Peking. -Rowers. 'The sno-w'ig meltin^pfc't^ sun, The Nwoilpii iireaujs excittd tun, And clamor through'the pathways dun, ' As if from winter flying. A bird twit twits upon tl\e tre?, _ The sun doth shine so merrily, \>t dares not raise its j-oitg so free, ?iot knowing \vin tor's dying. Soon shall the lark exalt his wing, i The outspread heavens explore, and sing, mi l i a HUH ?{?;ucuii, jwytuiis, ^nn uip^umsi For early flow ers are ppeping. Their eyes are pecpiiv from the bed Where erst tjle parent flowers were shed, Where iliev had blown and blossomed Mid dustancestrpj sleeping. The springing flowers are like young morn, "With hues no elder spring could scorn, Thus nature's pencil dotli adorn. The earth's unchanging beauty. Thus seasons come, thus seasons go, To partial jud'gmont, bliss and woe, But ever justice, blessings flow " Creation knows its duty. SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. Some interesting facts are given jn an article in the Edinbifry licview respecting Solomon's temple. In size, the great pyramid of Egypt is the only structure on the earth jvhich could he compared with it. "The Great Pyramid demanded, indeed, a larger amount of naked human lqLor; but in Mociah there is a 'compulsion of tlio features of future herself to tlie service of the builder. In actual bulk, tho Great Pyramid is to the Temple rock as five to nine, if we descend but as fac as the sills of the five double gates of the mountain of the housed If we carry tlie com parison down to the level at which the lowest foundation of the walls is inlaid in the rock at the angles of the enclosure, the bulk is three fimna tliof r\f tlm rji'ont PvrHmi'l bimv^ VUUV Vi. lilV V* I V? V -A. J 4 | the cubic content? of the paasoVs , work may not amount tq a tenth ( part of that piled up by Souphis. . But the hill has been honeycomed , with chambers and galleries; and j the declining part to the south covcred with vaults and arches, j to which Gizeh can show 1}Q paral- 1 lei. The length of- the eastern wall of the sanctuary is rather more thnn double that of one side of the Great Pyramid. Its height from the foundation on the rock at the south and near the northern angles was nearly. 9 third of that of tha Egyptian structure. If to this great height of 152 feet of solid wall be added the decent of 114 . feet attained by the pinnacle of the ; temple porch, we have a total : height of 426 feet, which is only 59 feet less than that of the Great Pyramid. The'qreaof the face of $he eastern wall is more than dou ble that of one side of the pyramid. TliU3 the magnitude of tho noblej sanctuary ?f Jerusalem tar exceed-1 ed that of any other temple in the | world. - Two, .amphitheatres of the size of the pGlfseum' wolild have stood withiu its colossi girdle and left room to spare." It is estimated that the temple, when all its parts were tilled, would hold two hundred and ten thou sand persons. A careful examina tion of the probable site of the brazen altar has led to the discovery or an apparatus lor lunusumg ui current of air to the fires, on which ' the best devices of modern science can suggest no improvement. In connection with this fact, it is re marked by the rabbinical writers as a matter partaking of the nature ot the miracle that, during tLe whole continnauoe of the first fem ple, not only were the three fires that burned day and' night on the hearth of the Great Alter unex tinguished, but that whatever was the weather or the current of the t wind, the smoke always psc'j straight toward heaven." j, The sanctuary is neither square', nor rectangular, but trapezoidal in' rItjitip. The inonirv is euo-oested; i ~?tr? . i--- _co --- ; as to what circumstance determin ed its form. The question is an- < swered bj the survey. n,he north'1 and south Hues correspond withi3 the meridian. The (^st and westj lines do not run exactly east and ! West, but with a variation of 10?9X j north of east, The line points to', the place where the sun ro~e on the ] morniug ot the day the temple was founded. j [From Anderson Intelligencer.] Homestead Amendment to the Bank rupt Law. The homestead decision, now so universally made a prominent topic in private conversation, appears in to-day's issue. We have already elated that the declaratory act of Congress, in reference to the home stead exemptions, afforded the only measure of relief to debtors, who would be compelled, tp go iptp "bankruptcy to secure and maintain these exemptions, and herewith we present the lull text of the aforesaid] act, that our peaiiejrg inay know its! exaet provisions. Some qf the lawyers do not coincide with the view that bankruptcy will secure the homestead, on the ground that (Congress cannot pass a law '!im; pairing the obligation of contracts," and that this amendment to the baukrupt law virtually effects an impairment, equivalent in its pr^c fical sense to similar exemptions by the State Legislature. \Ve are aware that this question has uoti been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, and that is yet to be argued tyTore that tribunal. A?Federul Judge in Vir ginia ha9 decided the amended bankrupt law to be constitutional, and should this opinion receive the poncurreuce of the highest legal 1 authority, then will the homestead exemptions be allowed in bank ruptcy. But, on the other hand, it will take some time to receive an , authoritative declaration from the Supreme Court, and in the mean- '< while creditors and debtors will come face to face in the settlement of old debts. ' v ? Under sucli circumstances, it is; wise to seek a solution of these: troubles, without the intervention of the law, ai>d wo can only, sug tliot anii-if <\f nt imm?i ii ni at> fin v. v encouraged amongst the people, whether creditors or debtors. It the bankrupt law disallows the homestead, when its constitution ality has been tested, then will the creditor tail to receive more than a moiety of his claims, as tlie bank rupt's estate is generally, exhausted in this costly process of obtaining relief; and should the exemptions in bankruptcy be sustained by the Supreme Court, there would be far less probability of receiving even that moity. In any event, the creditor