, 1873-12-07
Gl1t Qb1f'srDn Upibn1e.
Sunday Morning, Dooomhar 7, 1873.


lcring nuggets Of wisdom ovory time it is cx-
Anincd Liko the works Of Shakespeare, Dante,
Milton, mud Tho other classical poets, ovosy limo
no cit down to it's poruaal 1t diBcloscs now bcau-
aes aud fresh surprises. lilo ,uar who casually
iuna Lis oyo but once oyor this remarkable DOC
unlont docs not do It jugtice. Tt must 10 o.
amincd lengthwaya, and sideways, aud u,,tler tho
surface, and bottom upwards, aud should 10
carefully rovoyoa, lin Which case it will slow as
many diverse and beautiful combinations
as tho kaleidoscope. We hayo already
called attention to fow of these or
traordlrary disclosures, aud, from Tho cmbar-
rassmont Of riches, scloct ono moro uuggct
which may hayo escaped tho eye Of tho general
reader. We rcfor to tho suggestion of tho
President that tic Secretary OF the Navy ahnll
go up tho Amazon In Eearch Of our lost COM
merce.
When our commerce was lost up tho Amazon,
or what sort of looking child it was that WIS
icas, or whether the Secretary Of tho Navy
would know it If lie saw it anywhere aloug tho
Amazon, wc haven't tho slightest dca
but NO arc willing to holp the scurc1
Elong accord n3 to tho best Of o,r
ability for, II VIC havo lest anything up that
river, We ought to hayo it back ayain, i; We have
10 kill eyesy turtle in its waters md every
jaguar On its banks.
In tho first plAce. we submit that Tho Secretary
IT thc Navy shall not bo compelled to 70 to sea
n bowl. lilsc the throe wiHo mon of Gotham,
Ind never DO heard OF again. All tho South
American oxploro-s-Ds Dastidas, pizarro, Do
Soils, Magalhacns, Cabot, Do Mendoza, aud
Joaquin Atlller-wero wolt provided when thoy Lot
'ut, and oven then had great trouble sitl, tho
[ccas and Amazons, We proteat against send
ng Secretary Roboson to soa in tub Of mon
tor, liko tho Manhattan, for instance, aud hayo
aim served up as food for tho flahcs before lie
over gets out Of tho Potomac River. II the scc-
rotary has to explore tho Amazon aud
its tributaries, rs tbs President sug-
gusts, he will bayo to ba absent worry Ioug ituo.
Tho proAont generation, at loast, will never sco
him again, aud, if he over las tho good luck to
get back again. he will return, like Eaoc!l Arden
and Rip Van Wlukle, to land Of stgangosu, md
tsud that cyory ono has forgotten him. III tho
first place. there aro 1000 miles Of the Au,uzou
alone, and about fifty tributarics, piing up Il
good many moro thousands Of miles. As no one
knows wlore tho comlno. CO was loBt, lie will
haVo to Search tho Huallasa, tho Ucayala, tho
iavary, tho putatnayo, tho Troalbc!au, The Co.
ouesa, the Ningu, the IocantiuH, and tho forty
two othor ouphoniouB and muddy tributar,es
toE it is Just US lEkc1y to bo lost among them ~
along the Amazon.
Wo nugsest, In tho second pIaco, that
ho shall be woll provibioncd,' armed mud
equipped. 1t would 10 folly for us to shut
cur eyes to tho tuct that, in sensc!,ing for this
Lost child, tho Secretary has got to expose him
self to many "moying accidents by tiood aud
aola' and "ill lavo to search among "nntlos
Vasi, nrd deserts idle, rough quarriea rocks and
htlls whose hoads touch loavcn." Iiout. IIorr-
don, who went up tho An1azon II Thousand mleY
or more, reported Il primoyal forcs. tho wlolo Of
tho way, aud tlis stretch Of country il populated
by Indians, whu would prefer bloilcd l;obonon
% q turtic-stcak any time. At tho Enmo time, it
ia jnHt as possible thai tho commerce was Lust
somewhere in this Thousand miles Of
woods as anywhere clso aloug the riy~
n; and tho Secretary, if ho does
his duty thoroughly. will hnyo to search tlon,
vary carefully, aud post up noticoa loro md
saofe OH tho ba1nbuoa ind palm trees, describ-
Ing tic commerce. aud Offering reward to any
gentleman thoseabouts who will return il to its
distracted guardian, U. i. Grant. Besides tl.o
ldiana, lie has got to look out for lo monkeys
who aro very mIschieyous aud may tear lAe no.
tices down, and for tho tisor-cats, lyonas, sara
t'.ses, boa-constrictors. aud other ca1elees cfea-
t:1res who live thereabouts. II lo oscapcy Ill
t!seso sylvan dangers sato!y thon he
Las got about 1000 1nilos Of pau,,,as.
full OF awamps, bosB, jagua,s punlus,
c~ndora, and otl1or animal aud topog,aphj- |
ca1 disagreoableueasos, which ho has got to
examine, TO; 1t may DO possible ,la9 tho COM
u.erce IL hidden away Eo'nowlcro in the tall
5:ass md taistles which cover tAess plains and
'.su tho oquator In tue hot noouB. We will sup-
,1so, however, tllat ho malos u faithful search
Trough tlloso 1900 miles of pampas, mud
:lcapes oil tho dangers Which lurk among them.
[1a bus then GOT to encounter tho Amazons,
loso terrible advocates Of womon's rights, who |
sraddle horse, cut off their right breaHts 10 |
aat They can shoot better, 60 about without
aueh suporlluous clothug and don't like mea.
Joaquin miller, VIC believe, iB tho only man
rho over ycnturcl among thoal With |
afesy md ho noyer could havo done /
t II Ito hadn't takon out u poetic license.
rllo cllallccs are. then, That. aa aoon rs tho |
'ccsotary of tue Navy steps ashore and com-
aonoos ringing his hell aud shouting +" Child
ost," theeo women will luck together in multi
udiuous nudity mud shock h.m to death, O. tAav ]