The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1844-11-22
VOL. 9, No. Whole No. 427.

SCENES IN soUTn AMLRlcA.-L. 6. Pick. I
Ell, Esq. United States charge d'affaires at /
Lima, in letter to the National Institute. ]
remarks: Il have travelled FIVE DAYS at h
time among the Andes without seeing a hu.
man creature, except those with me. and !
along mot road) which, for the most part /
serpentzed over almost perpendicular preci. ,
pieces, or through forest literally impervi-
Gus, except by cutting ones way at every
step. Provision, luggage, and every thing.
were carried on mems backs, and my saddle !;
horse wasa stout mulatto, (part Iudianl whom
occasionally mounted when tired of walk
ling. felt at first decided repugnance TO
this sort of equita:ion, and could not think of
using fellow-being for beast Of burden;
but the necessity of the case and the Gus
tom of the country got the better of my scru-
lples, as they had of those gilmore conscien-
tious men, no doubt and as the billero, (chair
many as he was called told me it was his |
Occupation TO carry Christians over the |
mountains, and solicited the Job. struck
bargain with him, and the price was Ten dol |
lars through, riding about half the time
This quadruped biped if SO he may be called,
turned out TO be very sufefooted and trusty
animal, and carried me in perfect safety to
the end of the route. The modus eauitandi
lis this: instead of a saddle, a verv light
chair is used, which the chairman sings upon
his back, and the travellers face, when seat
ed in il, is TO the north, should he be going
10 the south, and vice versa. 1t is necessary
that, when mounted, he should keep himself
very accurately balanced, for there are many
places in passing which false step on the
part ofth billero might cause tumble down
a precipice, which would be fatal both TO the
rider and to the ridden.n
Contrast IN HUMAN L1FE.-We extract
the following from the s'WorId Of London. !"
in relation to that vast mart and heterogene-
Gus mass of high and low princes, peers and
naupers, it says :-"The World of London at
one and the same moment, presents to the
bewildered eye ten thousand varying shades
> and phases, that fit by turns over the passing
! seasons of human life. The roll Of the char
: lot that rattles proudly over the stones car
:, Irying high~born beauty to the petite SOiret
: or the exclusive bail, strikes al the same in
/. slant, upon the ear Of dying poverty, ans
! shakes the fragile walls of the wretcheC
:. habltation, where famine, disease, and ilsl
" herd in congenial neigobourhood together
: While in one place the glttering palace Vom
: its forth its crowd of squalid customers, east
= y to be recognized by the clayey. corpseliks
:, unearthly expression of their sunken coun
a itenances; at another pours forth from som,
!. humble chapel the sweetly softened accent
- of pfaise and thanksgiving offered up by tn
5s children of peace, to the glory of His name
= who mercifully sustains them and their littl
- ones in their Struggles with the armies of ST
- and death that surround them on every side
- even while, here assembled together the
be hymn their thankful notes of praise"
ng The spot where Genera! Montgomery fe
o. in assaulting the heights of Quebec has lee
to designated anew, as appears by letter fro
I'M Quebec in the Rochester Democrat, by
ed tablet. The letter says:
de Speaking of Quebec, allow me to sa
". that the feelings of the citizens of that al
an GENT city towards Americans are LIBERAL
rer They will do all in their power to contribu
The to your comfort and pleasure while there
his There are many places of interest 10 Wis
"reminiscences of history will constantly
!, pre- -ented to you. One thing more which
the record with pleasure TO their credit: Ii
MI week tablet was placed on the neck Of Ca
sed Diamond, near the spot where our gala
IN Montgomery fell, with his two aids, Maj
cut Mcpherson and Cheesman, in their alta
OOO upon Quebec, by the American forces, in |
und winter of 1876. 1t is raised fifty fl
rec high, and bears the following inscription: