The New Orleans crescent., 1868-11-20
GENERAL ITEMS,

| OF D u8OlDg DOat on tne river, was killed lew
days since in an alteration which took place al
the landing of 81. ]. Feltus, ESQ.,"
We have q sample of q bale of cotton before
us that was planted cultivated and picked by the
Misses Hiegenbothsm OF our parish. The crop
was made and gathered by these estimable young
ladies' during the spare hours that generally inter-
vene between the completion of household duties
and sunset and in no way interfered with the full
hlment OF the thousand and one little things Incl
dent TO housekeeping. We hand them the medal
who claims the ribbon II Baton Rouge Gazette.
communication from citizen OF Adams
cosnty to the Natchez Courier on the subject OF
fences, recommending that the citizens of the
county fence in their pasture lands and not their
cultivated fields is attracting the attention of the
| planters OF that county to the vast amount OF
money, labor and time that might be saved by
adopting the suggestion of the correspondent.
A friend of Br. E. Bancroft's. Of Athens, Ca,
informs the local of the Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel that Mr.. B., on the sth of September,
had gathered five thousand pounds of cotton from
one acre, which he devoted 10 experiment and
that every one who lad seen this acre was unani-
| nous in the opinion that there could not be less
than one thousand pounds to gather. whatever
| the vicissltudes OF the season might be. The
same authority informs Us that Mr. Bancroft has
at the same estate gathered one bale to the acre
for every acre planted on his farm of some thirty
| acres.
A story is told of a Western LAWYER who lately
/ attended religious meeting where he was called
| upon TO offer prayer. Not being experienced in
| such duty, he rose and attempted to repeat the
Lords prayer. and succeeded very well until he
came 10 tne passage, -.Give the day our a au
bread. :" when, from the force of habit, he imme.
| diatey added, with costs"
citizen of Joliet, digging among the ruins of
some freight cars at the scene of the late accident
near Elwood, picked up and carefully preserved
charred bone and some burned leather supposed
to be the remains of Mr.. Nichols the brakesmau
who was ct first thought to have been burned up
In one OF the cars. He soon after exhibited these
mt in al Late -
with the remark TO several bystsnders "Here
boys, is the remains of poor Nichols" The Joke
OF It wss Nichols stood in the crowd and disputed
the point.
A party of sportsmen who went out on the
plains recently, from Kansas City, found buffalo
and smaller game in abundance, bat learned to
their horror, that man hunting was also feariully
prevalent. They heard OF the killing of three
persons at Sheridan. and at Hays City, on their
return, they saw two men in deadly combat. This
side OF Hays City, and near the railroad track, at
short intervals, were found three more men in the
arms OF death. Judge Lynch, il was supposed
had been holding court in that section.
The internal disturbances of the earth have pro
duced an unusual phenomenon at Coburg. Canada
thus described by the local journals of the 9th
inst: Sunday last between ten and eleven O'Clock
10 the forenoon the water In the lake opposite
the town, was observed to recede from fiftv 10
one hundred feet from the usual water mark, re-
turning again rapidly, with loud rushing sound
similar TO that heard when the tide is coming in on
the sea coast. The ebbing and a wing were re-
peated a number of times for the space of three
quarters of an hour.
The Archives Gen. de Medicine calls attention
to the custom of the workmen 10 u match factory
at Stafford who apply phosphorus to the matches,
of carrying on their breast a tin cup co ltain,ng
essence OF turpentne. This precaution is said 10
be sufficient to prevent any i'll effects from the
action OF the phosphorus. IL was previously
knC Wn that the vspor of turpentine prevents the
Ignition snd even the phosphorescence of phos-
Dlnrna. ~
knowledge is not so generally adopted as it shsuld
be.
According to a receipt recently patented in
England, meat of any kind may be preserved in
any temperature after it has been soaked for tea
minutes in a solution made of the following ingre
dieIts well mixed One pint of common salt dis
solved in four gallons of clear cold water aud hall
gallon of the bisulphate of calcium solution. 1t
is said that experiments show that meats SO pre-
pared will keep for twelve days in a temperature
OF from so to ITO degrees. and preserve their odor
and flavor unimpaired. Byrepeating the process
meats may be Indefinitely preserved. and if it is
desired to Keep an unusually long time, little
luton of gelatine or white Of an egg may be adj.
ed to the wash.
THE ASCENT OF MOVNT BAKER.-The Vancouver |
ColoDist. September 3, gives an account of the |
ascent of Mount Baker by party headed by |
Messrs. Ogilvy and Coleman. The party left |
Whatcom on the Sth August, travelled uD the |
Lnmini ana Nootsac rivers, by canoe, so miles |
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to what may be called the foot of the mountain. |
At the snow line, where vegetation ceases, the |
Indians camped, allowing the explorers to reach 1
the summit themselves, which they did the same /
day, and returned TO camp in the evening. The /
distance Travelled, which was about six miles is |
said TO have been most fatiguing. though not as
perilous as was expected. Beng obliged T. |
return to the camp the same evening, the explo-
rers had only about an hour on the summit this |
short period they seem TO have used diligently. |
The existence Of volcano is established beyond |
doubt, the crater being about three hundred /
feet wide, and at least six hundred feet deep,
from which pufs of sulphurous vepor are being |
emitted. This crater lies between two high peaks
of the mountain, where the summit forms a |
plateau quite bare and free from snow; which is
quarter of a mile wide and half a mile long. |
The eastern peak, called after Gen. Sherman, is
the highest of the two. The time spent on the |
summit was devoted to examining the crater, and
planting the American flags, with so much of the
usual honors as the party were enabled to give.
The mountain, as most persons are no doubt |
aware, is few miles south of the boundary line
the 49th parllel. Tne most arduous part of the
ascent was the last pitch, where the party had to
cut 400 steps in the ice in erder to reach the top
The Indians would not go any higher than the line
of vegetation but they received the party on
returning from the summit with marked demon
stratioDs of welcome and joy, evidently recog.
DiZing the dangers and h8rdshps of this part of
the trip, and the courage and skill the explorers
had shown in overcoming them so speedily. No
the huge footprints of a bear, which the natives
said was an old grizzly. IL was well our friends
did not come in collision with his bearship. Mr.
Coleman will return by the Eliza Anderson from
Port Townsend next week when, doubtless, we
shall have additional detsils of the expedition and
its scientific results. Mr.. Coleman, we belive
has the honor of making the first successful ascent
OF This mountain, which he and his party failed to
accomplish on former occasion, by reason Of
the Indians accompanying guides and packers
refusing TO proceed further than a certain distance
into the interior. Various authorities have given
estimates of the altitude of Mount Baker; some
laid it down at IL 600 feet high some at l6 900
feet; while others again have given il an altitude
of 2l,OCO feet equal to some Of the highest peaks
en- the continent.
Dr. Isaac I. Hays delivered on the evening of
the 18th inst. a lecture On Arctic Discoveries
1t the rooms of the American Geographical So
,iety, New York. The lecture was illustrated by
globes, charts, maps and outlines. The speaker
katp I'D no riO off ffnrta do e., |