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.' xj.-.ma3i ! VQ ! l 41 V t-r tt 1). J, LYONS, JSmroii. J di:voi:i to miisiiatmiii:, auiii'-l-ltviu', mijuno m:w, okkiikai. i.iri:c.M'i::K.'i:, c, .:. v . wm. j. uncus, i'vuliiiikh. i . . ' -- -i i 2ra I r i rn r .TP r-J. ,tT fTf . 'iJHW JHi.U.'.JIL1' I ft I flHM SAMTTi. THE UMPQOA WEEKLY GAZETTE. I'lnii.iniiKn r.vnuv rinmv. OVrit'l! In fUmus' Ni.vr llen.iiiwn, (rwnv tcry) curnvr ofMalti niel Voncnllu utrtcti. TIIHMH I.NVAtllAIII.V I" ADV'tVI!. Onn ciiiy, fur onn ywir. si.ntl i for Mx iiuiutlm, 3,01) fur llir ii'intliK, WK). AliVI llTIHt.HI"Slll Will III) lliwrlfil lit llll! fill. lowing rnti'd' lw imrit of I''ii Hum r I' m. Ural inwrllmi, J'i.lMlj nidi nWili lit liiw-rtloii. $1,00 A lllicrnl Ufluclluu invlii tn ytiirly iU ertlr. year, I'M J fornix iiniiitli,alS ; furlliucinimtli. 10. ifl-TIn nmnlifTiif Insertions must loillnllnrt. ly marUi.il in Hit tra-ln. tlirl tli'V "HI ' contliiurd till fiirlilil nn I clwy"! m ' 'irllnly. Poetry. Tho Woods In Wliiti'r. tr nr.vky w. ijiMiiri.i.nw. Wbn wlntrr nlnl" lire p'.rrcinj; il.ill, Alt'! tlipin! tlif l.uullnirii Mown tlii r.a',i "(Tllli wilimu f 1 1 Irrwl Hie hill 7l-t omlruaa ilie gijly rule. O'er tin lro uiUd I ami at.it)'. Tlitniijtli tlm Ihdr ttttU of ilcwrt wmI, Tl.d tmUai-lnR tilfaw i-liailrly pby, An I i;ljulilan tlm ilwp willtU'lr. Where, twUcd rutiti I the Uvren enV, TV I'liflinfr tin in lamuty cluNK, Anil luuvnsr wlwla tl.tr t.lltmM broke-, The rryatal Icicle 1 hunf . Where, from thMr frn urns tmito fprlft l'our H)t tin" rlrrr'a rra'lflnl tWi, nhtllly thr Vlor lrn rinp", Am tokrs fill thr wrxrllari'l M'lfl. AUI huw rlangnl from tt f.vlr aeons M.ii t.irila miik out tlflr iimIIuw hy. Ami linl wet aofl. "t w"l ww r.Ma Ao'l tlniMiii; rn.. nut ullh tht iUy. Hat atlll wlM iwhil h ntf. iwl. I'nlr, ilcH-rt huoIi' witljinymirrwl; AuJ jriithiTlna; wlnli.ln lioarx Mr.l, . -iinl.l.lU-' f- jt-fj--pT '""'' Chill a!tn ami wintry wlrnla' my ear 11m Rrown fmllUr with your "nz i I lirnr It In tlio o)iiinK yrar,- -I liatrn, anl It rliMt" mc Inn?. .I ii.i i. iltisccllancouG. Tin SiTrot. Ho(,cr nncnit w.ih nn l!iilili .MnnI;, who tiiu'tit in tln iiiutrralty of Oxfntil, inure tlmn fix Imiiilrcil yi'iirnnK'. Il wa n innti of frrnt Icnniiti,', ultllh'il in I.ntin, (Srvfk, nml lli-brcu', lint vupcritilly fuml of clii'inMrv. flu moil to hponil ui.iny liourii (nch ilrty, in ono of tin- lu-rrrt pi-IIh of tlm ronvi'iit, onfjnfil in v.nriinin i-xporiiiifiiln. Whilo thus (iiiplu id, Im li:ut funiiil tlml iul.!uir, I'linrronl iiml Mltpotrf, miiit!)''! (I'thor in a ciTtiiin uny, wottM form h ih-w nml trnii;i coinpniind ; imlcril, ro tr;iii' nml (Iiiiiitoiih did litis inixtiiro n'l'in, tlutt tho moult liiinwlf unn nlmuht nfrniil of it, nml tlii'n'fnru tolil tin tinu of Iii ilieovcry. Ammi; tlu pupils wni nyontli ulio was eo fund of htudy, mid fo ptonipt to olii'v IiIh Imrlivrsi, tlutt lie lii'mmi it fnvorito with nil, nml Itoor llncnti would nflrii nsh his livlp in tlm Inliorntory a Inrc room wIuto ,tlin luiK'iitH tviru iiistrtictid in cliiinistry lint lio ncviT nllnuoil liim to cuter liis tirnnto cell. I hW youth a iiainu wan tin hurt do Drcux. .Sonii'tiiiic.1, nx Iluliort utt reading or Biutlyiii(;, or nimn;,' iiiedieiiiu.ilii tliis larger ronm, ho wim ntnrlled liy (.niiiidi lllio dis ' nTnt tlniiider, coining Irniti lih iiiastcr'H ninrtinvii( ; nonietiineH a luiglit Il1t Miinie for a moment tlimugli tlm cliitilts of tin door, mill thru nn unpleasant odor would nlmost Miirocatn liim. All (Ikmo things ex cited liin curiosity; lint ulienevcrliohiioelied or nlrovo to enter, llncon would hteruly Iml liim to ntteiul to liin own all'air.n, mid never iRniu to intcntipt liim. Tlio dimr wan ! wny.s kept locked, nml every time tlio liny nultcil tlio caime, ho was hileuced liy his teacher's griill' words ami scero loolu. MiintliH liilcil away, nml Mill ho enyerly but vainly nought to learn tho secret. At length mi opportunity olTereil. Uoger llu con was widely known as n phybicliiu mid Burgeon. Ono cold November day ho wan cnlleil to attend on Walter do l.osely, u rich man in tho next town, who had been dnngorously hurt. Tho monk gavo nil tho ncrefcunry onler.s to Hubert, and bidding hlui to ho careful to put out tho fires ami lock tho door when ho was done, ho start ed on his errand of mercy. Iluliort kooii finiHlicd his task, nml was jiut bounding up tho oaken stairway, when an evil thought canio into his mini!. " Ro. gcr llacon is gone; lio will not bo bnek for M'vernl hours ; I can now find out what keeps film o much in tli'nt tlark, damp eell." Mo looks mixiriindy nroimd ; no ono ii near, and with n light ntcji mid n fukl.butilhig heart hn reaches tho forbidden room. Tho key is not there, mid m there is no hopo of filleting ; yet perhaps ho uirty kcu something through tun key hole, mid kneeling, ho prows his ehei'k ngninat the heavy door. t opens at his touch ; for linger llncon In his hfikto had lucked without nml thus tlio enner boy nl monlhi lui lint! longed to be. In vain ho looks for imylliiiig iiDWomtrniigo.iiiii wlUij ii rad f.iuit Is tuililng nHy, when hit -yo ; falls Upon a llllgll hook, wIlOSO opoil l.lgl is hlill wet with ink rrom his teacher's pen. It is written in I.ntin, Iml this is ns plain to linn as Ins own l.ngliali, mm in anotl.er iiiniiii nt hn has read tlm secret so long hid den from him. Nniv hi iniint lrv it fin- iimse f. to son f the mixture iiiih-i'd so wonderful. "h! -,-..- r - hu i-xclniiiis, "thi yellow powder is tho Hilphur, this hard, clear siibstauco is hilt petre, iiud this black powder must bo tlm oilier. Here is the very botllo my master has us' d ; I will mix it in this and see. Tho file is not yi dead in the furnace; a few sparks will gin licit iiiiiugli,aud then Un hurt do Drill x is as wi as his wiiust learher." All that afternoon Roger llacon bad been bcinliii'' oer the ick man's bed; ho Ind lelllllll'' ller till' MCK llinil K liCii; IIO Hill done all h mid to itlieve bis siilferings, ami ns night was fuming on, he bad.) him I w ,, r n uin,,., tfr0M t( -y F)itc, piC( corref pOI)d,.,, wioso letters during a so-1 Benlb'- clo3 tlus ''PJ for ho fl"t minuto good lue, mid M-t ..nt fur home. Ihi.wmd ,ov I which i land of an older lomialioii, joiirn in California were so widelv read nnd ,r w. and admit tho air suspicious y wl.Mled v.r tin. Ideal. IiiIIh, ami tho monk w.j, tx ric, goi( ,.ovt.ft.d with n heavv enjoyed. Tlic writer has not' vet fully I through noitril and mustache. IVcwntly wrapped hi. rbml. closer nround him, and KrMl, 0f spruce, fir, and hemlock. North struck tho old Malapropian M-in;"but tho yu 'ay Ircotho in ridry.pungent, bntgrn burin il his horw towards the foments ,.f Siiinclnw. Ibis rceent formation exlinds Times .ne lu.'ll mend. His salutatorv cious nnd agreeable ntmojphcro. HlO good ahiller. As he reaeh.d the top of the Inst lull, Oxford 1 lay lof.iro him with its "H",,, " "" '"" "i "", " " spire, lismg high. Suddenly n ftream of llamu ro.. from bit coiiwnt high on tho dnrkeued sky, nml m mi instant n roar ns loud as the ln-niest thimiler burst on the still night nir, mid .hatmctl amid this fear- .ll.ld li( !....( ... NIK Ij ! nil Fiiuiiu was iie.uu n Minrp, Minn tiy m Tlm terrified crowd believed that Roger llncon had been (iractiniug witchcraft, nml without listening to his defence, threw him inlii his gloomy dungeon. I'or ininy )e.trs ho remained in prison, but nt laxt hu was releiiM-d, and nt tho age of eighty lay down in death, lit wrote his well kept secretin strange words, in nun of his bonks, mid wiso men studied long years before they could read it. Ho discorerud how to mako HHiiMnnler. 'I ho terrible cxplnrion in Oxford in I Ivi2 does not nein strange to us, for wo l.uow- th wonderful uses of gunpowder; but to thu people of that tune, it nppeart.il to be the wink of mi eil spirit, 'llius year by year tho world advances in knowledge, mid thu children of I 151 are f.imilitr with many things which wero mysteries to learned men six hundred years ago. How grateful wo should bu to (iml lor nil our iltelrrsi. Ill a luomei.t the whole convent ,.ntrnncp ,ol, nt ,.,i, nnj flon,l ,i(e, ntllj i , , n-t-.-HijAvallakv and tint Turk v wos . ''eltcr- .ur chin ins a trick of freezing to was on fire. 'I ho tre.nbbng monk .lathed ,lWm..l that there was a sand island of "Iffi "id .f :our iliiwn the lull iilo t;i the scene or wo As ar, xt,t fonm,(i nl i ,I0Ul1l thereby 1V0r ,10 fotl.,r to tho theavtur of war i .beard ; oven my eyes have been so giaea, ai he spiang from Ins horie.a man drew forth r,v,.iM,,u i,0 two cl.ni.neltbo principal ,)tKU to r,cl Brrtcr woln,,, Jnboul tho h to jfot wpua&i&MtfUp!Sa! oiii tfiif IjitrttMiif ruins tlm I.rcW.i 101111 or f u-liTcl. rtmimi ft. i tmrfli ciil.t nf,tn U Intiil H a . . i. i . walk on. vou find uiiL Uiu iron.vTOrk oivour Hlllielt. privileges, nnit how cnrulul In iiiiprovutiicm''to r,'turn. after w t iil' tho cane might. .Uiinri Mewni'rr. . . . Kvui.v M.Miiu.vor.s. A writer 111 thu New Oilcans Picny line says, 111 speaking of this iuteresling mbject, that: I he no- lion that it is impniiluit for young persons to marry, is totally fallacious, hxperionco has proved this in iiinuuiernblo instance. s soon ns 11 young man is aide to support n)Ud..ltlcc j various places on tho bench. ah 0 to support 11 wife, audi ,,.... , , e takes ..J 'the belter. Let!.,.1 would not adv.so any one to prospec himself, ho i the sooner h him t-elect a sensible young woman, suited to himself in age, disposition, mid circtiin Mmict'S win herafieelious, mid marry her; and if 1 1 icy are not hajijiy, nothing on earth could miil.o them so. Omi iiistaucu: IM waril married at twenty-one the girl of his choice, .Maria. Ho was 11 poor clerk ; she had no dowry but good tense and a loving heart. They commenced housekeeping 011 thu humblest scale; but lovtimid the siiunv cheerfulness of youth enriched poverty it ..... I . . .1 ". - sell, whilo tno grace ami neatness 01 1110 wifu threw it halo of refinement round their uiinblo home. Ind.ihtry, lied n frugality which never descended to mcuuucis, in ci eased their worldly goods, until by tic grees they roo to nllltienee. After fifteen years of wedlock, their nlff ctlou is as warm as it vv.-m in the Ihii-h of youth ; mid tho husband pties tho kis weeteiiiiig his tie pirturo, mid thu Miiilo which welcomes his loturn, 11H highly as when thoy wero be btowed by the blushing bride. Such might have been tho history of liimdiedaof suily, selfish old bachelors, and sour, snappish old maids, if they had only bo-en moro wio and less prudent. Such ntiulit have been thu history of hundreds of jarring couples, if, instead of waiting for a noontuio my ami gouieu ireigm, moy nun, with Euitnblo partners, huinoheil their barks 011 tho unknown sea of nintiimoiiy, in tho morning of life, with lovo for a cargo, nnd hoK) for n helm." Corrcstiotiilciicu of I lio Uinr-qua Weekly Oai'.tt". TIi Miiinrluw Itivr IlMrmiA Cirv, May lit, 18&. r.tlilnr of thr. lmp'un (imrllr : Dr.Ait Kin: Having recently visited tiio KiiiMilaw River, for tho tniriioiu of observ nut cloning if. I miiiiiiiig tlm geological matures of tho ml iitids where fur jm.,.nl country, j company with two others ing Its capacity ami resources, aim oi ex who wcro on a mineral explorntiou-J here w;,, Mu, yi, ,m rMUt 0f nllSrlMi reciiri' !,. nM,, ,l0 conil. ft(m ,u, rwiim . . Sinsrl.-iu-. n ill.lntirn of nlmut twenty I, ,,11 atJ ..omi,,,, t0 (jp0 ,.rjietu, ..i...... ...... ...ii... rllf,.r. A hnrd sand beach extends through the ,i 1 :....! i ...i i... V'... i.- ii fir, n iiihi.nif... irntii i in I triftMiin in inf.. t ...i r..i :.i.. "i.i 'It. i ihi-iiiv. iiiiiiriiiii'M. i.iikii lav iiiiii : I'll?. .aIIIIlVllli:il.lIIllli:iJIlHIUITillillTF.l.lA 1 IIU rent cnnxiuoraMntUf. same character is nrcservcil to the iiromoti lory, tho extremity of which forms Capo IVrpctun, which is a high mountain range extending inland, nml which, nt nnd near the cape, presents bold, rocky clifTs. The drifting sands thrown up by thu ocean ex tend for about hilf a mile inland, fur most of tho (lUt.-iuco ns wo pass north from the l.'mjiqun ; but near tho Siutclaw they ex tend inland some two or three miles. lit yoml this is a strip from half n milu to two miles in width, evidently of recent forma. ... ,, ...i. , . ..:, .,! v of roeent furnin. I ,! ,.;.i, ,,,.,.. ,,lflli .;i Pnvr,., uiiliL,.:.-..,! it... fif ,..,;. iln Cm.,, !u f.r fn..n.d lion, with poor, sandy foil, covered with Bme three or four miles inland, and from t ,1(, rjvl.rto ,l(l ,ll(,uni rango of tho Cape, II .l. a " - .1 t inctnnu tins, tlio cliaractcr oi tlio ntiu is iu.r. Hil)iar t0 ,iril of tIL. )(.st , ncnr .iho'rnoulh of tho IWiua. but the ground j, nol ,0 ,jy j kj1011i, j,ip ,,v t)l0 ap. ' ,H.nrnnc that thero is nearly nr'quitu as ,I1UC, wnt,.r j , , jlusclaw ns tho I'mii- .in n iliri.elinii iinrlb.uvtt: llin ntber fin tlm nun. i in. in f n inn n ixniiiiiiaiiiiii 111 limi !... i ,r..i hii-m i una on uiu ni 111 rriv ' ie.uii.1 i n . nor. , r iiiPki I w.ih (lMiirtia u.' mimr ir w -- --- i.nii. ,j,.. nn, :,. , .lircpi;,,,, nln.nt nutb.!.' r.' ..i... .1... i!.i. 1 1 .... -... : , . .... ...... ... .. ............. - .. - ... west. From npiK-arrtnces, I should judge that ordinary coasting vessels might easily imako an entrance. , While o the river wo stopped nt the principal Indian ranch, which is nbout five miles from its ... null., and made prepara- lions for a further examination up tho river, hav ng procured a ennoe, and engaged two Indians to take us up. Hut ns w were starting, a whalo was discovered, leisurely spouting himselfinto notice; nnd our canoe .. - I 1 1.. .L . I. ..I- ..1... I... was reipitreil liy tho Indians, who cntica wired to enpturo this specimen of ictbvolo gy, br shtioiiiig, lancing, nml otherwise mal-treating him, Heing hotly ptiri-ucd by some half-ilitzen canoes, his whaleship, to. tnllv tlifgtisted, led tho river. After these exercises were over, I was reluctantly obliged to abandon my enterprise of going up the river, as the rest of thu party wished , found gold in very fine scales, on both sides of tho river, in vnrious places, nm ,dso near tho caiM) ; but wo wero ett. :s(lc(i ,v our observations that there were m),03c', miiiesliere worth working; though , .irMUM. ,jKr,, y l0 ROj, iscovcred in ,1.., ..:;,.;... ,.f !, riv.r ilmt will mnkn nro. ,Ilajm, xvor;,;l)Kt m.ack sand exists in ins river inr gmiii oiu biiiiiiiu.iii mie uu to mako nu examination, 1 would recom mend him to examine the creeks mid ra vines from tho north, especially thoso ex tending in to tho mountain rango .referred toubovo; for the geologicnl formntion of this rango is very similar to that about tho lingua River on thu coast, where gold is abundant. I cannot close this communication with out noticing some natural curiosities of 1 .... . . .11 v n llllllTIl 1I1IITI-HI. llllHf.rVI-ll IIV 119. lll'tll V..II.U - .-.,-.. . . ,.,,.. W'"'-"1 " P.!,C W,'er 'TS ."' wniiimiiw -b " "'." ,"""'' ono hundred nnd fifty foot deep, by men a tt V i VI II IWI lilt, t I 1 HV tlUMUM vs aw uv.. surenient, thirty feet wido nt its mouth, tweuty.fivo feet wido nt its further extremi ty, thirty feot high at its mouth, and fifteen feet high near its extremity, consisting through its entire length of a low but per fectly turnod CJothio nrch. It requires stoatly nerves to ontor this cavern, which can only bo dono nt low water; for the nrch, which, although perfectly formed, is very low, nnd is composed of basalt nnd trap rock, apparently fragmentary, with n pressure of soino 0110 hundred r.utl fifty feet in depth of tho samo material, promisos anything but security to tho adventurer. Immense quantities of muscles covered tho rooks botweon high nnd low wnter. Two claws of Zoophitos, the anemone, ami ctnr.fish, of exceeding beauty, are found here, adhering to tho rocks. This was tlio lirat opportunity I had ever had of seeing tho anemone, or "animated flower," dedcribeil by naturalists. Thoy exist hero in great numbers, in clusters on tho rocks, between tides. They resemble beautiful double sot sun-flowers; their faces nro of a yellowish-green color, with a small bulb in tho centre, and five circular rows of point ed loaves, about ono inch loner, towards tho margin. Tho umnl sizo of thofo flowers Birrallyo, I hcv to do my slecpin In tho was about llirco or four-inches in dimneUts, isububs-afurosed.k Contid'rln that th wire I Thoy would contract on touching, mid fro-1 and konkorbines of tho Turks nro nllusklv ipiently closo u) entirely, appearing Jiko njeret! up in public, in as much muzlin ni bud. If n pebble was dropped on one, it would mako thred muskctor-nctj, witliou: would cause itt ccnlro bulb to project oul.nny slit in itxeept nt tho eyo?, besides boin like n head, and endeavor to crowd it off. j guarded nt nlto by Younlcks, I think tbli .j'I'hey wero growing firmly to thu rocks, iMirnutmies -r n doen or more in contact. . . . . , I HO Slnr-Iiall, AltllOUgll moro common on I . this coast, wero hero of tho most brilliant and beautiful colors I ever eaw. Sorno wero of tho brightest bluo ; sorno of n deli cate yellow; soino red, purple, nnd other colors. I contemplated thu wholo with pe culiar interest. Very respectfully, N. HCIIOLFinLD. Letter from n "Dlsimuded Ulltt.'CT." Vol- '!, W Vni.tr M.in,l.v Timn. I.n. r . from the field of war.il. however L.0od enough. Si'iiunus or Tin: Sunn JMME PlIitT, ) 'Jd, 1601. J 7'trnet : Jau llddyiurs nflhe Sunday Timet I lino a Iiiuder r .nut her Keareys chicken o.n when it blow s big guns. N 'T1. hd '? ISf ' nllus uii mid tlooin Cotifckwently r i- r... .!. i . .- , inr 11 liriHiiiiii iii.il siuii'iiL iiiuvii wiriiiiii'ii u,,,l np , n,,Ili-,inmnnlsi .n.l , ,fijlei; lmt con,ldl. n bed bin brung 'i' a? ,h. ""d' a"d if "." "? ul like iUsinn. without Iliblo sosities, otod Arcticid .abjee t. arm glow ha. l,Lu,.lil.un.,or or Slda . noowr8( and wat up for ,n.i "Now tur about nnd face tho wind; llc dppco -i,,1,,,. k'nowln whatlit ment, hat a change IhowMhoatmo.pheros no , , 10rt it would bo oney n fair shake for n v.n1- fl how P'""3'y tL "Id fno Mutkan cilizen t0Jgo , wWl lll0 Muz. ncklc, down your neck and rnrtrow ,. .,: j,,, Rujll,1b jMnu. t:'0rl,,.r.. I F!?cUc.t1. hew I a jacl -knife heretofore. , 1 i,r -hlli Ufl .iin 0iti ,h' .,. irnn. t"k ', r ';,.., ni,lw,r fm, M,.an. . .1 ! . . I ( ?Aiiatnnfinnfittnf nml lii.or I niti 1 On nrrivin, the Merican Consul intro- Ji , , 1 1 1 .t 1 ' was once causiiiiiiiec uii eiuii nui a nuoii uced 1110 to vi retched I'ashavv, tho Ciraud . . , - . ,- j-.i ,i, 1 Wisear, a vnller faced man, with a long mn? u.nd.noa nt onotu ne fr re.1 'lmt I Pipe in his mouth, who torked Turky to mo I w,uld hard1 8tli. b "S,""-!"' v..rv norlilnU-. ns I f:.rnt frnn, nT.-llnr ihor ... . ....-VP . - ...... - ..- ... "'J I cnlleil a ii r ilr.if'fimn. u in nut fhn livloHiifin a ' a ...... a ." inter tho .Merican langwidge. I told tlio . . -i 'a : . . . tlragmau to tell tho lied a nock down nnd months; that I wnsneti and wanted to git inter n free light ns soon ns possabul. This seemed to ticktil tho old l'ashaw ; for he gavo a sorter solum snigger, nnd offered mo his pipo, which, nrler wipin it on tho sieve of my cote, I tuck a pull nt, and then drunk his' hclth in some coffee, without n dn rued hootah of shugger 111 it, that was handed round by a molrmlito loukiu feller they culled tho Chofo of tho Younicks. I was then handed over to another yaller faced nentleiuan a Pnshaw with two tails,' the drnguian called l.im-wlio. nrter niakin a euros kinder bow to the Wisear, mo. tinned mo to fuller him out, witch I did Tho fust proposition of tho individyu! with two tails was. that 1 should become a .Muzzleman, witch, on larning tho prelimi nerry seremunnies, I rospeckfully deklined. 1'orn wilo lie argid thoccasovory earnestly throo tho drnguian, but fiuerly ho waved his pint, and 1 carrid mino my own way. Last week I received n loavetenant's coiiiniishun in a rillo regimont, witch will stnrt for tho Danoob sumtimo dooriu tho Feast of Ralaam a kinder relidgiotis jol lyfication that cums oil' in Martsh. At pro scut, tho it is tho Ramusun or Muzzleman fast horrid, I spose, from our Lent tho way the popilashuu is rejoicin ovor Homer Rashnw's victrios isunt slow, I toll you. Sevril hundred prisners hov cum in, princi pally Coarsehaoks. They sulk orfully, nnd nro continuity nxin for tram ilo nnd taller, witch, it appears is their fnvciito bovrngoto hum. In tlio confiicks so fur, tho follerers of tho profit hov met with no bevvy losses, wilo the llushin troops hov been signelly discomforted nnd chawed up. Sum say tho diflickulty will bo setlcd by tho ministers penitentiary of tha foro pow. ors; but I rnythor guess Mud and thunder will kerry tho day agin pollyticks and per- laverins, end nil tho disputed points will bo settled by tho point of tlm bngonot. Tho Turks hovin nn Idco that all tlio Cliristynns nro jiasshunatcly fond of wirn. men, (witch they nro and bein oncomfort nbly jellus, compel nil furrinera to lodgoin tho sububs of tlm nitty, at n plnco thoy call Pern, nnd tho I grub nt n placo called a enrnvnnsirrce, witch is tho lurkoy for tav crn, tito under tho walls of tho bultnn sittem of puttin strangers out to sleep Is an onnccetsary precaution. I shall probbly fuller up this lcttir with n description of Constantinopul, nnd tho manners nnd customs of Muzzlomcn and Muulowimmeu. Yours alius, A DfsnAXDCD YoLUKTSSB. A Walk In tlio Arctic Regions. Dr. Kane thus skttches a morning's walk in tho regions of ico : " Now lot uj start out upon n walk. clothed in well fashioned Arctic costume. Tho thermometer is, say 2." deg. , not low- cr, and the wind blowing n royal breero, but ! c3" tf1'-"1. eyelashes, nnd the downy pabotconco of tho oars, 1 nconire n deli- cato white, nnd perfectly enveloping covor of vencrnble hoar-frost. Tho mustache and under lip form pendulous beads of dangling ice. Put out your tongue, and it b b M , f nnd ( y ff d Bom0 , d bo ro ' nu red to liberate it. Tho less you talk tb a Cun becins to penetratO thrOUL'h tWO COSU of woollen mittens, with a sensation Jik Mot w.atcr- J.,ut w? h.nv0 "??? "PPO'S . . 1'Uo llob bawjrert apple, "unplensantljr warm" in the breeches pocket, has cliang. oil fi cntnMhinr. n i-nlil n irn nml hft ,V W BW...V-.... VW. .- . .. ..- as fire: mako your way back to tho ship! I 1.. .1 tl.. . tr .. !.t. m. f.l. I W" HCCOm pamcu me, iiou ... i.-i u W7T .TMIl I Itir in.1L lULIlir 'IC I1UII1U11(.'& aiUUIl .. I t i- lk !. !..! !.-- ..- i" ' " : " : nmnnn in crn pi nnnvs. I will tell what V oT'.bn I vClW fi like,' for I have been twice aught benumbing sensation of " can't let go, " ex tending up to your elbow joints I Depriro this of its paroxysmal character, subdue, but dilfuso it over tho system, and you haro tho so called pleasurable feelings of incipi ent freezing. It seems even to extend to your brain. Its inertia is augmented; overy thing about you seems of a ponderous sort; mid tho whole amount or ploasuro is in gratifying tho disposition to remain at rest, and spare yourself nu encounter with thess ' I latent resistance. This Is, I suppose, tho l!ient . A '-. ' "UPP". " Punniblo sleepiness of tlio story books. Hard Wokds. Vhen wo hear a profes sional man using "hard words" to thosa whom ho knows is ignorant of their mean, ing, wo may bo pretty suro ho is not n learned man, but a pretender. Truth is very simplo and plain, when it is discov ered; and tho most learned men tuo tho most simplo and plain languago to commu nicate their ideas. And quacks, for in stance, aro remarkable- for their iucompro hensihlo languago and expression. Vo liavo heard of ono of them, who told nn ig norant patient, that to relievo his disorder, lio must bo "phlebotomised." "Ah! doctor,' exclaimed tho despairing patient, "I havo tried that remedy for months, for my bed is full ofjlcas, but it does not auswer ! " Death or the Oldust Stkajidoat Man itfTitE West. Captain Itobison do Hart, tho pioneer steamboat man of tho' Westorn waters, diod nt his residence in Louisvillo on Sunday morning last, ngod 05 years. 1 ho Louisville Courier publish es a short biographical sketch of him. Ho commanded tho INew Orleans, a bpnt built nt Pittsburg in 1813, and made a trip tor New Orleans on her.