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Words b 7 a Lady of Vermont. 
[Composed Expressly for IVIoore’s Iiuiul New-Yorker. ] 
WM SEAlii'E. 
LETTERS PROM CALIFORNIA. 
New Series. — T'Tvimlrer Jfive. 
j Chinese Wedding — Chinamen described — U- 8- Marin? 
Hospital—The future of San Fnmriseo — Califmmia vthedt 
Harvest—Amount of wheat. wool, and wine prodttced in 
JS60 — Number of fruit tre. * — Site yf fruit — f\gs and 
fog leaf aprons. 
Sax FRAXCI8C0. Dec. 15, 1860. 
Robert Burns, sitting down oil one occasion to 
write a poem, said 
“Which way the subject theme may gang, 
Let time or chance determine ; 
Perhaps it may turn out a sang, 
Or, probably, a sermon !” 
We have no fears that our pen will either attempt a 
sang or a sermon, but it is always more inclined to 
take country rambles, and sketch from nature's great 
architect, than to tarry in and describe city scenes 
and manners. But our quill must give over soaring 
and sailing, and soberly tell your readers about a 
Chinese Wedding in High Life, The firm of LrxWo 
& Co., of San Francisco, have a spruce young clerk 
from the environs of Pekin, named Cum Chum. He 
has been (it is said) for some time enamored of a 
moon-eyed beauty, named An Too. Last evening his 
addresses were consummated by bis winning “the 
hand, and the heart in it," of Miss Too. Cum Chum 
is an F. F. P„ (First Family of I’ekin,) and is here 
not only to act as book-keeper, bat to study the 
character of the outside barbarians in San Francisco, 
as it is whispered, with the intention of writing a 
book. Miss Alt Too has seen eighteen summers, and 
came to this country but a short time since. The 
arrangements having been completed at the house of 
Ah Win, in Sacramento street, the hymenial train of 
carriages started from the door of Lun Wo, and pro¬ 
ceeded with the bridegroom and his friends, to that 
of the bride, where the ceremony was performed by 
the said parties affixing their signatures to a paper in 
Chinese characters; after which they returned to the 
house of Ah Wait, where their arrival was heralded 
by the firing of bunches of fire-crackers and the 
mellifluous* sounds of bngags, turn-turns, and one 
stringed fiddles. The principal room in the upper 
story was decorated with flowers, and kin kmjos was 
burnt in all directions, to propitiate the several 
deities who rule the roost hymeneal. A table 
groaned under Its heavy load of soups and other 
good dishes, aud a plentiful supply of chop-sticks 
was provided for the guests to feed themselves with. 
As the happy party arrived, the hu-gags struck up 
a dulcet melody, the turn-turns were smitten, and 
ravishing strains floated out upou the calm evening 
air, th»- whang-chow discoursed celestial symphonies, 
“ And all went merry as a marriage bell.” 
Music by Mrs. H. N. WOOD. 
6 V T!:.»E> r LEE •••?-- Ig.gi* S': - TP > ; - j-r g-gl*!.*; 
I build mv nest on the mountain's crest,Where the wild winds rock my eaglets to rest, Where the lightnings flush, and the thun-ders crash 
=£t. 
I build my nest on the mountain’s crest,Where the wild winds rock my eaglets to rest. Where the lightnings flash, aud the thun - ders crash, 
And the roar - ing tor - rents foam and dash; For my spi - rit free hence-forth shall be 
type for the sons 
Lib - er - ty. 
And the roar - ing tor - rents foam and dash; For my spi - rit free hence-forth shall be 
type for the sons 
Lib - cr - ty. 
Aloft I fly from my eyrie high, I love the land where the mountains stand, O , guard ye well the land- where I dwell, 
Through the vaulted dome of the azure sky. Like the watch-towers high of a Patriot band. Lest to future times the tale I tell, 
On a sunbeam bright take my airy flight, For I may not bide in my glory and pride, When slow expires In smouldering (ires 
And float in a flood of liquid light; Though the hind bo never so fair and wide, The goodly heritage of your sires, 
h or I love to play in the noon-tide ray. Whore luxury reigns o'er voluptuous plains. How Freedom's light rose clear and bright 
And bask in a blaze from the throne of day. And fetters the freo-born soul in chains. O’er fair Columbia's beacon height, 
Till ye quenched the (lame in u starless night. 
Away I spring with a tireless wing. Then give to me in my flights to see , 
On a feathery cloud I poise and swing, The land Of the Pilgrims ever, free! 1 n l ' ar lfin ' jour pennonfair 
I dart dow n the steep where the lightnings leap, And I never will rove from the haunts I love, 11 * ,lr8 j' iavi ' ln ,nuro P*' there; 
And the clear blue canopy slowly sweep; But watch, from my sentinel track above, - V ° inuK-1 l* 1 ** blast 111 launch, 
For dear to me is the revelry Your banner free, O’er land and sea, ™ 0 , fro,n th " ,ln «' Htafr wrench . 
Of a free and fearless liberty. And exult in your glorious liberty. * nd “ Way 1 Jl Uee - for 1 8Corn to 800 
A craven race in the land of the free! 
gathering of her vast wheat fields, she possesses the white sails of the “Sea Bird" and “Flying mass. Vesuvius bus thrown Its ashes ns far as Con- 
tremendous advantages over the States cast of the Cloud” slowly gliding over its surface, now onrving stantmoplo, Syria, and Egypt; it hurled stories eight 
great dividing range of mountains. The importance round some graceful point, then losing themselves pounds in weight to Pompeii, a distance of six miles, 
of fair weather in harvest is indicated in a remark behind the lofty headlands, that rose far above the while similar masses were tossed up 2,000 feet above 
once made by Hon. Daniel Webster —“that a few water, their perpendicular sides half concealed by its summit. Cotopaxi has projected a block of 10!) 
days of foul weather near the beginning of wheat briar rose, blue bells, and wild honey-suckle which, cubic yards In volume a distance of nine miles, and 
harvest in Great Britain, directly affects the interests creeping down their rocky face, kissed their shadows Sumbnwu, In 1815, during the most terrible eruption 
I love the land where the mountains stand, 
Like the watch-towers high of a Patriot hand, 
For I may not hide in my glory and pride, 
Though the hind ho never so fair and wide, 
Where luxury reigns o'er voluptuous plains, 
And fetters the free-born soul in chains. 
Then give to me in my flights to see 
The land of the Pilgrims ever free! 
And I never will rove from the hnunts I love, 
But watch, from my sentinel track above, 
Your banner free, o’er land and sea, 
And exult in your glorious liberty. 
gathering of her vast wheat fields, she possesses 
tremendous advantages over the States cast of the 
great dividing range of mountains. The importance 
of fair weather in harvest is indicated in a remark 
once made by Hon. Daniel Webster -“that a few 
days of foul weather near the beginning of wheat. 
the white sails of the “Sea Bird” and “Flying 
Cloud” slowly gliding over its surface, now curving 
round some graceful point, then losing themselves 
behind the lofty headlands, that rose far above the 
water, their perpendicular sides half concealed by 
briar rose, blue, bells, and wild honey-suckle which, 
nu., M,._ 1U w .i wvoie and markets of tbe whole civilized world.” This in the liquid mirror beneath. The opposite shore on record, sent its ashes as far a Java, a distance of 
groane unru its uavy o,n o soups am othei rem!U -k 0 f the great statesman is founded on the lay in fair beauty, with its green, sunny points, 300 miles of surface, and out of a population of 12 • 
good dishes, and a plentiful supply of chop-sticks C0nCeded facUhat hitherto Mark iM has been the gently swelling hills and plains, luxuriant even to 000 souls only twenty escaped, 
was provided for the guests to feed themselves with. barometeP of price „ for bre adstuffs throughout Europe the water's edge with highly cultivated farms, pleas- _. . ^ ^_ 
a d u Ice i n c lo <1 v P * th e' 1 1 u i ut 11 ms wcTSmitten '\Z ^ Atncri ° a ' As the f”' ice ot « rain rules there, so ant homes, parks anil pleasure grounds, stretching OLD, OLD ENGLAND. 
. it rates in Hamburgh, Vienna, Paris, and New York, away far as the eye could reach. And amid this 
air the whansr-chow^iscouLed celimtia^Hvmubonlftif Callfornia harveBted the P ast 8 " ,mut,r 250,000 acres of magnificent panorama, ever changing, ever beautiful, The mind finds it difficult to realize the idea that a 
' " • " y p wheat, averaging 30 bushels to the acre, turning out one forgets in their enthusiasm to wish for tho ruined country like England was once a steaming morass, 
“And all went merry as a marriage bell.” 7,500,000 bushels. I have seen large grain fields cut castle or old monastery that should give it renowo .covered with the rank tropical vegetation of tho tree- 
Then they who had been bidden to the feast, fell to, down aui1 left for months together in the field and perfect its glory. fern groves; its awful silence only broken by the 
and such a clattering of chop-sticks and dodging untl,re8hcd ' f havo H0(m thousands of bushels But one must not linger too long on these romantic hum of the shardy beetle, the rush of the hideous 
about of shaven heads, has seldom been witnessed, sacked and piled up, and left to be stored for many shores, though they are fresh and green in my flying-lizards through lofty woods of ferns and reeds, 
Cum Chum benignly and complacently received the week * or months, within a well Inclosed field, with memory as when T last looked upon them, many © r the tramp of the giant iguauoitens over the plashy 
showers of congratulations of his friends, and the 00 othcr protection than the shining vault of heaven; years ago. All too soou we found ourselves on the wolds. Imagination, left to itself, could scarcely 
fair Ah Too looked never so charmingly. At a late and ^ have seen burners who have paid SI,800 for shore ot the wondrous lake, which lay in gem like have indulged in so wild a lligiit. as to picture an era 
hour the party separated, happy in the thought that 9ack * sufficient to contain the present year’s beauty on the very brow of the mountain, three when palm trees waved In Kent and Hampshire, and 
crop, and the number would load a four horse team, hundred feet above the waters of the Bay below, the plains of Cumnor were the coral reetb of some 
Two h^rtTthat”iLttM'one” '***' Whcftt micks ar<> «xteiMtvely manufactured Ip this No source of supply has ever been discovered, nor primeval lagoon; when the tiger and hyama lurked 
city by means of heavy sewing machines. They hold its depth fathomed; its only outlet, a tiny stream, in the thickets of Kirkdale; when the trurupetinH of 
on record, sent its ashes as far a Java, a distance of 
300 miles of surface, and out Of a population of 12,• 
000 souls only twenty escaped. 
- - —- 
OLD, OLD ENGLAND. 
The mind finds it difficult to realize the idea that a 
country like England was once a steaming morass, 
Then they who had been bidden to the feast, fell to, 
and such a clattering of chop-sticks and dodging 
“Two souls with but a single thought, 
Two hearts, that beat as one,” 
the plains of Cumnor were the coral reefs of some 
primeval lagoon; when the tiger and hyama lurked 
in the thickets of Kirkdale; when the trumpeting of 
had^started along the path of wedlock, and were about two bushels, and cost from 12 to 13 cents each, rushed in wild, playful lm'.jH, (Jown the precipitous the huge northern elephant was hoard on the moors 
side of the mountain. of Yorkshire and the downs of Brighton; when the 
With thoughtful and wrapt pleasure we greeted bison fed on the plains, and tho sullen river horse 
this fair lake well of the mountain, musing upon its and rhinoceros browsed by the Thames and the Avon, 
mysterious birth. Was it indeed the child of some Yet those things were. Tho hammer of tho geolo- 
anolont volcano, cradled in its extinct crater, and gist, like the enchanter’s ward, has conjured up more 
nourished from the hidden depths of the earth? Or then one panorama of Old England, far more weird 
was it, as others said, a fathomless fountain, fed and wonderful than ever was fabled. The historian 
subterrancOusly by distant Lake Erie, with which only seeks to trace back the annals of onr island to 
its altitude is said to correspond? A nd here fancy, the days when it was first peopled by painted savages, 
taking a wild leap, suggested Imaginative possibil- living in wigwams like the red Indian or the Leaver, 
ities of its construction long ages ago, by that and hunting with the rude bow and arrow; the geol- 
oxtlnct race of men who once peopled this continent, ogiHt rcCill , H lho timea wb(!ll „ llr iHland waft th| . , l<>me 
traces of whose noble and highly civilized works yot b f the dragon, the turtle, and the iguunodon. — All 
remain, flad it been a reservoir with maius deep ( /ie Year Round. 
id reaching to that distant lake whence they drew _ , i ( __ 
"| r ” "' flW’r *• <*««■ THE FALL Op" AN AVALANCHE, 
uit may nave extended on cither side ot tho Hay, 
MU* Nineveh of old was yet the irlory of tho East? Wl(IfC , , . , 
. ., , , While wo chatter over the dinner, wondering how 
imo had lett no records tor us to study, and slowly . r . , , 
, , f * many strawberries go for a spoonful, a terrible roar 
e came back to the Lake before us. Strange and HhakeH tfae cab([) . v ■ man sbouti 
»mbre lay, everywhere surrounded by a dense „ ftvalftnche! avalanche!” and out we go into the 
rest, tall pines ever wafting o’er it their fragrance . . . ., , • . 
,d solemn mus.e, save where a little hamlet dus- ^ Jungfrat(( is a moBt Btl)p ,., 1(Joim mft s» of ice and 
red between it and the Bay shore, with its neat an0W( dftflUlng from onc precipicc t0 anothftr) ontil 
h.te cottages and luxuriant fruit gardens. Here bcfttcn und croflhed h ,to powder, it rushes in one 
lr little party stopped for rest and refreshment. An ralgbty u XiugHnl „ of HI10W into the valle . The 
11,1 Wa8 , 8 P° nt 1,1 tracin « out romflutic l ,athH in fall of that avalanche lasts two minutes by the watch. 
,e woods, or ns the children willed, gamboling on fte r0ftr would drown the , 0u a 6a t tropical thunder. 
ie white sands that, like a gleaming line of light, P . . , . , ,,, 
, , , , , ’ . ^ s ’ At first it is a break and a crash; then, like the 
icircled the water, contrasting fine y with the dark, _ , .. 
' tramp of millions ot buffaloes on tho prairie; and 
rerhanging shades o t ho iorest. At length, wearied ,i . . 
. . h tlicn, at last, like a thousand blasts of artillery, 
id hungry, we sat down to lunch under the wild , . . . „ - 
. ..... , „ , , though the avalanche is two miles off, some of us 
•ape vines that formed graceful arbors amid the . .. , 
„„ .... „ , , ,, , , , start back as if we feared that the descending muss 
cos. 1 hen with beauty and delight enough to keep , , , .. . 
, , , . , . , 1 would leap over the intervening chasm and burst in 
ir hearts treSb and glowing another three months ...... , . 
, .. , , . , , , upou mm. But it is only roar not rum, as I hope it 
rin, we prepared for our homeward rule, and that, ... , , , . . . , 
,, , . . . , , , ’ will turn out to he m this great political panic at 
gether with the pleasant tea-drinking at the quaint .. . „„ , , 
., . „ . , „ , Washington. 1 his vast mass ot snow and ice pree n- 
d mansion of “ Burnside," was onjoyed with .... . . 1 
, , , „ ... t iled itsell, fortunately, into a ravine that was per- 
arcely less pleasure than the morning's ride had , , A1 _ * 
,, . ,, lectly uninhabitable. But not so with some others. 
ieu. Mrs. P. A. Dick. c .. . . . . .. 
Buffalo N y. Sometimes whole forests are swept away; and the 
stumps of the broken trees, after the ruin has passed, 
stand up, like the stubble upon a prairie wheat-field 
Ml JFMHfe $c. “ f “ r * *-*** •• * ^ 
- ■■ ■ — - — Deaths in Royal Families. — The following per- 
WHat A volcano can do. sonal itemH about royal familics ’ a,e interesting: 
Since January 1, 1800, fourteen members of the 
Cotopaxi, in 1738, threw its fiery rockets 8,000 feet sovereign families of Europe have expired. The 
thenceforth to travel over the rough aud rocky road California has raised the present season a clip of side of the mountain. 
together. wool estimated in value at $3,040,200. She iB also With thoughtful and wrapt pleasure we greoted 
We forget the figures indicating the Chinese popu- well adapted, in soil and climate, to tho culture and this fair lake-well of the mountain, musing upon its 
lation of California, but the number of Johns and growth of the vine. In 1858 the value of her grape mysterious birth. Was it indeed the child of some 
their companions is counted by hundreds of thou- crop was estimated at $1,000,000. When tho present ancient volcano, cradled in its extinct crater, and 
sands! Occasionally one la seen dressed in American stock of vines is well matured, it is estimated that nourished from tho hidden depths of the earth? Or 
fastiion, but nearly all sport their oriental costume, their annual yield will ho worth quite $10,000,000. was it, as others said, a fathomless fountain, fed 
consisting of broad-rimed, cone-shaped hats; wooden, There are vineyards in the State sixty or seventy subterraneously by distant Lake Erie, with which 
sharp-toed shoes; trowserB of bine jean, with legs as years old, still yielding as largely as ever. Tutelli* its altitude is said to correspond? And here fancy, 
large as meal bags; ami over their shoulders and gent Spaniards, Frenchmen, Germans, and Italians, taking a wild leap, suggested Imaginative possibil- 
chestahlue cassimere tunic, or frock, coming down nn ' w '» saying that it is as well adapted to the ltiea of its construction long ages ago, by that 
nearly to the knee, which in winter is lined with cultivation of the vine as any country in tho interior extinct race of men who once peopled this continent, 
peltry. With sallow, beardless faces, shaved heads, of Europe, or on the Mediterranean. Here grow tho traces of whose noble and highly Civilized works yot 
and a dangling pig tail hanging down the back, they strawberry, the pomegranate, the olive, and the fig, remain. Bad it been a reservoir with maius deep 
certainly make anything but a lovely appearance. «ldV by side with the apple, the pear, and the peach; laid reaching to that distant lake whence they drew 
As we design to speak sparingly of public build- l hc grape of Malaga and Hamburgh, the almond, tho their primativo “ Croton ” to supply the vast cities 
ingB, it may he Apropos to say that almost tho first lemon, und tho orange, with the black walnut and that may have extended on either side of tho Bay, 
building that attracts the eye of one just stepping off the shellhark; the natives of the far North and the while Nineveh of old was yet the glory of the East? 
the steamer, to gaze for the first time upon the city tropical sunny Booth grow side by side and flourish Time had left no records for u» to study, and slowly 
of San Frunoisco, is (near by) the United States well! Franco has about 4,0M,000 acres in vineyards, we came back to the Lake before us. Strango and 
Marine Hospital. It is located on Rincon Poiut, on yielding in favorable seasons an estimated income of sombre it lay, everywhere surrounded by a dense 
an elevation affording a grand view of the city and $110,000,000, with an increasing demand. The United forest, tall pines ever wafting o’er it their fragrance 
bay of San Francisco, the contra costa valleys and States has uot over 4,000 acres in vineyards, with an and solemn music, save where a little hamlet elus- 
hills, and the coast range of mountaius. The city endless market for table wines. tered between it and the Bay shore, with it» neat 
authorities conveyed to the United States six vara California iB soou to be famous for Its variety and white cottages and luxuriant fruit gardens. Here 
lots, each 137 d feet square, as a site for the institu- amount of fruit. In addition to the vine, it is also our little party stepped for rest and refreshment. An 
tion, and it was built by United States authority, at a estimated that there are now ready to bear in Cali- l,0,lr was spent in tracing out wild romantic paths in 
cost of $220,000, appropriated from a fund created by fornla, 2,000,000 apple trees, over 3,500,000 peach the woods, or, as the children willed, gamboling on 
a tax on all American Bailors of twenty-five cents per trees, and 600,000 pear trees. Fruit attains to a large the white sands that, like a gleaming liuc of light, 
month, which ship-masters are required to deduct slze * There was exhibited at the State Fair, by a ''''circled the water, contrasting finely with the dark, 
from their wages, and pay at the customhouse. In gentleman, 26 peaches, the aggregate weight of which overhanging shades of the forest. At length, wearied 
Mrs. F. A. Dick. 
Purely no modern tailor or tailoreas could quite do 
l4, __ ^ * 8. B. R. 
fWritten for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE LAKE OP THE MOUNTAIN. 
WHAT A VOLCANO CAN DO. 
return for this tax, every sailor belonging to an was 26 lbs! The fig is delicious when taken ripe and au( l hungry, we sat down to lunch under the wild 
American vessel is entitled, in case of sickness, to a fr° m th® tree. Their color is brown, nearly K*'“P® vines that formed graceful arbors amid the 
certificate from the collector of the port, for admis- approaching a black. The tree is of thrifty growth, trees. Then with beauty and delight enough to keep 
sion into the Hospital, which lias been built und Is au ‘* with its dense foliage gives a grateful shade 0U1 ' hearts fresh and glowing another three mouths 
furnished aud supported by hit money, so that he under a fiery sky. The leaves arc large and deeply term, wo prepared for our homeward ride, and that, 
enters not as a charity patient, but as one of the 8C ofl»pcd. How Adam and his lady managed to together with the pleasant tea-drlnklng at the quaint 
owners of the institution. The United States Murine manufacture aprons from such fabric is a question, old mansion of “Burnside,” wus enjoyed with 
Hospital in San Francisco will accommodate coin- They must have been experts. That's certain. * That scarcely less pleasure than the morning's ride had 
fortably about 500 patients, and is kept in the most Adam was a genius that bis wife was tractable and been. Mrs. F. A. Dick. 
perfect order; the floors, furniture, and every tiring, eas y to learn, admits of no dispute; but how, without Buffalo, N. Y:, 1861. 
almost as neat and clean as a gentleman’s private 3 l’ears or bodkin, they could get up a good apron " 
residence! There is no regular chaplain in this from ill-shaped, star-scolloped fig leaves, is a puzzle. pv;<y p -v Q/ * ,0 
Hospital, but the Rev. W M . Tayi.or (Methodist) Purely no modern tailor or tailoreas could quite do H ; li£j£ttt l tWtul 
introduced regular services there on Sabbath, soon it- . s. b. r. VV,U 
after it was built, which he kept up during most of • •• . - ■ - . - - 
his stay in California; and which is still kept up by rWritten for Moore's Rural New-Yovker.] WHAT A VOLCANO CAN DO. 
local preachers, exhorters, and occasional visits from THE LAKE OP THE MOUNTAIN. 
regular pastors. _ • Cotopaxi, in 1738, threw its fiery rockets 3,000 feet 
Mm-i, tf, u i ,•= i.„. „ B „ , During our Canadian sojourn, while we dwelt in above its crater, while in 1744 the blazing mass, 
affoi7thtL^ri Dg San Francisco might that loveliest of all cottage retreats,-sweet Shady- struggling for an outlet, roared so that its awful 
nothin O i ti h- ^ ° ' ,urist ' lhere is ^ide, — which nestled among embowering trees, and voice was beard a distance of more than 600 miles. 
no, tef r n , Ty maukmt ’ of a limitary overlooked the picturesque and most beautiful Bay of In 1737 the crater of Tunguragua, one of the great 
face likfrim lZo- 0p e !° ti 0ne P °" U 0f J h ? eartk '* mr . Quinte ’ my husband day proposed we should peaks of the Andes, flung out torrents of mud, which 
thi 'citv t| M I 0 , 0 ° <'* 7^ a “ V CgrOWtb0f take a drive t0 tlie ,lir famed Lake of the Mountain, dammed up rivers, opened new lakes, and in val- 
«me U wL IT V T* ^ich layabout five miles distant down the Bay. leys of a thousand feet wide made deposits of 000 
Donnlntlft, ^ t0 ' day ’ * ^ & Havin « Poured an open carriage, with a black aelim feet deep. The stream from Vesuvius, which in 
extending i si!!! ’ ’ bou,u)unes rapidly U^ily prancing before it, the wee birdlings of our 1737 passed through Torre del Greco, contained 
the tdrhirA oTure “2 increasing, nest and a basket of lunch were packed in, and 33,600,000 cubic feet of solid matter; und in 1734, 
tn-JZ , . futUre * hat r,ses bfi, " ru nfi ' is 0,,e ( *f 1,i!lvi,J g the ami Ijaby Chaulis to tho care of when Torre del Greco was destroyed a second time, 
hoTiHr ^ U1 ^ °! y- '"graphs will put her in iaithful Jenny, my rnuid of all work, we resolved to the mass of lava amounted to 45,000,000 cubic feet. 
S•" V,th -n"v h : 5 CHieS ° fthe tUr ° W °' r thC ° !UeS a,1<1 res P on *ibilUics of life, and In 1673, Etna poured forth a Item, which covered 
roads will i -"!■■ IhIV!!!) 'V \ .!! 1 l -" J f lobo ; RaiI ' ,liakc tbe mo9t r,f our 80 Boldon > afforded day’s rcere- eiglity-four square miles of surface, and measured 
England and the^hriil a s ial1 ” nite her Wltb New atlon - And none but those who have spent many nearly 100,000,000 cubic feet. On this occasion the 
on the Rii'mr It ' ! - ' V v "" ? tho , 9team efj s ine ' vear T months in the sehool-iooni, and sick chamber, sand and scorin' formed the Monte Rosi, near Nieolisi, 
tain misses will nft /'' 4 ' ,l aud J Jock - v Moua ’ ca " ’''U how intensely that ride was enjoyed. Report a cone two miles in circumference, and 4,000 feet 
destinv jm l • ♦ ^!- C v Jn ! U ,r C - ,nt bl ^^ ant bad l0 * d us mucb °* tke beauties of the way, and a high. The stream thrown out by Etna in 1810 was 
with a .... P ,°'" v L1 '"- Kthatiieea. 11 1 n, trij. \.y stct.m up ttie Hay had COBflruied tb« tali*, so m motion nt the idle of a yard per day for nine 
S “ '■™«d»o..nd-Nrw we knew a rich treat was in store for ua. And cer- month, after the eruption: and it i, on Lord ", 
above its crater, wliilc in 1744 tbe blazing mass, princes were Jerome Bonaparte, formerly King of 
struggling for an outlet, roared so that its awful Westphalia; Prince Danilo, Sovereign of Monte- 
voice was heard a distance of more than 600 miles, negro, who was assassinated; Prince Sehamhurg- 
In 1737 the crater of Tunguragua, one of the great Lippo; Paul William, Duke of Wurtemburg; tho 
peaks of the Andes, flung out torrents of mud, which Prince of Syracuse, unde of Ferdinand II. of Na- 
darniued up rivers, opened new lakes, and in val- pies; the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Htrelitz; and 
leys of a thousand feet wide made deposits of 600 now, latest of ail, the King of Prussia. The prin- 
feet deep. J lie stream from \ esuvius, which in cesses were the Dowager Queen of Sweden, widow of 
1737 passed through Torre del Greco, contained Bernadotte; Frederica Louisa, Empress Dowuger of 
33,(500,000 cubic feet of solid matter; and in 1734, Russia; Anna Paulowna, Grand Duchess of Russia, 
when lorn- del <>rer;o was destroyed a second time, sinter of the King of tile Belgians; Princess Carolina, 
lho mass of lava amounted to 45,000,000 cubic feet, widow of the Prince of IIohenzollern-Hechinger; 
I In 1673, Etna poured forth a flood which covered and, at Constantinople, the Princess Nasle Hanem, 
eighty-four square miles of surface, and measured nister of Said Pacha, and eldest daughter of Mt>. 
nearly 100,000,000 cubic feet. On this occasion the hamet Ali. 
sand and scoria; formed the Monte Rosi, near Nieolisi, » . » - 
a cone two miles in circumference, and 4,000 feet Mussel Shells. — Mussel shell-fish fasten them- 
higli. I lie stream thrown out by Etna in 1810 was selves to piers with a material resembling coarse 
in motion at the rate ot a yard per day for nine silk, which resists the force of the most powerful 
months after the eruption; und it is on record that waves. The French engineers at Cherbourg have 
the lavas of the same mountain, after a terrible erup- availed themselves of this faculty of the mussel to 
tion, were not thoroughly cooled and consolidated bind their great breakwaters. These consist of loose 
ten years after the event. In the eruption of Vesu- masses of stone; and on them are planted several 
vius, A. D. 73, the scoriie and ashes vomited forth far tons of this shellfish, that they nmy bind all firmly 
exceeded the entire bulk of tbe raountuin, while in together with their strong cordage. In this, it is 
1CGU Etna disgorged more than twenty times its own said, they have succeeded. 
. ’ 111111 s ot t'oast and the growth of take a drive to the far famed Luke of the Mountain 
his city. Though burned to the ground for the sixth which layabout five miles distant down the Bay! 
mu-, it was not destroyed: and to-day, with a Having procured an open carriage, with a htook aelim 
opu a ion of over 71),000, its boundaries rapidly gaily prancing before it, the wee birdlings of our 
leys of a thousand feet wide made deposits of 600 
feet deep. The stream from Vesuvius, which in 
1737 passed through Torre del Greco, contained 
33,600,000 cubic feet of solid matter; and in 1704, 
when Torre del Greco was destroyed a second time, 
the mass of lava amounted to 45,000,000 cubic feet. 
In 1673, Etna poured forth a flood which covered 
tain passes will decide in favor of her brilliant 
destiny, and point to her growing greatness. Then, 
with a population of 200,000, San Francisco and New 
. ork and -Pinion will be the three prominent pointy 
in the commerce of the world! 
As an agricultural State, California will ever hold 
•m enviable rank. With four or five months of 
uinly, of all the pleasant memories my life affords, the lavas of the same mountain, altera terrible e 
that ride is the richest in varied aud beautiful views tion, were not thoroughly eooled and consolidi 
it has ever been my lot to enjoy. ten years after the event. In the eruption of V 
Our route lay along the high ridges and table lands vius, A. D. 73, the scorin' and ashes vomited forth 
a fir n f A ar n,O0U8 ’ dUriDg wMch time not tliat exteml buck ,roni tl,e and its waters, like a 
up oi dew or rain descends to interrupt the sheet of silver, lay gleaming through the trees, with 
nearly 130,000,000 cubic feet. On this occasion the 
sand and scorin' funned the Monte Rusi, near Nieolisi, 
a cone two miles In circumference, and 4,000 feet 
high. The stream thrown out by Etna in 1810 was 
in motion at the rate of a yard per day for nine 
months after the eruption; and it is on record that 
11B 
ist. 
THE KIND, ENTERPRISING BOY. 
Passing down one of the streets in Milwaukee, the 
other day, my attention was attracted by the shouting 
Of a boy, who was driving a pig from the side-walk, 
in front of a fruit and grocery store. The pig had 
upset sundry baskets of fruit, nuts, Ac., aud was 
helping himself, as if in welcome to their con¬ 
tents. The grocer, who soon appeared at the door, 
took a different view of things, and hurling a two 
pound weight at the Intruder, remarked, “that pig 
is getting too familiar about here.” The boy 
assisted ia collecting together the scattered fruits, 
and tilings were soon in good shape again. The 
grocer offered to pay for the assistance rendered, but 
the boy refused it, intimating that that was a trifling 
matter, for which he wanted no remuneration. The 
grocer, however, insisted on filling his pockets with 
nuts aud apples. The boy was dressed in coarse 
attire, which, however, looked tidy and clean,— and 
a blush could be seen stealing across his manly face, 
as if ashamed of being rewarded for the small assist¬ 
ance he had rendered. 
Shortly after, we went down to the office of the 
Daily 1 CixcnnsiTt, to get a copy of the Inaugural 
Message, which was there being received by tele¬ 
graph, and issued in an extra. There was a great 
crowd of news-boys about the office, all anxious to be 
the first served, and among the first emerging from the 
crowd, wc noticed the boy of nuts and apples, with a 
bundle of the messages under his arm. As he passed 
near me, he turned to a smaller boy with a lame and 
withered leg, who stood with a downcast and disap¬ 
pointed look, leaning on his crutch, and thus 
accosted him, “I say, Jimmy, can you get no mes¬ 
sages?” Jimmy replied that the crowd was so great 
he could not get to where they were being sold. 
" Here, bold my bundle,” said the boy of appleB and 
nuts, “ I’ll get you some,—how many do you want?” 
“ About fifteen," said the lame boy, “ and hero ia the 
money to buy them.” “ How good you are, 
George,” ejaculated Jimmy, and his countenance 
brightened. George soon returned with tho mes¬ 
sages, and giving them to Jimmy, took his own 
bundle, und was off with an elastic step. 
By this time I had become interested in the boy, 
and lingered around to see how Jimmy would succeed 
in selling his messages. Jimmy appeared rather 
timid for a news-boy, and I doubted If he would suc¬ 
ceed in disposing of his stock, while his friend 
George, who appeared efficient, energetic, and self- 
reliant, was made of different material, and was evi¬ 
dently well fitted for the rough and tumbles of the 
world, and to engage fearlessly in, and fight manfully 
tho battles of life. Jimmy, however, succeeded 
better than I had supposed, his smiling face and 
gentle winning voice was attractive, and brought 
him customers. 
In a short time, George, having disposed of his 
papers, was returning for another supply, and meet¬ 
ing Jimmy, inquired of his success. “ Pretty good,” 
said Jimmy, “ I have sold ail but four, and wish I 
was rid of them, for it. is most dark, and I am tired 
and hungry.” “Hungry,” said George, “hero, take 
those apples,” and he placed two beautiful red ones 
in his hand, and filled one of his pockets with nuts. 
“You rob yourself,” said Jimmy. “No, I have 
plenty," exclaimed the generous boy, and was start¬ 
ing away; but he stopped short, and turning to 
Jimmy, said, “ I Just bad an order for four messages 
at No. 4o,-, you go up with yours,—no, stay 
here,” said he, “you are tired, and I’ll run up and 
deliver them for you.” George wus off in a trice, 
and soon returned with the change, which tie put in 
Jimmy’s hand, and with a kindly good night, started 
for more messages. Jimmy departed for his home. 
I left for my quarters, with kindlier and more 
hopeful feelings toward my fellow man, rejoicing 
to think there was some unselfishness in tho world, 
an example of which 1 had just witnessed In the 
conduct of the noble lad, George. That boy, said I, 
will succeed, and tho world will be better for his 
having lived in it; aud though his kindness and 
benevolence should go unrequited, his motives and 
acts maligned, ho will not indulge in hatred or ill 
will'towards his fellow man, for his generous nature 
will not heed tho malicious calumnies of vile 
traducers. Ho will never starve, for the ravens 
would he commissioned to feed him, or manna 
would bo showered in his pathway. Nor will he be 
frozen, for his great heart will be sending out warm, 
gushing streams, which neither the blasts of winter 
nor the cold uncharitableness of the world -can 
congeal. o. c. 
Port Washington, March, 1861. 
QUERIES FOR “MINNIE MINTWOOD.” 
Ik Paul Morphy “ reeklessly squandered" his 
time,— if the time which he devoted to moving 
“ bits of ivory over a checkered board," and excel- 
iugall others in playing chess, was wasted,— If his 
talent was of an inferior order, of no benefit to his 
fellows,—why do we find his name classed as a con¬ 
tributor to one of our most popular papers, with the 
most celebrated writers of tho day? The character 
and standing of the paper, together with the talent 
employed, Is at once determined when 11. 4V. 
Beecher and Edward Everett are among its con¬ 
tributors. It can hardly be expected that every one 
will delve into mathematics, philosophy, or meta¬ 
physics, or make ministers, aud Sisters of Charity. 
No two think or act just alike. 
Again, if MoNBIEUR Blondin showed a great simi¬ 
larity between a fool and himself,—if his performance 
was of such a low order, and people were devoid of 
intellect and common sense who witncs'jod his perform¬ 
ances,— why did his Royal Highness, the Prince of 
Wales, with the Lords in attendance, stay to witness 
his feats, ami at the close reward him with a parse 
of gold? This is rather a sweeping assertion against 
royalty. How natural it is for the human heart to 
criticise the doings of others. Rusticus. 
Meadow Brook, Empire State, 1861. 
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Verbal Vices. — Indulgence in verbal vice soon 
encourages corresponding vices in conduct. Let any 
one of you come to talk about any mean or vile prac¬ 
tice with a familiar tone, and do you suppose, when 
the opportunity occurs for committing tho mean or 
vile act, ho will bo as strong against it us before? It 
is by no means an unknown tliiug that men of correct 
lives talk themselves into crime, into sensuality, into 
perdition. Bad language easily runs into bad deeds. 
Belect any Iniquity you please; suffer yourself to con¬ 
verse in its dialect, to use its slang, to speak in the 
character- of uiic who approves or relishes it, and I 
need not tell you how soon your moral sense will 
lower down its level. Becoming intimate with it, 
yon lose your horror of it. This obvious principle, 
of itself, furnishes a reason for watching the tongue. 
F. D. Huntington, D. D. 
