Show TRAVELING IN aba AUA there has been published in milan an account of an expedition recently undertaken der taken by a party of italians into for the purpose of collecting a provision of healthy eggs for the ren ron renovation of tho the european stocks of silkworms which have suffered so fearfully during late years from the ravages of a mysterious and destructive malady and of procuring all the useful Inform information atio atlo n that might be obtainable respect respecting i ng the various branches of sericulture in the distant regions of central asia the expedition tion met with strange adventures of which the turin correspondent of the london times furnishes the following abridged account T the h 0 party that started from the russian frontier on the of may 1863 consisted of four italians bie Ble azza who according ho to the advice received at st petersburg assumed the character of a traveling merchant gavazzi and count litta who acted as his liis clerks and ri balda who retained his specia functions of an expert for the tile preparation of thee gs which the travelers i intended tended n to introduce into europe these gentle men were r reinforced i forced by a franco franc rus sian slun interpreter tessier of bt petersburg bur with two tartar interpreters two guidles guides and four camel drivers they had received very discouraging discourage ing i intelligence at ili regarding the populate on ox oa the semi savage districts which they were about to explore but this did not deter them from the perilous enterprise and they pushed oil on nevertheless their troubles began as soon as they had touched the inhospitable territory where dr wolff in 1854 was wa within swithin a hairs breadth of meeting the same cruel fate which a year beford before had befallen stoddart and connolly murdered by the ferocious chieftain who with the title of khan wields the sceptre in those barbarous latitudes A messenger had been beens sent ent forward to announce the arrival of these new visitors to acquaint the authorities with the special object of their journey and to solicit permission for the party to take up its resi Fesi residence dence denee for a determined period in the dominions of the khan the reply was an order for the arrest of the party on the ground that they had taken the wrong road although how this fact concerned anybody but buC themselves does not gi sufficiently appear they were then i accompanied to the village of dagatan Ka gatan lying oil on the road which they ough ought tto to have taken and there invited to partake of a refection of rice fruit and sweet meats the honors of the feast being done by y the military superintendent who exhorted his ilia guests to fall to with the far from reassuring formula eat it is not poison which luckily I 1 it it turned out not to be their reflects were then taken from them and placed under seal by the officials of the customhouse for the Bakh arese are wideawake enough to know all about tariffs and ad valorem valoree duties and similar pests of civilization and the members of the expedition were conveyed on the following morning toward Bokhar athe capital of the tho khanab at nightfall they reached their journeys end and were permitted to enter with cigarettes cigar elgar ci ettas in their mouths in order that all ali aw might know that the new comers were not edans 11 I 1 after a wearisome series of negotiations beset by vexations vexatious hindrances of every imaginable kind the travelers received permission to send all an agent but but not to go themselves to the market for the purpose of making purchases of cocoons premises and workmen were placed at their disposal for the preparation of the eggs and everything went for sometime some bome time as merry as a marriage bell for the cocoons were of superior qua quality fity the native operatives showed i intelligence and the slik silkworm worm hunters were beginning to congratulate themselves on the success of their undertaking when one fine morning there came an order from a functionary called the tox ahal to pay off the workmen of course at the expense of the foreigner foreigners 6 to shut abut up the establishment and to seize the persons and effects of the four italians who were characterized as vagabonds ga bonds for having entered the iho khan at with russian letters of recommendation instead of a document from their own king they were then thrown into prison with the intimation that their lives were justly forfeit but that if they were capable of giving instruction in magic or ili in default of that in the art I 1 of photography the extreme penalty of the law might be graciously com gom commuted muted into perpetual slavery the poor captives alleging their ignorance as simple more merc merchants ants of the black art tried their hands at photography the necessary apparatus having just been procured from russia but as thoy they had to work under constant supervision and perpetual fear of the stick the results were for some time highly unsatisfactory at length however the difficulties were vanquished and specimens were produced which met the approval of ortho tho the ameer who plumed himself not a little on having been the first to introduce this wonderful artini art into his dominions and then like a true barbarian ordered the apparatus to be put away and locked up tip so that nothing more was heard of photography in the ambers next caprice was to get up european concerts in ta the lc court of his palace and at and count litta being amateurs were employed to give classical concerts at the royal residence and to direct the musi cal studies of the royal band with what result we are not informed what with photo photography raphy and music what with continued minuet applications for an increase of the scanty prison fare that scarcely sufficed to keep body and soul together the summer bummer and autumn passed uway and the winterset in the captives separated from all communion with their fellow men dien except when some of the dependents of the tile court came to mock mook at tit their nil nii misery sery their limited allowance ct of f food U 0 d was let lei down into tiie the courtyard of their dungeon by means of a rope they were without a single change of linen all thein their effects having been taken from from them and publicly sold by auction ft ceremony which in that country usually proceeds capital punishment tho the eam cam caravans vans returned from the annual fair of fijn but brough brought tr no news for lor the poor prisoners who madg mada up their minds that their last hour was at hand an individual supposed to be a european but who after aften afterwards warda proved to be a persian had made a mysterious appearance in some time before but he had been placed under arrest as it was believed that he had come to ascertain the fate of the italian expedition the winter ended without bringing any change in tho the condition of the captives and it was not until march that one odthe of the number the french interpreter was set at liberty together with the tile mysterious persian after this the positions of the italians became somewhat improved their rations were increased and in the following june owing to the steps taken by the russian government the italians were released in company with several russian subjects taken prisoners by the ameer after the suppression of a revolt which had broken out in ili a part of the tho khana the italians then received a sum described as the proceeds of the salo sale of their effects after deduction of the customhouse custom house dues and of the cost of their maintenance in captivity their arms were restored to them and after having been informed that the reason of their long imprisonment was that they had not been provided with a letter from the russian emperor they took horse under guard of an escort for the frontier where they were duly handed over to the russian authorities gavazzi speaks in terms of the warmest gratitude respecting the cordial reception which he and his liis compani companions ons ont found in st petersburg where their misfortunes had aroused a lively feeling of sympathy in ln their behalf it does not appear from Gavazzi azzis ls narrative whether the commercial objects of the th mission were even partially attained but from ills his s silence ia c n cc it may b be 0 inferred that on the closing of their establishment the project fell to the ground correct M thiers tillers descants descents des cants thu thus on the office seeker of all the appetites that curse young men the appetite for office seems to be the silliest and meanest there is nothing which fills me with greater disgust than to see a young man eager for the poor distinction which an office confers an office seeker for the sake bake of honor is constitutionally mean I 1 have seen men beg at twenty one as prudential candidates in some small school districts and stick to office until everybody was sick of them whether it rained porridge or potatoes paving stones or pearls their ull ell dish was always out the they 7 and their families had to be cared for HINT TO PEDANTS wm WID cullen bryant gave the following excel lant advice to a YOU young n 9 in man in who offered him an article for the evening posh post my young friend I 1 observe that you have used s veral several e french expressions in your article I 1 think if you will study the english language that you will fined find it capable of expressing all the ideas you may have I 1 have always found it BO so and in all that I 1 have written I 1 do not recall an instance when I 1 was tempted to use a foreign word but that on searching I 1 found a better one in my own language the lieutenant general of tho the united states army was walking on the dock at city point lately a apparently ardently absorbed in thought and with the in eul cul culpable table tabie cigar in his mouth when a negro guard touched his arm saying no smoking on the doek dock sir are aro are arc these your or orders ers erb asked the general looking up yes sir 11 replied the negro courteously I but ut decidedly very good orders 1 said grant throwing his bis cigar into the water an english doctor says a cl cigar abrought ought tobe to be cast aside as soon as it is half smoked this idea wont answer while cagara cigars r cost twenty cents each london is now connected with sidon and with jerusalem by telegraph how strange to see the old bible lands invaded by modern inventions and improvements 1 the thea four malor major generals in tho re regular army of the united states now noy stand ili in order of the tile dato date of commission as follows henry winter halleck william tecumseh sherman philip TI sheridan and george H th thomas |