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FROM CIIASRES: RETURNING ftOLD
SEEKERS.
The steamer Northerner , which arrived at.
New York on Tuesday i'rom Charles, brought
as passengers quite a number of gold-seekers,
who had been as far as the Isthmus, but re
iurned in despair of getting passage from Pan
ama to San Francisco. Among those who
returned were H. S. Ketchum and A. S. Smith,
of the Syracuse and California Trading and
Mining Company, who sailed from New York
in the brig Alida on the 2d of March last. A
portion of this company went round Cape
Horn in charge of their stores and other prop
erty, a part by the Nicaragua route, and the
remainder by the Isthmus, where they now
remain, except those who have just returned.
Mr. Ketchum returned with a view of obtain
ing tickets for the company by the next steam
er from Panama, but finds that he cannot se
cure passage earlier than by the July steam
er and thinks that the whole company will
probably return, and that hundreds of others j
will also return by the earliest conveyance.
Mr. K. confirms other statements which we
have published, that there are some two thou
sand live hundred vainly awaiting opportu
nity to sail for the “biggins.” Some had ,
been waiting two months, and many had ex- !
hausted their entire means, and were becom
ing desperate. Two young men who had re
cently landed on the Isthmus, with each one
thousand dollars, had spentthe entire amount j
in dissipation and gambling, and offered six 1
months’ faithful service at hard labor to any
one who would land them at any port of the j
United States, but could find no one to except j
their proposition. Unless the great numbers j
on the Isthmus shall soon find means either
to return or go on to the promised land, there !
must inevitably be much suffering—probably
robbery and murder : for, being out of moil-j
ey. they must steal, rob or starve.
Mr. K. states that tickets for steerage pas
sage in the next steamer from Panama, which
here cost’ one hundred dollars, were selling
when he left at from four hundred to seven
hundred dollars. One gentleman, who re
turned in the Northerner, sold his ticket for
four hundred and seventy-five dollars. The
climate is quite healthy, considering the lati- ■
tude. and, as a general thing, only those who
are dissipated, and unnecessarily expose
’themselves, become sick. A Dr. Smith, of
Indiana, died at Chagres on the 26th ultimo.
Our informant saw the lady of Col. Fre
mont going up the Chagres river in a canoe as
he came down from Panama.
[New York Tribune.
FOR CALIFORNIA.
The ship Areatus sailed'from Boston on
Thursday for California. She has one hun
dred and forty passengers. The ship Eliza
beth sailed from Salem the same day.
A number of persons are engaged in or
ganizing the means for the establisment of an
expiess line between St. Louis and San Fran
cisco—the project being to make four trips
each way during the year. It is said that
they have provided the requisite ponton, bag
gage, provision, and passenger wagons, and
it is expected that the trip will be made in
sixty to seventy-five days.
The Little Rock Democrat of the 23d ulti
mo says that there is quite a rush of emi
grants through that State for California :
“Since our last, the steamers Armstrong,
■White, Casher, and Penywit. have passed up
about three hundred and fifty on hoard,
consisting of companies and parts of compa
nies from Tennessee and Mississippi, to ren
dezvous at Fort Smith and Nan Buren. To
this number, if we add those who have pass
ed through our city, proceeding by land, we
may safely estimate that not less than one
thousand Lave already gone up to the rendez
vous.” There were also many at Little Rock
and other places.
CALIFORNIA HOUSES,
In No. 112 Broadway this city may be seen
a house standing in the inside ot another, anil
all taken in at the door. This is not done up
on the old mountebank principle of squeezing
an egg into a vinegar bottle, but is a fan
bouse and one too that is bound for the gob*
regions to shield the adventurous wealth
seeker, from the night dews and rains of Cal
ifornia's clime. The place mentioned above
Is a grand depot for all things of a California
nature. There may be seen a hammock that
can protect a man who buys it, although he
may be like a the wonderful animal that can t
live on the land and dies in the water,
is a bed and life presever. There too ma)
be seen a whole regiment of gold washers
hut not in uniform—they are all in fatigue
dress and each wears a different facing. e
took an observation of the premises last
suit SJ"/ HI IS Ift :fj Oa il “j 1 JS iii A ift T AAS Si if'T is ,
week, ami we must say that comment upon
the merits of the different inventions, is out
of the question. Some are good and others
perhaps worthless. They were some more
evidence to us (although none have betterop
portumties of judging otherwise) that the me
chanical genius of our people is of the most
varied, and energetic and original character.
A number of sheet iron houses have been
constructed by Mr. Naylor of this city, and
sent away to California. The sheets of iron
are made with flanges, and with tongues and
grooves to lap over and unite together firmly.
The way in which they are put together
makes them perfectly water tight. A right
idea of their construction could not be convey
ed in mere words, but they are not expensive
—one almost 60 feet long and good width,
costing only S2OO. The iron is ail galvan
ized, so that it is perfectly weather proof. A
number of wooden houses are exhibited here
every day, but which is best or worst, is
something beyond the ken of the present, and
will only be best known hereafter to those
who may use them.
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Cunious Spring at San Francisco. —A
letter from California, recently received, states
that a spring has been discovered near San
Francisco, which possesses the peculiar prop
erty of coloring leather to a beautiful jet
black. The leather to be colored is allowed
to remain in the water for about six days.
The water must he strongly impregnated
with iron, and the leather which has turned
black must have been dressed with sumac,
oak. or some astringent containing tannin.
It probably could not turn white alum leath- j
er black.
New Method of Silvering Glass.— An
Englishman has discovered anew process of
silvering glass which will entirely eclipse the
old injurious and dilatory method of silver- ,
ing by means of mercury and tin. Nor is
this the only advantage. The silvering is
richer in its texture than that produced by the
old process: and it may be touched by the
finger and yet remain untarnished. This im
provement is obtained by a soliftion of nitrate
of silver in water and spirits, mized with am
monia and the oils of cassia anil cloves.
Some of the glass thus silvered is announced
to be extreme!v beautiful.
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A company of emigrants to Texas from
Monroe county, Georgia, were atttackfed
with cholera after leaving New Orleans, and
at the last accounts eighteen of the company •
had been buried, seven servants in one grave.
Some of them died in three hours after they i
were attacked! The party was composed of
six families with their servants, in all seven- :
ty-seven persons.
California Gold. —We yesterday saw a
lump nearly pure, as taken from the ground,
weighing 53 pennyweights, and worth s;>3.
— .four. Com.
Sclcctcb jJcctrn.
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VENUS,
Reply to Lons fellow's Poem on Mars, in the “ Voices
J of die Night.”
BY MARTIN F . TAPPER.
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Thou lover of the blaze of Mars.
Come oat with me to-night,
For I have found amo ig the stars
A name of nobler light.
Thy boast is of unaonquer’d Mind,
The strong, the stern, the still;
Mine, of the happier heart ro-igne l
To Wisdom’s holy will.
They call my star of beauty’s name
The gentle Queen of Love ;
And look how far its tender flame
Is flickering above.
O star of poace! O toreh of hope,
! I hail thy precious ray,
A diamond on the ebon cope,
To shine the dark away.
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Within my heart there is no light
Put cometh from above ;
I eive the lirst watch of the night
To the sweet planet, Love.
The st ir of Charity and Truth,
Os cheerful thoughts and sage,
The lamp to guide my steps in you h,
And gladden mine old age.
O, brother, yiell; thy fiery Mars,
For nil his mailed might.
Is not so strong among the st|>rs
As the Queen Oi Night.
Yes- in a trial world like this,
Where all that domes is sent, •
Learn how divine a grace it is
To smile ahd be pontent.
JJl)Uosoplnj for tl)c people.
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THE COW-TREE,
Mi. Lact was the first person who made
known in Europe one of the most curious
j vegetable productions of the oquinoxial re
-1 gions—a tree which yields a kind of milk en
tirely analogeous to that of a cow, and, which,
for that reason, has been called cow-tree.
This.singular juice, on account of its simili
i tude to that animal—in place of which Ba
ron Humboldt has seen it is used for every
domestic purpose on the farm of Barbuda—
has been admired by every traveller.
This vegetable milk possesses all the phy
; sical properties of the milk of animals, only
’ it is a little thicker, and mixes easily with
; water; it also becomes yellow, and thickens
jon the surface like cream. When boiled, it
j does not coagulate, but a thick yellow pelli- ,
1 cle is formed on the surface. Acids do not
form with this milk any coagulum, as with
that of the cow.
If the juice of this valuable tree is so pleas
} ant and nutritive to the natives, how much
move grateful must it he to the traveller who
penetrates to these high mountainous regions,
when exhausted by fatigue, hunger an l thirst!
| On the road from Patito to Puerco-Cabello,
1 all the trees of this species which are met
with, exhibet numerous incisions, made by
j travellers, who anxiously search for them
J during a journey through these parts. But it
is not tor this pleasant and nutritive juice alone
’ that 1 he cow-tree is valuable: because nature,
ever bountiful, has given it a doubly useful
! property ; for besides the fibrin, it likewise
contains an abundance of wax, which may be
extracted with great facility.
This milk, when exposed to the action of
| the air, is altered, and acquires an tinplcas
-1 ant smell similar to that of sour milk ; and a
1 pellicle is formed on the surface, which, trit
urated with caustic potash, exhales arnmo
nia. If some drops of an acid are added to
this milk, it may be exposed to the air a long
time, without any alteration : if kept in a
bottle with a crystal stopper, it does not de
compose, but becomes only thicker; and if
a bottle of water is added to thi§ milk, it re
gains all its properties. In this manner it
may be preserved for a considerable lime.
When this liquid is put on the fire, it pre
sents exactly the same appearance as cow's
milk, a pellicle forming on its surface, which
prevents the expansion of aqueous vapors.
By repeatedly” boiling this vegetable milk
with alcohol, a white fibrous SllbstanCC IS
produced, possessing the same properties as
common fibrin • and although it may appear
singular to meet, in a vegetable product, a
; substance which has usually been consi lin
ed as peculiar to animal matter, it neverthe
-1 less does not differ from it in anything* and
: although not identical with the fibrin extract
ed from animal matters, it seems to have the
same relation to it as vegalable albumen has
to animal albumen.
Recently a substance has been extracted
! from the fresh juice of the Carcea Papaya ,
which appears to be similar to that from the
milk of the cow-tree.
UNIVERSAL CEMENT.
Curdle skimmed milk, then collect the
1 curd, press out the whey, break the curd into
I small pieces, dry by the heat of a water bath
and reduce it to a fine powder. To ten
ounces of this powder add one ounce of fine
ly powdered quicklime and two scruples of
camphor. Mix them well together, and keep
the mixture in closely” stopped bottles.—
| When it is wanted to he used, a portion of
j this powder is to be mixed with a little wa
ter. so as to form a paste, which is to be ap
plied quickly. This cement may be used for
| almost every thing in the shape of fine work.
HOAR FROST.
At this season of the year, we often ob
-1 the bushes and other matters exposed
j to the morning or evening air, acquire a sort
of ciust on the surface, as if they were can
died. This is callel hoar-frost, which is but
the exhalations and moisture condensed and
frozen by the coldness of the surrounding
air. Tne dew, which during the day has
evaporated from the earth, descends in the
night, and in cold weather becomes congeal
ed. putting on that white appearance we so
often observe in a morning: and as the
large bodies retain their heat the longest, we
generally see more of the frost upon the
hedges and grass than on the larger trees.
This dew, coming in contact with bodies
colder than itself, imparts to them a portion
; of its heat, the loss of which, if considerable,
occasions it to lose its fluidity j when its
particles condensed unite more closely, and-
form a slender coating of ice. In this man
ner our hair, as well as that ot animals, is
sometimes covered with hoar frost; the per
spirable matter exposed to the cold air be
comes congealed, and this effect is produced.
Thus also are formed the icicles we see hang
ing from the houses in winter; the wale’
dropping down imparts the heat it contains
to the colder air, and thus losing its fluidity
becomes congealed.
Simple Remedy for burns. —An esteem
ed lady friend sends as the following “reme
dy for the most painful burns,” which, “it
applied immediately, affords almost instant
relief.” She says: It consists of equal
parts of linseed oil and lime mixed together.
It must be well shaken before using and
poured over an even piece of raw cotton and
applied to the sore. It may be renwed two
or three times a day. This remedy is valu
able to families, and so simple that it is with
in the reach of every one. She has seen al
most immediate relief derived from the appli
cation of this mixture to the most painful and
serious burns, which, without it might possi
bly have become wide spread’ tedious and
expensive wounds.
We copy the above from the Baltimore Aon
to endorse its truth. The lime water .and the
oil makes a beautiful white salve, personally
tried tome years ago, with satisfaction.
Newspaper Analects.
SELF-RELIANCE.
If any consider, the present aspects of what
is called by distinction society he will see th:*
need of these ethics. The sinew and heart
! of man seem to be drawn out, and we are be
come timorous. desponding whimperers. We
are afraid of truth, of fortune, afraid of
death, ami afraid of each other. Our age
yields no great and perfect persons. We
want men and women who shall renovate
life and our social state, but we see that mos
natures are insolvent; cannot satisfy their
own wants, have an ambition out of all pro
portion to their practical force, and so do
lean and beg day and night continually, Oar
; housekeeping is medicant, our arts, our occu
pations, our marriages, our religion we have
j not chosen, but society has chosen for us.
We are parlor soldiers. The rugged battle
i of fate, where strength is born, we shun.
If young men miscarry in their first enter
, arises, they lose all heart. If the young
1 merchant fails, men say he is ruined. If the
1 hirst genius studies at one of our colleges,
and is not installed in an office within one
year afterwards in the cities or suburbs oi
Boston or New York, it seerns to his friends
and to himself that he is right in being dis
heartened and in complaining the rest of his
life. A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or
Vermont, who in turn tries all the professions,
who teams it. farms it. peddles, keeps a school,
preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to Con
gress, buys a township, &c., in successive
years, and always like a cat, falls on his
feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls.
He walks abreast with his days, and feels no
shame in not “studying a profession,” for he
does not postpone his life, but lives already
He has not one chanc e but a hundred chan
ces. Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the
resources of man, and tell men they ape not
leaning willows, but can and must detach
themselves; that with the exercise of self
trust, new powers shall appear: that a man
is the word made flesh, born to shed healing
to the nations, that the moment he acts foi
himself, tossing the laws, the books, the idol
atries, and customs out of the window, —we
pity him no more, but thank and revere
him, —and that teacher shall restore tne life
1 of man to splendor, and make his name dear
i to all history.
Discontent is the want of self-reliance
it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if
you can thereby help the sufferer; if not at
tend your own work, and already the evil be
gins to be repaired. Our sympathy is just a*
base. We come to them who weep foolishly,
and sit down and cry for company, insteai
iof imparting to them truth and health in
rough electric shocks, putting them once more
in commnication with the soul. The secret
of fortune is joy in our hauls. Welcome
evermore to gods and men is the self-helping
man. For him all tongues greet, all honors
crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our
love goes out to him and embraces him, be
cause he did not need it. We solicitously
i and apologetically caress and celebrate him,
because he held on his way an ! scorned dis
approbation. The gods love him because
men hated hitn. “To the persevering mor
tal,” said Zoroaster, “theblessel Immortals.
. are swift.” —Emerson
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