Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 43, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 22, 1845 Page: 1 of 4
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THE VESPERS.
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BY JESE E. DOW.
J? " 1 r 1- ... : ODR I nr.lort.rt ilia
ivrne nose pi n Miinmirg uy m iuju a cukcimuir
Estrtilia or.nfw churcb of Lisbon.
I had b-en walking in ihf English cemetery foreveral
hours' and hid piss d in returning lo the street the grave
o Fielding th father of English novelists on the one
hattdjMafljLtht nirrovv tomb of Dodridge ihe author of
"The Ttieanri Progress of Religion in the Soul ""oii ill
other. Fron.the imvly tenement of the mouldering
dead l was irreM-.tio'fv led loathe temple of the living
God -As. I enteced the in a jest it CaihedraLJn which-a
Convent is'kept by the older of the Queen orPortugal
"" thegjroijr of Vesper anhed. and the bishop and his Haiti
icneit at in- fo't-of -"the altar. " Tnere weie but three or
30ur1?pr$im3 present beside those who officiated ut the
altar and the organ and xboir two rfquisiles in a
CnthoUc Church were nowhere to best-en. Above the
altar a h'ge Rnnfan window reached .to the height of
thfrtV-feet and exten Jed eightjfeet along'the sill. Before
thisvimlow. which Avas grated with iron wrought inio
beautiful shapes a long thin white curtain hung and
waved in the summer bretze that stole in through the
open'dpor. The bishop now began the service and his
voice w.is seirc-dy heard so lir'e was the Cathedral
pres'm'ly hot-vernn hundred female voices swelled
forthfins-rnreely equalled harmony the evening Hymn
toilae" Virgin "t startednever h.id I heardsuch music -and
-so um-xpectedly diJ it come: upon me that I fan -ied
anangeli: host had descmdtd lo b. ar up lhatojd bishop's
pnyer to thr King oXkings; while they chnunud their
hea'enly nnmb"lnd stritri: the chords ofgold. As I
gazed upon tite vv'iiU: cmtain. I peicelved shadowy forms
betifiing behind it 'and bccanv-salisfil that the nuns of
S tint Jeionymo were thichn'intjjrs of Vespers at the aliar
of itfe Eltrelhi Not-nnderstanding a word that they said
myinTjgmation conceived tbe foll6wjng lines to be the
su"t3stanc"tof Their rhauni: " .
"- hymn:
jt BY THE NDNS OF ST. JEROXYMO. "-
p$&t 3 IJEvening closes evening--closes ' '
"Mtopigg? Over Cinltals mountain dim
yMJ While thfeibwze from Jura's roses --
fv Wlnna-rJPJnliiri.R VPn?ri;Smn. .'
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Holr Morfier! Blessedtyjrgm! T
fcsrt". As wv bow before hy slirine ' -'
sfrf: Call our thoughts from thee diverging -
v mother keep us weaieilune.
w Now the ocean's hollow voices
'f&f -11 Die away on Belem's shore'
-&gfe'x? Every lab'rer's heart rejoices
4"f T '-. JJays perplcxmg toils are oer ;
f'lJioy tne cork trees on the mountain
Lo! the maiden chaunts to thee!
While the doomed their beads are counting
On the tempest-driven sea.
We haye left the sci nes of childhood
Wo have left the lordly dome
Jiiver glen and waving wild wood
Priends that sweetly w hispered home i
There while darkness scowls above us"
And our hearts are closed to sin
Holy JVlotherJ thou wilt love-us
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While wechaunt the-Vesper hymn ? 5
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oly Mother 1 bless thy daughters
AVithathvmever cea'sirig-smile
b'Blesa ihyn o'er the silver waters "
'- "fBleStlliem in the lonely isle. - :
Bless on bless our eart.hiymoiher - ?&
Bless.lhe prattTer at'herihrine
Bless each sister and each brother
Holy Mother! .they arc ihiner'
; Night xiround us waves her banners; J&
And the duy star gilds the westjaifa- r .
Oh. rereiveour Joud Hoz inn'as-jkt-
Holy Mother of the blesjtjlg. - IWiy
Hear as thro' our Intercessor-rp Ai
Who bast trjumphedio.verini x. &.
i - Save in rriercg !&t$ transgressor fb
t .1ritla tt'a .Vf-iunJ tha Vatyliar CIrr I . .
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j- s 'iiii.iv ..vu..ulii.m uwijji uyiiu "
Ashe Inst notes died away in the frescoed arches of the
Cathedra I a monk with his hood jthrowjn back looked
don jipon me from a little pigeon-hole far up the ached
ceil l.ag.-v -A silver bell'uow langin the convent cloisters
thft-bshop .nd histrain'gluled swiftly through a side door.
Qne bv.one thv nuns zio'fpm their kneeling postures
acd-wjth foidedaniisaHd solemn st'p moed away. All
nw Jsja silent nl the grayenntji oi"e echoed amid the
solitary aisles the Vespers weje over; and it was night
-at Lisbon.
Instinct pf'Bihds We bate rec ived says the Bos-inn.THtf-ifr.
fiom n ladv of onTrrcnuaimance.TtTBTollnir
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lUgMJU ISIJU mill ill illf lllb' 1111.1 uiuiiui.
i'o 3ellow biids h.id built theii ius's in her gardee
"anil there laid thfjr eggs nnd. hatched their young
Trie hily having occasion lo pasi by their nest one day
signed jo admire Uie little birds. On her return to the
; gHtden alteram abspneofa short time the mother biid
earn whitling andacreuming "round her. flying so n"ar
as-im iM. t-rtuuch- th ladyVhead this she continued to
dolmtil trie 1 idy suspecting thMhere was some trouble
vtfith'She young birds wen: to the nest She there found
tNsnak'injhejKt "f swaHowin'ihe econdaof the three
litrleiliirds She wis in season to siveonlvone ofthe three.
f- . .
'rHVite fences are now made arid . highly. approved in
SSbtlfind 'Five wir are used witfi oalrosts costing
pntyanout vj.$ rents per yara. iJe top wirejs No. 8
andthe others No. 5 This fencejsiud be chfaper
thannne of bmrds or post andafallsT Awirnn wire s
becoming cheap and abundant!in!3count-vI we havenq
UOUDlii win ue uhcu cicii5iveiy lutuiafwuy in our Allan1
ticStates. - ' la"
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Origin'qf Pledging each other in Drinking Pledg-
ing each other in drinking is a castom which took its
oisitv from' the. time when the Danes tveie m England.
Those fBrocioustbirba'rians used to flab natives at their
festivals .and i hey invited to th-ir festivals those island
chtefW'fiora they wished to put out ofthe way either by
thejdagger or by poistnV The consequence was. that no
natives'Would drink at a Dan is bf festival unless his pnter-
taiotsrsor one of them would "pledge" himself in a cup
Tfci-
mts
ofiwinebefor' hand and pven amorfg these barbarian in-J
vadcrs.this pledge was held sacred. . '
Bwu'i v (. - -; t . - Jim; - ."
HOUSTON
t "'" 1 From Chambers1 Edinburg Journal
INDIA JUGGLERS.
The conversation of a fri nd recently arrived from In-
dia enables -us to notice one or two ofthe surprising per-
foi malices ol the jugglers of that countryt which though
familiar to persons acquainted with eastern matters may
be new to many ol the readeis of these pages
A Darty ofjugglerscame forward on one occasion to per-
form publicly in th-yard of btrra-ks at the Madias. Ma-
ny hundieds of peopleof all kinds.ages and denominations
including the soldiery ofthe tstiblishment assembled to
witnessthe exhibition and some little temporary arrange- -ments
were made that all might hear conveniently.
The leader of the jugglers who weie all. ol course
nativtsof Hindos'an reqmstd tne commanding offices
to place aguaid of men around the scene of display;
a precaution which uas adopted and proved a very
wiseone. The floor of the couit be it observed was
composed ol sand firm and well trodden. On this ground
then after some preliminary tricks of an vinf- rior kind
oneman was left alone with a little girl the latter -seeming
8 or 9 years old. Beside them stood a tall narrow
J basket perhaps three or four feet high by a little more
1 than a foot in width and open at the top. No other ob
ject living or inanimate appeared upon the ground
After a short period spent by the mnn in conversing with
the girl he seemed to get angry and began to rail loudly
at her for herneglect of some wish of his The child at-
tempted lo soothe him but he continued to show an in-
creased degrpe of irritation -as he went on.
-J3vdetrreps hw lashtil himself into Such -app-ircnt-fury .
that the. foam actu"Ily stood uponhjs lips and Being nat- .
urally of an unprepossassing countenance he lookTd'm
the white-spect.itors at least as like an enraged demon as
might be. Finally his wrath at the girl rose seemingly
to an uucontrollable height and h' seized her and put her
beneath the basket; or rather tuintd the open mouth of
the basket over her person. Siie was thus shut entirely
up the turntd bottom ofthe basVet closing her in above.
Having thus disposed of the-child in spite of her screams
and tntreatits the man drew his sword which was as
bright asthe suiface of a mirror nnd he appeared as if
about lo wr ak some further evil on the obji ct of his ire.
At'd after some moments during which he talked to him-
self and to the enclosed girl as if justifying his anger he
did actually at length plunge the sword dowrj into the
basket and drew it out dripping with blood or at h-ast
blood red drops 1 I'be child screamed ptteously. Irom
her prison but in vain; for the man plunged -the weapon
again and agaufinto the place of her confineim nU- As he
did so the cries ofthe girl becamefaint by degrees' and
in the end died away altogether. The deed of 'eath was
eonsummated
So at least thought most of the horror struck persons
ho witnesed this action. And well it wasfor the chief
performer in it that he ri quested a guard to be p'lared
fowiPrquired till the exeaions of this guard to prevent
the aroused soldi rs whobelievid this to be no. trick but
a diabolical butchery from leaping into the arena and tear-
ing the man lo pieces. The excitable Irishmen among
the number in pirticular ground iheir teeth against one
another and uttefed language not very complimrntary to
theMugglef4 "Even the 6ffieers whose belter education
rand experience made them less o)jen to such feelings grew
palenvithuneasiness But observe the issue of all this.
jgWhen the man si emed to have carried his rage -to ihe
last exlrrmity warn-d perhaps by the looks- of the sol-
diers that it would be as well to close the exhibition with-
out delay he raised his bloody sword before the eyes of
the assemblage and then struck the basket smartly with
it Tne basket tumbled over on a side and on the spot
which it had covered instead of the" expected corpse of
the-girl whose last groa- s had just been heard there was
seen nothing! No vestage of dress or any other thing
to indicate that the girl had ever been there. The amaze-
ment of the spectators was unbounded.and iuvns ii possi-
ble rendered more fntense when after the lapse of a few
seconds the identical little girl came "bounding from the
side of the ourt-yard from among the spectators feet
it seemed and clasped the juggler round the knees with
every signof affection without the slightest marks of h.v- -ing
undergone any injury whatever. "
We have said the astonishment ofthe assembly was im-
measurablt; andit might really welKbeso seein that the
feafwas perfoimed in the centre ofa court every point of
the circumference of which was crowded with snectators
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uniwccyco ncic ucrci uii uic pci iui iiicjs ILMjUUC malum.
ASioanejnoiion oi asuoterranean passage tne -nature ox
thesground put that out nf the question and besides that
nothing of that kind existed was made plain to all who.
chose to satisfy themselves on the subject by looking at
the scene of performances when they had closed. Every
onevassure that'the girl had been put beneath the basket
and that she did not get out of it iu the natural way. But
sSeid get out of it and how? Ills impossible to say
biiMhere is no doubt that it was'accomplished.by some
skilful manoeuvre.
"A somewhat similar ent is sometimes performed wilh
animals. A j'iggler will pluce a lean dog below one oj
ihe baskets and presto ass ! when he lifts it np-j'ou 1rll
behold a litter of as fine pups as- ever whipper incoufdt- '
desire. But most people will projbatly think the tree "
trick a more wonderful one ihan any of these. A jug-
gler in performing this rihooses either a small spot of ihe
extent of two or three feet square and in iheopen ai-r or
he takes a large flower" pot and fills it with iribuld for his
putpose. Eitherof theway-J willdo. Having thissmall
plat of earth before him and his spectators ranged around
at a distance of two or three feet the juggler shows the
company a mango stone or the stone found in the centie
of th$ eastern fruit known by that name which varies in
sue'from that pf an apple uptvards. This stone ihe jug-
gler then plants in the-eaith at the depth of several inr Ins
and covers it up. Not many minutes elapse until the
spectators behold a small greeu shoot arise fronMhe spot
It increases visibly in height and size every moment un
til it attains the altitude ofa foot or so. It then brgins to
send ofTbranches from the mam stem; on the branches
leaves begin to appear bearing the natural hue of vegeta-
-tion. - Bifda-niixt-ptesent jjieniaebfcs; tli--holti afTiii
meanwhile assuming the regular aspect in every partic-
ular ofa miniature tret- some four feet high The buds
are followed by blossoms and finally the green fruit of
the mango meets ihe astonished eyes of all the spectator--.
"Look but touch not" is all this time the juggler's word
arid h? hiivss;lf preserves the character of a looker on.
When the fruit has arrived at something lik'e a fair growth
forsuch a tree the originator oflhis extraordinary vege-
tation plucks it. and h-tnds it to the spectators.
This isahe wi ding up of the charm. The assembled
persons handle thefruif andsef nothing in it the slight-
est degree different from ihtt ordinaiy. produce of the
mango elaboialed by th slow vi-gttatidn of months
Our informant on these points ate a portion of the fiuit
brought forth by this jugglery and found ittotasie exact
ly like the raiv mango. The whole process not detailed
u ually occupit-s about a quarter of an hour from the
planting ofthe- s one to the production of the fruit. -Tho'j!
he gives away the fruit the performer does not part with
thearee. This feat which is perfi-cily familiar to all vvRo
Ifivc been in Indi i. is criainly en extraordinary onefaf-
fording the most effectual evidence of ihe power of de-
ception to which the race of jugglers has attained.
-The tact' of silling without seeming support in the air
is one ofthe few first rate Indian tricks which have been
performed in Europe but even thisno.v is held somewhat
cheap; the mode of performing it being pretty clearly un-
derstood. The feat is performed in this way; in thecenj
ire ofa ring of spectators stands ihe juggler with an as-
aistant. When all is ready for the performance the as-
sistant' holdsan ample cloak or awning over the jugglerJiutes ll
wnicn covers nun completely for the time -In a few min
utes inistcovermg is removed and the iugo'Ier is discov-
Published Weekly.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22
ered seatrd cross l.-ggtd in tho air unsubstanstial air
me uci-m oi a iooi or so irom tne grouuu. tie is in me
thin dress of his country and on one of his arms which is
extended horrizontally in a bent form and which as well
as the other has a wide sleeve upon it a fold ofa cloak
nas negligently thrown the remainder ofthe cloak hang-
ing down and resting on the ground. This slight coih-
lact of the elbow with thccloak-is all that connects the
man with terrestrial things. 'Otherwise he is totally left
in the air; and how he maintains himselfjhere is inexpli-
cable to appearance. Bufihc cloak alluthd to seems to
be in careless contact wilh a'noiher cloak or portion of
attire that rests on 4. the ground farther off Now u is
to be believed that at the point where the cloak touch-
es the elbow a spring ofa powerful kind passes up the
sleeve of the arm and bends down under the body plac-
ing him probably on a hoop. The other cod of the
spring passes off finds its support undei the second or far-
ther off cloak. The spring in all likelihood can be fold
ed up in divisions so jas to be easily concealed while ihe
awning is thrown oveYihe juggler at the close ofthe ncr-
iui uiLiiiut- mm oeiore nc gives nueriy tunic speciuiurs 10
examine the spot which he usually docs.
This is the received explanation of the feat but there is
some difficulty still in understanding the nature of the
weight or support whicn is placed beneath the cloak.
This must evidently'be of considerable power lo sustain
his frame; and how he gets it out ofthe way is not easily
seen. I he feats are the result of a surpnsmgart address
.or contrivance; and for such the natives of India certainly
tar excel Ihe whole world.
BUFFALOCHUNTING AT RED" RIVER -
' . j EGON TERRITORY.
At Red Riverlh'e Buffiloes areat pre3entseldom taken
in pounds. Here it may be observd that toa stranger
the wild B-jffalo bull with his large hump glaring eyes
fierce aspect and long "beard that almo t reaches ihe
ground when encountered in the n cesses of the forest or
open plain where there is no chance of escape is the most
formidable animal in Arneiica far more so than the pan-
ther or grizly bear. In the summer and autumn large
parties of the half brctd hunters all mounted on their
i small Indian horses which ;ire w II broken to lhisnort.
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( scatter themselves over the plains camping generally in
' the opt n air or in tents rovered with hides or under their
'. provision carts. As soon as the buffaloes are perceived
I the young men gallop after them and either partially sur-
. prise thenYon the plains or succeid in driving them into
t some utile valley or neck of land projecting into a lake
where escape is difficult. A running fire opens then all
.along the line. Atthc first fire the Buffaloes scamper
joff The hunters continue the pursuit reloadfng their
j guns while their horses are in full gallop. For the sake
I of expedition the bullets are carried in ihe mouth and
j dropped into the barrel without any wadding. Their
i small whips are attached by a band to the right wrist
I Thehprse with wonderful sigacity followsof his own ac-
I cord the animal which his "rider has siugJed out and
"j brings him alongside und the itder" iheh discharges his
f weapon unerringly. The horse then pursues "another
with similar success In this nay ninny buffaloes-in suc-
j cession are shot by the sarne'hunter and hundreds fall in
j a single race. No sight can- be more- lively than a
l camp ofsuccessful hunters. They generally pitch in
some clump of woods. The provision cai ts form lhe:out-
er circle to which the horses are tied. Within this
! fires blaze on everyside Thb men smoke theii pipes or
arrange their fire arms while the women are employed
in cooking a sumptuous repast Tbcjistand the laugh
( circulate freely all around. Dunrfsrffislory of ihe Ore
gon Territory. &Qjj " p
USEFUL HINTS TO PUBLIC SPEAKEBS.
It is a curious fact in the history of sound thai "the lou-
f dest noises always perish on the srot where they are pro
duced whereas musical notes will be heard ata great djs
tance. Thus if we approach within a mile or iwooLa"
town or village in which a fair is held we may hear very
( intly the clamor ofthe multitude- -but moredistinctly
the oigans and other musical instruments whicfrrire pl.iy-
ed for their amusement. If a Urenidna.violinr arral Am-
ati be played by thelside of a modern fiddle the latter will
soundfihuch'Iouder 'of the. two:biifihe sweet brilliant
lone oi me .a.mau win oe uearu ai a uisiance me oiner
cannot reach. Dr. Young on the authority ofthe Der-
ham slates that at Gibrakar the human voice is heard
atthe distance often miles. It is a well known fact tha.
the human voice maybe heard ata greater distance than
that of any other animal.
Thus when ihe cottager in the woods or in the open
plain wishes to call her husband who ia ' working at a
distance she does not shout but "pitches her voice lo a mu-
sical key which she knows from habit and by that means
reaches l.is ear the loudest roar ofthe largestjon could
not penetrate so far. "This property of musicun the hu-
man voice" says the author '-is strikinglysbown in the
cathedrals abroad. Here the masjsentfrely performed
in musical sounds and becomes audibletd every devotee
however j) laced in'the remotest partbf'jhechurch?wheTe-:
as if the simesound had been road the sounds would not
have traveled beyond the precinctsof thlTbif." Those
orators wno are nearu in mige nssemoues most uistmciiy
" j- -ri "ui4B'-ii i li
ana at tne greatest uisiance. are moseawno Dy modula-
ting the voire ri-nder it more musical. Loud spenkeFs
are seldom heard to'advantage.
Buike's voice is said lo have bem a sort of lofty cry
which tended as 'much as the formality of his discourse!
in the House or Oommons to senu ihe members to their
dinner. Chatham's lowest whisper was distinctly heard:
his middle tones were sweet rich and beautifully vari-
ed" savsa writer dt-scribing the orator; "when he
raised his vo'ce to its highest pitch the house was com-
pletely filled with the volume of sound; and the effect was
awful except win n he wish-d to cheer or animate and
ihen he had spirit stirring notes whieh were perfectly ir
resistable. The terrible however was his peculiar pow-
er. Then the house sunk before him; still he was digni-
fied and "wonderful as was his eloquence it was attended
with this impoitant effect that it possessed every one"
with n t-nnvirlinn ihntthuro wng gnmpthmrr in him finnc.
even than his words; that the man was greater infinitely
greater than t" orator." Cowper.
Friendship Lieutenant Montgomery had seen much
military service. However; the war was over and he
fyad nought to do but to lounge as best he could through
life upon half pay. He was one day taking his ease at
his tavern when he observed a stranger evidently a for-
eigner gizing intently at hi.n. The Lieutenant appear-
ed not to nonce the intrusion but shifted his position.
A short time and the stranger .shifted too and' still with
unblanched gaze he stored. 1 his was too much for
Montgomery who rose and approached his scrutinizing
intruder.
'"Do you know me?" asked the Lieutenant.
"Ithiukl do" answered jhe foreigner; who was a
Frenchman. - .---
"Have we ever met-before?" continued Montgomery.
"I will not swaTTlfor it but if we Have- and I-amal-mnsi
sufeVe havesaid the stranger. "you have a sabre
n aving a very
this for nothing for the brave fellow who made me a
presml of it I repaid with a gash across ihe skull.
The Frenchm in bent down his head parted his hair
with his hands und said "'You did you may look at the
receipt."
The next moment they were in each others arms they
became bosom friends fir life
Electricity is said to be a successful remedy for the ef
fects of poison. A person who had taken two-ounces of
; laudanum hasibepn perfectly restored by it
cut a-egp one on your right wrist..
-I have." cried Montgo'nery.aurnirigick hissleeve
and disnlaving a verv"broad andlyscan "I didn't 'get
1845.
VOL.
at I THE HIGHEST PEAK of the ROCKY MOUN-
TAINS
The following spirited sketch'of the ascent of Cantain
Fremont and a few of his companions to the highest peak
rk r.i... - - ' ... r- .. .. v
.untie i.vu.Ky muumams is an extract horn tne gallant ex-
plorer's journal: v
Having divested ourselves of every unnecessary enenm-
brance we commenced the asceilt. " This time like ex-
perienced travellers we did not press duiselves but climb-
ed leisurely sitting down so soon as Ave found our breath
beginning to fail. At intervals we reached places where
a number of springs gushed from the rocks' and about
1800 above the lake came lo ihe snow line. From this
point our progress was untnterrupted.in climbing. Hith-
erto I had worn a pair of thick moccasins with soles of
pnrflcche but here I put on a thin light' pair which I had
bought for the purpose as now the use of our tms became
necessary toa further advance. I aaihd myself of a
sort of comb of the mountains which stood 'against the
wall like a buttress and which the wind and thesolar ra-
diation joined to the steepness" of the smoothroclr. had
kept almost entirely free from snow. sUp tais I made my
way rapidly. Our cautious method of advancing in the
outset had spared my "strength and with the exception"of
a slight disposition to headache I felt no remains of yes-
terday's illness. In a few minutes we reached a point
where tfnrbuttress was overhanging and there was no
other way of surmounting the difficulty than by passing
around one sidfr of it which was the face of a vertical
precipice of several hundred feet.
. Putting hands and feet in the crevices between the
lblocks"Lsucceed(jd-Tn:'rrettinpr over it and whengl reach-
ed the top found my companions in a small valley belowi
Descendinglo them we continued cjimbin j and in a short
time reached the crest. 1 sprang upon the summit and
another step would have precipitated me into an immense
snow field five hundred feet belowv To the edge of ihis
field was asheer iey precipice; and then with 7i gradual
fall the field sloped nfffor about a mile until irstruck. the
.foot of another lower ridge. I stood on n narrow crest.
about three feel in width wilh im inclination of about
20 north and 51 east. As soon as 1 had D-rntifipd
the first feelings of curiosity I descended and ench man
ascended in his turn; for I would allow only one ala time
to mount the unstable and precarious slab vhi;h it seem-
ed as if a breath would hurl into the abyss below. " We
mounted the barometer in the snow of thesumrnii-and fix-
ing a ramrod in a crevice unfurled the Naiionui .flag-.to
wave in the breeze where never-ffagj waved before.
During our morningascent we had met no sign of animal
life except a small sparrow-like bird A stillness the
most profound and a lerrible solitude forced themselves
constantly on the mind as the features ofthe place.
Here on the summit where the stiffness was absolute
unbroken by any sound and the solitude complete we
thought ourselves beyond the reach of animated life; but
while we were sitting on the rock a solitary bee bromus
the humble bee) came .winging his flight from the eas-
tern valley and lit on the knee of the men. It was a
strange place the icy rock and the highest peak of the
Rocky Mountains for a lover of warm sunshine and
flowers; and we pleased ourselves with the idea that he
was the first of his species to cross the mountain barrier
a solitary pioneer to foretell the advance of civilization
I believe that a moment's thought would have made us"
let him continue his-way unhatme"d; but we carried out
The law of this counlry where all animated nature seems
at war and seizing him immediately put him in at least '
a fit place in the leaves of a large book among the
flowers we had collected on our way. The barometer
stood at 19293; the attached thermometer at 44; giv-
ing for the elevation oflhis summit 13570 feet above the
Gulf of Mexico which may be called the highest flight
of the bee. It is certainly the highest known flight f
that insect. " . .
Having now made what observations our means affor-
Ued we proceeded lo-descenrfr "Wrrhad accomplished an
'object of laudable ambition and beyond the strict order of
our instructions. We had climbed the loftiest peak of the
Rocky Mountains and looked down upon the snow a thou
sand feet below and standing where never human foot
had stoodjiefore felt the exultation of first explorers. It
was about-2 o'clock when we left the summit; and when-"
we reached the bottom ihe sun had already sunk behind
the wall and the day was drawing to a close. It would
have been pleasant to have lingered here and on the sum-
mit longer; but we hurried away as rapidly as the ground
would permit; for it was an object to regain our party as-
soon as possible not knowing whaaccident the next hour
might bring forth.
The Great South Pass in the Rocky mountains on the
road to Oregon is in North latitude 42deg. 27 34 and in
longitude 32 deg. 37 59 West from Washington or 109
degrees 37 59 West from Greenwich being directly
opposite the dominions ofthe Tartar Princes of Northern
Europe. The climate is not much. milder than in the
same portion of thceastern hemispbere. On the 10th of
August at sunrise Capt. Fremont's thermometer- indica-
ted 33 deg. (Farenheit;) water froze in his camp dnring
the night and fires were necessary for comfort; the sum-
mit ofthe great pass near which hefticamped being sev-
-en thousand feet above the level ofthe sea. The ascent
on either side ofthe pass is so gradual as to be almost im-
perceptible: The route offers great facilities for the con-
struction ofa railroad and the time is not far distant when
the spices teas and silks of Asia and India wilt come to
the Atlantic States by this route. Speaking of this re-
markable pass Capt. Fremont says:
'It in no manner resembles the places to which the
term is commonly applied nothing of the gorge like
cbaracterand winding-ascents of the Alleghany passes in
America; nothing of the great St. Bernard and-Simptlon
passes in Europe. Approaching it from the mouth ofthe
Sweet vver a sandy plain one hundred and twenty miles
long'conuucts by a gradual and regular ascent to the
summit about seven thousand feet above the levef of the
sea;and the traveller without being reminded of any change
of toilsome ascents suddenly finds himself on ibe waters
which flow to the Pacific Ocean 1 was agreeably dis-
appointed in thecharacler 01 the sllfeains on lllisvvesijsiue
of the ridge. Instead ofthe creeks which descriptfon had
led me to expect I find bold broad streams with t.hree or
lour fuet water with a rapid current. The fork on which
we are encamped is upwards ofa hundred feet wide Um-
bered wflfr groves and thickets ofthe low willow."
"It appears that the navigable streams flowing into the
Atlantic almost join similar rivers flawing into the'Pa-
cific the portage being less than two hundred miles !
' DISCONTENT. ' ' -
How universal it is. We never yet know the -man
who could say "l am contented." Go where" you will
among the rich and the poor the man of competence or
the man who earns his daily bread by the sweat of his
brow you hear the sound of murmuring and ihe voice
of complaint. The other day we stood by a cooper who
was playing a merry tune with his adze around a cask..
Ah !' sighed he 'mine is a hard lot forever trotting
round and round Jike a dog drivingfcaway at n hoop.'
'Eleigho !' sighed a blacksmith in one ofthe late riot days
as he wiped the drops of perspiration from his brow'
while ihe red hot iron glowed on the anvil "this is life
with a vengeance! melting and frying one's self over a
burning fire' Oh that I were a carpenter!' ejipulaled
a shoemaker. as he bent over his lapstone: 'hereamI.
day after day wearing my soul away in making soles for
others cooped up in this seven by nine room heigho!'
'I am sick of this out door work' exclaims the carpenter;
'broiling under n sweltering sun or exposed to the in-
clemencies of the weather if I was only a tailor!'
This is too. bad 1' perpetually cries the tailor sto be com-
pelled to sit perched up here plying the needle ail ihe
tune would that mine wa3 ti more active .Iife. 'Last
or $7 at ihc S2i olilse year
X-.-WO. 43-WHOEE If (JT't
day of grace Banks worA d.yourj- cusiomrswDn.i
pay; what shall I do?' g.anM S t- l rchnnt-lfKaT
wmcr De a truck horse i d"g aauhinr ' 'Haim-3
fellows 1 groans the lawer acrjjagshes h:d head
over some perplexing case pr jBaSome raufcr
.ecord-'Hapliy fellows 1 hnMBlTnrner stone;
than cudgel my brains on thistid. SffS mus question.'
And so through all the ramificatioi t r scce:v ntf com
plaining of their lot finding rack -xith then particular
calling. "If I. were only this; or that or the-other I
should be happy" is the omvcrsal cr$ "anVihm but
what I am." -So wags the world sojl has wagged" and
so it .will wag-. ' - " -
The Farmtr of Mount Vernon.-
-Washington
WOff
was
passionateiy lona ut agriculture. Its improvement
ever ivnn mm an object o paramount regard. Virginia
can boast of fewsdnsto whom her. agriculture has been
more indebted; few who assisted iu promoting her interest
to a greatet extent or with the nianifeststiim of alnore ar-
dent and patronizing zeal. The following-account of hie
farming operations will serve to exhibit the-father of his
country (the man first in war first in peace and in Ihe "
hearts of his countrymen) in his true light:
"Thefarmof Geii. Wusb".3F..rr it Mtr'Ternen. con-
tained ten tfiotismd acres c ..md ii.:e body- equal lo fif-
teen.square miles. It uas divided imo forms of conven-
ient size at the distance of one two thn four and fits
miles from his mansion houser The farms he visited;
every day in pleasant weather snd was constancy engage
ed in makiug experiments for the improveinentopagncuf-
turev Sonjfcldqfjtjic.tt
may oe lomrru nmuieTtJiH"g?gfgiP
had five hundred neres m gfasssr.wfd'six hundred Bush-
els of oats seven hundred acrrs with v. heat and nreDarrd
as much more for corn barley potMof berms peas Sff
and one hundred rrad fifty .-crts in tut nips. His .stock
consisted of one hundred and lorry bursts one fmndred
and twelve cows three hundred and thirty five working
oxen heifers and st'eers and fiv hundred sheep. He
constantly employed two hundred and fiftv hinds and
kept 24 plows going during-tha whole year when tho
earth and the stale of ihe weather would permit la 1786
he slaughtered one hundred and fi.'ty hogs wi igbing eigh-
teen thousand five hundred nimtv pounds for the mse of
his family besides provisions for the u-m of J.ia negroes."
Extent of the Oregon Tctritary On the east it .
skirts 800 mih s along the Roe ley iUountains. on the 5--
soutn dUU miles along thebnowy Mountains on-tiie west f
700 mifes along the Pacific Ocean on the north 250 miles- -along
the North American possesilons of Russia and Eng-
land. This valley contains 3GiJ thousand square miles ?
capable undoubtedly or forming seven Staus as large as - -
New York or 40 States of the dim s smus of Alassachtr- V '
setts borne of the Islands on tne coa?iure very large Z
sufficient to form a Stale by themselves These are3
situate north ol Ihe parallel of 48. Vancouver's Island-
20U miles in hngtHnnd oO- m breadih. contain? !2.G0fe$S
s'juare miles an area large.- than Massachusetts cr
Connecticut. Qiem Charlotte's oi nt-br Wcihrngtcrtj
Island loo 150 miles in lengltrV.nd and 2fr m &faKftt&
contains 4000-SqUare ihiles On both at those immefts
Islands thuugh they lie belw ea lh fctlr parallels cf 4S
arid 54 degrees the eoii i sati tob -veil adapUid it
agriculture. The straits end ctrcurajact m w u rs'abouni r
in fish of the finest quality. Chl& good qu&tfyt and:
other veins'of minerals hrveb?en.luni-7.?o Qiaos.
Catholics ; Icjs- es"sr.ated lh;.hrr ae
.aOGJlMK-
Catholics in the Unite-u S'a'.es.
475 churches 22ecelesij3-ical
rf'T.... t-Jl.- .
?&li!'-ii. .it3t;-gg fiteiary
insiitutions-43 female ac-nie-:nis acw S4"csitbfe mill
tution?. ? .-J ' r - --
i r: . 4. j&z '
Youth is ibe season of enjerpgujaj
no occasion tflcorrrparthg rSirj 'feappSfeffJ
power we naturally form prti:utpetoa-ia (utfvn -fovor
and they imagine that obsrs:cticii aqKipethmefi's wtU
give way before as. 'I he ih r&poJscs rather istxna
vehemence than teach prodcni. a travti and -genejen
mind is longefore-ii suspects us owe. --.eakne?or sut-
mits id sap Ihe difficulties which it expected lrsabIue by
storm. Before disappointments hatufbreed the-dictates
of philosophy we believe it in our power loshcrten the
interval "between tbe first cause and" the'fast" effect- we;
laugh at-the timorous delays of brood:rs mdostrjv and
fancy that by iucreasingthefire we-carratrrjfeasareaccel-erate
the projection. .
Battle or BunkersBili. Discuve.y of Interesting r
Relics. For some days past woUpn hav- been en-
gaged indiggiuga well on the BatPgrcund ia Charles
town on land owned by Pnlne J.Stou On Saturday.?
tmite an excitement was produced by the discovery t3
several entire human skeieUms. and on some careful
search being made a large nuirrber of othtrr-ariicjfcs vvere
found which at once identified the spot as fee depository ?
of the remaius ofit large number of those bo fell m the "'
memorable battle of the 1 7th JuneJTZS Tne skeletons
were in an unusually sound condition an'lrn one of tha
skulls a wound apparently mffirled K- sword was
plainly visible. On another the hair wes ieiind almost
entire and in a reraarkablc-state otprcserv uior.
Quite a number of metal buttons numbered from 43 ''
lo 52 were thrown up. These would seem to have be- "
longed to the enemy as they bear the. numbers of several
of their regiments and as it is well known that none such
were worn by the Americans. -The other articles consist
of knee buckles musket balls and copper eoin the latter
being too much corrodd to discover their character or
dates. The place where these remains md relics wera
found is supposed to have formrd a part of one of the
main entrenchments at the limeofthe bailie and thai tha
bodies were covered up whgre they feJl or were thrown
in immediately after the conflict.
This cfimmon grave cquld not have reen originally
more than three feet under the surface of the ground but
the earth having since been filled m and raised considera.-
UI V
n BtUIII 10 piUHULU " jium-ni l' p.-
ment it is now round to he some nitecn lect belotv the
present surface.
We understand that since thVse discoreries the project
of constructihg a well at iharpIacrY 'las Ifcerr abandoned.
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