Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-10-31
From the Louisyiilc Journal.

When bow in wears
How the days were born Of pleasure,
How they winged away in leisure.
Full OF hopes and fears.
Once there lived being bolv
with mind of beauty solely,
And Ha,% Nh9 in; in autnnn ,st,, Ir.eGe died;
O'er the pale cheek as pondered F
Lonely at her side.
Like autumn leaf she faded
Like flower in April shaded
From the ght and breath,
Aud no heart was left to sorrow
Der her loss, mine. or borrow
Sadness from her death
And when summer time was ending,
And the autumn shades blending,
- With its closing hours,
She. the loYeliest of earth's creatures
With her jocllnd smiles and features,
Faded with the flowers.
Eospice ct st. Be1mart:.
The following interesting extract Of letter front
an intelligent officer of our Navy, now on a lour To
Europe, is published in the National nelligencer:
HospTcE OF THE GREAT ST. BERNARD
Switzerland, August 20, 1851.
| have commenced this letter from the
highest habtation in Europe eight thousand and two
feet above The level Of the came here yesterday
from Margny, about twenty five miles distant, the
greater part OF the route mule. The way to the
Pass is through beautiful valley. bounded by high
and precipltous mountains; the last five miles
rough and steep, bad road for a mule We
passed several glaciers and banks. Daring tie
first part OF the Journey suffered from heat but be
fore arriving at the Hospce the weather became cold
and chilled me through; was quite nnmbad and. as
you may suppose glad TO see good fire at the Hos
pice.
The road has been much improved in late years but
how Bonapare managed to transport his artillery
over this intricate pass. is now more than ever Won
der to me. 1t now appears to be almost impossible.
As we ascended, vegetation became scanty; scme
miles before reaching the summit of the pass it was
b eak, barren, and desolate. The building is on The
Ghest part Of the pass ana contains beds for seventy
or eighty persons. Several hundred have been shell
tered in a day The monks who devote Themselves
nobly TO this duty Of hospitality, priests OF he
order of st. Augustine; they commence young.--at
eighteen but from the severity of The clim I'd and
| the great exposure, they rarely remain longer than
fifteen years Seven Of their number staticu~
ed al the Hospice, and every day in winter they ira:
verse the pass accompanied by their dogs, to relieve
those who may have lost their way, who may have
been covered by the snow. Scarcely winter passes
without some traveller losing his life. Some years
ago three domestics of the Convent with two dogs,
while in search of travellers, overwhelmed by an
avalanche. In l845 monk and three domesicS per-
ished in the same way. Thousands the pass
annuay-n 1911 nineteen thousand The travellers
relieved and entertained without disncaa Of
| rank, country, or religion. They Che monks viii
not receive any compensation. The dogs DO not go
alone in search of Travellers but of great assist
ance in finding them and also the road, when LOST.
he dogs [llke their masterS) also short lived ami
never exceed nine years, owing to rheumatism men
and dogs both suffer from it. 1t is said hat the latter
can scent traveller neatly a m lie of. The winters
are very severe snow being heaped up forty feet. In
summer the least breeze makes it uncomoraby cod.
1t is now showing heavily and quite COLI real pine
weather, with some prospect of its lasting. Imagine
what it must be in winter! There are about itnty
visitors here amongst them five Protestant min<lefs
is the celebrated UreiIe DAublgne, another chap
lam in the navy; several ladies also here. shall
make an effort 10 descend in spite Of the storm.
Some of our readers may remember that novethe-
Dry of the structure of the Earth prQpounded
years ago by Capt. Symmes, and that it was ex-
planned ana advocated in this City ana elsewhere by
John N. Reynolds, Esq, who afterwards became a
prominent politician AMI lawyer here. The theory
was, that there was an opening in the earth at each
POLE and that vessels might sail through into the in
terror of the globe if they could pass the barrier
of ice by which it is surrounded The theory vas
known Sy'nmcs's Hole. and the designation was
quite generally applied 10 the inventor and the atvo-
cate of il. writer in the Montreal HeraH contends
that has been confirmed by the accounts of the AIc-
tic exploring expeditions and that Sr John Franklin
has probably got into the hole and can't get out! lie
quotes this statement from the accounts Of Capt PEN
ny's expedition:
ngton Channel, not very far from lis opening from Bar
rows Straits, Lut mast remarkable change OBJ
serUed as he passed to Northern latitude; tie
prhch he had left (ds is usual at His early season.
April and Mays firm and solid aroS here decayed and
unsafe and at last travellers upon 1rater, drift
c3od, Arctic animals and birdsthe latter in enor-
nous numbers. Here arere all Mesigns ofan inproved
climate"
! He makes The following comment:
IS do not know how il viii strike you, sir, hat 10
me, with whom the idea of openings al the poles has
been familiar for some thirty years, the information
communicated by Capt, Penny, is excngly curious.
Perhaps, after ali, Sir John Franklin has found This
opening! If there be such opening. it is quite pro.
babe that the strength of the into tie opening
may prevent return 10 sailing vessels: il would moi,
however, he obstacle to the of steamers How
important then it becomes that Capt. Pennys present
efforts 10 obtain steamer, and return 10 the open
wafer" and the ' improved climate" may be success.
ful.'-N. Y Daily Times
] DoNT WANT HER STocKINs DIRTIED-We lead a
good story OF a verdant youth and young girl. who
sat facing each other al the supper table of husky
/ party The youth, smten with the charms Of the
beautiful maid, only vented his passion in sly looks,
and then touching Paity's toe with his foot under
the table. At that time. there being no Boomers the
girl, either fearful of the purity of her stockins or
determined 10 make the youth express what he ap-
peared so warmly 10 feel, bore with his advances for
while in silence, when she cried out Look here
if you love me, say 50; but don't dirty my stock.
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