The New York herald., 1863-02-19

sUH AtMUEACWh OHtpphn8 ~ FtOME AAOnQ-
Provisions UnsaleabIe-Dlscipi Or
Chthe ese bOldiors ON tho European Mo.
del. So, SO.
aAS FRANCISCO. Feb Il, 1893.
Arrived chips Hornet, from Now York Wild Hunter,
rom lycrpoo, and Henry Brigham, from Hong Kong,
With $50 Chinese passengers
Alsc arrived brig Josephine, from Eo Jano;ro.
Also arrived steamer St TOu,s from Iananla.
Hong Kong dates are 10 the 25.l, OF December. Tho
seamer fynemouth arrived horc the oath OF pecem-
or aer passage OF forty six days from port This
- poor commencement. for the new British line.
Tho ship Rather arrived Hong non oa tho 25th Of
,ecoinbor.
Al Hong Kong tn,ro was an improved demand for Ame
can tonnage Broad, beef aud pork were unsaeab.o.
nth acitc coal Black teas for America coz
aaod castor Sugars had advanced. Exchange on Lon.
On was At "A es. Nd
Tho export Of cotton TO England MAS increasing.
ine d.clpning OF tho thincsc troops upon the Euro
san mode vas progressing successfully. The movement
4 70 crea,c en- lent native soldiers
SAX FRANcIaco. Feb. IL, 1883.
Arr!ged ship Idako from Baltmore Mlnnehaha, from
81 ork. schooner j. NJ Chapman, from New York
Two Thousand Miles Up the ANN ION.
Rev = G. Fletcher delivered lecture last evening at
Cooper Institute entitled "Two Thousand les up tho
nan,n." Interesting as The sabjccl promised to be,
orc wra but sim attendance IN the body of the hall
tac PLATFORM there was goodiy array oil scientific
nsoncn and many o. our lrst merchants. Close TO the
surers table wcrc various implements oe and the
ac, used 0y the Inhabitants bordering the great
nazon which he used n itrstng his accounts OF the
bits aud customs or Tho natives The lecturer said the
beet he had selected to treat Of go vast that il
aii axe many evenings 10 ,to it jnstioe. The Amazon
"a lor known 70 The wocd i, had been gated Two
ndred years ngo. |; had been sailed across in 1900,
one cf tie conpanipns OF Columbus, ana some years
I,nzalcz Pizrro, tue brother or the conqucror Of
rn, determBed TO explore the valley q! the Amazon.
"a, here they found tho native prince who was so
c"cated vita golden ornaments that hc received the
Ine or Fl Dorado Following ia hts wake was another
aulsh adyenturer. In ia4: this adsentuier encoun
ed hostile women who disputed his passage, and
pa thts inc,ten. The river received its name Again
1897 another adgentrrcr started with forty i've
aces seventy soldiers aud twelve hundred native
wmen and women, determined 10 mako an
pnhs consumed ia the work. aud the head
navigation was reached, and TO day steamer plies in
con days between 1000 and 8, 900 miles against the
rrea.. In i1aS scientific investigation was under.
zen and great results effected. Maps were con-
uctod q the route taken on this occasion and suosc
lowing other travellers came tho Englisbman Wal
., ,ne u the best explorers Of the Amazon. Ho OK
ina the fallen n.o by The Spanish travellers with
srd Amazons nhapitins the banks OF tho river. o
~ tha, no found Indians who adorned themselves Ike
mea they parted their hair In the ceutre, combs
ornsmea.ed themselves like women. The spaniard
hAs ing had close Wow q them, might easily be do
vsd and thus lei - the idea that he had enc IN
-ed women warriors AZ distance Of three thousand
hundred miles from IL mouth the Amazon Is half
. vide: al two Thousand M O., two miles wide and 20
its width its approaches the SCI from thT
sevc miles til at ,s mouth 1t becomes one hundred
biety miles wide. Hero there Is island In its
a. large a. the State OF Massachusetts The islands in
Anna son may he counted by thousands, while near its
llh he whole land Is interseced by rivers. The Bra
Ian government employs body Of scientific men, pro
led With the ducst Instruments in exploring the Anna
ta<ug meteorological notes, &C., aud somc day the
lt Of this interesting Investigation VII be published
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