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SLOAN, PUBLISHERS.
LOIE 24.
jr . sESS DIRECTORY..
_ . ; C. B. WRIGHT & Co.,
IlLoricr.its, Collectors and Dealersin Gold and Silver Coin,
i unearrent Money, Land Warrants and Certificate. of
L• fIRCIIVEL. . Deposits. Also. Sight Drafts on the principal cities. of
~....- 5.....tt ..ide of the Pubhe Square, be. I t h e rnion, and all parts of the Old Constry for sale:
. - .••oh 'greets, Erie, Pa. Office, William"' Block, corner of State Street and Pub.
--:'. I LIKENEdSES FOR I LOLLAR. : lie Square.
F. H. ABELL.
WM. A. GALBRAITH,
Rooms
Pa. trrer We Erie Bank, South Amami . at Law, osoo
on sixth arm"
opposue
Erie, -
• -le bent style of the art, and warren - " c — w - Court Howe.
livirraercuss and whalers's Denim in every deeerip
. don of Stone Wire, fire Brick, Ere Clay and in Salad
mannbetory. between Eseirnd lhad Third Streets on the
CanaL Eris, Pa.
CZO. IP. WM.
it EDW_RDS
, ELtort at Law. Warren 1
^olections will recite prompt
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D W A L.K.ER & CO.,
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W_ KENNEDY S 4-9-rILD : -
- .:., ,-i 'cumuli/40u mercham, fuaria i NOLESALJI a Ewan. &Alan in 'Alta; Glass. Croaker',
_,-., Public Bridge, Erie Pa. , Etrittania é Bohemian Ware. Lamin, Dop
' es, Winks,
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-c , :7 7 at, fluter, Steer*, r I Ptah. Limo' mirrors, Vaasa Le. ac. China Hall, No. 6. Boreal Bleak
.... ,-.-. Stilts. Stores, Martitrige. no., midil nabs rt. Brio Pa., .
- -hipping either by Anmaition* g . ~,. ing. ,, mm , r,
, ,-, 7 0, Railroad
ult.\ HAM.
Me.. on French St.,
f tt.# P.ok. Erie.
p„,i, ; (n=, Wines, Liquors, Cavils.%
1 a Booth & Stewart's State-st.
FfIM.ROD &
, •, hollow Wan, Ma
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dCar.. State St., Erio
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NI: or G. comets ± co..
GeV/ lry, Saver
Larapt .r 4 Earley
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i.l RECIU.
of Suite Street, Erie. Pa.
NILBBALS & CO.
fanl uP itALICIa
- ;n4 shipping Ilerehanta,.and
deal
.r t , : 4 4h, Water Lime, Planter,
Package , . iLtended fur Ric care
r B. I UNNISON,
. Monthly -11alpuiue+, eLeap
. - Sevrepapers. Gull Pea..
~ r vreet of the Iletti Hnv~e. Brie.
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Dealer. in aver and s:apl. Dry
Bow, oppogite
KEPL
iron Fenee, hailing. Steam Boilers.
f I'muf Stutters. amain kiwi= ....fdlachl
- Ca=ong, 4e.. done to order.
LARK & 3IETCALF,
rr ta,, dealnr2. in Dry G. , ette, Carpet:, and
- r. N. 1 It.'ed ff,,a,e.
JOHN B. COOK,
.t Fenpy Dry antt the Or , ..a.test ra
r, i l l the e,ty. Cheap Bide, Eric. Pa.
-TifRRETT GRAY,
rrd retail I/eiders in wet and dry
- Pr ,, inee. Foreign and Domestic
Sumo 'Ware, Flow; Flan, Salt, alma,
- , Caps, Safety Fu.lo. fie., de., French
• t Reed Erie, Pa.
\VM. S. TANI':
..vt.Loa at Law.—Offtte over:4:lnm',
: k-- , rner of the Public Staue.
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KEPLER,
• , c ries, Hardware, Crnekery, de.
ao• *tract. Erie, Pa.
BRANDES,
:..altOtace at his residence on Eighth
-ikh and Holland, Erie; Pa.
sANFORD &
er. Bank Notes, Drafts, Certifiestes
t Exchange on the' principal cities
Office in Beaty's Block, Public
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.:.or—R4 , ilenee on Fourtb rtreet. one
• i Apothecary Hall.
RUFUS REED,
Germ= and Amorican Hardware and
A nvilo. Vices, Iron and Stool N 0.3
In. Erie. Pn. _
and ltrutil Dealers in Dry Goods, Ord.
~ , clzery, Glassware, Carneking, Ilaninare, Irpsi,
51,6:(2.4, &c. Empire Stores' State Street,
.1-el,w Crown's Hots!. Erie,
, is, Vices. Bellows. Axle Anne, Springs. and a
.-scrtun•at of Saddle and Carriage, Trimmings
S. )E -- .R - SYITTH, '
I.lw and Justice the Peace, and Agent for
Mutual Life Insurance Caudpany--01See
t Wright's stare. Erie, Ps- •
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is . CUT
rare. Eri• County. Pa_ C.7‘.1;ei110r,4
with riroccru,:mt mud Xs-
kEEC6G6. --
,v 1 4Tharinswn erchnnt, on tho Pnblic
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f Ststa *.treut.
ana Win Fish, const►aty for yak.
& BROTHER,
mil iier.ien , in Dray, Medicine, Pnints,
No. 6, Reed !louse. Erie.
JA'ILS LYTLE,
nt Tlilor, on 11l public eqraire n few
, te .treet, Erie.
131.7RT0N & CO.
< I:f7.t/L dswlerw in Drugs, .11eiliciLes, Dye
• No. 5, Reed Rowe, Erie.
:„g,'IILI3S: SLOAN,
and 3.li.cellenetats Books',
..ner:r. and Printer'• CartlY. No. 9,
• Erie Pa.
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BEEBE N. TENN - ART.
• • -- ict,r.• had Sarreent. °s,e ae.l
-a.,afrat titreete.
f - ca 7to A. M. Ito 2. anti 6to;,P. M.
CO. •
Merekinta, dealer in in Coal,
fora daily Ilne of Cpper Lake
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ENPlikgS - 0 - 031f,LNY,
t. i 1 No. 5 H. ea Block, State Streit.
11! e'clock. A. M
3.1 o'clock, P. N.
SEE
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• lit , J. MORTON,
•Winn Siert:haat, Pablir
' • •• ..t, r,sb. Flour and Meter.
EuZENSII`tIG k Co-
DliAl2lll in 14:reign and Delman
clothing. Boots and Blue., dr.
' - State rureet, Erie.
v & VINCENT.
-• „•• up stairs it, Tainranny Dull
- - ' • Pnulioeutary's Aitt, trio.
"I V . lt( AY WHALLON, • .
T AT LA‘r- 7 0flier urur Wil
i."-. coil :wee One door wog of State un*rt:
1 :1 B A LS. VES,
Dry Groceries, Cfutkery. Bard
1. Brown's New noteL
JACk:SOICA; SOWN,
• G0..w14, Groceries, hardware) Queens IVare,
„te.„ 121, Cheepside. Eri.,
W. TIIORNTON:- _ _
zo-ramlr rvEzro.
••• 13,n(4 and Murt ea. Lear,.
ar.6.l!y drawn Wright's Bin c k,
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• , HAPIA. Res4user Dawrisr—Olke in
ut Empiro Blurb. corner of otaseaad Fifth
, t, gairt4 . Prices reasonable. and
. DR. 0. L. ELLIOTT,
BA;d , atlMntiec Otiar and direMns utt
F.,,ut14 side of the Ptiblie lipre,l duor
- Eset 6f tae Erie Bank Building. Teeth to
Plate, fr..us , •uu to an entire met. Carions
•vt •3 pure and restwed in health and one
' u -' , .. an*d ' , sq.!) instruments and Dentifee
""' loleurnem.. AU w‘irk warranted.
CITA IT-NCY HULBEET,.
Wainwright, Hantineton and 'toy&
h,•l Wholeial, Dealers in Foreign and DOW"
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,!.(0. 152 Matte Street, Philadelphia.
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J. WN)LGLASSi
.3:, r 05,e zip et/drain 111.. ck, sex
• Craig's.
.I.I,LEN A..CRAIG. _
.tkir%! Real Vo.tats Wok's. Mk" ita
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!, Er,e Curuntissions tab . and au
• •s, a bona Ede axis ur tamales lama& at this
Lz C. Curly, Banker * Eletiedige Broker
C. lis.
ir4;, Thompoos
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TANNER & MAGILL.
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Diateas in Stoves, Tin: Copper, Brass, and Sheet Iron
Ware. Beatty's Block near she coast Besse, Brie
Penna.
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ERIE CITY MILLS & WATER PIMILIMeM.
With the Lead beticleen tie Rtrareed en State'
and Turnpike Street..
rr HIS Mill in the most perfect Flouring and Custom
1 -Mill west of Albany, (so acknowledged by experienced
Millers,) and being located near the kydroad Depot, is
well adapted for Merchant barites. The undersigned will
sell on terms of payment that will be advantageous to the
purehaser. Brie, Sep. 24.-19, C. M'SPADBILN. '
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isCCAMPAIGN OPENI7II3.
"At No. 7 , , limed Stoma,
AM now receiving my Fall Goods, all selected from
ji late importations. consequently the styree are hew, end
I must say very attractive. Designing, greatly to extend
the custom briiich of our business, which is hereafter to
reeeive a large share of our attention, we have taken par
ticular pains In selecting the goods suited to the trade, and
they will be cut and made up by workmen of experience
and taste, and warranted to give satisfaction. As hereto
rot e, the system of low prices for good pay, will be main
tained, and we are determined to spare no effort to make
~ers the most popular clothing establishment in the city.
'inc *took is now very large and complete—all qualities of
Lrequi Cloth and colors extra superfine French Cloths and
Duo Skins, French CLutitneres, many styles, some very
beautiful, embroidered Silk Velvekand Silk Veetiugs, plain
mil figured,. new style: Shirt , and Collars, Suspenders,
all'of which are open to the public for inspection.
JACOB KOCH. So. 7 Reed HOW..
Eris, Sept. 22,1853.
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CLEMENS & CAUGHEY.
up/. tt. Seal fp Cb.,.)
A. J. lllf./..iu
Wholesole (hteera, Ho. 7, Hamill Block, Brie.
THE subscnbere haring taken the no formerly nem
pied by J. M. Smith k Co. have and are receiving
direct from Xew York, a large and well selected
Stock of GTocerieo.
Our Goods were bought for Cash, and mo-t of them pre
ions to the late adesnret we would therefore respeetfully
invite merchants and others wanting goods in our bre to
•munise our stook before going to J3sdhlo or New York.
We wish it to be understood that for CASS veal , can be
purchased as cheap here as in Nra York with the addition
of freight.
The following will comprise some of the articles in our
0. Pulverised, Crushed and Granulated Macon
do P. R., Coffee `Sows; P. R. Muscavado, and N. 0.;
Mamma, Steward's Syrup, Honey; Green and Black Teas
of all grades; Rio, Laguaria and Java Coffee; Tobacco from
100 to de. per pound; Fruits, Nuts, Prunes, Pepper Pimen
to, Cassia, Nutmegs, Cloves. Indigo, Rice. White Fish,
Mackerel, Code and Herrin; Powder. Shot, Lead, Caps,
&test ystock Fuse, ie., te. In addition to our Stook we have a
large of
Pere Wines and Lfqnors,
Which silt be sold, at prima 114 . el defy competition.
London and Philadelphia Porter' , Ale, de. We are
also Apnts for Moffet's Buffalo Ale.
Please glee us a call and we will satiety you that there
is no humbug in what we say.
Nov. 5.-25 CLEMENS t
Eighty City Lots for Sale Cheap.
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LOTS on Lafayette St.. above Depot, verb 341 by 134 IL
.Dtioe pet lot, 400 AA
" - on Buffalo " " •• " s " " 134 ft.
Price per lot, 400 00
" on Poach " " " " 331 " 125 ft.
. Print per lot, 500 00
" •• on Sauafrsi " " * ", •• •• 125 ft.
Price per let, 300 00
n " on Sixth " weet.o Careade SL. *24 " DV' ft.
• , Price per lot, \ 200 00
.. On Fifth f ' •• " " 165 ft.
Price per lot, . 150 00
-a i - on Base& Latta. . • Each }an acre.
i ... Price per let, 140 00
'3O ~-" on Ash Lane, !.,0 ty 100 ft.
1 Price per let. 100 00
Out 'Lit No. 79. Ilya acre, price 1204 00
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The tide to the abase is ioad —Willa verb 1110 y, one-fourth
in hand and the kintlanqe in nix years. This in one of the
best chances ever offend for a r.tatir 17)11.11 u .sure a home,
OR t rich man t.k make a Sae in v eitmc.l. i lots above
the Railroad Depot on Pearh ftreet aro it,re,• oPithe very
bent business locatienn in the City, are suitablo for stores,
taverns, manufactories or mechanics , Amp of any kind,—
. Those on Buffalo and Sassafras streets are ii, irable for yid
' rats residencies. The oubscriber needing funds in bin grain
hankies* is determined to sell, and to sell lower, on longer
time and minx terms than any one idae ; A. Krgo,
Erie. May 21. Ms* in Beatty', Block.
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and Stationary, Vary Cheap.
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At No. 9 Browne" Brock.
I,X7E • jinn reeeseed our full sleek of Books, .efedieltery,
Mash Books. Westing dent. Pcn's inketunde, and the
uxkurandoeber ntltelesbe4on d ing to nun e. • n -or wh,ela we
1 ere ant ions to sell. and sbr she cash thel can he holleht etre
alarm nowt in waist will d.r Wr I c Ltun't form the
Irian.. `lo. t. Brown'. Block. "
11:91' neeitived the Ibtlowing ' , vette= looks it sh it = map
1 el Bong *Tots. No.II. Itrogrn , . II;oelk.
The Rabbet. Wife 4 man in sem Mots WU..
The Vysete VI9 i. flare Orval Diek,
Lilett De Vere
• ince and his Bride,.
Reinsl Scant. e,ptaln II yd, .
I Mlles Trinienben.. Jilt k Cade.
tare &plop. !Ad tie.
Modem Plirtaotnis.
4 4 " 4 3 ara•WVflatter P ) C 43 thin" Marry/au works. dirdoi
as,l 'nn'imv. wkwh ars °filmed ekes p.
gun wa. very much enamored of :Maas , aad he
• lacked the courage to telt her his—feet inn." Ile continued
to droop daily nod hourly, until' kind friend whkpered In Otis
rwa a cure, whereupon he called at ho 9, Stows'. Burn and
tgotone of those New I.,,,rrree Warrant. and Cooed a complete
cure to two do.m. Trawe who are 'Meted car, do Imetraw,
. tor we haw+ a few more len,of the tame Part. Don't ..delardloo
AMU. ewe, Pelts. Paper. Ink, Earth:gun, and some note
Piper esprAsly for that purpove.
FEW copies of *ilia Barriers Awsestis /Waive Bork" the
. a beta book opt—warranted to Sr" ■ good meal waboot the
aid of —Maher." wawa *properly am.lied•" To be bad at No.
9 Brorra'a Biota. wbere may also be found .. lame log of Blasts.
Febebs. Copy Book) Drawing raper. self sealing EnvolOpok
and a feW capital prtnOwe neerarary tonally a flielfteal led Paa&ll
Boot',
AQvANTITY or Tailor's pattern,paper lust reeeived.—a
new article. never kept to the eity before. Call semi at
r No. g. l:rowa'■ Illioek—where you will also see a good awasit
t men'. flawary. Biography. Blank Books. Printer's ink.
' alt rotors. and any quantity of We'd:aspen PA.AI:II pow
ever saw.
ILZIIOVAL AHD CHANGE,
bateas• sad Attractive Stock.
, ()ERIS I. HAL I,r) w ELL klb . Philadelphia. Having
• 1 R removed into their rpleadid new w niebowe. entrances
No. 147 barter , sad No. •4/ No.ih Ecu , ih miter. are opens,*
Foi the trad• an anitorlinent Qi - Slll. an.l Paney Goode. tha t
for nttni and rarimv aril n fp:l,. 31a )r Inork 'vet niTarta in that
t market. Enterine taro their new I.lWe. r. hmh is
One of the Largest in America,
with a bushes* of an ounsuat amount streTiir e•tanlished. and
, invading larger iS sfierraee is. C rnatty %t(ts Mow who hay.
tit ease. and believing that th, t x)•teni in grads is
to have uniform prier. the) ssi,l b coiatelica to a mutts
pro& than can poer..biy to• a , raccd where lung ered Ira
I ere fit at. 1:1 " b " r 3.11 a lid Piton credit *yawns the here.
.itty for charging laii;e protitS. doe' nut tat, se" ing their
Roars n t a sexy small advance oft she at Part. they mean
make to the intcrert of every Judoe Gfgoodit. ha by upon the
• follow mg
Z 713 3 :
Cash toyer , will receive a diseout.i six pet ..e n , ,f the
• money he p.m.. ID par foods. within lu clays from date of hill --
I.Tocurrent moues will oat* be Maris at ii, nt flies valJe cn tar
day nos received To weretiassa of undoubted needing a cre.lit
of *ix months will he given if defiled Where money to remit
i leg in advaate of inaturil* a &mown at the rate of twelve per
cimt per Illitiont will he irk.,,,ed. They SliK trot. merchants
ysrit ice tiw I:4aiern ease*. the 13%Gr of an elowthatitro of their
'Rock. being eati.heo or,: they wilt he coat i reed that it is DOI.
YQr.trteir mdeeastopay the large "Sus that are alwolatAy
riot to thaw itrh6 - give toi.g credits
IM. L. llatiow.ot.. J 1...H.a.L0w ELI.. 1' .W W. I s WasST.
Janie TaaarAtt. last Ltrrte. E. R. Ilovestisnoe
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I A LL Who want Attlee of the tea I Collins &Co make. 'Weld
2t be partieular WhOtitetht WI In rsa as there 3re war mos coun
ter**, and imitation* stamped Coi iI US and labelled dwell like
our', which aloe fraindolently mold in some parts of the Untied
Phabea all Otlf geanwllietare. They arc toady 111 different par , ' of
the country by vorttaaa'ase-makers.and are genets Ilya very in
t &riot gamily. Tie *huh,' Collins awn. wn.e h bare acquired
sorb. 111 alsetssive repination.are invariably stamped ••(.'Ol.,
LIM, as. CO Fl irrfOß D." and awn. axe bass printed label
with my kiyna:nre. It is now We than Tworrt -ova ritaPs
*nee ISPCOtharteed the tu , lricse with the stamp of 'Volt ne &
Co Hattlbrd." and I do not know of any other nap-maker by the
oatneweConiaa in tlie UnltnttlAmen HAM W. Cf 11.1.111111
span 1111, WI%I Off.
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,5 0 Olaypook. " übio,) Whiskey Rif saie by the barrel
( 4111111,11 •I IMP tL
- - A r sae • ware,
City Lots war the Rana: --
O.II7IIIIRAL city Lou, eligibly loomed ye Site, Pesach,
1,3 Punk sat Beale genets, far sale on tine% by
ffifill
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7Pcur lekikago.-
Why Don't Yon Road!
"It Saved His Life."
Cookery Without A lister
To Tailor's and Clothier's.
itlut Vottrp.
TIER LABORER AND TER WARRIOR.
C. L lIVIONSOIL
The amp has had its day of son;
The sword, tits boyonet, the plates;
Have, erowded rat of rhyme too long
The plough, the anvil and the loots!
0, not upon oar tented fields
' Aro freedom's heroes bred alone;
The training of the workshop yields
Yore heroes tree than ear has known.
Who drives the bolt, who ehupos the steel,
My with a heart as ralliant raise
As ho who sees a foemaa real
In blood before his blow of sight;
The skill that conquers epee' and time,
That graces life, that lightens toil,
May spring from, oourage more sublime
Than that which makes the nabs its spoil
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Let labor the, look up ands,.
Ma craft ae path of honor lacks;
The soldier's title yet shall be
Lem honored that the woodelan's are;
Let art his own appointment prise.
Nor deem that gold or outward light
Can compensate the worth that lies
In toasts that breed their own delight
S. G. MAQn.&
And !say the-time draw nearer still,
When man this mered truth shall hiked.
That from the thought and from the will
Must all that raises man proceed;
Though pride may hold our ogling low,
For us shall duty make it good;
And we from truth to truth shall go.
Till life and death are understood.
igkoire Pist ellaug.
THE VALLEY OF JUAGA;
A RIIINBD CITY:
The public onriosity having been lately attracted to the
vast and fertile regions of the ASIMOII, from the memoir of
Limn, Manry•and the reports of Lieut. Herndon and Lieut.
Gibbon, of the Nary, these entrants from the report of the
latter officer will peasant interest for most of our readers.
aOOOll NOTES ON TUX duinks.
Tarnia, assmall town in Peru—by, Alpha and
Beta, centsury—in latitude 11 deg. 25m. south,
is situated in a rich, well cultivated, narrow val
ley, between the Andes range of mountains on
the east and the lofty Cordillera chain on the
west.
On the 9th July, 1851, the writer turned south
east, accompanied by Henry C. Richards,. a na
tive of Virginia ; in the United States, and Jose
Cuss, of Spanish descent, native of Peru. A
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volunteer mestizoarriero, 'th his little son, drove
a train of mules which ---
*ed the baggage.
Our path was shaded by illow trees and the way
obstructed wi,th droves of lamas, loaded with rock
ash from mines in the neighborhood. The leaves
of the trees seemed palling for water, while
the temperature of the air at mid-day in the
shade was 88 deg. Fahrenheit. Peach and ap
ple-tree leaves doubled up, showing both their
edges to the sun; the fruit is small, oslong, and
unohrifty looking. The ravine through which
we ascended is thickly populated with Quiche*
Indians. Their houses are built of atone and
wood and thatched with coarse mountain grass.
The natives are busily employed_ gathering the
harvest of maize, which is small-grain, c and of four
colors—red, white, yellow and blue. ,Itis of ex
cellent quality, generally used as fond, roasted or
parched. Potatoes, of which there are numer
ous varieties, are also now gathered. .They gr , w
' in perfection, though much smaller than their do
smndanta in the United States. The little- e ,
itates (chaeras) are owned by de,centlints of Span
, iards, Indians or Mestizos—the latter across be-
tween the two former. In uimost all cases the
cultivation of the soil performed by the abo
rigines, at wages from ten to twenty cents a day. '
As we rise above the foliage,the mountain tops 1 ,
begin to look wild and barren, with rocks and ;
red clay. Below we bite a beautiful view of 'the
town of Tatum, amidst, its green trees and pasture
fields.. My mule Rose pants far breath; she is
so fat and plump that the climbing troubles her.
On the mountain-aide is seated a fine looking In
dian,
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blowing a semicircular shaped trumpet,
made of a number of cows' hornikelipped one in
to the other, with the joints sealed. He don't ,
seem to be so particular as to the tune he plays
as be does to the distance ,be loax be heard, and
he makes the valley ring. Jose thinks he is try
ing to blow up a wedding with atair one among
the flowers below. The Indians celebrate har
vest time with merry-making. 'Their meals are
cooked in the fields, where their kitchen utensils
are carried. They have music and dancing in
the barley stubble. It is amusing to see these
people enjoying themselves in the open air as we
pass--the reapers seated near the road in a bar
ley-field, at dinner upon the ground, in rows one
behind the other, laughing and talking' among
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themselves. When we meet them they are very
civil, modest, and unassuming in manners, The
men wry enormous loads of barley or wheat on
their backs, while the women drive the loaded
ass and sling the children over their own shoul
ders. Their horses, mules, sheep, horned cattle,
pigs, aid dogs, are all admitted together with the
family into the harvest field. While the father
reaps and mother gathers, the boys tend the flocks
and the elder girls take care of the babies and the
cookinj, while at the. sane time they spin wool
len yarn by hand for stockings. One of them of
fered a pair for sale at twenty-five cents, which
were pretty nearly long enough for trousers.—
They are alwaya employed—go to bed early and
rise before the sun, as their Incas taught them to
do. -
At the top of the mountain not a house or tree
was to be seen and no sign of cultivation. On
tufts of coarse mountain grass a took of *beep
were grazing, some of them Merinos aid of good
size. Their wool is sent to Lintz, where •it is
sold to be exported around Cape Horn to the
manufacturers in the north.
To the east is a snow-peaked mountain, and as
the moon rises, as if from the Atlantic oceawe
are followed by a cold north wind. The s kf is
clear, and of a deep blue. On our left we see
the remains of an ancient Peruvian road, snob as
was - nsed in the times of the Incas. It is said
that good roads are marks of civilization; could
my. mule Rose give her "opinion, she would cer
tainly decide in favor of the Inca road in prefer
ence to those found in Peru at thirp . resent
These remains show, a width of th., feet 'of;
rock payMent, with" will-placed tone •on
each side. Where the road has cionaidetabitin-
elination rows of :-.tone are placed 11c-resat - higher,
than the general level of be pavement, so that
it appears like a stairway on the aide of a bill.
That it was not a coach road is no 'argument
against it. It was made before the horse, the ass,
or the cow were introduced into - South America
from Europe. It was constructed for the Indian
and his Dame, who is the surest of the sure-foot
ed, and therefore the improvement *speaks well
for the civilization of those times, of which we
have but a traditionary reoord.
Passing over u plain mt the mountain top,
there was a cistern by the side dour path where
water is caught during the rainy -season to supply
the thirsty in the dry. The rainy warm oom-
MUNN here about the middle of September,
eoinetimea,later and lasts six months; theremain
der of the year is dry.
Night had overtaken us where not a living
thing was to be seen, except a bleak eagle return
ing to its roostingtplace, underoverhangin rocks.
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was pitched; the baggage plied up stud covered at
the door; the mules let free for the night to feed
upon the mountain grass around us. 'A fi re was
kindled and water from a small 'Sag h ea t e d ;
tea wils made. Jose produced bread and cheese
from his saddle wallets and pieced upon a clean
cloth over a trunk. Looking into 'the tent, he
says, +ery slowly, "Senor, la 'bora de cena"—sir,
it is the hour of supper. Both men ind beasts
seem tired. We have ascended all day. The
first day's travel is always the moat harrassing.
Oar Srriero-Francisco, a mestizo, is s small slim
built man, with respectful manners; he and his
little on Ignacio keep watch by turns over the
mules. The little boy is out while his father gets
supper:. The night was clear and cold, the moon
shining brightly. The world is not so silent in
the intldle of the ocean. Ido not think I heard
anything. I almost listened to heat. the globe
turn upon its axis. Long after the paylo were
asleep I beard little Ignacio singing *maelf,
wrapped up in his homespaa poet is fol
lows the mules.
At daylight is the morning we found heavy
frost and ice übmit us, with the thernsometer at
24 deg. and wet bulb 80. The mules were load
ed, breakfast over, observations lade, and we off
soon after sanitise. This is the was to travel at
an elevation where we find no inhabitants.
The mountains are becoming more rou • _'. :,
and• covered with a fine sort of grass. • eph .• -
eases are following thousands of shoe • and lambs.
The girls spin wool and chat together, while the
dogs follow lazily after. If we pass close to the
flock and the sheep run hack, these dogs make a
furious attack upon us, keeping between us and
their flock. The temperature of a spring of ex
oellent water near the path was 48 deg. To tke
southhast snow peaks stand in full vial'. The
day iS - Warm and pleasant. Here comes a cheer
ful party of ladies and gentlemen on horseback.
As we pais each other the gentlemen take off
their bats, and the ladies look prettily nuclei
their white straw ones. Their figures show to
advantage iu riding dresses, and they manage
and tu t their horses well. The cool. mountain
air gives them a fresh color which contrasts well
with gazelle-eyed beauty and long black hair.—
I thought their dresses rather short, but a sight
of the foot of one of them, small as it was, re
mindsone there is proof positive against the pro
prieti of a man's travelling through this world
alone.
Now we meet the market Indjan driving as
ses loaded with potatoes, corn, and saddles of
mutton to Terms. I wanted some mutton for
the party, but Jose was positively refused by an
old woman, who got out of 'his way by twisting
the tail of her donkey, who was disposed to come
to a stand and be relieved of his load. I. was told
Indians scarcely sell except after they arrive in
the Plaza. I can account for it by the woman's
wanting an excuse to go to town, for Jose offered
her more than the market price.
At the .end of the thickly populated valley,
which stretches off to the southeast, we halted
at an Indiaq hut for dinner. The wife. was at
home with her children—fine, healthy luoking
little ones. Boiled mutton, potatoes,
and vp,
with good wheat bread, were place d upon the
ground at the of , ior. Tike ehildren and dogs
foritukl an outside circle around us. Aftor din
ner the woman gave tue an orange. which she
said came from ;h< woods, pointing In ate _dude,
t o t b,,, IN. Snow of ti!ese Indians vroas
the range of mount nins`and pail on the. el s..
tern -lopee for the market on me se, table lands
the Spso I+ll tail the elevated fiats.
Ti- !iti , letud w.., Iliteehieg barley with neigh
bets Ti.c grain is • era rated from the straw by the
tramping ..e . •st u awl horse!. Over the surface
of 'tills 1, eel valley there are bombers of such,
threshing parties. The grain is cleaned from the
chlitif by being .areil from the top of a man's
head on a wind day; many of thein 'suffered
with inflamed eyes, and even lose them some
times by a shift of wind which blows the barely
beards into the eyes. ''-;•'
Black cattle arc numerous here, and aotke .
foot of the mountains; PO are`- white churches,
which stand in the midst of a thick population
of Indians We met a number of tax-gather
ere going among the threshers, with silver-head
ed cane., reveiving a measure of grain in s tead
oft contribution money. They are old Indians,
very well dressed, with standing collars and
broad-brinimed hats, and a respectable Quaker.
like air about them. It is on ailitiVe time with
the priest also, who go abroad among the fsrmers
for (RUA. _ ' . r .
The valley is all activity, and merry are the
people. Women are .visiting about from 'place
to place astride of plump little jackasses. This
is a plentiful season.
When the crops fail ou'these table -lands the
suffering among the Indians is very great.—
Seed-time is in Septi'miter, just before the reins
commence, If
... t.bere are bard frosts in Februa
ry the chances kb that famine follows.
Crossing a smelt • an the east, we came
• in fall view of thetve ley of Juaja, stretch
ing away south. owe peaks are repret
bested in a sketch from our camp near the town.
Jose's wife and children came to the tent, and
brought us supper and lucerne for our mules.- 1
One of the sons, a fine-looking boy of eighteen,
volunteered to go with me. Jose desired I should
let him go, and I had no objection; but when his
mother came to ask me if I was not satisfied to
take her husband without taking her son and
only protector? I referred Joao and his son td
her. She settled the ease in her own way, ask
gave Inc her blessing.
Juaja has a 'population of about twenty-five
hundred inhabitants. I say about because there
is no such *dug as a census law known at this
elevation. The houses are built one story, of
adobe walls, or of unburnt bricks, and tile roofs;
the streets are all well paved, and run at right
angles with each - other. A pretty little white
washed church stands upon the plaza,
where the
women sell their . marketing and say their pray
ers. The Indians come to market and church
at the same time. Sunda morning is the great
market day. A drove • sin horses are most
miserable looking ra s. The ir rse of the low
it lands and coasts arc much their .uperiors.
Men live to i good old• !,..,„.. ' this climate;
seventy, eighty and Din • 7' are common;
isome have arrived at o , It' , d and twenty
. and one hundred and it y. I .. under the
impression that the Indians live .ngest. hies
,
tiro and Spanish Creole girl save been known
to bear children - at eight an• nine years of age.
I The Spanish Creoie population is small—
! They are generally shopkeepers, the only dealers
ii i a n tc r ek ' y , unz r isf. , a i re git aseuset g .mn o T od tonttu s ee which are retailed to She In
, dians at enormous profits. They travel to Lima
and purcha se goods, which they use as induce
- went for the Indian.; to work silver mines, ex
i•tinz three leagues 1,, the eastward of Juaja, in
. the Andte range, but which at present are but
little worked. The Indians prefer blue in their
dresses to any other color, and consume cousid
amble quantities - of indigo. The demand for
wax in the Churches is of some account. Eggs
' and wool • e the prineipal.exports to Lima, and I
: are r
tei ca t
so r u ri stotau os ya •e r r ybad tße to
epas.ms Co i rd tah i t l em l b eras mi,ro o uf n udast th ih e ine bac coLiu k nin s etry— of 1
Lime—
;
o le r rs coi d u o not
elr
s k o n m o e w e w nw hy be th fo e re y
: tile coast to be eaten. Mrs. Jose
, says three eggs will bey her a glass of brandy,
or sixpence worth of anything in market. The
carrying trade is SuperiateladeCi by the indians.
The Mestizos are shoemakers, blackstaithlt
and suidlasi they . sour fond of Ewa and daa-
cing, and assume the prialeof a . superior and lord
it over tho honest Indian.
Oar road lies through a rich valley, often four
miles wide, and level as a floor. The mountains
on both sides are dry and unproductive, except
in the ravines. The half-yearly displacement
of earth is very great.' During the rainy season
the mountain torrents come down from the sum
mit loaded with soil. The decrease in the size
of the mountain's from the time of their creation
to the present, day, and the, filling up of this be,
sin, naturally leads one to. wonder whether the
present valley was not once a lake. The Juaja
river, which takes its rise in Lake Chinchayeo
eha, to the north of Terms, flows sluggishly and
serpent-like thrtragh the whole length of the val
ley, and creeping through the Andes suddenly
rashes off at a rapid rate, as though sensible of
its long journey, by the Ucayali and Amazon to
the Atlantic ocean. These waters descend over
1l;000 feet before they mingle with the briny
deep. The bed of the Jiver is half a mile wide,
and in the wet season is probably fifteen feet
deep. There is very little water in it now. The
banks break down perpendicularly. The growth_
of small trees and flowers gives a fresh appear- ,
ance in the valley, but the sun is very warm as
we pace along the dusty road. The apple trees
are about the size of rasphberry bushes.
There arc few varieties of birds in the valley;
so , e pigeons and doves keep the table pretty
well applied. Little.lgnaci.o takes great ilater-
est in the sport, and hie sharp eyes are constant
ly on the lookout for $ shot. By the river,
snipe are found, and among the flowers the hum-
min bird is seen and heard.
Tie road crosses a, muntiisr of dry beds of
streams of considerable size in the rainy season.
There is only Water - enough at present for the
wash-women, *hose soap-suds spoil the water for
our beasts. We pass through tie village of San
Lorenzo and the 'small town of Concepcion. A
death-like silence pervades these places. The peo
ple are in the fields, except some Creoles seated
among the flowers.in theirrneatlittle court-yards.
The streets are aarrow and the houses small.—
All the towns of the 'Pans" arc built pretty
much after the same fashion, and of the same
materials; the only difference in their outward
appearance being produced by-the cultivation of
foliage andllowers, where the climate and soil
permits. When this is not the ea. 4 the town
presents a stupid, nninteressing aspect. Chil
dren,cdogs and pigs, varthen pots, And beds of
straw surround a smoking fire on the ground
floor of a one-roomed house; the smoke escapes
through the doorway, the ony opening for light
or a change of air. During storms or at night
the &It: is elosoJ; one pop inside satisfied the
North Atierican hi. C4ll find nn . rmt,' there. But
.here in the valley the eiwkink is done under the
trees, and the inmate. of the house wander nut
in the shad,.
We have often nofitssl exprvsliouA of friend
ship betweett the children and' dogs; the latter
showing his pleasure by wagging his tail,. while
the smiting ehiN,,pulls hi. ears. , The pig is the
most restless ereaiure at thi-
.hri t ;htf - tiltile by
hin4elkhe is sees s tossing up the bottom of the
valley. Whilst he sere the ehild and dog togeth
or Itagives & onk-acirow w e t ins tail. jumps
"ewlugs hi, ii,ans .ut
*list to pi.ty. Before lonLf h,..- laying ou his
side, with the eliiid,on tep ot . Lite. while the dog
is pawing and ~ ‘ .rtapping at that lauadt.able—rwist
f the Lill rsie affection the different specie s
or animals have for one another in these a,iboeia-
tionsja remarkable. The dog in any other place
will kin sometimes and eat the sheep; there lie
protects it by night and by day. The pig firm;
an attachment to the jackass, who leaves it at
this season of the year for the female of his own
kind. The ram becomes intimate with a horse
.or a bill. and it is with difficulty:. they can be
separated. The Jamb follows the Indian girl in
direct disobedience and neglect of its mother's
call.. boutesticr cats are few; they cannot lira
on high elevations. ,
There is no part o f' which is more dense
ly populated than the valley of ! Jinja. There,
close under the mountains on the cast side,
stands the town of Ocopa,:with its convents and
tool a L. From that place missionaries have
off in different directions to the forests
in the east, at great risk of life and loss of all
its comforts, to teach the savage red man how to
change his manners, customs, and belief. Some
have succeeded, others have failed, and were
murdered and were driven back by the battle
axe, 'their settlements destroyed by fire and
years of labor lost; yet some never tire.
Ignacio carries our tent-polo across the pum
mel of his saddle. His thirsty mule ran be
tween two others loaded with baggage, the boy
was swept off sad dropped over the creature's
heels, into the middle of the stream; he gained
his saddle in a short time; his father laughed at
him, and look the pole himselLs ,
In the centre of the ,valley are the remains of
an ancient city. The stone walls were twelve
feet high and frodt one. to one and a half feet
thick; those.of the present day are generally
adobe, from three to four feet thick. Some of
-the buildings have been round, others oblong,
but generally square, twelve .by egihteen feet,
the found ones are largest and best situated; the
' , 1116 very irregular and narrow; nu appearance
3 azz or church. The rains extend half a
Mile north and south and two hundred yards
Idast and west. On a knoll, which may have
__been an island before the Inca ?load was built, we
are travelling, hedged in on both sides with cac
tus. As the land about this ancient city is now
cultivated as a cornfield, no remains of curious
things could be found - . The mason work is very
rough, but, remains of mortar are there. How
the houses were roofed is doubtful; but by the
slanting down on the inner side of the stones of
those houses which were round, the mason-work
may have been carried up till it met a point,
'which would give the house a st7ilr . -loaf shape.
Besides door-ways, there were window-opunings.
Droves of jackasses pass, loaded with small
rawhide bags, filled with quicksilver, from the
mines of Huancavelica, on their way to the sil
iver mines of Cerro de Pasco.
Marks of small_ pox are seen among the pee-
ple; but there are no chills and fevers here.—
Some of the women have dreadful swellings in
their necks, called by them "goitre," caused by
drinking_ ad water, or snow water dfprived of
salts. But why it is confined to the women I
cannot say, unless the men never drink water.—
It was very ceetain, from the noise after church,
that they find soinething stronger. Ido not
think lite people are generally dissipated, except
on Sunday afternoons, when both sexes seemed
disposed to frolic. Daring the week they are
otherwise employed.
Leaving the Juaja valley, we passed through
a ren,gh, hilly country. In barley stubbles owes
are giving their, young. A woman planting
beans after the plough, has her baby slung over
her shoulders. By the noise it made,
I doubt
its partiality to beans! The plough is drawn by
oxen yoked - by• the horns. It is made of two
pieces of woody the handle and coulter are of one
piece, in which is jointed the beam. The coul
ter is shod with a square plate of irdn without a
shear, so that the furrow is made by throwing
the soil oe both sides like the North Carolina
1 bull tongue. On a bill some Indians are plant
! ing beans, while others are carrying water in 1
large jars from a stream, for the impose of irti
j gating the vegetables just! peeping out of the
ground.
The small towns of Guayeatehi and &hubs
...„„ .. aro inhabited agilely by lodine and haw
'At •
-es .40 , -,t-1. •
a ruinous appearance; the streets are pasture
grounds, and decayed old houses serve as roost
ing places for buzzards. We had thunder, rain,
and hail; the hail stones as large as peas, soft
like snuw balls. Lightning flashed all around us
in the valley, while the black - clouds brought up
by the southeast winds were hurried back by a
heavy northwest squall. ThermometerAs deg.
The Indians gather the dung of animals for fuel;
wood is too scarce to burn here. The green wa-
tors of the Jinja rush down thraugl& deep rav
ines; its power is used fora flour ma; the grain
is mashed. The branches of a few large cedar
trees give shade to the door of the polite old
Mestizo miller. Descending tlau river we come
to a beautiful white-washed neat stone bridge,
with one arch thirty feet above the stream.—
Paying a toll of a shiling per mule, we crossed
the Juaja into the small. town of Iscuchaca.—
Near the river there are patches of lucerne; qnd
peach trees in blossom. A native of Copenha
gen, in Denmark, came forward and invited us
to his house. The people had told him his
•'countrymen" bad arrived. He was a silver
smith and apothecary, but had been employed
by the Peruvian Government to construct this
beautiful stone bridge, which he had finished,
and married the first pretty girl on the street
leading therefrom, daughter of a retired officer
of the Peruvian army.
The bridge across this stream was formerly
built of wood. Daring a revolution one of the
parties set it on fire, and the ends of the beams
while burning se; fire to the stone foundation.—
The Copenhagen man gathered a quantity of this
stone, made a fire of it in his forge, and heated a
piece of iron red hot. He called it brown slate
coal, rather hard, not. good for blacksmith work,
but the same is used for running an engine at
the mines of Castro-Virroyna, in which ho is in
terested. There are thermal spring% near, and
specimens of magnetic iron were collected from a
mountain one and a half league to the northeast
of the town. The "matico" bash is found here.
Many stories are told of the effect of this medici
nal plant, which has been in use as a tea among
the Indians, and as a poultice for wounds.
Iscuchaca is pleasantly situated et:midst wild
mountains, which seem to lock it up. The Jur
ja winds its way towards the Atlantie•while we
climb a steep towards the Pacific.
Many fine males are dashing down the narrow
road. The drover tells me he is from Ica, bound
to the Cerro Pasco mines, where he tradesiaurrs
for deer: Ica is situate d inland from Piste) on
the coast. Among the mountains, at the top of
a dangerous and precipitate pass, there is,. wood
en mem erected by the people in the neighbor
hood. Travelers invariably take off their hats
as they pass, praying for a safe passage or feeling
thankful for one. The women often decorate ;
these emblems: with wreaths of flowers, ems I
themselves devoutly, and pass. on. Jose begged
me to hang the mountain barometer to one arm
of the cross While I took the reading of,it he
looked on in great adiuiration.
The email inditte town of Guando ie the first
we have stem, built of stone.. it is situated high
up on the mountains, and presents a most dilap
idated appeeraum. On one side of a narrow street
little eehotabays were seateed saying their lessons
e. the teachers, wee were also on the opposite
bide. .1. we , paseed between them the boys all
rose and bowed politely. Among the inhabitants
were an unusual number of elderly stamen. The
temptation was great to ask their ages, but, as
seine dislike questions of that sort, I might make
an enemy ;without getting a fact.
We ascended the top of the mountain and see ,
nerpetual snow in all directious, overhung with ,
heavy black eurunlus, , eloude, above which the
Cirrtt.e shouts upwards { in the zenith the sky it,
clear and of the deepest blue. Spring water 44
degrees, air 45 min.
Richards shat at four wild geese with his car. ;
bine ; and single ball; two of the ese dew off,
tearing, the others much frightened. ea The geese
air across a small snow water lake. These birds
are white, the end of wings and tail being black,
with red bills, and legs as large as the domesti
cated Trete, though net -, (ruder. Tadpoles,
but ne fish were to be en. Wild ducks kept at a
distance. The lama is paeturing and giving birth
to its yating clove under the perpetaal snow-line.
The Alpaca and Iluoanacue epeciee .5e the lathe
are in numbers oleo Lernas occupy the, ueefujj
position among the aboriginal race of South
America, that the camel doe:, to the wandering;
man in Arabia. These animals carry loads of;
one huridred pounds over roads too dangerous for
the mule or the ass, and climb mountains diffi- i ;
cult for man. They are principally used for con- ' t
vpying silver team the mines. The Indians ate f
very fond of tit m. Tit ugh they drive with a
whip, it is sell 'n u s ed. When ottedass-behind
or lies down on the read, the Indian:4 talks to iti
an d p ersua d e s it te t* ;eget its- fatigue and get up.l
again. - They hang little bells . ebout their grace
ful peeks and decorate the tip., of tecir'eare with ,
bits of colored ribbon. c;
Their dispositions, like those of their masters,
are gentle and inoffensive . , except when too much; I
hurried; then they Ca.lt only saliva at the Inch-,;
ens, or at each other. Ties 6 their only offebete
It is thonghtto bepoisonothe They require very
little food, which they pick up on the mountaiu;
and are much more temperate than their drivers
They require very little water. Their loads are
taken taff at mid-day that they may feed. Ima
told that they never eat at night.' They sect
the cold regions of the Andes; nature Ina prom;
del a warm fleece of tool, and they need fin shel
ter. Though they are feeble animals, their ;men
et daily travel is about fifteen miles; but after
three or four day& journey they must have rent,
or they perish on the road.' The motion of their
head and peek as they cross the mountain crags
may be litened to that of the swan as it floats
over smooth water. The wool makes good cause
cloth of various colors, seldom all of one color.;
The huanaco is known by its being rather lax
ger-than the lama; it is said lo be difficult.to t n
even if taken young. It never gives up the i •
of liberty, and will regain its companions wk
ever an opportunity - admits. The alpaca is
smallest, with the finest long wool. Its
resembles the sheep, with the head and neck
the lama. Jose tells me they are good to c
but, like the others, the meat is not very .
ble. The alpaca wool is well known in the r
kete. The indians make clothing of it, anddo
tel l
it off on the coast. In this department and r
thee south great numbers e of these new w rld
camels are raised. It has been remarked that
They seek the south side of the mountains; prob
ably there is less evaporation than on the north
side, and the pasturs is more fresh and inviting.
Barley is generally raised on the north side of the
mountain.
After a long and tiresome decent we halted in
the main plaza of the town of linaneavelica, in
front of a small shop on the corner. Drawing
out a letter of introduction to the owner of the
house, given to me by—his friend, my Copenha
gen "countryman," I handed it to a very pretty
young woman seated in the doorway sewing.
She invited me in, and I followed to the bedroom
of her himband, who was napping. There were
so many female dresses hanging around I was
obliged to be seated on the bed. The husband
shook hands, rubbed his eyes, gaped, and then
laughed. Ho said he was very glad to see me;
that every thing in his house was mine. Our
baggage was ptt into a room, and preparations
at once made for dinner.
While I was restingoin officer, with a gold
laced cap, gray trousers, and a hat' buttoned
military *IA, Game in and inquired from
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B. F. SLOAN, EDITOR.
NUMBER 44.
tce I came, and as he was a lieutenant if ~ .
.
ehe would thank me to show him my paw ,
In return I inquired whether, in his goo:
the world was not sufficiently civilia4 as
it people to pass without sue} de claim - mar
; very certain the lieutenant never had mask
scion pat to him beim I told him tonal
my baggage was unpacked; but never saw
again. Though I heard That D0n—.....
.14 him that North Americans required dig.
h t treatment from th.)4r of some other pests
1 , e world, and that they , did not, know wind
:..its meant, notwithstanding they woes $
j intelligent people: . . -,
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aellerv. Mr. Frontaine, in a lecture at Wm&
d, Va., related the following incident corms*
with the early history of Texas. A Gkosorsi
g attempted to revolutionize that country lia
9. The General had married when-twenty
years of age, a Nashville heiress and bassi,
ixteen years. When he formed the &Ark
nvade Texas, Mrs. Long entered fallyinto bin ,
a, and placed at his disposal her immense
Ith. With this he armed and equipped Aries
dyed men, entered the country and was every
re succes sful:
Near the Gulf coast hi formed a fortification,
tre ho established his heal-quarters. Be we
ited President of the republic; a full cabiast •
appointed and a regular government ortvs...
L At that time Iturbide was overrtnatuag
ice with the design of making , himself w
e ruler of that State. Being jealous of tin
es and power of General Long, he proponwl
lin, through an-agent, that they should unite
a forces, which would enable them to strengli
la and confirm their authority—the one ovar
SI zit*, the other overlcias.
oral Long unwisely hveded the traitorous
proposition. tefore leaving the Fort, he assign.
ed to his'wife seventy-eight men, with directions ' l ,
to hold the place-until his return. Ids loon at
ter, with flail remainder of his small army. rem&
ed the head-quarters of Gen. Iturbitie ' who, as
soon as he got possession of his rival, ca ned his ,
to be assassibated. Time passed on. Mrs. Long
heard nothing of the sad fate of her husband.—
Tbe seventy-five Men under her charge became
clamorous to return to the States. She told them
that Gen. Long had direeted her to remain antra
tclela. return, and that she would do sic ''dead or
al ve.'
very man deserted her to retrace their stip
their } comes , leaving her with an infant and
n , a young negro girl twelve or fourteettpurs •
o age, the sons occupants of the fortification.— ..
S e kept the flag of stars and stripesfiosting bum
the walls,
fired the morning and evening gun, •
and beat the daily reveille. The Mexicans' sad
, Indians thought the place was still garrisoned, '
said kept a respectful distance. Time sped. A
, yaw *peed, and,still no tidings o
• her gallant
Lhitsband reached her lonely
abode. • g all
1 this space she subsisted by gathering oysters
from the' beach and shooting birds that flew about
the fort. In 1821 General Austin invaded Tex
" si, and seeing a flag floating from a fortification
1 rear the Gulf supposed the noted Lafitte bad sa•
blitashed himself there.
I ~,
tie sent a flag of truce. and wh . at was his ser
i ~r ise Ito find this place, in the midst of inimical l 't
t
exitans and savage Indian,, manned by s col- '
itary proman!". .
A to Re tells the falowingyittn
f an . .ttglishmati, who, on board of a Miami,-
pi steamer, was boasting in the preSenee of paw
natty , of extraordinary diving Performanties
witn by him at home; among the marvel
lous.f its he. mentioned "one in which a diver
eh d his boots while under water, bringing up
in his ands those he had pulled off, and replaced
with pair of Wellingtons which be laced mad
tied ore he arose to the surface:
k about yer di; l ers!. they ain't
t' to what Short Tom kin do. Short. Tea
iok to swim the Mississippi wonst, bet got
in seven feet of witte-r; you see he wee
ifre feet high,' and eight feet through; trek
ek agin a sand-bar, found he couldn't et
, and belie tired, he had to back down.
n see he drank whi.key for a: living eta
, and that Char mudf; his body impervious
water, which bad to stand hack snout a
round, he prespired so strong the water
,t touch him; there was some tellera
sid
e b . ), and they seed him swim dort,lani
warn't acquainted with the 'rumf.dielous
Lion of the critter, they naturally ispro:' itad
was a viler, eo they hunted about arter
hour or rich; as last they 'skiverel the
er sittia' on the bottom oEtbe river smolt
pipe and tryin' for to'make a ealtish stead
tail."
r rim!
unde
agrou
only fi i
he s 1
over 1,1
4:y
gethe
to the
font a
coultin
clo.l,
as the
disposi
that h
him
old fel
in' his
on his
TSTO&ICAL AXECDOTg.—The tblloviis
be found in an ancient history o(
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after the-'settlement of the tamp of New
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'Raven several.persotA went over to what is wow
the to nof 31illford, where fi nding the soil very
good t ey were desirous to effect a settlement.
rt
But th premises were in the rosßt!.l3ion of the
Inch , and some conseicutl..na sc ruples a ros e is
to the repriety of deposing and expelling them.
To tes the case , a church meeting was called said
the tter was determined by solemn vote at
that red body. Atter several - iipeeciteilllnit
been ant& in relation to the subject. .they pro
ceeded, to pass cote s ; the first was the followmc
'Voted that the earth is the Lord's and the ful
ness thereof.' This pissed in the affirmative, and
'Voted, that the earth is given te: the saints.'--.-:
This was also determined like the former,--asemi,
rim. Thirdly, 'Voted, that we arc the - saints,':''
which I passing without a singk. disnting nide,
t r
the ti e was considered indi-putable, sad the lA
diano ere soon compelkd, ..nd the Indiana wept
soon demi:Oiled to evacuate the place, and relin
quishlithe possession t 4 the rightful owners,"
SlN l ltrt,Att—We have been infermed of a I*
ry singtdar and unaccountable, though not un
paralleled, occurrence win - cli took lilacs in the
family of a geetlentan connected with the legal
profession in thiseity. Early in the morning a
day or two ago, befiwe the family had risks, one
of the children 's little lroy, woke up, began clap
ping his hands, and crying ' "Johnny's deal—
Johnny's dead: Johnny's dead." His parade
supposed he had not yet awaked, but was &caw
ing. , But the boy continued cry-inz "Johnny's
dead." The same morning inteili,:erve reached
the family of the death of a young lad
"Johnny," who had lived In Mari n
playmate and companion of the bly who
:so mysteriously impressed with hi. decease. ell
authenticated oases of this kind are of frequent
occurrence, and have ever been stumbling Moab
Ito the old philosophers. We leave on
t f nudes
to account for them as they see At,: Waled
Paraded/cr.
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SATIONAL PairatTlCE.-!-A gentlentaaM
in London during 18$1, hid frequently
at his fishmonger's aundri signs of "Miaow
Ice," "Norway Ice, " and "English On
day he asked: " whi ch ice do you esteem tie bud
the American I suppose:" "No, nit', not at ail,'
replied thefishmtinger; "the English is the tisk
and next the Norway; the fact 4, Amotimm its
is nothing but water congealed.'
*._The man who "carried the thing too tar;
has let it drop. The Sheriff was afterlba.
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