which 'we
aettvitYin the. west. The Niger expedit , noise same-up to naps front another World. I-seatired a handful as atrophy.
tion under the command of W. B..Baikie, 'Two' houre from the time of our setting On we Went over hill end. at
sailed front Englandimorothan two years' sail we were again Over' ast Cambridge; I all discouraged, but keeping alookout• for
since,.. but overconit by misfortune, lett drifting out slowly. towards Somervillii. lamore favorable', place to rest.' .The hal- I
!the Ivrea: of its first steamboat -upon the,. Now it began to grow quite dark. The loon, lightened' of some of its ballast, arose
I hidden 'rocks of. the river near Rabbit ivaterlof the ri'vers and.* harbors bad
: a. ' again into the - the thick gloom' of • the
A•seeondlias been sent out by die British , dull, leaden appearance, Light, fleecy clouds.. And we centinne& our. journey'
admiralty, and to the latest dates Was .clouds were on a level with us, and eaine for a time Without a view to a landing. it
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awaiting' a favorable season to ascend the-, between :
us and the earth at brief intervals, 1 ' Was quite cilly, and all the clothing •we
Venue„ that branch 'if the Niger Which shutthig out from our view everythiug had: taketkon board was in demand.- -Bat I
experience has emphatically proved' tote mundane. Ali aze smoke and fog short I having wrapped ourselves up- as best we '
the most suitable for navigation. Far iu cued Our vision, and the sky: above - and might we were 'cozy' enough, and still ,
the interior Barth reitehetthiS-most south--! the earth below 'had 'a weird and magic , drilled along in the darkness. Mr. King '
erly point, on the bdiks of the:Benue, and ' air. We could discern nothing plainly be: kept a.tiliarp watch- out, as we were not
fOlend it, at sun itrUuense distance from I low, but the whitU ro ads of .thee country, I able to sde . , from Abe compass what , our
its- mouth, Of great depth .and bread th . , - I with their innumerab le ramifications, look- course was, and there was a possibility of
. . .
The ffotirees — of thep4ile - attained and the '
-camel of its wonderful periodical over
flow satisfactorily etplained, the vast and
tortuous' course of . the. Niger raid down, '
tho•relative e osition cff.the great chainof
-lakes" ascertained; tie ihountaing which
fringe the elevated plateau ascended. and .
measured—all of which, if tinforSeen disas
ter do not iiiterirene,i will be accomplished
within a, •scorce off months-and how
I small'. a abortion ofl the great,. African
I problem swill'remain unsolved I
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natooli .- Journey. •
- .133; the politeness tifthe balloon commit-.:
tee, of the city counc4 - of Boston. for the
Fourth: of July, the %triter was alloiiied a
seat in thebaSket of tlieline, balloon "queen
of the Air," which isailed - .froth Boston
.Common, Wednesday afternoon..
• At quarter past six o'clock we three
wore pinked in the bifisket, at which the
buoyant spirited .13:otiye yowef was tug=.
sing; one_by one th 4 weights which held
-•
us to earth ivere . rempve until there re
mained nothing to hold us back but a few
',friends, on the end .o$ 4 rope: This lust
tie was severed ••:and We were borne .very
1 - gently, SQ, it scenic:4, away. from our
friends, away - from the cro tvd, from the
I.Common : and the tat The view - open
ell: to us with' aibeauty I had - not
dreanied We floated- over the corner:
of the public-garden laud across Charles
river, increasing in_lour altitude as we
sped away. • Now Boston was a lilliputian
city. The Common 'vas not -as' large as
the balloon. The hotises were little blocks
like children's playthings. • Beacon Hill
reservoir rernindlid qs of an ink-poe of
common °dimensions and everything else
was -in. keeping: (Diaries river was
small,.shoal brook,' slid its fleet of • boats
were like those thebo,ys sail in the frog
pOnd. Looking firstl citvward, we saw
the intricate bOundaries of Boston as they
are. • '
The• harbor and the islands were lent
single step 'beyond, add everywhere we
could see_ the hottonvvn every . part, and
mark the devious windings of the current.
What a glorious 144, to get a general
Jr'
„.
ed like) a fragile frameWork,,helow which .
their deemed to ..be.a . depth of, darkness.
We could no more see the streets or
buildings of the s cityl but the innumerable
lights oleatned through the veil-like stars
in a space below as in a space above ps.
Then ive canie into light clouds, piled like 1
huge ',boulders upon us, that we seemed.
to be „imprisoned within an impaksible
barrier. While in this situation we had
a puff.from the south, which took us again
over C j harlestoWn. l with an altitude, of ta -
Mile ai \ id a half. 4 large cloud came bef•
tween tus and: the city, quite low a own;
and itwas pierced by a hundred rockets„
forirring a scene brilliant beloud descrip 7
1-„Soon the cloud passed away and
the lights of the city .burst upon us in. all
their .glory.
At this time the Moon appeared, look
ing as Bred and full - as an immense balloon,
but eltiMds soon separated us 'frora this
pleasant consort, andswe bade adieu to
earth again, sailing in cloildland. By this
Ale had ch •td
time We had changed our course mica
more, nnd pasSed rapidly over the Black
bay and Roxbury, 11'0'4 to, the source
of Weir river,, which soon after glistened
in .t . ietsi. We circled about in this vicinity
1 - nearly an hour, - keeping the city in - sight
the,;time by its blaze of light, except
when a pasling cloud momentarily obscur-•
edit. IWO began now to look 'about es
for a landing place, as it was :now pear 10
o'cloc4 bttt not liking the lay of the land
as it appeared from-our exalted position,,
' we codtinried on in a - current' which took'
us ()veil Dedham, Needham and' NeWton,',
I following the Charles river valley. We
ran near the gtouwl here, looking for a -
I harbor canicitron a lively conversa-'
tion with the inhabitants, to whom Our.'
hoveritig o'es them was only made known'
by call±l from the - balloot4 romantic_ songs,
and Psidiu tunes. 'We could 'see by the .
side of the winding river'adull white line,,
which Was the road, and thellouseti, which'
looked t. us like blocks of stone of a foot -
Cabe, Were detected by lights shining from
them. IA village in that valley resembled
a rocky; ravine in a co* pasture, but atrial
visit s was 'potent enough even to bring
voices from the stones: We had man,-
itl declare it: , wan., sled up;
kind invitations to "come down," with ' Aunt Betsey Green, dropping her knitting
promises of excellent treatment, but hay- work into her lap, and pushing her spec
ing a dpod breeze, plenty of ballast and 'a! tacleS up -over her cap border : "1 declare -1
desire to explore still further this beauti- VI want! If I Coidd only have taken that:
flu valley, we excused ourselves from each ' man by the eollati.as I used to niy 'Ruben
invitation and proceeded.to call the at-ten-. when he didn't `toe •np' . to suit me, I'd -
Stever
tine of the next ahead. -, We . could • hear
have given him sub a shaking as he
converation in.a tone raised:slightly front heard on; I'll be bhund. . -
. ..
the ordinary, but we were obliged to-make • There he-set in that' rocking Chair, his
quite effort *to be.heard below. •Sowe i feet upon the - feeder, and kept groWling
confine.) our remarks to 'Short questions Out a t Li my jiihelltu bring him
in regarAl to the ‘‘lity of the' land" and'WS boots,
lor fasten 'his collar, - or some ouch tunrea
brief r+onees-td the questions asked of 1 sOnable thing; all the While she was trying
.our deitination and other . details of our to dress' them for young ones, and had,
voyage;. . . - • . 1 the headache se- she looked more like a
A high bluff arose before bur. path as it 1 ghost thansa breathing woman: If -I was
lay across. lotsout of this same, valley.—
in that ere placetbey call legislateJ'll bet
Our_ altitude seemed quite sufficient to take
Ithere'dr,b,e - a lair passed to build tt peniten
us :above it, but as we approaehe.d„ it. lOom- I shry, or simfe ot4r kind of-pen, .for sttch'
ed up alrugged from exactly in our way. 1 . ur itte n . as h e 4i,--vith no mercy ona_ WO ,
We. were too late to avoid a collision, and I:man ;Whether she , s sick or well, just keep
thoteronaut told us to look out for our- ing up their ' you - c o fhb.: or - ' you de that,'
selves in atone which made ns novices : from, sun-rising to sun-setting. . , ',. •
seize tighter - the ropes by which we had i • "Bid then there's 'tizzy Jane is Most .I.s
steadied ourselves,. mid in two -seconds r imi 4 to blame as be is.. If she'd had a bit
the broadside of our basket met, the face* iof splrnk he -never'd - have got her under
of the cliff which gent us swinging out in- i his tit= that way . Moat likely be began
to "sea i.oonl',',. oyer_the precipice. : Corn. 'to order her rounpiefOre the boney-noon
ing backwe brushed . through sonic trees
n, wa s oet,, when slie hadn't got . her eyes
n:
which gre on the edge; until the throw-•{open, no :mere)] -4 - 4l
threeays-old kitten,
ing ovet!, of a few quarts of sand, sent us up 1 and thought • she should behlessed•forever.
a thousand feet ffem d:ufger. The noon 1 'cause she'd got -1 her neck : iti the -same
came omit for :afenttnoments altPrthis,.a l "/ 1
,yoke' with bis'n. ' If she aint found out
touched the edge of the tdopils.with silvei', 1 her inistalca and had , teardJo.shed .over
and - we ', : aidled on in the inidst of a
.seene k' eratilied.idols ''as they tell about in poe-
- ourlgetting out to sea in a• very uncom
!bitable night. He detected a ruStling
noise from the depth beneath us;
,which
he knew, from MS experience, must pro- 1
cced from a waterfaThor a storm,' and so
*e. again went doWn.lo take bearings:—
Peering below-we could see 'nothing but
darkness, and the rustling. sound
contin
ued: to ; whisper tO us suspicions of 'danger. •
At length . , howelter, we came near enough
1• to the earth to know that we.were pass;
; ing over a forestand that we were trayel-
ring at a rate whi4h would take us heyend
! our intended Binh in a very - short
We knew nothink ofour speed while envel- 1
oped in a cloud, which kept. us- company;
. but here we were leairing the country, he
hindUs much hater than we liked. So we l-l k ia low! - arid looked.' in ,earnest for:a
1 landingf
The forest disappeared, cultivated farms
were before us and. white cottage's stood'
in oar course. TO them we looked as to
, a welcome harbor where AVe could moor
our bark in aftit,t. Clearing irstdrie *all
with a sate margin we touched bottoth in
a mewing field, h'elonging to a- wealthy 1
thriller, as we-judged from his hatidtßonfe.l
stand and well tilled acres: Our ! 'trusty
anchor took hold' Of thesoil but the .hal
lObti ende:iyeredl to defy its- 'restraint,
dra,k,!:getf it away:find twitched us,' out •in
ut .tineeremoiiiouk manner. It tipped the
basket over, and ve,.being.nOt only penn
cd,in by the ropeF, but necessarily obliged
to stick to tht ship for the sake of: our
dead *eight, were dragged along face up
wards; with our backs on the side of the
basket Which wa. on the ground. lgean
while we had twOhands'on the valve rope,
arid wereAaking the inflation out.l . of . the
balloon as fast as possible.. With the an- -
choti fast settling its' hold behind, and the
explosion cord kticommand we were not
likely to 'be- mucli endangered, but
. the
balloon' was valuable and our position was
tioednifortable, until a dead "*.t , top enabled
us, tO disengage d.ursellveg fronithe basket
and:stand up oil ierra,.firma-iik-fak grass,
—and withoutra'ricratch or bruise:
AUNT BET§EY "RILED. UP."
-1
"1 deck if I - it riled
.lati`Anything Midas tonched, waattnii.
44 into gold. in these• dgs, toucli. a mai
vith'gold and !101l Ora into anything.
•
1 477'Wb4 is the ,l first tbitg-a pang
4 looks for in thutch ? Tbe Untie,
ab•acational.
Natural sciences.- To whom is :not an un
derstanding of the truths of Physiology of: ;-
------
. ; vital consequence? Wiio would remain!
i -
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ghorant of the structure of the earth, aim'
4 . F.E7L)IG 4F s bIIOOLDIRECTOR§f. of the mechanism erits prodticts ? Where"
A meeting of, School Directors of Sus- ti. the man
.whose curiosity would not: •
griehanna .county; was *held at the Court .prompt him to investigate the numerous'
• -
'House-in Montrose, July "4th, 180. ABEL and wonderful phenomena aroubd him?'! -
CessEtty, Es 9., was chosen President, and To an agricultural community eapecially
Jolts BLaNntso, itsci. Secretary. • is a knowledwe of the elements of Geolo-
The Committee* appointed' to report I gy and 9,rgariic Chemistry advantageous - ..
Text Books for the use of - the District,-None can afford_ to rest nnacquainted with!'
Schools of the county, made the following 'the' principles upon Which depend the-,
Report: •' ' I , ,- • . : • ! growth and th,e fruitfulness of-yegetation.!
....:.• / .. • • I Nor can aiy one:upon whom. are. to de-I
."- The production of so great a multipliei.-: volve the duties of citizenship in WRePnh-:
ty of cheap -books Is one of the crowning- lie like" ours,"consist ently neglect to inform:
' himself as to the,History or thafßepublic. I"
gloried of our Algo ; and ;yet it is one 'at
tended-with numerous and Serious evils. i- It is a prime necessity that every pupil !
.
The salutary emulation' accompabying it,' sufficieUtlY advanced to be competent to!
is' calculated to develope excellence after use one,*should have access to a Diction-!
excellence. But. `,this facile
! production, ary. And this should be a complete die- f
opens a pernicious; store.to, the access of .
.-tionary of ihe•language".. Imperfect epit-
the.unwary, stimulates a desire for novel- ' ornes are only calamities. If ever 7 'family •
ty without regard to "utility,- involves. a : could-be supplied with the :best, it would
lamentable loss of time to the general tea- be most de.,:rable.
.In absence of this, ev
der in discriminating between worth and cry school-room...should be furnished- with
demerit, and tends t 9 rob our schools 9f a copy of the best work.of each .of the tut()
that system of classitication,so indispensa-." best lexicographers of the age.. , --
ble to success. •- ' . ! In accordancewith these viewsand au -
Tliere are, dotibtless, e no booksperfetri; ' gestioni'the following Books 'are reco -
' • ' . ineigled - -' • .
none which might; not, in some'Paints, be ..- .
justly criticised- 7 41ene • every sentiment , ..:Sers-stessxe-DErisse4.—Sanders'lrews
and inculcation sof :whieli can be implicilly published by ivison & Phinney, New
endorsed. The aid of-a vigilant and coin.; York, price' 15 cents. • . • ..
petent teacher,. and above ii the constant : Rssozn.s.--Webb's'Prinier,-Se. and Ist
exercise bf the judgment W and - reasoning ' Reader, 13c., Sheldon & Co. N. Y. 'These
!powereof the student are necessary. And to be used' in connection with. W.ebb's
Cards "('for large classes.) Sheldon. &, Co.
yet it is a delioate! and , difficult task to se- i
le& from scores oflbooks possessing a high : $l, and Calkins',l s et ter Cardi (tor all) - N.
.A.. Calkins, N.Y. 7se. .Then use Wilson's
order of merit. Where .no decided pre- 4
ITerence has been discovered, those most . l Primer, 15c., Ist Reader, 20e., 2nd di). 30c.
` - extensively in use have been recommend- i id - do. 50c., 4th do. secsand the rest. of
ed: Other thinge,beints equal, regard has I Wilsows series, 'Harper &:Bro:N.. Y.:—
also 'been paid to price. A strict coinpli- ; Then use Parker. & Watson's sth Reader
{cos higher selrolls only,)s . A. S. Barnes &
anee with the lowSsequiring..entire unifor. I
1
mity of hooks for Class exercises, is deem-1 Cos N• Y., l'• - i- - •- .. - - •- - -
led to beof vital importance and absOliirneitains,s.-- s -Stedslard's series ofAr;
ithmeties, and Stoddard and Henkle's Al-
lv necessary. But it is by no ,means desi-1
I • Sheldon & Co. N. Y.
sable that film should be the only.books ge/Aras;
. Gnoonasiites.7-Menteith & MeNalfro.
consulted by 'advanced .scholars. . 'Phe ran- !
A. S. Barnes & Co. No.' f, 25c.;
page and inethci,dcertain author ;•seriess
O. 2, 40c.,'No': 3; 6 . 0 c., No. 4,41..
May be better adapted to aeseteil the en- I
. . . . . • . Gpsmots.ns.--s-Chisk's Ist, 30c. and En
ergies of a certain; Student, than -those of!
anethers The peritsal of - a. seeondtreatis.o I lish• (revised) COc. A. S; Barnes sts Co • .
on the sane subjeet will often pity its cost ! .11.1sroniss.--Isossing's Priniary and Pic
is hundred
fold. ' • • • .1 toils! Ilisioriss of the United States, Ma
•
1 ! •
° 'ln order to deriVe the full benefit of an son sis Brothers, N.Y.N..Y.
-exercise in spelling, it is regarded-as es. I
PHYSIOLOGY—Loomis','S '
heldon & Co..
isee t ial that it.be accompanied by the•stii-1 7 . 5 c- s •
dent syith the folio:wing : Correct pronun- I B 0 lois • KI!EPING.--Slllit h & Martin's, A.
elation ; the frequent writing of the words, '
.S. Barnes - & Burr, 75c. - Blank forms to
I.or in the case of young children, forming accompany the obese, 37c;•
s—Nor-ton•ct Porter's
I them with. letter-erirds ; the frequent iris-' : . N . ATI:P."..T, Sorssi
"First Flock of sielesee," A. S.. Barnes &
tinet enunciation of the separate elemen-i
tar sounds of words ' • and-the defining o f; Co., si ss y's ; " HOW 'Plants Grow," Ivison
'
!their import. ' Sfiening-book. prOficients & Phinney, 73e.
.44,
! are often sadly deficient, in their orth DRAWIN6%-3.lelvill's Drawing C
ogra- I
.
!stilly upon piper;
• .
can be conceived in the leasing of the Inc - rrossserisorcester . s 'Pictorial,
appropriate letters thafeorepose a word,
I "Swan, Brewer & CO., Boston, 57,50, mid
by one who is•to remain ignorant of its I Well' s '=''`' Pietrnialy; G. & C. Merriam,
I Meaning and use. It is losli:rvedst that these :.SlAngilel(l, . 5 ....:' . ...0.
1 objects may be safely and economically
tw acs I
.os' s ,) A. s. c;. BarnesPlisi.s.:ssute.--. & Beer'.s•
purr. 'System, skeendi- ,. .
•
coinplished from the reading book and I
dictionary; 'though the use of a Spelling- I Most of. the foregoing 'eon be procured's,.
,book may be desirable if it be employed [ intscxluction at half the usual retail,
for
to shelp and notto hinder the end sought'. Plie s et . .
.. .
I The . opinion is :confidently expressed l* . . WORKS FOIC CONSULTATICO.
that the most natural, the most philosoph-l - Sp:Ver.—Parker, cb Watson's, •A. - Ss :
ice!, the most practical, and the most sue- l Barnes_ & Burr. ' • ,- ,
eesslid method tilil which little children I . ' Resdess.--Sorge,nt'Series,Phitlips,Satep-
can learn to read, is to teach them first a I Son & Co„ Dostion; Parker&Watson's des,'
few' familiar words, these being read in 1 A.S. Barnes & Burr; Sanders' Xew do.,
sentences as fast as they _hiive previously Ilvison A- Phinney; Town'S de.; Webb'a ',
been acquired; then teach them elenied- d0.,1-Sheldon .& Co. : ; • : •
---
I
tel sounds combined with, the formation of I ..-Mothemstisr,-Adoms' Series, Robert.B. •
Ilvords with the letter cards ; and last, the l• Collins, N. Y.; • Greenleafs do., Robert S.
I names of the letters. You thus start.them 1 Davis & Co., Boston ; Dold'ado.,"Pratt s.
on their intellectual career with the inspi. , Oakley.-& Co., .N. • Y.; Robinson's de,
ring influences of tbeir spontaneous tinders i Ivison (Nis Phinney; Dariei' 'do., A. S.
,
standing and perception to aid ; whereassl Barnes &-Burr. - -
by the old' plan you stiflethe understand-} • Oralrintw , .-0001 ( .1 - Bro*n's, S. S 4 41 - 7
ing, and lead them: on solely by the help ..W.. Wood, N. Y.; Weld's; Bellions', Pratt,
of memory and faith. 'The one . way is Oakley & Co.; Covell's, D.' Appleton olbs
simple—adapted to their capacity."; the Co., N. 174 Well.', Ivison -it Phinney.
other is abstruse. !,: . s . ,
- . . • P/issistesy.—Fowlees, Fowler &Wells, ~
Much inconvenience, and very much in . - - N. Y:; Cutter's, Clark, Atistin - & - ,Co N.
jury - result from crowding children for- Y.,; Combe's, Fowler & Wells, N. -Y.;
ward in their reading course beyond tbeir Hitchcock's.; Ivison & Kinney, N. Y.;
ability. It is therefore recorinnended that Hooker's, Pratt, Oakley &.Co., - N. Y. !
I the primary, portions of two series-of rea- itistssv.—Wilson's History of- U.. S.; l •
dors be used. This would interest the Ivison & 'Phinney;
Willard's do., A. S.
children with something new without en; Bernet &
countering 'the dereterious consequences ,
pleton & Co. .
• !
Burr ; is.citentios' db., .D. Ap
`referred to. It is regarded as important ! • -GsOS-ssoe 4 s.=.(lornell'S (largest), D. Ap
that•each- more advanced pupil should, at ! pleton- & Co.; Colton & Fitch's do., Ivison .
times, read an entire article, when the! & Phinney; Olney's ,(revised • and en
composition is of a character'req'iiring the i Forged), Pratt, Oakley & Co.. --
expression of sentirticitt, feeling and emo- I -B , ?•lkKessibss—llayson,Dutton &Scrib
tier's,; Crosby Nichols & Co.;:Boston; Pal-
tion; as, amonsrsother.reesons, the custom 1
of, reading by . fragmentary sections, de- l nsces; 'Pratt, Oakley & Ce.; Fulton • &
prives ;consecativ'es readers ot' difl'erent" Eastman's, Moon & Sims,: Troy.
temperamentS of the 'ability to - enter fully •- E. S. Ws"...sroSs
..•
into the true spirit of the language, and ... ' - WESLE): Fsenor. Committee,
to portray the entire meaning in natural!, . •-, ' Fern.dlnr.ss - r,
colors- In iiceordance with the foregoing,l On !notion,' voted that the reportioe
the design in the . selection of Reading) accepted and the Committee discharged.
Books has been to oflbril the best•facilities "On moiienthe report.of the Committee
was directed to be publighedin the county'
for acquiring the art, and at the Same tiring
for storing 'the mind of the student . with papers. . . • -
On motion it svas resolved that the fur s .
a mass of - Varied, interesting and valuable '
knowledge. , . , I flier consideration of the report lie post
poled until isclay -first week of
• . The. notion seems:too prevalentthat the . '1" - TIM •• the - • - •
Augnst Court, (Augoin, : 23d) at 'one'
aim in studying Grammar. is to become!.
tools to perform an unfaltering repetition of o'clock s p. m.
a rigmarole .of technicalities. The true.
: The thanks of the meeting were !mani
‘obiect is threefole:First, to acquire. the mously voted to•the Committee for their
, •
ability to express.thoughts clearly and co-,able report. Adjourned. -'.
.
gently_; secondly, to acquire." the ability I• • •
to 'understand the .language '.of others;
and thirdly, to sessifire the ability to use
language neatly and according to, approv
led custom. It is belieVed that the' meth
; ods of treating and elucidating this sei
once hove net yet been carried to, that de-
Igsee of simplicity arel perfection' of which
they are capable, notwithstanding thead-.
Ivancement which has been gradually' tos'
in oti , . - I
Ii isOnhesitatinglysasserted that Arid:-
inetie should be emphatically a view, ..of
re:men, and not of rules mechanical's . used.
And while no late books upon that' sub
ject sire designed to inculcate such use,
persistent means should be
empleyed tO!, 1 fr...4F - The teachers of the Stites of Ken
correct the perverse inclination in that di- tricky and Tennessee are to. meet theFes
,
sections- . . • ''. • ' rent summer at thellansmoth Cave, Ken-.
- It can but be generally' conceded that tacky.! . From the hee Of meeting it may
Au' ,prineiples andstlio iistelßook-Kslep- be surmised that ' they- are determined to'
iv should be taught'Sin our schools.. Erslhave some pleaSure s . as welliii to attend
Sul person shOnld, • beable to keep an ill' Aci the interests of their.profeision. : .
teliigablo account of all kris business,trans • -. 1 -----...-4.-.--7-7-- - .
I
•
actions. -
~ ,_ • - Car Single desks:-in sehoel rooms are
. ,
• It is-ntmetiesaary to urgelpse importance !generally to be prefe • rred to - . double ones.
of .at least a psOary . IrpoWledge of the ' Long tables or daidusshouldpi'Ver bawled-
JOB PRINTING-of ALL KINDS,
munx ) PROMPTLY,
AND AT "LINT AND LET LIFE" MEM
- Tut office of the Montrose Democrat
haq meetly been eupplted are and choice iatiety
o r etc., and we ere not: prepared to plat peseidalertes
t c realar4 etc., etc., le the bent style, an *bon notke.
_ .
Handbills, Posters,• Programmes, and
other kind" of work in this Mee, dons aeeording to corder.
Busineis,.. Wedding, and - Ball .C.saals,
Tlekets,sbte., printed with neatness and despatcb.
Instiees' and Constibles' Blinks, Notes,
Ids Dee. and all other Blanks , on hand , or printed to order.
I , VIT Job work erni - Blenks, to be, paid for on delivery.
NO. 29.
DONE AT TILE OfiFICE,OP TUE
;Cyrus Pierce was- the • first Princi
pal-oil the first Normal - Schocil in the Uni
ted States. This schhol was opened at
Wist:Newton,, in the State Of 31assachn
setts on the "3d day ofTuly, 1639. Is had
at first'buly three pupils . . 'Ndrntal Schools
now exist na the following States: Massa
ehusettS, New York, Connecticut, Rhode
3fichigan, New Jersey, iuitmiisand
Pennsylvania. There are a ddi t i on sev
eral- city Normal Sohools, acrd some pri
vate instit utionit of a Nornial character.— •
Wisconsin, Miunosvti, lowa - and Missou
ri nro nour in a fitir way to obtain Normal
Schools. - - -