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Pitts, of Nashville, n celebrated minister of tho Methodist Church, recently visited Washington City, and was called upon to officiate in tho place of tho Chaplain of tho House, upon which occasion he delivered a discourse on tho Fulfillment of the Prophecies. We copy from tho Nhk .: 1 T-.-ii: ?i.? I VIUIKir llliCIII^QIIVQI hl-w ivnwnnij; pj nvj'.iia of hissermon, which many of our readers will peruse with interest: "His introduction (o the investigation indicated with what reverence and discretion any attempted elucidation of the meaning of prophecy should bo conducted; that the prophecies touching the nations, down to the fall of Jerusalem, were but a literal history of Syria, Edom, Moab, Egypt and Judea; but from the destruction of the Jewish capital down to a certain period, called "the time of the end," a veil was on the prophets, and no interpretation of the j sublime visions during that interdicted age could possibly be correct; for God had repeated the announcement to Daniel, the prophet, that "the words were closed up, and the vision was sealed to the time of the end." That this was not the end of the world was evident, for in the time of tho end "many should run to and fro and knowledge be increased;" that then "the wise should understand, but the wicked should net understand." Not only was tho vision itself sealed, hut the litue or end of these woutlers, and e?pecially the theatre cf these wonders, or the land of their reali ration, should be unknown till God was prepared for their accomplishment. I hat it... ..f !.? t ' ..< tiiu VilHV VI WHO VIIU, ill] Ul *."?H ill lelloclual energy, adveiitiitcand ly unolinii, wuu llio njfo in wliivl) n jjrem would arise; tliat the United States arose at the end of 1200 symbolic days from the destruction of Jerusalem; tliat Daniel's 70 weeks, being equal to 003 yeats and 211 days of solar time, according to the eclipse* of the sun, gave an infal i o uile *.o deter mine symbolic time; so that if 70 symbolic weeks equalled 603 years and 214 days, 1200 symbolic days reached from tbc burning of lire temple, on llie 187lli day of iltc year 08, A. D. to the fourth of July, 1776 and that making the starting point at the occaiion of lite daily sacririco, which hap pelied, according to astronomy, at sunrise, three minutes past five, o'clock, A. M., on the day the temple was burnt, the 1200 days run out at a quarter l?> three o'clock, P. M., on the 4th day of July, 1770; and from the best source* of information the Declaration of Indepondenco wps proclaimed c at that boar on lire glorious fourth. Tliat the United Suites was the fifth government I represented by the stone cut out of the [ mountain without hands. The image of Nebuchadiiezzer represented the successive kingdoms of Assyria, Medo Persia, Macedo nia, and Rome; that the iron a?nl clay in the feel and toes of the image symbolized the union of church and stale under Coii stantine, June 21, 323, A. D; that the antagonism of the statu to the image, smiting it on the feel, symbolized the genius ol our gioal nation in its oj position to the union of church and state; that while the stone kingdom or government was not Christi anil o lliA ?*-?- * ? - * 1 > <' >j , iiiv iiiuuii liu ii UUl Ol WHICH I lie HIIIIIO | was cut was Christianity. That the winged woman of the wilderness was an emblem ! of Christianity, anil her man child, to whom was given "a rod to rule," whs an emblem i * of our Government, arising from a pure ro \ ligion; that this man child, being "caught up to heaven in the clouds," showed the providential protection of onr infant republic. Then our nolionality, which was to come, was Israel restored. That God would constitute such a nationality out of people < who would acknowledge his Son, Jesus ,I Christ, and not of the Jews, who froiu the ? beginning have denounced Christ. That perfect coincidence being perfect fulfillment, i our nation and no other on earth answered I rthe picture. That the nationality to aiise < was to be gathered out of the nations. That I ihev were to go to the westward. That i the country they wore to inhabit was a | land between the eastern and the great I ?i n i .-?? ? ' wwciii niai uie tana was on? "thai had always been waste." That it was to I be located in thirteen distinct St des. That | tbeso Slates should be bounded on the east < | by the eastern sea, and or. the west by the i great western sea. That '.he people galh j ered out of the nations should ''build and j dwell safely in unwalled villages and cities, < having neither gates nor bars;" "a land of < broad rivers and streams," a republic where < the people "should appoint for themselves < one head," and their rulers and governors * "should be from among themselves." That i the United Slates was "the isles that should < wait" for God, and that tho ships of Tarshish or Old Spain should bo he.o to open i emigration. That our country was "the i land shadowing with wings" which was he- i yond the rivers of Ethiopia, which from t Judea beyond tho Nile was the United i > Stales, and no other country. That our * great country was divinely protected in its ' beginning, nud, answering the predictions < precisely of the nationality that was to t come, is the ' nation known to God in all day," born on Independence day. That the United States arose in the providence of God as the model political government, and that its great mission was the overthrow of monarchy, and the utter destruction of political and ecclesiastical despotism. Ilis subject in the afternoon related more espo cially to "the last great battle between civil and religious liberty on the one hand, and political and ecclesiastical despotism on the other," termed in Scriptuio the "battle of Gog and Magog;" the battle of "Armageddon," and the "battle of the great day of God Almighty." That the United Slates would bo invaded by monarchy. That Russia would bo the leading power, and England nud all the autocracy of the world would be allied with Russia against the United States, except Franco; that France would be with us in the end as she was with us in the beginning. That an armament such as the world never saw, compos ed of millions, would invade the country. That the battle-field was the valley of the i Mississippi, (sse Ezekiel, 38 and 39.) That Jleaven would bo upon our side. Rut in this last dreadful time there would be trouble such as never was. That the Uni- j ted Slates, being the exponent and repre- j sentativo of republicanism, extending its border* from sea to sea and from the lakes to the gulf, arose as a formidable defiance i of autocracy; and that Russia, embracing an area of one seventh of earth's terra firrna, ! and arising in terrible grandeur, inust in self-defence attempt the extinction of popu ' lar freedom, and that these two formidable powers, lowering and culminating to the heavens like dreadful clouds surcharged with the elements of ruin, would shock the world with their collision, and drench the j earth with blood. That our great country | would never be divided. That our Union. J like a noble ship, though her live oak timbers would bend and quiver in the tempest, would ride the bloriu in safely. That monarchy would l?o overthrown forever, and republicanism every where prevail, and nations learn war no more. Then sets in that millennial day, when science, com meiee, manufactures and the arts would spread?the religion of the Son of God have sway; "righteousness and peace among the l?eoplo walk, Messiah reign, and earth keep jubilee a thousand years." But an imperfect sketch of these lectures is hero presented. They certainly created a profound sensation. True or false, the clearness and conclusiveness of the arguments, a* presented by the intelligent speak er, we think it would be dilHeull to answer. Surely the theme is startling and sublime. The appropriate allusion of the speaker to the port I aits of Washington and Lafayette ih.it hung on the walU in the Capitol, in his allusion to Krniice being with Ame rtca in her final struggle, was deeply ailed >f " Dnlnli /S?l_l._2, ! !_ f J i uijm ? citruuuot 111 L.UIK1UI1. From an interesting letter of the Hev. Dr. Cr>isi, which we flnrl in lite Christian Advocate, w? copy the following sketches of two of the most popular preachers in the great metropolis: Dr. CcsiMiN'O.? Sabbath morning we sought, the Scotch Church in Crown Court, where Dr. Camming ministers, and has for lite Inst iwentv years. It is a spacious and lather handsome edifice, with the pulpit on one side and a deep gallery in front, and across the wo ends. Its dimensions 1 know i ot, but I counted eleven large windows in the upper tier of one side alone. Before the Uev. gentleman entered, the church was crowded to its utmost capacity both above and below. The setvice commenced with I a hymn, which was sung by lire whole as 1 e ul?!y standing, without the aid of any instrumental accompaniment. Next the l>r. read a lesson from the Old Testament, 1 w hich he followed with a clear, comprehcn- j aivo, anil very beautiful exposition, occupy ing fifteen or twenty minutes. The prayer which succeeded was appropriate, hut no- ! thing remarkable. Then an anthem was chanted by the choir, u short invocation j was offered for a blessing upon the word, another hymn was sung by the congroga lion, and finally the pastor began his ?? rmou, which was just like one of Dr. Cum tiling's lectures, and could never have been mislnl'nn f??r unu?l.!?>? ^.1^-. I? c !1 ?v?. niijiimi" ci9C| uy uuu lamuiar with his works. There weie passages in ii of considerable beauty, hut nothing hold or striking. We were wafted along hv a gen tlo breeze, on a smooth and placid stream, lined w ith the vet nrd emerald, with hero and theie a gay bank of primroses, and a cluster of sweet-bicathing violets, while the soft a"r trembled with the mellow symphonies of birds, and the chiming < f silve* hell*; hut there was no Niagara, no thunder-cloud up till the deep, no trumpet summoning to the battle, nothing to stir and stimulate the ?onl, though there w is much to sootho and fascinate the hearer. The manner was suit&d to tho matter?gentle, winning, fault less, except tlial it wus rather loo tine?loo manifestly studied and arlistie?for the pul pit; the voice very pleading, ihe enunciation remarkably clear and precise, tho enlire elocution finished and elegant to the last degree. The grout excellence of his preaching is its practical character: whatever subject he undertakes, ho is euro to turn il to good account, if we except Mr. Spur geon, Camming and Mclvillo aro tho most popular preachers in London; but tho three ought never to ho mentioned together, for each is entirely of a ditleront type from the jthcra. I)r. Camming is, withal, a very iniustrious man; and while presiding over >no of the largust churches in England, manages to write and publish two or three volumes a year. In the afternoon I visited tiro l>oclor's Sunday School. Il is very large, number- j ng more than three hundred scholars, and s carried on in the most orderly and beau iful manner. Tho polite superintendent rrged ine to address tho school; and I did i?, giving them a pretty full account of our Sunday School of three hundred colored thildren in Trinity Church, which opened >very eyo and every ear; for they knew very ittle of our colored population, as I was told, I _ . ? M. ! ? except what they had learned fioiu "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Tbo following description of Mr. Spurgeou is more favorable, and probably more truthful, than some that bavo been heretofore published iu this country: Mr. Spurgeon's style is very unequal; passages otherwise of exquisite beauty being often disfigured by expiessions cointuou even to com series*; as if the "storied windows richly dighl" iu Westminster Abbey were patched with plain glass and putty, or the magnificent Victoria Tower of Westminster Palace, finished out with a clumsy superstructure of brick nud mud. llis great excellent! -s are his originality, simplicity and directness; the fearless and earnest manner in which he slates his views of truth; an exceedingly happy faculty of illustration; fidelity of application, and fervor of appeal, with a powerful and well managed voice, and an action at once easy, natural and impressive. luto the province of logic, 1 judge, ire seldom or never intrudes; nor ought lie to; for, most evidently, whatever he was made for, he was not made for a reasoner. With this exception, if indeed it be nut deemed a capital defect, ho has rill the eloquence of superior oratory; and with his ex* trnoid'mary dramatic power, 1 do not wonder that the common people follow him by thousands, wherever he is to preach. No pulpit man, but Whitfield and Edward Irving, over attracted such crowds in London. His chapel being found too small for the audience, an immense !;::!! has late ly been engaged for him, where he bolus forth on Sabbath mornings, for the present, to eight or nine thousand hearers. They are admitted ou tickets, at a shilling a piece; yet multitudes come who cannot eveu obtain a standing place in the hall. The money thus collected, after paring current CXItensAS is lis? .11.1.lis..! In ll.n t...tl-l f 1 ... ? %w wv tij/|/Mvu ?v iiiv Vt a large tabernacle lor bis congregation. lieccntly tlie young luau was married, and thousand* Hocked to witness the ceremony, and it is said there never was so largo a concourse on any similar occasion in the metropolis, lie is a man of great industry, energy and zeal; arid probably no minister in all England does more work than he. lie has ii'ligious service of some sort in his chapel every night of the week except Saturday, and u prayer meeting ofiett art sun rise. His pulpit indiscretions are those ol a (rank, simple, warm hearrted boy, (for he can scarcely be called a man;) bis eccentricities ine the eccentricities of genius; and the egotism and self-conceit so ofler complained of, seems to be the natural expiessiou of a brave, honest and unsuspecting soul. His rough corners will wcarotf by-and-by, for Ije can scarcely float in a current, without sinking here and there against the shore, artid grinding now and then among the rocks, aind if popular applause does not spoil hiir, (and at present he appears to be truly pious,) bo is likely to be a very useful man. 1 had a pleasant interview with liiin in the vestry after service; found him cordial in fouling, and perfectly childlike in manner'; and left him, 1 must say, with an improved opinion of Iris character ns a man of God. Affecting. The correspondent of the New York Commercial, in giving :<n account of the late railroad disaster in Canada, says: "The duty of examining letters and papers of the deceased was quite as painful a-> lite recognition of tlie dead bodies. A correspondent says: "In the pocket of one would be found letters from bis wife and children wishing him home, and aoriowir." for his absence. Another died wilh the da uertec'.y j.va oil nis breast of those he loved most on earth. A mother's letter was found in litis one's pocket, a-king relief and say ing she was ill. Tbo money for telief was found side by side with the letter. Alto liter, name was found by (he letters of those who loved him. And yet another wa? Itnr rying home lo console the sick and dying, "lie e was evidently a noor Irish hit. . 1 " " " ' his pipe was still in his hand, and a smile played over his kindly countenance. One passed, yet ano her and still another, and no one knew him. Cud only knew the giief that some would feci who did know him. llere again linger a large group. They are looking at the tignre of it woman once beau tifnl, ami though her hair lies tangled and wet, ami her lace distorted from the effects of drowning, site still chains that idol crowd with at melancholy inteiesl. She has a marriage ring on her finger. Two lockets are on her breast; and a brooch is suspended by a yellow ril.hou round her neck. For whom did she wear them? Who were dear to her! To whom was she dear? No one know her. Cod help her! She alone then loquiied to be but known by 11 i in! And so passed the scene. Hero the moan and a leal marked the recognition of thu in.m<?li..t n ~ ~ ?,VM remains of a friend or a relative. There strangers, with lieavv, heavy hearts, gazed on those who were unwept, nnd thought of themselves, if over such a lot should l?e their*. 'J here may ho scenes of sorrow and of horror, hut who can conceive aught so utterly heart rending, as when people go away in peace arid happiness to leturn litis evening or to morrow, and are fust hoard of as mangled or drow ned hv such disasters." Lost Hooks of tiib Biblb.?Tlio following hooks aie referred to in the Bible, hut are now lost?the nurnhei is greater than is generally supposed: The Prophecy of Enoch; see Kpi-lle to Judo, 14. The Book of the Wars of the Lord; see Number* xxi. 14. The Prophetical Gospel of Eve, which lelates to the Amour* of the Sons of hod with the Daughter* of Men; see Origen cent. Culsuiit, Terlullian, ?Ssc. The Book of Jo shut; see Joshua x. 13, and 2 Samuel 1 18. The Bood of Iddo the Seer; see 2. Chron. ix. 20, and xii. 15. The Book of Nathan the Prophet; see as above. The Acts of Kehohoam, in the Book of Shemiali; see 2 Chron. xii. 15. The Book of Jehu the ton of Hanani; *eo 2 Chron. 22. 84. The five Books of Solomon, treating on (Ire nature of trees, beasts, fowl, serpents and fishes;see Kings ii. 22. . ?? Women vs. Sewing Machines, f< Women are not yet wholly superseded, " being extremely useful, in their appropriate ? place?in fact, absolutely indispensable;yet the impr iveinent attempted in t'.e sewing ^ machine has exerted an important influence upon her social state, lieside*. this ma chine, though of but five years' existence, has effected groat mechanical results. As an invention, it has ailived at a u rodegree of success, and this fact, in connexion wiji the circumstance that but a small capital is ^ required, while tho machines are sold at n ^ profit of 100 to 200 per cent., has been the ^ occasion of fierce competition and protract- ( ed litigation, in which the financial renour oes of many have been severely tried. Not a few, either from want of tact and energy, I ^ or on account of the worthlessucss of their J j inventions, have entirely disappeared from 1 the arena of trade, leaving no trace be i i bind," save the wreck of fortune, i The sewing machine is being introduced j \ i into general use with a rapidity of which c few have any conception. We have a num ^ I her of large factories in operation, exclusive- ,, j Iv engaged in the manufacture, each em j ploying several hundred men, and, in sev- L. j oral instances, are unable to til! the orders f ! pressing upon them. This circumstance 1 p J may be peculiar to ibis season of the year, j when preparation fur winter requites the s manufacture of an increased number of e garments: yet the demand is of sucli a char ? actor that all tho principal e-tablishtnents I are either erecting enlarged buildings or { , adopting other expedients tor the extension * ^ . V i of 'heir work. The sowing machine ha* I already beeii introduced to Mich an extent jj that some caititflatioit may he made of its ( | i effect, as a social clement. It wai predicted ; , that its use would hear witli peculiar IihmI- j" ; ship upon the sowing girl, wluej oppressed j v i condition has long excited the sympathies H 1 of the philanthropic, but it is evident this 0 j lias not been the icsult, and the strong pre- 8 J ju.lico which for sevcial vears lesisted the ;i introduction of the sewing machine has .. s boeti giadually overcome. The following I e incident, which occuried ahoul four years , ? ago, is related by Singer, and shows the j s | nature of the resistance experienced: "We ( t were sitting in ourotlico one pleasant after ? noon when a tail lady, dressed in black, en- , j, tored, and with rapid step advanced to tho i v sowing machine on exhibition. 'Are you.' j ,, she asked, 'the inventor of this machine?" ; j, 'I am,' was the reply. '1 hen,1 she rejoined, f, with a tierce exp ession, 'you ought to be v hung!' Having delivered herself of this f, I opinion, she abruptly left the office." Hani f | sl ip may icsult in some iuslames fiom the c i substitution of litis instrument, for handlabor, tiut it is no doubt dvstiuvd to confer s . a lasting benefit; its ndvantagv ;.r? ciicuui , | scribed to n<i partial! ir class, and are un- v iiiuited in lit r application. With occa . ' sional slight moditications, with a view to ? ! ntoro complete adaptation, the machine wottcs its way among different class e* of c tradesmen. \ lit ore me now three firms which manu . fucinio on an average 2,u00 machines in a year, and eight 01 ten, in all, that are well p established. Many other parlies uiu experi r ineutmg, with various success. Singer is the only linn wliich manufactures in this |city, lie employs about 200 men. Whee- j ler Si Wilson manufacture in Bridgeport, j c on an extensive scale, having recently re \ moved from \N alerlown, New York, and v purchased Jerome's clock faClury for almost ; j ?30,000, which is Icing fitted up with ma chiuery for the employment of at least 100 j, hand*. Orover ifc Maker, another f;,m cf homo note, <,it. eieeimg a building in Bos t hut 200 leet in length and five stories high, p which will employ about 200 men, with |{ room for expansion, n? business increases. The system of making the several parts in v each instrument exactly correspond with similar pails in any other, so prevalent in | gun-making, is being initiated in this department ol mechanics. Sewing machines are very extensively 0 used by mauufactureis. Douglass Si Slier- ^ wood, inauufactuiers of ladle-' skills, in ! ( H triad way, have no less iliau 150 machines, j 1 costing ?IG,U00, which is believed to bo ; j the largest number any w here employed by h single linn. K.ic.h ono is calculated to do f j tho woik often oiditiarv sewers. The uses ?J 1?.. " [11 to which they aie employed i> exceedingly ! curious, and peisons ul an inquisitive di-posilion, who mo not satisfied to judge simply by external appearances, may derive much ( satisfaction from the opportunity here afford- *, ?d for minute investigation and &c enlitic si ! rooaich. Three hundred hands are em d ; ployed, ami the execution done may he in- il 1 lerred from llie fol.owing statistics: There j i, I are cut up weekly 275 pieces i>f mu-lin, or M 1 143,000 jwr year; ditto 2,000 pounds jute ! cord, or 104,000 per tear; 600 dozen of i | spool cotton per week, or 31,200 dozen tj per year. For the single item of round v whalebone, (Foiled in oil and perfectly tlexi n ! hie,) the enormous sum of $6,000 is paid p 1 every week. Besides, theioare twenty five 8, I looms in the city constantly employed in p the manufacture of hair cloth for tin* inrt i tion of Indus' g irments, making 3,000 | d yards pur wcvk, mid 100 looms engaged on i li other fabrics. Wuh the*o facilities the p foiro employed turn out three thousand ? skuU per day, exclusive of woven goods! j d lMed up in llio lofts of the factory, they a for in a barricade as foiimduhie, for dumn I c< sions, as (jeneral Jackson's cotton hales. It p is to ho hoped thai this department of en j, leipiise inav meet with micIi encouragement u that the cumbrous materials formeily in ji u?e, with such destructive physical effect*, o (according to medical testiiiiony.) may he g come obsolete. The new sknt, lor which |i the sewing machine is doing such wonders, s weighs hut four ounces and a half. si Another object worthy of notice is the n I great improveiuemont which has taken 11 place in the quality of sewing silk, twist \ thread, etc., made necessary by the lapid li and accurate movements of the sewing ma- d I chine, \\ o now produce thread m this \( ; country which far exceed* any of foreign j importation in strength and evenness of i te*turo. It the foreign and domestic aio 1* 1 looped together and ieiked asunder, the for- b mor, even of the hert d? rip: n . h i? I con w >und to yield in the greatest number of] stances. Several I bread factories have re ently been started, or are contemplated, to i leet lliu increased demands. Tho Willilautic Mail ufaclu ling (Join puny is extensivef engaged, and the woik* aio in course of ulargeinenl. There is a large silk factory i Floreuce, Mneancliusells, tho annual sales f which are now estimated at $100,000, nd another at Newark, New Jersey, is doig a large business. Tho celerity of the sewing machine, in s vaiious movements, is almost incredible. Votnan's powers, whatever their cultivaiou, are unable to compete either in rapidiv, precision or finish. From 1,000 to'J,000 litchus per minute, according to tho docription of work, is not unusal. On shirt iosoius, the number per minute is about ' ,500; in eoidiu^ and binding umbrellas, ,000.?Journal of Commerce. tfkfefhsosi'a Opinion op Farming.? Vlialevor may bo your choice of futuie oe upalion ? whatever calling or profession ou may select, there is certainly uone lore honorable than that ol a farmer. The lalriarch of the fields, as he sits beside his ullage door, when his daily toil is over, ' eels an iuward caliu never known ill the I mils of pride. His labor yields liiui uulurchasable hvuilit and repose. I have oh- 1 erved, with more grief and pain than 1 can xpress, the visible tokens which appear in j 11 directions of a growing disposition to I void agriculluial pursuits and to rush iu- 1 i> some over crowded profession, because a orrupt and debasing fashion has thrown round it the tinsel of imaginary respectability. llence, the fanner, instead of pretaring his child to follow in the path ot isetuluess himself has trod, educates liim j >r a sloth; labor is considered vulgar, to | iotk ungenteel, a jack-plane is less io?pect-j hio than a lav. vei's grjecn bag; the handles r the plow !e^s dignified than the yardlick. L'ufoitunule infattial'oti! How inelncholy is this delusion, which, 01110*6 u L'e bec ked by a wholesome reform in public I pinion, will cover over our country with I 'reek and ruin! Ibis stale of tilings is1 Iriking at the vety foundation of our no- | lonal greatness; it is upon agticullure that i re mainly depend fur our con tinned pros- j erity, and daik and evil will be the day .hen it falls into disrepute. What other utnuit oilers so sure a guarantee of an j onesl independence, a comfortable support j >r a dependent family? Wheie else can .e look but to the pioduciions of the soil jr the safety of investment and for ample eturns? In commercial speculations all is liaiice and unceitainty, change and fluclu* lion, lise and fall. In the learned profesions scarce one in leu makes enough to ucet hi? incidental expenses; how, then, are re to account for this fatal misdirection of tublic opinion? The Waxiiaws.?The editor of the Lan aster Ledger has been luslicating in the >V ax haws, in his district, noted as the birth ilace of Gen. Jackson. Jlu says: "Just at the edge of the road is a verilaile mineral spring. The water seems to uu from a solid body of rock; an excavation f about two feet square, and two or three , net deep, seems, at some time or other, to I ihvc been cut in the rock, forming an ex- j client place from which to procure water. Ye do not know the properties of this ..iter, though iron, we should snv, was an inportant ingredient. It is pretty strongly j inpieguaicd with i nieikiag, b^t t! o taste ' > not unpleasant. Friend "UggesteJ, how- j ver, that it might bo improved by admix . Lire with ;? iiinrn UT. . i . ? ...w. V |'WV..V ?? u inci j L, by way of experiment, and agreed that ; 10 Lad hit it| on a capita! expedient. Nanus i re cut upon the rocks about this spring, | li'.li dales some years anterior to llio Re- j olntion. Wo fancied tiiat Old llickorv iad, in all probability, enjoyed many a j iviatFof this mineral water. "A blioit distance further is Waxhaw , reek, and here we suppose commences the j .Vaxhaw section, rendered famous, for all iins*, fiom being the birth place of Gen. ackson. The soil here is red and compact, cry strong, and wo would judge well adapt d to the producti >n of corn. Allhoiigh ether billy, yet from the nature of the soil, L does not wash much, and with proper care ml attention, inay be made to his* for ages."' Fountain ok 1>looi> in a Cav: '.n.?K ?. S,jutes' N nes on Ceiitial Ameii< a doer i be a wonderful effusion .of a fluid ic- ' iinibling blood n -ar the town of Vitml, in lie State of Honduras. It appears that lie.e is continually oozing and dropping niii the ioof of a cavern there a ted liquid, finch upon falling coagulates so as to pre ' iselv resemble blood. Like blood it Coriipls, insects depwsile their larva' i.i it, an 1 og-. and buzzards resort to ihe cavein to at it. Attempts have several tim-s been tade t > obtain some of this liquid for the urpose of anal} ms, but in all cases without iitvis>, in consequence of its rapid uecotn o>ition, whereby the hollies containing it eio broken. The small cavern or grotto tiring the day is visited by buzzards and uwks, and at night by a multitude of vain yro bats fo? the purpose of feeding on the nnntural blood. It is situated on the bor er of a rivule', which it keeps reddened by ' small flow of the liquid, which has the C?|or, taste and smell of blood. In >?p roaching the giolto, a di-agieeable odor i observed, ami when it is leached there lay be seen pools of the appaii til blo<>d i a state of eoagulali n. The peculiarities I the liquid are considered due the rapid eiieration in this grotto of some icq pro tic species of infusoria I he Otlilorina late Journal, remaiking or, the above, obo ves that lite esttro ol the town of Monte y contains fpeei *of 1>I<> >! ted infusoria, be larva of water insect') wlii-h at cut lain ; inns of the year smell precisely like fte-h sit. In some seasons it has been found ried in flakes, and of the iutenso color of, utniiliion. To cuie fccra ches on a hoise, wash the ign with w.itru bojqwud*. and then with eef brim- 1 wr? ipplicit ''p will curt the 01H cat# is'lager beer intoxicating. There teems to lie h great excitement rib toad in the land about the merit* of layer beer as u beverage. Our friend* of I'orter's Spirit of the Times publish a song, music and words, in its honor, and that fuunv fellow, "Does'icko." has been publishing to the world his ow n experiences of ita (the beer's) practical use. We wonder whether this remarkable tluid is or is not intoxicating! Hear "Doe*ticks" on that pint: Scene.?A Lager beer shop. Pretent?Doeslicks and his friend Darnphool, and a German inuiietl, awaiting orders: Dumphoo! gave her a feeble wink, and said, "zwei," whereupon she brought us, with her own fair hands, two mugs of the beverage known as "Lager,' and stood waiting with her own hands on her hips ? thought she wanted to enter into con versa lion; so by way of making myself ugreeable, I winked, as Dumphool had, and also said 'zwei"?I thought "xwot" was a term of endearment. She deserted u? fur an instant, and come hack with two mugs of Deer. I imagined that of course "zwei" meant "dar? ling," and that she had misunderstood me ? attempted to explain in the manner fol lowing: "Zwei, zwei," said I, "not more beer, hut zwei." after which lucid explanaliou she vanished again and brought two more mug*, at which Damphool stopped laugh ing long enough to t?-ll me that she would keep bringing pint doses of Lager as long as 1 continued to remark "xwei," which he informed me means "two glasses of Lager, and bo in a hurrv about it-** >" also said the reason alio didn't go nwny when site had served us was because she wanted hur change; paid her the rnonev, thanked my fiieud for his gratuitous lesson in German, and began to diink. The tir?t glass seemed like sour stroug beer, with a good deal of water iu it; the next was not quite so sour, ami the succeeding one tasted as if thu original beer had been stronger, ;;!m1 they had not diluted it so much. Theu we rested, asd. us I had drank three pints alroady, I was willing to stop, hut Damphool assured me, "Lager isn't iotoxica ling," so, after a little settling down, ( thought I could hold another glass, and ordered it; it was brought by a young lady who seemed to tne to have four eves and two noses, pointing in ditTereul directions, which unusual effect was undoubtedly caused by smoke. Then I thought I'd have a glass of Lager, a liquid known to ruost of the inhabitants of Manhattan. It was brought by a giil so pretty, that I immediately ordered two more, aud kept her wailing for the change each time so I could look at her ?then we had some cl.ecse full ?>f holes? then we had some lager to till up the holes? then wo look a sausage; Damphooi suggested that the sausage was made of dog; so we had some Lager to drown the dog ? then we had some sardines; Damphooi said it would be cruel to keep the fishes without a supply of the liquid element, so we had some Lager for the fishes to swim iu?then we had some brelzeh; Damphooi said the bretzels wcie so crooked they would not pack close, so we had sotue Lager to fill up the chinks? theu l inade a speech to the company; short, hut very much to the point, and leeeived wiili nnnloiM?!? addressed tu the whole crowd, and was to this effect: Gentlemen, let's have some Lager." Ky litis little my fiiend had by some mysterious process become mysteriously multiplied, and liiere were fifty Dampbools, and they all accepted the invitation, and had the Lager?there wero forty glusses, and in trying to make the circuit of the tootn, touching luy glass to every one of theirs, 1 fell over a lahle, which Very impertinently stepped before me?and us 1 went down 1 knocked a small Dutchman into the corner, then 1 fell over ltiin, then I partially recovered myself and sal on bis head, then 1 demanded an instant apology, then I called for six glares of Lager, and when the gitl brought litem all in one hand I tried to take them all in one hand, but 1 broke three?then I tried to drink out of lite remaining three all at once, and in so doing 1 took an involuntary shower bath ? then 1 tiied lo pay for the whole fifty glasses, and the damage, wiilt a dune and a Spanish quarter, and demanded lhat he should give my change in gold dollar-.? llteto seemed to be some difficulty about this, and if 1 hadn't knoan that Lager isn't intoxicating, I should have thought the man was drunk ? 1 was on the point ol calling in a policeman to an est him for swindling, when Damphool came and ex plained the matter, and hia thick head at last comprehended that 1 was right. Little tamboiine girl came along and wanted money for man who was perforin iugwiih a great deal of skill on a crank oui*tue?tell generous and tried to put Dninphool into the lainboiiuc, under lite impression lliul lie was a lia f dollar ? liuallv presented the little gnl unit my compliment*, two cigar* and a penny, with \v11ic11 she went "It satisfied. i lien 1 thought I'd makfe io* e to a prel* IV gill wlio had just brought Hie a g| is-v of L Iger, (a Icveiago prevalent in that vicinity, and which doc> not pos-.es> anv intoxi eating |M?wr?-i,) so | piesse ! to iU\ heart f- i about two iniiui.es what I s.ipp -id to be In*i hand, and didn't lind gin tli.it ; was hot petticoat unld I tiled I ? ki-s it. and g<t iny iiioutii In I <d woolen yarn?looked at pretty gnl with indignation at id asked her what she meant by such conduct ? then 1 had a mug of L tjjcr, (a liquid which does n t intoxicate, an 1 which is much mod bv I lie (ieriMxn popt. alion ) Ii.*Uk'ks having desciibed a variety od queer ad.'entiires, the result of his experiments wiih the lager, th is concludes? I w is finally captured l?\ foui Dutchmen, lod on by Dumphool, who took mo off the lloor lio n behind the piano, wheiu 1 was trying to pour beer out of an Ii fl.it bugle. and was asking the baae drum if it wouldn't have another mug. I was supported by tiie whole strength of the company as far hv the door, w'uero Da:u phool took rh.iige of me. I went along well enough, tho .gh wliT I desire to tmufi I aII the gas with my finger I don't ^ know, uor can I tell wbat induced me to inake so many inetTectual etiortx to open the door with the tail of uiy coat instead of a latch key, nor why | seized upoo mv landlady's night cap to light ine to bed with, in place of u night lamp; it couldn't ' have been the Lager, for that innocuous beveiago decs not intoxicate the partaker : therc< f. This sketch of my performance is I related to ine by Damjihool. as I lost my i memory iuiinediutely after the love episode ! with the waiter. Awoke next day at noon, when my bead felt like .1 patent wind la-# i w lib a double gang of men at the crank 1 laid it to the cheese, and made a strong i resolve to eat no tnoie cheese without taking plenty of lager beer (a medicinal preparation of a tonic and diuretic character) ty I correct its ill effects. A Laoeh Beeh Row.?A few days ago j the linking together of two yoilug Germsn' ic hearts was celebrated iu the Eleventh I Ward, Philadelphia, by a grand jubilee, at ! ? I 1 1 ? ' ... T?'iiiu'!?ni'<\ Kentucky, and "Indiana each eighteen; Alabama ?nd liinuL >e?cotevit cmi h; Soulii Caiolinn. \ i'ginia mit?i 01?i?? fi.ieen; Maine eleven; Maryland uln?; Mi?eight; New Jersey ami Yeifnout *i\; Mavuu.*!iu?rlt* mid Pen nay Pallia five; and N?w Yoik f>ur. The tallest man i? how (le Tgi.t, (5 feet 0 1 2 invito*. Ch??e by him stand* one fr?>m South Caroliuii, 0 feet I 1 4 incite-. The average weight of Antetic-ill soMicii is 1 18.23 lbs. A <? ton Mass Wish.? I would lalhtf, w lieu I tun Lib in (begin*?, thn* some one in in tnhood should stand over inn, ninl mi: "There Iie6 one who ?'*t n ten) fiiond to uie, and I'lisiileby warned in e of tin- danger* of ! the voting. No one knew it, hut he aided inn in lime if need. 1 owe what 1 am lo It.in" oi av oil Id iMlhei have soHie widow, with ch< king uttcuiticc, tcii iter child ten, * Theie i- your fiiviid and mine. lie visit (vl in.i ?i* in** ?* *-! t 1 - . . ,,,, niHi lUllllll 1 Oil, 111V s,?n, an employer, and yon, my daughter, a happy lioine in ?i virtuous family.*' 1 would ratherthnl such ]K-r.-ons should stand at my grave, llian l<? have cieoted over u tl.n most Unutifu! sculptural monument Italian or Parian tumble. The heart s"bro hen utterance of reflections of past kindness, and the tears of grateful un tnory shed upon tho giave, aro tttoie valuable in my estmsa tion, 'b n tl.o m > c-tlv cenotaph ervi reared i ucvr uiuun, uiticU resulted in tire I par tic* gelling gloriously Jrunk nr. J pugi' iislic^ which attracted the attention of the police. Ono of the men who was am tied (says the Penusvlvaniati) tinted the circumstance* of the ntinir in a style which con vulsed '.ho magistrate and all present with laugliter. It wiw hke the account so 1: graphically portrayed hi Graham of "linns Brcitmnnn'a llarty." . "Han* Breilmanu gife a baity?dey had I hiono blayin?1 felld in lore mil aMetican frau. Her name vas Madilja Vane. She hat haar a* pround it* a pretzel bun, de eyes were himmel blue, and ven she luoket into mine, dey shplit mine heart in two. "Hans Breilinrmu gife a patty? I rent dar you'll be pound. 1 valzel mil tier Madilla Vane und vent shipinneii round und round. Do pontic#* freilein in de house?she vnyed pout dee hundret hound. "Hans Breiltuanu gi'e ft party?I dells you, it cost him dear. Dey rult in more as screu keeks of foost rate lager bier, and venefer dey knock* do shpicket in, de Deutchers gife* a cheer. I dinks dat so vino a party tiefer coom to a het di? year. "Haus Brietuiann gife a party. Dar all t as souse and brouse. Ven de soopercoine in, de gompnny did make demselves to house. Dey ate das lirot und Geensybroost, die Bralwoorst und Braien flue, und wash das Abendensen down tnit four parrels of Neckarwein. "Hans Breituiann gifts a harty?re all cot iroouk as bigs, 1 pool mine mout to a parrel of bier, and schwallowed it oop roil a schwigs?und den 1 kissed Mndilla Vane, und she schlep roe on de gop. and de gom* pany fought init table leeks dill de constable made no* sclitop. "Hans Brietuiann gife a party?where is dat party now! Vhere is de lofely golten cloud dat float on der rnoundains prowl Vhere is de ftimtneilrablende stern?de schtar of de spirits light??all gone afay mil do Lager Bier?afay in dier Evigkelt,** [Passed into Eternity.] Who Our Soldiers Auk.?The stauding army of the United States, as organized by law, numbers or should number 12,098 men, of whom 1.040 are commissioned offi. cers. By '.lie acl of 1850 the President was authorized to increase the number of privates in the 181 companies, last year serving on the frontier, to seventy-four men each, which addition, if duly made, would give an aggregate of 17,862 men in the American army. It is probable, however, that considering the constant losses of men by death, expiration of service, ?fec., our military force is rarely greater than the first mentioned. The whole number of recruits during the six years ending September 30, 1855, was 30,06d, or an annual average of 5.011. They are principally from our large cities, New \ o?k furnishing her full proportion. The difficulties of this service may be imagined from the fact that of the 10,064 enlisted in that city during 1852, 13,338 were rejected f<r various causes. During peace the greater number of recruits are foreigners; but in time of war this is reversed. In the last war with Great Biitaiu nearly the entire army w as coui|>osed of American*. The same may be said of the Mexican war. Of live thousand enlistments during the year 1847, 3,039 were native born citizens of the United States. Generally there men were far nobler than the usual recruits of our p-aco establishment?taller, more intellij gent, and le-s likely to succumb to sickne^a I and fatigue. The average height of native j born soldiers gives the Slate of Georgia lire . prefv5or.ee, it being 5 8272 feet. The loxf | est i> that of New Yo?k, 5 6205 feel. Of 211 men mx feet and upward*, Georgia M'llds thiltv: Ntillh t .in-i lil. tiM l?nr