The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-23
FrOm the Nashville Union ] Robinson CFusee's Islaad.

| Who does not recollect the avidity with which,
 when G. boy, he first read the wonderful adventures ! of Rohinsen CFasos and his man Fridayf The charm which De Foe tnre&s nd the island of Juan FernandeE, the seal of the story, will render l that place aa object of interest fer all time. No
 boy ever laid down Robinson CTusoe. after readiRx
 it, without being willing to give his best jack knife for . sight of the romantic shores, the hills and dAles the streams and Ihs woods of the spot which
 had 90 vividly been pictured to his youthful ina
 rination. A correspondent O. the Rochester Ameri- can, while on a voyage 10 CaIifoTnii, stopped al this celebrated island, and writes Co the following effect of his disappointed expectations in viewing the veritable of juvenile and sFdent dreams
 |" With various luck We pursued our course until
 we reached the far famed lsand of Jean Ferns aex
 where we stopped for water. Think of that L. i; your brother has actually been lo the very place where Robinson Crnsoe lived. Bat, alas. for the romance connected with it, il is completely killed The island, as you approach Il. presents very picturesque view. seeming to be composed entirely of hills. most of them very sharp and eoaical. On coming very little bay is pereepible, which
 is remarkable affording anchorage for the largest vessels, within half eahie's length of shore AL though 1t was nearly night before wecoGld land, anxious were we 10 explore IL. that least hun dFed men started with guns and blankets, prepared to spend the night thereof cenrse l was one of them There we found four huts built of mud. and matched with straw. inhabited by about dszea men, women and children who derive subsistence from fish, (which very sbuad2st here. wild goats, and what they can get from the ships that atop ss we d4d for water.
 The whole arabic portion of the island iseomposed of that part lying on the bay, being about half mile in length by eighty rods in wiGtl; there is, however scarcely anything raised herr, not even potatoes enough for their use; got few peaches which grow wild here. and tiey tasted
 pretty well to us, though they would have been called poor things at hone. We were old by the residents that goats were plenty among the hills,
 but that it would take whole day to get to the spot, owing to the roughness of the way. aud we were obliged 10 give up the idea for of time few wild pigeons were shot, but they were few, and far between.' Bat the night s,eat there Horeado refsTeBs.l of tue iuoky (7l ones who obtained shelter in of the hats, in place Of bivouackng oa the hill side, as may of them did, and fortunate I thought myself us threw my
 self upon the inviting couch composed d goat skias piisd upon the ground.
 slept. for | was weary, but awoke t0 torture;
 the slunbers induced by fatigue had been 'oo heavy
 for to be conscious of their attacks bn myriads of feas had feas,ed upon my body. and in agony of itching, scratched and scratched and found no comfort. no alleyiasion in salt water bahing. no healing i'd Daley. The memory of that visit to Juan Fernandez is traced upon my body in char acters of fire Farewell the visions of my chisd- hood. In place of shady bowers and luscious tro-
 pcai fruits those filthy huts and Ssh half fried in goats taew. Where Crusoe wandered behold doilar-seeking, bue-nosed Nova Scotfn; his Fri day a dirs-encrust.d. whiskey -devouriag Chiian
 Devourrfs of human flesh, indeed. there are, re- morseess and unsatiabls; but against them no law be bent, force will avail-they lie in ambush in your blanket. and spring upon you from your mosquito bar. Anathelna. MarAnSthan