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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

name the large island which is close off the
coast, Martha's Vineyard, Spontaneously
growing wheat (maize or Indian corn) was also
found in this country.
In the mean time it is the total result of the
nautical geographical and astronomical evil
dences in the original documents, which places
the situation of the countries discovered beyond
all doubt. The number of days sail between
the several newly found lands, the striking des-
crptlon of the coasts, especially the white sand
banks of Nova Scotia and the long beaches
and downs of peculiar appearances on Cape
Cod (the Kialarnes and Furdustrandir of the
Northmen) are not to be mistaken. In addi-
ton hereto we have the astronomical remark
that the shortest day in Vineland was nine
hours long, which fixes the latitude of Al deg.
"A min. and 10 sec, or just thato the promon-
tories which limit the entrances to Mount Hope
Bay, where LcIfs booths were built, and in the
district around which the old Mortimer had
their head establishment, which was named by
them Hop.
The Mortimer were also acquainted with
American land still farther to the South, called
by them lIvitramannaland (the land of the
White Men), or Irland it Mikla (Great Ice
land). The exact. situation of this country is
not stated it was probably North and Sonth
Carolina, Georgia aud Florida. In 1866 some
priests at Gardar, in Greenland, set on foot q
voyage of discovery to the arctic regions of
America. An astronomical observation proves
that this took place through Lancaster Sound
and Barrow's Strait to the latitude of Yelling
tons Channel. The last memorandum supplied
by the old Icelandic records, is voyage from
Greenland to MARYLAND in l347."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15
Garibaldi.

We find in Naples correspondence of A con-
tlnental journal the following sketch of Carl
baldi ; " have heard him speak; | have been
near him he is wonderful. lie has lions
nature His voice is resolute and decided his
hand large and body thick-eet In his moments
OF anger he must be formidable In repose,
his eye is placid and his smile pleasant. He is
nota man of genius, but an apostle lie walks
in his faith, without weakness and without
fear he performs miracles. In the TEMPEST.
he is man to step frem his boat and walk up.
on the waters. He believes in his mission, az
others believe in their star; and he goes straight
forward, sure Of his destiny, like all conquer
ors. The other evening, during the fight at
Carmina, when the soldiers fired upon the peo-
pie with guns and cannon, he was unmovcd.-
lie offered cigars to the national guard that sur
rounded him, and said Let us smoke while
we are waiting for them But he feels danger
and whenever he sees it, he cries; CT vado
10 '-thither so. A singular trait in his
character is its perfect simplicity He is the
only great man of my acquaintance who does
not attitudinize. A little grandoquent in his
speeches-like all true belieyers-he is so in
good faith, and not for the sake of grandilo-
quence. But in his private intercourse he is
the most cordially familiar man in the world
He receives all importunatcs with martyrs
patience he does not keep them at distance,
nor speak to them like an oracle. lie is sim
pie and good-one trait among a thousand ]
take the most common because it is the most
striking. At Messina, l believe one Of the
former companions of Garibaldi came and threw
himself upon his knees before him. asking, he
said, an immense favor. 1t required great e!-
fort to make the man explain himself. AtAst
when he had exhausted his excuses. he said to
the Dictator { would like one of your but,
tons; | would wear it suspended from nv neck
as an amulet, and be sure | shall live forever
Garibaldi tore off one of his buttons and gave
it to the man. AS he SAID to himself, he is the
child of the people, and is adored by them
To the lazzaroni he is a saint. God has sent
him to save the country many call him Jesus
Christ and his officers apostles Aims are asked
in the name of Garibaldi here, every thing is
translated into DEVOTION"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

New YANKEE INVENTION: A HINT TO GARD
ENRRs.-The latest invention is an instrument to
prevent poultry from scratching up the gardens.
1t is something like a long spur, attached to
the hind part Of a ROSTERS leg. The instru-
ment is 50 arranged that when the fowl is about
to scratch the earth the spur catches in the
ground before the foot has fairly decendod, and
obligcs it to bring its foot down quietly and
harmessly in front of the place which it aimed
at. The foul thereupon tries the other foot with
like result. 1t keeps on trying, and before it
is aware of it the machine has walked it right
out Of the garden.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15
The Cordilleras.

A letter from the Chriqui Commission dated
at Boca del Toro, is published. The land OK
petition, under Lieut.. Morton, in their explor
alton for a railroad route, set out by the path
used by tho natives to bring sarsaparilla across
the isthmus, and on the last day of August sue
ceeded in crossing the Cordlleras, and entered
the beautiful savannasNof the Pacific slope. This
Journey, owing to the number of mountains,
rivers and ravines that had to be traversod. and
the underground to be penetrated was one of
great fatigue and exposure. The daily custom
Of the party WAS to put on after breakfast the
wet clothes of the preceding day. but to sleep
always in a dry suit. The nature of the ccun-
try is thus described
All along the Cordilera range the cleft ap-
pcarance it presets, together with many other
remarkable peculiarities, indicate that ages ago
it must have been frequently rent asunder TO
give vent to inconceivable great eruptions Of
lava, which deluged the whole western slope Of
the Isthmus, and which, their surfaces having
become disntegrated and covered with grass,
now form the beautiful green savannas which
sweep down to the Pacific, with so regular q
slope that the eye can take them in at glance
from q single point of the mountains
The particular savanna, which is bounded at
its upper extremity by the sharp cliffs of the
Chiriqui Volcano and those of its mate or twin
to the eastward, and which forms a sort of bed
between them, is divided lenthwise by two gull
lies, so wide and deep, and with such precipit-
Gus Sides that they may very properly be called
canons. At the bottom of the principal one
flows the river Caldera. At the source of this
river, if at all can the summit of the Cordille-
ras be gained from the other side by railroad.
Along it the line may be run, and the survey
has already elected the important fact that, at
q certain point, the track may leave the canon
and emerge upon the savanna without an as
cending grade or a change of direction"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15
Cannibalism,

DR.. Thompson in his story of New Zealand
recently published, says that human flesh was
eaten by the natives as an act of triumph or re-
veuge, and that the customs connected with it
were as follows:
"After battle the enemy dead was collect
ed, and their bodies were cut into pieces. One
corpse was set aside as trophy sacred to the
god Of war, and its hair and right ear were
kept for the purpose of removing the tapu from
the war party Cooking ovens were now dug
in the earth in two long rows, nd the flesh Of
one oven was set apart for the gods. The sacred
oven had a wreath of fern round its edge, and
1.-TWO pointed sticks, stuck on the top, upon ono
in which there was potato and on the other
lock of human hair. The flesh was often kept
in the ovens for twen;S .four hours. The chief
commenced the fesst;si this was occasionally
done by swallowing 4 b knocked brain and
eyes OF some fallen wa&Eior. If the chiefs sons
were present. - Iok next apd tlcn the
''TTH5I5 army, w. y hands and passions
maddened by fights singing and dancing,
gorsed themselves likt boa constructors. Men
have died after such banquets The whole body
was devoured, with the exception of the lungs
stomach, intestines, and other parts. When
the warriors were surfeited the remains were col.
ected and packed in baskets Portions, to as
certain their feelings Should these presents be
received and eaten, the conquerors might de-
pend on the support of those who did this, in
resisting future attacks from the vanquished.
Should the son of chief engaged in war not
be present at the feast, basket Of human flesh
was sent expressly to him, The Rev. A. N.
Brown visited battle field two days after the
conflict, and saw quantities of human bones
picked clean Of flesh, long bones broken as if to
extract the marrow, and bloody heads stuck
about on poles. Should the war party reach
home before all the flesh is eaten, the remnant
was thrown away, not brought into the village,
as such proceedings would have rendered the
! inhabitants sacred Women were not permit
ted to eat human flesh. They may have done SO
by stealth, but human flesh was forbidden food
to females. Women were, however, allowed to be-
come cannibals when the chief had no male ISIS.
ue, in which case the flesh sent from the battle
field was eaten by his eldest daughter, or by his
nearest relative, male or female. This custom
was dictated by the law of primogeniture, and
was done to transmit in an unbroken line the
honors of the chiefs to their DEFENDANTS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

The g. Elgin Courant' tells us how carefully
the Queen bed was made during her incog.
visit TO the inn at Strathspey. " Mine hostess,
as matter of course, had been preparing to
give the best bedroom in the inn The linen
bleached on the grass on the banks Of the burn
was as white as snow buta plague upon these
servants again, for they interlercd in the bed
rom, and told mine hostess they had linen with
them. And fine beautiful linen it was. They
spread it on the bed "a soft feather one, and
above the linen and beneath the blankets they
spread yellow sheet of fine chamos leather, to
keep away the damp, as they said
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

The ELEPHANTS LEGS When Sir Thomas
Brown, some two hundred years ago, wrote his
4" Inquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors"
he stated it to have been the prevalent opinion
that the elephant had no joints, and never lay
down. Dome aiirms that " Nature hath civ.
en- him no knees to bend" In an old Natural
History, it is grayely asserted that the oefaunt
boweth not the knees" A woman is discrib-
ed in an old play as " stubborn as an elephants
leg in bending her" and even Shakespeare says
-" The elephant hath joints but none for count
ing his legs are legs for necessity, not for hex-
urc," These notions have been exploded by
numerous facts. As the limbs have u great
weight to sustain the several bones which COM
pose the pillars for its support are arranged
nearly in vertical lines. The joints of tho ell
bow and knee are placed low from the body
the ulna in the lore legs and the fbula in thu
hinder are fully developed, and are distinct
from the radius and the tibia.-CdS@Ws Pop
uIor Natural History.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

TAKING CHILDREN TO CHURCH. A ministers
wife says "The first time took my eldest boy
to church when he was two years and half
old. managed with carcsses and frowns and
candy to keep him very still till the sermon was
half done, BY this time his patience was ex-
hausted, and he climbed to his feet and stood
on the seat, looking at the preacher (his IA
ther) quite ntontly. Then as if he had hit up
on certain relief for his troubles he pulled
me by the chin to attract my attention and eK-
claimc], in distinct voice, Mama, make
papa SAY Amen
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

A story is told of a gentleman, who, for the
first time, heard an Episcopal clergyman preach,
lie had read much of the aristocracy and pride
of the church, and when he returned home he
was asked if the people were "stuckup.' 'Pshaw
no, he replied, why, the minister preached
in his shirt sleeyes'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

There is no more exErssiye word in the Eng
fish language than watch" when it christen'
that curious little anvel whereon, with ham,
mr. of the finest steel, the seconds IRE beaten
out into atoms fsparkling time; that exquisite
smithy which one carries in his pocket, and the
wheels of whose machinery are always said to
run " on jewels"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

man asked another, whom he was about
to help to chicken, whether he wished the leg
or the wings at is matter of perfect in
difference to me, said the other. "And in
fnitly more so to me" replied the carver, lay
ing down the knife and fork, and resuming
his own dinner.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
The Medical and surgical institute Of


Or. Il. D. CZAPKAY, is already secured In position
which places IT, as well its proprietor, far above
the assaults of envy and p ofessonal malice In the
schools of France the highest prizes are often award
ed to practitioners in this department Of Medical
science, and they occupy with others, equally lofty
position In the profession Ncord is an llusirous ex
Rmple, shining light among the philosophical stars of
his age in Europe, and Dr. Czapkay has fully equaled
him in this country ns proof Of which, the Phila-
delphia College of Medicine complimented him with e
Diploma, and the honorary dd eundeDl degree. Sc
ectng this as his field of operation although qualified
as graduate of the University Of Pesth, and late
Chief Surgeon Of the Hungarian Revolutionary army,
for more extended labors DR.. L. j. Czapkay las bent
his earnest attention to the cure of chronic and pri-
vae diseases in which he has become So great an ex-
pert that he is now regarded as the LEADER in this
brahch of his profession throughout the United States
and his portrait and biography are published as mat
ter OF interest to their readers in the exclusive
journals The Doctors offices are at his Medical and
Surgical Institute, Sacramento street, corner of
Ledeshor nearly opposite the buildings of the Pa
oihc Mail Steamship Company.
et- We ask particular attention of our readers 10
the sworn certificates Of remarkable cures, in another
column of this paper. se808m
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
Thayer's Fluid Extracts.

A FULL assortment Of these reliable preparations
IA fast coming into general use with Druggists and
Physicians at the East. For prospectus, dose lists
&C., &c, apply to
jy 10 RICE, COFFIN 4 co.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
Mrs. WINSLOW.

An experienced nurse and female physician, has a
Soothing Syrup for children eeng which greatly fa-
ctate the process OF teethng by sotening the gums
reducing all nnamation-will alay all pain, and is
sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it mothers
VIII give rest to yourselves and relief and health to
your infants Pefectly safe In all cases. See adver.
tsement in another column. may4.1v
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
Toilet
Ell vaIids

pEQUIRING Pure Wines and Liquors for Medic-
IA nal nses, can be supplied with the following Ia
Bottle
Pale Old 'Hennessy" Brandy;
Pale Old Sherry;
Old South Sde' Madeira;
Holland Gin;
Old London Dock Port
Old Jamaica Rum.
jyl2 RICE, COFFIN & CO.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
NO. So.
Sperial 9Otires.
A CARD.

gives me plea ure TO Inform the citizens ofMarvs
VIE mat through the earnest solicitation Of some Of
the friends of llydroRatiy and myself, MR. AND
MRS DR. FALEs were induced to leave their practice
and friends In the East to locate in California I
congratulate the friends Of hygenic mencation in
Marysville that they have now with them two compe-
tent Ht tdFopathic Physicians who have graduated
the Hydropathc Medical College OF New York, anl
have both had several years Of practice. Mrs DR..
FALES has had five years Of extensive and successful
obsetrcal practice From several years acquaintance
with tn m, knowing the advantages, experience and
success which have favored them, feel fully warran-
ted in recommending them Physicians and Coun-
selors, to the entire cOndance of every person de-
string Hydropaihc assistance or heal hful advice.
BARLOW J. SMITH, NJ. D.
Zee advertisement o51 I'm
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
R O IN ova al
PRIVATE BOARD.

BOARD, in Private Family, can be had, where
- the comforts Of home can be enjoyed and at
reasonable rates TO suit the times t ~.
Inquire, corner of and Fifth streets, Of Mrs.
~ feTFan, opposite Presbyterian Church sep9S
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
IIoIIoway,s pills anh O,n1mnnt-rhe

genuine are easily distinguished from the counter felt
by The water-mark that exists In every leaf Of the
book ofdirectons, Holloway, New York and Lon
don," in semi transparent letters Visible when held
between the eye and The ght.
gTt- Sold at the mandatory, No So Maiden Lane,
New York, and by all Druggists, at 25c., Csc, and 81
per pot. 90
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14

Halps ssnrsaParilia, Yellow Dock md
lodide of Potass prepared from the finest red ia.
maica Sarsaparla and English lodide of PotNss-ad-
mrable as arestoratve and purifier of the blood 1t
cleanses the system of all morbid and impure matter
removes pimples hols and eruptions from the skin
-cnres rheumatism and pains of all kinds All who
can afford should use it, as It tends to give them
strength and prulong hfe.
Sold by druggists generally at 81 per bottle
n HALL 4 CO., Propretors,
Wholesale Druggists, l43 ana las Clay street,
mhlS 6m Below Montgomery, ~an Francisco.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
To TrosnnssnrS

Having had three valuable watch Dogs shot, in a
most cowardy manner, by some of the sportsman ~
of M"rysville-one by negro a short time SINCE and
two instances my family having been in danger
from random shots strL ing the house now give fair
warning to all persons with guns to trespass on
my farm as have taken effective measures to secure
my property for the future.
CHARLES II. HEDGES,
sea u Mna Rancho.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
Patent SyringeS

M0REY SMITHS Reservoir, Davidson's, Matt
1tA sons Maue's-indispensibe in every family.
iyl2 RICE, COFFIN co.
Large French Window Glass.
OEn BOXES from 12x1S to 3Sx4S, first quality,
AOO Ex "Fleetwng" now in store and for sale,
by the box or light. Large Glass cut to order and
packed securely for mountain purchasers.
RICE, COFFIN & CO.,
may21-u 20 ID street.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-14
Paint and Varnish Brushes.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT from the celebrated fac
Ia tory Of ]. j. Adams & Co.. consisting of o. X.
and Extra Paint, Varnsh and White wash Brushes
blenders, Flches Sable and c. H. Pencils Shoe, Stove
sluce and Scrubbing Brushes of superior quality.
Now landing Elk. "Jno Stuart" and "Fleetwing," and
Tor sale low by RICE, COFFIN CO.,
may 27-tf 90 d street
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