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, CAUOLLNA SPAKTAN.
Fulfillment of Phropbecy.
Rev. Fountain E. 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
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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.
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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