THE TIMES, THE MAHSEBS, AMD THE UtEff. -■‘f. •-OTCEa^Wissa:!-^--. . ' ft SSSfiPSKfe"*'- TW lnws'lhfl Vrt'&W And donbile»ai;«lWr.uil BfcbaPM* ' l ' ' ■ Will y ■Bat bAlft ! iia« BKBWoffl-i6 ifc ■ ' ;:1 - Thao initinfowiKUton, Ad** ■ 'flsi« No iWjfeijbtKn!>QH the %< 1 1 . •> •PtefcSsr SHgfilyTtii«> f-v , ; i -- The. rub whi- - ■■; UuUlopcoaien tejla^im^Wlp jpfc ,'... And lie who waits'to bare bis.task garbed onl, Slialldfei^d^MfiibWnMfSlMl#-“ V •■■ Our linlfrlß bno’lhaldalta fb)"'earnest deed*/ ' Reason and Government,Hike twotobad eeds, ■ Yearn for arnwi . ~ Across ibis narrow. throne, And toll tbcir while surf htgfjer'evpry (Jay. The field lies wide before us Wher^thireap" The easy bar real nibs' deathless nreioj ’ Though with no better sicklea than nur-Byrordjp ,My soul is not a,palace of the pail,, ~ - Wl.cre out-worn creed* like Jfopia’e £r*y Sepate quike, ! 1 : ; /.i7;T •; ’r Hearirig afarthe VahdolV trumpet bowse* Thai shakes old systems with jl thunder fit* Thelihie is ripe. Q7id : rouen rifle, ~ fofr Change; • Then let It come. : *F dreatfoP what h called tor;by (be instinct of mankind* Nor ihiqk 1 that God's world will'lalj apaiit Bccadsc tfre tear a parchment more or less. Truth is eternal, but ber.effluencei With endless change ia fitted to the hour* tier mirror is turned forward to reflect Tho promise of the ftjture, not the post. I do not fear to follo>y out the truth. Albeit along tho prelpice's edge. Let us speak plain ; there ia more force In names Than must men dream of! and a lie may keep Ito throne a whole age longer, if it skulk Bclund the shield of some lair seeming name; I,<” us call tyrants, Triu.vts, and maintain That only freedom cornea by grace of God. And uil that comes not by Ms grace mast "la Ilf >or men in earnest have no time to waste in pitching Jig Itavu for the naked truth . —James Russell Lovell. THRILLING NARRATIVE. From the Knickerbocker Magazine, jETNA; A THBIULI SO TAJLE. Among the wondrous sights on the earth, the volcano of ,®na will hold a just pre-emi nence, Renowned by past and present histo ry, sublime by ils elevation, its former, and Iht awful secrecy of unknown terrors which lit concealed within its bosom, the Sicilian volcano will always be viewed with the deep est and most solemn awe. ]i was with such feelings and wilh such thoughts as Ihcse, Ihnl I began In ascend the volcano on the morning of the fifth of May, IS4S 1 h.nl left Catania on ihe day before, ir. order to visit this wonderful spot. 1 did n't wish to glance carelessly upon it—no; f r in me there was always something revej - - cii'., snme'hing almost divine, in connection »ilh ihis great, m iss of uplieaved lava, which If' me to look moat earnestly at ns rouged sue ( wished to ascend, to view from its summit the fairest regions on earth ; to glance a pii’it, down into the unfathomable depths where fire, fire, in all ils terror, for ever dwlls, for ever fiercely sirngglbs' It was with slow steps that I ascended lb" rune, after the patient and hardy ponied had been di-misseri. f had been an invalid, and the fmigue of climbing up the steep and rocky (je-livn j might well have daunted me. But afii• r many re-tings and halting*, I was able to attain the summit. The summit! Good heavens! enn I ever forget the delirium, the transport of joy, whieh me boundless prospect there awakued within m" ’ Can 1 ever forget the glimpse «hich I firs: caught of all the glories nod all the hor rors of nature mingled together in such fear; fu uni-on , far iwav on one side spread the fertile val t-v- of Sicily. There were streams glancing ana dishing in the sun as thety wandered to lire sea, with ten thousand labvrinihim turn, mgs: lakes whose glassy surface showed not e ruffle, not a ripple ; there were traces upon lie sales of a hundred hills, where vineyards were plnn'cd, green, all blooming ; there were groves of orange trees, amid the dark green foliage of which the golden orangea peeped lurth like the flashes of phosporescent light in E midnight sea; there were long avenues of cypress, of acacias, of noble trees of many kinds, amid which kingly assemblage at times could be seen the noble summit of some stale u palm, as it lowered on high above all oth er- And the sea—the wide, the boundless, the deep-htue Mediterranean —there it spread away as far ns I bought - ennld run— gloriousas * l * The dashing, SilVer-flaslnng Surges of Sea Saif adore." But turn aside—and there beneath, lies an shvss like that of whteh iMikon has sung sub hmesi mortal strains. I paused upon the bank, arid shuddering, gazed i down—down ! The thick and funeral volumes of tortuo-ly.ascending smoke came seething upward as from a cauldron. It es c iped from a myriad o( crevices in the rocky precipitous sides; it poured font) from behind projections, and united with the vast mass "Inch came sublimely upward from the un fathomable depths. Here upon the rocky edge, where sulphur sad crumbled lava and pumice stone, were mingled together to-form a horrid soil,here i »ai and looked down. From the scene be yond, from that glimpse of earth which made U seem like, heaven; from the vision of all that was most,lovely all that was most over powering; to turn and.guze into a volcano’s awfuh depths—wflal a change! Involved in n thousand.'botighls I sat there, thinking myself alone .when a sudden grating struck my ear.. I was startled exceedingly, and turned around. The place where I had been sitting was a peninailar projection of ■he cliff which formed part of this infernal chasm. Upon the narrow strip of land which joined it to the.other cliffs—upon the isthmus —I saw a mild-looking middle aged .gentle man approaching me. „ , He w« 8 dressed in plain black clothes, and id hia hand he held n light slick. “ l beg your pardon, Signor,’’, said he in a polite manner, and with great softness of lone; “ rbeg your pardon for intruding myself up on your company. But it ia not often that I see any visitorao far U p.” “ My dear sir I I beg, you win make no escuse, | replied j “ 1 was just admiring the scene below.” j ° , ‘‘Ahl yes’lisa glorious sight.” II Glorious l-say, rather a terrible one.” “Terrible, perhaps, to you 5. but do, not be -I ur;m Vn f'a ;ii : i,‘Tis/ ■ a,,. t. —Lt-ilLij-'l'ir; '■ '..-.. -y?,. -t SfrjloH HwJ Sill I<7 ,!i-_n.) ovi'd b!ub« n-)« i rVi f 111 oV|!O'J«b 111.0 boirmn'j VoW ', . , , ,' * SluiTZ] *?' * f nia.h-.li:> naiif ■'•’ i -■'.aanivnl.- ycr/w .v people, Signon,, I‘ bayie, «fb|, B\ipji f feelings,.,.,.Mypu if you qfe ,q(V ■iefl here V -,i ,: .. “V , < -, f* H h iQ!’», * I .Ityp ; Iwe,” )$, repiiefj, Weyinghis i«ielf jaroup^ f “ t thought, ihai ,hia hpme saa oo.t{j? yrfier? very maoy ( villas aje.situfltejh, •, , ' “ Apdjshoutd suppose," rpooUnueih ‘‘ that you nrq prfeojja '"J '' “ Oh! yqs, ! ara jiere piijfays,”, - f‘ Always! what ft ,at range fascination it has for you f’ “It has! it haq l’{ said the gentleman.— “ Obit a bis Voire grew low and hollow—“ a terrible fascination !” I was silent. " I will-dell you,” said he, sifting closely by niy side, and turning tits eyes fully toward mine. “ I.do not wish you to inform any one. Promise me that you will not.*’ I had pot noticed biseyes before, but f saw now that within their, depth there gleamed a strange sinister light. . 1 promised him; pnd at.the same time I uneasily, drew back further from the edge. “ Well, then, Signor,’’.said he, “ I am king here. I rule Mount 12lna l n “ Yes,” I answerd, a little alarmed at his words, and attempted to smile. “Yes! 1 am king ln me you see the being who caused thp lava to pour forth, and overwhelm the regions below. I have lived here for centuries. The spirit of the deep obey me: see !’ r lie leaped up from l(te ground. There was a fearful fire in his eye, his nostrils were dilated, his pale face .became as white as marble, and as bloodless, save that on either cheek there glowed a deep red spot. “ See i” be shrieked, jvildly and loudly ; “spirits of the deep, arise ! Ha!—yonder— see ihem !—they are coming—in the clouds —enrobed in thunder-garments —see !” I leaped up from the ground : I gazed at him He threw off his hat wildly, and it fell dnwn m ihe abyss. He flung his coal and threw n away. “ Signur,” said I, in hopes that a mild tone might make him calm. “ Signor, the winds obey you. Lei us go.” “Go! Where! Is not this my home? Is not this rnv palni-e ? Sa.w you not my servants ! You are my goesi I" “ Will you noi sit down-and tell me about your home!” said I, shuddering. “No I There are secrets that can never he spoken. Can you understand them! — Who are you, a mortal, that you dare to ask ?” I walked slowly toward the narrow passage of land—the bridge. But he saw me, aud aloud upon it. 1 could nut go. “ Can this be all pleasantry 1” thought I. An awful thought passed through me, which froze my heart’s blood. Pleasantry I There he stood, my wild companion, his eyes blazing, fixed piercingly on me, his hands clenched, his mnulh foam ing, every smew in his body worked up. He stood, screaming, laughing. 0 God ! I was alone with a maniac ! “ You are to go with me,” he cried. “ W here ?” “ There.” I have come la carry you to my home. He pointed with a cold, snaky smile down the unfathomable abyss whence ascended the terrible column of inky land suf focating smoke. 1 gazed at him : for there was some ele ment of fascination in bis glassy stare, whiyh fotced me, compelled me, to gaze. There was a cold smile upon ha lips, which were all bloodless, aud il|-closfd, us they purled his mouth and tightly-shat tseth. “ There is my. hume-7-iltere j and I have come to lake you with me. tla ! ha I how happy you will be ! C^meJ” Still 1 gazed; while; my heart throbbed with slow but terrible pulsations. He advanced,one slej toward me. I looked around, Taa spell was broken which enchained my gate. 1 looked all-ar ound : at the blue sky abpve, the scorched earth around, the hurrhie, chasm, beneath. There was no hope , Qb ? could I but leap the space which separated me frpm the main cliff!—Could 1 but do it—but,l could not 1 There was no hope, . “ W hai 1 do you not answer 1" he cried suddenly, lashed inm fury by my sllejice.end stamping his fool in fu pzy upon the rock. “Du you mot jnswrr I Then I must car ry you with me !” The maniac sprang toward me ! With all mv energies rojised. into frantic action, with every sinew braced, and every muscle contracted,'! planted .pay foot back ward against a small angular rock which pro jected above the Juose, sandy,spil,-and tried to meet the shock. - Wiih a wild ..scream, which arose ihriltingly into the,air, his eyes all bloodshot, his mouth fosrping, on. he came- He struck jne—his grins aurrou.odcd me in,a fearful embrace., his hot-hrcath .came burn ingly upon my cheek. I i-for de spair, and all the bitterness of .depth, had giy en.no place to fear and timidity, but had .be stowed on pie .the coolness of one.ip.an, ordi nary situation. 1 throw my left armbyneath his, my right ,1, pressed over, his meek, and around upon his back, thus,,seeking to-press him to.'be ,eai|tb- - 1 ■■ J , It, was a moment of horror, such as. ,n° mortal Uirtgud; could ever, tell. -A ;; struggle with a maniac.! ;To be on a small surface of a rack; while, three thousand feel bpoepih, lay the abyss of ...untold horrors J At ibis, mo ment my; heartbeats mote forcibly, eyeftM,l I (unit upon the .fearful limn, , J r.!‘ .1 ■ 'i«U' >3 sJr^’ %fe£i£the rtStilifdii wfth iris; arms; ■fehelfclihg'Ue; l Fseekihglolsftve^-rbysalf.—' I He pVesSed' m 6 towefduhb' cliff. He fplph 'ged hiSfeetMeepintothegrOUHdj he laughed in(«km’gly t and ashe tried W etroji 'W. ;: Bui'against that rock my feat fifrtily braced; and f held him tighrly, bn'd Tpbstted and t sought lo huff hihi from 'm’e. ' Hurl him frorn' mel—as well blight the hdngry tiger be ihurfed from his prey; ’ • ‘ Oh! • the agony of that struggle I I knew not'how'long it was; but tome it seemed like many hours. The wild eyes-or thij madrtnn l glaVed ; at mine allthe'tirne, dhd I fourtd it impossPhie tb look'aWay. His (eBN Tol fdce, all white,- all ghastlv,was upturned towards me, as ho shouted in his fiendish blocking laughter. ■ " Oh, Hfesveri I Oh ! horron,! Cin all this eiidure for ever?” cried!, in the agony of my fear. The maniac'howled with'derU sive shhut. I fell that I was growing weak* er,' But ha was a madman; would he grow weaker alsol A thousand thoughts fled through me. - - - ■ • Suddenly the mnnincf gave one fearful plunge. Jl was wjih the stenglh of a' giant that he seized me. He raised me from my feet. The rock the saving rock—l had lost it; I was’gone. I threw my arms high into the air, and my scream of terror ascended in unison with-the maniac’s mocking yell. • “ Down ! down 1 to the bottomless pit I To the home of fire and brimstone! Toitho endless horrors of burning lakes I” he screamed, os he gave a bound toward the edge of the cliff. , Inspired by a sudden gift of superhuman strength, by a partial possession of even a madman’s power, I caught him by the throat, and even on the very edge, even when in sight of the abyss, I sprang back, I bore him back ; I brought him to the ground. Falling heavily upon him, I held his throat slid in a fierce grasp, while his own arms were wound lightly mound my neck, and his legs around mine. 1 fell his hoi breath from his open mouth, ns mv cheek lay pressed against his face; heard them grate harshly, and drew my head violently away, as he sought to seize me with his sharp teeth. In our frantic struggles on the groud, we rot Jed wildlyabmit, and the dual fromthe-aul phpr and from pum\ce-stone ascended around ns in suffocating clouds. 1 was half insane. I was struggling for life. I raught up a hand ful pf f i_he_fine choking dust, and rubbed it vi. orerilly'over*hia open mouth. It' went into his nostrils and lungs. He gave a jerk for ward in agony. Amid the clouds of dust round, I could not see where we were. He held me by the hair ns he sprung ; a mo ment alter, and a fearful force was straining there, holding my head down with irresistible force. Another moment, and I rose; while wild and high arose the shriek nf the maniac, as he fell down—down into the ah\ss ! Charles Dickens.— The Boston Daily Advertiser thus nulls lo the coun'er a piece of slander respecting Charles Dtcki-ns, which hus been in circulation here. The Adver tiser's correspondent is supposed lo be Frol. Felion, of Harvard University ; It is a mailer of delicacy to touch upon lire privaie affairs of a gentleman. Bui I will venture to say a word or two with re gard lo (hose of Mr. Dickens, whose domes tic life has been so ruthlessly invaded by lhis slanderer. Ever since the commencement of the Pickwick Papers, Mr. Dickens has re ceived a large income, and that income has been generously bui not extravagantly devo. led, so tar as was necessary, In the comfort and happiness of those dependent on him. The noble manner m which he has dis. charged his duties, toward those with whom Ihe relations of hlb have closely bound him, is known to all who know him and them;' and the affectionale admiration with which' he is regarded by.the circle of relatives and friends by whom he is surrounded, should forever silence the longue of the slanderfer. Mr. Dickens lives ima-style of simple ele-. gance, without the slightest extravagance, and far within his means; His industry 's scarcely equalled by any man in England ; and the popularity and circulation of his works quite surpass anything known in mod-, ern limes, except Mrs;-Stowe's Uncle- Tom. He receives his'Trjends with genial hospital, itv, hot without ostentation. . He enjoys life in a rational manner, running into none .of the excesses, of ’fashion or parade; which might tempi a-weaker man-placed in his cir cumstances, in a great nity like London; I’have reason lo bhlieve that Ihe profits of the new and revised edition of his works,, which has an enormous sate, are-wholly ,un touch'd by his expenses. If so; then few literary men arose well off-in -their pecun iary oireumslahces as Charles Dickens. ■" Turkish Honesty.— A Christian, wan ..dpring through ihe bazaars, wl-flied to buy an embroidered handkerchief.ofn Turkish shop-keeper. Heaskedthe price., “Seven tv-five piastres." »* No,’’ si))d hei aware That it,was usual arnnng pli iradprs, whaii’v. cr theircreed, to aak.pt first more than the . value, “ that is 109 much—twill. give , you Seventy ;!’ and as the, dealer,seemed jo. nod assent, he counted, out the money. . But his surprise was. great, .when the beatded; Os manli, gravely pushing, hack to ; him .twenty piastres, observed s .‘t This, is. more than, .the just,price. It is alwnys the eusipfn.-.hera to . bargain,oyer a thing down to its just value; and, as .fifty piastres is ,my proper price, those twenty belong-.to you." . 1, Ajßahjer f/ofm up, the ’.other day, and found,that,.during the night, the. pole.ai’ his 'sjipp, ‘flotfry iidnes;” ’t * x £^Jt- nM. 0"w ■ ni iM «gk K v L,4 [fo*- *.• i^vtj '.i r [ ■|Wmm iMB terprhdng owndtpjlf, ihe '.(ttljp Reamer ,'f.Excel,’ ff stepped pit hoard on Friday, I6ih Junt|, 'aa f dae ofjhe fjlpasujre parly up.ljie tpnsas' and 'And here lei us ,say . that .too rnuchi ; cannot be a warded., to,, these gentienien for the successful efforts they, have fnaiJe and are still making,'to (ind the chanhel and “es tablish iheimvigaiion of the Kansas ’ River; they have already-actSimplislted so pie half dozen successive trips to Fort Riley ; have delivered .therp all necessary government freight, with a ppeed, pare, and h -Ba|ing' of expense, hitherto unknowh’ - and they pave ' further concluded to keep their fleet little craft on that rijver, for,the purposepf aiding settlers in reaching, with comfort’ 1 and’ com venience, the places of thejr destination in j the beautiful Kjonsas country, so long as tbe stage of water)will admit.. This resolve of theirs is gond. pnd will be at pnpe .profitable as a business arrangement, andweUpimed.as an immense convenience to immigrants.. ..We do cordially wj steamboat navtj west,— profit to which so richly emit 1 Our party I consisting of t Indy—Miss N Mrs. Hn minor ker, their fnm*i Clerk, —Mr. f Murdorb of Vi re inin,mid q Baker. Perry, ists were not ever,' ertough pleasnni cnm| were the first ful river of i Cu*tijnu'loi *((!(% we pn Cjiy j. and, k ihe nirninu her ( bi adinsj jjnih >h o ■‘..bbij-nlj ihe Kansas, at the mouth mixed with a sandy sediment, like the .Mis souri i but it is freer.from anags, the banks are less liabh to wash and fall in, npd the current is no l nearly so rapid. For the. first hundred mile > or so, its average width will reach 600 yards ; from Patiawntomie to ; Big Blue, 400 yirds ; from Big -Blue to Fort Rilev, 200 y irds. The Pawnee nr Repub lican, and Snaky Hill forks, are scarcely 100 yards wide. The Smoky Hill is the narrowest and deepest. Below Unionlown (about one hundred and thirty miles, bv wfti er, from the Missouri River,) the Kansas is quite straight!, but above that point, it is crooked- It'will be a good navigable river for two or thhee months in each year—per haps for three or four in wet seasons ; pene 'raling westward, ns it does, into the heart of the Continent, it therefore must become most important in a commercial point of view. Some of our company joined us at Dela ware. Above that place the land is heavily timbered on both sides of the river—with some wide, high bottoms on either bank, consisting of high, dry, rich alluvion. Every five or six miles in this region we passed fine bluffs on ihe river ;-and on cuff right, .imme-. dmiely below t'he m<[u|h of ‘S'rangcr,’ j)i<*re is a beapliful one, with open woods," and high, rolling prairie in life background. Tust 1 above the. junction of ghat stream "with the Kansas River, there is a .great bend, liltq a' horse-shoe, where alrncl of exceiletii, high bbttnm In id Cnh bn eflsilv vncloged by A'shori fence across I he neck. Oh the south- side of -the river, oppitsiteiihat bend, there is « pretty 1 town site, rising 'gradually back* from ihe edge of Ihe Water—the plat -covered- with' grass anc scattering fimber, forming-a green' lawn barked -With high 'prairies - in' this neighborhood the shore is rocky. WiTpassed. a’hiiid hi iff on the tihrlß;'«ith a rich bottom.. on the south side; hnd a high; open lawn in tlie rear! A little : 'farlfW-oni ; lhe prairies strike (hb river, giving -a'charming variety lii the scenery-v-w hilt-’on the -north are exteHdedbottoms of'rich timbered land. Id this vicinity we saw. many Indians along Itiß-'bahks!' We 1 also pwrscda grape thicket; litt Ihe bottom; spread oyer several thousand of aerhs—while-j'usr above, r on our,.. right, rose a 'rocky bluff.'c'overed'whh • opens, woods. . A Inile way above this. Shgfrr. Greek -, emplies(imo th'R Kansas, from ihe'nghl-pand a Inile ftirlheT up; thdre-itia low bluff-a'short distance beyohd,fh'ere being another fine gra|ir thicket,'hnd finH'Wtilb'ut btitliim.- Oir therighl side of the’ rivfer coal has • been' fnDfid ; ' 'and here, again, pise n'Behutiftii 'Undulating : emi nence; Tpfii trding a' magnificent she for a’ town, art the height ihere being opfeh typods, and a.fine prafrie.ahoui a rhrile back. 1 , 'On the lefi,a’ short distance above, ihe WakarUsa flnWsln—a cdnßiderdble sltCdm, With'good timber’ aomp batik'. | Be low ihe.’mnuth' there is a' good Bluff Und'be hind are the VVakarusk sett(Cr^ent#.' s ''He’rp the Methodist Jjh(ircti North)’ hAVir a rrtl'sAlnn. Coal has alsobeen ditjcOvqrhtf afwtle'lhß' Vya. karusa. The Shawheek. Hkve sotdi' wifhoul reserve, allthCir I andain; (his d i I'eC.l in if f and the whulu country on' the dido of' the 'Kanaaa,aiaße,nh‘‘iip i 'Wa(e i rs(CkCepi ? tf Strip ’dtid ihVftV Mite* Idng, owned. •el IU Slelli 8 Mtll ” I vws * yt‘(Hir/n'MritT •, < V v»"V- IT»» jvsti T^mfr^’spi ■*. ~ ,J, , iiw >.!iiu uii! iwju h t -a-, V, W; »>fo lottr;;, ta.fettV, FW’* ■w&r !3.» -*i ir- -inv -» -n. ■rrws »ln« ii.2a.ia ppM«S'PS#M*-l dipmefth* »a-j .figpt, fenija the' Shawnee's ijayiei 'flWllB.Abeir #)|ecfiofis. J. , "j i ; ;- ; lp L ihjl icpnneciion it ; may,prpper!yjie re- 1 ■markedi that the sWyandoue9 own.tluriy.Qioe sections in,the forks ofthe'Knpsps and ;Mia •sourii rivers. ‘1 The Delawnree, Jby., 1 heir ye* cent treaty, ,reserve,. a stripten.-miles and 'ibrty imilesdong,-.running, up. neprlysld the mouth of' the • Grasshopper. The Kan. : aas Indians,’ too; have d- reservation twenty rwrrmilesi long, by one mile wide, ,nort h ’of 1 1H# ‘ river;' betew Pottawattamie; while ■ the PotiaWatfamies have - thirty c miles square; partly'on each, side of the llansas—and the Kickapoos hold a BthaU reserve near the head ‘op’ Grasshopper. All the balance of the vast regions, drained by tho KaoSas; river and its tributaries are now open for settlement, and will'soon-arrest the attention of the ebterpri 'stng aeltlefa, - "• ■ : i ’ On‘both sides ol the river, above the Wa ka'rusa, • there ■ ate excellent bottom - lands; ‘arid, ti short' way 1 beyond' these, another fine site for tr town ' presents itself on the 'north side—While still farther upon thesouthbank tHe high prairie comes right down to the'wo. te"r*s edge," presenting another appropriate place, where the busy hum of commerce may by-an'd-by speak the presence of a city.— Here‘We sawriUmerous’ cabins of settlers; and away, ps far as the eye can reach,‘in'a southwesterly direction, the prafries were high and/roUing jikp the waves of Old Ocean. Southward, beautiful groves dot the prairie, and the dark line of timber (bat stretches along the Wakafusa valley—with the,great Prairie, mound, so to speak, fixed there as-the land mark of perpetual beauty—the mean dering river, with its dark-skirting forests of timber 00 the north—all are scenes in Na ture’s magnificent Panorama, here brought' within range o( vision. Proceeding north, high rich bottoms extend for many miles, and we saw vast -thiqkets of grape.vines, pea vines,-raspberries, and pa paws. The timber was principally oak, walnut., ash, hickory, mulberry, >hookberry, linden, cotton-wood, and coffee-bean. A few miles below the itiouth'pf the Grass h"pper, on the north, Iho prairie undulates gradually back from the river as far as the eve.can reach.:. At its confluence with the Kansas, there is upon the opposite shore, a beautiful-bluff; and.between the Grasshop per and Mud ; Creek, lhere is a pruirie bottom where pioneers -were making claims. Gapt. Baker thinks that from this point to-tho mouth dr'itte Kansas Is a distance of 80 miles by the river. For the next twenty miles the country in oar course presented the same general Tea lures ns those just given—on both sides, al ternating prairie and timber, all capable of settlement. We passed Mr. Stinson's ferry ; his qouse and farm are very picturesquely situated on an eminence where the upland and prairies come down lo the river. Abom one hundrpd miles from 'he mouth ol Kansas (by Capl. Biker’s estimate) »e passed, on the north side, a fine bluff with clumps of trees on the top, rich rolling prai. rie lit the background, and heavy timber above} and below. A Inile further up, on the left Ifank, n high prairie bottom comes in, whi'-h swells gracbfully away southward, wilh copes of limber, presenting to the enraptured pioneer sites for the choicest farms: Settle, meets are being miide there on both sides of the river. Fussing onward, we come to the mouih of Soldier Creek, which has ns rise up fur minh and .gives varieiy 10 (he landscape hy hs dark line of fringing timber. We ne.\l s«w Pnppan’s Ferry. His house is on ihe right, in b fine limbered hoiiom ; while on ihe suuih, hieh. prairies, such as we have already no ticed. come down to ibo.iiver. Heie ed Ihe.Pottawattamie line, about ope hundred and ififteen, miles fi;om.lhu mouth of the. Ka nsas. -Timber, on both sides,of the river, were next passed—the prairie bluffs,- one hundred -feet high—soon l after which, we /ertchr’c - Ihe Great Crossing, There are three (>mrs logbi her—with • Pnlla’waiomie seitlefdi rtta; stores, and the Baptist -SchoW and'Mission on 'the south side ; and, every few mil -s beyond t iherd Was the- same suc ■%'«4slon bCproves rind prairie'on'cither hand, present ng uheqballed sifnaiitnB 1 for farm*. tjnir ntiiwii w iVs next seen. It is made lip of ahdi l t>venly log cabins, and is situated south blink t about a'mile from the Steaming onward, we passed Red ihd JJarling’s Ferry ; and a little far p\orid is Mill Creek, a considerable jin. which the , Pnllaw atomies have a /The soil here is of a red color, apd ( is,very , productive ; up ,mi the 1 her b .81 reajn erected 'mulnlli le river we saw, fine graves of limber, iny mounds, forming scenery of ing Lwiiy., ; ie Mill'.Creelc.on (he soulh, we passed dlent prairie lown siia,-" A liule .far- ijiis li< 1 "1)4,10 sorpas . i Abo ■an 6X>' thO’Bnma side, there are. lofty banks ther. marl, with -high-prairie in. the rear, w a largebnhd of' Indians.who had olding a-council' in- the neighborhood, ■nf red ■ We -sr beeft'li rb-tho'carcase of n huge buffalo float* ,'S Again I; wa : ihad (hO' rich'botlomi and hi ed pas ' and p 'aitiesttn titlierSide of-u» j and' when ,we do ild bor gnzß'fmm' the ppun ‘try h tar by, t*'S' caught ' glimpses of the aplenc id portion* sirelchingawayTaj' beyond. Comir g tonn r lndian.wood.-;yard,.fifteen cor da of, wood were lajtetron board, for jvhich was ptfld Ihe Sum ! 6C $ SY.SO. This is a new tfmpli' yrfit'ht, as'well as .a ■ profitable one for Vtyett d' rAen ;- and the' owners promised ,to. 'h'ntiS nftee'if'or twenty, cords'more ready by' the tirne'ihu st'earner ffetu'rned; ■ Gur-fitfo lit- rf rttnsi’ interesting sight to most nf-tbemand shfe wiis examined from the banjt, by,flyer (vhuntfred, wjiom curiosity had drawn fdgbth'W'lfl tVbat had made such a 10. 3M d I and commerce may yet infuse industrious Jl^J^isto.iga^nypfiheJridiaDrscp. 'Ssst&wsaßSb. wrnnming.«JptKHtw-BbouHrtw farther, w^«^^ftP<^^(^#eiffir£iflion mssMsmm^k: *s•' from * 4od siifie',lelitf;K! re. marked, coustryriwM(VsSirn feet jn.ili. ■nmeleryftnd is.said to weigh Salons. The bell is tolled on- the death of any. member,of the royal family, of the Lord Mayor, Bishop of London, or the Dean of the cathedrpl. The-whole-expense for building the cathedral was obout a million-and a half pounds ster* libgi’ -■' '■- ’ How’da • do,' .mister printer ?... I wants a Sunday-school banner printed j wa nre-,go ing to have a larrn’ celebration, and.vour school wants a bariner/ 'So they ought, fir } what will you baye printed on ill’.— Wall I don’t know, wo ort to have a- itaxt Ondt-for a motto.’> 4 That is a good - idea*-*- what shali it he?’ 1 4 Why I thoUghtn-tbia would be as as any-—Be auro you're right,'thfen go ahead,* - - 1 : 4 WiuiEv-deaiy* -inquired a f kind aqd ,ia dulgeot mother, of her young. hope(u|, yyho . had. preceded . her, in arising ope ..iporping, vWilhe.dsar, -whathaye ~yoU' dnne : jtyjih mamma’s stockings 1’ ‘Pm 4 em in lho.*yr®Bt meal pot,’cried the dear little c?eatuie.— ‘■Bless his dear little heart! the child, iaso full of his innocent pranks 1” t ,et IKJ ' ~