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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
FROM THE ElO GRANDE.
We have a private letter, written on the 3d in
stant at Fort Brown, on the Rio (Jrande, which
furnishes some reliable information relative to the
late revolutionary movement at Matamoros. This
letter, we presume, came by the latest arrival from
that quarter, and relates the same events which
were communicated from New Orleans by Telegraph
on Saturday last, although it places them in a dif
ferent light, and makes no mention of the insurrec
tionary forces having been organized on the Amer
ican side of the river. We extract the material
portion of the letter, as follows:
"The people of Matamoros are in a stexc at present.
About three hundred of the National Guard started about
a week ago to Victoria, to depose the present Governor,
Ca&oenas, who, they say, has taken hii> seat in spite of
his defeat at a recent election. Two days after they had
started, Gen. Avalos despatched a force of four hundred
men after them. The last news we have from the seat of
war is, that the two foroes were in sight of each other,
and holding a parley. The officers and men of the Gov
ernment troops are, as far as I can learn, averse to inter
fering with this matter, which is purely a State affair, and
aa such should be left to the people themselves; but Arista
has ordered them to put down the insurgents, which they
are doing in a manner that convinces me that they intend
making a sham of the affair. Arista is pursuing a sui
cidal policy, and if he does not take care, be will find the
R?publio of Mexico minus the State of Tamuulipas one
of Ufese days. The popular feeling is with the insurgents;
and if they fire on them we 6hall have another row in
Matamoros, as all the families there have connexions
among the young men who have marched to Victoria.
"We are getting along here smoothly ; the country on
our side is quiet, and from all appearances likely to re
main so."
OBSEQUIES OF Mb. WEBSTER IN NEW YORfc.
The New York Mirror speaks as follows of the
solemnities observed in that city on Tuesday iu
honor of the memory of Mr. Webster :
The city of New York never before joined in or wit
nessed a more imposing pageant than was yesterday en
acted in honor of the memory of Daniel Webster. The
day was genial and the heavens unclouded', as though Na
ture herself was mindful of the occasion and willing to
grace it with her iairest splendors.
The pageant was imposing, not only ^n the magnitude
of the procession, which covered nearly the entire circle
of its route, and the hundreds of thousands who crowded
the streets, windows, balconies, and even roofs, to witness
the funeral pomp, but also in the entire characteristics
that marked the procrasion, the spectators, and the city.
The military were out in noble force, while the civic so
cieties, associations, &c. stretched away further than the
eye could reach from any given point.
The hundreds of thousands of spectators, who began to
take post long before the procession formed, observed a
solemn decorum, such as we do not remember ever before
to have witnessed. There was a thoughtful gloom on
every countenance. Public and private buildings were
bannered and craped, and the fronts of many of them
decorated with busts and emblems of the departed States
man, while mottoes from his speeches and writings every
where met the eye and impressed the intellect and heart.
The shipping and the fortresses in the vicinity of the
city showed their flags at half-mast, many of them heavily
craped.
The ceremonies were concluded by a eulogy by James
T. Brady, Esq., at the Metropolitan Hall, before a crowd
ed audience.
Department or State,
Washikgtos, November 17, 1852.
Information baa been received from the United States
Consul at Panama of the death on board of the barque
" St. Mary's," on the 4th of August last, in the harbor
of Realejo, of a seamen named Joseph Willoboss. A
small amount of money belonging to the estate of the de
ceased is in the possession of the said Consul.
MosTALiTr Amojio Emiokakt*. The LouisvilleCourier
states that eighteen German emigrants from Bremen died
on the steamer Norma, while at Paducah, on their way
up from Sew Orleans, a few days ago. They ate freely
of wild grapes, and refused all medicine. They were
well off as to money. On the steamer Sultana sixteen,
on the Bride ten, and on the Die Vernon seventeen Ger
man passengers died of cholera last week between New
Orleans and the mouth of the Ohio rivers.
A number of the Democratic citixens of Boston and vicinity
are getting up a complimentary testimonial ot their per
sonal esteem of the President elect, in the shape of a
" model" carriage, together with horses and equipage
complete, all of New England production, for the occasion
of his inauguration in March next
The Ironton Register says that in Salt Lick township,
in Perry county, Ohio, there is an immense deposite of
coal of the best quality, estimated to be from sixty to
one hundred and twelve feet in depth, and to be the
gest known vein in the world. " Ironton," which has
recently been made the county seat of Lawrence county,
increased in three years its population from about noth
ing to two thousand inhabitants.
Railway Items.?A railway convention, numerously
attended, was held at Piqua (Ohio) a few days since.
The object was to induce the directors of the Dayton
and Michigan road to survey a route for their road
from Troy north, by St. Mary's and Delphos, to a junc
tion with the Fort Wayne road, and the previously sur
veyed routes of the company at or near Ottawa. Large
subscription!! to the stock of the Dayton and Michigan
road, a line of eauy construction and large local business,
were the inducements offered for the survey and change
of route. A oommittee of ten was appointed to meet the
director* and obtain the order.
The Lake Shore Railway from Cleveland to Erie and
Buffalo is supposed to be completed ; thus opening the
entire way by mil from Cincinnati to New Yurk.
The Edinburgh (Ind.) Review states that the popula
tion of that place in 18.1 was about fifty, and so remain
ed for twenty-four years, until the completion of the rail
way from Madison. In 1847 the population numbered
'2W, in IHyfl it w?* .>45, and in 1852 it stood at 1,006.
What Whiske\ is Oooi> Foe.?The Lynchburg Express
states that two sons of the late Hezekiah Puqua, of Bed
ford, (near Liberty, in Virginia, t togetlier with a little
negro, a few day since, were severely bitten by a make.
The lads went out hunting, and having started a rabbit,
ran him into a hallow log. when one of the boys put his
hand in to haul him out. Very soon he felt something
bite, or asjie thought the scratch of the hare. His brother
tried it with a like sensation, so he declined repeating
the operation. Then little Cuff (brave as Csesan trie? it
with like success. In a few moments the hands of the
parties commenced swelling at an alarming rate, when
medical aid was immediately procured. The physician
dosed them with liquor, until the patients became tho
roughly intoxicated, and after recovering from the effects
of the medicine, the swelling suicided, snd we are happy
to hear the trio are now convalesc-nt. The log was split1
oiK-n, and to the surprise of all, a large copperhead
shake exhibited himself in all his native ferocity.
The use of whiskey as a care for the bite of a snake,
we understand, was practically tested in this county a
few weeks since. A negro man, belonging to Col. David
Gibson, of this vicinity, was bitten by a copper snake,
and in the course of half an hour drank about a quart of
whiskey, and was relieved from the effects resulting from
the bite.?ILomnnj (I'a.) InttUigwrr.
HnUimore Market.
Baltimore, Novkmrkk 10.?The advices by the steamer
Amu have eauhcd more firmness in our flour market. Hales
to-day of 1,100 bbis. Howard street, after the news, at
$?>.12, and 8<)0 bbis. previous at $?">. City Mills flour
held at $6.12 ? $5.18: rye flour $4.25 ; corn meal$<t.H],
Sales of red wheat at 110 a 112 cent* : white do. 112 a
120 per bushel, as to quality. f>ate 40 a 41; rye 78 ; old
white corn 75 a 77; yellow do. 7# : new white 72 a 78 ;
now yellow 74 a 70.
Provisions are very scarce, sales mall. Mew pork
$18. Groceries steady. Rio c >ffee held at 9 a 0) cent#.
Sugars and molasses dull.
Tobacco is quiet, the shipping season being nearly over.
The demand is less active, but holders are firm.
Beef cattle continue in good request at full prices as
last quoted.
The money market is very eaty. an J the banks dis
count freely.
OFFICIAL.
Dbpabtmkh.t or Stat*, Nov. IM, 1852.
The aunexed noticw, received thin day from B. Evkevtt
Smith, Esq., United States Consul at Turks Island, in
published for general information.
THE TURKS ISLANDS L1UI1T8.
From the 9th of October, 1852, a white light revolving
every twenty-seven seconds, with a continued dim light
between the interval of the strong flashes, has been ex
hibited on the north point of the Grand Turk
The tower which is painted white, and bO feet high, is
situated 400 yards S. 50? W. of the extremity of the
point in Utitud<) 21? gj, Q// N
Longitude 71 7 40 W.
with the centre of the lamps 110 feet above the mean level
of the sea.
The light is visible from all points of the horuon, ex
cept between the following bearings, when it is eolipsed
by the Cays lying to the southward of the Grand Turk.
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Light eclipsed between N* w' Magnetic.
a ? N. 8 W.
Do ao < y ? Variation
( N. 13 E. 1? 45' easterly.
Do Jo (N. 21 E.
In clear weather the dim light between the Hashes can
be seen distinctly at the distance of seven miles.
NauL miles.
The flash is visible with the eye ele
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- 20 " 16
- 40 " 18
.80 " 21
Vessels running for the Turks Islands pas
sage from the northward must endeavor to
make the light on a bearing to the westward of
south, as its range does not extend sufficiently
far to guard against the dangers lying off ( ape
Comete, East Caicos.
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A reef runs off from the north point of Grand
Turk, its extreme bears from the light N.E.
(magnetic) distance three miles, and from thence
extends southerly and runs parallel with the
east side of the Cay at tfye distance of two miles;
consequently vessels on making the light be
tween the bearings of S.W. and West should (if
intending to take the Turks Island passage) be
careful to avoid this danger.
On the bearing of south the lights may be safely ap
proached to within two miles, and have the passage open.
This light cannot be seen from the dangers at the south
ern entrance of the Turks Islands passage.
GEORGE B. LAWRANCE,
Lieutenant Commanding.
H. M. Surveying Vessel Scorpion,
Turks Islands, 18th October, 1852.
By His Honor's command :
J. J. McINTOSH, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Turks and Caicos Islands, 10th October, loo?.
STEAMBOAT REGULATIONS.
The Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam
boata, &c., authorized by a recent law of Congress,
have lately convened in this city for the purpose of
organization, and to frame certain regulations for
carrying the law into effect. A Washington cor
respondent of the Buffalo Advertiser furnishes the
following outline of the Board s proceedings :
The districts in which each of the supervising inspec
tors are to perform their duties are divided as follows:
First district embraces all the waters of the Atlantic
coast, from the northern extreme of Maine to the south
ern point of Connecticut. Samuel Hall, of Boston, the
inspector.
Second district embraces all the coast from the first
district to the extreme of Delaware bay and tributaries,
including also the Hudson river as far as Troy. (. has.
W. Copeland, of New York, inspector.
Third district embraces the coast from Delaware to
Icape Sable, in Florida. James Murray, of Baltimore,
inspector.
Fourth district embraces all the Gulf coast from Cape
Sable to the Rio Grande, in Texas, the Mississippi river
as high up as Baton Rouge, including also California and
Oregon. P. H. Skipwith, of New Orleans, inspector.
Fifth district embraces all the waters of the Mississip
pi and its tributaries, except the Ohio, from Baton Rouge
to and including the Missouri river. Davis Embra, of St.
Louis, inspector.
Sixth district embraces all the waters of the Ohio to Ken
tucky river. John 8hallcroBs, of Louisville, Kentucky,
inspector.
Seventh district embraces all the waters of the Ohio
above Kentucky river. Benjamin Crawford, of Pittsburg,
inspector.
Eighth district embraces all the waters north and west
of Lake Erie, including the Illinois and the Mississippi
above the Missouri river. Alfred Guthrie, of Chicago,
inspector. ,
Ninth district embraces all the waters of Lake Erie,
Ontario, St Lawrence, to Champlain. William A. Bird,
of Buffalo, inspector.
The rules and regulations adopted by the Board to be
observed by pilots of steamers upon the lakes and Atlan
tic coast in passing in narrow or dangerous channels are
as follows:
All pilots of steamers navigating seas, gulfs, lakes,
bays, or rivers, (except rivers emptying into the Gulf of
Mexico or their tributaries,) when meeting or passing
each other, shall, as they approach each other, observe
the following regulations:
Rl le 1. The pilot of a descending vessel, if in a narrow
river ur channel, shall check her engine, using only so
much steam as shall be necessary to keep her steerage,
and if no signal be given, each shall pass to the right or
on the larboard side of the other; but if this mode of
pausing shall be deemed unsafe by the pilot of either ves
sel, the pilet objecting to it shall give reasonable notice
by a distinct and strong stroke of the bell, repeating the,
same, if necessary, at short but distinct intervals : while
the other shall answer as soon as heard by a similar stroke
of the bell, and they shall each pass to the left instead of
the rigbt. But if a passage by each other is unsafe or
impracticable, by reason of the narrowness of the chan
nel, or from other cause, the pilot of the vessel first in
such channel shall ring her bell rapidly, and the other, if
not already in the channel, shall give way ana let her
pass ; hut if both are in the channel, the ascending vessel
shall give way to the descending vessel; and no vessel
shall be justified in coming into collision with another if
it be possible to avoid it.
Ki;lk '2. Should the pilot of either vessel fail to make
or to answer the signals prescribcd'or should a signal be
answered erroneously, both vessels shall be immediately
?ed. When a vessel is running in a fog, it shall ?>e
iity of the pilot to cause a bell to be struck or the
steam-whistle to be sounded every two minutes. This
rule shall be observed by all pilots in all seas, gulfs, lakes,
bays, and rivers.
1 understand that the pilots' rules for boats navigating
the waters emptying into the Gulf of Mexico arc some
what different, owing to the peculiarity of those rivers,
and it was thought impracticable to change or alter them.
There prevailed, I am told, the greatest unanimity
among the members of the Board: and the most confi
dent assurances are expressed that the law will prove
amply sufficient to prevent almost, if not entirely, the re
currence of the dreadful disasters by steamboats with
which we have heretofore been shocked.
There is one thing of which, at all events, I am confi
! dent the public may rest assured that the law will be
faithfully and fairly carried out; and although it will be
, the constant aim of the Board not to impose any unne
cessary burdens upon the owners or officers of steam-vea
sels, yet every measure promising additional security to
life within the limits of law will be strictly required.
There are many provisions of the law which it is im
portant that - team boat men should understand early, such
as life-boats, life preservers, kc.; for, if 1 am not much
mistaken, no bout will be allowed to run. after the law
comes into force, without having these provided, and it is
apprehended that there will be difficulty in getting a sup
ply from the manufacturer, particularly metallic life
boats.
I learn, too, that the Board adjourned to meet in the
city of New \ork on the Hth of December neit, for the
purpose of determining the number of deck passengers a
(?oat will be allowed to carry.
lion. Rufus < hoate has declined the invitation to deli
ver a eulogy on Mr. Webster at Louisville, Ky.
REVIEW 8.
>EOM T11K LOU DO* ATHKN JiU.M _
" An Expedition to the Valley of the Oreat Salt Lake of
Utah: including a Description of its Geography, Na
tural History, and Minerals, and an Analysis of ita
Waters; with an Authentic Aooouiit of the Mormon
Settlement. With Illustrations and Maps. By Howaed
Stansiiubt, Captain of the Corps of Topographical En
gineers, United States Army."
? The Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints, in the Valley of
the Great Salt Lake: a History of their Rise aud Pro
gress, Peculiar Doctrines, Present Condition, aud Pros
pects, derived from Personal Observation, during a Re
sidence among them. By Lieut. J. W. Gunnison, ot
the Topographical Engineers. Philadelphia, Lippin
cott & Co.; London, Low & Co."
The two works here named are the results of on expe
dition organized by the Government of the United States,
in the spring of 1849, for the purpose of exploring and
surveying the Great Suit Lake of Utah and its vicinity ; a
spot doubly interesting at present, as being the scene of
that curious social anomaly, the Mormon community; and
as constituting a sort of half-way station on the vast
route which emigrants have to traverse on their way from
the civilized confines of the States to the Eldorado of Cali
fornia and the shores of the Pacific. Capt. Stansbury
was the head of this exploring expedition, and Lieut.
Gunnison was his assistant. The work of the former con- j
sists of an elaborate official report of the progress of the
expedition towards the destined spot; of its proceedings
there during the autumn of 1849 and the winter of 1849
and I860; and of its reconnaissance, on its journey back,
of a new route through the Rocky Mountains. The cap
tain occupies himself chiefly with the geology, topography,
and natural history of the regions traversed or surveyed;
glancing but briefly and incidentally at the Mormons aud
their doings as a community, whioh subject he leaves to
be more fully discussed in the unofficial volume of his as
sistant, Lieut. Gunnison. The lieutenant's work is, there
fore, a kind of appendix to that of the captain, and is to
be read in connexion with it. We cannot but wish that
the captain had also undertaken the lieutenant's part of
the work; for, though the lieutenant has the advantage of
a subject of great general interest, he writes in such an
unpractised and helpless yet ambitious style that less of
coherent and intelligible information regarding the Mor
| mons than might have been expected is to be derived
from his account of them. Capt. Stansbury, on the other
hand, writes in a plain, clear, and business-like manner;
so that what he does Bay about the MormonitesiB more to
the purpose than his friend Lieut. Gunnison's more ample
descriptions.
The existence of a vast lake of salt water somewhere
amid the wilds west of the Rocky Mountains has been
known since 1689 ; when Baron La Iloutaa wrote an ac
count, which, however, seems to have been as much in
debted to imagination as to observation, of his discoveries
in that region. Some attempts have since that time
been made to explore its shores ; but Capt. Stansbury's
party are the first white men that have made the circuit
of its waters. The results of the Captain's observations,
which were carried on with much skill and immense labor,
make the circumference of the lake, exclusive of offsets,
to be 291 miles. The neighborhood around is on the
same gigantic scale, consisting of deserts sixty and seventy
miles across, separated from each other by precipitous
rocky eminences of great elevation. Many of these de
serts Capt. Stansbury says would furnish extended plains,
absolutely level, upon which a degree of the meridian
could be measured to great advantage.
This inland sea is believed by Capt. Stansbury to have
been in a past age of infinitely greater extent. He says:
" Lpon the Blope of a ridge connected with this plain thir
teen distinct successive benches or watermarks were counted,
which had evidently at one time been washed by the lake, and
must have been the result of its action continued for eouic time
at each level. The highest of theso is now about two hundred
feet above the valley, which has itself been left by the lake,
owing probably to gradual elevation occasioned by subter
raneous causes. If this supposition be correct* and all ap
pearances conspire to support it, there must have been here
at some former period a vast inland gea, extending for hun
dreds ol miles; and the isolated mountains which now tower
from the flats, forming its western aud southwestern shores,
were doubtless huge islands, similar to those which now rise
from the diminished waters of the lake."
The first view that the party obtained of this extraor
dinary lake is well described in the following words:
At our feet and on each side lay the waters of the Great
Salt Lake, which we had do long and so ardently desired to
sec. They were clear and calm, and strctched far to the south
and west. Directly before us, and distant only a few miles,
an inland rose from 800 to 1,000 feet in height, while in the
distance other and larger ones shot up from the bosom of the
waters, their summits appealing to roach the clouds. On the
west appeared several dark spots, resembling other islands;
but the drrtuny haze hovering over this still and solitary sea
threw its dim, uncertain veil over the more distant features of
the landscape, preventing the eye from discerning any one
object with distinctness, while It half revealed the whole,
leaving ample scope for the imagination of the beholder. The
stillness of the grave seemed to pervade both air and water;
and, excepting here and there a solitary wild-duck floatiug
motionless on the bosom of the lake, not a living thing was
I to be seen. The night proved perfectly serene, and a young
moon shed its tremulous light upon a sua of profound un
broken silence. I was surprised to find, although so near a
body of the saltest water, none of that feeling of Tu Wgorating
freshness which is always experienced when in the vicinity of
the ocean. The bleak and naked shore*, without u single tree
to relieve the eye, presented a scene sv different from what I
had pictured in my imagination of the beanties of this far
famed spot, that my disappointment was extreme."
This intense repose is broken at times by the presence
of myriads of wild fowl:
" The Salt Lake, which lay about half a mile to the east
ward, was covered by immense flocks of wild geese and ducks,
among which many swans were seen, being distinguishable
by their size and the whiteness of their plumage. I had seen
large flocks of these birds before, in various part-, of our coun- i
try, and especially upon the Potomac, but never did I behold
any thing like the immense numbers here congregated to- j
gether. Thousands of acres, as far as the eye could reach, I
seemed literally covered with them, presenting a scefle of busy. ;
animated cheerfulness, in most graceful contrast with the drea
ry, silent solitude by which we were immediately surrounded."
The water is described as one of the purest and most
concentrated brines known in the world?clear and trans
parent as the diamond ; and on analysis it was found to
contain twenty per cent, of pure chloride of sodium, with
about two per cent, of other salts. Of course such a com
pound must possess an extraordinarily buoyant property,
and Capt. Stansbnry thus relates his bathing experiences:
" No one, withi>nt witnessing it, can form any idea of the !
buoyant properties of this singular water. A man may float
stretched at full length upon bis back, having his bead and
neck, both his legs to the knee, and both arms to the elbow,
entirely out of water. If a sitting position be assumed, with
the arms extended to preserve the equilibrium, the shoulders
will remain above tae surface. The water is nevertheless ex
tremely difficult to swim In, on account of the constant ten
dency of the lower extremities to rise above It. The brine, |
too, is so strong that the least partiele of it getting into the
eyes produces the most acute pain ; and, if accidentally iwal- j
lowed, rapid strangulation must ensue.. I doubt whether the
most ??Xpert swimmer could long preserve himself from drown- >
ing if exposed to the action of a rough sea."
In many places in the vicinity of this singular lake the
ground is thickly covered with salt, presenting a most
curious and deceptive appearance:
" The first part of the plain consisted simply of dried mud, I
wit^ small erystuk of salt scattered thickly over the surface.
Crossing this, we came upon another portion of it, three miles
in width, where the ground wa* entirely covered with a thin
layer of salt in a state of deliquescence, and of so soft a con- j
' slstenee tbat the feet of our males sank at evepr step into the
mud beneath, liut we soon came upon a portion of the plain
when the salt lay in a solid state, in one unbroken sheet, ex
tending apparently to its western border. So Arm and strong
was this unique and snowy floor that It snstained the weight
of our entire train, without in the least giving way or crack- \
ing beneath the pressure. Our mules walked upon it aa uj?>n
a sheet of solid Ice. The whole field was crossed by a net- !
j Vork of little ridge-, projecting about half an inch, as if the
salt had ex{>anded in tbe process of crystallisation. I esti
mated this field to be at least seven miles wide and ten miles 1
In length. How much further it extended northward I could
not tell; but if it covered the plain in that direction as it did
where we crossed, it? extent must have been very much
| greater. The salt, which ?m very pure and white, averaged
from one-half to three-fourths of. an inch in thiekneaa, and
was equal in all rc*|>crt* to our finest specimens for table uae.
Assuming those data, the quantity that here lav upon the
ground in one body, exclusive of tbat in a deliquescent state,
amonnted to over four and a half millions of cubic yards or
about one hundred millions of bushels."
Amongst tbe other peculiarities of this region, we are
informed tbat the excessive dryness of the air caused the
wood work of the wagon wheels to shrink so much that
there was great danger of their falling asonder, and it
was only by sinking them in n stream during the night
that the expedition was enabled to proceed with them
From the same cause the wood-work of the mathematical
instruments was rent and split?in some cases breaking
the tubes, nnd otherwise causing serious damage. The
mirage on the shore of the lake where th# ground was
moist and oozy was ver> great, and gave rise to optical
illusions the most grotesque and fantastic.
The difficulties which the party had to enconnter were
very great: so that the journey from Fort Leavenworth,
on the Missouri, a distance of less than 1,29# miles, oecu
pied the Kxpedition about twelve weeks. But the obsta
cles in the road to the Halt l.ake dwindled into insignifl
csnce when compared with the diflicnltiea in its immediate
vicinity. In one plaoe Capt. Stansbury says:
" At two o'clock in the afternoon we reached the western
edge of the plain, when, to our infinite Joy, we beheld a small
prairie or meadow, covered with a profusion of good green
grass, through which meandered a small stream of pure fresh
running water, among clumps of willow* and wild roses, arte
muia and rushes. It wa* a moat timely aud welcome relief to
oar poor famishad animals, who had now b?en deprived of *1
most all sustenance for more than sixty hours, during th
greater part of which time they had been Id constant motion
It wm, indeed, nearly as great a relief to me an to thein, for
had been doubtful whether even the beet mule we had ooul(
have gone more than half a dosen mile* further. Several o
(hem had given out in crowing the last plain, und we had U
leave them and the baggage behind, and to return for It after
ward. Auother day without water, and the whole train#nusi
have inevitably perished. Both man and beaut being com
pletely exhausted, I remained here three days for refresnmenl
and rest. Moreover, we were now to prepare for crouting an
other desert of seventy mile*, which, a8 my guide int'orine<i
me, still lay betwceif us and the southern end of the lake. He
had passed over it hi 1845 with Fremont, who had lost ten
mules and several horses in effecting the passage, having af
terward encamped on : he same ground now oeenpied by our
little party."
The importance of tbc exploration so gallautly conduct
ed by Capt. Stunsbury is indicated by the fact that the
Valley of the Great Salt Lake is the only point between
the Missouri and the Pacific Ocean whence supplies of
provisions con be prooured; and it is of the utmost con
sequence, therefore, that it should be considered in any
scheme for a road across this vast continent to Cali
fornia.
The number of emigrants to the "Diggings" had been
bo great that Capt. Stansbury described the road as be
ing as broad and well beateu as any turnpike road i? the
country; but the dangers aud difficulties which the emi
grants have to encounter, from the want of bridges or fer
ries, and more especially from the terrible scarcity of
water, which causes hundreds of cattle to die on the road,
thus forcing the emigrants to abandon nearly all they
possess, glad to escape with their own lives, are numer
ous and terrible in the extreme. The evidences of these
Bufferings meet the traveller's eye all along the route, but
especially as be approaches the district of the Great Salt
Lake. The road is strewed with tbe carcase# of horses
and cattle which hare fallen exhausted from fatigue and
thirst, or poisoned by the saline springs; dozens of wa
gons lie on the road in heaps, burnt, disabled, or aban
doned ; hundreds of pounds of baoon and other provi
sions thrown away from the failure of the means of trans
port; and with these lie in confused abandonment almost
every article of household furniture and every sort of
cooking utensil that can be imagined. For hundreds of
miles the prairie is covered with excellent clothing, har
ness, ploughs, miners', blacksmiths', and carpenter's tools
of every possible variety, together with bar iron, steel,
and other materials of industry, excellent scientific in
struments and books of every description, collected doubt
less with much labor and great sacrifice, and carried with
infinite trouble and anxiety a distance of perhaps two
thousand miles, to be at last left to rot on the road through
this terrible and extraordinary country. No wonder, then,
that a vast number of those who set out full of health
and vigor oither terminate their hopes and fears in these
dreary solitudes, or retrace their steps with Bad hearts
and shattered frames.
Capt. Stansbury's party frequently passed from four to
six graves of emigrants in a day, 4many of them recently
made?nameless but sad mementoes of disappointed hopes
and sanguine enterprise. Scarcely a day passed in which
they did not meet some party of emigrants returning in
wretched plight, all that they possessed sold, given away,
or abandoned. Some of the men attached to this Expedi
tion disgraced themselves by abandoning it for the land
of promised gold. One party of these, as the Captain af
terwards heard, were stripped by the Indians of every ar
ticle they possessed, and were left to find their way to Ca
lifornia in the most miserable plight.
An amusing instance is here recorded of the way in
which an ingenious emigrant met a difficulty. Ilaviag a
number of kegs of brandy which he was compelled to
leave in the prairie, he buried his cherished cordial in the
earth, covered it like a grave, and placed at the head a
full and particular, if not true, account of the deceased?
his name, age, where he was " raised," and when he fell,
being set forth in remarkably distinct characters. Fur
ther on, he sold the brandy to some traders, who easily
found the affecting memorial, and drew the spirit from
its repose.
We have often heard curious anccdotes of the prairie
dog, but none more strange than those related by Capt.
Stansbury, which, from the evidently cautious character
of the narrator, demand attention. He says that tbe
holes in the ground in which these little creatures live are
shared by the rattlesnake; several inst&nccs of which
came under the observation of the party. But, what is
still more extraordinary, we are told that a little white
burrowing owl (Stryx cunirularta) is also frequently found
taking up its abode in the same domicil; and this strange
association of reptile, bird, and beast seem to live together
in perfect harmony and peace. The Captain does not
give this latter fact on his personal voucher, but says that
he has been assured of it from so many, so various, and
such credible sources, that he could not doubt it.
Next week we shall return to these volumes for some
interesting particulars relating to the new Mormon settle
ment in the valley of this great Salt Lake.
FROM AUSTRALIA.
By advices from Sydney to the 14th of August we learn
that the yield of gold still continued to be enormous. In
the week ending the 7th of August upwards of one hun
dred aud sixty thousaud ounces passed through the trea
sury, of which about one-third was the produce of the
week, and two-thirds accumulations for want of convey
ance on former occasions.
The subject of leases to squatters was attracting much
attention, and was likely to be the source of much trouble
and disaffection. The Government was preparing to is
sue the license in accordance with the act of Parliament
and order in Council.
A bill had been read a second time in the Legislative
Council to prevent emigration from Van Diemau's Land,
but it was not supposed the Lieutenant-Governor would
approve it. A railway from Sydney to Goulburn, and
even a? far as Melbourne, was talked of. Sydney has al
ready become a city of great commercial importance.
Upwards of ?700 have been raised in Van Dieman's
Land towards the expense of one of the private expedi
tions in search of Sir John Franklin now fitting out in
England.
Several thousands of miners had reached Adelaide, on
their return from the " diggings," with abundance of gold.
From the aocounts they gave of their individual earnings,
it was estimated that out of every one hundred men,
during four months' work, fifty bad obtained ?100, twen
ty-five had ?1200, fifteen had ?250, four had ?300, three
had ?*>00, and the remaining three $1,000 each. In the
markets for provisions, as well as other goods, prices
were rising. The misers were living very freely, and
brandy, silks, jewelry, Ac. were in great request.
DEATH OF "ICHABOD CRANE."
Jkssb Merwin died in Kinderhook on the 8th instant,
at the age of seventy years. The Kinderhook Sentinel
contains the following obituary notice of the deceased :
" Mr. Mkrwik was well known in this community as
an upright, honorable man, in whom there was ne guile.
He was for many years a justice of the peace, the duties
of which he discharged with scrupulous fidelity and con
scientious regard to the just claims of suitors, ever
frowning upon those whose vocation it is to 'foment
discord and perplex right.' At an early periftd of his
life, and while engaged in school teaching, he passed
much of his time in the society of Washington Irving,
then a preceptor in the family of the late Judge Van Ncas,
of this town.
" Both were engaged in congenial pursuits, and, their
residences being only a short distance apart, the author
of the 'Sketch Book' frequently visited the 'Old School
House' in which 4 'Squire Merwin'was employed in teach
ing the young idea how to shoot, and subsequently im
mortaliied his name by making him the hero of one of
his inimitable tales, 'The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow.' "
laoH.?The Pittsburg American of Friday says: " The
Iron Stampede increases. It is decidedly in flood yet. A
lot of Buchanan and Jefferson of 500 tons sold yesterday
at $40 cash; Corsica. 250 tons, $40cash; Prospect, 400
tons, $42?time not reported. These sales show an in
crease in each step. The two first are decidedly inferior
Alleghany iron, as was the sale of Phopnlx, reported yes
terday. But the top figure is not yet. A lot of St.
Charles, of 000 tons, has been taken. The sale closed last
evening to a Wheeling Company, to be delivered and
weighed here?at $45?time not reported." |
The 14 swell mob" of London do perpetrate robberies
with the most singular ingenuity and address, and appear
never to be at fault. A lady alighted at the bank, as
cended the steps, and entered the vestibule, and, present
ing a check to the paying teller, received a very large
amount of bank notes, which she deposited in her purse,
and returned to the carriage. Just as she had taken her
seat, a gentleman eame down the steps of the bank with
out his hat, wearing spectacles, and having a pen behind
his ear, said: "Madam, we have forgotten to take the
number of those notes ; will you allow me to take them
off?" She handed him the notes, and he ascended the
steps of the bank and entered the building. The lady
j having waited some time, finally returned to the bank,
and soon ascertained that no person had been authorised
to ask for tbe notes.
Rositwoon Team*.?It is said that an attempt is being
made to form a company at New Orleans for the purpose
of entering into the rosewood trade. The projector owns
a Urge tract of land near Guatulco, in the Utate of Oajaca,
on the Pacific, about 240 miles from Acupulco, which ia
covered with splendid rose trees from three to four feel
in diameter. It can be delivered for shipment at a cost
of $*> per ton, and is worth between $50 and $00 per tot
of cubic feet.
A CHAPTER ON ADVERTISEMENTS.
* ROM Ttfl ALBANY SVKNINO JOURNAL.
Most people, when they take ?p a newspaper, think
they inform themselves of the current of passing events
if they read over carefully all the news and editorial mat
ter. But there is another and a more faithfttl chronicle
in it, which they seldom read and never study. Any
one who wants to learn human nature thoroughly, or to
trace the real oondition of society, will fnd ample mate
rial for both in the advertising columns. It is a depart
ment conducted by thousands of editors, no it rarely hap
pens that any thing is omitted from it.
The great events that make up the so-called news of
the day concern most of u? very remotely, and many of us
not at all. Whatever attention they may attract to-day,
they are sure to be replaced by other novelties to-morrow.
But the advertisements contain the history of those trifles
| to the publio, which nevertheless make up the sum of
individual existence.
Let us read over the udvertising^columus of a leading
New York paper, for instance, and set down in negulaj
order, just what we find there :
Fifty-eight new-comers have entered the world* and
forty-six people have gone out of it to make room for
them. Nine men advertise that they have taken to them
selves wives, and three advertise that their wives have
run away. Seven people want boarding-houses, and thirty
three boarding-houses kept by agreeable families, in plea
sant localities, throw open their doors to receive them. Se
venteen highly respectable families are in want of waiters
and chambermaids, and seventy-seven highly respectable,
chambermaids and waiters are looking for jwst such places.
Tweuty-tive cooks can give the best of recommendations,
and eight families won't take them without. Sixteen mer
chants are selliug at cost, and five pawnbrokers are buy
ing at considerably less. Four men have money to lend,
and forty want to borrow it. Five railroads and eleven
steamboats are running to carry people out of the city,
and fourteen hotels are standing to keep them in it.
Forty-five thousand acres of land are for sale, and six
commissioners are ready to take acknowledgment of the
deeds.
Ninety-seven ships and steamers are going to all parts
of the world, eighteen have been there and come back.
Ten watchmakers ask people to keep time, and ten bil
liard saloons and oyster cellars ask them to lose it.
T welve men have failed, but their goods are to> be sold at
auction, and eleven auctioneers are geing to sell them.
Thirteen partnerships have been formed, and five broken
off. Eight men say they want partners, but never seem
to think of taking each other. Six perfumers are endea
voring to sweeten the air, and two gas companies are
endeavoring to counteract them. Twenty-nine people are
making confectionary for parties, and nineteen do not
I know where to look for daily bread. Twenty seamstresses
are wanted to work their fingers to the bone, and thirty
four volunteer to do it to keep themselves from starving.
One man, however, offers to pay liberally for a mistress,
and another for a place to keep one. Five people want
information, and seven fortune-tellers will give it to them
for twenty-five cents apiece.
There are to be four processions and parades, and nine
sermons on the vanity of worldly show. There are six
theatres in successful operation, and four hospitals want
ing funds. Five concerts are to come off to-night, and
seventeen lawsuits are to come on in the morning. There
are thirty-five houses for sale and forty-three to let, and
yet six people say they are in want of homes. There
are eipht schools for the instruction of youth, and eigh
teen quack-medicines for the deception of age. Six men
have discovered an infallible cure for baldness, and yet
eight barbers get their living by making wigs. There
are seven fast horses for sale, but only two people fast
enough to buy them. Seven families have been robbed,
but only one thief caught. Able-bodied young men anx
ious to serve their country arc shown the bright side of
a dark picture, and fourteen drummer boys are wanted
to help to keep up the illusion. A diamond bracelet,
three Irish emigrants, two morocco pocket-books, a black
terrier, three casks of wine, a gold watch, a carpet bag,
two children and a pair of spectacles are lost, and no
thing has been found but an opera-glass and a memoran
dum book!
One hundred and seven grocers are buBy providing food
for their fellow-inhabitants; three hundred andeU[hty
one tailors, milliners, hatters, dressmakers, &c. ^Vhard
at work at their clothes; eight upholsterers are rurnish
ing their houses, and sixteen coal companies are wann
ing them ; fourteen booksellers are providing them with
interesting reading; eight dancing-masters and four mu
sic-masters are attending to their education in the polite
arts ; twenty-three profitable speculations offer to make
their fortune, and thirty-two lawyers to take care of it
afterwards. Five dagurreotypists are anxious to obtain
a copy of their miniature;, twenty-seven doctors are
watching solicitously over their health ; nine undertakers
are making tbeir coffins, and three marble-cutters are
waiting to carve their tombstones.
There you have it?an abstract not merely of the ad
vertisements of the New York Tribune, but of the daily
life of a great city?a statistical sliding scale of the wants
and plans, hopes and disappointments, griefs and plea
sures, which fill the minds and engross the time of every
one of its inhabitants?old, very old news, but news
that will keep coming every day, after we are all dead
and buried. *
These are the general results. But some of the indi
vidual announcements are funny enough. We have se
lected a few and give them the benefit of a republication
gratis:
SAKAH.?Tour <l<-ar little not* i? "inf cafe to your adoring Jam**
1 will call on W. thl* day, and he *hall make us both happy, or
ni? forever miserable. JAMKtf.
"The course of true leve never did run smooth," but,
if there is such a thing as turning the current, we pre
dict James will do it. Besides, he has taken the stream
at flood Jide, for he has published 90,000 copies of his
love-letter. Under these circumstances it will be very
difficult to intercept it.
The next is in a different strain :
Yon AnF. A DI8IIOMCT VILLAIN:?Too are di*coverwd at la*t,
aud liave just twenty-four hour* to fulfil your promise. lUitnem
ber?twenty-four luora?then exposure.
These two advertisements are put under the head of
" Personal." The last one is very decidedly so. The
following may or may not be the answer:
R. TEMOK^NCI: Take notice that your anonymous letter* do not
*" have any effect upon me. My coume l? open and abovebuard.
Tour good-will 1 do not covet, and your throat* I despise and defy.
Another runs thus:
I x K Alt F Aril KM: Tour *on i? at sister Sarah'*, In Ilenry ?tr*?t, and
^ anxious to nee you If you can forgive him.
We sincerely trust there will be a reconciliation, and
that the following is from the other side of the house :
Lf KNHT II. In n?|ue?t?l to return to hU parent*, and hl? wVIm* will
* * be further considered.
Here is a good way to remind one's neglectful corre
spondents :
IF HONOKI A ha* got the letter she will reply through the u?u*l bo*
at the Broadway I'oet OSn. JAMKi*.
lO^KI'll 1IAYTON ?If this .bould meet the eye of the above, he wUl
find a letter at Old Torn'*.
The following appears in the same paper:
TICK YOCNO WIDOW who left a mutator* at ?.** Store ran recover
the name by calling on the Clark of whom (he bought Ui* U?e
Veil.
We say nothing, but we have our own suspicions in re
gard to that Clerk.
Here Is a manifestation of an honesty that is rare :
\OF.NTI.KMAN yesterday. by mt*take. kept the change oat of a
qaarter of a dollar handed to him by a foHow-pa*eeoger in of
lb* Broadway "dage*. The addra** where Um money oouhl be reeti
tntcd would conifer a favor on the advertiser.
And here is a hiat conveyed with equal delicacy :
fJMIUSR UKNTLKMBN who hare hjul the um of four overwiat* for
-a nine tlm<- past. ?U! please Mum the seme to Me**r?. Iturnham*,
Broomlngdale. a* they have other friend* that may want ?? n*e Um
Hunt*. In hintf.
And here is another:
Mr. . ..., who broiiftit twenty-four or twenty-five barrel* of
ochre (dra-proof paint) to No. . Broadway, on Um 11th of
November. I Mil, i* desired to pall at the above place and take It away
tsiforo the JOth Instant, a* it will be ??<ld at auction If not taken
invitations have also a place :
rjx) V B.?If you will he preaent al four o'clock thl* afternoon, at
A the *amc place you appointed for one o'clock yesterday, Mr. C.
will he there. Vniihllcx pa*.
NoTICK.?Tb?-(fentlemen who railed on Monday to look at room*
at No. ?, will confer a flavor by calling again.
Then comes one of a mysterious character:
VflSC Y. F. S. i* rwfju.-tj-d, after receiving my leUer and dpe, to an
?wer. or return the ?ame to drbpo.
Some of the most ingenious advertisements are those
which commence with a sublime or striking phmse, and,
having attracted attention, come down to the discussion
of business:
UOgOM FRIKNIW MAY FAIL, bat Bay and Adami'a celebrated knit
'?* under garment* are unfailing, Ac.
An CTKADILT a* the ?nblltnc flow of water over the rellgloo*ly
ln?ntrcd Niag*-n Fall I* the demand for *r* Jerri** ("Id
Candy, ?<-.
UF.WARF. OF THK CUILI.TNO MI1.D*W of theee cool mornings, aad
the cnmvllng damp* of these apparently bewitching night* Be
fortified with a imokagc of Mr*. JitvWi Gold Candy, Ac.
MF.AStmKS NOT MKN.-Thls I* a political motto ; but the w*foh
word of Hreen. No. 1 Astor lleuee. I* Ma?urea anil Men That
I* to say, he aMtasuraa the human form with au<*h exactitude, by hi*
present system, A?,
HF.RHHTARY BONItf>MF.N, know ye not thnt SmllL A Rice we
aelllng tboir fall garmenla '"beeper than ever, Ac.
AOtMKOKTINO THOUGHT I am clad In one of Ray A Adam-'
warm, dam Me, economic*! Ptorjiing-knit Undnrahlrt*, Ac.
ffWll IM11LT OF Til* KI.W7TION.?Of couraa every body know*
a how the election ha* resulted, but few perhape understand bow
It ha* affceted the Internet of KNOX, the hatter, Ac
WINTKR A5P ITS W A NTS.?The first phr*ical want mggc*t?] hy
cold weather U the want of suitable elothlnf, and If asked what
r?ply ?? should *ak? U U* expfMaloa ot that want La WOtil H
should say, " Go to W. T. Jxnmku* * Co." Ac.
U IT IS NOT FOB A DAY MOT FOB ALL TIMK."?Mr*. JUVIB'S
? OoKl dandy *tUl continue* it* usefulness.
ClLAY, TAYLOR, BENTON, VAN BUBEN, and hundred* of other
J distinguished uicu have oertitiod to the efficacy of Mm, JERVIH'rf
Cold Candy.
Medical advertisements are proverbial for large pro
mises, but the following goes beyond any thing we have
yet seen:
1/" ELLINOHft'8 LINIMENT 18 CKBTAIN TO CURE, no matter what
tV the |talu, weakness, or disease i*. lu bottle* from 2*. U. Hs. each.
VJtfHIriKKKh AND MOUSTACHES produced In six week* by Uraham*
" * Onguent.
The next commences
OBKAT F1BK AT OODEN8BUBU1
and then expatiates on the merits of a Patent Safe.
Poetry is on the decline, liut the* Muse still sings of
daguerreotypes, rots, mice, and undershirts:
ACBOBTIC.
(leuoral Marco In a popular person at pretent.
United, almost, war* the " Yankee*" for Frank,
Bather new for thl* people?for him no leu* pleaaant;
Now, in favor* and feme, who i* aecond In rank T
Kvery eye turn* to you, the greatest artist ranownad.
Your Daguerreotype* run* every thing off the ground.
Bat* In the wall,
Uav* at ye all,
I With Lyon'* potent Mil.
' Uug* in the bed, ,
Or ruachan dread,
Hi* Powder'* sure to kill.
?At?- Handsome shirt*, cheap, well-made, and of excellent quality,
Are from Klkln'a sent, seme with extreme punctuality.
Ti* the place of all otliars to lay out the dollars
In shirts, underclothing, glove*, bosom*, and collars.
What you buy there will (U you a? certain a* fata,
And the rule for all order* i* u never too late."
" Roman," " Eureka.*' American, " I have it"
ACS'* Yes, ho ha* it?the Medal the treasure of Gold,
For the " root of all evil" how many hare told >
Both their bodies aud soul* to the foe of mankind;
But the Artlht of Fame '* of a different mind.
The Impartial, fair judge* did, at the lata Fair,
Quick decide that J. Uuraey beat any thing there.
Dm' Oft in the stilly night,
Ere slumber * chain* have bound me,
The bodbug* and th? roaches have
In thousands conun around me;
In vain I'd turn, 1 couldn't sleep,
The rack 1 seemed to He on,
Till 1 killed them all, both great and small,
With powder bought of Lyon.
?4 iii carious to see how characteristics creep into ad<
vcrtieements. Dancing masters are proverbial for po
liteness the world over:
DAN8K WW TBNUK.-K. Coralli, for twentv
Sgf^aspssssi
*jTnirtW.S^i?T' nuw .lanoc have boon Introduced;
^?pSihlS s.f??r ira ssr1'
hlmVilh l".^','","'",1 ^oJ?l piw to all who ?m f?or
Prt,.to ?. ?* <?'
A f AU^ ~Mr- Cbarruaud would auggent that thedancinir ami wait.,
tor, K^a^L'Sr' '"u?
Thei-shade of old Mr. Turveydrop rises before as?the
i>fn#K? ^ep?rt^ent~?a ****** these" Compare
them mth the blunt directness of a police notice :
hf 8toIi"> onu 8?ld W Watch, and
onu pair or gold Spectacle#. The owudr can have tiiem hv HmLhk.
ing projwty and paying expenses, on application.
Or with the business-like brevity of?
$2,000.TO LOAN on bond and mortgage
EDWARD A. FRASEIt.
And oompare this with the elaborate verbosity ef the
following, from a lawyer of course r
]VKW YORK MUPRKMK COURT.-In pumianoeof and by virtue of
J-' an ontor ol thin Court, inadein the above cauxu nn tin. ninth 1
"hticu ** vC7by *iTen 10 *11 P?raon? baring any g'
undfvldll wf, i"cum,h?nw' by judgment, devise, or otbrrwi?, on tL
1fr". ?J inU"**t of any of the owners in tbo promise* here
after duM-nbed, to produce to me, the undesigned, the referee named
in .aid ordar, on or before the *>th day or \1mL.
*2* ln tUo ciV of New York> proof of thair respective
"en" ""J InoumbraneeH, together with satiX-torr ertdm^^fVh!
amTXid^-aU<1 t0,,<p?cir>'tbe n*tu'B of sueh tecum brancea
S: ssffsss/isj'ja'ra
map of thirty-two lota of ground situate in tha IXth Ward dram
iTZ^u'^r^ han''^ ^ Wto
Jj ? nuniber two, bounded and described an follow* - IWiunino- at a
J^1"' 0,1 ,Utr M^tbeaaterly aide of 8th avenue, dUUnt onehundrtS feet
SSrtSSLS'Sth" northrWrl^wrner ?f ^uTSS!am
STtlKtL't!?? n"r^,C"t<!rly aJonK 8th ymwx* twenty-five
ly wJXi ilhlmh ? numbdr-?n* <m ??1>; thene. southeLtcr
terUdrt* . ?T hundrwlfcet' mot*or lew, to lot nuin
"iirV-two oa naid map; thenoe KouUifanterly/' Ac.
1 here itoe several such orthodox advertisemeote as this ?
W'g?iSrft2sp" ??*"?*.*???. ? ??,
One dealer offers samples of both kinds ?
pROTK8TANT SK11VANT8.?Kamilie* ln Brooklyn and Its'vieinitv
JbSEZltfttZRnT&S!?"oU*** ?-?*
The next three are rather ambiguous:
FwJi* TKM,'('K wl'' h? "Old ?t auction, to the highwt bidder on
Wednesday, November 10. She in wren yearn old. '
VV* y?a.n* m.an P?"w'!n* ?"D? kn<?wl?|g?0f the art of
KelRloeuvUon, not liartng meanj to um it to adrantaire a Dlaoe to
Z?l2ZZZ?rWltM ??me ^?nt',:man, where a cban^'rZS
Wi^^ ,4> ?lrU to lf*rn the Artificial bualneaa. Wage, paid white
heCome harmle9?. however, by the explanation
that F'ora is a mare, the young man an amateur juggler,
and the " artificial business" not airs and graces, but pa
per and muslin flower-work.
The following savors strongly of upper-tendom :
A ''k-^TI'IOlAN ?f middle age, at pnwent unemployed, would Ilk* u>
i '.*"1 p/ ? ? ' *ou,r If1'"1''''1 bu?ine?? that would t>ay him m<
derataiy for U. ^rrloe. No .III (l adventurer nrj
Matrimonial advertisements are not uncommon. For
instance:
j^OKXTIJJMAN would be happy to meet a gestae) aai welMinpoenl
, iS2f 5Slro5f of f',rmln* ? matrimonial allianm, who would
not object to reek ing for iwveral y*an< on the ilmrwof the Pacific. An
i.IilJ'rf't tW mo?t nuluble. CommunicatioiM treated with
proprietj and aecrecy.
Silly j?s this "gentleman" is, he stands in.honorable
contrast with the two " gentlemen" that follow him, who
are ashamed of their purposes even in an anonymous ad
vertisement in the New York Herald. 8o they make use
of the following refined paraphrase*:
AVi?_ ?LA1>YU wanted to leach a gentteman the French
thirty ^earfof age' BIUJI ^ ^ IT"?api^aranoe, and not or.r
UOARI) W ANTKD.?A gentleman wUbee to ?wiu? anleaaant room
and full board for a lady, In a email and uuiet JkWly. PMuatlon
up town preferred. A family not over laqulatUve, Ac.
The next is more moderate, in expression at least:
YVANTKD. In a Saloon, a young lady to anaUt la a bar and nlar
* * tbe piano. '
Here are traps for the credulous :
T'L? WOTDKRreT, YRAR t>r , Profo,?r of Artrology. fw>?
Stockholm, Sweden, tbe acknowladged bead of the v lira/of mo
'11;? wouW reepertfoMy info? Uie public that tbe year
ISftt being the MemxUle or leap year, affordu pw ullar forilHWo for the
practice ?r A?trology an<l Oeofnancy. Tbe >tan* are alway* trutbtel
'enite thaayaof prophetic Menoe^ bnt thh. year th? revelation
will be more ftiil. clear, and perteet than at ordinary What
?ay* the groat noet and aetrologar Agrlppa. in bb< ' Hook of the 8Ur?
Tii cm thf? leap j^ar th? planrtu tall oar rare
Not only fcrt*. but rireumntance and place;
All the wide future with their light uneeal.
And unto man hi* de?tlny reveal.
Conmilt them, then, in thl* their Ume of power,
v .V - ttk*' ?h m*n' th",r knowledge an thy dower.
?r . Pe^'to p*?>pltfoua time. No matter how perplexed
vour affair, may be, or under what di?cUlttee you labor, whether in
h"?inea?, Irrre. law, or any drrumrtanree of Wily afllctfon. rrm ran
rwwlre acrurale Information and coneollngaU frr,ta Dr .either br
addryrim fctm by a letter, with a fee frr.m |1 (o ft, m proportion to
tbr inf<rrmmiU>n rrqalrwi, nr bj calling on hlni at bin r^akWiMv
jyjATKIMONY MADK KA8Y, OR IIOW TO WIN A mv? ?r
~?? R<*ton, formerly of London, will eend to any * Mr-e
on receipt of one dollar, poet p?M, plain direction* to enable 1adl<-? or
frSTS - W,n <? - m??y of the oppose w.
JfA ,f ^ m*y Tin* pronaM Is no nlmplr hot 00 oaptlmtina
iat all may be marrM. Irreepectivw of age, afmearaoe* or pwdtion ,
and lwt, though not k^ant. it ran b?? arrangnd with Rurli em* and d?li
'?~7 thai detection I. ln.,??Hble ANlXhW ?L Mm! Mae
-J* No tet'^ra taken from tbe poet uAn unleaa the poata?e
^""imTtiNr^KI-IJNO.?*r^ . renowned la the graatent clttet in
Kurt-pe for he* ?klll In for>-4elHng tbe future, ha* arrived beTH, and
will furnlah Intelligence about all drruaetancaa of llfo to any one who
may addroe* her. Mm. ?,??k. Uie Rnglieh, French, awd (ierman
laB|VA|M.
It is a rel^f to tarn from all this lying and ebaating. to
where poor aad honest emigrants art Affectionately though
unavailing seeking their lost brothers aud sisters mo- '
thers and ehildren. We gladly aid them in the search so
far as repnblishing their wishes will go ; and, as they are
the most troe-henrt?<l and anselfah of all, ther are wall
entitled to close the list:
Pllfyy??* ******> "f Penny Roan, of WMteid. county Ctel
tasTTft >rTtT*' h"' Hme in October
07 **?' "*w r-""0 Mitchell, 10# Arenue A, near Twelfth street
IW.ry^T1?W ZA*T?D "t Mlchaal McOrath. from count, Ummt
d^lfS mDTm^ ofwmJn ih' s?*?* -f New V.^k A<*.
alTau? Bi^k'un^ ilh\"VwL<* Co,irt ?*?*-t arvj llaallU*
an iui? , Brooklyn, cmre of Benjamin BHtto
^ Brk"ff ^ Caaaerly, who 1^.
Jr | "f 7? int* .^T f ""I ?'?? not fdnc w?
Any inforaation ro?perting them will be thankfully rraaiv
?t??eL roilr ,l Mr "?rnar.| Smith's, 5'JfTV-rry
Mw^rear Thcv were fro? the PaHah of Laker. ?>onty of
Plm.'!^LK,lM<JIarrW,rk:h M<ssi*?ip
A pi. It lie* on theTomhigb?e river,only a few miles from tb*
to*n of Aberdeen, which now oonUin* ahaat i,0?0
inhabitsnts. Htesrabosts from Mahila pas* regularly to Aber
aeen, and the contemplated railroad frotn Jackson, the cap*,
i* ? * ** NMhTill? will pass directly bv or near :Ui
bu?l. The eonntry about Aberdeen is settled ?p largely hy
v irgiaian*. and the above property presents a flattering ta
flucMacnt to any one wishing to emigrate to the rich cotton
and* on the Tombigbee. It will be sold or exchanged oa
reasonable terms for lands In Bastern Virginia, or in any of
the Northern or Middle States, as the owner has left tha
fouth, and wishes to close up his busiaas* there. Address,
P?"tP*id' AMBR081 P. MRRRII.L,
sept 11?Smwp Frankfort, Maine.
8CaHi^>,f??<^r>,UI' J* Kr',>*T*ri*tyffor sale by TAYL01,
A MAURT, Pennsylvania avsnos, near Ninth streeV