—Most of our readers have heard
that Professor J. W. Powell, in
command of a 'vell-api>ointed expe
dition, in which are representatives
of every department in natural
science, lias started out witn the
view to exploring, if possible, the
great> Colorado river. The under- 1
taking is a risky and dangerous one,
in view of the fiict that each attempt
to penetrate the great unknown has
proved a failure. The party, amply
provided with boats and provisions,
are reported as fairly embarked,
perhaps to be safely landed at the
coast beyond, or perchance to be
wrecked and lost in some dark and
mysterious canyon, buried beneath
tumbling waves, with sullen walls
of amazing height as eternal monu
ments over the dead. But if the
attempt to explore the great canyons
should prove a success, as we hope it
may, then will the world have good
reason to thank thedaring hardihood
and manly ambition which led a
Powell through dangers on to suc
cess.
—Senator Sprague was present one
day last week at the great commer
cial convention, now being held at
Memphis. His entrance, particularly
his silence, seems to have caused a
general uproar of applause. A Mem
phis paper, in alludiug to the fact,
qpys so long as the Senator kept his
mouth securely dosed, not offering
to open it, the applause was contin
ued in good spirit, but when he began
talking with his mouth, shooting it
off at everybody present, the enthu
siasm took asudden turn and became
as cool as ice-cold lemonade. The
little Senator will have to engage in
another Sprague-Abbott Imbroglio
before his reputation will have
become sufficiently great to Justify a
popular greeting by the wholepeople.
