The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-06

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tense aufHssipg. Thsy do nj SsoGl - ~ r.
moved>ff0m our owe prsaeat state - tn en-
hslmed mummy Of Egypt; By that exRnrf4.on
Of human. suffering, and by their epaet IN =,
there stiti seems soms LINK bekWeeH aexSr 6aaI
Hence perhaps our painful syupnthy mAtiat -
We gazs on the shsunksn farm tAsA hath kln
thousands cf years withia III Pysami1sx Al =
at last unswathcd before oar scrutjnixinx sxes,
we feel, between US and thee there Y no con-
Meeting link Toe live, and thy rsalal il death"
Aud it IL just because these mummiss Of Peru
do noi remind US OF death. that they produce "a
us the impression whish they do. + sre they
sit before ,us, inaaimatS and immosahis. Eet -.
sociatsd BY this attitude and aspect with AL TIE
phenomena OF life. III
um at Ratisbon--of which one il be body of
man, the other of fen ale-mny thus bs
described The knees are drawn up close 10
the body the arms are presscd sgainst the
ribs, and in each instance the right arm fnlls
between the bent knees the ground. The
body Of the man is of reddish copper color,
approaching to bro m that of the women Of
dirty brownsh yellow The nails OF the
fingers and toes are perfectly preserved, even
the hair Of both still remains, and that OF the
female is prettily braided, and at the end fas-
tened with knot The eyelids, too. are in a
good state of preservation. The heads Of both
are bent backwards, as if death had overtaken
them in their present posture and ~ II, too.
they had had to combat with exhaustion. The
mouth of the woman i open, giving to the
whole face an expression which tn kes It painfa!
to dwel upon one turns away from it ~ soon
M and 10. Id t<~ L.. HrU~
terrible suffering, IL depicted on that counte-
nance. and the last coavulsive efforts Of nature
are distinctly visible
DR.. Ried, the traveller, from whose letters tho
extracts above quoted have been taken, il by
birth Scotchman. While still young, be was
sent to the Scotch monastery at Ratisbon to
receive his education, and since, twenty years,
has traversed the world in all directions, meet
ing with the strangest adventures, and adding
greatly to our knowledge Of the country, and
the people of the interior of South America.
His present journey was undertaken in the
character of inspector-general of the military
hospitals in the free States of Bolivia; and it
was while proceeding thither that these letters,
dated from Lasana were written.
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The ARMY IN New MExIcO.-Col. Sumner,
of the lst United States infantry, 10 now max
ing short sojourn in our city, on his route to
Fort Leavenworth, and thence to Santa Fe, TO
take command Of the United States military
force in that department Without any author
itative information of the order of the War De-
partment, or Of Col. SIS plans, we huve reason
to hope that important and beneficial changes
will be made by him, in the location and etfi-
cheney OF the army, and its influence on the pros
perity, settlement, and security of that country.
Col Sumner, it is understood, will take out
with him six or seven hundred fresh recruits, to-
fill up the companies now in New Mexico. He
will also take out supply Of fresh horses for
the dragoon and artillery service; and we learn
that orders have been given to take out inl-
proved stock, bulls, cows, hogs, &c, and large
amount of seeds, grains, &c, &c..-with farm
ing implements, and appliances forirrigating and
otherwise developing the capacity Of the soil Of
New Mexico. a
We think it probable, from what we can hear,
that the headquarters Of the army, and the po-
sition Of the troops will be materially changed
upon his arrival. There are now in New Mex
leo twenty one companies of the different arms
of the service. The head quarters will be re-
moved from Santa Fe to Los Vcgos, or to some
point where the fertility of the soil will justify
the opening of large farm Sufficient troops
will be retained in SANTA Fe to protect that
place; other portions of the troops will be st::-
uOneu Oh Sucn parts OF tne IrOntler, ana IN SUCH
proximity to the Indians, as will afford the great
est facility to observe their movements and
chastise their 'predations-St. Louis Reyu6.
HoLD HIM IN--An editor out West acknowl-
edges the receipt of an her-a fourteen FOUNDER,
and boy Mt that. Somebody hold him-the
editor, not the baby. Hear how he splurges
IL am this day multiplied by two-I am du-
plicate--l am number one of an indefinite SERIES
and there is my continuation! And, you OBJ
serve, it is not block, nor blockhead, nor
painting, nor bust, nor fragment of anything.
however, beautiful; lut combination of ALL
the arts and sciences in one-paiting, sculp-.
ture, music-hear, hear him cry !-mineralogy,
mechanics--see him kick geography and the,
use of the globes; see him nurse and withal,
he is a perpetual motiOn--a time piece that will
never run down. and who wound him up!''
A FRENCH Work recently published, contains
an interesting account of the rage for gaining at
the Court of Louis XIV. Madame de Mon-
tespan was in the habit of losing $40 or
$4,000. She once bet 100000 on three.
cards and won. On one Christmas eve she lost
about 100000. courier, named Dargeau,,
had such knowledge of algebra, THAT he cacu'
lated the chances during the shutting of the,
cards, and often won enormous sums by it.
A LAWYERS ToAsT--Belonging, as he said,
to the profession which had the reputation Of
being fond of fees, he offered
Fee simple, and simple fee,
And all the fees in tail,
Are nothing when compared to thee,
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