Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-12

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generated. Flash answers lash, and these are |
rejected back from half dozen clouds In diner
ent parts Of the heavens. Some Of the currents |
are horiz0ntal; some perpendicular, some forked,
some spiral or curved |; some ramfv near the
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ley. You are enveloped In volume OF light
but u quavers, snd sometimes you are overcone
by its 6sli,,ney and End yourself s Tesli1E eaon
rents fiery red, others pale and livid. Should
rain follow, you will imagine the windows OF
heaven have been opened You will hardly
wish to be second time In one Of these storms.
As we approach. the mountains, the country as
sumes more interesting aspect. We stop at
the (. Cold Spring OF the commoron, !" the only
sants Fe. Here the water .gushes out from be-
meath strata OF sand rock overlaid by lava Il
Is cold you could desire It, and clear
a. crystal. 1t 10 more grateful to the pal
ate than the best champagne, and You will re-
greet that you cannot drink more than nature
allows. But after this we shall rarely want good
the spring with less regret than you anticipated.
There are many other places Of interest on the
road. McNees' Greek, where trader Of that
name was murdered; Rabbit Ear Mound, from
q fancied resemblance of rabbits ears, though
could not see it; Wagon Mound, where a mail
party was murdered, the mails robbed and the
Los Vegas; Old Peco's Church, built OF adobes,
and about three hundred years old, where, until
a few years past, dre was kept constantly burn
ing, and believed to have been derived from
Montezuma, whom they believe will re-appear
to them all these are more or less objects Of in
terest but we are drawing towards Santa Fe,
and want rest as well as yourself We will
tarry for q season In this modern SOdom until we
are rested, and then ! will give Won the balance
Of my travels. shall have to devote one chap
ter to Santa Fe, which contains all the wicked
flyta akuA
and compressed within about S, 900 Inhabitants.
shall give you time to get through this before
inhict another. have coed deal Of writing
| to do, but next week shalt spend much of my
time in the vineyards beyond the river. For a
thlaco, piece Of copper less than our cent, I
| buy two large lunches, weighing about three
Isabella, sweetened, is not equal to them. have
| been but In Ell PasO, in chihuahua, and
spend the day In my room reading and writing
] need some rest, and the weather Is oPpressively
hot. l have heard nothing from home since
left, except the Star, which meet wherever the
w. > mail stops In this far-Of reg iOR-as all In
terested in Government affairs seem to take IL.
TO Washingtonians away out here, 1t is perfect
| godsend. x**
| The CAss-IRIsARRI TREATY.-The New
York Tribune is urging the acceptance by this
Government of the notifications of the Glass;
Irisarri treaty which Martinez took the liberty
Nicaragua had ratified it as originally agreed
| on in Washington. The Tribune is evidently
throwing away its labors in that direction.
The notifications proposed by Marines were
designed to defeat the main objects of the trea.
| ty, though worded with such adroitness as that
| ordinary observers may not be able to see
| through that intent. The consummation of the
treaty as originally agreed on being a matter
Of really paramount interest to the future of the
| connection of the two great MISUNDERSTANDING
and Pacifc-of the United States as we'll as of
vital importance to the future security of Gen.
trail America from the raids of American fill
busters, the Tribune may rest assured that
| the Government of the United States will in
sist on its return, ratified without mutilation
in any way. Jerez's instructions, doubtless,
require him to induce this Government, if pos
sible, to abandon the points for which 1t CON-
tends. But they also authorize him to return
the ratified original treaty to this Government
whenever satisfied that it will be content to
receive back nothing short of that He who
fancies that he will not be required to return
that, has read the late powerful despatch from
Secretary Cass to Minister Lamar to little pur-
pose.
STEAM CoSDENsERs.-Under this heading
We noticed, yesterday, that Secretary Toucey
had appointed a board Of Naval Engineers for
the purpose of examining patent steam con-
denser, with n view to its introduction i'm the
Navy, but we inadvertently fell into an error
in giving the names of the appointees. The
board is composed of Engneer-in- Chief SamI
Archibald, and Chief Engineers Henry Hunt,
John +. Whipple. and VIM. T.. Everett. They
are to meet in this city at an early day The
steam condenser to be examined is that in
vented by James M. Miller, Esq, and it is the
same now used at the Navy Yard in this city,
where it has been for some two months In
this period opportunity has been had for prac-
tically testing its merits, and we are told that
great saving of fuel is accomplished, and
that the boilers have been used for eight days
without being replenished with water. The
water is returned to the boilers by this con-
denser at IT'S degrees Fahrenheit, and at sea it
prevents the incrustatiOn of salt in the boilers.
rs the water is supplied to them, through its
agency, in pure state.
CAPT. POPE's ExPEDITION--We see il re-
ported, on the authority of what purports to be
letter from Capt. Pope's camp, on the Pecos.
dated Aug. 81, that the attempt to sink an Ar
tesian well in that plain has proven failure.
The bore was made to the depth of 1850 feet,
and the formation at that depth is said to be
just as soft and rotten as at the surface.
Tubing was found to be indispensable, to pre-
vent the soft earth from falling in, and the de-
scription of tubing the company had with them
was not proper for that work. In consideration
of these difficulties the work was abandoned,
for the present, and an order to ''pack up'' had
been issued. Gallisteo was selected for the next
encampment, and the writer of the letter allu-
ded to says:
"Our difficulties, physical and mechanical.
will be much less on the Rio 6 rande than here
for besides the different geolog ical structure to
be penetrated, our iron and mac hinery will be no
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