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A Frnftmeut.
wsirrr.v Impromptu lit F.phrnim.
Tlio linht of t sixteenth Summer gl.mre
From an rye of ar.uro hlun
A hearl to love's soft pulse throbbed
In a bosom m Id and t nr
A lip in it pouting richness, red,
(invo rest to an anccl smile,
And a flute-like sweetness told
Of a spirit free of guile
A form of or.icc in huddine bloom,
A foot like t he lie cling (.iazi-llc,
A rliork like the dewy Idogsom'a blush
Where tin' soul its tide wovi.ii till
A being brightly beautiful
A maiil of a runny clunr
A creature nf spirit innocent
Whom to love would nut do crime.
In her father's house
One summer m.irn,
When ftill s a mouso
Wn the dewy Inwn,
ISat rpiielly down
In a rocking chair
In calico gown,
And with utracfflinc linir
At the ki'chcn door,
While a chatting hen.
On the old Imrn 11 ior,
Scratched haul for gniin.
First turning her gnr.e
To her a'oc.king hltie..
he ataird at the plsce
Where the toe cime through.
Then raiding hi t eyes
Nhe opened them wide
And filled with surprise
With a flu irk she cried,
Oooil prai i'Mi-! O dear !
O me! dud zickcim !
O, M ! come here
If our txrnel old ppickled hen hairit !
hutched out every sii.gle onk of J
"
lkoWt Tannehill, a Scotch poet, is the author of
a pretty little epigram on woman :
'Vntine, imprtial in brr ends.
When she made man the strongest.
In justice then to make amend,
Made woman's tongue the longeM."
Tim Cknti'ry Plant. .1 grrut ritriusili.
We learn with great pleasure that our enter-
prising friend, IJeruard Duke, has in his pos- CB,lJ-,1t nuoilierone winch was near him. I J-'2't paces, replied Capt. Ivctt.
session the largest specimen of the Century The matter was growing serious. Captain ' '"'y eight pr.ces:' cried Lieut. James, a
Plant, or One Hundred Year Flowering Aloe, i 1 sett's eyes Hashed lire tor although he h id . li,t,,! "I'rpt ised. -t , very well' and placed
(Aguv Amrriania) in America. While the I "i"?!''l .'lK', ''''"l meetig Huakeis, nnd re- : ,l,lin nl l,is l-s- Then advancing to CapL
report of the rarity of the plant now shooting up j sl-"Cted thut moral sect for their moral demean- vtt lie presented him with u pistol.
its (lower stem, at the Patron's green house in 1 or' ,ie was 110 """''coiM'aiit mail himself. Ho ' "Vr't ith pistols !'
Albany has been exciting the astonishment of i Jrol'lei1 Clp. nnd doubled up a fist of 'Not light with pistols after having refused
a'l America, Mr. Duke has quietly suffered his tt'l"il,lls ' 'Pt thie Kills iiH)ii the table, ; ' 'Pt with swords 1 What brought you here
doubly splendid specimen to pass on to fli res- vtm scoundrel,' exclaimed he, imperatively, then !'
ence without a comment, complety stealing o 'an'1 1,,Bvc the roxini !' " 'To light,' shouted 1 welt in a thundering
march on our good citizens, who would have I 'Who do you call a scoundrel, you yankee ' v,,ic' wl,id' ,,,!"le ,l,c British ollieer strL 'I
overrun his extensive grounds to w itness this ! blackguard. Do you know you are talking to tllU challenged party and have the right to
wonderful production of nature. The plant ! or' l,fl,w ninjcFty'B ollieers! Take thut lor j cl,ootiC '"' wca.ns, according to the laws of
which is over 'St feet in circumfere-.ice, is now j .v,,ur i"iptrtinence,' at the same time suiting ,"'". ' world over and you may rely
in full perfection, the flower stem being up- j ,he BC,io11 t0 11,0 word, and giving Cpti , iH..i it, I shall not select weapons wi ll which
wards of -JO feet in height and covered on eve-' I'Vftt a smnrt rap across his shoulder wit, ' my niitagoiitot Inn Iwcn practising all his l.fe.
ry branch with thousands of rich deep yellow ' llis C,IP- 11,11 in 0,1 il,Mi,,,, 1,0 'uccivc.! blow . Such a proceeding on my part is not only re
blossoms. Its nppeamncc is sin-ular, grand j on Wl f,r' l'li,. actly the phrenolo- -"red by the rules ol honor, which alter all is
and curious, and will 1,0 doubt excite the as-'. Wn,e ,hc S" '" cventuality-which a "w cb.mera, but would be contrary to all
tomshment of the whole of the fashion and ' Wl,,w lmvo f,"ed ox; and subniis.ively ' ll,e J'ctatc of counnon sense. .,sI shall
beauty ofour city. ! acknowledged the favor, by measuring his I fiSht wil" we-iions of honorable warlare, with
Dot three spccimcnsofthc Agava as yet have Ic,lS,h 11,0 flwr. ' W'l,icl'. ' 'iovo ever U-t-ii .ccusUnueJ. Swords
(lowered in America, the first of which, a small I I,is brother oflicers who were ivith him, had al"' P"i,ol, '"'l'J ''
plant, blossomed on the grounds of Win. 11am- ' the good sense to sec that IligU-e was to blame ! ,,,ul ,,,v ,luar 8,r'' f r,, J ll,e "tonwhwl Lieu
ilton, E!. at tl Wollands, where it was vis.- ! '! nllhough they hn.ked rather blnrk at the , "'"'"".'we must proceed according to rule in
ted by upwards ofLtl.lKHI person, and the so- ! Yankees, they wisely b.rebore to molest them ,'"'- wea,mns have you fixed
cond, which bloomed at Lemon Hill was exhi- . farther but assisted the btutmed bully to ano-! "I""1 !' A,M' ,n Ui"cy'" vie hp beheld ls.-fore
ted in Pluladelphia Orphan's Asylum, to about wbere by the help of some restora- j 8 ,,n WumlerbiiH, loaded with buckshot.
:&.",(HrO visitors. The present plant, which will tives, he soon recovered his senses, llis rage Capt. hwett said nothing but beckoned
be exhibited at the Masonic Hall, is now Ikt n,,,' tnortilteatrnn at the result of the rencontre ( to Mr. Sl irbm k, who approached him w ith
years of age, aud was originally grown bv the , knew no hounds, and, with many a bitter oath, ( great alacrity, hearing two liarHioi. lie seiz
sanie gentleman at his conservatories. It has: u't'cl,,rcd be would have sat i.-t'actioii. 1 ed one ol'tl.e liiriuidable wimhhis, mid thrust
been since his death the property oft lie McMa- ' Ueforw Capt. lvett led the con.;e-hon-e, a into the hands of Higher, who seemed actually
lion family, ami is now'in the haiids of Mr. Duke. : billL,t WU! ,,al"ll'J l,i," ''' Jilr,,es wl'ieh , paraltzed with astonishment.
An opportunity to view the Aloe seldom occurs, j Proved to lie a challenge 11 peremptory dial-j 'My weapon," said he, is the jtivli,i such
and as there is no sufficiently large plants in th lo,,.!-,c '"r,l, l'lt. HigU-e, in w hich it was in- ns the (irecian and Roman knights often fought
country to bloom, will not occur ai'nin the ore- ''"ted that arrangement thuuld be made f.r 1111 : with in olden times a weiimu which 110 man
sent century. Mr. Duke will realize a large arly "'feting, that he might have an oportu
siiui from the singular frck of natuic which 1 nl,y to wipe till' that aflront he bad received, in
has brought this plant into perfection. It dies j I"vcU's heart's blood,
immediately after its florcscetrre is terminated , "P1- lovett smiled when be paw such
Phila. Inquirir. j inauifestationa of Christuin spirit, 'Tell Cap-
Currant ten. uivs a l!ei man Journal, has been .
' . . ' '
extensively used in Kussia lor tome years
back, being considered slightly sudorific and
anti-febrile. It is agreeable to taste, and is made
in the following maimer : Ked or w hite ciu
r n 11U are placed to dry the red have usually
the preference on Khei-lx l mmer in nn ovrn
slightly heated, or in a furnace of a kitchen.
fr,., whiel, th ff,rt ...... i... .i .1 i
small piece ofthe currant- thus dried is iuft.sed,
as is done in common lea-makrng, and the wa-
ter is allowed to stand for some time. This '
lupior is said to be good fur the gout.
As Put Ilogati sat enjoying his connubial bliss ,
upon the bank of a southern creek, he espied a j
turtlu emerging from the stream
')ch honey !" he exclaimed solemnly ''that
ivcr I should come all the way to America to
see a anull'Uix walk !"
"Whist:" u.d his wife, "don't ho after ma
kinj fun ofthe birds."
sOJj
Absolute acquiescence j,, ,i, uVjcjoiia of ))e
Hy Milder & i;inrly.
l.AVNII Alll.K, DIEI. WITH 1HHPOOXS.
Perhaps some of our readers m;iy have heard
nf the Ftory of the duel between old Captain
lovett, of New DetHonl, and the Fnglish olliccr
in Pemerara. It has been variously related,
hut the only true version is as follow s :
("apt. acharia l.nwctt, niter having per
? ... oj. m,,b? IO m.. "cii.rn,,y one and all remonstrated with ram
ie, lounu inmeit in romumnil ot a hiiuII Itrtjr
j belonging to .Vew Vorlc. on a voyage to lie-
mernra. He was a worthy man, and a sprci, .j
meno a ankee i,W-his heart was full of -
the milk of human kin.lne, but he pnrwnrwil
j noble spirt, and would neither givo nor take an
! "".'I-r., ,-,.,,., . 1
W he ls bng ( milerelln lay at nnr.lmr in
Detnernra ,,vcr , Unt. Jvett one nrn.W,
J went into the ( one-hon.e, where ho ntet a ;
.rtem -an, they amn.ed thenisc. ves by knock-
mg the balls about the billiard room. Soon 1
j niter, and before the game was half finished, , w ' "rna.neu-
i some Knclish military ollieers entered, one of ' . W' " " l CVCr ,,,R i",pr''"
! whom Captain lligbee, strpH up to Captain ! nm e(l ,l,c '"'kec' knuckles, and his
I l-owette, who was arraved in a very plain, not , "wo,,,!n 'c,, A,my twinkling with anger and
j to say ordinary costume, and with a bullyin-r t ,""rU,u t"wijrh the two huge, lived cir
' nir demaiulod the table. a himsoir nd l,....i..r, ' c,c" c""wnil by h second, pik.ii made his
ollieers wished to play a match. ;
I Captain Lnvctt, gave the red eonfeil per.- 1
j tleman a Hern look, but replied with courtesy, !
I that he and his friend had engaged the table,
land would play out their game' alter which',!
j il'the gentlemen wished to play, it was :it their '
i service. I
'I'.ut we ran't wait,' said Caj.tain l)sUvc, in
an insolent tone. "
I 'You iiifW wait,' cooly, replied Captain '
I I.ovett. '
j 'Hut we shrill do no such tiling,' exclaimed
' the wuly 1'riton , 'we came liero to play bil-'
'inrds, and have no idea of being disappointed ;
by a couple of fellows who hardly know a mace (
from a cue, or a ball from a pocket. It will ,
lake you nil the afternoon to liuMi the came ,
1
soclearout.' i
Captain Jivett and his friend played on. j
'Come continued the other, 'enough of this
marker place the balls.' ;
Saving which in the most impuiletit air, he
seized one of the balls which Capt. I-ovctt's j
opiKinent had just driven into the wcket, aud j
tain lligliee,' said be, 'that 1 will not baulk
It tin.
He shall have the oportunity ho seeks. '
Although not a fighting mini, 1 am familiar Willi him-cll'in an altitude. 'I'll bet,' said he, cast
tlie duel law is add if he w ill meet me to-mor- j a triumphant look upon his friend, a smck
row morning on the banks of Creen Canal, j herring against a whale, that I'll drive the
near the South Quay, rather secluded sMt, harpoon through that fellow's midrifl at the first
he shall have satisfaction to his heart's content'
IJwulL Ja"'e8 Xed "ml wi,1"w ;
LaP(- ctt went on board the Cinderella
8,Km H,U r' Bnd 1,0 0riU ltl ma,c iMr'
buck 8 vctcn,n w,,n, llull,cr' lo tlcrt
u,e ,wo utel "url00,"i "ave 'iy grounu
j and fitted as an opportunity might oiler on ,
i the morrow of striking a porpoise. Mr. Star-
buck obeyed his superior officer with alacrity, .
although he wondered not a liltle why Captain j
liovett expected to find porpoises in Dcmeura
river.
'I lie next morning, as toon is all lunula were
called, Capt. Lovett ordered the boat ti be
iiiaiiucil, and re.pietted Mr. Staibucklo lake
i the two haqkjou, to lath of which some li-ht
JBUJ&Y AMERICAN.
AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL.
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
iinliiiiy, XuilliiiiiibcilaiHt lu.
or ten fathoms of rattling stufl we're attached
niiil accotnpnny him on rlmro. Iti a few mo
ments they reached the South Quay, where
Captain Isivctt was met !y Kvvrral of Inn
countrymen, who had been attracted to the spot
by the rumor of the duel, n well as neveral
merchants and other inhabitants of the plaee
' l.lVrtt lor l.i. K.IW i ......n..,i i;..t .1.
l0 KllIMl . ul(i '
, n ' fnctM ,,teliM-au expert swonlH-
, ,, ,, , riv,1M ll(arksil,lll wi, ft
i. K.in,r ,., , 1.;- ,,, n, ,a.,,, ,...,.
j I,vtt., however, showed no ineitnatton
w'wck out ; but, mi the contrary, peemed mon
r,,,ror ,r r,,r(,(,.1 t.I IJ ivc tIml
S11M10 ,l.llnw vwun. ,wki
, ,rrvjro , vv)lirI, wi. h,.V(,r
f t as , , nn(MC . .
. .
"l'Pranoo. lie was lollowed by a pervant
n ,,is,'' rnsc' ,n'1 n" ""tment ofswords.
" to C'"l,, 'vett, and l.iettt.
,:1,nrs nnpfiiiliing the Vankee. Bfked him if
1,0 wa 8 M' 't)i sw.irds "if so,"
"M l,r' ' ,','IiuVt! wu c:,n Mllit von. We have
,,ro"i.''11 the sumll jiword a neat gentle-
weapon they cut and thrm-t, good in a
" '" n"d w hich will answer iiuiilU rently well
'" tl,ul aud ,,,c lroBi!word or cutlass,
u'l'iei is otti-n preferred by those who arede-
nViotit in skill in the use of arms. My rienil.
' "I't- Higbee is eipially expert w ith either.
' have only to choose. As the chalienged
lmr,v '"" 'nve "mloubtcd right to select
vmir nr""i
'Of that privilege I am well aware,' replied
Capt. Iivett, 'and I mean to avail invsell'ofit.
' ''t!1'1 swords."
wcted as much,' resumed Lieutenant
James, and I have brought w ith me a beautiful
P'r of duelling pistols, with long barrels, rifle
l,"r('f' 0,1(1 n,,ir triggers. What distance shall
1 "''insure ofl !"
who challenges another, can refuse to fig hi
with at the present d iy, miles ho ossi-sc a
mean and craven spirit.'
Thus say ing, lie took the station which had
been assigned linn, eight paces distant from
his startled antagonist. Ho cooly bared his
sinewy arm, grasjtod the harpoon aud placed
throw aud will finish him without the aid of
a lance. Mr. Starbuck," fiercely continued
Capt. Ivette, in a loud and rough voice, such
" i"i',J,n cxcvPl Ttl 8 N"k
,w,in& VCsel ' w,.m,e" Ur '"
y ""'"" iMtjtuow in :
The mate grasped the end of the line, his
cycg bcamim with as much cxnectatinit and
,lelio,t, 0H if he wus steering bow on to an
eighty barrel whale while Capt. Jvett uiis-
ed his hariooii with both hands, keenly eyed
the llntish Captain shouted m a ticmeiidous
voice, 'Now for il !' ind drew back his arms
as if in the act of throwing the fatal iron I
The englishman was a bratu man which
is nut always the cudo with the bullies aud he
there I no appeal l.ut to force, the vital principle
lu. SuIiikIuj, Align! 1:1, isi'l.
bad olteti marched without flincliing, up In
month of a caution. And if he had-been met
in a single combat with an adversary armed
with a sword or a pistol, or a dagger or a
Queen's arm, he would have Ixirne himself
manfully. Indeed he had already acquired
ntt unenviable notoriety as a duellist and killed
his man. Hut the harponu was a weapon with
which he was altogether tmneiptaiutod and
theliiuiland exulting tone of the Yankee Cu
ta in's voice sounded like a summons to his
grave.
And when he saw the stalwart Yankee raise
thepolished iron nnd paiisn tor n instant, as
if concentrating all his strength to give the
tatal blow, a panic terror seized him his limbs
trembled his features were of ghastly pallor,
and the cold sweat stood in large diops on his
forehead. Ho hail not strength to raise his
weapon ; and when his grim opponent shout
ed Now for it,'and shook his deadly spear, the
Hritish officer, forgetting his vows nfrhivalry
reputation as an officer, and honor as a du
ellist, threw his harpoon on the ground, fiiirly
turned his liack upon his enemy and lied like
a frightened courser from the field, amid the
jeers nnd jdies, and the hurrahs of tin; multitude
assembled by this time en the st.
Capt. Higbec's duelling days are over. No
man would fight with him after his adventure
with the Yankee. He w is overw helined w ith
insult and ridicule and soon found it advisable
to tlmnoe jnt0 another regiment. Rot his
story got there lielore him and he was soon
sent Coventy' as a disgraced man. lie was
eouiM'lled, although with great reluctance to
rpiit the service and it may with great truth
be said, that be never forgot the lesson ho had
received from veteran
name was lliolieo.
w baler so long as his
Covi. i AinrsT We have seen Mr. Por
ter, and conversed with him in relation to the
nituminous Coal which has been found on bis
land. It u ns found eight feet Itelow the surface,
instead ofeighty, as w e were informed. The coal
wa- found after passing through a slate forma
tion, which was on the top, was broken up and
loose, am) after that unbroken for l.lioutsix feet ;
after descending almiit eight feet, lie came to
the coal. In the seams ol the slate particles of
coal were found bell re he reached this depth.
He then lucd some ten or twelve bushels of the
coal which he took from the place where he
was digging, which burned freely ; au.l, from
upH-arauce, he thinks the prospect is, that
there is still better rpiality below. He intends
soon to mi ke a thorough examination, and, if
he succeeds, a mine ot wealth w ill be opened
to this region. Il is a fact worthy of notice
thut there has never been found before this,
any slate r-ck in this section, as Mr. Porter in
forms us. As soon as Mr. Porter makes his
examination, we shall give the result lo our
readers. Unman I 'iliztn.
A Sin;i 'i.ut Sei:eiKM oi Smu.i. Ciuvi.i:
J At Qucrataro, one ol the States of the Cnited
Mexican Confederacy, and in the towns of
Him riaie n leceni traveller Hales llial much
amusement was occasioned by our receiveing
lumps of soap ns small change of silver In o-
ther states, current only w ithin their I da-
ries, are copor coins having a stamp peculiar
to each state, dividing the bit (real) into eights
(octavos) and fourths (tpiartitos.) Hut here, in
lieu of copper coins for the state of Queretaro
has none pieces of soap, with a stamp on them,
are employed. Yet so stiictly are they local
in their use, thai the current soap of one vil
lage is refused at places not half u mile distant
well illustrating one of tin modes by which
substitutes for a metallic currency should be
checked ill their amount, and the means, how
ever awkward, that will be resorted to in order
to atisty the neeerwily of a currency. Some
ofour men found the value of this small changu
hut at all diminished utter w ashing w ith it, and,
probably, the excess of uny issue is usually
washed up. lioslmi Tninf.
lh;n:i R. Mr. Duiicombe recently confessed
in the I louse ot'Coiiuniins, llial he had expended
jL':II,(KMI at file elections. Itnheiy, indeed, wis
admitted in mem cases than one. In the bo
nsigh of Sudbury, says the New York Com
mercial, "the currupt ion was ohii and notori
ous ; there was scarcely an attempt to conceal
it. The successful candidates were Mr. Fred
eriok Yilliers, a younger son of F.url of Jersey,
and a Mr. Djce Sombre. The hitter isan Ivist
Indian, his father an P.nglishinaii, his mother a
Hindoo lady of high rank and iiniik'iie wealth,
all which he inherited. Having lately arrived
from the P.ast Indies, ho felt an inclination to (.'
into Parliament. At Sudbury he was utterly
unknown probably not one of the electors had
ever seen him but he rode down, at the time
of the election, with a box ot gold in his curri
cle, remained a few duys, and then went back to
l.ndoii, bis box empty, but having M. P. tack
ed to bis name. These tacts are staled w ith
out denial, in several of the Luudoii paper
snd immediate parent nf .t iMr .UrrKssov.
Vol. II o. VIA I.
The lust number of Kendall's interesting
sketches of incidents connected with the San
ta Fe Ivvpeditioii is as fidlows:
The mornmg of the 'M September broke
bright nnd cloudless, the pun rising from out
the prairie in ll his map-sty. Singular a it
may appear nearly every shower we had came
in the night from the time wp left AiMin until
we reached the Mexican settlements. Again
we spent a rouplo of hour drying our blankets,
then saddled up n-id pursued our journey, ami
still in the northwest direction.
N e had scarcely gone six miles lieforc we
suddenly came upon an immense rent or chasm
in the earth, far exceeding in depth the one
we had so much difficulty in crossing the day
before. No mio was aware of its existence un
til we were immediately timn its brink, when a
spectacle, exceeding in grandeur any thing we
had previously witnessed, came suddenly in
view. Not a tree or bush, no rut line whatevrr
marked its position or course, and we were all
lost in amazement and wonder nsone by one we
left, the double-file ranks nnd rode up to the
verge ofthe yawning abyss.
In depth il could not have been less than
eifht hundred or a thoiiMind feet from three to
live hundred yards in w idth, and at the point
where we first "truck at the sides were nearly
perpendicular. A sickly sensation of dir.siness
w as felt by all as we looked down, as it weYc,
in'othe very depths nf the rarfh. Ilelow nnoe
(nsiou il spot of preen relieved the eye, and a
small stream of water, now rising to the view
then sinking hoiiea'h some huge rock, was
bubbling and foaming along. Immense walls,
columns in some places what appealed to be
arches were seen standing, worn by the water
undoubtedly, and so prrfr'.t in form that we
could with dilliculty be brought to believe lhat
the hand of man was not iiton them. The rains
of centuries, falling upon an immense prairie,
Icid here found a reservoir, and their Workings
upon the different veins of earth and stone had
formed tlusc. strange and fanciful shapes.
Ilofiire reaching the chasm weliad crossed"
numerous large trails leading a little more to
the west than we were travelling, and we were
at once convinced that they all centered at a
common crossing clo-e by. In this conjecture
we were not disappointed, lor a trot of half an
hour brought ns into a largo Mad, thoroti glare
along which millions of Indians, huflalo, and
mustangs had travelled liir years. Perilous as
tlm decent looked we well knew there was no
oilier near. The lead mule was again started
ahead, the steadier ind o'der horses were next
driven over the sides, while the more skittish
and iintrar table brought up the rear. Once in
the narrow poth which led circuitoiisly down
the deep decent there was no turning back, and
our maddened animals finally reached the hot
torn in srtlety. Several large stones were
loosened from their fastenings by our ni'm
during the frightful descent. They Would leap
dash and thunder down the perripitons sides and
strike against the bottom far below us with a
terifie crash.
We found a running stream at the bottom,
and on the opposite side a romantic dell cove nit
with short grass aud a few scattering cotton
Wood. A large body of Indians had encamped
on this very spot but a few days previous, the
wilted limbs of the trees and other "signs"
showing that they had inude it a resting place.
We, too, halted u couple of hours, to give our
horses an opportunity to graze nnd rest them
selves. The trail which led up on the opposite
side wax discovered a short 'distance ulmve us,
to the south, winding up the steep and ragged
sides of the precipice.
A wp journeyed along this dell all were
struck with admiration at the strange and fanci
ful figures made by the washing of the waters
during the rainy season. I u some places per
lect walls, formed of a redisli clay, were seen
standing, and were they any where rise it
would lw iuiH.ssilile to believe that other th in
the hands ot men had formed thein. The vein
of which thpse walls were coinjosed was even
thickness, very hard, and ran perpendicularly ;
and when the softer sand which had surround
ed them was washed away the veins still remai
ned standing upright, in some places one
hundred feel hili aud three or four hundred
in length.
Columns, too, were there, nnd .-ueli was their
architectural order, and so inieli nf chaste gran
deur was there shout 'hem that liiey were lost
in woiiileruiiil admiration. In oilier places the
breast voiks of forts would be plainly Visible,
then again the frowning turrets of some castle
ofthe olden time. Cumbrous pillars of some
mighty pile laised to religion or royalty were
scattered shout, regularity was strangely mix
ed up with ruinuuj disorder, aud Nature bad
done it all. Niagara has been considered one
of her wildest freaks ; but Niagara sinks into
insignificance when compared with the wild
grandeur of this awful chasm. Imagination
carried us hack to Thebes, to Palmyra, ami lo
ancient Athens, aud w e could not help thinking
that we were iiuw among their rums.
riticra of Am cktisixc.
I square I iniertion,
1 da 3 da
1 do 3 d, .
0 7V
1 on
Ki?ry subsequent innertii n,
o aft
i early Artvrrlldement, with the privilegs ol
alteration) one column $2.' j half column, fig,
three siiuarca, f 1 2 ( two squarrs, f 9 ; one arjuale,
$.r. Without the privilege of alteration liberal
discount will he made.
Adverlisenrenla left without direction n to thw
lenqth of lime tliry are to lie published, will I
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
inly. Crixteen tines make a square.
Our passage wit nf this place was effitted
with tire greatest diflicully. . We were ohli
to carry our rifles, holsters and saddle-bags in
our hands, and in clambering np a stm-p pitch
one ofthe horses, striking his shoulder against
a projecting rock, wus precipitated some fifteen
or twenty feet directly npon his back. All
I inniigiii lie most he killed by the fall but sin
gularly enough he rose immediately, slrook him.
J se!f, and a second effort in climbing proved
I Itlnm citr.nAcof.il ik. I ..... I I I . -
....... mu nniuiui linu noi rCCTlVCU
the slightest apparent injury !
Hy the middle of thn afternoon wo were all
safely across, afW spmdinijr five or six hours
completely shut out from the world. Again wo
found ourselves upon the loixl prairie, em! on
looking bark, after proceeding some hundred
yards, not a sign tt the immense chasm w as
visible. The waste we were then iisn was at
least two hundred and fifty miles in width, and
the twrj chasms I have mentioned were the res
eivoirs and at the same time the conductors of
the heavy quantity of rain which falls Upon it
during the wet season to the running stream.
Tlio prairie is undoubtedly the largest in the
world, and the chasms arc in perfect keeping
with the size of the prairie.
At sundown we halted by the side of a wa
ter hole and encamped tor the night. Hy this
time many of them ere entirely out of provi
sion, while those who still had a little beef left
had saved it by stinting themselves on the pre
vious days. The worst of imr sufferings had
now commenced.
KAVVt.V7NKf.s 1 Tkxam The following is
from li. W. Kendall's history of lite Santa Fa
Expedition :
1 neglected to mention in triy last a trouble
eomc visitor we had in lamp on the night of tho
Ith of July; Il ramcd vtn first reaching camp,
inducing the mess to which I was attached to
raise a tent. The wet grass witlrmit prjbably
drove a rattlesnake to more comfortable quar
ters, and the first intimation we had of his viein
ity he w as craw ling over one of us inside the
tent in the rndeavor to effect a lodgement un
der some ofthe blankets. A more disagreeably
companionship cannot well bo imagined, even
ifa person had tile entire pick of rvery living,
moving, creeping, flying, running, sw immin;T
and crawling thing, and to say that any of us
fvlt perfectly easy and at home with such a,
neighbor among us, would be saying what is
not true. For myself, fearing to move lest I
might molest his snakrship, I tolled myself head
and all under my blanket, and lay perfectly qui
et until daylight next morning. Where the in
truder went to ho one could tell, and wo had
the very pleasant satifaction of seeing no morn
of him.
Yery frequently, on the grcnl prairies, a man
wakes up in the morning and finds that he has
had a rattlesnake tor a sleeping partner ; but
there is not one excellent trait in the character
ofthese reptiles they never bito milessdistur
bed, and will get out of the way as soon a
possible' except, perhaps, in the month of Align-!,
when they are said lo be blind and will
snap a! any thing and every thing they may
hear about them.
Tax as Dolus The Washington corres.
pendent ot the North American tells the fol
lowing: While the Tariff bill was under discussion
on Friday, Mr. Gamble, of Georgia, roso and
w ith great pleasantness of manner, said that at
the suggestion of some of his bachelor friend?!
he would move to strike out the duly on Jo.,
eastings furtive glince at some of the most in
corrighle of that Solus cum nolo genus. Tho
motion did not prevail. The talented and w it
ty Mrn: ' who wus piesent in the galle-
ry, whispered to her young friend, the beau
tiful Miss' "I hope my dear the duty will
not be removed, the prettiest and most anima
ted dolls in the world are made in the West
We must protect this species of the home man
ufacture." Miss laughingly replied flint
they had better impose an ad valorem duly of
!VI per cent on the whole antiquated anti
Copid tribe of bachelors." "Ah, my dear, said
Mrs. ' if it were to be an ad valorem dutv,
there would lie no revenue, for bachelors aro
of no value to themselves, to uf or the country.
I confess thut I would give my vote for a ta t
of i-iKX) per caput. How long this dialogue
was kept up by the fair speakers, 1 know not,
having leen obliged to leave the gallery.
"John, hovv I wish it was as much the fash
ion to trade wives as it is to trade horses !"
"Why so Peter !"
"I'd cheat soaicbodj most ahockin baj befors
tlight."
Mn. Sts"" Asiioar. 'What's a male
steamer ashore, ma I'
tio and ask your uncle, who is lying in
the room by his bottle, my love
A German authority give the population vi
Chiuaas-MItHl.tHH.