Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-02

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On Silly summer nights from starlit skles.
Her cheeks are tinted with Inc b~Iushlng dyes
which lfeayen-so wisely bountiful-be.
In virgin freshness on the modest roae.
When, worn and sad, | seek the spot whetf
lies
Ny lovely all-tfai %infan'a budding clarms
As she disports within my loved ot.j's aftns,
Dispel my sadness, and her winning wiIes
And rrowibe shet1ts provoke nn'yittlpg %stniies,
TIL every care i& from my soul beguiied;--
Blestis The pnan who loves a little child!
Ph de1p', il, April IL, ls4,.
Expt6RleG ExtFpiTioN-Tbe Il, s.. cor.
vote Vtncennes, flag ship ii the Exploring
Expedition, arrived at New YGrk on he i0fii
inse, from a cruise 81 nearly four years-off-
Gers and crew all well.
The Viucennes left Manila on the 2lst Of
January, Singapore On The 25tI, of February.
Cape Town on the 18th Of April, and st. lie
lena on the Cd Of May.
The y. 4. briggs Torpoise and Oregon sailed
from 81. Helena On tic Oath Of April for New
York, via RIO De Ianeiro, and may be EXPECT
cd about the ooh of June.
Among the Cilrinsities il, or rather uas, q
chiet 81 the Fciec IslaudF, a caWpIbal, who
killed a lot Of A u1efirara ana cat them in 1884.
lie died directly after reaching New York.
During the time The expedition has been
absent. the different vessels have sailed about
four hundred thousand miles. II has tho.
roughly executed every part Of The duties coil-
h3ed TO il by The government.
Seaeral Of the principal groups ard islands
III The Pacific Ocean have been visited. eg.
atnined and surveyed; q friendly intercourse
and protective commercial regulations eFtab-
lithea with the chiefs and natives agrees.
slous on our ~eitizeBs and commerce redrefsed.
and a justly mefiled punishment mee'ed out
~ some tlagraHt fasee Of unprogoked and cold
| b!toded murder.
The discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean
(Antarctic continent~~observafinns for fixing
tie Southern Magnetic pole, &c.) precedrd
those Of The French and English expeditions.
The Expedition, during lis absence, have
also examined and surveyed 4 large portion d
the Oregon Territory, a part Of Upper Califor4
MIA. including the Columbia and Sacramento
| rivers, with their various tributaries. Seve-
raj exploring parties from The squadron have
explored, examined and fixed thoge portions
Of the Oregon Territory least knowns A map
OF the territory, embracing It's rivers, sounds,
harbors, coasts fofts, &c, has been prepared,
which WIZ furnish the government with a
mass Ut valuable information relative 10 our
possessions on the Northwest Coast and the
whole of Oregon.
Charts of all the surveys have been made,
W.T., views and sketches Of teadlauds, towns
Or villages, &c, with descriptions Of al that
appeFtaias TO the localities, productions, Ian.
ggage, custoHg and manners.
AT sotae Ut the islands, this duty has been
attended with much labor, exposure and risk
Of ttfe-~thc ffeachercus character Of the ma
tlvcs rendering II absolutely necessary that
the officers and men should be armed while
On duty, and at all times prepared against
their p1tirdorous attacks. I'm several ecea-
| slorts boats have been absent from the difTe-
rent vessels Of the afnadrof on surveying du-
~ Che greater portion OF which has been per-
formed III boats1 among islands. reefs, &c, for
4 period OF ten. twenty and thirty days 1T oDe
Tune on one 81 these occasions two Of the Of
bcers were killed atthe Feiee group, while
defending their boats crew from an attack by
the natives.
Several islands moi laid down in the charts
have been discovered, on one Of which the pa-
tfves offered u orHhip, evidently believing that
their sis'ierG aaJ come from the sun.
GALvAstsH -Fihy-onc years ago an Itai.
ian priest, t~ialvanf, preparing some frogs for
his frugal meal, observed AZ doubtless many
thousands had observed before, that Inc rfssa-
cies of the animals q~uiyercd as the nerves
connected with them happened to be touched
by the metai,c substance. He lived In an
age Of chemical and electrical discovery, and
he traced hysuceessiyc experiments the prin-
ciPle OF a phenomenon, for which, simple and
indifferent as il seemed, he ceuld rot account
by any law Of nature. The investigation led
tothe development Of thai atnazinr power
which, from the name Of it's d.ecoyerer, IL
called galpanic electricity--a power which
IN the hands OF Sir Humpiry Isavy, anaIyzed
substances thought simple into previously un-
known naetas which within fifty wears has
snppliedteleEraprs between places, s~uperce-
ded steam IN more numerous instances . Sill
perceded the printers, engrager's and scslp-
tors labor whilst the least honorable Of i,s
trlumphs enables the ~enginoe. at y safe dis
tance-distance IF miles If necessary-,A
spring mines, or eaabIes him as in the case
OF The Royal Geogc, to violate the peace Of
the great dep HIth adous Explosions,
himself remaining all the time in ~perf4ct Sc
curity. The hast Of the achievements af This
naIghtg pGeef is 80 wonderful, that though a
little beypnd cur present purpose. We cannot
forego The opportunity Of mentioning il for the
qualification Of o far readers. 1t IL electro
type painting. n drawing ls made. no matter
he" simple-no matter how complicated : the
task OF copying and perpetuating it is the
saTae to The marvellous agent employed and
from his drawing alone. without any recourse
to etching ground or turin, a perfect copper
plate Is obtained in a few hours at the cost OF
a fe" ~shliilngs--a copper plate, if we NAV so
say, COPIED by the bana Of nature, certainly by
a natural operation, and therefore more eyaui.
sitely faithful to The original than the most &C.
conplished ARTIST coaid execute.
'DEM,s 'EM.-A pjous old negro while say
ing grace q the table not only used to ask a
blessing On all he mad upon his board, bat
would also petition to have sone deficient dish
supplied. Dnc day it was known that Cato
vas out OF potatoes, and suspecting he would
prag for the same at dinner, a war provided
himself with a small measure of the aggefn.
btes, and stole under the window. near which
stood the table Of our colored christias. Soon
Cato drew-up a chair and commenced 20,
massa Lord God. viii dow in DIV proyIdent
kindness condcscend to bress ehefv ting be-
| fore US and if persistent vii dine holy will,
ne please to stow upon us list a few taters-
and all de praise - Here the potatoes
were dashed upon the table. breaking plates
and upsetting the mustard pot Denis 'em,
rnassa Lord! said Cato looking up with sur
prise, 'only jist lutF 'em down IeetIe easier
next time!'
PrNsfSe-A person. named Owen Moore,