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The Poisoned Valley.

A singular discovery has lately been
made near Batten, in Java, of a poisoned
valley. Mr.. Alexander London visited il
last July, and we extract a paragraph
from communication on the subject ad.
dressed by him to the Royal Geograph.
ical Society:
1t is known by the name of Guevo Upas
or poisoned Valley; and following a
path which had been made for the pur
pose, the party shortly reached it with a
couple of dogs and fowls, for the purpose
of making experiments. On arriving at
the mountains the party dismounted and
scrambled up the side Of hill. a dis.
tance Of quarter of mile, with the as.
sistance of the branches of trees and pro-
jecting roots. When d few yards from
the valley, strong, nauseous and Suffo.
cati 6 smell was experienced; but on
approaching the margin this inconven.
ience was no longer found. The valley
is about halt a mile in circumference, OF
an oval shape. and about thirty feet in
depth. The bottom OF it appears to be
flat, without any vegitation. and few
large stones scattered here and there
Skeletons Of human beings, tigers, deer,
and all sorts Of birds and wild animals lay
about in proIusion. The ground on which
they lay at the bottom OF the valley ap.
peared TO be hard, sandy substance,
and no vapor was perceived. The sides
were covered with vegitation. 1t was
proposed TO enter it, and each of the party
having lit cigar, managed to get within
twenty ieet Of the bottom, where a sick.
ening, nauseous smell was experienced
without any difficulty Of breathing. A
dog was now fastened to the end OF a
bamboo and thrust TO the bottom of the
valley. while some of the party with their
watches in their hands observed the Ell.
fects. AT the expiration Of fourteen sec.
onds the dog fell of his legs, without mo.
wing OF looking around, and confined alive
only eighteen minutes, The other dog
now left the party and went to his com.
panion; on reaching him he was observed
to stand quiet mohonless, and at the end
OF ten seconds fell down he never moved
his limbs after, and lived only eleven
minutes. A fowl was now thrown in
which died in minute and quarter;
and another, which was thown' in after il
died, in the space of minute and half.
A heavy shower Of rain fell during the
time that these experiments were going
forward, which from the interesting ma.
lure of the experiments, was quite disre.
garded. On the opposite side Of the val.
ley to that which was visited, lay human
skeleton, the hand resting on the right
arm. The effect Of the weather had
bleached the bones as white as ivory
This was probably the remains of some
wretched reble, hunted towards the val.
ley. and taking shelter, unconscious Of
its character.
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who Knocked at his pain, and exulted in
his wretchedness; she hurled beasts and
vermin against him, that had never been
linned by The most distorted fancy; she
breathed upon him with sulphurous flame,
and caused him 10 hear the discordant
sounds that resound through the dark
arches Of Hades. He raved. he clenched
his hands in nameless misery he pour.
ed forth volleys Of mad blasphemy. The
hell Of fools was already in his bosom he
suffered, and by sympathy we suffered
with him. My dear Alonzo, the memory
Of that season Of sorrow can never be ful.
ly efaced; il is remembrance which
will haunt me 10 the very confines of
death. But, ] will hasten to tho end Of
this mourniul story. We loved him, and
we saved him. Great was our love, and
great was our reward, By the mos, as.
siduous stteDtons that were ever lavished
upon a human being, he was snatched
from the jaws Of destruction. His con.
St!tution at length rallied sanity once
more visited his soul, and reason enthron.
ed herself in his brain. His GONZALES.
cence was slow and long, and gave him
time TO reflect; and during that period
we brought all the influences of kindness
TO bear upon him. He reformed; in pro.
cess OF time the vigor Of manhood return.
ed; the debased and insulted divinity
arose within him and asserted its dignity.
He wept at the remembrance OF his for.
mer baseness; he rejoiced in his saliva.
lion, and is. at present, as you are aware,
happy in the love of his fair wife and boy.
He has abjured the social glass forever;
he will drink no more Of The intoxicating
cup with old friends; : he has seen the
folly Of moderate drinking. Temperance
in foods and drinks, and manhood in eve.
rything, is now his motto"
Mrs. Ackerman ceased speaking, and
her husband made no response. She
glanced towards the spot where he was
sitting; he had bowed his face upon his
hands. and tears were ,rickling through
his fingers. In little time he arose.
caught his wiie's hand, and pressed it to
his lips; his resolution was formed; the
words ofetruth had reached his soul !;
AloDzo Ackerman never drank another
social glass.
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SENSIBLE REMARKs.-The Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, in his remarks at the An
hivetsart ofthe Five Points Mission, said:
"When Christ went where there were sick,
he heald them where there was actual want
he created bread, and came down to their
physical condition, Take the gospel TO
the miserable outGasts of our city, and
no man can preach 1t unless he does more.
1t is as though he made mark in the
sand, and the first tide washes ii away.
Preach the gospel; and the hunger of the
man makes him forget it. There is a
great deal more Gospel in a loaf Of bread
sometimes, than in an old dry sermon
If 60 to man; and bring him in his
want ever so much philosophy, he will not
hear it; if l come down to him and bring
him bread, and clothes, and medicine.
this will give him correct idea of the
gospel-One which he can appreciate and
understand"
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AEennnIe AdYenIure.

A correspondent of the New York Tri.
bune, writing from Treverse Des Sioux
Minnesota gives an account of the ad-
ventures Of young woman who sought
employment in that new country. She
could command, as a woman about four
dollars month, while men were getting
from twenty to forty. An expedition was
fitting out for the pineres 10 cut logs to be
RATED down the river in the spring. She
dotted her female apperal, cut her hair
and donned the male habiliments, and
proceeded to offer herselfas cook for one
Of the gangs. This was after much
thought about the danger of exposure TO
health and virtue; but she could get no
means oiliving in her true character She
was hired as a young man, at thirty dollars
a month, TO cook. She proceeded to the
pineries to cut her wood and cook for
some fifteen hands. They had one huge
bed in which all slept, never taking off
their clothes, and seldom their coarse
flannel garments-all the better for her
and all butthe cook engaged daily in cut.
ting pine logs. She could do the cooking
and the household duties, drawing wat
Everything but chopping wood--with.
out danger of detection. The chopping
she conlriveG 10 do after the men had left
the cabin. The young cook became a
general lavorite. and each gang Of hands
wished they had that cooks place. One
day one oflhe men saw the cook chopping
wood, and Immediately said that's a
womaD." 1t began to be rumored about.
which the cook hearing, she demanded
her wages--six weeks, at thirty dollars a
month-and returned TO the settlement,
having earned nearly as much in male
attire, in six weeks, as she would have
received in somebody's kitchen in ST.
Paul's for whole year. Surely there is
a virtue in pantaloons.
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NUMBER 18.
stir YourseIf.

IT is sometimes said that "a patient
waiter is no looser, bul we think This rule
has at least one exception. We have
seen smart young men walk round week
after week, with cigar in their mouth
waiting for business. and we have known
such TO loos good chances for business
which would have fallen into their hands
ifthey bad looked Il up or even gone out
10 meet 1t half way. Some men expect to
get their dishes filed with porridge wheih.
er they hold them right side up or hot
But such persons generally are obliged TO
go hungry. There are some things that
are pretty sure to come unbidden'--
such as rags, dirt, poverty, disgrace. dis:
ease end death; but business, money,
respectability and happiness, need little
coaxing, at least some inviting. And he
who would prosper in the world n ust not
post himself at the corner of the street;
and wait for prosperity 10 come along
and arrest him as perhaps the constable
ought 10; but be must pull on his best
boots. and give chase 10 it. In that way
he will soon oyertske it. But a lazy;
Ioafng waiter will be as far from attain.
ing The object Of his desire. as blackleg
is from being an honest man. Whoever
wants money tnhst dig for ii as the Cali
fornians do. And whoever wants bust:
ness must stir h;mselflo obtain it.
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A JOURNEY ROUND The WORLD
The papers tells US that Swedish frig.
ale arrived at Plymouth, England, few
weeks since, from voyage round the
world.-She sailed from Sweden in Oclo.
Der, 1851, and having touched at Rio
Janiro and La Plate, passed through the
Straits Of Magellan in February, 1852.
Sailing circuitously through the Pacific,
she visited Galapagos, Panama. the
Sandwich Islands, Otaheite, San Fran.
cisco, the Friendly Islands, and Sidney.
She was then steering towards the Indian
Ocean. Leaving Australia. she directed
her course TO the Carolnas, the Ladrones.
Banion. Manila, Singapore Batavia, and
the Maurilus, On the goth April, 1853,
she reached the Cape Of Good Hope
Having sailed thence, she..stretched away
to st Helena. On the 4lh of enay she
took her departure from the island and
reached Plymouth on the 10th Of June.
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HATE BABIEs.-When you find man
that hates babies, you will be quite safe ia
hating him. No one that does not de.
serve to be stunned or dSiked, ever
shows an antipathy TO babies. What!
hate little creature with a cotton.ball
head, that can only manifest its Joy by
smiles, kicks, and an inarticulate gurgle,
that, in anguish, cannot tell the seat Of its
pain, but must endure martyrdom while
you are guessing out the source ofits ago.
nies-that has the holiest of all claims on
human sympathies-utter helplessness,
utter dependence What! hate the thing
which you yourself were, and from which
you would never have grown to mans es
tate if your parents had been like you, a
baby.hater Fie on it!
Even dogs love babies. and will suffer
them 10 beslrde them, pull their ears, and
buffil them by the hour, without respond.
ing to their annoyance with even growl.
Mothers, if you happen TO know any male
biped that dislikes the species in its in.
fancy, don't if you can help it. suffer him
to marry one Of your female friends or &C.
quaintances. Be sure he will make
sour, morose, icy.hearted husband.
But what shall be said of baby.hating
womenl We have known some of that
ones, that had babies and
did hate them, and, as we verify believe.
would have gladly put them to bed 'or the
last time. where they would require nei.
ther rocking nor paragoric-under the
sod.-N Y. Sunday Times.
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Advice TO Some Ladies.

A sco!ding wife is one of the miseries
of mans life. A man with such an ap.
pendage to his domestic establishment is
no very enviable one. We have heard
Of poor gentleman, whose life was rem.
dered so miserable by through ierma.
giant, that he was obliged TO abandon his
home. The lady soon discovered that
she had made mistake, aud with tears
implored the assistance of a mutual friend,
who promised to use her utmost efforts to
bring about reconciliation. "Your hus.
band " said she, twill wait upon you this
afternoon. When you hear his knock at
the door, fill your mouth with water, and
let him say or do what he will, be sure you
do not swallow it," The wife obeyed the
injunction, and when the husband found
that all his reproaches were answered
only by gentle smile, or a graceful in.
clination Of the head, he owned the inhu.
ence OF those silent charms which had
previously won his heart. The lady had
sufficient discretion 10 persevere in the
use of this salutary regimen till bliss ban.
ished wrangling, and happiness was re.
stored in their domestic establishment.
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LACK OF CONVERSATIONAL PoREa -
Spent part Of an hour in company with a
handsome young woman and friendly
little cat. The young woman was igno:
rant and unsocisl. | felt as il | could
more easily make society of the cat.
was mortified and surprised at this feeling
when | noticed it. 1t does, however.
seem 10 be law of rsture. at least Of
mine, that unless our intercourse " ith
human being can be IF certain order.
we had rather play awhile with an inferi.
or animal. Similar TO this is the expedi-
ent one has often had resourse 10 Of talk:
ing large quantity Of mixed sense and
nonsense 10 a little child, TO even an in.
sensible infant, perhaps, from finding the
toll or the impossibity of holding any
rational intercourse with the parenis.-=
Fortunately, in this case, The parents are
often as much pleased as if one were
talking TO them all the whiIe.-John Eos.
teF.
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NapIes nnd Pnestnns.

am pleasantly situated IN my Hotel al
Naples. The Bay breaks in pillows not a
hundred yards off, and the sound oi the surf
is the first thing hear in the morning,
and the last at night my balcony opens
on the ocean, public garden, walk and
drive and the whole nobility and aristc-
cracy Of the city roll by in their splendid
equipages. From 6 TO 0 in the evening,
the broad Struda Is filed with their caria-
ges, and the scene is but little less gay than
that of Hyde Park.
Leaving Naples, ! paid visit to the
ancient city Of Paestum some SO or so
miles distant. Its origin is buried so deep
IN the gloom of antiquity, that the arm Of
tradition cannot reach it. Three noble
temples, crumbling wall and gate way,
and scattered fragments, attest its former
greatness, and eternity has almost elaps-
ed since those Temples were erecled.-
But there they stand, in grandeur, and
solitude, mementoes of days so distant,
the mind of man refuses the computation.
They were reared in pride, but l have seen
the ravens on their arches, and the green
lizards crawling up their columns. We
feel how mortal we are beside those re-
llcks OF former ages our three score
years and ten, are but as handful of min
utes, andspur variety and conceit, if any
we have, are rebuked in their presence.
The Temples are there, but where the
hands, that constructed them? Where ?
| spent five most interesting hours in this
silentcity, builtwhen the earth was young,
and standing within the shadows of thirty
centuries, | endeavored but in vain, to
connect the persent with the past, so,
giving it up in despair, l straddled fall
len pillar, and dined amidst the ruins of
three thousand years, drank a bottle Of
wine to the memory of my "illustrious
predecessors" lit cigar and left, con-
vinced there was no speculation in corner
lots at Paestum. G. NEAvE.
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AGREEMENT AND DIFFERENC-Senti.
ments join man to man, opinions divide
them. The former are elementary and
concentrate, the latter are composite and
scatter. The friendships of youth are
founded on sentiment; the dissensions Of
age result from opionion. ii We could
know this at an early age, if, in forming
our own mode Of thought, we could ac'
quire liberal view of that of others. and
even of those that are opposed TO ours ;
we should then be more tolerant, and en-.
deavor to reupite by sentiment. what
opinion divided and dispersed.--GOethe' $
Opinions.
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MAINE LAW JOKE The New York
Tribune has correspondent who tells a
capital story Of the Maine Law operation
in Vermont. The agent was cute one
Hear about him:
And it is amusing to listen to the sto.
ries and witness the ingenuity Of hun.
dreds who come alter liquor, but who &c
away with thirsty stomaches and empty
bottles. As general rule when stran.
gers call the agent requires a certificate
from physician.
Mr.. d. wish you would put pint oI
your best brandy said a well dressed
young man placing the bottle on the
counter and some camphor beside it. u
want il 10 mix with this camphor. The
doctor thinks it would be good for me as
I'm out ofhealth this SPRING
Certainly replied the agent. while an
arch smile was playing over his mouth.
The liquor was drawn out and put into
the bottle. The agent is polite man,
and thought he would save abe young
gentleman the trouble Of mixing the cam
phor withit by doing ii hm' elf. lie very
politely and kindly pulverized the gum
and put il into the bottle. while the young
gentleman silently looks on with a face
very much elongated.
There !'continued the agent, this is
fourth proof brandy. and will soon CHI,
the camphor.'
The young man paid half dollar for
the brand y, put the bottle in his pocket
and silently walked cut cursing in his
heart the kindess of the agent. The
thing was done up so smoothly and kind.
ly that the thirsty young man could not
say word, but his face looked unutera.
BILE things
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NOVELS AS a PART OF EDUCATION. =
Sentiment is portion in true reality all
without il is dross and coput mortuum.
Let not your child, say the would be wise
educationists. read works OF fiction they
enervate they unfit them for life 's,reallties.
You and |, Eusebius, deny it in foto.---
They Fl, them for everything; they feed
the heart with noble sentiment they show
that there are things, ideal or not, worth
all fortitude. They thus strengthen. not
enervatc, excepting by base abuse and
high responsibility is theirs who have
the commanding gift and do abuse il, Bot
il is coward's partto argue from the
buse.--Biackrood's Mdga.iae.
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A Hearfh.TraRedY.

There is natural communicativenes
about women's emotions which mems dc
not possess. A happy woman imPercep
tibly difuses her happiness ALA round
her; she has an influence that is some
thing akin 10 the influence Of sunsbiny
day. So. again, The melancholy of q
melancholy woman is invariably. though
silently, infectious; and Mrs. Sherwln
was one Of this latter order. Her pale,
sicklY, moist.looking skin; her large,
mild watery. light. blue eyes the restless.
Vigilant timidity OF her expression the
mixture of useless hesitation and nervous,
involuntary rapidity in every one Of her
actions, all furnished the same significant
betrayal Of lite Of incesssnt fear and
restraint; Of disposition lull Of modest
generosilies and meek sympathies, which
had been crushed down past rousing to
self. assertion, past ever seeing The light.
There, in that mild, wan face of her's-in
those painful startings and hurryings
when she moved; in that lremulous, faint
utter nee when she spoke-there, | could
see one of those ghastly heart tragedies
laid open before me, which are not TO be
written, but which are acted and re.acted.
scene by scene, and year by year. in the
secret theatre of home; tragedies which
are ever shadowed, darkly and more
darklyye by the slow falling OF the black
curtain, that drops lower and lower every
day-lhat drops, TO hide all at last, from
the hand o. Death.-C0iin's Basil.
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The PATHS TO GREATNESS There are
but two ways which lead 10 great aims and
achievements--energy and perseverance.
Energy is a rare gilt,--it Provokes oppo.
sition, hatred. and reaction. But perse
verence lies within the affordings of every
one, its power increases with its progress,
and it is but rarely that il misses its aim.
Where perseverance is out of the ques.
ton, where canhot exert protratted in.
luence, | had better not attempt 10 exert
any influence at all, for | should only
disturb the organic development ofaffairs,
and paralyze the the natural remedies
which they contain, without any guaran.
tee for more favorable result.-GOethe.
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PoP THE QUEsTIoN.-A lady said to
her beau after fifteen years courtship.
"Charles, I'm going out Of town to.mor.
row."
"Where I"
III don'tknow."
"When are you coming back :"
"Never. I'm going to look for some.
thing which you have not, never had, and
you can give me without any loss to your.
self"
"You are welcome to it, am sure
but what is il 7"
"A husband"
"Why you might have had that fifteen
years ago, if you had only said the word
but was afraid 10 begin"
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TRUE PHIIANTHRoPY.-A case of Off
seeking philanthropy, the more inter-
eting because of Its novelty, has come to
our knowledge. A gentleman from vir:
ginia, prominent Democrat. was an ap-
plicant for Office in one of the Depart
ments Of the Government. His papers,
as the phrase goes, "were made out"
and the letter of appointment given him
by the Secretary, who informed him that
in certain room, at a certain desk, be
would find the individual whose place he
was to take, and that he mist show the
letter to him Well, he found the room,
and in due manner presented the letter.
The gentleman at the desk, after perus-
ing the document, observed, "Well, sir,
this is your desk. and am ready to clear
the premises" suiting the action to the
word, and starting to get off the stool up
on which he was perched. The newly
appointed office.holdef observing that the
person whose place he was to fill was
lame, and walked with difficulty, immedi-
ateIy said, Sir, you can keep your place /;
| am not the man to deprive you Of it,.
He returned to the Secretary and informed
him that sooner than deprive lame man
of office he would return home The
Secretary applauded the sentiment, and
promised that he should have some off
ice, at any rate.
Surely the world is not SO selfish as
some would suppose and the green spots
which now and then show themselves in
the desert of human selishness force US
to believe that human nature is not entire
ly depraved. Va Trans.
cript of June 30th.
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GENUINE FooLs.-IIe who wipes bis
nose with nutmeg crater, and picks his
teeth with a razor. s. e4t
She who says mo" to the proposals ofn
gentleman when she has reached thirty.
lie who gets so drunk every night so
as to put his clothes in bed and hang him.
self over The back of a chair.
She who rubs her face with triok in
order 10 give her color.
She who slaps child to make il stop
bawling.
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Eg- Our devil says the reason that
red-headed people make the best soldiers
is because they always carry fre-lockS on
their shoulders.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1853-10-16
LET'I'RE nT NJ. EVERETT.

Ia lcttrc dc NJ. Everett il lord John
Russell rropos du trala t,ipar'ite cst
touj ours I'oblet des commentaries Ct dcs
tlogcs de Ia pr"sst whig,
NIais ellie s'occ"pc beaitcdnr mons
lie cele que NJ. Everett atlrcssce az
conitt dc Ia manifestation Ingral,an, et
dams laqncllr tout en- pnrsagnant ladm-
rattan qn''nsrire la condnic de- Get off
cler, reserve son opinion quaint nu fond
de II question sonlcvdo par-ccttr ailaire.
NJ. Everett minnuvres de mnnifre
ate le candid,, whig i, pr"sidpnco
aux procI,nncs elections. ri Ia pressa de
&C part seconds habiIemnnt les projects
de 'nuulrn srCretairn d'Itat, hpmrnt
eminent dn rcstc. ct gui. par 81 porula=
rite, par son msrte personnel ct ses
qualities elctecs comme hontne d'Elht,
est Tres capable dc ralIicr tontus les vvix
de CO palti.