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An object which comtibineq within itself prin ciples, so adiirably udfadaed to the elevation of man's moral character, that if presciats itself to ottr notico in a very sarikinag and impoing aspect. In addition to its native excelleuce, it offer incentives it) uction. In all physical enterprises, capital is required to earry their plans fito excentir, ;11ad o summate their designs. i er iothin is i-h nmavded,-bu fuoral-combinationa pmoperly and juidicionsl direct -. It is so to speak. -- a tlapital of itself*. .e sotle -tilizing strear, thma ma takes the coantilons land1 into wiheh it itfuses it-, vinue, yield tan ex uberant haurvest; or like the putre*, and be nevolent .piria of Christianity, itat inspiLes its votaries vith new. and exalied prin'ci pIes of uetiona. it never faik to impart enci gy to alie moral systema, and give cilect in con trohnga, and regulaing the pas- ions odf ts nature. An objee t, soa elevated tat itral at taimuents, demand our serious. and impar tial attention. Those who are lest ucquaitied with tile bunion system, the anatoanst. the chemttst, physiologist, and physician, have mever dis covered a siugle oiganu in the human frame which was designed lir ardent spirt. Light falling upon the optic nerve, pro duces vision. Air, aCtog upon lthe lungs. occasiot respiraion. Nou.ishtiag lood and drank, taken into fte sonimaeI create utri tion; but in no instatnce has artdent sparit,bay iis itruduction iauto the itysiemaa, 11tanwVred any usetu end; beiut n ahe contrary ta pro duces an tne dler- age tneat tit tile parts of the systemi: lor there is no p~on er t the antatatl ecoatoay, capable ofeoomog its nature into such ingrediets, as tare vs sential to the support of lite. ilence we accouu for the appartat pnetnometon of the- blood of ani inatempalaea inanit, tbecoamitng alchohol whbeta distilledl, anmd whbetn tukeni from the barain, igmaunhg onate aitppbamitiln of fire. We arc atdeted tat Ija - 1ark aof Scotlandl, lior the sinaguar i anid unafort ant discover-y. lie tok rm ithe la'tertal env ity of thec mota of a manat w hodaied of i ntoxica tion, a fluad, w hieh. when broaughti itn con tact wvitha ta lighted candle, buarnai bhm:aTh lambenmt blue tilaame" lie obaserves, --is eblar acereistac of Ite poiason plaiying ott I he star face of the sptoon fir sdmeIL seconds." Of tall tihe conastit uent paarts of the viata] pr-inciple, wvhether solid, or fluida. the bloo0t formas lie umist impt l~ania; tand althtough ti is not vtaseultir itself yet~ c it i-s able of' is on: subsianace, to pirodutce vessels ol every r'e script iona as I., amphatics, tart eries, vets, amt cvena nerves. This ii accompn llishe(s, thironag - the agencey oft theta ortgama. 'het loin milaay to soime extent, he ceonsidera dI as the~ car a rier of life to the system in it ms paa thrtough th sa ysieem, suclthaportionts oft ia tar ttaen lay thte orgains, ate irt resp-ca ive of f letes reqtuire. Th'le organms (II thae lhnger- r ceive that wh~icha will promtote the grow tl of thae niails; whlile they inastinciively rejer ltal. whlichb is designed to advanace th girowalh of thme hair. &-. No mechlantien operation ac-ts so huaotniota-dy, as the ini icral mnachinery of mama. whetn mnoviaij acotrdling to thto tixedt pinctiple of its aturea U~t shotuld thmere b)e at deviation fromr thm established law ofits nature, disorgani.attion of its parts ensues, and the nachinery rends itself *o pieces. For the orgars, not being intended to lie acted upon by alcohol, he cone exeited to it degree beyond their abili ty; atid by a siccessive repeition of this unatitaural excitetent, their strength will )e'Comtie ehiansted and in conisequence of not beine able to peormuran their duties. the body or nercessity nist perish. But why partieularize, when fite eli-ets are so visAi ble in le palsied hand ; the redness, mnd watery sufllsion or the eye; lae gutinraiss and hoarseness or the voice; tile naureons taste; the reaching paini; the contrascion of tle amsetlar inres; the olistrtiction of the digestive oritnus; the irritation of the skin; the inactivity of the nervous system; the hardness, and infratunosities of the brain; the ex;unsion. and iacln ieity of the liver. he weakness, and irreeinlaritv in tile ietion of the heart. These are living examples of the evil consequences of intemperancae ulon the phy'sical Consitittluon of man. Nor are thie mental injuries at all unms port tant. The aperiority, which thp mind ciinm. over the material part of creation, is that which a'tinches sneh importance Its mim. Of all errteed excellence. it stand-, pre-emi neintlv fir-z. fly its astnishiiing lwers, Neni ton naquired his immortality. in redi eine the apparent discordant systemt of the Universe to harmotny. and order. ily its ;aid. Coluiuilts triumphed over seetlitng iml positilitieg; itil his enterprises resu ted am the discovery of a tie hemisphere. 1 ith oni if, the delightfil, and st.bline Science of Astronomy would have beeti wrapped in obscuerity-Greece would never have become ite at odel of every nation; lea temples of Dorie, Ionic, and Corinthian ifr ehitecture, would never have attracted ithe ;1h lirMiMn of gazing tiaulti nides: her De mosthienes, her (Homer, andl her Socrates woult never have inserihed the marble with their nameq. And vet. sir-, strattge as it itmay seemti, the mtengies of this nolet. fit-eti Iv are parnlised- t the per.vrjn.inf inrn e ofrtardent *sy it' C. 'i'ie mid,, ider its powi r is ihrianlifietl for the enjovtliit of whatevei i, pie-laing in itself, alld etnnobling il itn :ir:itit1,4 The . tlitionsare so rsiail atil luctuaiting. w hieb if oaetsiolis, that ti mind is unft: for close, and patient reflect ion; -or tracin oit an argulamn-tat: cOnSiegtent ly that apiplietia.n. essential to tile attitin - ient of any intellectual listinetioan enlnot be m11ad1e. It not only oabstructs tie devel aamiet of the menral fsctmltic<; but also dlisables I ani i'rom transactin advanta Iron'sly the conianion biusiness of life. If a man be n merchant, he u ill make h)al bargains; if a law er, lie will make lholish speeches; if a legislator, lhe will make nnl reasonable law.s; if a cotunstaillor lie will ad visa' wrongly. There is no sittiali in ini life, wlhether mercantihe, mechanical or profes sional. in which, it does not seriously alieci the exeition of t hose duties connected with tlese several eamployients. I might pro duce many flaes w hich noild illstmrte wid i sullicieit force andl ceanss. tlie point ill giestiisioi; hit prestming i at there is no iecessity for it. I forbear. Sirs, 'lis painfal tal lie remiled of inl stances aof o uig metn, whlse imalleeni a powers have btieei frustrated n ithin t hem, byil the rutliless unrelenting hand of inateim perance; hnt fotr which they woild have Iirmed no common conislltiaion inl the fir tmsmsetit of thec intetllec tuah wuirbl; tad oh wvhom it mayi lnot hnave bieeni implropier 1o - say, ats I loracie sa;id of the yong Msarcellus, m-1Otien ter omneais Jaulium sidns, velur inter ignes Lutns tinores. Thte memaory aif onel whomt I respect elnia ai paissinig aribnmie- lIe was ai youth oh strong, and oriszinal tmind1, with a chiaste iam aiinaitioni, nied every wany, suted! by na inre for colinaenice and dlistincstiona. Ile wi . the bsoast of hsis parents. Th'lay exerreda eve. ry faeanhv to sahl-rdl him thme best oppottt nityV for his iantelectual imaprovemeaont. They gloied iaa t he' siupeirior budingiats of Isis yaii th - flu mitnd; nad "lien in lis jnv~ernile enatiaeri I mentts for inte'llectnial hontors. he hore s awav th pt'iil~ahf matnay a wellc-aned victorl, a hay taitaamphed' in htis suiccess, atal lookedl with pleatsinsg antticipaion itO)l oh period when their btthors wouald lbe remtlnneriaed hv his jire fcessioiiaa pr'e-emmeunce, Bint silas! their ex piettionius wer~e shojat ats thaey were pleasinsr ie w sts airtle~ss i 1 a ii'usuispectitit. Teo ta5 lions crousseda his ynathafiil pthltII 'shmillr edl, pit ietd, emauhcedl, andit fell. Sial wa~s ha fall; anal many a tear wsas 'shed aiver i hi' I miseaible wreck of promaisedn Crcainess. .V lhen i'eleet upaon the services whichi he nmight hsavo r'endlered hi's counttry;-the re .spiectabtlle faamily of whichi lie amighit havye , heca thne hnrh.-.tho I)CnliiL which wanut, have descoded to poqterity from his influ enee and example;-tie advanages) which hi eitemporaries would have etijoyed frton his acquakiiitancve;-the pleasure he iould have- imparted to his friends; aimt fle radi ance of bliss lie nlould have shed around file decliniae life of* his foni parents, I am fidled with astonishment, at the apparent apathy mnitifestel at i cause capalule of prodte'ing so sad a n% aste of human useful ness, and enjoyment. Sirs, 'fis time we cheek these evils, and say to the loul do stroyer Virtue no more shall stoop to own thy sway; To death, tr victory, we'll lead the way, And p. onud to fall, if virtue's citase demand, To pay ihe tribute that we owe te nan. ('To be continued in our ntext.) Miscel1.lnconl S. TIlE PRIEClOUS AIE TALS. There are many tiretmsinnees respect iri the porecious anetals. gtil andof -ilver, La.jt lender at extrenmely dallcet to rairve at eveni it tolerable estmaiie of* the tIu a"tty fll tainied fronm the earth, and of tl tlhstribu ion o 111h1at quatity Thebe niets.ls are Comparatively ilsiperlsailble. hile their val toe. aut utility5 ciiause hile Ulunistee ('nre to be iaeie of them: lence file giatit iljy anntally ultanei. !ms lui snal t S alatition to tihe vasL (of' enlaton-, l prtceding centuries. Mr. .lJacob, in has valual.le work lon the p ous mitals, puols1 jaled in Lolndon. 1831. and re-psihuaihed ini Pfal:utelplhia, Id:1. . tamates the stock (il gold and silver whic'h laud at that time nertimulated iii Europe n1l .America. a, folllowsb: InI Con, r 311.38 560sterling inima..uiactur- articles 400.000 000 ?71-;..hiW ..60l For 110 years previouis to 1810 the sup ply ot' goild and sit er fromn the mines in Eturopt and Anerica is estimated bay Mr. J.cob to have uveraged eight nillions oal outilntis sterling annutally, while lte qu'au ii I) obtained fr-omi the s4ame nurces frotm 1810 tao l0)oJ averaged only aboti five maeillioniaa aniniually. The gold nines in the Sauthern Unn d States hlaving at that time acqitired b t 111he tsilpo ilance, are barelv i ticed b) Alr . ;Wacb,withaotut inig a taken into account. bul we no,'w preat tie stariling ag fs-a'"ilhat IV~'e(i~' AyVi'ell-I e't o i431jtve niiin s of dollars iii godl.nre Dn)% C'eltiplalsone tile e'st prod l netive mi IaI ortant ol ii iie: iiw knowi ol ilie glea . Frorm a carelid examinationt of' the stl jeLI!, have prepareal ltiism the itauhorit y ,it Mr. Jac ol, and othersource's, lie iilow in,. siatceen of thie anunal prodneit ofrgol.1 and silver h-om miniIes ithroughou site world itiimsling ani eatliie otf the gl dusi and wasmgb obtaittedI from Africa, whi'lc is ticstied tullietetiiiy large. .o'n. SLt.V.R. Mexico $00.000 $10.20.:.160. is itamala, 11.000 1..:;5. Co-lombtia. 1,.63o.000 4.s.' 13 P'eril, 312,a20 2,92 L.8 i . C oil i, 4 >,9-14 314,000. Brazil, 9".'.-u0 $ IJ1. n", ij-1 United States -.000.000 Twtal America, c9,345,44 $I i5.01 l.a:59 .\s:UltC s11 m, a 3.456,000 1,544.000 Assaless uus.'et ssa, 5,9)),000 791,000. Total f'rm --- .taleu'te es. s $ lli,sc't',.Aa- I $1-, . 0 ,0.. Fromi the abtove it will lbe sa's'en that the iroin!bde nt a aus ial stpply of' preciotis metals .,I fise iresenst ijism', from all the mint's in tIIe wiall, is aboit thirty-eight mlsilliolls of ied4llart, tI whils 1he pr'iportion so' vold is less tha n t wei v imillionis; and of'i lis gtoli alnlset one Iourli liha-z hee i obti.ied froii ithe meee ts si recentily dli- covered nd1i optelied Thee goldl region in the Unsited States is miore e'xtesive i thani is geerallly sspsed sas come ncilelt'ng in Virgiinia :.nsea extie'idintg Iarough~a1 part of' Netrth C arollinaa.Smbis Ia ro ii:, G~ergia ua A labamtn, ito Ten'neltssee. 'The' p~rei patl iamolitofi geib i liss bseien n ken f'rome IhIe -iiia'elf NorthI Caroin a, whiebl haave been't I le Iongest knsown Ia ndaI rkited. Ih'etts collminet' of' Vaiinin havi e r'cenatly .11triacd muca ah aititenitit lid te Legislau turee ofa that Suats' hsave beein libseratl int grant inag cters'tI' tee comaes fori lu lheiprpoaseoal a'x~pltorinig, opein'iisg andie woruk ineg rhte miinsi. 1'aae pip1115 -eeiountie's ina Vir'gi nia in whlichl goi ititnes nalve been't ex~ploredti (any ox - '.-it sai Stallordt. Cu lpjeppter. Fat itgneir. Spot1 sylIvaima. Or mt'e t, Loaen mn aeeli tni ilakstkm hten, ienl e'oo~ker'asimiane, itn lisek inagham, ih per, tand the Wahlon mlinies in Loueisa c'itnn. ty, hav e bieen linnt lve'ry ria'h .-bai nrae. Th'lat thase, tie', matiy he perotitahilv w rose at tadmsi is of' int dusnhi; liae cost ol wor'kinig Ilt is founi d nt to exco -d 35 ceniii to the hutesel, aor one hundltr' te ound< al' tore. eivnn in the presenit imp lerfect' shIne ofte't main ing hutsineis ; andit th average proadn aet of' thle WValon inie is 'ataloed at g.' l' tee te lol0 pound<,i or bushel of' ore. Pro aessstr Rer't aif the UIiitnieril y of' Varginli, otinisedt between 12 iad 13 dollaers for ri 1001 poundsill of' ore of' Ihis mhine. iindt onl flte irials by anioither distingnti~lbed muierallogit .*t ta verage of' $41 42 for 100) poundass of' ort rThe f'rets sire meznsioneds na examoples o itvhnti may Ito adone in t he Sonll he'rl nlto mnines, andit we are hapipy to undterstand tha a...nrnmnnis nrn in nrnrgrne Ab, Sou..er.. If and others inter-sted in the enid S e-f'eet the object of developina tha rees of Spply of these precious n ~ We are sure that the compara f. 'rtace afthe-se mines with those Ir, ceouutries is ihit little known, and th that the facts wie hve stilted, will p erally interesting to tll, publalic. eliusion, we may remark, in the tn of i minterailogiet wlt has enn il m ;old region olf Virginia. thiat "in all ability imav rich golil eplosites and veits remain in lbe discovered, bh irgini and in other States. and oIr try nany confitently expect from its ow Itorv .inilicient supplie-s of golb for ItS ge for the demands (if fle tarts or orn. t, ald fr use, and not imlprilyli for 0 rlation-" amoitnt of gold received at the U. St iat from the- mitne in 1I-e Souithern St lm 1824 to I834 incinive was :5, 1 .- Bilt a smtiall phrt-i of the :-1-.1 fih fiat U rot tle ineitis is sit to ihe litt Th enier part is sent tt lmtnroe. and a coos ile portion is used bv jewclie-rs anid- er mannimncturers in the U.'. derful results of Scientific Discore ry. fitoeg ther-e, tleae are many seo vaerv snry nig. indeed, alpparently tsua extra-tivn] aant, IaI i' is quite im-oaiile for .my itn malliri mmd to rest conitettel- withIi a tmere hea y sttementi i t heti,& n e feel irrisi tibly piatelled to iniirii-e firth -er itito their truth ' % hat mere assrtiion will make :aiy man lieve that, in tine secoad of time, isi Onte ief t lie pendtinoa of a clock, a r . of ii J\ traveis over 192.0 0 miles, and nonioti (ierefore perfora fle totar of he vorl in ahoit the same titte thuat it re quire . owitk wit Ih or eyelids, and ins oeh les t a I swift rtnier ocr tpies in timg a sil c tride ! Whai mort::il can he imiade to) be eve. withoiut deiostrti. that the suit ioitist a million tiues larger thatn the e h ? And that, atlthnah -4 retmiote from s that a ciannn-h 11, sltt directly tIowa .it, $anl imaintaiing it - faill speei. evou ie twenty years inl reaeling- it, it ye-t is ale earth, bly its attmetioin, ins ain una able in-,tant of titte ?-n a-leo-se nes. nion of which we can orna hlt :a tieA, dl totally adeal e ide:a. by caim. par to my A0 terial cotiexioi sin.ce th. Municttion oaf an imt!--- ta -me a dista, , by nry solid inter,.-.iaim we are acqtu .td vtt, nnh ra..ir... ti61t mo it "hole year-. Awi % hken willh Itinti don .a cocv-Adhas uY r,j 1 e'0$9 intenise aind peneii k2in, . ,-nv are told that that the one dwil 1- : i i::1 sible point. aifl d the other .-X. wfelt at the nearest of the fixed starr. Ia. ihe im tai.ee el feet of their remoteness. whi;le amnaig tlose very stairs are some whia- :ieiln splendir exceeds by several hunditalred timacs that ol the sun itelf, althmigi we mav not ladey the truth of the assertion, we cantnoct hint feel the- keenest enrioity tia know hpow sneth things were ever maie olit. rho. fore-going. arv :na those results aif seientific researel. which, by their iaa:mnenci tie, seem to) triantsenald uilrf filln awis oaf cii eeption. There are other., aniia. ilh. frotn their minuatenes, ia ppear t In elude the arasp if Itoni ehr, tatiteh tmnore of distiict aid imernal mteaur-eim- t Who wotuld ncit ask thrll densatratiaIIn, w liet ole that a gnat's n ing, in its ordtinarv flight, heats manaty hundred titmes in a sec~rond Or that there exi,t animlated andsei narl organized beinas, maniv thosnndt of whose hodies, laid cloe tit-lrher, wvoihl noet ex tind an ineh? Bun what are these to the tastonipching truth which modern ptiena iquirers have di-lo-ed. % hih tei elh a1as that every plitat fi mediumo hrogh whiv I b a ray of light i-ae-ss. is a-etea wib a t e cession of perioalieal rtiient-tts. re-laa iarly recurring at egacil itervn. Ito le-ss th:an five hundred m.aillins af atims in a sinch sect r !!! That it is hvy sneh movemets. com'municaled to the irve-s of or eves. that we see-nay. tmiore, that it is hea- dif ference itn the frequen-y of their reet rrene which affiet-s us witi a asenase of the diver,i tya of colort that, for itsianve. in rirAinltag thiesensation it 0 rednetas-, aiura eyes aire :a f1 teal fotur haundred- andia eighltv-i'v me ailhocns eat milliions ott t imes ior ye-laiwr e. ii, c liv tma. dredand suthrar-two~e maillionts- of imillints- cal Ittties; tind of vioalit, se-ven Itndre ta-anta seven mnillions air millieans of iitiea per se acond. 1)4 tact snteha thiinag- soanilda more- like thIe ravinags a' tamen, tih-ianlti thle sobera- cont -h istins al' p~ieople ini their naking senstes? They are neva-rthleless, conctliasions tii which Iarny onte may mtoast certaiiv nrrive, whota will etaly lie iit lie rirnbleaof exaiing i~ ithe chiain air reasoning biy which thle-y hiit ave-ee dedelated. CURTOUS CAlAL iAii)N ANDI P' \C'T The 1.ge.-Taere- intit: moara- ;ac-t tai-.iig itt thle strai(t tre ai':ha- a-va. thIan thei sesiili y aof t hei e-xp~ailed lne-rve,.t in whiti the paietuires or obhjec-as atre iampre-as-eal. Thrla ptroprat ion bietwvixi ahe dhe-riees of1 Iilit illua miatinltlg an oabjec- b ly tihe -.ini ande byv thi mn tial ia itues, is c'aleta eda tea lbe as,000 to.:.and yet the obhjecat icc dhistina-t lv seenm. A 'ain,. ir it sheet eaf white a-ottoi cloth, six feet squiare, lie eevated 24.001t feet, the eye heitng iupptosed tan inchI itt eli amnete-r, thae pieatire eof the sheet ona thae re-tine or- opt1ic mnerve, ill the botteim af athe eye.wvil be juist eane eighit hundicreIth ptrart eof an itne squtare, w hich is the 66tih Itpatrt oaf :a line onaly egal i to the 9th I lpart if t ho wvidth e a -tanima hmir-, satnd y'et the licaatre is paer feet. Qnaery:-Doa wei conftemphtlite' this pie tmare as phytsioaloagist suippaose, ear delae- th mined coigtemtphaite the disttant object? Gold-A grain oaf goldt may lhe spra by the gbli bea or inito a leaf er'tminiing - Isquare ina-hes; aid this lenf may he divide iinto 500,000 parts; tnnet by a tmicroscnp Prom the iacon T taph'. SIBERIAN ItlNG4%HEAT. We divided. hast winter, a sinall liosluan of the a atbove % hea, (received from Hon. C. t1-. Il-yn'es.) aontag our friends, with a re 1einest. to report lie result of' their exiperi ments for publieation. In com polinaice with that reqni st, we have tie statemiient below. Similar results wvere obtained by otahers, to whom parcels of the grain were givenl. AaC ON, .3411ly 3611h, 1838. Dr. Bartlett-Sir; lin February last. I received froin you a simall qantity of Sibe rian Spring Whea, for I lie purpose of i rying anl experniuent, to test in surne degree its quality The flollowinmg is tihe result, which I promised to give you. i sowed the grain( on the 27th day ofFeb ruary, in iimy garlen; whieli was fiornierly a pone sandhill, lut slightly dressed, lelbre sowiin, with the stable mannre; the seed appeared it) be minch shrungak %% heu sowed. I f'reciaently noiceil it n% bile growing, and was tf lite opinion if hadl been overrated. but ii has turned oni fiar beyond my expaec tations-iae grain wai lairvested on the Ist of July. I also proeured some Italian Spring Wiheat froii Mr. l1arve% 6hotwiell, a lar:;e fIull grain, and in app'enrnee. far superior to ihe Siberian Whent. Iut turned our inueh intferior; ii n as sowed at the sanic litle. inl Iie saime soil, and harvetted at ihle sa.ale limne and liad abut tile saiae ;ilp peranice wiile growing, lui the grain ia not bo llal as tie otier; the bsiberian laas inpro ved & tile Itiia fepreeiated. The Silae ri-ins merens.ed 341 141d. prodnee-d at Ilhe rato of* 34 buishels Ito flhe nere. and wveighed G;I Il, tin Lhe bushel The Italian inereased 14 fold, Ilhe grain weig.haed 48 Ilbs to thc buAiel. To carry out ~the experimeni, I have given souse of the W heat tot ail ex lierienced fariner taf MIao arop, who promiscs to give each kind(] aI fair trial in a dilrerent soil. Yours respectullity. II. K. EVA NS. How to prevent the Dry Rot,-Dry Rot is a aninoner. This disease in timber ouaIlt to be desighatcd a decpmiii Positoii of noOd by its own iniernaljnices, which have bec.aae viiiated for w ant of a free ciretla Iion ill l-. II you rear a piece of timber i wly cut down in an uparight position in tho Open air it will la.,t for ages. Put another aiee e'' !.: t t'. tito a Olip or into a ans .% liit lar i, ao a'eess ta the fresh air, & ..4; itfni' (e dcompined. %Blt shantl 'ii lmi' pnaited tihe piec'e ol' woti WNY''r. o he se the -p11s1 Inv ang sitpb in up it- I. , ith i ncareruted jice' h1% tan , -1. ,. , 4 1n11ed al nised thle Ao eia ; v". N.i.t anies in teal. wet, i4 painnied a a.too ia. I he nyright inpainted loti,1s it the biout's of'our aticesiors, ihaaouhI exposed iti lite fianis ilf sutmier and he laist- of winier, have la.ied fror centuries; heranae the ipores i tha t wo:l wre not, closed ly any external applie:ition oftaror paini, andl thus fejic' esI had -ni opporluni ty (ito drying up gaminalulk. If then vott adniit a tree cirenlatiota of tie air to lite jititer u% hieh is used in a itise, (tit, difif Cit Iialit',) ant absaain from painting flint imbilier till i a perifectly se-a-oni d. \ wil Will taeveri' sufler fron What is called thidry rot. And it the naval iarlchiteet, lv mieans (f lir holes in the gunwale tif a vessel, (which mmigiht he clusel in lad weather,) cimid ad iiit a free 'irenalion ar t ii to time liiimbers: aiiid1 it lie oald also abstain 1from11 pail ing or doinac With tilpit inme. &C., lie touter ari's l ite venssel till lie %,% oil had lat coine sn aicieti ily aca!-onied, Ie would not lve to aon iplain f aa'dry ro. I .am of opinion. that ita veasel n% ere in n ke three or fiaur voya ges befirei ii I painited or done w iih itirpen title. &e., its iner wood wonld slter imneh le.'s fraoim I ihe ilfutinee of I ie n% 111mh1,. r than it usu all 'nfrs f'rnma iints m nii i 'trnal juice, w% ha11 bn Ciaitil' ;.'t V4.16 oi ieoioamnt tarifi vial aplifiatlion to Ile par'. lt still tile timbier weuld he snijet to lte depreda lion, of the inct. To prevent this e ee in ally Mr. Kyan's pree s min. ie abolutely a ptIelitad it Ito'tere Wood .oma waita iscaliet the tahy rot. mIn phIct es-; wh're i tree eirenha ion an nar ('ilit ie introietd. The langr arows whichf thle Iiian t-.e in Gutiana, tale ve'ary subfject to bie e'ntem by thle wormia. Ini 1813 2I t alied the soilution(u of caorrosive'a siutiaea tol a targa' tumatity oft these air run s-A.t I this hoaur theiy tint pierfecly sondia anil shoaw not appleaanice Ital thea waorm tat er er ii'ied t) feaed uponai it.-J'atertonl's .Naiturail ilistor'.. Tweo .Madors.-ITwo m saiisoms (one' Irish, at aother l'.nlish agr'aed re'cl(ipcally to take care of' eac'h omn r. im etase' of aitaher t beaing wounatd, d ian ain anonmi then'i abtomut tan commence' Ii w'at lnmt bionin-f'tra' taeIiLm lishmian~i'a leg. na as ihom ntli h'. a cain alst ainid:ii. on anahlla'I'Ild to car ry liaim tel (th-e e ar. nh g ta' their agreet'metr.t them onther veary reailbly caompilied't; liut hea hadt senam eelv got has wovudedl campin i om hi-- binack, w'aJn a se'couml hall satrucak tail thne poor e i o's ad c. Padmdy. wholai tharon' gh tue nOh-e ail dtiurbnam tce coannon inu a seam en. tage'mieimi hail not'a' reived his si, dtt lati miisti'rtunai. cain tinnedt io lmake~m thme beast of' hit wa':y ta the thrrirlcs. Ana afliter aobserinag hiim 'atitm a hateadh-s. trunk upo ~~isit shaoaalleras, iaeda where' lie wains uaainC! 'TIo the' lbstorti' .atys Paddmy . Im'Th Doaaeior.''sav's thea aif ticer, why youm bi ackbendat. t ha' ntin has Inst his hiead.' On henarinag iH hin. flang th lia y laairoim his 'Ihouldetrs.:oied lair a. tat it tart attentii elv, 'liy my ow~n soiul,' s, -lhe, 'he totild mec it was Isis leg.' Al WJet Nurse.-A eirl aof abotit sixteen yetars oaf age appi~lieda for the. sia tion us a nt numitrsa' to a cemrtiain lady in fiaatton, wholie -'expre%ed her astainishamimn that shne shoauld ti' hq goalified f'or the sit maaiion. Madlam. said the girl. I mnevaer wvas a wet nurse, but I can saon learn to be one. Talking of iron coffins, an Trisahman observ.ed, I 'Ah. thai is a coffin shat will fat a romill thio days vfi'his life!*i mRgnifving the dirmeter of an object 10 tomrs, and its are-, 100 lames. the 10Mth part of one (if '=e, liat is. the ,'0 millionth parl of a grain of gold %%ill be visible. Mutter.- A Ithough oilorilferie liolies nny keep the room continuall., filled wilth olour, yet they lose neilher weight nor mensure, a:pparentlv. The magnmilnde of n particle of assarmida, it enltnlaled it) bie only the :38-l.01)0.000,000,000,100,000thi part of n enhbi inch. It i, uipposod, by micro-copi. cal observatis. thalt there are more aimals in the milt of n codfish, than there are no on the whole earth, and a single grain of sand is larger hani four millimns of them put toImether. I low much smaller iust a parti ele ol light le A new Method of making hoots andlshoes. A man ill New York hans anvented a new w eav of taninu inring boots and shes, which is 12t. jupart ially described- Ist1 The whole lower portion. or sole anid insole, of the boot or shoe, is imade w ith ne)t' senna, in stead oftwo, as at presens; thus increusing the fieility and durahility fi the naniefae 11 . 'l. The boots antI shoes are imneh niorm beautilhl in appearance dtiriing their whole wearigi. in conseqluence of the ly per leather leing iirned from under the- foot, and iuserted in a ,*eenj liar channel ent in the, in,.nlle, whi ch prevents4 lte sa iper leather bheth from crackii and writkling. .andil thns increasinu the valine witliour enmu1hane ill- tile Cost of t article. 3d. 11y dii. pensimsis witih the inscn., tile boot or shoe as rendered far msore easy to it foor, 1h11s preveniting cornvs and bruisess; and ilter.. being no w4eil requiring scraps to fill ip lihe' hollow -apace between lilt wnle anid the in cle, iluch is now occasioned It the welt fle par on which tihe foot re.ss does not he Ceeuai ir.eatnlar and uneven, nor is the sole So soon t hrown out (if place, and unequally' norn away. Sulc)t.:s i-Si PRAn.:.-A very curious statmen t and c alenhtionr hams hee i publish el in Parik by M. Fairet, a medical profes sor, relative to tlie number o'fsuicides com iiitted in Franue in thirty years. from 1794. 'rom tle re-cords of' the' police it 1apspaers, thnt lie total iinther of suiciies atlempItllied, were 6782, and ni3-4 of the indi idual, were unmarried. We euljoin the table lurthed by him to the jIolice: Men. Women. (ro--e'd in love V7 ;, Jt.leasy .39 53 T4, Remliorse 37 12 Iiappoiited aibition 110 11 ltiver.e., ot' llrtune 184 Iamiig 141 14 M her -pecies (if misconduct 108 79 iommestic changrins L24 264 Mis'rv (misere) ' 511 394 Pa1iatmtei'sm 1 1;1 Misaitliropy 3 0 It would. ierefbre, seem to follow that sMile where ahout frve women died fromi love fir three -men; that Ohe ladies ha e colnsiderabl.y ihie( advaniage, or i ra er, the disaivantage, in Jealousy: tha in pride ihey are oni a par witi tihe lords ifercation; that (Iumlllunv andi loss of reputation. ilh. y liear w% ith three limes the lfrtitude that 'een vllne; thas they feei only alnou OUne third of tile remorse~ which the oiher six x periece; anid Ihal to tle %orrows which flow I'oin disappoilted nmbiahitiong, rever e's of for mie aid pnauing. 1hey are ex posed in a very -light degree ie comparison % ith ei ke-fe'llows. This calenlation, it will he rmeithered, applies hnt i Freich Ia dlies. Iin w hat |ight a'siniilar enlenlari, woteld exhibit inr is n flair cotuntry womein, %%e. presume not 1o Conjecture.--X 1. Mirror. AN IRISl PE'ETITON. Th "hewn. piti moni is to .e ilimnld inl the ('uliikibmn Ph1to-iamx, it Magazine publiished iii losiiaboiut LZ years smee. "To thle lIonsorable the Commnis-sioners9 o)fT. cise, the hntinhie penmis i ofParick O'Connter, 1111m. y O'dr-ien1 &. Carne% M'treo be ap pomiited Iuapcies eS, id Siir% e' ors. and Oer loo.r. vlgairly called4 l-Xi -is en, ihr the inmmi tv of C'irk. (Its own emfmy jenei.) to i' klangdm cif Irelandii. Andii w.he'r.'as, we. '.our smdecrtainilg Pet'itioniere, iiill beoth hs' tiiaih ami by iday; cad we wii I comeia- iiid g od w..alk ndrdn taendbmy. andimi c.and ear nothmiig ait all'se iiuch i alo Ilu and nnnitis asmay lie. antd nn ie, ainch caintmt lie topa duty. And we yocur .it'or-esaind pueioll rs. will at timel, and aiti al cl lilies, andi tno timaes ait ail, he piresene aind absent, anid backwawrd mail for w'.arde. andie bindii candi buefore, be every wthere eand sno where al cill. Amd we vcilr a'fore-idi Pietitiiucnirs. wvill ceila and1 iifir'm atid gi c nc' uoriiimtionu miiialiotice duly ande truly. and lhon e's lv aint1 w-i-elv. aic'crineg to the emuatr as, we kniowv anmd by- the knowledge ed 'ourse'lvas. :andi eve'rv cina .imdi no one ait all; ai no.e will mait ea;t the king any nmor' than is now, and aili ti-es t'wflbx prait-csedi. \ndl whelreasie i'oor1 aiferc'saidI Pe- tit jilners, as wei cure P'rotestea i' :.tinit PA~'llfl'K. uso we are. cand we' love th'e Kinig, ilaid will vaie heiml ande we will liuht foir hiim. and aginust huim, rIcn for haiim.i nil fromc lhim. andl behai mi him, ande befoire. candi ai 0one side of him,. anid 't'lthr "ide of ime. toa seenre himii cr any. cal his relations or ai'ilpaiintaances, as far aned csia. lmc fairiher th an lie ini ouar toeree. idead oi alive. nc long as we live' cami lonager too. Wit ness our severael eaid suearaeil handus ini 'onjnneit ion ohne afternothier all logefther, and calI Ihree ofaus bothi togetheri. BIARNEY fl'BL.ANEY, PATItI(!K O' 'IANAGAN, TEAGIJlE O'IFEGAN. Obedient W7/'e.-A hanlcher who lav tin. -on his death heel. eaid fto his wii fe, Alv dleni l'mc tnot a man for this world. therefor I td vise youi to maucrry otar muaan John. he i a us'ty strong! f'elleow fit for your business. 'Oh, clenr husbaund,' saidl she, 'tiever let tha Itriuihle you, for John andi I ban~ agreet upon that matter already.