New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-26
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4 Z Scforres Et ftr!-, fecC:fs tfie Gem Oi 'i'''e
/ aore Victims o thc. zeal ior discover II Arica:
| An intcTcsto- communication was received
! -r;n Il. i>ei,brre, tic companion 0: D.. Fc'it
no was devourcd by crocodGc whl'e crossing
| ne Me, 10 the west Of Abyssinia. H. LeieGTle
! res P.ee.ten: OF the Scientific CamHiisslon %
ciated hy me Goverarnec: n 1888 to explore
| >hrssiaia. This Cou1nssinn was composed oi
Doctors Petit ar3 ci.Ti:er-Dil!a7, who were
CHARGED wi,ii the Department Q; Ha:ural dlst7Iy,
| II Tienaui as Craftsman, and II. LeeoT!e ior
| Geozrphy.
| end Of 1888, and y. Iefe52re alone has returned
~ tis native couu,rr, after Witnessing the death
one By one, of his companions. This gentleman.
| after giving an account OF his journey through
Egypt and Arabia, and subsequently across the
vast plateau o! Abyssinia, every par; o when ne
explored, brnws hrs own valuable geograPhlcsi
notes. enriched with important observations IN
/ Netso.o'ccy, Magnetic Influence, &c and Inc
collections IN Natural History formed by Doc'o
! Petit and Quartler- Dllon, with Their manuscript
details and the Atlas drawn by VI. Nignard'
| To ,hese important resits he has acded much
! valuable infofnaton or The commerce ana naYi-
i cation Of the Red Sea, and the Religion, Morals,
! H.bis, &c OF the tribes OF Africa, and No
cabu!ary Of their language. In NJ Lecbv'e's
! nauer. which is drawn no with eGua! good taste
and ;eeliuq. he reoucsts The Academy of Science
To- 90 honor by some pubic record to the memory
or his ur fortunate colleagues, and we have no
! doubt that hi2 wish will 5c complied with Tor
what honor can be withheld from men 'rhn, IN
the flower Of youth, and from the love OF Science
and the desire to be u,eiul 10 their country sacn.
feed to them all considerations OF comfort, and
exposed themselves TO the almost certainty OF de-
struciion by climate or accident
"Sooehing of .he death Of Dr.. Petit, ii. Le-
febvre saws - Having left Dina, we crossed
country dec;mated by war and famine, and a
second time reached the Nile. Al the part at
which we arrived, the river flows over bed OF
primitive rocks, modified by volcanic acton.
| The rive, is narrow, and the Portuguese had
constructed bridge, which destroyed By
the Abyssinians. The river being vc:y deep, the
only mode Of passing over baggage is by means
Of ropes or lealheTn thongs, which are held on
each bank In t1s way VIC passed over our
| baggage. While this was doing, Dr.. Petit, con-
tr.ry to nv advice, and that OF the Abyssnans
who were with us, went lower down to place
where the river IS wider and more shallow, and
which serves as ford for the mules. Not know
ing how 10 swim:, he placed himself IN the water,
held on each side by Negro. He had almost
reached the opposite bank, and his servants had
when sudde,lly piercing cry struck on my car
ran to tie spot, bu, too late, fnLiDg only the
two Neqroee, .Yho informed me that the Doctor
had suddenly le, 90 bis hold, utteriDg the cry
that | had ilsgrd, and then ie,l into the water,
never aca "a aprea-. Not the fliSh;est doubt
could he ~ er.4.Did tnrt ne had beer, sciZed By
. crocodi'c We rsmeia9d Tor :. long time on
the s.ot, watching with anxiety end in the hore
=; les, o! rccoyefing the Ldy, Irt II van.
The s,,ti,n rcpi d only 20 orr slraining cycs 8
,xhib.ting i;o o.iluary can surface"
I,,rrR,aY PRorEHTY.-A wriier in the 6ostcn
Da.lY Ad1ciiiSer states that an extensive Is"
book publl.i,c. OF London, had lately r'Publlsh"d
N London some OF The works Of distinguished
American au,hor. OF course, he was uuder no
lcral obi. raiion 10 renunoralc The foreign author,
rom the sales. aud no understanding upon the
s.hjcc, had taken place between them. By the
as, steam PACKET, howeve., lie wrotc 70 the au-
thor stallns aE account ot the sales Ui the re-
prints, ard informing him that he had passed tn
tho authors credi. certain nuG'hc- OF pounds
sterling. 70. which nc desired the Latter 10 draw.
On tGj-, ,he writer remarks:
Tins liberal aud graceful act, performed in q
ssu;lemanIy spirit o. justice, ~herc 40 motives Q;
caaiiiy were I"q"Ted, wGs wotlny ui me di'tih-
ruishcd reputation OF the publisher Such inter
caurse between foreigners constitutes OF the
Grcst ornaments OF civilization and commerce, and
irails us To- appreciate more and more the a!'an-
,aees OF tha, rapid communication wilich is now es-
iabsling community Of filling md mutual re-
spect between mary persons connected Win !cra-
ture III England and America
We could wish, While the governments Of the
two countries arc unwilling to du justice to
thors, tha, such instances not of ltherality, bu,
of downright justice, were CT more f,cqncut oc-
currcnce. 1t is commonly supposed that, under
the present system Of book plun6cr, the advantages
axe ON the side of the Americans but this is not
the case. We have heard of several instances IN
which English booksellers have made independent
fortunes by the mere republication the works Of
American writers. Not long since, we read a
paragraph in an English paper which stated that
certain publisher had amused about one hun
cred thousand dollars from the sale Of the re-
prints OF the excellent little books of Mrs. Child,
of This city. This, we believe. is not the only
instance Of the kind that could be mentioned.
Evening Post.
ANOTHER Gl,Nr.-Ine Medical Journal gives
an account OF Nathan Lampman, who was born
at Cuxsackic, n. Y. and is now sixteen years OF
age, and stands seven feet one haIfinch in hight.
Dr.. Smith says, "he is great, tall, awkward.
good naiured, sixteen years old boy, whose chm
has never been smoothcd By a razor, and who
bids fair, being sllll actually growing, to reai
another foot. In the last year he positively de-
clarcs that he grew nine inches, 4, present his
weight is l9s pounds. The body is suited up by
PAIR Of the longest legs perhaps, on the Western
continent, whose base is pair Of feet fourteen
inches l.on heel 10 toe. Nathan is a sight worth
seeing. Should his life be spared, we may fully
expect that he will ultimately eclipse all the giants
OF modem times, for every thing is in his favor,
VIZ youth, health, good habits. and a dcsire to
ou,cfow al the descendants of Adam
SUICIDE ry H.sGlNG.-A few day ago, man,
a resicent of this city, went 10 Mr. Wcntwotth.
Foice Justice, and asked the privilege of bc;ag
sent to jeil as the only means o: avoiding the
and abusc OF intoxicating liquors, in which he
had long indulged to excess. After some hesita-
ton on the part of Justice Wentworth, his re-
..,... 40. .-.r,nI f,,r,;.hnG Mil, min;