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!! TIIP.OREGONKQPS.. f..- ! rr,.,,., I Jtrvskiauso amir mvaiuv uuaiiio, , -BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. ' II K, . ,, tXKVS-Tkt Atim iJ , el . Tkr Dattart and fily Cult r annum, in ,Mrte aiatlt mkurihrThnt Dollart If tlutt tf Itn at tiu oKet4a admnet Wkta tki mmi it net amid in adtantt, four xOaUatamlU it tknrgtd if paid Kttkin ,u manlkn and PiirduUart at iki tnd iki year. (W Tma OtlUrttr ti mtnthtNt mbtrrip- Uant rartiud far a Ittt f tried, -i - - VT N npt diKtntiautd until til arrtmtngti tan fati, anhtt altkiaplienef tkt fuhliikn. Sidereal ViEwilA-Tbe earth' orbit U an ellipse, with the mn In one for us, bo tlmt We kre about three millioiM of miles u'eurer whiter, than at our ophclion our average distance liclng about ninety -five millions of miles. tjrbeisTrti'r iiuitieRr ii about 111 ttmrttlmt of the earth, no that licit l',4jf(j dOo'timt a lurgei as the earth, though Lin Weight kt ouljr 850,000 times tbut of our planet tTbaj piooij fiyxra .oinf lint the ame relation to thocortli ViutHthc curth loc to. the sqn .She niyvcs about us. in n ellipse,' tier average dlstunce being 238, GoO miles!" Her diameter is 2,100 miles. Urf eclipse 'tuke place 'atfull moon, 'be cause it is only theu that she can ever puss through the shadow . of the -earth.) She prodnces'ecllpses' of, tho sun at new moon, because it Is wily then tfiut her shadow can Wl upon us. Her ptjtraetioii causes, the phenomenon 6f (he (ides, VWcn'nrp, however,-greatly, modified by other. -circiim-iWces. l'iuootiTirhnril'K her orbfc ainpiy, py lierwoightj, that is,-by, the uU traction of the earth, and the earth is held ip iu'Vbit" simply ' by its weight, the at traction of the son. No other appreciable fiJrcjt W known' ; to Influence, the motjou of these bodies. Bodies bearing a relation to tjtc' gun.'smiar jo fhut of the, curth are. tailed planets; those holding a position simitar to 'that! of the moon are called saUl lites. The planets known to tiic ancients were Merctirjr," Ycnroij Mill, Jtrpiter, and Saturn. 'To' these the moderns have added tlrabus,, .the Asteroids, and. Neptune, -i-MeWury's distance .from the sim varies, in different parts of his orbit, from 20,000,000 to 44,000,000 of miles.' 1 He i; occasional ly seen,, just Wflur suuset, in the west. .The dietaoce of Vetiur from the sun is nlwut 60,000,000 bf'milcs. She is the brightest of the planets. ; fars is,, irj" pcriheljon, abiirt: l'3E,OOQ?,O0(J, in, plic1ioi koioOO, 000 of miles from the sun. The group of . tSe'astcrbidsli'es1 scattered between two an) three tiundreif millious of miles from the son-." Jnpiter, whose diameter is more tlnui fl. times that of thu earth, is about 4U0, (WO.flOO of miles from the snrt, nnd 'is ot Vyided by four moons, whose eclipses buvo been of great. Value In 'ilelerrii'ning1 longi tudes at sea,' ami have rendered to physics tho memorable service, pf betraying the motion and velocity 'of. light. .These eclipses appcur to take place 10m. 2"s. hi tbif whcril the earth is on t!ie opposite' side of thcaun from Jupiterf tho light being then obliged to cross the orbit of the earth, and taos, travel 190,000,000 of miles tuhjuir before reaching us, thaij it ,does when we 4v, in, .tho part ,of our orbit nearest to Ju piter. ' The planet Satiifri, at the distance of OOOOpQflQ of1mik'fi.fi:pi fthestin, is ncconipamed by a. system of rings of fluid ii&ttei, held in' their 'position 'about"' 'tire planet by eight satellites. " Uranus was dis covered by Herschel in 1 781. Its distance $6,:thc '.bUu, is" 1,828,000,000 of niiles,1 which makes' its- time of revolution round HbSjsmS about 'eiglity-fpur years, It is ue. cou)taniud , by six satellites. 1 The' planet ?ftptuhc" was first seen' iu' J84C, nnd Due Batelutc was soon discoivered. The exlst dHcte of Keptnn'e had' long been 'suspected, from the motions of Unarms, which indi tatcd an exterior attraction, and its place fttuT miitjiulcvurc citejiUited, by, Adanis t)f (Janibfidge, England, and by Levcrrier, oaris jfefore it had peen SeerfiJ Jts dis-; tance,does,Dt however agree with Hicir c;dcnuitjon, as-it & but 2,802,000,000 lis-J fitead.of 8,00,000,000 of miles from the sua. This discrepancy'does not arise from anyeYrof t'tlrfif aldul3t!6n, but from the rtct llmt there ivcre' two places in which d planet might bavcen "placed, to produce tlte ' oervcefit urbaiicy : 'if Uraiius.-A itwrrirj- ijirf cWat; bhe, place cSrecfly, but ft so, hapjKneil, that ., the Jqtt-. dacju'pic4 the other spot.' In addiitioii tp thlrtrain of planets, the sun is attenUed by Tsasilt ! of, ooractis,' which niove' about Jtim a all distances, and in' all directions. XhaanU!ts (Uid plancU, uowever, all agree iiB-thesetbree particulars: tfie feove in el lipses," with 'the sua bt am.' wens; a",liue rmrn from either of them to thesnn would tftve ai'ruigultf velocity at .the sun, thai is, alter its, direction in exact proportion to the fleatness of "the body to the sun; arid fh timer Oof devolution i of any two bodies reund the sun be each multiplied by itself, BiuFthe distaweJlfamebodjies from the sajj le,chj multiplied twjee by itself, thf rmiiting numbers m the first case wilf lln tlfe same ratio )o' ea'cli 'other, as tie resulting numbers in the last case.. These three Tacts' ere discovered 6y Kepler, and palled Kepler's laws.. Frpm tliese it is emf shown, by higher mathematics, that the 6nly force acting on the heavenly bod ies ara attraction toward the snn, propor tttnate inlu'intensify to the square of the 4taoc from the sun. It is further stiowh, by simple arithmetical, calculations, that this" forte is the very same oa tliat which cauf art apple to fall to the ground.' !X atow faiU 193 inches in a aecopd, aod the moon rb' 'ohig' round the earth, at the dis tance of 2yJoO miles, mu5t bend from a -'"r 1 .'!,... ... H ,.,(! X ,i .,.,,.( .,.1 .jafey. l-....i.. I '! (-'-5; ' I i: J.. L'.'i'.r. A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the 'Principles of Jeffersonilia Pemocracy, and advocating Vol iv. ; : '..;.; "; . 7. '.:;; ,: o straight line '.058 of an Inch every second. Put the moon Is' CO times as fur from the earth's center as the stone Is, and 193 divi ded by GO-times CO gives .053. , This dis covery of tho identity of the force of grav ity, or the weight of bodies on the earth, Isdneto fir Isaac Xewton. The' bodies already mentioned nrc all that uro knowu to belong to tho solar system, ulthough there uro : strong probabilities that our planet, tho earth, is surrounded with a vast group of minute satellites rotating about the earth at a less distance than that of the moon, a discovery of the Kev.' Geo. Jones; U, S. 5H. 1 This asteroid group of terres triul moons is best seen on Gue eveuings iu February and March,, as a fuiut cono of light stretching up from the west,' which bus been culled the zodiacal light.,; ,T'u fixed stars, ore at vastly .greater distances from us than any ports of the solar system, and aro prulmbly of the same nature as the sun itself. 1 The stars' appear to lie In a flattened 'cluster, ' with our solar system somewhero near tho , middle of . ft. The stars iu the edge of this cluster, of. course, appear to us crowded, and tho moid dis tant ones ore beyond tho reach of unas sisted Bight,' their l'ght llendin1 Into a whitlsh'cloud, called the Milky Way," 'All the stars appear to be revolving about a central point in tho constellation1 of the Pleiades. The cliangc of njipareut positlou iu a heavenly buily, caused by pur moving our position, is pulled parallax.- For the bodies of the solar system thcro is a daily parallax, arising from our rotation about the axis of the earth.' For the stars the daily 'parallax is insensible, and even the parallax caused by our moviug around the sun, iu the immense orbit of. 191,000,000 miles in diameter, is so small, that it has with difficulty been mensural in a very few stars. . -Variable sturs aro those which go through regular periodical changes of bril liancy, from sothc unknown cudses. ' There arc' several well-attested instances of the appearance of temporary sturs, tho per manent accession of new, stars in the sky, and the permaueut loss of stars which have become invisible. ! Double stars nrO simply those which appear to be one nearly be hind another.' Bfnnry stars ore those which are actually near each other and revolve nliQut their common center, of gravity, ns tho earth aud moon about theirs. Xebulai are. clusters of stare, which require very high powers of a telescope to resolve into stars; thnt Is, tinder low powers of a tel escope they , appear liko portions of the Milky Yuy.,. It is usually supposed that they aro large clusters entirely distinct from thnt iu which our solar system is placed, and, if so, at a distauce which is incredibly great. ;.: ,J ; ' : ,. ,:: I ..;,'n; '.Vesiilaiiox AXD CllAKCE OF Ain.-r-Next'to frequent bathing,; and habits of personal cleanliness, nothing is more import ant, in the science- of life,, than proper ven tilation and frequent change of air. :, Dods ley's, or any other maxims, in " the econo my of human lift',"; would bo manifestly imperfect without , the most strcuuous , in junctions on this important point.1 ' '' .. I)r, Darvin, one,,duy at .Nottingham, England, assemblod ai large crowd around him, and, i standing upon" a tub, thuB ad dressed them: Men of Nottingham, listen to We"! Y35"pe ijig.a8m(Ia8fri61u mechanics. ' fey' "'your 'iiiduslry life's com Ibrts n?o secured to yourselves and families, jf you. lose your health, the power of being industrious 1 will forsake' jou. That you1 knovJDuyi)jjlp.oCliuowi.iliftLiO breathe fresh and I'hfinged air constantly is uot less necessary . to preserve health thnn sobriety itself. .Air becomes unwholesome iii a' few hohrs If 'the windows afc slmt. Open those of your i sleeping rooms when erermnpltr" theftitd go" f o your wbrF shops !fcocp' the windows of 'your work shops open whenever the weather is noLia su)p?rtably 1 cold. I have no interest In jjivhigycm thfsddvicc.' ( Itemember what I, y'oiir countryman aud a physician, tell you. If you would not hrinf infection and dis ease upon yourselves and to Vour wives afid little ones, change the dir yoli" breathe, hange it many times a day, by opening yoor windows." ' ' '..I ( SOT. Skeletons of men fen feet high liaye, been discovered in a buryiiig-gronnd abodt a mile' north-west of TVinchester, Tndiana. Near by is "on 'old fort, including about thirty-six acres of ground within the fortifi cation. , The mound :fn tfte center is aliouj twenty-five jfoct high, while the fort, of breastwork is about fifteen feet. ' Directly eat and west of the mounds pre open fpacca or gateways, around which are other forts. $QT A Hanover paper tells the world that the silly prejudices against horse flesh" have altogether varMcd-in Denmark and Northern Germany, and that in tl city of Hanover alone, in the coarse of WLiuunweti, aLout two ti.ousaua pounus t lm. fWi were conwroed. The mim- her. of horses" slaughtered for eating in that city i betweeif two- aod three hundred a r'tir. 1 ii e g on; c i t,y, ' or e g ;. Emicbation iiom Statk io State. Ac cording, to tho returns of the lust United Stutcs census, remarks, the Boston Tost, there are, more natives of the Southern States residing in the North in proportion to Southern population, than of the North erners who livo iu ,tho South. , In Maine there are to bo found 3,093 persons, who were Southerners by birth; whereas in Mississippi there ore but 2,507 natives of tho Northern States.,' The smullness of the number of New Englnndcrs in the South Is quite remarkable,' and wb think that the lnrgcness of tlie number of natives 6f the South to bo found iu New' Englund will' qnito - astonish those ' who have' not exam ined the subject! "For example: thercarc' 211 natives of Tlrglnla residihg in Maine,' and only 94 natives of Mulno in Virginia. The whole mimber of natives of New Eng land residing in Mississippi is 125,' "while there arc 1023 natives of Mississippi resid ing in New England. Thcso are tho ex amples of the state of, things on . a wjdc SCalo.- V,,.. i 7i',, j,.i 'I : , i In looking over all the Free States we find that Massachusetts has 8,152 nativt of tho South, whilo New York has a! 2U.00O. , Utlicr northern States Hintavo largo numbers of Southern lorn inhabitants nro Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and In diana. --- "A few facts will further show that South ern men emigrate much from one State to another in their own section. ' Of the' in habitants of yirgmln,' 10,000 were natives of Carolina; as mhny of Alabama; 40,000 of Teaincssee, and 54,000 of Kentucky. To people' North Carolina', there cdnio 37, 000 Horn Georgia, 28,000 from Alabama, 72,OQO from Tennessee, aud 14,000 from Kentucky.' : As a general law the emigre tion flows westwurd from Statu to State, on the parallels of latitude For example, epiigrnnts from New England find their new homes in New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, while' the Georgian seeks an adopted home in Ala bama,. Mississippi. Louisiana or Texas; 'and ret we find numv executions to tins law .. . , , - , ... i , It was, perhaps, owing, in part, to this gen eral tendency of emigration m this country that it flowed more naturally into Kansas from the free than from the slave States. 1 Emigration lias flowed very rapidly from tho seaboard slave States' to the , 'Western nnd Southwestern. Two or three facts will indicate the vast extent of it.' A From South Carolina alone,' 1 80,479, nutive white Cnr olyiians have been distributed through the West and Southwest.; The population of Texas iu 1850 was but 51,041 ; now, about 600,000,' and' mainly tho result of emigra tion from States to the eastward of it.p Foreigners, particularly .Germans, have sct tied mora in Texas than perhaps iu an other Southern State. Germans began to settle hi-Texas as early as 1843, being in-' vited there b Texas land sjieeulatorsi In 1845,' 2,000 fumilies, 'embracing 5,200 Ger mans! had hcen Induced to cross the sea, 'to enter a State that was that year annexed to tlm United States, an event which- was fol lowed by the late war with Mexico. Within a few years tlierc bus been cousidernblc emi gration from the Free States to Virginia, Kentucky, Missouriand other slave States, With a view of introducing free labor for agricultural aud other . purposes. , . Thus, slave labor has gradually pressed further South., i Such processes may have some thing to do in promoting a general system of emancipation . iu;' the Northern Slave StatCS. . ,- I ,' , .. ;, -i ,. ,. Lola Moxtez! The city editor of the CieaVelund . Ploindealer .waxca indignant over the charge that the lectures of this wo man bear incohtestiblc evidence bf plogiar ism',".t' He sayst.,. ',,. .'. v.,-, ,,. ' Lola Mon'tez is a thoroughly ; cultivated and remarkably gifted woman, whatever her private fdiills may b( and to say that she is incapable of writing the lectures she delivers, is alike nbsurd and mean. Give ns the proof. ' The writer of this paragraph will make oath that once unon a time he saw the daslu'ng Countess take a composing stick, go to a case, nnd w.tn no copy oeiore her, set np a Sharp and racy communication in which a certain editor was very handsdm- lv used no. The only instruction she had was in emptying the sticks. The incideut happened in Cincinnati. Lola Montez not write I Tell that to the marines. . She can set type, too. . , , ; hl Extraordinary Df.ceitioxs. The Pa ris correspondent of the New Orleans Pic ayune,, writing , under date of Mny 20th, suyi that a Hiuirular frand has been discov ered at Versailles. A lady, known by ev ery person iu tliat decayed city, and honor ed for her name, position and piety, died four or five days ago, and when she was shrouded it was duv overeu sne wu Th'spseodo lady who has played her part for forty-two years ever since 1816 -pretended to be the Countess de Soh ge de Lonpe, and the hirt member of that noble iT-trm limi the mjnerioT of a .UNLIT. . ' I ! convent suppressed at the first revolution, she wore a monastic costume which singu 1 i.-t trttraA t 1t. 1 Is H not stramre lauj i.v..- .... - . - -1 that thlS imjlOStOr, Wno 100 JluSBrrra.uu y. i ail Hie )aR-i' " 'i as it is believed, died abroad as an tm'gree) 1 ihouia nave piaycu m rftn withont excitin? tb fcert snspWoo, t 1 aaasansai i.ii aaaaasiii i i b n, , n o v e m b e r 2 0; 1 knd without being exposed for a knave by , ,, , The tr of Eir , Any accident 1' The pretended Countess ' The folWiiig tnniiuf BWi.ip IlerWiy (wrli lived ill great retirement, nnd Visited Only ten almuliienluryiinieyare hllli-known, yrliou tho , Faubourg St. Germain I'umilivs, who tuin two uf the nt vfi-quoted Hum 'In our Ian treated her with marked attention, and swgor " ' 1 " ' 'i : " ' "" '''" saut her the ' curliest Vegetables and fruits! of their gardens. ; ... ,. - , . , , ; ,-. .-. . i '(The police arc endeavoring to ascertain who this advcirtiirer is, but a musk worn for1 forty-two years is likely to prove hnpcii-etrpble.- This Is the most extraordinary imposition I ever heard of, though tho ad venture of the Count of Saint Helena is more driimutio. You may rely upon it, thisistory is no hoax. Versailles is iu a fe ver about it, Something like it occurred a few years ugo at Brussels. Ou the death of a chief clerk in tho .Ministry of Foreigu AlTatrs, it 'wus discovered that A'wasa wotnim. lie had entered the public service ns a tnpernnmrrary clerk, and had gradu ally j-'iseu ; from post , to post to the chief clerkihip, whose duty if was to muuagc tho politital eqjissi:.QnilcnflV.which A did with extra )rdinary ability." And it is not long since in old sailor at the Hotel des Jnvuliiles, hnvii g fallen' violently sick,, was dis covci ed to be a wontan; she had served as ou' aitillerymnnthroaghmost of Napoleon's baitles. from fcirvpt to N atcrloo. i .i;. , , 1 " , . ' 'Ahkmcax' and' Kt'ssux Fhateuxiza. tion. Lieut. Habersham, ,of the steamer Powhatan, in liis last letter from China to the Philadelphia Ledger, thus describes) the fraternization of the American and Russian Ministers to Chinaj' which occurred after the English' and French had opened the route to Tien-Sing: . ' . ' No sooner had the Allies thus establish ed themselves at Tien-Sing, thnn onr able representative,1 Mr. Wm. li. Reed, left his large ' cabin on board of the Minnesota, pulled ou board of the Russian stuumcr of w'ur America, hoisted the American flag ut her fore, alongside of thq Russian eagle, nnd was stenincd rip towards Tien-Sing. Then was seen a stronge sight nn unnnt urul ono.: almost 'despotism and freedom walking hand, iu baud. On tho quartyr deck ,oflho lliission stenmcr of war Amer ica, walked' Count Poutiatincind Mr. W. IJ. Reed, in earnest conversation; below in the mess, Russian nnd : American officers drinking champagne and fraternizing; .and at the America's foremast head waved the flags of Russia and the United States, side by side. A.nteiui.uvia! , Fhoo. The fifuest iiihabintiit of these mountains, savs tneSan Andreas Indeciident, has been round at last.' On Thursday last,' the 7th' Inst., one of the men employed at ' drifting in Mttrt lett & Co.'s claim in that place, on break ing off a piece of hard cement, was nut a little nstouished to . see a frog leap out of the mass, and hop off tbwnrd tho streaks of daylight that penetrated down the shaft. He was captured, and upon a closer exam ination into the quarters occupied,- it was found that his body had been neatly fitted into, the cement, .so that its outlines were perfectly defined, nis frogship is perhnps the most' ancient of living things so an cient, indeed, that speculation upon his years would doubtless curry us back to an tediluvian times, nnd .throw the antiquity of the Pyramids fur into the shade. During nil this time ho has been a, close prisoner over a1 hundred feet beneath the curtli. Give the old fellow a chance.1 .- , i- . T9, Clsas Glass. Common newspaper is one of tho best nrt'i-Ies. The chemical operation of some ingredient of the printing ink- gives' a1 beautiful polish. ' ' Slightly moisten a piece of paper; roll it np and rub the glass; then tuke a dry soft piece and rcpoat tho operation. ... No, lint will remain, as in case of using cloth. i figf Many passionate meu aro extremely , 1 .1.. i. ... 1 . 1 .... goou-naiurcu, anu muse u menus lor incir extravagancies by, their candor and their eagerness to please thoso whom they, bavo injured during their, fits -of anger.- It is said that the servants of Denn Swift used to throw themselves in his. way whenever he was iu a passion, because they knew that his generosity would rccomixiusc them for standing the full fire of his angen . , , . CumoeaOrribAL Ztrivn. The following facta were communicated lust week to tho Academy of Scienuea in nienlioninx a work of M. do Martini, a Ntapoiilsn physician, jiutac-m in.! Sahlonino,tlie bitter piiaciplo of tho jlrieihlm'a tanlonica or wormreed, produces thiaatraiige efleot on the opti cal nerve of those who tuke it, that in llie cuur.e of a few mlrlutw they et'e everything co'ored grei n. But the quantity bf tho Arm may modify Una effect cowiderably ( thua, young man, having taken five graiiMofthUsuueuaca.euw everything yellow; but having taken second doss cquul tif the for; mcr, lliiny ii minutes afterward the Oulor he iw was neilht-r yellow nor green, tut red ; lia'f an hour later, all appeared of an orange col r, wh c'l mXiO degeik riited again into yellow.-: Diflen-nt ptt sons alto are d ff.rmt!y affected thus, to M In aauo, a pupil of Dr. da Martini, every tiling appear I blue, no matter wliut doss he took, and auutiier oiiw evi-rything of a straw color. In smrie, the phi nomennn is not pernuineiit, but intertnittent, re luming at intervals of Be or I'l minute ; it never loot more than a day. ' Dr. dt Martini attribute these effrcl hi a anolocular ctioe of santilnc on the retina, changing Ibe tens'on and vbrat'y re action of the nrrvoa particle of this membrare uhder the impression of light. Gulignanft Hct linger. ' ' , , . 3T On by en the object of oar affection de part from us. . . Hot stir aff cMn rdnain, and, 1 ke vines, stretch forth 4ji M brokt-n, wounded ttudrils lt support. Tbe b'eeding heart needs a balm to heal h ; and there is nooe bat the lore of its kind Done bat the kiKretiott of the hnmea heart ' - 4 ; AVhen a man' heart nasifle, or turns 10 lone, he die at once, but if it pel- rifie, or, in other word, turns 10 stone, h iniaitHbly live too loog (ut any useful in nil awaatosasM inTaaMqasosjai the" side of Truth in every issue.-- 8 5 8'. No... 32 Tho mu, dUgtwed at an ago tnd clinio liurrru of every I'onmiH llu me. In d Jtanl Imul now wn 1 bellrr t'ine, ' ' . l'rutlui-iiig tubjecU wuriliy (i.nie: . it Iu hni py cliiiin, Where from tin1 jeiiinl iun AiU v'rgin mnli aueli Kcnea iiuur, ,Tliu flin-e of Arl by Naiur? wi-ni uudune, Aud htioied Uulinby lliu liuo. - Iu lmppy eliincn, the vat of innocence, W here nutuir (riiiilen and y'rliu- ruin, W here men thull nut inijiote, for inilh eud ecnto, , 1 lie pedantry of ouurli aud ulioulf. , There llmll be eung molln-r (olden Sge, , ,. ! The rue of empire ami of ai l ; The (JikmI and grrnt, irii!riiig i-plc pnRO, " 1 , T he wineil lioada and aubleat liruria. .. Kot auoh m liiimp breed in lT decay ) i ; Mucb m the bred when fnili mid yuuii, When heavenly Hume did animate lii-r clay, By tulure puuta liull he 'in, I valu ui-J lliccourKe of enivire tuki-t ill way-", X way--, 1 Vwi '1 h four first tide already past,' (The fiftb Ihall eluw tin drama Willi ill dv. iiiue nob est utbiniig is 1 lie lust. asaaE9aBiaBaeci 11 k Human I'acr. In some hnp6 or oilier, when manhood 'has hern attniiird, time bail hfgun to set iis indelible Mump n us all. In nil who nurvivo llio period ol 'e when, not conseioiMiehs. but tho alum- nuV tells at 1 hat fitly J'eitrs are past himI gone, everv fst-e of inim or Woman be. Cbiups more and mors a Uiuk in hieh tlie lifu ami ihoiiglits are wri'leii in hieniglyph. iun, -to be dcijli.-r. d by those nlio liovu ac quired iki 1 1 in such rending. ,, Almost at a liluncn Wg (liVoern the siyni mill qniiiul hhnpes of Imbiliidl thoilglit and occi)Htionit of Kiuiiun 11 nd rank,' of coiiimnml or obmli. enc, of foliations wealth, and all the va rt clii 8 of broken ilowu reapecliibilily ; of in tclli-ciiiai pri-Btnoss' mid ciilninis, or of vain iissii mi.l ion, or of bras -rt pretensiotii; ami, Indeed, of nil the defercntiiil griida. tiuim of souiul nnd mental life, dow n o the worn fc of igiioniiiiioii toil) noil to the ui uiihi u knlile iiljeeliifh of unliiro or pusi- lion, tiiini Inch iliceycN cveuollhe good and kind turn .niiifiilly awoy, - ' q In 1 ho iiK'HiiiiniP, old n:e keeps sleailily ailiHiiein, ahliough iiMiully considered o distant Mint ili voice otarlle 1 lio-tn iu find it close Ht hand, and ho aro unwarned by fiilinjj fiicultieft, or even by the over nccu iiiitluiing wrinkles tvhich have eurioualy usurped nil the face thut wa anco smooili and itnrnllleil. .Year arter year the sculp ture of aegoeg on. " Fiiehd Who meet after forty Vest's sepaiaiion, do not recng nizft .one another. ' i Kvery atibsequent tvvtlvemoinh lias left its truco in oni fea ture or anoiber, The mouth, once a doub le nro, expressive of 'what medical prose cannot convey, Inn jirrlmps bec-oine u slur eoiyped sorrow,1 with lines drawn tluwn iilnrullv fiom it cortiers. .. I here are Uriel's wriittn in I be eye which have never been expressed in wukIa, Thousand of in term cting lines are Fcribliled over the chucks, hs if a thnusurid elves lifive been emjifoy-.-d to vary Ihrm. The fairest, and broadest, and lofiiesl forehead presents ugly lilies, the shabby work ol dally troubles, and of 'lioso especially which full on d'-fi'iici-lcss senility. Yet the eyes, ihmigh grief worn, ung retain sonieihing of llieir iinniaitnl htill lemainiiig liistrmm nnd noble, u b.en n great and good roid bine lliroutih them, In the latest breath; but, neverthe less, twinkling, en 11 pi nj! ly and oimiinuslv, in thoso mIiO.-o mortal ighl linn been evi r bent fin llie rich baso tiuveincnl of the world. "' 1 ' ritoFANK Sweari.no We hnvo ofieu, lead,- re-rend, nml ndiiiired 'hu noble words of Wnliiiitmi against - profane swearing. While onrarinv was rncniiiin-d ut New York, the vice which almost of Course ult.-iid a soldi. -r's lil'e. b'gun to man jft r esl llicinsclvea. v uslnntlton m lienrt was griuvi d to hear the inline of God so often blasphemed, nnd be Killed llie following: ' "The General I sorry lo be Informed that the fo ' 1 i r. 1 1 nnd wicked practice or pro fane swearing, a viue little known her' to. fore In an American army, is-growing into fashion, llo hopes Hie olliuers will, by example as well a influence, endeavor to chetk it ; ttud lluit bfilh lliev and the men wilt red' el thnt wo can hnvo little hopn of the bloMiig of lleavpn on onr arm, if e insult it by our impropriety and folly Added o ibis, it is h live m mean nnd low, without any li-liinlalinn, thai every man f con-cii nt e and cbaiacUr (Jelesli and tie- spi.es it." ' ,'"' " V "' " "' ' ' Would flint nil commanders mlchtset such 11I1 example; ' Would ton thai everv young man mighl treahrn up ibesn words in hi heart, and, hs he loves and respects llie inenmry of Wtialiington, show that love and respect bv jiving heed to his wise counsel. Am. Mctienyer. ;, . -j; TacE Gskatness I cannot admire the man who pr-rii one virtue In high per fection, if be does no' al the same lime iios the opposite virtue in in equal d- U'reo; as inihucaseof ICpamiii'indas, w ho united the extrernes of valor hiiu of meek ness: wiiho'it this, it i not an rlevytied, but a fallen, charucier. (ireainei-a dos lint cmisMt in U-in at one tklrerne, but in ruacbinir both extremes nl nnc, and occu pying all tlie iiiii-rin.-dia'e space. lVrbap this i in no cake more than a midden move iiicnl of the s"il, from one extreme lo the olhr-r; and, like a burning brand, whirled quitkly round in a tirtlr, ii is never but in one iKiiiil of it course at a lime. KiH, this indicates ibe energy of the soul, if not Ut expansion, . . Ii l ft high critrwe, uch aa rob bevy and rtmrder, whiuh destroy ili ee of society. The tillage gn-i'. jealonaiea, family quarrel, and bickerings between neighbors, nieddlsom-n, and latiliag, are the worms that eat into all social bap pinex. . If A wg alieat towa ssys the hd.crerin J1 the lad"e wr1wr-a-dys are kart-foerdjalat- ' - ' - kmdt. r 1 i -ri- irt r ' . Al)VRltTlSINQ HAIM. Oii iua'r if jines or kw) 01, b.i.iJf ilO ' V " . two iiuierliiilis d.fli - three iiisertiotis, 6,)t , . , Kaeh tflbHuent IliseHioii, 1,10 Reasonable deductions lo those who advertise hy ; '. thfir..w,. J v I JOD PRINTING'. Tin raoraitToa nr vita AHCt'S i turrr lo Inform the pi.blie that Ls hu jnstreoeked a large siorJi of JOli TVt'Ksnd 01U1 lew jirinM iui( inui. riul, and will he. la the s tedy rnc pt v additions sliiied to all the n quireinrnis of th'a lo' cnliiy. HANDKII.IX, POrTKI!H, HI ANhf,' CAItUS, t'lltCL'I.AItH, I'AMI'III.KT-WOHK and other kinds, done lo order, on short rot re. . i A llAma Ixctt'KXT. At the battlc'of tho Thames a lunghublo lueident rxrnrWil,' which is thus related by one Uiu was (it, tho engagement: i, ; , ,,,,,,,, : Tho llritish Qcucrul hud formed his mu In order, With tho cannon pointing tlowrt' tho road by which the Americans Were nil vancilig. , Oen. Harrison took ndvuutngo of this, and Ordered Col. Johnsou'j moout-ii cd regiment to chargo at full ajwd,' by ' heads of companies (so as to expose tho least possible, front), pass through tlie optn Intervals, and fbrm in tho rear of the l!rit' ish force. The movement wui brilliantly I executed by tho battalion, Under tho com nmnd of Lieut. Col. Johnson, ot the sumo : tiino jcnviug the Indians with tho other 1 battalion. '. - 1 . ; '.. It happened thut In ono bf tho eompa nies tinder James Johnson's command thoro ' at a lingo brawny fellow named Itiub, to Weighed about two hundred and ton ' pouiuls, was a bravo nlaii, and good-lup indrod as good, as brave men proverbially', are. Lamb had broken down hit: Ken- ' tucky horso by his gteat weight, nnd wna ' mounted instead upon a abort, stout, wild I Cunadian pbny from whose sides hlM lotijj 1 limits suspended almost 1 to the ground, ' while his burly framo rose high abovd llio 1 beast's, looking not unlike, nu- overgrown boy at,trido n rough sliw p. :' When tho charge was nlnde, Lamb's " pony took fright ami broke into a mnj Lamb pulled Until the bit bi-oko in the aid-' hliil's mouth, and all command of him was 1 lost.1 The little pony stretched himself to " the work, dashed out of the ranks, eooii ' Outstripped all the file lenders, and pushed on iu ndvnnco of tho company' Lnnib ' was no longer mu.' tiT of his horse Or him ' selA ' If he rolled Off, ho would be trampled':' to death by his friendst if the horso-rushed l! upon tho British lines With him, W ftttf " ahead of the rest, hu must incvitulily bo ' killed. ', Either way, death teemed inevita 1 ble, and, to uso his owu expression, ho thought he'd " jist say something thoy cbuld ' till his friends when they went home." 1 1 He struck both feet into his pttny's flanks' 11 and urged hhn to his utmost speed. - On they drove some fifty yards in front of. tiio 1 leading file, Lamb's gigantic person Btvay '' ing from side, to side, and his legs swinging''' in a most portentons fashion, the little Canadian " pulling foot" all lie knew how,' I hiB cars' thrown buck, nnd his eyes Mushing i from under their shaggy forctbp with all ' tho spite and spleen of a born devil. ' Just 1 as ho got within a stride Or two of theKrit-i ish, Lamb flourished his rifle, and roarfri " Out lit a voice of thunder, " Clear the way, for Tin coming 1" ', ", .., Xohissnrpri.se the lines opened rIfcl.iV , and left, and liu passed through unhurt,ri( j no gt'eat Wus their UKtunishiucnl ut , (.lie l strange njipurition of such a rider and such .f a horse mnving ujion them with furious vc; . . locity, tlmt they ojicned mechanically at his .-i word Of command, and let him pass, f As soon as ho gained the rear of thc'i' position, Lamb rolled on tho grass, and , suffered hhr'pouy to go his owu road., ,A,, few minutes more, and he wus with w .. comrades seCiii'ing the prisoners; ... The Viiitcks'ok Borax! Tho 'washer-' women of Ilolland and Belgium, so pro verbially clenii, nnd who gel iip'tlicir liiieii sd beautifully white, uso refined borax as washing polvner, niste'nd of soda, 111 the proportion bf a lurgo hai'ulful of borax . powder to about ten gallons of boiling wn- ' ter; they snvo in soap nearly half. All ' the large washing eslublishments adopt tho j same mode. : For laces, cambrics,, tic.', an extra quantity of the powder is used, u'ud for crinolines (required to be miide .stiff) a strong Eblut'on is necessary. Borax being . a iicUtral salt, does not hi the slightest de-" groo injure the texturo of the linen 5 its' r'f-'J feet is to soften tho hardest water, nnd therefore it should be kept 011 every toilette '' table. : 'To the tasto It is rather sweet, !.'( ' used for 'cleaning the hair, is an excellent ' dentifrice, and in hot countries is used in ' cotnbitmtiun with tartaric odd and bi-ear boiluto of soda, ns a cooling beverage. ' Good ten cannot be tnndc With hard wuter; " ull water maj be made soft by adding d '' tca-spoonful of borax powder to an ordinary '' sired kettle of water, in which It shotiM ' boil. ' The saving in the quantity of ui will be at least one fifth. ' Americ aso Ecnoi EAX Tdie.- Cer- tain inquisitive readers, ays the rhiludel- phia Tress, who think that a ncwspr.pcr' ought to answer every question, desire n i to "give some idea of tlie relative time In , this country, and the terminus of the oei -in telegraph 111 Ireland." Our reply is, th;" when it is twelve o'clock at noon in Valen-1 tia, it is nearly nine a. m. at St.' Jolm-; -Newfoundland; ten luiuutc past eight ul Ilalifux, Xovu peofui; twenty-six miuuti: ', past seven at New York; twenty-two , minutes part seven at Philadelphia; fifteen ' minutes past seven at Washington; twenty-! three minutes past nix at Kcw Orleans, u?A twelve miuutes post four at Satvi'rune'sco.. In other words, an event which Jiappens ati.' Valentia at noon might be reported in I'.'.i! ' adelphia four honrs aud thirty-cM aiindu: 4befete, m h ?! I?-,- m 7.M m 'if t. ' 1 ' r'' l; I;' . I "..