The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-19
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Nav Yon1, April II, lsiS.


Nav YoKx, April IL, ioiS.
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The packeIship Columbus commanded by GEORGE
Colr Esq arrived at this port last night from Liver
poo and has brought London and other English and
European dates down fourteen days later than
those which had formerly come to hand. do not
find in the papers any Intelligence Of very great
sequence and for such extracts as you may be dis
posed to make, refer you to the morning papers,
slips, and extras.
The lais comet which, by the way, do not be-
leye was any comet +" at ALL at ALL" had been seen
in England, and Sir >. +. w. Henchell--I believe he
1, baronet-had addressed letter to the editor Of
the London Times, from Collingwood, in relation to
the 4" my sterious stranger" The Baronet was no,
little puzzled to make out the exact paternity lin
cage and cognomen Of the stranger but Inclined
like Dogberry, to "write it down." not, indeed, as
an assn but a comet. The dissertations Of astro
nomers about things of the exact nature of which
they confess themselves 10 be ignorant, and about
which they guess" are about instructive the
astrological deductions Of Parson Miller.
at London but it did not bring any important ntelli-
gence. Upwards of c. 600 900 in specie had arrived
in England, from China, being portion Of the tri-
butte, or ransom money extorted from his Imperial
Majesty of the Celestial Empire--it being portion
of the first and second instalments
Cant. Cole, of the Columbus, wish to commend 10
YOU and your readers as Of the most accomplish
ed and hardy and noble seamen of the times lie
has twice distinguished himself superior nautical
commander; once by saving his ship in Doodle bay,
when some fifty other vessels were wrecked, among
them the packet Pennsylvania and on second &C.
cason by riding out the furious gale Of March 1884,
near the Georges in the midst of which the Inflated
steamship PI resident foundered. Capt. Cole saw the
President few hours before she went down. and, it
will be recoected, made report Of her to the Bri-
fish Consul. He is a young man, Yankee lad, ;"
and By dnt of his own industry, perseverance, and
good conduct, has risen from the forecastle to the
command of one of the largest and most splendid
packetships Of the age
Mr. Rufus WEIGH, the equestrian manager, sails
from New York in the course of few weeks for
Leghorn. He will, with his troupe, coast up the Me-
dterranean visit Cairo and crossing the sthmus Of
Suez descend the Red Sea, visit Western and East
ern India, and push his way to China, and ere the
lapse of eighteen months exhibit American Eques-
ran Troupe to his Majesty of the Celestial Empire
at the Royal Chon Chon Amphitheatre of Pekin
This may sound quixotic and extravagant to those
who are not acquainted with Yankee enterprise, and
the scheme may be deemed absurd and extravagant
by many. Be this as it may, will be carried into
execution if life and health be spared and my word
for it, Mr.. Rufus Welch will not attempt scheme
and abandon it.
There no end TO the enterprise of these Yankees
gentleman who sits within few feet Of me, is
about embarkng for the interior Of Africa, in lion
hunting expedition. He sails from this point to the
Cape Of Good Hope, and from thence goes into the
interior on foot. He has been engaged in this BUSH
many years, and has traversed almost all over
Africa. He has made handsome fortune by the
business and had made up his mind TO retire, when
he received call from the British Government to
head an expedition to supply the Royal managerie.
Another Yankee adventurer, Capt. Adams, OF
Stonngton, is here. This gentleman has spent three
four years in Southern Patagonia, the Sraiis Of
Magellan and the Island Of Terra del Fuego. He spent
one winter on Hermit Islasd the Island which makes
Cape Horn, and has furnished most interesting
sketch Of that cold and inhosPitabe region. He con-
firms the statements Of Sir Francis Drake, Sir John
Hawkins, Magellan and others, that the natives Of
those wild and rugged outposts of the earth, notwh-
standing the severity Of the climate, in the midst Of
an almost antarctic winter, have other clothing
than small piece of seaI skin, hanging from the
shoulders the middle Of the back. All the res, Of
the person is in state of exact nudity.
Capt. Adams will return to Tora del Eiego and
his enterprise should be most literally rewarded
lie states that party Of Moravian Missionaries
made their appearance in the Straits Of Magellan
not many years ago. and every one Of them ,ell VIC
Tins TO the severity of the climate and famine.
Yours, &c, A. 5. III.