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Wi liams.
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Jesse Kvler.
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Sheriff James A. Malono.
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Yf. Taylor, L ov.is Voi1:ut.
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B E A L E ' 8
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EMDltOCATION!
OK ALL DISKAr'KS INCIDENT TO
Horses, Cattle nn'l the Human Flesh,
leouirii'2 the use if an external application.
1 iiis n:w CV nipound, prepared by a prac
tical Chemist having a full knowledge of
nil the piedicKl virtues of each ingredient
th.-.t enters into i;s co-.iipisiib'n. is warran
ted to exceed anything of the kind yet of
fered to the public as an external applica
tion for the diseases tor which it is recom
mended. Wc are. sati.-Sed that it will work
its own road into the coniidcr.ee of all who
use it. and those who try it once will never
be without it. and therefore we rely oil ex
perience as the best test of its usefulness.
It in pronounced by Furriers, rai l nil v ho
liavo tried it to bo the best ap; licaiiun ev
er used. This F.nibrocation has been put
up for ove eight years, and it is only
through the increasing demand and urgent
request of my friends and the Public that
1 send it forth as the grand remedial agent
for tbo various diseases to which that noblo
and useful animal, the IIORSI'., issubject.
Many remedies have been offered to the
Public under di.'H'rent forms, come of these
are injurious, others at be-:t of little U3o,
and many wholly improper to answer the
purpo? es for which they arc recommended.
A judicious and really useful composition
free from those objections, has therefore
lon been desired by ninny gentlemen who
have valuable hordes, nr.J ore unwilling to
truut ihein to the care of designing and
pretending Furriers. Their wishes are at
length fully grn'if.ed, by Dr. Eer.lo being
provuilcd upon lo allow this valuable Em
brocation (which has proved so cllleaeicus
lo the Miriotu diseases; to be prepare I end
brought out to the public.
This embrocation was cxten.iivtly used
by the Government during the war.
Address all orders to
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1MIF, MOST RELIABLE CUSHION usod
on Eillhird Tables is the
CAT-GUT CUSHION,
Manufacture.! by Kavanapjh & Decker, and
patented Dee l1. 18'jti. (See Scientific Am
erican, vo'.ut.Wl'I, number 11.)
It is the ONLY Cushion thnt poesscss
all ihe oualities es.i-. ntial ton 'ei i'ect Cush
ion. If is tha i.iosi elastic and mvt durable
Cushion ever ell'i-iedto the billiard-playing
jitiblic, ns is nbun laiiily proven by the
preat demand for it since its introduction.
The jipculiiiriiy v.hieh distinguishes the
CAT GUT Cushion and lenders il superior
to all others, in the lightened cord of cat
gut which overlies the face and edga of the
rubber, and running the full length of the
Cushion, w hich prevents t he ball from be 1
ding into the rubber and jumping from the
table. The addition of tho cat-gut cord
ulso nddi much to tbo elasticity of tho Cush
ion. The CAT-GUT Cushion has already been
applied to over U-ilO tables which nro in
constant use. H can be applied to tublcs
of any make, for .v7r per set.
KAVANAGH & DECin'.il S Factory, nt
tho corner of Centre and Canal Streets, N.
Y., is the most complete of its kind in the
world. The machinery is of tho most im.
proved character, tho lumber drying room
the largest in the United States, tho mate
rial used the bout that can be purchased,
and the workmen thoroughly skilled.
liilliard Cloth, Hulls, Cues and Tnin
miugs, till of (bo beat make, constantly on
hand.
Kavunagh ami Deckt-r are the only ngenls
in this country for KAY'S CUE t'EMI.NT,
udjudjred by i-onipet Jtit authorities to be
the bofct cement ever used. ;
I'ull Sue TubluB cut down for $100.
Situl fir ll'uMrutrd J1! ire LUt.
KAVANAGH 4 DECKER,
Cor of Centre and Cmuil St.,
apliOly "' Vork City.
JOILXG. HALL, Projector.
J OILY F. MO 01!, I'uMiJ,' ,:
elecrt JJoctrg.
THE SONG OF THE CUOCL'S.
What care I for tho snow ?
What care I for the frost T
I quietly wait till they go,
Then make up for what 1 have lost.
I put on my purple cloak,
Or my golden mantle gay,
And, while scarce a flower has awoke,
Come out on Ihe first fine elay.
Ancouite's sickly hue,
Uepatica's b-anVss bloom,
These come creeping, too.
Out of their wintry tomb;
Snowdrop, her pretty head
Hangs with u timid grace.
As if she came forlh in dread
Of getting a frost bitltcn face.
They may shiver and fear 1
Thoy may look pale and wan !
I say to myself, " I'm here,
And winter for mo has gone ;
I'd blossom ns long as I may,
And shine liko gold ill the light
That kindly comes in my day,
Nor trouble my head about night.
" Ha, ha," I say to tho sun,
Storing him full in the face,
" Isn't il capita! fun
That I've come back to my place ?
Shine on and keep me pray !
And while I stay I'll bring
My mantle of gold so gay,
Then put it away till next sprin."
elected tisccllang.
AFRICAN CANNIBALS.
Mr. Charles Livingstone, Her Majes
ty's Consul in the Uightof IJiafra, seuds
to the roreiu (Jthee the following nar
rativo of his interview with the Kinn
of the Okrika country, in July, with a
view to terminate war between that coun
try and New Calabar j tho Consul was
accompanied by three iliicfs of Bonny.
" Op Okrika, the chief town, is built
on n dry rtdp;e, part ot which is adorn,
ed wit'i mauiticout Mecs. A stockade,
through which peep some guns, defends
tho water front ut the towu, which
seemed luit.-r (ban Grand IJontiy.
Dense masses i.f pwpte ciowded the
beach at the public landing-place. The
13onu3- chief;, I'tinco (i'.-ir;;e, 15atiigo,
Calendusi, landed, but we remained iu
the boats until tlb-y had fccu tho King.
T;i 15 minutes thoy returned and beckon
ed us to land. The stetioh tv:is terrible ;
all the fctinks at tho outskirts of all the
African villages I ever entered, though
mised and shaken together, would be
weak compared to this. After passing
through the crowd, we met soma fol
lows who tried to stop us. ' It was con
trary to juju for white men to enter the
town.' The bonny chief's scolded, and
wt pushed on, but soon met a mob of
hundreds, and further progress was im
possible. In vain did IJanigo and Ca
lendussi scold and push, and cveu knock
some down ; tho others pressed closer
together, shouting, barking, aud gestiC'
ulating frautically. After looking at
the performance until we got tired ot it,
we returned to the boats. A canoe eatno
off with two messengers from the King
inviting us to conic ashore. Guards
armed with long sticks at tho corners of
tho streets, aud tho towu was quiet
Wo were conducted to the Kins-'s
audience chamber, which had no
light escept what came iu by the
door. Chairs were brought, and
tho chiefs and others crowded iu. A
beating of drums announcing that the
King had gone to the juju house to eou.
suit tho spirits before proceeding; to
business. In half an hour King Fibia
eppeared, a strotigly built man of 45,
with a round Rood-natured looking fuce.
He shook hands aud and sat dowu ou a
low stool in a corner. Apologizing for the
rude reception his people had given us,
he Hiked us to remain till tho lollowiug
day, as some of his chiefs had not yet
arrived lrom their villages. A table of
home manufacture was '.nought in, the
Quecu sprtad a tablecloth over it, aud
1 tombo ' (unintoxicuting wine) was
presented. I'ermissiou to sec the towu
was given, and wo paid a visit to the
juju house ; a noisy crowd attempted
to rush in after us, but a vigorous ap
plication of the long sticks of tho guards
drove them back. Masses of humane
fckull.s hang from tho walls, and numer
ous rows of skulls cover the roof of ti sort
of altar. Iu front of this altar sat the juju.
man, having a footstool of human bkulls.
Tho Okrika had eaten tho victims
whose eknlls decorate tho juju-hnuse.
An old man who accompanied us Fpokc
with evideut gusto of the different cau
hibal feasts he hud partaken of, men.
tioncd tho part of tho human body
which he considered tho sweetest. It
ia the first time I have seen eanuibuls in
Africa. We saw meu at work tarring
ropes j others retailed gin in the streets
by the wineglass. We had a glimpse
of the Okrika funeral ceremony. Three
young men, facing the same was, had
tho corpse of a boy dono up in matting
ui their shoulders. They twisted and
tuggod, and appeared as if struggling
with boiuo unseen Fpirits who wished
to drag thebody to a shallow open uravo
hv the tide of a house. At timei the
RID 0 WAY, PENKA.,
young inou had tho advantage, and
brought 1 lie body back from tho grave;
then the spirits prevailed, aud dragged
thctn forward. A man kept beat
ing a drum, Tho Okrika aro well
clothed, most of tlio cloth being made
of the palm leaf. They aro acquainted
with several vegetable dyes ; two a
yellow and blue aro used to paint their
persons. Ve slept iu Oobomo, a large
village which has an oil market, aud
about two miles from tho capital. A
good dinner was provided and wo wero
offered a choice of sleeping apartments,
close inner rooms : or tho open veran.
dah ; my companions preferred tho Liter.
I wa conducted to a neighboring house
and found tho people very kind. My
bed, small boxes, of unequal height
unluckily, was in the best room, iu which
I found a good firo,' 30 kegs of powder,
and a considerable quantity of cloth and
gin. I managed to sleep tolerably well,
but my companions wero badly bitten
by the sand-flies. A King's messenger
came for us at sunrise, and shortly
after 7 we were seated with the King
and his chiefs. King Fibia remarked
that in llonny the King aud chiefs could
settle public affairs, but in Okrika the
people always wanted to be present.
He thought it would bo better to have
an interview in a public place, so that
his people could luWall that was said,
and not have to pester hitn with qucs.
tions after wo were gone. We accordin
gly, adjourned to the street. There
waif some disturbance at first, but noth
ing like that of an cxc.ted political
gathering in a civilized country. King
Fibia requested them, to bo silent, and
listeu to what was said. His Prima
Minister and orator, having before him
specimens of two kinds of dried fish a
fish trap, and piece of not, commenced by
remarking that tney were glad to see me.
1 hey did not understand tho cus
toms of the white men ; no white man
had ever been in their town before, and
they hoped I would excuse them if they
proceeded in their own way. lie then
picked up the dried fish, tho trap and
net, and handed them to me, saying
' IJ.iuny and Calabar have ships to trade
with, Okrika has nothing but fish. It
is on fish wc livo, it is with fish wo buy
the oil wo have to sell, and this has been
so every since Okrika became a country.
it was in tho creeks I saw iu coming
that they caught their fish, and Calab-r
men came into these creeks and stole
their fish out of the nets, and also their
canoes. Mr. Livingstone discussed
with them terms ot peace, aud it
was finally arranged that Fibia should
send down two of Ilia chieLi to nice, the
chiefs of Bonny and Calabar aud settle
difiercuces. The Consul adds : " The
session lasted four hours aud a half.
Never before iu Africa havI seen such
powerful looking men as the Okrika. I
could not but admire their physical
strength. As they sat beforo me chew,
lag bits of chopstic to cleau their teeth,
and gazing e.arnestlp at me, tho
thought occasionally flashed ' across my
mind: ' Are these c.inuiba's woudering
how a piece of roas t Cousul would taste,
aud which would be most savory, col d
Consul or'hot ? ' On purling, Fibia mado
me a present of about a cart load of gi
gantic yams, two goals, and a fowl."
I nc lil cut in the Life o(ft Loco
motive Engineer.
In returning from Philadelphia about
tho middle of August, 185S, the c.irs
wero crowded, and my companion in the
fame scat with mo, I fouud out to bo a
Locomotive Engineer, and ' in tho
course of our conversation he made the
remark, he hoped he had run Lis last
trip upon a Locomotive.
Upon making bold to ask him his
reasons ho gave mo the following story,
and sinco then I have found out to be
fctrictiy true.
" Five years since I was running on
the N. Y. C. H. 11. My run was very
fast. It was the Lightning Kit press
Train, and it was what its namo de
notes, fur it was fast a very fast ruu.
and if I do say it, tho old Tornado
could go. I have leeu her throw her
six foot drivers eo as to bo ulmost iu.
visible to tho eye. And let me here
remark, it is supposed by many 'that
railroad cngiuceis are a hard hearted
set of men; their lives aro hard, ' tis
true, but I do claim to have as fiuo a
fueling, and a heart that cau sympa
thise with the unfortui;ato as any mau
that breathes. But to my story.
About half a mile from the village to
15 there is a uice little cottage but
a tow feet from the truck. At that
time a young married couple lived
there. They had juo child, a little boy
about four years old, a bright, black
eye J, curly headed little chap as you
ever haw. 1 had takeu a great deal of
interest in tho little fellow aud had
thrown caudy and oranges to him from
tho train, and I was sure to see him
puepin through the f'euco when my
traiu passed.
Ouc fiuo sunny afternoon wo wero
behind timo uud running last, aud did
nut stop ut B ; I was makiug
up one hour before reaching It
We cauio up at a tremeudoud speed, uud
it
MAY SOlJi, 1867.
when sweeping around the curve, my
oyo following tho track, not over two
hundred lect ahead pat the little lellow
playing with a kitten, which he held in
his lap. At tho sound ot our approach
ho looked up and laughed, clapping his
little hands in high glee at tho affright
ed kittcu as it ran from the track.
Quicker than lightning that blasts the
tall piuo upon the mountain top, 1
whistled " down brakes," and reversed
my engine, but I knew it was impossi
ble to stop. Nobly did that old engino
try to sava him. The awful straining
aud wreathing of its iron drivers told
but too plainly of the terriffic velocity
we had attained. -I was out of tho
cabin window and down on tho cow.
catcher, in a flash. The little fellow
stood still. I motioned him eff and
shouted, his little bluo eyes opened
wide with astonishment, and a merry
laugh wai upon his lips. I held my
breath as wo rushed upon him, made a
desperato attempt to save him, but
missed, and as his littlo body bassed I
heard the cry of " Mother 1 " and the
forward truck crushed his body to at
torns. Oh, God ? that moment 1 1 may live,
sir, to be an old man, but the agouy
of that moment can never be erased
from my memory. Tho cars stopped
some rods from the spot, and I ran back
as soon as possible. His mother saw
the train stop and a fearful foreboding
flashed upon her at once. She came
rushing franatieally to the spot where
we stood. Never shall I forget the
look she gave me as she beheld her
first-bora a shapeless mass. I would
have given my whole existence
to have avoided that moment 1 1 have
seen death in all it3 forui3 upon rail
roads. I have seen men, woman and
children mangled and killed I have
seen all this, but tbat littlo innocent boy
as he looked up in my face, and was
killed almost m my arras it unnerved
me, and from that day I trade a solemn
vow never to ruu a locomotive any
more.
That young mother ia now in tho
Utica-Luuatio Asylum. From the hour
her boy was killed, reason had left its
throne."
lie stopped and wiped the tears
from his eyes, and said. " You may
think it weak in me to shed tears, but
I cannot help It." " No,', I replied,
" but think it noblo ; and sir, would to
God every man had a heart as large as
your's."
I have often thought since, how few
are those who give oue passing thought
to the man of strong nervo and stout
arm, who guides them through dark,
ncss, and storm with the speed of the
wind safely to their journeys end.
They do not for a moment turn their
attention to the iron monster that is
dragging them forward with fearful
velocity to meet friends or relations or
home and all its loved ones. They do
not realize that the man who guides
the fiery monster holds all their pre
cious lives at his command, and that
tho least negligence upon his part
would cause sorrow and mourning
in a thousand homes that are now
waiting the return of the abscut loved
oues.
RUSSIAN AMERICA.
Piobably the best description to ba
found of tho vast territory recently pur
chased by our Government is given in a
pamphlet published in 1855, by Mr. A.
It. Itoche, of Quebec This pamphlet
Russi h America and the Preaent
War was written with a view of urg
ing the British Government to aid in
fitting out an expedition for the conquest
of Russian America, aud its annexation
to the British possessions, but the war
with Kussia came to a close in the fol
lowing year, and tne project, if ever se
riously entertained in England, was
of course uo longer thought of. We
quote from tho pamphlet a description
of some features of the territory just
ceded to tho Uuitcd States :
" With a coast upon tho Pacific of
some fifteen hundred miles in length,
iudented by numerous sounds and capa
cious harbors, and studded with many
large islands of considerable resources, it
extends back, for about one thousand
miles of thnt coast to a distance of nino
hundred miles, aud for the rcmaiuing
five hundred miles of the ooast, to thirty
miles, the latter being the portion in
front of our possessions which it cub off
from tho Pacilio ; while the Peuinsula
of Alaska, about fifty miles in breadth,
stretches out in the PaciGo for upwards
of three huudred miles, the whole terri
tory comprising a surface of nine hua.
dred thousand square miles. It is thus
about sixteen times the size of England.
It contains mauy mountain ranges of
great height, aud fine valleys, magnifl.
ountly watered aud fertilized by large
lakes and rivers ; tho mountaiu ranges
in tho upper aud broader portions of tho
territory, having a transverse direction,
and therefore sheltering the valleys
from northerly winds, which iu that
quarter are cold winds iu summer,
while, cxtruurdiuary as it may appear to
mi
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TERMS 1 50 PER A XX I'M.
many, in winter they invariably cause a
riso in the thermometer. At both
these seasons southerly wiuds produce
effects directly ofposito to the former,
being warm winds in summer and cold
winds in wiitcr. A great port ion of
this vast region (in some places to with
in a short distance of the Arctic Circle),
is covered with forests of the largest and
most valuable trr.es. Even upon some
of the islandsof Prince William's Sound,
in 01 degrees, north latitude, where it
might be expected that the influcucc of
tho wind and sea would prevent or re
tard the growth of trees, Cuuk found the
Canadian and spruce pine of large size ;
and of the country adjacent to Norton
Sound, lying in 04 degrees and 55 min.
utcs north latitude ho says : ' From the
elevated spot on which Mr. King sur
veyed the sound, he could distinguish
many extensive valleys with rivers run
ning through them, well wooded and
bounded by hills of a gentle ascent, and
moderato height. One of these rivers
appeared to be of considerrble size
Some of the pcDjde, who penetrated be
yond this into the country, fouud the
trees larger tho farther they advanced.'
In speaking of the resources ol ltussian
America, Sir John Kichardson, iu his
work upon the' Arctic Seaichitig Expe.
dition,' quotes Bongard with reference
to one portion of it, who says that the
' Hill of Westevoi,' near Norfolk Sound,
in north latitude fifty-eight degrees,
which is three thousa nd feet, French
measure, in height, is clothed to its sum
mit by a dense forest of pines uud spru
ces, some of which acquire a circum
ference of twenty-one feet, and the proo
digious lenth of oue hundred and sixty
feet, and that the hollow trunk of ouc
of these trees, made into a canoe is able
to contain thirty men with all their
household efleots. Sir Johu adds : ' Ihe
climate of Sitka,' (tho name of tho bay
as well as the island upou which is situ
ated New Archangel, the chief port of
the ltussian company, lying in ally
seven decrees north latitude,) ' is very
much milder than that of Europe on the
same parallel, the cold ot winter bein
neither severe nor of long continuance.
Tho humidity of tho atmosphere gives
astonishing vigor to the vegetation, but
although the forest, nourished by a very
moist atmosphere and comparatively
high mean temperatuae, is equal to that
of the richest woodlauds of the Northern
United States, yet corn does not ripen
there. This humidity of tho atmos
phere, which is occasioned by the stir.
rounding sea, is doubtless the cause of
corn not coming to perfection at Sitka ;
for some distance in tho inteiior of the
continent, as far east as the Mackenzie,
in tho trrritory occupied by the Hudson
Bry company, the cereals aro success
fully cultivated up to 00 degrees north
latitude, and occasionally in souio spots
situated five degrees fuither.' In the
neighborhood of tho Mackenzie, Sir
John ltichardson says that ' Fort Laird,
cf the sixtieth parallel, may be cousider.
cd as the northern limit of the economi
cal of wheat,' as in tho iuterior of ltus
sian America the climate must bo of a
drier nature than upon the seaboard, and
probably more iu tho extreme, that is
colder in winter aud warmer in summer,
much of the iuterior may be well adapt
ed for growth of the cereals, although
they cannot be successfully cultivated
at tho ltussian establishments upon the
coast. The harbor of Sitka, and sev.
eral other fine harbors are open during
tho wholo winter ; thus showing uu
extraordinary contrast to the opposite
coasts of Asia, which are iccbouud for
three parts of the year. Even as high
up as Bchring's Straits great difference
of climate exists between tho coasts of
tho Asiatio and American continents.
In his ' Travels Kouud tho World,' Sir
George Simpson remarks that,' although
at some points Bchiing's Straits arc o-ily
forty five miles wide, iu the general ap
pearance of the two coasts there is a
marked difference, the western side be.
ing low, flat and sterile, while the east
ern is well wooded, and in every rcs,)':ct
hotter adapted than tho other for the
sustenance of both man and beast.
Moreover, tho soil and climate improve
rapidly on the American shore os one
descends, and at Cook's inlet, (in sixty
degrees north latitude,) ' potatoes may
be raised with ease, although they hard,
ly ripen in any part of Kuui.ituha'ka,
which extends nearly ten degrees south.
Thus both in soil uud cHinale, the great
portion of llu-si iu Ann-iiea, bordering
upon tho sea, is not interior In the ca-t
eru coasts of America and Asia, wheth
er lying iu the samo or a much lower
parallel. Sitka, lor instance, which is
58 degrees north latitude, ha a climate
almost as temperate as that of London,
iu 51 degrees north latitude, the mean
annual temperature of the former heing
45 degrees 44 minutes, aud that of the
latter 40 degrees 70 minutes, and it
has also about as mild a winter ay the
southern portion of Japan, situated iu a
lowei latitude. The superiority, how
ever, of the climate aud soil of Russian
America, over the soil and climate of
tho opposite coasts of Asia, has been ob
served from the time of Kuizebue up to
the prescut momcut,
" But wo havo still mill o reec.it evi
dence of the comparative 'millnc-v! i f
the climate nnon the American side,
even in n higher latitude. At Point
Hai'iny in 71 degiee'3 n;;Uu, heri
i!u te irf ii biro,, lisquiinaux village, and
'I '.'i f ly's f-li iii Plover win
t : I I '2 .'j her coiiimanuer, Lieu
t.i ..;.-. t I'-.iia .i, rep ji lo I that dvrin tho
euiire winter tho fail of snow did not
exceed one foot in depth, and that on
the c ihkst day the thermometer only
marked fovly '.three degrees below zero ;
: elcgreo of cold uot much greater than
that which was experienced ut Qu:beo
last winter, where, also tho entire
quantity of snow which fell during that
period wm about fifteen times greater
than that reported to have fallen dur
ing the winter of 1852-3 at Point "al
low, situated tweuty degrees iuilkci
north.
" Of the many larcro rivers whiel
flow through ltussian America, nono 0'
them have been explored to their sour
ccs ; but Mveral .t them, such as th
Culville, the Stikine, tho Yukcn o
Kwtehf nek, and the Kukokwm, nr
sup posed to run a course of upwards of
one thousand miles, und to be navioablj
for a considerable distance. From thei:
breadth as well as their length, aud th
volume bf water wni:h they dise!ipr,y
into the sea, they may certainly be it;
ciuded in ri.-ers of Ihc first class. 11:
Colviile, which was discovered by Simp
son and lce,-e since tbo convention t;
18l!5, is two miles wide at iis mouth i
the Arctic Sea where Capt. M'Clu.
observed its influence twelve or fou
teen miles out at sea, the water at the
distance being of a dirty mud color an
scarcely salt. The Stikine enters th
Pacific at 00 degrees 50 nnniUes noit
latitude, where it is three miles wide
and at a distauce of thirty miles frou
the sea has a width of oue milo ; but
its source is in British territory. O '
tho Yukcn or Kwichpaek, Sir Job'
ltichardson says : ' It rise3 to tho wes'
of the Itoeky Mountain?, not far fror
the union of the Francis and Lewi;
which form the Polly, flows first to th
north, and after receiving a large tribtw
tory named Porcupine, to tho westward,
falls into Behring's Sea,' and that ' ia GO
degrees north latitude, and 1471 cleg,
west longitude,' which is about one
thousand miles from its mouth, ' it is
ono milo and a quarter wide. These
three magnificent rivers, falling into
different seas, probably represent thrci?
distinct river systems ol tho northwest
corner of this continent, each being fed
by numerous smaller, yet considerable
streams, and tho three together draining
au extent of country much larger than
the whole of Canada. The Itat Eiver,
mentioned by Mr. lbister, of tho Hud
son Bay Company's service, in a comma
nieatiou tc the F.oyal Geographical So
ciety, flows from ltussian America thro'
the Itoeky Mountains at tho first com
plete break in tho chain in G7 degreej
north latitude into the Mackenzie of the
British territory, the hitter having ac.
cording to Sir John ltichardson, a
course of 2,800 miles (SOO miles longer
than the St. Lawrence) ; and an unbrok
en navigation, fit for steamboats, from
its entrance in the Arctic Sea to tho
Portage of the Drowned, a distance of
frsm twelve to thirteen hundred miles.
In addition to the ltussian territory bo
ing everywhere drained by tho finest
rivers, it contains many largo lakes
communicating with tho fotmer, and is
indented with numerous deep and spac
ious haibois, and also by several exten
sive arms of tha sea. Of tho latter,
Cook's inlet runs upwards of two huu,
dred miles into tho land. Theso lakes
and rivers, and these inlets and harbors,
may bo viewed as very importaut fea
tures of the country. They not only
assist to temper the climate (the former
by draiuing the land) which generally
shapes towaids tho sea aud towards the
Mackenzie, and the latter by tho salt
utmoffphere, which their waters diffuso
through the interior, but they tend to
curieh tho soil upon their banks, by
a ihort period of overflow in tho
spring, and may bo made to afford
facilities for inter-communication, ren
dering acecssiblo tho most retired and
most sheltered valleys, and for tho
establishment and active prosecution
of an outward commerce."
C?a-Tlie Cleveland Plaitidealer tells
this horrible story : " We once knew a
man to struggle for years to color a
particular obstinate meerschaum pipo.
Ifo smoked incessantly : He tried all
the dillerent kinds of tobacoo, put a
bottom iu it, boiled it in tobacco jirce,
but all to no avail. It wouldn't color,
lie grew morose and sour, shut himself
up by himself and smoked, aud smoked,
uttering savagely between his clenched
teeth ' Color, I say. 1) n ye, I'll
o.o l o.r ye ! ' He gavo up all business
and devoted him.sclt wholly to smoking,
determined ns ho said, to color that
pipe or die in the attempt. One day
he failed to make h:3 appearauco at
break fast. His room was opcocd and
there ho sat in his chcir dead, the fatal
meerschaum clutched tightly between
his lerih. Tho mjei.-c-haum was as white
as hen it t tiierjcd, Venus like, from
tho nam of tho sea, but tho man was
turued a rich, dark brown. The mjers
chaum had cclorod him."
TKl.Black ltiver, Wisconsin, is com
pletely jammed with log for lift ecu,
miles. It is estimated that there were
not l-.-s than 'JJ.'i.O'JO.UO'J feet iu lha
river nt the ojv.ii,: oi pring, of whica
120,0IH),U W have already gone down.
crr.'1'he Dauish Government, it ia
said, has informed foreign Powers tint
tho Prussian Government continues ti
disregard the obligations of the tieaty oi
in regard to Schlesaig.
R--Mitid uui own tu-ii)c.vi. Tiiat
of other will take cure of it.iclf.