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bt CAVIS & TBmmEK. Dmrtrtr to Southern Hirsts, Politics, Agriculture arte fUiscdlnmj. ?2 . PE^nr^11VOL.
XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3. I8.V; ?? ? """"" NO- ?
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. U>
BY OAVIS <fc TRIMMIJER.
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T 0. P. VE&NON, Associate Editor. tit
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The Sparta* oirculnteM largely over thi* and
adjo ioing district*, and offer* rii admirable medium , 111
U oor friend* to reach customer*.
Job work of all kind., promptly executed. gr
Blank*, Law and Ivjuity, continually mi liaud or
*>r prin cd to order. j
Cultivate Flowers. J vi,
A correspondent of tlic Cltarlesloti Even- |
ing News thus urges the importance of ! ^
bestowing attention upon the cultivation i 0||
of the heau'ilul in nature as n means of; ha
promoting health ami happiness: \ tr:
"Come let me make a sunny realm around thee, ' .
Of thought ami beaut)! here are hooks mul 1
flowers, ;
These ll ive -pells to loose the fetter vvli.ch hath ti\
bouml tlieo, t|.
The rival eoil of this world's feverish hours: j |<>y
Those are front where the soft winds piny in glad- j h:t
Ileus,
Covering the earth with flowery blooeoin j1M
siiow. rs, ' j
T.w richly dower'd, O Ira nd, are we for sadness, '
Iysik on mi empire?Mind and Nature?ours! ml
Without intending t?? assert a lival in- S!l1
terest for my present suhjeet, or wishing to
withdraw from, or dim ni-h the importance
of, the more needful and engrossing topics
of the day, I would yet in its proper place, tin
and at this season, advocate the cause of tel
the beautiful and ornamental gilts of na- ; tin
ture, comprised in the Floral kingdom. ; nei
which may not itiappropiiately he termed in;
the feminine department of scientific agri tin
culture. thi
The mind ought sometimes to he divert- hit
ed that it may return the better to thinking; tut
and llieic can be no employment mote do- w?
lightful, and at the same tune so conducive to
to health and enjoyment, as the cultivation
of flowers?those lovely jewels which a l>r
kind Providence has so piufusoly scattered , fur
tivor our bright and heauuful world. 10
Few occupations so liberally reward the i?,
care and lime bestowed, or serve in the bo
. same degree to cinh listi our lives or ie- tV.i
tine our t.i-tos; and seldom does the passer
by deem that the home aiouml which the w!
vine is taught to twine lid the lo-e to .j..
hlossoui i * ever the aoode of discontent 01 a.
ennui. \ a ,
With /lowers, "that were hom t> lend w.i
the sttmheain gladness," ami to gi ? clieei j.ii
fulness and beauty to the path >f life, while athey
purify, elevate and spiritualize the po
character; and with btjob.i?"their swan (h<
like music singing lluough alcove-"?u?* (|t,
may he iiidtu-ed to link our he iris only loo , v
strongly to thi- loight hut transitory world.
whieh time eaniiot wear or change ih-tnct ; slr
from. Ami flowers aro the poetry of life lv.
"liirili's beautiful buds, to my licuil \c were
<1. or
Err tin* Irwr uf pass "ii, ?>r niiuo ??f bar
I ln.l m'atiivi) my i kislriirc'i" till
Yel I wrlo iinc you inure, n I K-'s p .ssiiin'.csa stage, tlo
w ill ilit- vimkiiim ot youth in rc-vimi my ago, |n
A il'i 1 w.?h yi.u I" grow oh mj tomb " ,
alpink 5?"
r an
Mil c'.iai o lii'.' Charles!on College. |V
The l>lii. r of lIn* Charleston t~*:ninIu??1 i )n,
lulelv in til.- a \isii t'i liio M iim'IIiii of tin* liu
C??. t uf Cii.irle?loii, which in* |> ?itioitn
ce I iijii tl to any in I lie country. an?l relates j
the following results of microscopic cxami- j ^|(
nations: pr?
"Th? clouds were capricious, and ainus cie
oJ themselves l?y getting In-fore the miii for itlt
a considerable time, l>ut at length a hcain |
of light shot across the room, and upon an '
immense spectrum, about fifteen feet in : po
diameter, was projected sonic immense jm
plant. It had an appearance not unlike wli
thnt presented by the shadow of a forest nlv
tree, hut with greater regularity of outline (Jn
and articulation, and was heantifnlly color- p|<
?-d This, we were told, was the tip of a tii<
feather from the tail of a humming bin!, dot
There next appeared a radiated and con | sec
enutric figure, as large as the vertical see- tor
tion of an ordinary chur? h steeple; this was 1 viu
the transverse section of ilio stein of a rose ' cr
leaf. Its place was tak*-u shortly after by by
a circular figure that was exceedingly at- pin
tractive It w-a-about six feel in diameter, ,\t
wpiwvently eliptical, and while the whole j |,is
was snli-?,^il,(< (l was composed of an inlini ovi
ty ol spherical figures lik?i n lu'inlt'l made wn
?m sixpence*?tins was iho eve <*f the hof.-.e , feu
jlv. Soon after there slowly came upon ji i
T* !? - CJiOVilSft what seemed to 1)0 the fo^il al?
* -mains of hoiiji- immen-n animal, <?f the |,is
of tlie mastodon at least.- II>S h'jj* em
were inore jointed than was becoming to ,|?*t
(lie skeleton of a quadruped. hut arii)e<| , ;,r11
about the head with immense tu-ks or for- woi
rep*; lie had the appearance of having heen ree
a formidable minister, whom it was well to |to
have liad otll of the way?this animal, ,,ve
when alive, was a Ilea. After this, the s|jo
next thing that grew to a figure on the |,iu
canvass was a huge beast, about nine feet mu
long, and two broad, looking not unlike a mil
spring craw fish, flattened and indefinitely nbj
magnified. This was a parasite commonly mo
found about the heads of little negroes, ihu
Muslin of tlio fl11o-i quality was coarser tha
tlin.i a shad net, and lace was of about the |<>n
. texture of a window sash. | rnn
"Anions? tho most interesting objects ex- i1)u
hibited. however, were alive and moving. be
A cloud was east upon tlio canvass, whose sue
elements began to work about in a very (|lo
singular manner, some small objects seem- the
od to be lifeless and to drift about in olwr- t|I0
dienco to the forces applied to them, but oui
filter larger bodies seemed endowed with i(n^
a terrible vitality. Like great fi-dies, they pus
1 would s'rike at something, and the o'.e- the
monts would reel under the forces of tho he
mov^me^t, up and down and all about! ffr
ey roamed in accomplishing tho objects F
a vigorous cxistcnco.
"This cloud, so cast upon the canvass,
fcs of a drop of water, and those figures of The P?
e beings wliich inhabit it. For our com* the monu
rt, we were informed that 'his water was deed it is
ken from the street drains, and it was not nients of
icessarily so, therefore, that in tho use of dor of a
item water wo should quench our thirst beautiful
ith a iucatoinb of infusoria; but to qualify withstand
e exultation we might feel 011 this ac- 1? excito l
vat, thero was exhibited the form of some are r
um nse crustaceous animal, in appearance nrtist of ]
io or two hundred times as large as a '?d him I
b ter, which, it was said, was very com- mo that I
only found in the cisterns of our city. i P'"g to a
"We were inclined to think lltHt a too 1 entering
eat familiarity with objects beyond the rotunda,
dinnry range of perception deadens the die Ca
risibility of persons to the ordinary claims buildings
humanity, and of this fact we were con* Agrippa, 1
need by the proposition of the operator, and was 1
at we should give him a dopof blood for which tin
l>;bitiott. We could not well refuse. Now it is
(wecer, and popping bis instrument into < Koine, an
r finger with as little concern as he would Meanest I
no gauged a iard cask, the fliiitl was ex- j which art
rcted, and in an instant after the blood . blackenin
a live editor was cutting its figures upon present ^
e canvass. Vitality was not altogether ' 10 redeem
linct. and it moved about under attrac- 1 hy purch.
o and repulsive influences in a manner ' 'ng buihli
at may hn*e been amusing to persons! in the inii
s acquainted with the means by which it ! n?l sectirr
1*. got there. * strange a<
" I he light was not fo perfect us could ! c'ly r> scv
ve been wished, and sometimes failed at l'ie pavei
e most interesting point of exhibition, j twenty lei
t in the main the results were entirely I ',;iH tlius I
tisfactory, and very far transcended the l'K* surrot
age of our anticipation." Its port
? ??h>v- - ? in arcbitc
Divisidii.itv.?Tho relative jvisition of! depth, am
s heavenly bodies, as seen through a columns
e-cope, are marked by fine lines of wire : whieli is n
it cross each oilier at 'iglil angles. Ii is I '"J fe?
Ce.-s try that these lilies should be exceed 1 cumterelu
fly fine, oil e wise, being magnified by ! whtch we
' eve glass, thev Would have an apparent alrout two
..1.1 .'n... 1 _.i .. ........
tKHWKIiini niMIHI rviiuer I IH'lll III :t| t|U IC.'I '"V "' *
l to the purpose. The spidei'# w eb was for tore the <
srly mod, bul as tin; power of the glasses a,,d pcd'ii
s very mueii iucieased, these woie found t?eaii? llio
be loo course. along lln
1.. K. CC
In the early pail of the picsent century, "
. WmIIiuioii succeeded in obtaining wire Cro Vi
this pur|K?se, that did not exceed the . ^ ' j
,000th part of an inch ir. diiuueter. It j j |.
said thai a (juaiilitv of this, wire, cmial in "
i . "a i ii ii i Mime set I
ik lo a coiniiiou title tiall. would reach ..
v v i v- r. i -i i loity leel i
ill .New j oik to .New Oi leans, litis wire ^ j
made of platinum, and the nrocevi hv '
, 1 , - i 111.IV still
ne?i it is made is vety ingenious. 1 lie j j ^
elor had plaliiiiim w lie diaw ii ?ml as tilie> .-.t
i i .i i i ii .i ' * '?* l'1'
||o?*,li|c tlieli iliawn through tlie axis ??l
i i . i . i i i i i i inasoiii V,
inal. glass tunc, into which melted silver j (
is poured. Ihesihtia d platinum now ' 1 v,t'.
' . , 1 , t lllg Itseit
in one wire, wlnca nu* again diawn out i 3
, , .... . I or mole
lllie Sis pontile. I ho whole was next ...
1 iii . 1 I ue wn||s
t in mine arid, when Ulssoivcu aw iv
. . ,. * > they pass
e silver, I mi l icll llio platinum wire so hue - '
. , , 1 , . . w fi oil is
at it could not he seen w ith the nnk-d ,
i I Ills dolll
i*.
. . . i " tar iiioi
'1 no organized woilds alV>rd still more
iking e> kleliec of the e.Miemu dtvisihili- J( j,
Of matter. . Rs ( ,
'1 lie blood which flows in the vei > ??f ;ltlg an\ <
iinals is not, as it appears to he, uniform at its eeiil
id, hut is composed td'siuail r. .1 glohuies .haun ter,
ating in a transparent fluid called scrum. glass, v.nl
the human species the diameter of these sand ve ir
jhules is about the 4,0U0ih of an inch, h n upon l
d consequently in a drop of blood that | >eein a de
?u 1?I hang suspended fioin the jioiul of a iut?s its u
e m edio there would he no less than a feature,
liion ot these globules. Ihit aniuialctihe even hv ?
v been discovered thai are smaller than bronze do
i-se globule ; if these have globules of enter, thi.
) ?l that heai the Mime propoition lo the source of
e ol their bodies as the glohuies of our with the 1
rod do to the size of our bodies, by w hat see the tit
cess shall we arrive at numlreis stilli blue other
nlly expressive to convey an acvuiate shutout I
a of the minuteness of these globules! can penet
Tint Klecthic Kick.? Ol tlio singular gincd. It
went of this wonderful creatine much opens hea
s been written and some tilings said that too w
licli appear almost incredible. This fish An an
omuls in the rivers of North and South morals is
rolina, ami many of its wonderful ex theon. Ii
its are recounted ami recorded there. In *Hck ?>( lb
? waters of Massachusetts Bay it is so seJ 's recorder
in seen tlint tlio following circumstances j Koine in
in wortli relating, and are in tlio narra- '"g, wliicl
'a own words. Capt. Walker, of I'ro aperture I
icetown, recently, while runniiigasclwon- w'!? kid I
from that place to Boston, was overtaken "florwardi
night oirCohasset Hocks, and was run- uas *troru
ig into Boston Channel in the evening. over upon
ahout 8 o'clock, it being very dark, and "early lfli
ve >el moving slowly in, he diopped 'ho c'ly a
*r his lead to ascertain the depth of Italian sui
ler; and on slowly pulling in the line lie "0 done a
Hut'jething cold upon it, and thinking '' f'
night ho a hit ot Krlp or rockweed, was costly om
>ut to throw it oil", when it fastened upon grandeur
hand and coiled around his wrist, lie 'ho outer
leavored to shake off the eel, when sud which is
11y bringing its tail around it struck his wa- coven
. .. ill. I.ft. ..I : .1 - I..ri..r ..ill.
I Kiwir M/u? j ililll I 111 i
rtliy captain sucl. a shock as sent him with sib'ei
ling on tho (lock. Jiecovering a little, ered the ri
proceeded to seize the li>h and cast it ?\v Consta
rhoard, wlien he received a second taken to
ek fioin the I'tlle battery, that caused completed
i to call for aid, uttering a scream that taking the
>t have been heard for miles, holer- '"'in the I
ied not to be overcome by ho paltry an ^t. l'oters
eel as a small eel, bo proceeded once An:
re to discharge his eelship, but was a Ibirberiui
rd time repulsed and with greater force plunder to
n before, laying him prostrate at full l'as<juin, i
U' I* upon (leek. II is men iinmedialely made I lie
to the re-cuo. and bote the captain al oration:
st senseless aft, whore medical aid could ' IJuod n
administered. Never having hoard of runt Itarl
h wonderful power of the electrical eel.
greatest consternation prevailed, and The Pal
vessel rushing on in tho thick d trkness, of Painter
y knew not where, the anchors were got revelled in
with much difficulty, and they waited "'id reqoe
patiently the return of day, actually sup within its
ing some evi; spirit had scixed upoti together ?
m, and that for the night tliev were to the Tratisl
llio sport of their orgies.? Yarmouth I days in th
7iV<T. I crowds, wl
roin the New York Observer.
THE PANTHEON.
intheou is the l>e?t preserved o(
iments of ancient Koine, and inamong
tlio most perfect inonuancient
tiiues. It is still a wonrcliitecturo,
quite faultless in its
?md grair' proportions, and, notling
its simplicity, it never fails
the admiration of every one whose
10 happy as to rest upon it. Au
Koine, whose routo to his studio
?y it every day, once remarked to
10 never pnsscd it without stopdmiro
its magnificent portico and
to contemplate its unrivalled
It formerly stood in the midst
lupus Martins, surrounded by the
belonging to the Thermae of
of which it probably formed a part,
reached by a flight of slejis, all of
ist have added greatly to its effect,
in one of the filthiest quarters of
d is surrounded by some of the
lovels of the modern city, many of
i built directly against its walls,
g them with their smoke. I ho
[ovei anient, however, are seeking
i it fiom its degrading associations,
ising and tearing down the adjoinings,
with the design of leaving ;t
l>t of an open square. They can its
former elevation. Uv sonic
:crelion, the let el of the ancient
eral feet below the modem soil,
ucut of the Koruin itself hcing
t under ground. The l'antheon
won brought down to a level with
Hiding streets, if not below them,
ieo, which is regard'd as a model
dure, is 110 feet long, *11 in
J is composed of 10 Corinthian
of oriental granite, each one of
i single block or shaft. They are
it in height, and 15 feet in cir
re. With the exception of three,
io replaeed from other buildings
i centuries ago, they stand just as
erected by Agrippa 27 years beChiistiali
?oa. The entablature
lent are slill perfect, and llieliiezo
following inscription, extending
) entire front: M. AC RUT A.
>S. 1 KliTlV.d KlCCnC This
i sulHcieutly defines its date,
g llio portico, \v<senlcr ilio buildis
massive bion7.e doors, acknowthe
best authorities to be llio
i by Agrippa. Although ncai iv
in height, ami having swung up<ui
gt? for nineteen cviituiics, they
Iks moved by the hand of a child,
uie for the door reveals the thick
is walls, some twenty f<et <>f s<?li*.!
whieli account' in part for the
on of I he structure. I he buildis
circular, 143 feet in diameter,
than 400 feet in ein llsnfelenee.
i i-e to tin- height of 7t) f < t, w I:> 'i
inio one vast dome, the centre of
I 13 feet above the pavement,
i m its simplicity ami gran 1-m,
e impressive than thai of S . IV
I there is one pecu iar feature
1- such a chaun to thill impu-s
have never toon I in eoutempla
tiler building Tlie d me is op- n
ae, the apeiinie Ik nig J7 feet ill
It was never closed even by
the storms of neatly two th *us
!i ive lieateii thro igh it and tal
llie pavement below. This might
ire?.t in the slruoture. hut it coustiio-t
boaulil'uI if not Us grandest
The ciicular walls are unbroken
nndows. mid when the massive
or? .ire closed behind lis as we
aperture in the dome is the only
light, and communicate* direedy
leavens above. We look up and
>uds floating bv, or gase into the
while die whole lower world is
iy walls which no earlidy sounds
rate. 1 he poetry and sublimity
iceptioti for a temple may he imaexcludes
all things terrestrial, ami
ven alone t<> the worshipper, and
Mlhotii any intervening medium,
eodote characteristic of Koman
related of this part of the l'aii11
a manuscript narrative of the
into, preserved at the Vatican, it
1 that Charles V., when he visited
1636, wished to ascend the build
i lie did, looking in through the
'rout above. A young iIonian
been oidcr. d to accompany him
? confessed to his father that lie
jlv tempted to push the monarch
the pavement below, a depth of
I) feet, in revenge for the sack of
few years before. The wily old
d, "My son, siieli things should
lid not talked about."
nthvotl has. 1^.., ..f HJ1 U-,
umciits, leaving only its simple
to delight the eye. Kormerlx
wall were faced with marble,
now all gone. The vast dome
?d with glided bronze, and il^ in
or lined i>r profusely ornamented
The plates of |irun/.o licit covi
of, and the silver, wore teinovtd
lis II, A. I). 055, and afteiwards
Uexamhia. I ' ?|?? I rhan \ 111.
the plunder of tlies building, I'v
bronze I teams of tlio portico t?i
ir.ldacliino of tin* high nltnr <-f
. and to east cannon lor tin* Castle
;elo I'hit pope belonged t<> tli
family, and lie n?e<l a part of t o
ornainent the Itarlieiini I'alaee.
llo' niedi.'rval oraele of R me,
following record <>f ils linal deseon
feetrunt Barliari roiii.v, feco
nrini. (Wlmt the Barbarians
lie, tlio Barltaiiiii destroyed )
itlieon is tho tomli of the Prince
s. Raphael, while living, often
tlie hea ties of it* arcliiteetnre,
sted thnt his hones might s! ]?
walls. Ppon hi- death his hody,
ritli his last and noh|e?t wmk,
1 curatiotl, were exposed for three
e Pantheon, and were visited hv
lio gazed upon both with equal
1 interest but with different emotions, llisj (
j remains were afterwards deposited in ft; This
I niche formed in the walls, and the spot is |jg}g8
r now marked by a simple slab, with the fol- , (j|,CVali
' lowing inscription: I "The 1
"Illc hie <-st Raphael, tirnuit qun sospitc vinci. j The fol
"Ktrurn magna partus,quo uiurientc mori.'* i resjiecti
For many years tho Academy of St. gests ot
1 Luke, an association of artists at Home, authori
' had a skull in their possession, said to he the Ind
I Raphael's and generally so regarded. As been se
! thete were sounds of doflbt rospecting'lhe ' court o
actual resting place of tho remains of the ' 4,I hi
immortal master of the pencil, it was deter- was not
mined in 1833 to settle the question by an of tho s
i examination of his tomb. It was accord- ; Cotigre
' 'H')' opened in the presence of several ec authori;
1 cledaslical dignitaries and artists, ami the tional v
, skeleton was found entire, just as it had ritory i
been entombed. The relics were replaced volume
, after having been enclosed in nn antique and nor
marble sarcophagus, from tho Vatican Mil- has bee
, scum. Of course the skull in the posses- ; ty of ih
sion of the Academy of St. Luke lost its "It ir
value, notwithstanding it had often awnk- I nationa
cued the admiration of the phrenologists, i realizes
who had found the painter's hump sttik- ; son, au*
ingly developed. Hut perhaps ii did be labors
long to a great artist. Who knows! Treasur
F.isKcas. | goveini
TI *" " l, more fo
Olt vrlUC I 'k1.1nkati0n of tiik miseries I f(,rej,T|,
and LkKKCTS ok l.nti:.mi'i:uancr.. ? TllC fol- | nuoal,
low ing is the most graphic delineation oi the 0f t j41.jr
miseries and > ffects <if intemperance that s,iri,rle i
we have ever seen ?it is frotu the argu nn,7 di
incuts advanced by ceitaiu citizens ??f iVnl- Schtiolc
age county.** >hio, in a iiieinorial to the Leg- ,juirie>
islatmc oti the subject: that pu
'And yet its march of ruin is onward
still! It reaches abroad to others?invades a||(j j,ro
the family and social cuclcs?and spreads w ,r,|? j
woe and sorrow all around. It cuts down q
youth in its vigor - manhood in ii> strength ,|?,uL?t tl
?and age in its weakness. It breaks llie j |,je8 ;i j,
father's heart ? bcicavc the doating ninth- I u,,u.^ M
cr?extinguishes natural ntb'ctiou?erases |,.q ,,, |
conjugal love?blots out filial attachment ; j;llt tj,e
?blights parental hope?and brings down with tin
mourning age in soirow lo the grave. It ' ticularh
piodu es weakness, not strength; sickness, nionie v
in>t health; death, in >1 life. It makes wires c.|m|,|u j
widows?chiidicn otplians?fathers fiends u;j
?and all of tli*'in paupers and beggars, uuitv c
It hails fevcis?feeds rheum tisin?uuiscs Cor<f,|,rr
I gout?welcomes epidemics ? invites chole- j caI> ,,|,p
la ? impaits ]> siilence, and cnihraccs con idiom,
sumptions. It covers the land with idle- "Ind,
ii ess, poverty, disease and crime. Ii ti'l- 1 >
- - . rciuiy ci
\otir jails?supplies your alms houses? tribes I
ami doinamis your asylums. It engenders traces o
eontiover-ios?fostois ipturrels?ami chcr- , die n0t
i-hes riot-. It coit'cmiis law?spurns 01- [ doubt 1,
der?a <1 loves in d>-. It crowds your | g:dian j
pern-tint iaties?an 1 ftiriii*li?s l!io victim-* ( {lie I,tin
lor \?>i:r -< atl-?lds. It is the life Moud of leads, b
the gambler?lh<' nhiucnt of the couuter- to n visi
fciter -the prop of tiro highwayman, ami fumbittl
the -ujoiort of the midnight incendiarv. ( ouoii"
I I i * I \
"It c n mo- - t.:?* it ? r<- peels the gotten,)
thief :'i> ! e-teem- tlic blasphi liter. 1'. i?m.
violates nblig ttion ? revercncr - fiau 1?and j "As t
honors infuity. It ! lYn s benevolence tio one
: hates love ?so ?rt - virtue?-and slanders in ; eaaily u
uoivtice. It i.uit<- the father to buU'hor second I
hi- i tV-ji'ing -help- the htt-h iml to tna? ^.t' 1-- >!ot
-acre I t- wife an i aids the ehihl to gtiml "The
hi- p orie dai ji\e. It burns tin matt ?con but" ag
-ttttte- woman --d.-tests life?cur.-es (lod? bls I tii
ami d<-pi?t - Heaven. historic;
j "It -no -m- witnesses?nur-es petjury? bas not
deliles tin* iaiy b '\ -ami stains the judicial one ma
' ? inline. It l?r b - \ute- di- ptalilie- Voters \\'o lie
?corrupt- < le lions?pollute- our ittstitu years, fi
i ttous?and endangers our government. It oovertir
1 degtades the citi.'.eii?debn.-cs the legisla States,;
l>r?dishonors the statesman ?and disarms Indian
the patriot. It luiug- -haute, not honor; more gi
terror, not safety; despair, not hope; misery, these ti
not happiness. And now, as with the ma- of Cltrilcvoleiiee
of a fiend, it ealnilv surveys its extinct.'
frightful desolations, and insatiate with |
havoc, it poisons felicity?kills peace , 1 r.
? iuin> moral- blights confidence?slays sl'"
reput itioit- and wipes out national honor 'lre<
?then curses the world?and laughs at its . . /'
_ ' fr 'tl"
lb i i s \\ . < iniswoLn.?< tur readers will tbc first
observe that a case of divorce, which has oil the I
been exciting a good deal of interest, has move ll
been decided t? this extent in 1 'ltiladelphia and pro
?that there is no evidence that Mr. (iris- atmospl
wold, who is now married to a third lady, b -red t
lias ever been divorced from the second ground,
ladv, now Mrs. Hriswold, <?f Charleston, trunk,
and who lints would seem to be hi- only of sulph
legal wife. This decision of the court, as disks, ai
it .stands, leaves hint in a very extraorditia- exclude
ry and alarming predicament. What adds inent w;
to its interest ts. that Mr. (In-wold obtain- ed; the
cd from lite New Haven railroad, after tho cd a dci
wen know catastrophe, some thousands of son thcr
dollars for damages lo * lie poison of t lie crease o
third ladv, whom the court does not recojf- is l?ut o
ni>o a* Ins wife. I' innv fi<>o oe ad loo iiKif!il I)
that tl?o Philadelphia coint which lias ami lior
made tin* decision is tin* very Court befoio meat* c
wlioin Mr. tiiiswold ailfffes the divnice j our kno
was obtained, it is alleged, however, that a reined
the decision was made in consequence of where ti
tin* imperfect lecord of the eotiit, ntul animal 1
thercfoie a motion is ponding to amend the liee
the record.--J\ . hs/>rt.sr. ( and dist
? i s neeesi
It is stated in the New York papers,' ..Joyed t
that for some montlis pa*t import mt ch in eh-an th
i?cs have I."i n in proer. -s in the character hinise t!
and in in itnent of the harbor forlifie ilioiis of frt.,.|yt \\
New \ oik. rhewoiks have he n strength- tool wei
ened.and tin- >ld onus have hern superseded, .imj
and new ones substituted of a very loiio jj,,,
r inoe and heaver ralilne, compared with p, ,j|V ,n
those formerly in use, with a view to enu than a s
ble lhein to e< pe successfully with the most
approved appliances of modern warfare.1 You
The new c iiinoti are now in ||u* proeess ot was \o
innniificturino at West Point, mid :is sikiii stand t
as finished are transferred to the mililaiy educate
works ; <I j iceirl to this city. ^ ast comp'e taught i
meats of wailike store*, m at ir*. h i'!*, i..
-lulls an<l other death deulinj; implements |lltll|i
have boon iiilly . d 1 <1 to the ma^ i
7.ines and repositories at those defcnc? -?, and \-trn
over*tiling has heon prop.uod in case an were li
(MiioritPin'V should arise lor l*tinuiiijjf llioin would I
into use. All lips h i- he. n <1 nc under event. I
the order of tho AiithoiilicH at Washington, people <
quietly And without any unnecessary hustle.' dodge t
)rigin of the Indian Tiihes.
topic is ably handled, with the
of history and ethnology, in the
ier Bunson's recent groat work on
'hilosophy of Universal History."
Ilowing views are expressed by him
ng tho elaborate collections and ditho
materials, published under tho
ly of Congress, on tho subject of
ian tribes. Chevalier Bauson has
voral years Prussian minister at tho
f London:
id written so far in July, 1817. I
, then aware that on the 3J March
ame year an act had passed the
sb of the United States of America
ting the publication of a grc.l lisvork
on tho Indian tribes of the terof
that republic. In 1850 the first
of that gigantic work appeared,
.v a third volume, printed tu 1853,
n transmitted to mc by tho liberaliat
government.
lay fairly bo said that l>y this great
I and Christian undertaking, which
the aspirations of President JetlerI
carries out to their full extent the
and efforts of a Secretary of the
y, the Hon. Albert Callulin, the
nent of the United States has done
r tho antiquities and language of a
race than any European governor
hitherto done for the language
ancestors. Certainly, scarcely any
man has done more for collecting
jesting the materials than Mr.
rait, whose own observations and inform
the most important part of
blicalion. 'Ihe whole work is conin
a true spirit of pliilatilhrophy,
allies a feeling of hrolheiliood tolie
I ml an scion of the human spclie
section on language is with ut
lie most im[M?itaiit portion; it occu
lace in the *ccond and third volml
we may hope to see it complehe
course of the following volumes,
linguistic data before us, combined
e traditions and customs, ami parr
with tiio sy?tein of pictorial iiinei
riling, (tiisi revealed in this work,)
no to say that the Asiatic origin of
3 tubes is as fti'ly proved as the
>f family among themselves. Ac
to our svstein, the Indian language
y he a deposits) of a North Turanian
' d, in addition to the evidence al 1
ttllecled bv 1 'richaid. t'?e pass ge of
iuiii Siberia (where we also find
f the same pictorial writing) over
them islands is place-: beyond all
v the work in question. The .donicculiaiitv
of the .skull, the tvj o of
tel . the Slmiimiic c.n itemcnt w 'rich
y mentis of fastings ami dreams. inonary
i>r clairvoyant slate, ami the
eiital religious views ami symbols,
which the toth'iso is i.ot to he forbring
us back to primitive Turan>i
the languages theiiiselvcs there is
pcctibarity in them which may not
o explained by our theory of the
I'm in itioii, ami "f the consequences
ion.
unity of the grammatical type was
0 juknou Icilgetl; hut we have now
ink) llui evidences of the material,
il, phy-dcnl unity. The Indian mind
only worked in one type, hut with
leiial, and that a Tuianian one.
iv now hope to receive in a few
roin these energetic effets of the
nent and citizens of tiie United
1 complete linguistic Thesaius of
langu igcs; and this deserves the
ratcful acknowledgment, as most of
ihos, in spite of the renewing power
itiaiiity, will s >on become entirely
iivit von Tiikku.?Might years ago
ng the "borer'1 attacked several ions,
w hich were backward and siekl'I
to work ami immediately trim;m,
shaved off the rough outer bark
ft ground to a short distance ahove
limb, and then scraped ami wash ranches
with an alkaline ley to ieio
sctnf, destroy the larva? of insects,
mote a more free contact with the
ore. I then took a sharp bit and
i lio'e in each tree close to the
and extending to the centre of each
These l tilled with common tl.?ur
nr. closing tliein with thin wooden
ml sealing them over w ith wax to
the air. The etlVrct of this treat
is magical. The borer disappearfoilnge
soon expanded, and asstim. p
rich color, and during the sea ?
\\ ?< ??n imnuiml -v
> .. - iir|in>iv ur IIIf
woody matter. Sulphur, I believe,
no of many other agents which
e applied w ith success in ngricu'.tiue
tieuhure. Wo want more ex perif
this character, in order to extend
ivledge, for; in my opinion, there is
v for every disease, il wo knew
i find it, both for the vegetalde ami
kingdom*. The sulphur placed If.
was n<> douht taken up by the sap,
lihutod through all their cells. It
?arv that a sharp lot sinniid ho em
' r hoiing the holes, so a* to cut
rough the minute tube*, and not
liein, in order to let the nap flow
liieli it otherwise wou'd if a dull
C livd, becail-0 it Would stpiee'/''
n* up the minute tubes or bores of
s in the - im - manner that a dull
ikos a woutxl mmo to Imal
!i:ti|? oim. & ii'ii11 ti Anicriftiii.
iv, S.tlial Mr. Jacob*
ur t(iI<>i? !> >cs tho court umler
i????? ('.is that you received your
>n from liim? N".?, fir ee. 11
no to |?lay on tin-1 French liorn. lie
no to loot- Inner. 1 call liim mv
liminei* Hav that if a connonhall
inl from tho Kirtli at Saturn, it
>o 180 year-, getting I In* re. It that
iW. s?or John PlniMiix think* the
>f Saturn would have ample tiro? to
he fhot. 1
Nicaragua.?Though the accounts from
Nicaragua nro somewhat contradictory, the ?
i balance of evidence is against the prolm- ability
that Gen. Walker will long be able" til
to maintain his usurped dominion. Pri- N
vale letter# state that his money and credit d.i
are both exhausted; tliat privation, disease, ex
and want are fast thinning his ranks; that
those who havo allowed themselves to be N
du[>ed by his representations and promises, nc
and who have quitted their homes and he
honest callings hoping to acquire fame and
fortune under his standard, are fast discov*
ering their error, and would gladly escaj>e 'n
i from thoir thraldom. The letters further en
! assert that impatience of the despotic rulo 8,1
, of Walker and his accomplice, Iiivaa, it not 'n
j confined to Nicaragua, hut is very gene- d<
i rally felt by the Governments and inhabi,
tnnts of tho bordering Slates. The recent
! decree relative to the Transit Company and 1,11
tho seizure of their property is stated to be 8"
: a desperate attempt on trie part of Walker Gc
' to obtain money to maintain himself. That ha
1 is hut one of a series of lawless contrivances Gv
to which he is reduced to save himself fth
from destitution, to check the desertion aud Wl
' calm the daily increasing discontent aud Sr
disgust of his associates, and thus avert or 801
postpone the ruin with which he is threat- U1!
j ened. However he may succeed for a time lo
i iu warding oil" the fittid blow, there is good ex
reason to Itelicve that it cannot be longde- su
laved, and thus his tlight or death inav he , M
looked for within a short porii>d. There is
no doubt that a league has been formed n:l
by sever al of the States of Central America :n<
. to overthrow Walker and his followers and ^
re-establish tho furtnor Government iu Nij
enragua. It is also averred that he has ro<
i utterly failed to make himself j>opu!ar with ua
! the native population of Nicaragua; that all ^e
i his overtures to the ncighlioririg States have
been rejected; that our Gov^rmncut l.os re:
wisely refused to acknowledge him iu nuy
way; that he aud his adherents are looked oU
upon in Europe as a gang of lawless ma- l'"
ruuders, and that even among those whom P?
a spirit of adventure, hope of gain, aud a
want of or a distaste f >r" honest employ- 'hi
meat at home have induced to join their cai
I fortunes to his, there i< widespread divseu- ,l
sion and strife, which may at any moment 1"
1 break into open revolt, and thus deprive co
j him of the only stippoilupon w hich he can co'
rely to maintain himself and his adininis
trillion.?Journal of f'<>mmrrct. i s'r
, _
j UKOrEiN tSoVKUhlUN.S AND FlLLIUVH- jt|j
! iKius.Ni.?The London Morning IVt (tetuii
official organ) liai uii article culling upon
I the Kuropom governments. after they have tb
settled their affairs at the peace conference, ha
to turn \hcir attention to measures for th
crushing the iitlibustering propensities oJ rw
j the L lilted Slates. We quote its coin In as
i sion: it
It will be said that Knglxnd, owing to ac
her connection with the Musqu to Indians ax
and iier possession of Jamaica, with other i eij,
colonics in the vicinity, has a personal and . to
a peculiar interest in a question of this des- J be
! ciiption.and that lier motive in mooting it, ' act
therefore, is selfish. Hut this is not the ! tw
o ce. She anprehemls no danger to ant j I I
other own colonies and pos>esaious, ami i pi
: wants no help from auv other Power for | tin
their defense. S ? far as her espocial in i all
teiests are cotieeincd, her o \u jrovrer is | al
more than sunici.nl f >r their protection; ed
j and she enjoys, and while that power lasts ; to
will be seen to eniov, a perfect im uunity of
from this species of danger. tin
If Knglaud, indeed, wero suspected of f'<entertaining
any desire to establish an ex- at
cl sive influence or autlioritv in the teirito na
I
rt.-s ot .Nicaragua mid Costa liica, or iti do
i any oilier territory of the kind, there might an
bo ground for receiving coldly her invito- tin
; li >n of other States to a j"inl action, but va
die has disavowed this, and her honesty of pr
purpose has not been, and cannot be. galled ow
in ijuesiion. It has always been her de- th
hire, as it must be the desire of every niati stv
of common humanity, that the States form- pe
od out of the old Spanish territory of North i->ii
America should be left in pence to establish im
themselves in a manner to improve their pri
wealth and resources, and to maintain their tin
independence. She projfo.irs this end onli/ pu
for the lutS'S of the joint action of the Euro j wi
peon States who have similar views, and Jo
who cvow similar principles. Hut it is
against this particular condition of South
America that the filibustering spirit has j b"
b on excited, and that enterprises are set . J"r
on foot by the subjects of the United j W]
States. Tho views of America on this point co
are decidedly opposed to Uiono of Kurope. wr
It behooves, therefore, the States of Kurope nn
t > give some strong expression to tho^e ; ri'!
vicv\s before the cour.-o of action which lias ! an
been adopted by the people of the United j ,n<
States shall lime taken such consistency as *v
to make it more ditlicult to oll'er successful {
opposition. t
- j its
'The fiiars nay they poshes* nothing: in
tvho-e then are tlie lands they hold! Not ; in
thi ir superior's; be hath vowed poverty as in
well as they. Whose thouf I *> answer toi
it.i. a.' ' ' *
? , niij aiiouui say hip) were mo
tlio I'oju'V. Ami whv must tl?p friars he i it
mure perfect titan the J'ope Iiim-clfl* , eh
'Tw.is mi unhappy divi-ion that hasbeen ed
made hot n eon fiim and works. Though wr
in my intellect I may divide thorn, just as wl
in the* caudle 1 know there is both light and ril
heat, hut yet put out the candle nnd thoy tic
are both gone; one remain" not without the by
ot!u-r; m> 'tis betwixt faith and works.' th
'We cannot tell what is a judgment of j
God; 'tis presumption to take upon us to
know, Commonly we say a judgment \
falls upon a man for something in him we i ('fc
cannot abide. An example wo have in wn
King James concerning the death of Henry i v"
the Fourth of France. One said lie was ,n<
killed for his dissoluteness, anothoi said he jln
was killed for turning his religion. No, ; *
says King James, who could not abide s,f
fighting, he was killed for permitting duels "
in his kingdom.'?Table Talk of Jonn 1,0
StUen. j ??
The chap w ho to?>k the thread of life to j
sew the lent of his house has gone West I l'1
and invented a patent point for cros* eyed j c*
needles. I wl
I
X "York.
How 8omk Psori.r Lira in New 'uro
-A. special committee of the legisla. f
e ii<mv investigating the construction o.
0 tenant house*, so called, in the city of
ew York. From a report of their first
ty's investigation wo make *he following
tract:
"The company then proceeded to inspect
o. 21 Cherry street. This building was
>t erected for a tenement house, but may
1 so called on account of its being very
rge and capable of accommodating n
rge uumber of families. The house was
a very filthy condition, the yard being
owded with old sheds and heaps of dirt
id ashes varying from three to five feet
height; the stoop nnd hall lay half unir
.the 6aine, nnd the odor from thw slops
d garbage thrown out by the tenants is
:kening. From this btiildiug the comiltee
proceeded to Noe. 30 and 38 Cherry
eet, (rear,) known as East aud Wc6t
>lham Courts. These buildings extend
ck from tho street some 250 feel, and are
e stories in height. Tho alley way is
out 8 feet wide, and beneath it are the
iter closets, which aro lighted by iron
ntinga extending along the court, l.i
>era! parts of this undercellar?for so it
ty be called?we noticed water from one
two feet deep, and the effect of the fetid
hnlatious that arise therefrom is almost
tlocaling to a j?erson unused to such atsphere.
"The halls aro about six feet square, with
rrow winding stairways two feet three
iu wiuiu, ascenuing circular wi<?,
ic occupaut* of these houses have each
o small rooms, one 14 by 14, with a bed>m
attached 7 by 14 feet, and from the
rrowueas of the alley, and the great
iglit of the building, the rooms are very
ilii. In these courts over 1,100 persons
lide; there are 200 families and over sixpersons
in encb division; there are in
e room 13 persons. The rent asked for
cse apartments varies fn.ni $4 50 to ttt
r month. The owner of the building is
las Wood, who derives an income from
eir tent of $5,000 per annum. In the
se of fire the loss of life would he awful, for
would be impossible for more than onearter
of the occupants to escape. They
utpUin of its being very sickly in these
urt*, and one of the tenants who has reled
in the building fronting on Cherry
eet says that in summer there is not less
an otic a week carried to his lust vesting
we froin within these walls."
Foreign Silvkr Coins.?We learn thai
e Finance Committee of the U. S. Senate'
,ve matured a project designed to lead toe
gradual abandonment ami ultimate
jectton of the small Spanish silver coins
part of the circulating medium, and that
will forthwith be submitted to legislative
lion. The result of the experiments to
certain the valuo of the Spani>h sixteenth,
rht, and quarter of a dollar, is reported
the committee as indicating the first to
worth a fraction over five cents, the
*ond about eleven, and the quarter beeon
twenty-three and twenty-four cents.
ie bill they have framed is believed to
>vide, that tho existing laws authorizing
e circulation nud establishing a value of
foreign coins, except the Spanish fractiondivisions
of the dollar, be at once rcpeal.
A9 to the e fractions, they allow them
bo circulated for two yeais at the value
5, 10, and 20 cents respectively, and
crcaflcr they are to be excluded altogether
>m circulation. Hut at the mint they will
all limes he received as bullion, and
id for bv weight. Tho etFect of this will
ubtless l>e, that they will be collected
d sent to tho mint as the best market,?
e price there obtainable exceeding their
lue in circulation. This result will bo
ouioted nlso by classifying them with our
.. .i ,1;..;*;..... ' n. ? ?:- i.?
.. M ?iviviio. 4 iic I'iiunv: luiving
en but ono measure of value or price in
lall transaction*, will have no motive for
misting to retain in use the small Spani
coin*; and thus that most annoying
position, by some dealers systematica'ly
aclised, and chiefly to the prejudice of
c poor, of filching of a cent from every
rchaser unprovided with even change,
II be effectually gotten rid of.?-V. Y.
urnal of Commerce.
Cvaiors Mkciiamcal. Duck.?The auuaton
peacock of Cicn. Degcunes, a
ench officer of the 17lh century, prohaf
suggested to Fancauson the idea of
nstrticting his celebrated duck, which
is pcihaps the most wonderful piece of
rchatiism ever made. This duck exactly
tentblcd a living one in sir.e and apjrearce.
It executed accurately nil its move nis
and gestures, it n!e and drank with
idity, performed all the quick motions of
e head and throat peculiar to the living
uiai, and like it muddled lite water with
hill. It produced the sound of quacking
the most natural manner. Every lone
the natural duck had its representative
the automaton, and it* wings were att
natically exact. \Yii?n corn was thrown'
w a before it, it reached out its nock to pick
up. it swallowed it, digested it, and disaigcd
it. The dilution w as areomnlish
? ? I
by n chemical solution, after which it
is convoyed away l?y tul>w, J.eekman,
10 saw it long after, informs us that its
?- wore made of wire, ami dint tbe morn
was communicated through tho feet
means of a cylinder and tine chains, like
L?e of n watch.? KnpVnk jxijxr.
Fkom srais.?In the Spanish Cortes,
the 2 Ith of January, rv most rancorous
-cussion took place between Senor Orense
d Ctet on.1 O'Donnell, in which cnch ro,'wed
his pn>t political career, and the
t?st unmerciful sarcasms were employed
ain't each other. The effect was sucli,
was Raid, that the latter thought of renting
his post as Minister of War, with
view of holding the fotmer to, personal
count for some of the expressions he had
ed. The prominent political fiiend? of
cli of the p rtics held mecling\ to deterine
the pioper coutsc to la' pursued bj
rir respective leaders, and at latest edvis
the difficulty was believed to be roin*>
tiat assuaged.