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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. - 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. j’ 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. - ——* ~ ~ y_ .v r**” 4 VENUS, Reply to Lons fellow's Poem on Mars, in the “ Voices J of die Night.” BY MARTIN F . TAPPER. __ 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. | . 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. - J -"-w , ■ : r -=rT^=± 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 397