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1Y .Z C. DAVIS- '
VOL. lIII <jT OF JEFFERSON, LA., WEDNESDAY,_FEBRUARY 13., 1861. NO. 68A.
C: ·.· 'pY 13, 186 1. N0 '
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Mis C LANEOUS.
Wheo Q1ay ~Birds Thousands
of Years Oldt' Ilhatnl Jn.
1I. Bounssingault has presented to the
Academy of Science an interestilng
paper on this vwituallie manure from
which we learn tlht deposits of gunoll
extend from tlhe seconl to lthe twenty
first cdegree of South latits le alm te- 1lt'
coast ,f Peru. Those whic ie he-t-od
thelse limits a're iiuihl 1,o:''er ill anu'o
niac4 l c o5 1 pol] ud I tltl ltO n Ith] e f s. a)Il'. ihld
are therefore less v:luIble na- o :.:tnu 're.
((tn ,'o in ;n.rall 0 q ,i <c .--site(d
on snmll p]otl ntuo torics o,, cliffs.:, it fills .
.up re'vi'ces, and i's to, bey ouP :f-~I l e
e-cr liirlds stik shelter. TIhe rocks ,f
tiis ],art ,uf tillhe' .c st c t oi t 4f it e,
.unt-iss, sinit, xi/d 10orphll ric sietnite.
The lt gumno dejtosilts are generally ,,v
+.red with an agtlolmeration ~!' sand
1t+'.staine snulstan ices, called caliche,
4ic-='t,; li iboreri re1nI1ve before
begiti ig theit attac.ks on the guino.
I om0( p1lac , as at Pabellon di Pica
.'ahd Punta Gluindo, the deposits lie
tnlder 'alm1iass of "antud deseetidetd
t.in the ' neighboring mountains;"
on which subject De Vivero makes an
extirtncelvy (uriusiolt ob p.vation, viz
t!.:t,, t lIle places aLTi4 mentioned.;
lit l,,wc.st Ln..im, deposits are' covered
wilth ;ta sl;t lllll s oef old alluvial tlil; then
co1:1s anuot hr lae-cr of uanlo, and
th i at str at1)1)u f milod rn alltuvial ;soil.
'I'T t mtder-;tiid lthe imtlirttace of this
fact, it lllst he hborn iitimiied that the
ag. of n odern alluviots dpes not
extnciit (,1ey-, d -'listorict 'tiies wihereas
old allutvifys nlate from the period
inunedliately prccelding that at which
man first bhean to inhaliit the earth;
sO that the ga.uls or criorrauts, and
other allied h1irds which deposit giuane,
nmust have exist.'e<l thousin: ds (of years
laefore lIan, sciil,.g 1that. tlhe lower layer
of gtlano is s,Iletil .s 1ifteen or
twi'nty yards .in wtlith, while the old
nlluivial crust al,,v"e it hislt a tiiickniss
,of nipwa:rds of three yards. T'I exll;tiu
: ho ineoniise 'ectla latiol. of ;,nno i1?
t?~.'o"e r,-gions, iMl. I hiiltgau.ltobsrve(
thatTI i re ]hts 1een ;L combilnation of
cir,.u,.taut)'(s hi;lly favoraiale to its
pr lt,,hcti,,n fill, lreservac i 1tin, it ontt o
whichlt iro 1, It reckoned a:ilry climate,
fa gr oniI l,.Pesctintg a vst ullnber if
(chlinks, filnlrs :a',ti tavernis, where the
nlirs1 can rest, lay their eggs and batch
hli . . without being ditti'b l - y thl ,
tr..n" beezes from the Suth, nwl,
:11-tiv, a 'i tih-tnce of foo, l ltaltt thl ,
tihl ,1. N h,, elre else are li-!h -,c hl,u, n
an t ;,r ,n 1t' ii ,' ,,st, wý'her, w}h ~' t -h,,d=
:.r, oft( i (:-t 1 l ,i tho 11sht, ', evt1l il
li+ ' w, th,.r. .1 ,,ni ( di U lla s.at,
t:11,nl uhlt ,I\,i et.-,ii.,.iaflly are in sliuc
:!,n:11, ce r trt, defy;des riptiot:.
: t(! gives r;,,-;,1 ic7 ttc oumnt of til
a P.r it wl:i( thleir numnl,,r. i t,.
it i, ar, , 1,i. Ill'- -,iiti . I 'l. 1 I,,
'. t , s ii ' , i tk! h ,t ;, _ Lr ' t '" -
sea
to
hun
to t
oonta'
kil'o o
guano to
bo d
and
quintals (
3 qrs., 24 lbs. 8
must have coa
quintals of fish.. :
Cour,li1 on S,'if enti ic P .' --
Among the ' necestsary evils' cotortiig
may beli classd as ,Oe of tho pos
serious andl interesting. If ntteml td'
at all, it shold,l, like duellin· be con-.
'ducte'd atcclrdin." to so, we ll defined
rules. Thie ýljeet has not been
enfirelyv oýver!,,ki'd in lbools on
etiqllettto :aidl .plirtaIwt. et64i but the
most 1paill and p1iratical rules we have
seen, are thse' ilid down by'.Samt
Slick, Estq., a s follows :
Courtin' i. U'LI, I g.eU' s, is,like cate
ing a young horse in a pI1astur. '
put the oats il a pa, liid the hal
and soft sawder the critter. and it cotiesr
tip softly mid shyl y"at 'first, and
its nose to tthe 1r'l., and cats a
stalnds off attd iinnclhes a litt S
round to see thaft the Coast.
naild I'ldvallct's calitiolus aginl , eady
for a go it' yiii art rough., hVell, you
s.,t '-sawil'ra ii all the toime : so-so pet
,i ,lly, let'! that's a pretty doll! and
it "''ts ti1 kind a like it and conelOs
(ttser, :tidl VOIl thiak: voii have it, make
;t .,r:tlI at its :imie, anll it ups. hea
:11141 taiil, srorts, wheels spurt roue
le; -,, hth hind fet at yvei, and
lil a .Loit. '1'1 comes of belng 1
awasy, . n,,,,h :c " say'
you l'ease'; I Jike yot
don't w: nt you; the1
wr',allt lhave caught it.
y:urat play, unow you:lf
W\Ji3-, yi ' ,itln't give c
oinly .SirL't' s the critwF;
shlakc thle tts inll th.p
cel'ce, copl ! mid it sti at yob,
Ill ci oVi es ill i5 t ilnl but " skittish,
,tretl' 'i: its lt<'c(k (tlt ove r eO . i'r,
Ste;,:ls a few grains, and thln l'eels a
resp.ci'fiul distain"a.. Nw\, wlhat ,I
yell "!, t-hell ! W hy, -li:',k tl,: plr in,
ai n u/cir e:I iovly, :I if tyt. le -werei
goint : tio , vl'e t y :'i ,l l'\ , 1 I l , :11'.(
for lis: Inx-il n i re],,ilts for l,,,i,' so,
vdi. rr ltgt ll, i t l t s ,t, :lit, y ,11 - 1i1, til '
halter ol'i.'
t7'h, 1' o,,/d iW',ti,.--''h re is an
, ,tld ,,I;d e ,tft,.n !lat y,',l l ,,,oln c,,llntry
m cn, 1in l t,,lu , ( llM e liht', '.',I,,,h
w.itch dhdh /t'.' A , I'ollt"3 .r. h's i
walking in the street, w'll'n :lii.
drt-ssetl its a rl' p" ll' t1:!let! 1'. ": '" t , tl
dr'" ep 111 him1, 01 i1 rTi' ,; tI, , : ,
str ;er, , yi, th.:t hle is r:. ." i1
ihe Il l'll r` 11
tioi, w ith i:i, n1 1 4 n,:tit itts h iM ,t
tit :4i, ,. :t rb ite'. ,,' :..'ý ,", 1 1 1i . ,..
p t' V: t " t it ., . - t ,t , . .. v . ' - ti
tI . I "i' r .
' t'i , 1 : x,.
'There,' says he, 'I knew the fellow
was gassing : he has got no watch.
Now,' adtlressing the countrynumn, 'we'll
seeoo if we can't 'gbt' him when heo
wakes.' I
Tihe man 'aires up, and the sharp 1
sanys :-'Y n nlhvo 1ait got at watch.'
'I htave, ieplies the other ; 'I'll bet
you fivo po a I have got a watch at
the end of this qhain.'
'Let's bet e sharp to the
tdtrsih gio halves, 11h
0oes not klo looked in his
pooket, and thinks we won't, bet.'
The counitryman, having seen plainly
that th'er~ yras only a piece of wood
ttachedtt tho chain, offers to bet. The
bet is td, and the man, who is a
oonfe the sham conuiltr an,
press- g .in the wobd, shows
that small gold wtitch, and
tak ion of the five poung, thus
ga o pounds ad ten shilli ,y
the opination. The shan' eory
eooleb, of course, wi gr
esible.
... onz of Aus
rom Aust
of cr
solith to
.vi u*i solved,
re idns '
opkno up,
generil
also
Mr.
conskd
;e1 two( siive
ed up from one
.pther. lead of an arid doa
d(scrihoil bo be a practicable co, itry,
thlro1'lhount. Mr. Stuart and his corn
puInio)ll suffered terribly from want,
.anot only of water, but f,,ool, and also
from in attack of scurvy. ''lhe pairt of
tihe route fromn whichi water was totally
alI tit, however, was only sixty miles.
li (tlany parts there was a fine grass,
1,,-ida's s1lh4nc lilld , li d ta l( otilier t l'tes,
'includinif at h ae<-t, f nurkhinds of pllull.
A very lrgeo s:lt 1,1k4 w.is also dis
(',ve retl i1n l.le interi1or, SuI) q lllOsd frolm
lit 1 itillu :'l s if its water, to be o(f
c.reat uh-pti. 'i'TIe parlInamentof Southt
A.uttal'i;It lIiS voted ./£2500 to (enablel
1 r. St ai l to stan;i 1tc lill with It 1i ,l1-r
,art y, nid ,compl41th hiis .xjplor tio Wil4nd
full part.iculars of the <pxpedition ;it-(,
withhll,.ll, hest silil rival cx ,lor rs in
the I ,:114r c ltll/iI S 5h104111 ovail th nt
fi'ýtlt 1 t Hr t ,, ,lt , . ,iltllliti t , 10 V11 (1 1 I(I t .in -
il/I t Iv, :-,i ii , rt l( , l tli\V :/i;tl rt'
T ll ,l i - .:': . ,, , I, l i,,I.a : i i
I 1 1 . it'
,ii, l I ..i
4.i , : . t t , ; . . ', I . . : . .
I~ il, ;, i..'.'. I , . ' , - I ,, 'v
"lA nythi)" in. leasun."--Whi the
U1nited States army started for iitah
there was a scarcity of transportatiiln,
or, in other words, there were too fow
baggifgo wagons. Now, every soldier
knows how itkoe tlie apple of oiie's eye
are these baggago wraions drawi1 is
they are by six n)ules, on the long
marches across the plains. A Colonel
of D)ragoons, who had conag nd of ono
of the columns, restricp. tthe officers
very much in their allb*@aco of bag
gage, and was 'most bitter if any puo
tried to exceed the just arnouit. )nio
morning the Colonel "'6t ona of his
Captains, (a dragoon of oourpSo)when ho
burst as follows :
'Captain do you know what those
artillery officers want to take across the
plainas ' -
'N1e Colonel, I do no,:' said the Cap
tain; wtb dn inquiring look. •
e "d hot 'if yoU'll jelievo m"
t of 'em *ants to take acos
ks,
-,exolaimred the .Captain,
W~i . Now, Colonel, I
tto take ancross myself-.
t, but a barrel of
Cap ain, of course ; any
, anything in reason.
'r parcelof
ndon
es, o
Whrors
it hr .not,
mnc , las of
In ' masseI
ie, nit
ndustry,star
a our very doors,
tht a ) ll puillanrrd by'
Sax gathler rs r. JIkn
ts thousands. '.'he distress
voplis is becomning-a fact
peann d(1iisniois."
T~he L.ndlon T'limnes ,,r S'ccssion.
Sm''dispatchih, giving a sitlnrnn ry of the
,news brought by the steaimiship Ilclme
milan, at Portland from Liverpool,
says :
The Timrnes dleprocaLteo the s~,ression
movement. '"l'he Sout hren confildern
tion wolld, l como(, tihe, real IiIl'ted
Staties, as faIir as territory pres5,nl idll
,ospective is conl eriled. It is w,,tu1t,
ful whether connection ibetweeni New
York iand Now Etgittlaid ont omi lnmol,
and Illinois and tihe neighborinlg States
on the, other, would long servivo a total
smparation of the Souttll."
A poet was o wlk wlkiil \vith 'l';al
l 'yr'indl in the strcet and at the stmltine
lime recit iing ~tllle ofI his owin V'erHs.
'l'allh'yraind p] e vrceiwed, tit 11 hrt dis
tallce, Ia lun;t yawtvlilg_, : 1and pointiln,
him otd, I, his tricind, -sild, 'Not .+0 luld;
h,1 r tilt;t h s y 11111 :.
I ' 1 ' 1 l' t'1. ,l ,,1 111:' 1 , i1 1 y1 ' , l "i
in.-'nila lit ;tt this ,n it 1 iIn in it al
eill th t i" y a',, L h au ,l l,.'1l -,, I. r:1t
;1ii it.'
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C'ARROLLTON COUNCIL.
.... - . : n '. .1 ., F:r'" " h. ,] w ,v . ,.
. letter was read fronm Commissar,
Doibol in relation to the balance o
hib aCdcount. O motion, itWas reforr
to'the Finanf in oe.
A letter *as rod D
Cnsuphy'Tl,\lc 1 Ming'tlio ,h
hd.4 ruignRtlon as
'Public Sehoolf . O'i,
ileutia6 was accepted.
Mr. Eiighqlsin s
,eont roeY sted by
Itico'as 04at Show
tidt*'nim) hsion to ordot-ith
tuoi ezhibit on 14)ul$
of the Market, on "
instant.
On motion of M nr. gl
rc(4uest wlas grannted; ovided, the
do noit obstruct the 1o y, oeithe
side and leavo the Streot the, goo
otdot they fiind it.
. Tib 'following report was road, rq7
o~ived td 1nap.provdt, , " ;,
2o the Ilon. 'Mtyor and Counnil
of the (iNty of Carrollto*:
' T~io Finance Coonmitteo beglofoav,
td eoport against tho payment o thd
bills of $98 50 from Henry Julgens.
.ior `Carringe, and Hiorge hire to thil-,
VMa yor, Surveyor and CommissiUT; it.
•i thi opjinion of your ConllitteeB, that
Iijo Council hl nothing whatovdr tl"d,
wvithl the payment of thosCarriigo.itd
lHorse hiro of those Oflicors--no 1O6rd
tlum with their Shoomaker's bill;
We, recommend the
Clerk Buisson's bills for .2Q"'
$13 45. We would furtho. reominen
that the decision of Mr. C. RdA~ilt1h, o t"
Arbitrator in the suit of City of Car
roliton vs. L. Millaudo>., bo accpted
as thero ils been hn n}' ooement madeo,
beforohand, that said decision shoul
be final and binding,'only .on that gr ,lu .
we make. the reoommono tion, not t h'
we think it is jus e are of
opinion that it t" in ev
rispect. We f t that if
pro1,4ir t(stimtnl4 S pa rodt1
to Air. Christil otlt
A ttorney',noglcol I d debt soisol Mjiot"
I m dlif~crent.
SCarrollton, Pobrua 6 18( i. '
On motion of Mr-[HerrT th Iltuloeu
wrct1 Hlp('nded 1(1 tie Mayor auher .
izti to drI itw it V'arl'tl, in ftavor' (f
Clerl4 Ithlissnl for alIo. t It11f0 (i his bills'
'11'h folloC*ing rI, ,rt was roadl, ro
eivedl nuld 6dir'dec4 snpread" on th~d
Minutes.
To AlMayor an/d (mncil
ef /h, ('ity ,f .CIrrollton :
Yootllr Sitret'l . 111( Laindings Com
1nitt.14 r l,",'4't fuilly rol,r ot I thle potW
tion 11 Mr\1. Vidu 1to, fetce ill parto of.
tl,' l 1 .'vev i ,1111 the (mot lntu l halls 'To
m lnoth rity 144 I,,r'1snn tlýf (,h14o1 up Ot
ohlb -lstrct pl bl,lic plhwe.,,s, n)d it is cur
p1rtiti(clIr duty tiLhroul; our Of()Ra0 to
s '4 ' Il tl. c1 , o 4114; 15' ls 414 I, it. ,
" , t1 4 p,,titin ,,1 M r. J.)J. O, usin, "
tfo IrEt'", it 14' ,l n1od 1n t c:o ,nlsllUOt aI
ICN:4buIwaly lIr'(,o tll' IInlttlntrl' tthll' lnd
'" .l1't'r'ien tt '#r, th 1 , for the a1.'ozn
Ilntll til On 1f berr'y i ia. 'lgr.('s, that
i[: -11.4i h ai.t the,4 p tlliir ui n lt of the
I'att4,r' w,,,d1 ,,bt rot It. intrrfred with
ill thl . ,.:t:-1 I Iy" Such l.,Initru lntioln" we
i',rmantu,:ºlt that , 41 1, (J LtSill hlatv
ri. , nlih ti,, to c,,,,sltru, t tit ids own,:
S, I, n,. 0 th":'1|d tn11 Ibtilwity pro
4I ... , y Hi ,, l Shled tl riImaIin
'ily ll[rimig t h; 1114 pl4 Vur (If ti(n
1 'lulcil.
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PF. 1Fi'lP ( ' 1 : .
S (I' i' ; . T LIG.4
' ,I4 4lry hill, wI r," r.:,l. <tI, mitin
1!, r1 lill s 1 , , , i,1 1 t11 (,11, tlet, w as
! 41,, . : r, ) lt . .ol 4 1 , 41,i 11, tilt. 1 \,arrantts
1 ' :11 ,4 , i,, -,.--:' l , r , I 1,.11; J.17 F'Oi
i.1,! 1, I .f ( at' ' f, " i~1' H t , 0( 1
'f ', .I 1V., ( 1' tit44, 1 , t ('4< tr is -
'1 hit .I y (',1 ili at .c " f ' . lter
illi' - f ,r. .. . 1. . l'' il
,'etin t," a I ,,t,,r ,4" t,, 0 thfi1
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