The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-10-23


phia SUM-
KNOWING BIRDS The Wernes re indie
fatigabe collectors Of rare specimens Of beas:s
and birds. Ii required ten csIBes TO carry their
baggage. How TO dispose Of their live stock on
their march comprised one Of their greatest
troubles.
OF birds there were a host--eagles, vultures,
king-cranes; a snake-kng secretary, with his
beautiful eagle head, long tail and heron legs;
strange varieties Of waterfowl, many OF which
had been shot, but had had the pellets extracted
and the wounds healed by the skill Of DIR. Verne
sand last, but most beloved, pet black horn
bird, who hoped up TO when called out
'yack"-whO picked up with his long curved
beak, the pieces Of meat that were thrown TO him,
tossed them into the mir and caught them again,
iwhereat the Prince Of Wuuembery laughed till
he held his sides,) because nature has provided
despise frogs and liZnFds, and who called rs ut
daybreak with his pcvsevering 'hum, hum until
we reused ourselves and answered Jack. a"
Their anxiety ON account Of their ayiary was re-
lieved by the Bsscha' q wife, who cOndescending-
~ offered to take charge Of it during their ab-
sence. Mehemet Ais daughter suffered dread
fully from ennui, in dull, unwholesome Charturn,
and reckoned on the birds and beasts as pastirne
and diversion. Thus, little by little, difficulties
were overcome. and all VAS made ready for the
march.
LANDscAPE NEAR ArBARA.-A g etch Of
the scenery ia the neighborhood Of this river is
given rs follows:
The campaign might now be said TO be begin
bing-at least the army was close upon tribes
whose disposition, il moi avowedIy hostile, was
very equiyocal, and the Bascha placed picket
Of forty men at the only ford over the Aiabara, a
clear stream Of toienbIe depth, and with lofty
banks, covered with rich grass, with mimosas and
lofty fruit-laden palm-trees.' The next day q
march was a severe one-ten hours without a
halt-and was attended, after nightfail, with
some danger, arising partly from the route lying
through trees with barbed thorns, strong enough
to tear the clothes off meas bodies and the eyes
out Of their heads, and partly from the Grove ding
me pressure IN the disselsrly csiamn daring 10
peosFess anunga holes and CHAINS occasi0nsd BY
De overaewing OF tho river. Upon halias. AZ
midsisht, Gre was lighted for the Baseha, asd
qss Of bin attendants brought coffee to NJ. Verne
bas he, sick and weary, rejected if, and would
have preferred, he says, 80 thoroughly exhausted
did he feel, a nkP under bush To a supper upon
q roasted angel. They were still ascending the
bank Of the Atbara, winding stream, with wild,
beautiful tree-fringed hunks, containing few fish,
but giving shelter, in its deep places, to the croco-
die and hippopotamus. From the clefis Of its
cline Of the waters, sprans lovely species Of
willow, with beautiful green foliage and white UNI
belliferous flowers. having perfume surprising
that Of iassemine. They would gladly have ex-
plorel the neighborhood; but the tremendous
neat, and warm wind which played round their
temples with sickenins effect, drove them into
camp.
SAM SLICK says. writing from England, car
ter all, they hant got no indgin corn here; they
cant raise it, nor punkin-pies, nor ounces, nor
peanuts, nor silk-worins, nor nothin'. Then as
to their farmin'-Lord only look at FIVE great
eIephant-lcekin' beasts in one plough, with one
lummokin' fellow to hold the handle. and anotl-
eE to carry the whip, and boy to lead, whose
boots have more iron on 'em than the horses huffs
have, all crawliu, as If they was s-goin' to fu-
neral. What sort Of way is tina, to do work:
1t makes mad to iook at 'em. If there is any
sirthly clumsy fashion Of dOin' thing, that's The
was they are always sure TO gin here. They are
benighted, obstinate. buI-headed people. the
English, that's fact, and always was."'
ATiMELY RESPONSE Everett, in the
course Of his remarks at :he festival on the Com
mon on Friday, aiud,ng to railroads, said with
emphasis, sit u unns cessary to pursue the sub
jsci, railroads speak for themselpes," At ihis
moment, the stenorian steam whistle Of the Provi-
dence cars, which were then Just entering the
depot, bleu a blast Tong aud loud and shrsl!--
''As if the 6ends from Heaven that fell
Had raised the banner-cry Of he'll
which startled the vast assemblage, and furnish
cd convincing and stunning proof Of the truth
Of the orators remark. 1t is hardly necessary te
say that the incident was greeted with uemeu.
dous cheers.-( Boston Journal
kiNG's BUsT OF WEBsTER.-This excel.
lent piece Of art, modelled from many siliinrs
and a gracious ard familiar intercourse permitted
70 Mr. King, by our great statesman. has JUS
beeu put in marble. 1t ia most characterize,
likeness; and Is worthy Of the subject and the
sris---at once uac Ia the life and the ideal
There il one point Of view not exactly profile
bat nearer . three-quaricr face--which present,
tho most lIfelike resemblance Of Mr.. Webs,e
shat we have ever seen. There he IL, the DER
soai6csto1 OF intellect and power and self posses
sion---of energy in repose. II must have been .
labor Of love 10 model the noble head Of Web
ster,--"the dome Of thought, the palace of IN,
SOU" and those manly TEXTURES, with an air O
thoughtful melancholy over them, upon which
time and care have been sculpturing Of late