Daily national Democrat., 1860-12-07
1aiIg NatloraI 4rm0trat

HUroHINGs' MAGAZINE for December is in
teresting. Among the more noticeable arti-
ces are an account Of a trip to the El Dora
do Alabaster Cave, with illustrations, and a
poem by VIM. Carey Jones. 1t will be seen
also that Hutchings has managed to steal
from "Alice's" Album a little contribution
signed ALLEN" No doubt the writer is none
other than Gen. James Allen, of the Nevada
Transcript. Here is the poem, and it is full
of genial feeling well expressed
To Alice.
Thine eye is not starry light
Chasing the gloom of sorrows night,
Thy brow no snow discloses
No marble lends its hue to deck
The dazzling whteness Of thy neck,
Nor are thy lips twin roses.
Thy form is not some poets dream,
Shadow'd at eve by crystal stream,
BY his fantastic fdncies
They who are formed of dreams and flowers,
Ne er walk in this cold world of ours,
But glitter in romances.
But thou to me art dearcr far
Than rose, or dream, or brightest star
Through Heavens clear azure stealing,
For, Alice in that heart of thine
Three gentle powers have fixed their shrine,
Love, Purity and Feeling. ALLEN.
THE Boston Post prints the following SON
net because it has been said that Tom Thumb
was about to marry a Portland girl:
o Thomas Thumb The papers all declare
That YOU, dear General, are about to wed
To take (in short unto your board aud bed,
A Portland damsel, wealthy young and fair.
Il Al =. 1. Il. II
Whose wife "looks down upon him every day ;
And yours could do no more, besides, they say
AU men "aspire" to reach lady's hand
Yet, could you manage to select your size
In the same manner that the boys advise
In lighting namely, take one of your size"
'fwould be, IN sooih, charming thing to see
And BdrRuH2, thankful for the smallest crumbs,
Night show the world pretty pair of THuatJs !!
IMPORTANT LAND SUIT IN Mou1GAN.-Tho
Detroit Free Press thus speaks Of an impor-
tant suit which is shortly to come before the
United States District Court in that city:
"The case arises from one of the old French
grants, upon which Congress has made an
appropriation, and includes the cession of be
tween fifty aud a hundred thousand acres of
land lying on the Michigan side of the Saut
Ste. Marie, tract which contains the Saut
Canal the village st. Marie, the Saut Rail
road, and numerous improvementsin the way
of farming, building, dc The tract extends
sixteen miles on the Saut River, and the
same distance westward
"The grant was made during the reign of
Louis XIV, when the country was in the
possession Of the French, in favor of the
Chevaler de Repentigney. The defendants
of this nobleman have laid claim to the
property, and, after long continued efforts,
have succeeded in inducing Congress to re-
cognze their right by a special act, which
authorizes the appointment Of commission
20 Grbitrate on the value of the entire tract
including Improvements the aggregate value
decreed by these commissioners TO be award
ed to the grantees in government lands else
where located. The value of the tract is
something fabulous, as the public works and
private improvements enhanced it immense
ly. 1t is the design of government to inter
fere with none of the rights of citizens resi-
ding or owning property in the district but
to quietly assess the present value, and re-
munerote the grantees 10y the appropriation
of unincumbered lands. This arrangement was
effected by compromise.
The case is to be brought before the Uni
ted States Court for confirmation of the
title deeds, and other necessary legal formula
The grantee, Monsieur Favargey, a French
gentleman, resident at Guadaloupe, W est In
dies, is at present in the city. supe intending
the case. Senator Benjamin, of Louisiana, is
his counsel