The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-08-27

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THE RAT srAKE.--Ws we're received il tI,s
houss Of the FIRST aIcaIds, who We found % Be-
very intelIgsn, and obIiging person, 10 whom
am Indebted for much information respseune
the independent Indians Of The neiqhboriug dis-
trict of MosquitIi. On one of the nights We
passed 10 his house, Illamined ~ the light q the
moon, companion Of mine called me to see =
large snake passing between the wooden bars d
the window into our room.
The reader must be aware that, In the whole
state Of Niearpguu, and suppose Throughout
Central America In general, glass windows are
unknown.
"A rat then was seen running up the wall, to
hide Itself under The thaich Of the house. which,
as there was no ceiling between, we had imme-
diately over IL. The snake followed II with d
spring, and soon the screaming Of the rat told
us that 4 was caught BY it. enemy. This snake
was Of 4 species called ratonera. o. rat snake.
and being totally harmless and even useful. l.
tolerated Ia. the houses. Seven Years, Travel
in Central America, &C. BY Julius Frosbsl.
Al MAMsE CoxcoMB There IL very small
species Of crab. called by the fishermen At Bog.
nor the spider-crsb, and which has lie body end
claws covered withnunierods very minute hooks,
seatcsly perceptible 10 the naked eye, but pst-
fectiy so with The help Of i m,gnifyiug- glass.
It may be asked, What can be the use Of these
hooks2' You shah hear, THIS crab IL e pros
dieiuus coxcomb, and very careful Of IL own
precious person. Either then for the purpose Of
coneeaIing itself from its enemies, or from an
innate love Of 6nefy, Il seleetsa quantity Of
seaweed, always prefefring lhs most gandy
coIors, those chiefly red. Having selected Them,
he cuts them fnio fine ihrsad.ike slips, aud runs
them through tie hooks. When lie has CON.
pleted his toilette he appears ore mass Or sea-
weed, thus not only Disgusting himself from
those enemies which might otherwise make him
thelr prey, but, perhaps, feeling himself The
best-drsssed crab III the neghbothood. II b also.
remarkable that this labor for making his toilette
is renewed every morning, 80 that the quantity
OF seaweed consumed isyety great Thismay
be observed by any one who has The opportunity
Of keeping these comieal little crabs ii an aqua
rum, although regret 10 add that they do moi
live long in . slate Of conRnemen - the spi.
der Crab III Once Week.
. HAPrINEss IN CHIDnoop 1T is wonderful
how happiness used to be. II lay about, like
the sunshine within arms length or everybody.
II used to grow Ia the field; We have found ii
there, butsno lately. Sometimes five specklsd
Eggs in grassy nest constituted Il; some
times -four beautiful ones in the lilacs II used
to swim in the brooks, and turn MP lie silvery
and notified sides, like polished little sabre,
spffnKied with the color OF fame, which IL gen.
orally understood to be crimson We have
found 1t many a time beside moaty stone,
when IL looked very much Ike q FIRST spring
ae~ery We have seen II come down mi the
shower, and heard 1t descend In the rain. What
a word OF II usedt to be crowded into Satur-
day afternoon An old newspaper with cedar
4ribs,a tail like three basbaws, and penLy,s
worth Of Irvine, have constituted many q time
that 10, many an old tims-the entire stock
IN trade Of one perfectly happy.
Il TouR or the pREsIDESr The popular de.
monatratiins In North Carolina and Virginia,
growing out Of The presence there OF President
Bachsndn, have certainly been such as cannot
faiI 10 strike the thoughtful reads with the con
viclion that however yehementiy abused he may
have been by the opposition press, and BY the
more yirulent hose taking their tone from
personal disappointment with reference 10 pat:
Ionsge- the people At lerge hold him dear 10 their
hearts. Such yerdicts AZ were thus rendered
from The moment he landed in Virginia, ON bis
way TO Chapel Hill, MP 70 that time, Illustrate the
fuiilty Of newspaper Efforts ii Situpefatiye mis-.
representation. No President aIdee The lorna.
lion Of our Government has been better abused
:th,n James buchanan has for Two years past;
and no one has, been more cordially greeted By
al classes Of the people, on his several tours
while President, than James Buchanan by the
peoule over the whole line Of his recent trio 10
North Carolina. This President arrived al Vash.
ington on Tuesday last, al eleven O'Clock, In ex.
eellent health, and held meeting Of the cabinet
in the afternoon Rockville (Ml.) Times.
: TIE privations Of poverty render US FOO cold
and eallous, and the privileges Of property too
cold and consequential. The ffst place Ne be.
meath the influences Of opinion; The second,
above Il. S.. 3 =: '.stsgsE: !,
OFrNioN on ATroNSEY. GEyERAt BLACK ON
TIE RicHrs or NATuRkLizED cIrIlENs,- Prevl.
GUS 10 the preparation OF the recent official letter
TO our Minister at Berlin, insttucting him 10
demand Of the Hanoverisn Government The sur
render Of Mr.. Ernst, Attorney General Black, al
the request Of the President. rendered an opinion
10 the case, maintaining the general right Of ex-
patriation as incontestbe, aud that, In regard 10
the protection Of our citizens u their rights, at
home aud abroad We have no Law Which divides
them into classes, or makes any difference what
ever between themj that native and natural
lied American citizen may, therefore, 90 forth
with equalsecurily over every sea and through
every land nndsr heaven, including the cosntry
in which the latter was borpi either Of them may
be taken for a deb: contracted, or a crime COM
mitted hv him buf hath ere ahaoInfelv frSa from