THE TIMES, THE MAHSEBS,
AMD THE UtEff.
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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 wh<f«urid*witfe Br;n*(«WnM»«s>i- - ■■;
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/
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i rVi f 111 oV|!O'J«b 111.0 boirmn'j VoW ', . , , ,' *
SluiTZ] *?' * f
nia.h-.li:> naiif
■'•’ i -■'.aanivnl.- ycr/w <m otli hvb.'oip I
tJitJl.iil, .ftjliiin'i t
:.Bo|uie|yJg^ ; l, i; u ~• i
.fcw# nim.MMiMfr,.. ’ .**. •.. i
.t 5*
,of. (r>.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;
»><WiIMMISW ! I •MvW'tp* PHBUS^Bu/
|sb (hem, as ihe .pioneers.of
igaiion in Ibis gem of. the .far.
s,—all the honor, and all ihe
Ihpir industry and enterprise
e them.
was a, most agreeable one ;
)r, Hammond, U. 8. A., and
isbel nf Philadelphia, sister of
|id —Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Ba.
tllies—Mr. Mills, Paymaster’s
Casileman of Delaware—Mr.
New York—Mr. McCann of
iur gentlemanly officers, Messrs,
and Dikon. The’ ‘excursion
numerousthere were; how
o constitute an agreeable and
any. The ladies of Our party
who’have sailed up llils beauti
e Prairies. 1
se fmm the landing at pitrlt
sed "Vapidly down to '.Kansas
le iha, same evening, lenvlna’
waters of ilip 1 Ma/1 Missouri, ’
row towards the seiHnu sun/
inwards the Rocky mobninTiis,
n r hiw», .rate! up
is.rnore Ihnh 61)0 yards wttle
the water ol this river ?s
't
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aw<lT - :
a«j» 1 -’ 1 «;*!4 «>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<i? /-* “OVi— r> 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(VsSir<t and ¥orth«
;£t f S
JM& Voutfieml, felA,
;
w hjles!);thomp ; {ij\ ‘ be.
low the mouth pflhejtiue, downsonie fifly
miles, .there is aco/Ulnuous bottom, lour or
five 'miles' Vide—itffger'and more 4 magnifi.
cent ihflri theTar.fampd American Bottoms,
belßw fiftvLduis; ' Here' excellent coin has
been raisedr.by the. half. breeds for many
years. The,soiL ia. ,a black, sandy loam
kind, warm, and quick f end produces mueh
s earlier in t|)ereenson than farms in s the same
latitude east. Emigrants to California .and
*Oregon, wbo are aware of' this fact, prelirto
cross tho Missouri River, at Parkville, and'
take'ihe great road up,the Kansas valjcy; on
the tiorth side, on this account, Thhy find
most excellent'grazing for their stock jby the
Ist of April, often earlier. ”We ’ have' nb:
seen ftjwtnp or wet, slough, nor any stag,
nam water, in the valley drained by tbeKaa.
sas River, The streams', generally sp'ea*
king, flow over' gravelly beds ; tnost-of the
bottoms'are high ft he few that are ■ low afe
•of a dry,'Sandy'character ; and the prairies
,nro rolling enough to drain off the water
freely; - ' • • j:
{Tohe Continued.)
The New Secret Organization^
We slated several weeks ago that wo be*
lieved a secret.organization bad been started
up at Washington, by pronifhirnt politicians!
In opposition *o the Know Nothings ; and re
cent movements have confirmed us in the
opidion then advanced. Subordinate bran*
ches of this organization have been eslab*
jished in various parts of Pennsylvania by
men sent out for tjiat purpose—men high in
the confidence of the State Administration.
This organization, as we before Slated, is
designed to embrace all classes, parlies and
.creeds of .voters-—foreign and native, Cath*
olic and Protestant, Whigs, and Democrats,
Free Soil and Slavery men, Abolitionists
disunionisls—and unite them in opposition .to
the principles avowed by the Know Nothings.
The Gatholic&are going into this movement
with a view-.of controlling it, aud.making
use of -the -Protestants who will be silly
enough to.be entrapped into ir, to obtain po
litical supremacy in this country. Attempts
are now being made by the Catholics and
the politico (demagogues who act with them,
to excite the prejudices of the German l and
Irish Protestants against the Know Nothings,
and enlist them in this new movement. Our
German and Irish Protestant citizens are not
ns Bhix«d'as wb have always taken'lhem to
be, if they permit themselves to be caught in
the trap set for them by the Jemits and
their allies. The Catholics having been
foiled to a considerable extent in their polit
ieal aspirations, by the Know Nothing move
meni, are becoming desperate, and will resojr
to every scheme which Jesuit cunning can
invent, to obtain political power in America,
Ft behooves the people In be wide awake
now’-a-days and warch the movements of
these enemies of Protest’!ntism...nnd Repub
licanism.—Lancaster Whig.
Tlie Clock at St. Paul's, London*,
A writer in the Foreign Quarterly , thus
describes the machinery of this great London
clock t
“ The pendelum is fourteen feet long, and
the weight at the end of it is one hundred
weight ; the dial on the outside ia regujaled
by a smaller one within ; the length of the
minute hand on the exterior dials is fifteen
fed, and the length of the hour hand is eight
feet, and the weiyhl of each is seventy-five
pounds; the length of tbe hour figures two
feet two and a half inches. In the face ofthe
dial is an aperture of about a foot square,
throuuh wt ioh visitors are allowed-in pro.
trude their heads to observe the hands in mo*
tion, the minn'e-lmnd making a considerable
leap lit each swing of the pendulum. A gen.
Ileman was at one lime indulging his ouriosi.
ly in this way, the‘hnnd being above his head,
and afterwards turning to look below, re*
mnincd'in that position, until on attemptihjrto
move found the minute band close upon'the
hack <sf bis neck, "and was totally unable‘to
extricate himself,
In a short lime he would lhave inevitably
sufibented, even if decapitation had not. dn.
sued. Fortunately, a friend was' with him,
who hastily summoned assistance, nnd'the
clock Was just slopped in lime to gave his Jife.
Since jhat time the guide lakes care to cau
lion visitors agajns prolonging their observe*
lions and af.o certain period in every hour.
The.fine toned bell which strikes, is clearly
distinguished, frpm every other bell in the
metropolis, nnd.haabeen audible,at the ..dj»*
tace of 20. miles. It i* about tf>n 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
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