The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, October 19, 1855, Image 2
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Arrival of tb? JLrotio Rxpedltioii. *3*
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TjH^Jniled Bt-ten Arctic Expedition cornpoeed
of tl^'bark Release and vteatn brig
Arctic, H. J. Hartsleno, Lieutenant Com- ,
- mending Expedition, left New York May 3, .
& 1655; arrived-in Lievely, I?le o( Piaco, j
Greenland, July ; coasted along tlio shores of {'
Greenland, from Uolsteinbyrg, to Int. 78 88 .
Nn touching at Lievely, Ilare Island, Upernavik,
Kgfcluyt Island, Cape Uatherton and *
K other jjftace* on the coast. They were Twenty-eight
days boring through the pack in 1
Melville Bay, thence they crossed Davia. '
Straits, went up Lancaster Sound jw far as g
Admiralty Inlet whore they wore opposed' I
by a solid pack which entirely stopped their J
progress. Thence they proceeded down the
western coast, examining Possession and Pond 1
Bays, and were frozen in the grcnt middlo
pack for several days, and to all appcarnn- !
ces, for the winter. In lat. 60 30 N., Ion. 63
30 W., spoke English whale ship Eclipse Pe- !
terhead, bound to Cumberland Inlet. They
had taken three fish, were all well and nrrir !
od at Lievely on their roturn, having cntireT
circumnavigated the north waters n* far as
me ice would permit. September 13?At (
TL-icveiy tney iounu ur. ivano, ^ne uaving
abandoned his vessel in the ice,) and with
him his associates excepting three who had
died from exposure, viz: Christian Ohlseii, (
carpenter, Pierre Schubert and Jefferson Baker.
At Leively they also found the Danish '
brig Mariana, Captain Aimnondson, loading J
for Copenhagen. Suiledvfrotn Lievely September
18 ; on the 10th boarded Dauiyh brig j
Baldur, 37 days from Copenhagen, bound
to Lievely. On the 27th spoke English '
schooner Stella, from Sandwich Buy bouud
to Plymouth. No traces whatever have
been discovered of Sir John Franklin's pnrty.
The last winter in the Arctic was unusually
severe, many of the natives having perished
* from exposure and starvation. They were
compelled to ent their dogs, tlio extreme cold
having prevented their usual hunting expo- {
ditions.
Tho vessels aro in a tolerably good condition,
although they have been in collision
with icebergs and severely nipped in the j
packs. I ] j
Dr. Khno's Party in tho Release.?Dr.
Kane, U. S. N., John W. Wilson, Amos '
?Bonsell, Dr. J. J. llayes, Augustus Son tag, ,
.^Ulenry Goodfellow, George Stephenson, Wil- J
Morton, Thomas IJickney.
the Arctic.;?Henry Brooke, boatswain,
U. 8. N.; James MeGarry, George Riley, J
William Godfrey, Char lee Blako, George
Whittle.
The above vessels arc at anchor off the
Battery.
The bark Release, Lt. llartsteine, from '
Lierely, Isle of Disco, Greenland, Sept 18, !
arrired last evening at this port
FURTHER DETAILS. ]
For the following additional particulars |
our reporter is indebted to tho courtesy of ,
Dr. J. J. Hayes, and Messrs. A. Bonsell t
and Augustus Sontag. These gentlemen \
have returned in fine health, with bronzed j
features and athletic frames. They com- j
plainod much of tho intense heat of the 1<
weather, and it was rather singular to see [,
them displaying all tho marks of men suf- ?
fering under a sultry evening in tho dog days.! j
Their narrative commenced with they leav- j c
ing the harbor of New York on the 31st ; v
May, 1853. After a short stop at New-I t
foundland the Expedition under Dr. Kane, j t
reached Finstemiss and Zuckertopfen on the i j
28th of June, wbero thoy stopped to pro-lj
cure dogs and winter clothing, consisting of j
garments of seal skin furs.
On the 23d of July. 1853, they left. Uper- .
navik, the most northern settlement on the t
globe, in (attitude 72 degrees, mul made the |
loe in Melville Bay in two days after. A favor- ,
able passage brought the expedition through c
the ice. Smith's Sound was reached on tlie t
5th of August following. At tho entrance .
of the Sound, just north of Cape Alexander,
they erected a cairn containing letters on Lit- j
tleton Island,and lift a depot of provisions. t
At this point they also left a boat. This
was on tho 7th of August. After leaving |
Littleton Island they soon made the heavy j
ice in Smith's Sound, and were driven into
the pack on the 21st of August. From this
time they made their way by warping along t
tl.> Jmro nf Kmiih'a Sound rlnrimr tlin Itirrli
1,,v aMV,w w* ' O o " j I
tide; at low tide the vessel was aground.? j s
This tedious course was con tinned until the! L
10th of September, when they made a bar- j
bor in latitude 78 degrees 40 minutes.? i
From this winter harbor siege parties were | '
lent in various directions to establish depots
cf provisions. Mr. Bonsell reached a point' "
three hundred miles from the vessel ;aboutthc j 0
8th of October *heirckachc was made, and on !
the 1st of November, thoy completed their ^
travel. The last glimpse of the sun deserted
the adventurers on the 20tli ofOctober ; this c
was somewhat earlier than was due to their "
elevated lattitude, in consequence of a line of
high hills stretching away to the south of v
the winter harbor. All the parties returned P
by the 21st of November; tbat under the c.
command of Mr. Bonsell having lajen out
twenty-eight days. "
At the time of the return of the parties the
light was so far gone that at noon they were 1
just able to read. In this high latitude the d
Aurora was less brilliant than further South p
?the region wbero this phenomenon of the n
Arctic winter is the moat compiciotu being U
in latitude 69 to 70. The winter experience ?
of the navigators did not materially differ ti
from that of other Arctic navigators; hut w
they have reached a colder spot than any n
previous expedition, or else the season was si
uncommonly severe. The coldest weather ?<
experienced was 00 to 75 degrees below re* b
ro. The mercury was frozen for months, *
and during the spring it softened and bar- p
dened with the change* of the weather.? |H
Even pure alcohol thickened and became ?
>?<cid like tool a-*< ?. Wh^kcj froro under I o|
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10 bead of Mr. ttooaen, while on hu expo* <3
ition toward the north to make a depot in i
orember. ChM|fc ether, which has never .
sen frozen by aroSwal oold, waa quite sol- c
I. Aootic etbw thowed some small crjbtala 1
L a temrasture of 60 to 75. Molasses free- <
je at (^r?0 to 60 beldw zero, when it can I
e cut like candy. The mean temperature <
f tlio month of Matah was 37 degrees be- I
w zero. On tbe^Wn or, 18th of March <
io sun ro-iinneaifkl. The mean tcmnera- I
iro of the year at the place where the expe- i
itton wiutered was 5 degrees below zero, be- i
ig 4 degrees colder than that where any
revlous Arctic explorers have wintered.?
>n the 16th of March another depot was
rid out; the* party having charge of tbisduV
were under the command of Mr. Brooks,
lie first officer. The party suffered greatly
uid walked forty-five miles from the ship;
he ice was so heavy that four persons out of
i company of eight was severely frozen.?
rwo of them after died in consequence of the
hjuries sustauied on this attempt. No paries
wore sent out till the season was more
idrnaced.
During tho winter the dogs were tnken
with n sort of epidemic and died in fits.?
rhere were about fifty-seven dogs ou board,
snd tho loss of tlieso animals seriously interferrcd
with the successful prosecution of the
expedition, as travelling was necessarily to
bo made on foot. On the 23d of April the
next party set out under tho command of
Dr. Kane, but after a week, the Doctor wns
leized with a typhoid fever and scurvy, and
was compelled to return. On the 18th of
May another party set out under tho command
of Dr. llays. They set out with a
team of six or eight dogs, which had been
purchased from the Esquimaux, and wero accompanied
by an Exquimaux boy that was
taken on board at Disco Island. The party
skirted along the northern shore of the Island,
and on the west coast of Smith's Sound,
and succeeded in getting up the coast a considerable
distance ; they travelled 300 miles,
Oand returning. On the 4th of June
onsell accompanied a party which then
set out under Mr. McGarrv to explore the
oast shore of the Sound, Ilero they reached
a miglitv glacier stretching along the coast
with a face of 00 miles in extent. This is
the largest glacier in the world, occupying
the whole coast from 79 degrees 12 minutes
to 80 degrees 20 minutes without abreakor
ravine. This enormous mass of ice diocharje?
from time to time immense icebergs
which travel through Baffin* Bay and Davis
Straits. Tho party found the depot thoy had
nade in tho fall destroyed by tho bears.
A correct survey of the coast was made by
Mr. Bonsell and they arrived at the ship on
he 27th of June. Tlieso depots of clinches
ire formed by depositing tho food and coverng
them with stones. When it is practicable,
?now is heaped over the stone nnd water
s poured over the whole, mingled with sand
imi silt. The water freezes and forms asold
mass, while the silt scrapes tl e bear's
paws when he attempts to tear away the icy
:overing and the compact mass of stones.?
Plenty of rock is found here, and tho prevailing
material is a red granite. Tin cases,
lermeticttlly scaled, are impervious to the
bears, as the contents freeze forming a solid
lias* resembling a block of stone. One of
ho alcohol cases had been destroyed by a
bear, and the claw had cut the tin like an
ron tool. Ono day, as the party were sleep
ng in the tent?the sun being about fifteen
legrees high in the north?a bear stuck his
lose into the opening. Mr. Bonsell kept the
mimal at bay by presenting matches and
tallooing. The danger was the greater beause
the creature was between the sledge in
vhich the lire amies were placed and the
ent. After making a noise, tho bear went
o the sledgo nnd commenced devouring the
irovisions. While thus engaged one of the
>arty cut a hole in the back of the tent and
>rocured a boat hook, and by making a denonstration
with this, a ritlc was obtainod
md tho ninntal dispatched. The traveller*
bought it but fair to raako a dinner on the
>ear in realiation for his invasion of their eatiblos,
and they dined olT his liver in defiance
>f the popular idea that this part of the aninal
is unwholesome. This, tbcepieures found
o their cost, to be a rcalilv ; and tho whole
>arty were taken sick, and a curious conseluencc
of this illness was tho peeling off of
be cuticle. <j^be fooil of the bear consists
nostly of the seal. While these animals are
ying on the ice the bear steals up behind n
nun mock of ice, and, making a dash, secures ,
tsprey. The size and enoiinous tusks of
be walrus secure him from an assault of
his kind. The Greenlandors and Exqtiinaux
remark that they have never killed a
he bear iu a siato of pregnancy, although
he Esquimaux often find the sho bear acompauied
by cubs not larger than u young
nippy.
On the 1st of June Dr. Hayes went on
>n expedition and returned after a journey
f 12 days, Mr. Morton returned or. the
*2th of July from an expedition with the
logs and Esquimaux, having sighted land in
11 degrees and *20 minutes, sixty miles to the
lortli. Hero was found an open channel,
nd after a gale of 5*2 hours in duration
rom the noith no drift ice was curried toward
(he south, showing clearly that the
arty were on th&southern icy shore of the
entral Arctic basin of open water. This is ,
lie highest northern point ever reach**! l?v
lan. On the 15tbot'July, there being no
ope of the escape of the vos?cl from the ice, i
>r. Kane started for Lancaster Sound in or- 'j
er to reach Sir Edward -Belcher for the pur- j
ose of obtaining assistance, but not succeedigin
reaching Cape Parry, in lat. 77 he ro- I
irned on the 6lb of August. The second <
inter was then passed in the ice, and all <
le fuel being exhausted, the expedition >
ere compelled to subsist like the Esqui- ]
mux, on raw meat. This diet, strange to i
*y, is found excellent as a proven tiro of the ]
jurvy, Tho only fuel that was now availa)e
was taken from the vessel parts, of Which
ere v?ed in this manner. The whole ooinany
were now lodged in one apartment, to (
inder the eold endurable Their meat was t
?t<m faw and the frozen slices were chipped 1
IT like ba;d ioe cream, Among the Arctic i
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leltcades the froxeushlubber of the wdbtM!
res mentMped with greet apparent gusto. -1
During This winter the whole party were
town with the scurvy, with the exception of
Jr. Khiio, end Mr. Bonmjll. After the sun
seme beck the stock of provi?ious ww exleusted
and the health of the party was
men tuat ur. ivaue atu not deem it prudent
to risk a third season. They were then
gighty or uiuety mites from the nearest water.
On the 21st of May they left the vessel
and after thirty dare of the severest toil and
suffering they reached the water. Thia eighty
miles required a travel of at least five
hundred miles. Sometimes they were compelled
to go seen times over the same toilsome
roaX They had three boats, and the
whole party were required to drag each one.
And the provisions and other necessary articles
compelled them to traverse the day's
journey two, three or even four tiroes. They
occasionally did not make a half a mile's progress
in the course of a day.
On the 21st of June they reached the first
water, aud then they were changing from
ice to water and from water to ice, battling
with the elements and exposed to total de
struction by nips from floating masses of ie?
uutil the 2d of August, when they got ink
open water at Meliville Sound. On the 6tl:
of August they arrived at Upemuvik, tl?<
most northern Danish settlement on the eoasl
of Greenland. The navigation in McllvilU
Hay was hazardous in the extreme; the)
weio often out of sight of land and fifty 01
sixty miles from the shore in the midsl
<>f the ice. The vessel which was to losvt
Upemuvik for Copenhagen was just about
leaving when Captain llartstein appeared
Had he been two days lutcr the pnrty would
have left for Copenhagen. On the 18th o(
September the llelea.se and the Arctic left
Godhaven, on Disco Island, and arrived or
the lltli October at New York.
NaturalizationSeveral
feeble efforts bave been made ic
Concrcss to chance the naturalization laws
o a .
so us to make them more effective and lest
liable to abuse?but the subject has always
been approached with diffidence, from fear
we suppose, thai whoever might undertake
the task of correcting tho evil, would have
the whole foreign vote thrown against him al
the ensuing election. 13ut the time has at
hist arrived, when members will take the
matter fearlessly in hand wo may expect, that,
during tho approaching session of Congress,
a successful movement will be made, at least
so far as regards the House of Representatives.
IIow the Senate may act is more
doubtful; but if Senators faithfully represent
the interests of their States, they cannot do
otherwise than support the change in the
naturalization laws proposed l?y the American
party. No section of the Union is more
deeply interested in the adoption of this
measure thari the South ; for every foreign
or naturalized adds ono to the number of
Free Soilers?nnd, with a continuance of the
usual emigration to this country, it is render
ed almost certain, that no territory can hereafter
become a slave State, if foreigners be
permitted to control its destiny. It is si outgo
to us, that the people of the Southern
shoul J be blind to this result. The influence
of the foreign vote has been gradually undermining
tlio power of the South for years
past, and must, inevitably destroy it altogether
if not checked. The only check which
can be successfully applied, is such a change
in the naturalization laws as shall prevent
emigiants from voting until after a residence
of twenty-one years in the country.
The present mode of naturalizing foreign
ers is a farce?a humbug. It throwt open
the right of suffrage to whoever may choose
to claim it, no matter whether he ha* resided
in the country five years of one month.
There can always be found individuals to
swear each other in as citizens, and the proccsos
legal. Hut it has been a common
practice to havo ono general witness for a
number of applicants?mid we think that
just prior to one election one man swore fa
about one bun*I red persons Tlmt he was
perjured in some of the cases there can be
little doubt?but what of that i ho was no
doubt paid for bis services, and we know that
at one time lie held an appointment und-v
govcrnment.
How many oftho?e who swear obedience
and attachment to the Constitution of the
country, know wbnt tlio Constitution ? Not
ono out of every hundred. IIow should
thov know anything about an instrument
which tlioy aro incapable of rending, and
paihnps uevor heard of Ik*fore its being mentioned
to thorn in court. The applicant
should lie made-to swear that he has read
the Constitution or a: least understands its
import. What is called Custom swearing
should not be tolerated in so grave a matter
as that of confearing the right to vote upon
a foreigner. He should be compelled to
give satisfactory evidence that lie knows to
what he swears, and the whole purport and
object of his oath. Witnesses should be required
to be more explicit as to their knowI
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muge ox applicant*?ior, in many cases mey
could not. if asked, tell wher. their knowlodge
of the party commenced, or the number
of year* which he has resided in thin
country. They assume that his residence
has been five years, because they have beun
made to understand, that, unless he has resided
here that term he cannot be made a
citizen.
With most foreigners, the first thing on
their nrrivnl in this country is, to take the
initiary steps to lieconie citizen*. They hi e
eager to exercise the right of suffrage ; and
many of them do uot wait six months before
tliey aro seen at political gatherings,
and at the polls, busily engaged in endeavoring
to influence voters. Buch importin
snce would be rebuked by any but a party
which relied on such foreign influence for
ta success. We hope that the lime ha*
passed when these things can be practised.
''c * Baltimore Clipper.
A girl, named Brown, recently disK'aca
herself In male attire and joined
_ United States army at Rome, ST. Y.
iler sex was not dfacwered for several
veeks,
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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
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(fM&iKTitW \Vl??.TtTSL ?_ (EL.
Friday Morning, Oct. 19,1855.
AQRNTS.
E. W. CAW, N. W. cor. of Walnut end Third-st
Philadelphia, i? our authorized Agent
W. W. WALKER, Columbia, & a
A. M. PEOEN, Fairview P. O., Ofecnrflle Diat
WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville.
CAPT. R. Q. ANOERSON, Cedar Kails, Greenville.
Jo ColrlregponOeQi#.
UA Jersey Mule."?Your Inst letter has
been misplaced. It arrived during our late
absence. Your compliments, as well as those
of your esteemed lady, are highly appreciated.
T. H., Newberry.?Tho article you refer
to has bceu published, but we cannot
tiixl an extra copy containing it. .<
Explanatory.?Our readers may expect
but little editorial from us for several
weeks, unless'we can procure an assistant.
Our services can well be spared for a short
time?not for the great a.ncunt of labor
i that we have already done?but in consequence
of the dull state of the news world
at the present. The miscellaneous and
, news department, will be attended to as usuf
al. After the elapse of a few weeks we in
\ tend to give our undivided attention to the
* wants of our readers, and tho Enterprise in
| particular.
CRIME AMONG SLAVES.
i From the number of negroes now in our
s jail, and the many who have been recently
publicly punished by our authorities for
committing various depredations, in our
midst, we naturally conclude that there is
oither a growing disposition on the part of
our black population to commit crime, or
a more vigilant eye is being opened upou
them by our citizens and municipal officers.
Ilecent disclosures have shown that some of
thetn have been carrying on, for some time,
a system of robbery and nefarious traflicing.
Wo do not know that any whites have been
implicated in the cases brought to the notice
of our citizens. That there could be, . but
few seem fb doubt. Quite a number of
j drunken negroes have been found by our
wAtchfu! patrol during the present month,
and it is thought that there is cither a rtndevous
for the procurement of liquor, or
that a few low whites iu our midst supply
theiu with it. The matter should be looked'
into. Whilst upon the subject we would
simply a?k if it would not be more beneficial
(it would cartainly bo more decent,) if the
slaves that nro to be whipped, could have
the punishment indicted upon thern either
in the jail yard or at some place out from
the public square. We have never thought
publicly whipping a criminal ever made him
a better man, on the oontrary it almost invariably
hardens his heart, and, consequently
he sleeps himself still farther in crime
upon his release. In this our public officers
' are not to blame, but we do think a remedy
| for this evil may be had from some quarter,
i Let us have it.
fcjTAccordtny to a correspondent of the
New-York Tribune a large number of men
h ive been enlisted in New-Orleans for the
| Central American expeditions of Kinney and
i Walker, all of whom will go out armed. It
I is said nUo iliat several wealthy planters
| have subscribcd:a largo amount of money to
the enterprise, while others have agreed to go
down as soon as things are more settled, and
Lake with them their slaves. Many who havo
I enlisted have agreed to tako their families
along. The fund guaranteed to Kixket for
the promotion of his enterprise amounts to
over five millions of dollars, and it is alleged
that the object of the whole effort i? to secure
the organization of a slave Suite in Central
America, to be annexed to the Union.
jOTPurchak* or Mount Vbknov.?It
will be recollected by our readers that, some
months ago, an effort was started by an association
of patriotic ladies, for raising funds
to purchase the property of Mount Vernon.
The Philadelphia Inquirer states that be
tween sixty aiid seventy thousand, or about
one-third of the purchase money, has already
been collected. The success encourages them
to persevere, and for the purpose of carrying
out the design, a pnbiic meeting has been
oalled at Philadelphia the 23d of October.
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vuv. m^iur ami uvuw cinuicni genilQIUAn
are eapoeted to bo preaont and deliver Ad
drease*.
JtW The Governor of Virginia in view of
the fact the band of death hae been nearly
tayed in the two >trick||* cities of Norfolk
and PorUawtftht baa issued bu prooUmv
tion raoommehding that the lath of Novem*
Ver next) be observed ia that Stat* as a day
of thanksgiving, humiliation and prayer.
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Ccffe?poi|i)ence of the
Columbia, B.C., Oct. l7tb, 1805.
Dtar ]&r\C9.?~Our excuse for foiling to
write last week is the one generally offered
by lazy correspondent*, viz.: tha?we bad no
uows to comraunioate?no "thrilling" incidents
to relate?no "horrible" events to !#
cord. A letter without such items at the
present day is considered by many as decidedly
"boring"?yet with the risk of proving
wearisome to all such, we again endeavor to
"fill out" a short space in your excellent
journal.
> October has heretofore been counted as a
winter month?but this October muRt be
reckoned among those of spring in the Columbian
Calendar. Cool and pleasant are
the mornings and evenings, while mid-day
is warm and sultry. Jack Frost has visited
us once or twice but oome so gently and retired
so quickly as to leave behind but few
traces of his visit.
On Monday week William II. Tallkt,
Esq., was, according to our prediction, elected
to the Legislature from Richland District.
The Anti Americans made no move
against him, and considering there was no
opposition he received a largo vote. While
on this point permit us to state that your
prescription was fatal to Dr. "Abernethy,"
and killed him off in a short time.
Mr. 0. E. Walker, Civil Engineer, has
laid before our City Council a plan for furnishing
Co'umbift with water ou an improved
plan. The supply is not now equal to the
demand, and, in cases of fire which fortunately
seldom occur, water, cannot be had in
sufficiency to do much good. We hope
his plan will be adopted?as pure clean water
is an indcspensablo requisition.
Lnst Summer one of Capt. 1 )kSa use he's
recruits named Goroii become involved in a
quarrel with Tuos. Kelly, of this city, and
was killed. Kelly was tried at this Session
of the Court?convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to pay a fine of $800, and bo imprisoned
for one year. It speaks bad for
Richland that at almost every court for the
Inst tbreo years, soma murder case has been
tried. Rut in every mstance we believe liquor
was the causo of the murder.
The now State Cupilol is rising slowly.
The foundation, of massive Carolina granite,
is nearly completed and the building w ill be
an imposing one, we suppose, as no one has
to our knowledgo seen the plans. The Commissioners
and Architect will probably get
tho building completed and then havo plans
drawn.
The amateur musicians of our beautiful
city?and their name is legion?have formed
a Society known as the Philharmonic, for
the practice of Sacred Music. They give
monthly Concerts?one of which conies off
this night, and being an Associato member
r we hope to have the pleasure of attending.
Our mnroliante yoaoii-o/I ?-1
WW*. VI VU?*HV? MM* V I VVVI ? vu ?n?^o nuu
well assorted stocks of goods tliis season,and
(he merchants of your district would do well
to give a call before purchasing in Chaileelon
or any of the Northern Cities.
Yours truly,
BAYARD.
Tho fall of Sebastopol
The Crimea correspondent of the London
Morning Herald, who h said to l>e well In
formod, has returned to England, and hits
written two articles on the subject of tho fall
of Sebastopol, which hnve been highly commended.
According to one of them, which
is copied by the National Intelligencer, the
allies are far from having nccomplhhed their
work in the destruction of tho south side of
Sebastopol. lie says that the formidable
nature of the obstaclo the allies wilt have to
surmount before the north ports can be attacked
at all arc so great, that the winter
will very probably be allowed to pass before
it is attempted. A "march to the north
side," which some of tho English journals
appear to think a very en*y matter, he considers
simply ridiculous.
This intelligent correspondent says thnt
the "Russians nave completed and perfected
a line ofeaithwork* stretching otl the north
side front the Belbek to tho vuiioy of Inkerman,
and, above all, have thrown up tremendous
works covering the road leading to the
j north side of Trakter bridge and Mackent
zie's farm. In order to inarch to the notth
j side the allies must take the heights which
t ..1. .* - -a
> which are 100 Riecp in front to ever l>e scaled
by any but expert c!in)l>era, and every
I cliff of which is bristling with Russian redoubts
and batteries. These heights could
only be turned, and that, adds the correspondent,
could only be accomplished by forcingthe
Mackenzie road.
lie then describes the Mackenzie road,
which, it appears, is so narrow, so precipitins,
so thoroughly commanded by the
most formidable Russian batteries that "even
bronze troops'gwould be "annihilated" who
would attempt it. For two miles of this terrible
nmrcb the allies would be exposed to
a perfect * fire of ilell," without being allowed
even to return a shot. There Ts no
other way of turning these heights or gaining
the north side of Sebastopol, from Halaklavn,
by lund. "The troops that took the
south side of Sebastopol might do anything,
yet, I think," say* the correspondent, "even
Pelluwier will pause before attacking the
Mackenzie road. In such an attack, we
might be unsuccessful, and we must be prepared
to lose J?aJf our army." The writer
eoneidem the campaign virtually cflused lot
the summer, and believes that when it is recommenced,
the allies will land again at KaI
am it a, and llie glory of the first battle-of the
Alma will taeu be eclipsed in the desperate
struggle of the second.
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JEftsttllantaus IftWfcilli;
To Kx?r Milk Swkkt.--A. Boyd, a correspondent
informs us that be has practised
a peculiar method with much auecevs of pre
serving milk aweet in the pans. It simply ,S,
consists in placing a piece of new hammered . *
iron, or three twelve penny nails, in cacirtiu
Sin. thou pouring the warm milk on them.
e believes that electritity has something to
do with producing the result. He had tried '
many experiments before he hit upon this
one, which he found to preserve the milk
sweet for a longer lime than other plans tried
by him.?Scientific American.
Souk writer has beautifully remarked.
"The propensity of mankind to admire ana
appUud a generous action, or a noble aacri(ice
for another's good, evinces conclusively
that all is not evil with us ? that there are yet
*ome redeeming qualities in human nature,
which, however much they may slumber, do
not entirely die away. Some profess the
idea of h total and ultdV depravity of the human
heart; but bad as we are, it is pleasant
to believe that there linger* yet upon the
earth a small portion of that pure spirit .**
which made Eden blessed, and which vivifies
ttiiu gtauuens two pain oi tno pugiun.
To KKKP FoTATOKS fro* Fro?T. IfjOU
have not a convenient store plane for them,
dig n trench three or fonr feet deep, into
which they are to be hod as they are taken
up, and then covered with the earth taken
out of the trench, raised up in the middle
like the roof of a house, and covered with
straw, to carry off the rain. They will be
thus preserved from the frost, and can be ta*
ken up ns they are wanted. >
No woman ever loved to tbe fnll extent
of the passion, who did not feel humbled,
(delighted in that humility) by her exaggerated
and overweening estimate of the superiority
of the object of her worship. What
stale could fall, what liberty decay, if the
zeal of man's noisy patriotism was as pure
as tho silent loyalty of woman's love !
Young Man, You'p.k Waxtkd.?A woman
wants you. Doh't foigct her. No
matter if you arc poor. Don't wait to be
rich, if you do, ton to one if you arc fit to be
married. Marry while you are young, and
struggle up together.?jfxehanpe.
But mark, voting man, the woman don't
want you, if she is to divido your affect ioD? **'
with a cigar, ftpittoon, or a whukev jug.
Tiikkk i* a spirit of intellectual atul moral
beauty which add# to every other charm,
and which outlives them all. "Smiles from
reason flow," anil thestrongest, purest, deej>est
aflection need not rest upon ignorance.
The heart and mind should expand together.
They have no adverse claims. The strongest
feelings are restrained and guided, not do
stroyed, by the strongest powers of the intellect.
Perseverance is failing nineteen time* ' **
but succeed* the twentieth. And then,
when you do succeed, goodness gracious!
how the applause comes down?
and from those, too, who esteemed jou
craz/^pnd a fool during the period of
your perseverance I uBe sure you're
right?then go ahead," is a maxim
which tho shallow brains of the world
have not as yet studied.
Distinctions aro sometimes funny\
and amusing enough ns chance offers.A
conversation recently took place be- ...
tween a traveler and a squaw iu Central
Michigan. The squaw bad a papoose
on her arm that was exceedingly
white for a member of her race, which
t'ufO. inflnr?r?d tliA m>nflyman fn actr if it
was not n halt breed! Whereupon the
replied,?"No, no; not a drop of whit?
blood about it?half Ingen and half
missionary."
A reverend gentleman in New York
a few Sabbaths since, seeing a poor
woman tottering up one of the aisles of
his church, waiting iu vain for some
one to offer her a seat, paused in his
sermon, descended from the pulpit,
showed her into his own pew, and quietly
returned to his desk a^ain.
(Well done, reverend friend 1)
[National Intelligencer. ,
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Mutual love and consideration areJomaded
in all the relations of life.?
Every thing that mav qiislifv the motives
of others should be candidly coilAidered.
There should be an abounding
fullness of that love which bopeth
ah things-?since only ttiia can prevent
great injustice to reputation.
A certain signboard baa the following
classical inscription,?"All persona
what are found fyghtening or trespussing
on this ground will be executed
wid the utmost wigger of the law.' '
A good old Qnaker lady, after lit
tening to the extravagant' yarns of a
store-Keeper as long as she qttld, said:
"Friend, what a pity that it is a sin to
lie, as it sextos necessary in thy business.
Mystkeious AnrauL?The Floy?*
Intelligencer learns that a young man
named Saterfield, employed by Mr. M. Reynolds,
was found aeadin the neighborhood
ofPenn's store, Patrick oounty,
on the morning of the 20th hit It appeared
that he was shot through the
heart, by some person yet unMbowu.
PomrruLNB, October 12.?Tho powder
mill at Gorham blew up thknforn- ft*,
ing, killed seven men, and inynring.*
several others. It was owned by G.G.
'Newh.ll, of JQBB
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