New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-24

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strong as his love, he entitled Cape Maria. For
he had gone out resolved not indeed to ss carve
her name on trunks of trees" but to do his
mistress the same sort of honor ia a way that
would be nobler, manlier, and more enduring.
After long and prosperous voyage, graced
py one or two more discoveries, Tasman came
back to Batavia He more than earned his
wife' Tor he had won for himself sudden and
nigh renown, court favor, rank and fortune
Governor an Diemen got famous SON law,
there was no cross to the rest of the career of
the comfortable married couple, Abel and Ma
RIA Tasman did not make another Journey to
New Zealand; it remained unvisited until 1863.
when 1t was re-discovered by Captain Cook,
who very quickly recognized it as a portion Of
the land that had been first seen by the love-
lorn sailor
GOLD AssATING IN SOUTH AMERIcA.-The pro
cess OF gold assaying among the native miners of
South America is very simple A fragment of
quartz is pounded, and rubbed to powder be-
tween two pieces of granite bulIock's horn,
Of black color, is the only assay instrument 1t
is cut longitudinally into two equal pieces part
ly on the curve, so that one-h half forms kind Of
long spoon, the inside of which being polished
The powder being placed in the spoon, the water
is poured in it and shaken, and then poured off
second and third water being applied, nothing
is left but the coarser articles at the bottom.
black horn, is seen fringe of gold powder, if
gold be present. With a keg of water at his
back, and his spoon in his wallet, aud a little
parched meal, the mine hunter wanders among
the barren rocks in search of treasure, which
he sells when discovered and seeks for another;
the claims of labor being practically regulated
by natural aptitudes. The man who buys the
mine digs the ore, breaks it up into the size of
walnuts,. loads it into hide sacks, borne on
mules, and sells it to the sc benefciador,'' or
benefter, in the valley below, who passes it
threngh the mill, Having settled upon a small
| roam, With fall from four to FIVE feet, he
! Suilds 'rF two walls to enclose it on each side,
| and heck wall to form small reservoir, with
q spo4l and plug to let out the water at his
| pleasure. GEer the side walls, with considerable
labor, he contrlves to lay fiat circular granite
stone, some five feet in diameter, with O hole of
some fifteen inches through the middle The
middle Of the stone is hooped round with slaves,
which stand up eighteen inches in the form of d
tube
The outside is surrounded with similar stayes,
so that water tight circular trench is formed,
with granite bottom Through the central
hole is passed the straight stem of a tree, shod
with an iron pivot, standing on an iron shoe,
fast to block below. The upper part of the
tree is steadied in beam above, supported by
two upright posts. Through the middle of tho
/ vertical shaft is horizontal hole, with a hor-
/
horizontal shaft, at nearly the level of the foot
below, are affixed in circle, like the spokes of
/ wheel, number of wooden spoons, about three
| feet IN length. To the horizontal arms above
are tied by rawhide eordage sort of flag paw
| ing-stones, with their faces bearing on the fat
| granite below. The water being turned on the
| spoons, the paying-stones are drawn round by
the motion of the shaft, and grinds the quartz.
| An Improvement on this is TO use two vertical
roller Stones eighteen inches thick and five feet
| in diameter, with circular hole in the center,
| through which the horizontal shaft or arm
| passes, and forces them round As the stones
vary in their speed on the inner and outer edges,
| there is grinding as well as a crushing process
| When the machine is at work, quantity of
/ quicksilver is thrown into the trench, and the
/ quartz with it. small stream of water runs
/ IN, and at one portion of the rim there is hole
| for 1t to run over, which it does, carrying the
floating mud with it. As it runs over, it falls
into goat skin, with quicksilver at the bottom.
Out OF this goatski it falls into second, with
more quicksilver, and so on from one to another,
/ according to the amount Of fall When the
quicksilver is supposed to be saturated, the mill
/ is stopped, the quicksilver is taken out of all
| the receptacles and poured into linen bag of
! fine texture and three or four thicknesses The
| quicksilver is squeezed through this bag, and
the thiekening amalgam is finally rammed down
! with sort of rolling pin.
SPAN-The scandals of the Spanish Court
have been the theme of gossip for months, and
the young queen has been charged with irregu-
larities such as have rendered Spanish queens
of former times infamous in history. Even the
legitimacy of the late Infanta has been doubted
and her death, when few days old, while it
enlarged the sphere of gossip, excited no regret
among the people Indeed the event Ras the
| occasion of displaying about Madrid, placards
| IN reference to the queen, in which there was
! more truth than deceney. Queen Isabella, is
indeed fast hurrying into all those excesses,
| political as well as moral, that usually mark
the career of weak women placed in prominent
| positions, and infatuated with fayorite lover.
Her improprieties have excited the people Her
ministers and most devoted servants have re-
monstrated with her, and, having lost the affec-
ton of her subjects, she attempts to enforce
submission and compel allegiance Accordingly
she has exled Generals Concha and O'Donnell,
formerly two Of her most faithful Captains
General in Cuba, and several others to whom
she is in great measure indebted for the pre-
seryaton fher crown. Their offence was their
too high sense Of morality, and their opposi-
tion to the scandalous royal intrigue No one
can suppose that such q high handed measure
can succeed in crushing the rebellious feeling
of the people. Isabella the Second is too weak
in her own character, and her government is
too destitute of physical as well as moral power,
iof coup etdt TO be endurlngly successful.
Such affairs require the hand of Napoleon,
sustained by great name and great army.
Without these the little woman cannot violate
ordinary deceneies, or insult and outrage states
men of ability and long service. Such things
were scarcely tolerated in the darkest days of
Spanish history, They will never do in the
nineteenth century, and we shall expect to hear
soou CT stormy times in Spain,
, Five Of the sweetest words in the English Ian
euage begin vim H-Heart, Hope, Home, Hap
piness and ,agen