The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-11-08


uralists tell us. by the infinite Members
of animalculae which abound In these
seas, and which cause the waters to
CLEAN like waves of fire, stirred up, as
it were, from the great black surface of
the ocean.
But the sky about the Equator has
also its peculiar beauties. a late travel
lor well says.-"Thc more magnificent
| portions of the southern sky, in which
shine the consultations of the Ccntaur,
| Argo, and the Southern Cross whore
| the Mage'ianic clouds shed their pale
| lights forever concealed Fl ON the ewes
Of the inhabitants Of the North. Ii is
only under the Equator that man enjoys
! he glorious spectacle of W the stars of
! the Northern and the Southern heavens
revealed at one glance. Some of our
northern considerations, as, for instance,
| Ur-a Major and Ursa Minor, owing TO
| their low position when seen from the
! Equator, appear to be of fearful magni-
| tudc.n
The brauty of these. !. uil hcirh.
| tened when the full round moon comes
| out of the sea, Its face radiant and bright
! from its bath, aud vet struggling TO
| biic its nakednesS behind the scattered
| fragments of heccy clouds which bound
| thr horizon.
! We we'u passing in sight of the coast
ul Ecuador, aud, had the weather been
| more favorable, the sailors said we could
| have seen the summit of ChimhuraIu.
On the return trip We went further out
| into the ocean, passing in sigh ui a icW
| detached islands of thetia.apago~ group.
Which belong to the Republic OF Ecua-
dor. The islands derive their name
from the gcfdpdgOS, or huge turtles
which line the shore, many of which are
carried off for food by the whalcrs and
other vessels which stop there. The
| islands are of volcanic origin, and of
recent formation, as is shown not only
3y their appearance, but by the low or
| der of animal and vegetable life upon
them. 1t is estimated that there are
! 200 craters, or cones of eruption, in the
group, some of which are yet active.
| At one time these were noted a. n rem
| devious for pirates, and later still were
! used As the headquarters of Capt. Porter
| during his celebrated cruise i'm the Essen
! AT present, the Ecuadorian govern
! ment, to whom they belo ~, send thith-
| or their convicts. Small quantities OF
guans are found on them.
ON the 18th of August we reached the
Gulf of Guayaquil, and in due time the
island of Puma. where wetouk on board
IA pilot. This island Is exceedingly
beautiful, and is remarkable for being
| the place where Pizatio first landed
| when he undertook the conquest of
Peru, and whose inhabitants remained
unconquered for Il long time. The
Guayaquil river is large and navigable
stream for 60 miles inland, but divides
into many channels, making its ascent
tortuous and difficult. The numerous
islands formed by these branches, are
very large, though generally uninhabit-
ed. a dense, tropical jungle reaches
to the vat RS edge, theabode of jaguars,
monkeys, ,serpents of enormous size, par
rOts and hundreds of other tropical ami
mails and birds.
The same evening we reached Quay
aquil, and after enduring visit from
| the custom house officers, bade good bye
to our friends who were going further
south, and soon were landedon Ecuado-
rian soil. QulES SABE.
| AN ENTHUSIASTIC DEMoCRAT-Tho
10 lowing petition was presented to the
Common Council of Lynn, Mass, n few
days since:
"WHEREAs, On the evening of the
10th of October he illuminated hi. resi-
dcnce in Union Park ,On The outskirts OF
the city, and commenced firing one
hundred guns in honor Of the recent vie.
tories in California, Ohio, Pennsylvania
ctc., ctr.; and
"WuEREAs, After firing but fifty
three t5}j Of the number, he was pre-
vented from further demonstrations hS
Il peremptory order from The City Mar
shal.
'Nour petitioner Graves permission t,
Are the remaining forty~scven (i7l or
any evening your honorable body may
appoint, and as in duty bound viii
over pray. JOSEPH LAX EMAN.'
In is a singular fact that all our prin
cipal elite, have gone Democratic. II
Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New
York, we can now add Boston, th'
"hub," which gave our candidate fo
Governor 1900 majority.