The Weekly Arizonian, 1859-05-26

and its iron mainspring, shut up fn a box, always at work, and little thought of, is the laboring class, whose constant labors .are absolutely ne necessary - cessary necessary to the movement of society, and who, when injured or disordered, bring loss and dis disorder - order disorder upon every other class." Naval Intelt.ioekcf. The launching of the new stenm sjoop of war Richmond, atNorfblk, leavrs on the stocks only one of the five sloops of war ordered by act of Congress. They have been launched in the following order : Brook Brooklyn, - lyn, Brooklyn, 14 guns, at New York ; Lancaster, 18 guns, at Philadelphia; Hartford, 14guns, at Charles Charleston, - ton, Charleston, and Richmond, at Gosport. The Pcnsaco Pcnsaco-la, - la, Pcnsaco-la, 10 guns, has since been launched. Nearly all these, vessels are ready for sea, one or two are in commission. There are no finer war vessels of their size in the world. Since the above were taken in hand, Congress has sanctioned the construction of seven oth others, - ers, others, of still lighter draught, one of which, ra rating - ting rating six gns, is being finished at fhe Brooklyn navy yard; one at Kittery, six guns; one (at Boston, threo gums.j ope at Norfolk, six. punr. ; one at Pcnsacola, six guns ; and two at Phila Philadelphia - delphia Philadelphia six guns. They are expected to bo afloat in July. The Bostox Standarp. In an article upon free blacks, and their duty to make monoy if they would be considered respectable, the Chris Christian - tian Christian Examiner says : No laco in this country will be despised which makes money. If wo had in Boston or New lurk fen ourang oulangs with n million' of dollars each, they would visit the best society; wo Rlimild lpave our cards at their doors, and

body that 13, a pair of wings, such as other birds, each with three assistant wings or wing wing-lets, - lets, wing-lets, joined tj the main one, and folding under" the main ones, and next to the body. An officer of the revenue service assured me on two occasions that he had seen this bird at Guaymas; in Sonora, in 1851, in possession, of Capt. Spencc, captnin of the port, and that they were so scarce as to sell for fifty dollars apiece, and that according to his recollection my Sono Sonoranian - ranian Sonoranian informant was in the main correct in his description of it As this last informant was well known to me, and lived several years arouud Monterey, and left for Sonora in the latter part of 4857, and his description wa.4 taken down, as beforo said, in November and December, 1855, by myself, and being confirmed by the officer before mentioned, who is an old acquaintance of mine, it seems to me there can ue no doubt that it is vara avis unknown to naturalists. "I Never saw a Bar Shot Up." 1 Several years ago I happened to arrive iirSt. Louis when the hotels were uncomforta' ly full. The only bed attainable was in a room where six other wayfarers were lodged, at the Planter's Hotel, and I turned in at a late hour,with some, trepidation, not having been accustomed to the society of strangers in such circumstances. The disagreeable novelty of my situation prevented sound sleeping, and while tossing uneasily upon the matrass, heard a tall and rather rough

the only thing resembling a road that I ever saw there was when one of tho barefooted na natives - tives natives dragged a wild boy seven miles through the snow. (Laughter and cheers.) With such a country as this, Mr. Speaker, they propose to make a new county, and the reason given for so doing, is, thnt the convenience of the inhabitants will be promoted thereby! Sir, if it were possi possible - ble possible to hold their courts under a shade of post post-oak - oak post-oak and blackjack saplings, to keep a Clerk's office and tho records of the county in the re recesses - cesses recesses of ai hollow sycamore, and to make a jail out of some of the dark and slimy caves beneath tho craggy hills of that rough country if it were possible to establish the machinery for do doing - ing doing county business out of such materials, we might entertain tho project as feasible and plausible. I3ut, alas, even such advantages as

about it. t Again the Arkansas gentleman arose and went down stairs, and I iay wondering what he. was about. Soon-I heard a noise as of a seri serious - ous serious row in the bnr-r.oom below, and, hurrying on mygav;nent?, I descended. Several persons were holding my Arkansas friend, and others were using restraining force in a similar man manner - ner manner upon another person, who, like mV fellow lo-Jger, seemed belligerently inclined. At length their. rage was cooled, and I was enabled to as ascertain - certain ascertain the cause' of the quarrel. When the Arkansas gentleman had first descended, and persuaded the bar-keeper to concoct the juleps, another gentleman ontcred, and my friend, in the most amiable manner, said to him, "Stran "Stranger, - ger, "Stranger, 'spdso you and I take a private drink to together - gether together beforo I take these juleps to my party up stairs."

On the crown of the head it has a fleshy carbun carbuncle, - cle, carbuncle, or comb of black and white, which forms dike a cravat, and also hangs on both sides of ,the head, aad which is bare of feathers ; the 'skin of the chops or cheeks is mottled black 'and white ; the neck feathers are black with a 'ring of white ferfthers below, forming a ru(F, Hko a circle of swansdown on a lady's tippet ; the back is striped black and white lengthwise lof tho bird ; the upper par, of the wings is also atrlped with black and white ; the ends of the Ving feathers are tipped white ; the tail feath feathers - ers feathers are striped and tipped the same way as the wings ; the under surface of the wings are bar barred - red barred also ; the wings measure from 12 to 18 inches long from the joint at the body. The

(the condor or sarcopagous family of Dum Dum-'eril, - 'eril, Dum-'eril, which we have uot been able to find de-" acribed or alluded to in any of tho books on 'natural history in our possession, and it may he "it is a species unknown to naturalists. V An intelligent Sonoranian of Oquitoa, near .Itar, in Sonora, who resided in California sev several - eral several years, gave me the following facts at Mon Mon-kerey - kerey Mon-kerey in November and December, 1855, in. re relation - lation relation to this curiows bird, It inhabits particu particularly - larly particularly the Pi nisria, Altar and Baja, the Papagw Papagw-Jrin, - Jrin, Papagw-Jrin, the Opataria, the Apacharia and other In-V-dian and little known mountain districts of So-nora.- "Durango. arid Sinaloa to, the east and

kle. with the ruby, topaz, sapphire and emerald. I open it, and find that the works, wit'hout which this elegantly finished case would be but a mere shell, are made of brass. Looking farther, and asking what the spring which puts all these wheels in motion,, is made of, 1 am told it it steel. I ask, what is steel? They tell me it is iron which has undergone a certain process.-? So then, I find the mainspring, without which the watch would bo always motionleps, is not of gojd, (that it is not good enough,) nor of brass, (that would not do,) but of iron. "Iron, therefore, is the most precious metal, and this watch, is an emblem of society. Its lnnlo orwl flvirrira ivVi!r1i tfll TiA linnr rfenm

these are denied by nature to this country. (Great lajighter.) It is true there would be no difficulty about the caverns for a jail, bnt tho necessary post-oak and blackjack saplings, to supply with. their foliage a canopy for the august tribunals of justice, could not bo found. They are not in the country. And "as for a sycamore tree suitable ,for a1 depository of the archives of the county, it would be sought in vain. The wipds even refuse to blow sycamore pods, in that direction. (Cheers and laughter.) And the idea of the people ever being able to build houses, in which to transact business, is deeply, darkly, prodigiously and preposterously absurd.