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Year: 1859

Mr.. J. w. Atkinson, F. r. G. s.. deliver
ed lecture few days ago, in the course
OF which he described fearful cavern with
which he met in the course of his travels
While travelling along the steppe, near the
foot of the Alaton Mountsine, he said he
cam" to the brink Of one of the dry river.
beds frequently found in those regions. We
shortly entered chssm, which found wai
about one hundred and twenty yards wide
covered with fallen rocks, among which Z
torrent was foaming with great fury. OuI
way was a rough and dangerous one; some.
times several hundred feet above the stream;
and then descending nearly to level with
the water. At last we reached spot be.
yond which to all appearance we could moi
proceed. We were now little above the
torrent, which was hidden from our view
and close in front of Us the rocks rose up
ike wall to az enormous hight. A load
roaring of the water was heard, which in.
duced me to suppose it was rolling over q
deep fall. The old guide told me it was
Shsitan's Cavern swallowing up the river.
The mouth of the cavern was formed by q
rugged arch about fifty feet wide and seven.
ty feet high. The river entered this open.
ing by q channel out into the solid rock; il
was about thirty feet wide and ten feet deep
A ledge of rocks abou. twelve feet wide
formed terrace along the edge Of the
stream, and just above the level of the water
When nay establishment had somewhat sub.
sided prepared to explore the csvern.-
When the guide behind US enter the cavern
he was Mortified. Having proceeded about
twenty PAGES, the noise caused by the fall
ing water was fearful, and a cold, chilling
blast met US. From this point the cavern
extended both in width and hight, bu:
could form no idea Of it's dimensions. We
cautiously CROPPED our way on in the gloom
for about eighty yards from the entrance,
when we could see the river bouRd into a
terrific abyss-"black Erebus," while some
white vapor came wreathing up, giving the
spot most supernatural appearance. Few
persons could stand on the brink of this
gulf without shudder; the roaring of the
water was dreadful as it echoed in the lofty
dome. 1t was impossible to hear a word
spoken, nor could the scene be contempla.
ted long-there as something too fearful
for the strongest nerves when trying to peer
into these horrible depths. We turned
away and looked toward the entrance; for 9
distance to the sides and arch were lighted
up, but the great space and vas, dome we're
lost in darkness. sat down about fifty
wards from the entrance, and in the twilight
made sketch Of the scene. Having smer'
ged from the ravine, we looked down on the
last low ridge; this appeared about three
miles across, and at . short distance beyont
we saw the FIRE Of our companions blazing
brightly.
Year: 1859


SrR-When q man engages in business
with given amount of capital, and has
every year to consume part of that capital
to keep his business going, it requires no
grest amount OF foresight to see that he
must sooner or later go under. Franklin
says that always taking out OF the meal tub
and never putting in must come to the bot
tom after while. fear that our farmers are
pursuing this course to an, extent that must
soon come to the bottom, if many have not
already done it, judging from the crops tina.
are gathered. Blu, it is said that the seasons
are unpropi tious,- and We cannot help that;
granted, but are not our crops much more
injured BY uDfavorable seasons now, than
they were some years ago, when the lands
were fresh and new! More is taken from
the land yearly than is returned to it, and
while this lie the case, all the good tilling
that we may do will not serve TO keep it up
We may. by ploughins deeper and deeper
every year, still manage to raise fair crops,
but without other means being used to keep
the lard IN, the result will be that after o
while our whole capital (Which is :he land)
will be used up, and we must pull up stakes
and move 10 some new country. there to
take the same course with the same results.
What effort. as general thing, is there
made to make proper amount Of manure
for our land! In looking over the farms in
my .ow O sneiehhashood there II scarcely one
among them but what have their grain
threshed in the fields where il grew. In the
winter stock is turned in to it, no matter
whether the ground is soft or not, some Of
the straw is trampied under foot, some of it
perhaps consumed by the cattle. but the
most of it is left over to rot during the next
summer and winter, with the action of the
sun and rain constantly upon it, evaporating
and washing it away until what with proper
management of feeding out in the COW yard
and composing. would have made 100 loads
of manure, does not make ten. This is no
fancy sketch, but true Of many if not the
majority Of farms in the county. But again
where is the farmer that thinks Of ploughing
under . good crop OF clover on some one of
his fields every year! On the contrary, if
we happen TO have little extra grass more
than our stock consumes, we scour the
country ever 10 buy cattle. sheep or other
stock to eat it up, and often pay nearly if
not quite as much for them as We can get
after they have eaten what wise economy
would dictate should have been left upon
the land. believe that there is no cheaper
and surer way Of enriching our soil than By
Ploughing under green cr"ps. and Of these
perhaps clover is the best. Let US adopt
this plan for a few years, and | think we
would hear much less complaint Of unfavor-
able seasons than we now have. Not that
the seasons would really be better, but our
land would be so much improved that the
seasons would not so much affect our crops.


But perhaps have written quite enough
:or q beginning, but may have more to say
after awhile. In the meantime hope this
may call out something in this line from
others. Let US have a comparison Of views
amongst farmers, and see IL twill not re-
suit in good to us oil. L.


February 2Sth, 1859.
Year: 1859

GA letter from New York. says: Bust
ness is revlvlng Seldom has trade been better
this season of the year than now. The crowd
of strangers is great; all the hotels are full
and crowded"
Year: 1859

DR.. BAuMa in his travels on the cape of
Good Hope, says: | found very frequently
among the Dutch Doors Of the back country,
Ayers Cherry PectOraL, which they keep hung
up by thong around the neck of the bottle to
a peg over their hammocks. Indeed this seems
to be their sole protection against the throat
end lung disorders which are quite prevalen,
among them. thought it a speaking comment
on the practical genius of the American people.
that they should furnish the staple, believe
the only remedy this people buy to use. Ask.
ing if they used the same manufacturers Pills
they told me that better purgatives grew al
around them than any body could prepare.
Year: 1859

PRorEcT SocIETY.-Fity of the young men
Of our liIlle State are annually sent to the
drunkards grave by the sale of rum. Will not


our present Legislature do something to rescue
them! Give US good prohlbitOry law aud


there are Three Thousand Ofthe opposition vo-
ters who will abandon party to sustain you if it
becomes necessary. Pass such law and leave
1t to vote of the people to ratify or reject ii,
and no one can complain; but on the contrary
"thousands will rise up and call you blessed
Save our young men from filing drunkards
graves while you have the power! Will YOU
not do ii THIS is the earnest prayer of thou.
sands of the best citizens Of our State, but it
falls upsn the deaf ears of a cold and callous
hearted Legislature. When will the time
come that Legislators will do their duty in the
protection OF Society! God hasten it-News.
Year: 1859

PARAGRAPH ABOUT A BAD-FEATURED HoRsE.-
~ had one of these forbidding countenanced
ones. Had he been a man, and murder had
been committed, you would have been tempted
to say, That is the man who did it; or, at all
events, his countenance indicates him capable
of the act So by this horse. | was tempted
by his general good looks and action; but did
not like his countenance. | asked if he was
good-tempered. His owner II dare say with
TRUTH said he had never seen anything to the
contrary. got him home, and for many weeks
saw nothing could find fault with. Still re-
marked he always kept his eye, as it were, sur
reptitiously on the attending him, as if
making sure ofhis point ere he attempted mis-
chief. was quite sure he was at heart a savage
Some time after, when hunting, he put his two
fore feet in stone hole on the top of a bank.
As he had come good pace to the leap, the con-
sequence was we both rolled over into the next
field. He was up second or so before me, and
rushed at me OPEN mouthed; but on my getting
on my legs, he stopped No doubt had re-
mained PROSTATE, he would have saUaged me;
! never liked bad countenanee before this,
but then resolved would never buy another,
and have kept my word"
Year: 1859

TIN S CELEBRATED GIN-pretending to
4 nothing but what it is, viz; pure and I'M
aduterated article, and assuming no artificial
merits of what it is not, as some of its rival imi-
tators do-after five years Of public approval
and very extensive sales in California, has been
pronounced by the public to be SUPERIOR not on
y as beverage of general use, to any other ar
ticle competing against it, but is


UnrivalIed In it's Medical Efficiency
in most cases of complaint. To persons travel
ing in these days of rapid transit from East to
West, North to South, who are constantly chang
ing their water as well as their climate: who are
drinking, indeed, dozen kinds of water in ev-
cry twenty-four hours, and each draft contain
ing some property acting in chemical antagonism
to the preceding one, thereby causing an unnat-
ural degree of excitement to the stomach-it is
positively and absolutely necessary to use a
counteractng agent. From the fact that the


"London Club House Gin.
Is prepared expressly to meet such exigencies
and to act as we know it will act as an anti
dote, we confidently prescribe it as the very best
article In the country. The name of Aromatic
Scheidam Schnapps' has never been attached
IN any way to this article. In first presenting
the


'LOndOn Club House Gjno
to the public, my aim was to give them a pure
and unadulterated article of Gin, and to call it
by its right name. The success attending its
introduction and extensive sale in California is
sufficient guarantee of the high appreciation
of the article by consumers.


Various parties have from time to time put up
and shipped to California an article which they
call "Club House Gin" My Gin, which has
gained such reputation in California, is brand
ed on the cases,


"Old London Club House Gin--wm.H.D."
The bottles also have white label with fac
smile of my signature. ! caution all parties to
beware of Limitations. WM H.. DAILY,
f5:tfis Sole Importer New York
Year: 1859

The idea ofa girl in Italy is ndissolubly con-
nected with that of a being devoid of all moral
sense, infallibly preferring wrong to right and
who can only be kept from harm and evil by the
most incessant watchfulness. \ mothers whole
maternal duties towards her daughter seem con-
sdered in Italy to be comprehended in one act
of vigilance. ANY daughter has never BEEN


since she was nine years old, for more than
twenty minutes at a time, out of my sight" said
an Italian countess, boastfuly and by this de-
claration she appeared to think that she merited
to take rank in the worlds esteem with the mo-
ther of the Gracchi. A girl belonging to the
upper ranks of life in Italy is practically prs-
oner until she marries. Into society she must
not enter; neither in the morning tete, or in the
evening dance, is she permitted TO display her
charms and graces. An occasional walk with
her father, or brother, or mother, is permitted :;
but she must not go outside the house unless ac-
companied by her nearest kindred To be seen
alone, even but few yards from her fathers
door, would entail upon her the deepest dis
grace and heaviest censure. Kept under per-
petual surveillance, every line she writes and
every line she receives are subjected to rigid
scrutiny The girl belonging to the humber
classes of society shares also, in great degree,
In the same restrictions on her liberty The
grown-up daughter of a woman keeping lodg-
ing house in Florence could not profit by my
offer to take her to see the ceremony of the La
0qnda at the Pitt Palace, solely because she
was unable to procure proper escort to accom-
pany her in ten minutes walk through the
best part of the town, to the place where | re-
sided A work girl going to her employers
house has to provide herself with some compa-
nion; and, in emergencies, 1 have sometimes
seen little child do duty as duenna for the
occasion. In the country the same rule pre-
walls; no peasant girl is to be seen alone and
equally in the higher as in the lower classes of
society would any infringement of social code


in this respect, be fatal to matrimonial expecta-
tions. Under these circumstances, the proceed
ings of unmarried American and English ladies
excite the wonder and envy of their sex in Italy.
Year: 1859

Of Counting and Receiving the Votes, Declarinq


The Result Of Elections and OF Certificates Of


Election.


Sec. SO. AS soon as the polls are closed on
the afternoon of the day of election, the Judges
shall open the balot-box and commence count
ing the votes, and in case shall the ballot box
be removed from the room in which any elec-
tion may be held until all the ballots are count
ed the counting of ballots shall in all cases be
public.


The ballots shall be taken out carefully, one
by one, by the Inspector or one of the Judges.
who shall open them, and read aloud the name
of each person contained therein, and the Office
for which every such person is voted for


Each Clerk shall write down each Office to be
filed, and the name of each person voted for
such office and shall keep the number of votes
by tallies as they are read aloud by the Inspect
or or Judge The counting of the votes shall be
continued without adjournment until all are
counted.


Sec. 81. If two tickets are folded together,
they shall both be rejected and if more persons
are designated on any ticket for any Office than
are to be elected for such Office such part of the
ticket shall not be counted for any of them but
no ticket shall be lost for want of form, if the
Board of Judges can determine to their satisfac-
ton the person voted for ami the Office intended


Sec. 50. As soon as all the votes are read off
and counted, a certificate shall be drawn up on
each OF the papers containing the poll-lst and
tallies, or attached thereto, stating the num-
Der OF votes each person voted for has received,
and designating the Office to fill which he was
voted for, which number shall be written in
words at full length. Each certificate shall he
signed by the Clerks, the Judges and Inspector
one OF said certificates, with the pol-list and tally
paper to which iii attached, shall be retained by
the Inspector, and preserved by him at least s;x
months The ballots shall be destroyed BY the
Inspector. The other Of said certificates, with
the pol-list and tally-paper to which it is at
tached, shall be sealed up by the Inspector, and
endorsed ELECTION Returns" and be directed
Year: 1859

and delivered, or sent by the Inspector to the
County Clerk OF the County in which the cleo
tion is held.


Sec. 36. The said package shall be delivered
to the County Clerk by one of the Judges or
Clerks of election in person, or may be sent by
private hand, or by mail. If sent by private
hand, the person delivering it shall, before the
County Clerk, take and subscribe an affidavit
that the package was delivered to him by one
OF the Judges manning hm) that it has not been
out of his possession since it was received, and
has undergone no alteration while in his nos
session. The affidavit shall be endorsed on the
package. If sent by mail, ii shall be mailed by
one OF the Judges, and the postmaster shall
make on 1t an endorsement that he received ii
from one of the Judges, (naming him.
Year: 1859

ACKNowLEDGMENT.-We yesterday received
bOquet-a magnificent boquet-fragrant as
the breath Of charity, and beautiful as the fair
giyer, and that Is as much praise as we dare
give it. Such combination of garden beau
ties never fell from hand of fairer creature,
nor were finer flowers ever pIucked outside the
Garden of Eden. They were all the more fra
grant from the fact that they had been in the
hand of the fair donor during a ride Of sixty
miles, and fresh were they too, for they could
not fade in such care. We "tip our beaver
Year: 1859

SEVERAL of the recently appointed Police are
notoriously bad characters. However, If the
Police Department is q reform school, there is
some hope Of their improving their habits. 'aI
Year: 1859

AN INFANT 0vRRBoARD.-While tho passen-
gers of the disabled steamer Quaker City
were, on the 7th instant, fifty miles south Of
Cape Hatteras, being handed up the side Of
the bark Dumbarton, q heavy sea was run
ming, and it was with the utmost difficulty
that the ladies could be gotten on board.
This was finally effected, and then an inno-
cent little nursing, whose mother had en-
trusted it to the rough hands of the honest
tars, was handed up. The little thing was too
light and tender for their hard palma and
they sung out from the boat to those above 10
catch the "little one," and the next moment
score of arms was outstretched, as il was
lifted growing and kicking towards the gun
vale. Alas all hands missed it, and It fell
back into the sea among the sharks-every
eye was strained, the pulsations Of the heart
were stopped, and for moment all seemed
paralyzed; but this lasted only for an instant,
the sturdy arm of one of the gallant boats
crew had grasped the dear little one by the
leg, and as he lifted it aloft q cheer saluted
its appearance. The mother of the child now
went into strong convulsions, and the infant
was passed into the arms of Mrs. Davidson,
and while resting there beautiful land bird
hovered for moment over its little form, and
then, as if to assure itself that it lived perched
upon its dress, and hoped and chfrped in
concert with the Growing of the babe. The
bird then jumped TO the shoulder OF Mrs.
Davidson, thence to the shoulder of Mr.. Da-
wilson, who was near, and then took o final
farewell of the bark and her rescued passen-
gers.-Noyolk Day Book.
Year: 1859

TIE GREAT EAsTERN.-Some of the passen-
gers who arrived in Boston In the steamer
Canada last Saturday report that II is not
probable the Great Eastern will be in order to
sail for Portland before the middle of Novem.
Der. Those who have seen the mammoth
vessel since the explosion report that the
newspaper accounts fail to give an adequate
idea Of the devastation it occasioned. The
English journals report that tho receipts of
the ship from visitors range from three to eight
thousand dollars day; thst the sight Of her
gratifes the public, and that the sight.seers
p, better than passengers; that this being tho
case, 1t would be absurd to sail her prematurely
for America or any other place.
Year: 1859

male Neins pursuee the hunter and hills him, and
the natives Of the interior say that in his Wild
rage he will then break the gun and twis. the
barrel a. if it were lead. From the strength Of
the animal, can easily believe this.


The female is / think, not to be dreaded.
have never seen one make stand, but suppose
that sometimes they might DO IT.


The Hesh of the Ngna is considered by the
Ashira people ss the greatest dainty.


Unlike the Chimpanzee, the Gorlllas never build
or construct nests; they sleep on the ground. The
old males never sleep on tree. The natives have
told me that sometimes the females sleeps on the
branches Of trees while the male sleeps at ths foot
of it to watch them; but this think is seldom the
case. have always seen the Ngina, when unsus-
pected, sleeping on the ground protected either by
big rocks or big trees. / have only seen them
on trees while eating, and then the male often
watches at the foot Of the tree. Their mode OF
progression is by aLfours, using their hands as
feet. They sometimes walk erect toward fruits
which obiice them to do SO in order TO get them,
but otherwise never.


In many countries, where the Gorilla was very
common, it has been impossible for me TO get near
them, they were so shy, and after two or three
days hunt in the forest none could be seen for
twenty or thirty miles round. They dislike to be
disturbed in their solitude, and though they come
round the villages, as have said, as soon as they
perceive that they are tracked, they will leave the
place.


As to the Gorilla attacking elephants or sacking
villages, these are but mere stories.


/ consider the male to be one Of the most
frightful and terrible animals in the world.


have made the discovery of another animal
while travelling in the Kong Mountains-a species
between the Ngina and Chimpanzee, and similar, in
some respects, to both of them. 1t is called Koua
OF Koulam Kamba it is very curious and it's face
is surrounded by whiskers. i have had but a sin
gle specimen of this extraordinary new species,
which is considered very rare by the natives of the
interior 1t is much larger than the Chimpanzee or
female Ngpa, but not so large as the male Ngna.
Year: 1859

A Pretty SHARP REToRr.-On Saturday,
two young ladies. very genteely dressed
were riding along Fifth street in bus. One
of them, whose features were more remarka-
ble for an extensive prominence of nose than
anything else, exhibited to the other a da-
guerreotype of herself, which she said had
Just been taken down town, and they were
engaged discussing its merits, when an elder
ly lady got into the bus at the corner of
Elm and Fifth streets. She was evidently
one of those inquisitive yet good-natured
souls who take deal of innocent liberty in
the world without thinking any harm. At
ter riding square or SO she reached out her
hand, and said to the lady with the picture
please let me look at it," Her modest re.
quest was met with an indignant frown. and
the reply, as the case was returned to the la
dy's pocket, "Its none of your business


The old lady settled back in her seat very
complacently. when the companion of the
one with the picture asked what do you
wish to do with p "Oh Eothing" replied
the old lady. 81 only wanted to see how sue.
cessfully the artist put such a nose OH so small
plate"


The omnibus was full, and the shout OF
laughter could have been heard full square.
The lady with the daguerreoty pecovered her
face with her veil, aud dropped the subject
during the remainder OF the ride.-C Cincin-
natl Gazette.
Year: 1859

Flour BETwEE ELEVEN HUNDRED IIoRsRs


Southey, in his history Of the Peninsulur war,
relates the following: 1.-TWO of the Spanish
regiments which had been quartered in Fu-
men were cavalry. mounted on fine black,
long tailed, Andalusian horses. 1t was i'm
possible to bring off these horses-about Il 100
in number-and Romano was not a man who
could order them to be destroyed he was
fond of horses himself and knew that every
man was attached to his beast which had
carried him so far and so faithfully. Their
brides were then taken off and they were
turned loose upon the beach. A scene en-
sued which never before was witnessed. -
They became sensible that they were no
longer under the restraint of human power


Ageneral conflict ensued, in which each re
tanning the discipline he had learned, they
charged each other in squadrons of ten OF
twelve together, then closely engaged, strik
ing with their fore feet and biting and tear.
ing each other with the most ferocious rnge
and trampling over those who were beaten
down, till the shore, in the course OF
an hour, was strewn with the dead and dis
abled Part of them had been set free on
rising ground at distance. They no sooner
heard the roar of the battle, than they came
| laundering down over the intermediate
hedges, and catching the contagious madness
plunged into the fight with equal fury. Sub.
lime as the scene was, it was too horrible to
be long contemplated, and Romano, in mer-
cy, gave orders to destroy them. But it was
found too dangerous to attempt this, and af
ter the last boat had quilted the beach, the
few horses that remained were still engaged
in the dreadful work of mutual destruction.