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THE OREGON AKGUS, , BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. TKRMS-Thi A sou Kill it furniihed at 7"r Dattar no Filf Vtnli per annum, in . adcinee, to single mbecriberiTkree Dalian inch It ilnbi if tin at mi office in advnnei Whin Ihi monty ii nit faii in adtanei, fiur Dillf will hi lhargid if faii within lit mtntki, and f'iti dallnn at thi tni if thi year. (I in uiuarnjar 11 miniM n ntbicrip- tioni received fur a tin period, tW If' ftp dimntmnti until nil arreitrngei . an fata, nnieei at tiuopuonoj tki puMieher. over ikt River. Over the river llicy beckon la tne, ' Laved ohm who've crowd lo llie other side The Kleam of their snowy robes I mo, But their voieee ere drowned by the riulilng tide, There's one with ringlets of euniiy fold, . Aud eyee 111 reflection of heevvu e own blue lie craved in the lwililit grey tnd cold, ' And the pile mist hid him from mortal view. yi not angel that met him there, The gale of Ilia cily we could out tee Over the river, over the river, My brother stands wuiting to welcome me. brer the river the buslmun pale ' Carried another the household pet Ur brown curia waved in the gentle g.ile . Darling M unie! I eee her yet. She oroaeul on her bosom her dimp'eil hands, ' And fearleaeiy entered the pliautoin kirk We watched il glide from llie alver sands, ' And all our sunshine grew strangely dark, tye know ahe ie safe on ihe further aide, . Where all the rauaoined and angels be Over the river, the mystic river, My childhood's idol is wailing for me. I'or none return from Ihuee quiet shores, Who cross with llie boatman cold aud pale IVe hour the dip of the golden ours, 1 And catch a glimpse of the snowy nil A nd lo I lliey hnve passed from our yearning hearts, They 'Cress Ihe streiim, and are gone lor aye. We may net sunJer the veil apart, - That hiiks fron our visions the gates of day ) We only know that their barks no mora Sail with us o'er life's stormy sea ; Yet somewhere, I know, 011 the unseen shore, They watch, and b.xkuu, aud wait for me. And I ait and think when the sunset's gold Is flushing river, and hill, and shurw, I shall one day stand by the wnters cold And list to the sound of the boatman's o.iri I shaH watch for the glenm of Ihe flapping anil ; . 1 shall hea' the txml as it gains die slruud ; I shall pass from sylit with the boiiliniin pule, ' To Ihe better shore of the sp rit land j I shall know Ihe loved who hnve gone before, And joyfully sweet will the meeting be, When over the river, the peaceful river, 1 The angel of death shall carry me. j , - , Wetter n Epiecopnlian. A Sweep ninoi-cn the Stars. Celestial scenery affords one of the most sublime sub . jects f ooutouiplution which can fill the hu man mind; and in the boundless extent of the universe which surrounds us, we may learn the comparative insignificance of man, and the tiny and microscopic bit of dust which we have entitled Earth. Tiny and even microscopic it really is by comparison, although it may boast of a diameter of 8,000 miles or thereabouts, cither from pole to pole, r from the equatorial surface of one hemisphere opposite, Jupiter alone is equal to 1,300 Earthy the Sun to 1,400,000 Earths. Sirius to 11,200,000 of the same. ' But all that enormous mass of matter is no- thing still by comparison. Regard the ' inaantcnt'of heaven daring any clear, cloud Iessnioonlcss uight; the deep blue vault is scattered with stars, in number prodigious, wonderful. Who can tell their multitude ? No nun liv ing; and it is probable that no man will ever live who can. For they are supposed to be iufinitc in number abso lutely' without limit or end. More than twenty thousand stars are already register d on our catalogues, t William Herschcll, while observing cer . taia portions of tlw JJ'.lky Way, saw more than 50,000 stars pass orer the field of his telescope during a single hour, iu a strip of sky only two degrees in breadth. Lopluce admits that thero may exist ten thousand million stars; he might have ventured to guess as far as a million thousand milliou, and yet have remained within the truth. 1 Tut the sam of the bulk of all these togcth ' crj and then say whether the Earth is not a microscopic atom. The wonder is, that the animalcules who creep over the surface of this insignificant particle should be en dowed with sufficient intellectual power to speculate on the nature of the Sun and the arrangement of the Universe, But human thought and imagination can easily conceive that, beyond the space ac cessible to our eyes or our instruments, there exists space a hundred times, a thou sand million times larger than it than the finite space which onr finite organs and in struments are able to fathom. When once the mind has thus far climbed these lofty bights, whose utmost summit is inaccessible to human understanding those elevated regions, which are really the mountain-peaks of truth, it falls wonder-stricken and pros trate before the measureless power of Him who planned the Universe. ; Astronomers have succeeded, by ingent- A means, of whose correctness there is do "' ' 'oubt, in determining the distance - The only way In jftke Marcst ' ' w . s t0 concept.oa of which we can approau. ... that vast diataoce, is by maaVZ of the rate at which light is transmitted, Tor tne measurement of the interval between us art them. Sow, light travels 192,000 miles fa' a second of time, aad it takes the nearest ar more than sit years and a half to send vi Us light; in other worth, supposing that the star were ntterly annihilated, we should continae to see it for more than six years and a half after it has disappeared from its place. -This distance, reduced arithmetically to miles, becomes a range of figures too long to make any clear impression on the mind, so completely does it overstep our habitual scope of Dumeration. 'The size of the sun is oppressive to think of. If we suppose the earth placed in th middle of the sun, like tbe kernel inside a peach, to that their two canters coincided, the entire orbit of tbe moon would lie with in the solid body of the son, about half way between the center and the imfae?. To Ik A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jeffersohiaa Democracy, and advocating Vol. IV. comprehend the truth, therefore, wo must conceive a spucrical mass, whose rodius' stretches from tho center of tho earth to twice tho distance of the moon. A vessel which circumnavigates tho earth in three years, would require considerably more than the longest human life, numely, nearly 300 years, to perform a similar feat of naviga tion, ii sailing ut the same rate, round the sun. The study, therefore, of solar geogra phy, and anything like extcusive solur trav els, must be difficult undertakings for dwel lers on the sun, unless their term of life is very much more extended than our own. After this, think of the magnitude of that magnificent luminary, the Dog-star, which is calculated to bo eight timet as large as the sunt Weight, or the force of gravity, is 28 times as powerful at the surface of the sun as it is at the surface of the earth. A full- grown man, like one of ourselves, if he fell on the sun, from a hight equal to his own stature, would be smashed as if he had thrown himself from an earthly steeple. Button's cosmological theory, that a comet striking tho sun obliquely, knocked off splashes of igneous matter of vorious dimensions, and so produced the planets and their satellites, has long fallen into dis repute, and at the present day has received its death blow, from the current belief that the mass of a comet is next to nothing, and this is succeeded by the theory of the ex plosive projection of the whole solar system from the sun. The sun having a nark of rotation from west to cast, everything which proceeds from the sun must have also a rotary move ment from west to east, and, moreover, a motion of progression in the same direction. The satellites arc also part and parcel of the sun; but subsequently shot itfto space by the explosive force of tho planets around which they now revolve. The moon, for instance, is the daughter of the earth. Unless the tearing up, and the pro jection of a portion of our globe into open space be admitted, it is impossible to ex- plain satisfactorily tho hollowing-ont of the basins which contain the occas; whilst it is naturally accounted for, by admitting the projection of tho forty-ninth part (reckon iug by bulk) of the earth's substance, which cast-off portion now forms the lunar sphere, Such explosions are doubtless going on at the present day in other worlds. . When tbe explosions take place in a direction which is not fur from perpendicular, the force which occasions them is combined with the centrifugal force, and the solar ma terial may be projected in masses considera ble, and to distances sufficiently great to fonn the plnucts of our system. On the other hand, when the explosions shoot out their charge in cither of the other direc tions, the small misses which alone can be projected beyond tho limits of the sun's blazing atmosphere, are destined to tra verse the Heavens in all directions, and become comets, aerolites, or asteroids, with orbits more or less elliptical, and sometimes over irregular, causing them to wander from system to system. The doubling, or division, of several com ets, is a well-observed and well-proved phe nomenon; but the most remarkable circum stance is the discovery, on the very same day of 1848, in Europe and America re spectively, of a new satellite of Saturn. According to M. Boutigny's ideas, this new satellite was discovered immediately after its birth or projection; that is to say, that Saturn is still agitated by vibratory move ments, in which the centrifugal force pre dominates. It is scarcely possible to admit that Saturn, who has been constantly watched ever since the discovery of the last satellite but one, should have been able to hide from so many prying eyes tbe newly hatched bantling, whose existence has been so recently signalised. But, if all tbe bodies of our planetary system are the progeny of the sun, whence comes the sun himself? From another roach more voluminous sun, to whom ours would be nothiug bnt a planet, or a satel lite merely. And this other son ? From a third, vaster still. And, after that, what then ? And again, what then f To what first commencement can we trace the life, the laws, and the movements, which the Eternal Almighty Ruler has ordained to exist throughout bis Universe ? Whatever he may do, and wherever he may seek, the proudest human intellect it obliged at last to bow and worship before the incompre hensible power of the Supreme Governor of sous and worlds. AU We know is; that before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and worlds were made, there was One who ruled frdrn everlasting, and who will rale world without end. RoTinos or toe Sex. Dr. Boynton, in one of his lectures illustrating the effect Oh the planets of the rotary motion of the sun, said, " Were I to set in motion around my fingef a bah attached to a string, I could not keep it in motion without a slight oscil lation of the finger. So the sun, by bis .light movements, iiwr the planets going OREGON CITY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 27, j by the mighty but invisible connection of gravitation." ClIINES Jornsrvivn Aii tSitcpnnni uiMonary at Shanghai thus describes theld,y mwtn b '?ril'u',, "Tf mode of traveling In the region around that' OMOarfl"pr',nd ' colluion with En8hBd CKT. was regarded as not improbable. To-day, "Good roads, at least in this part Chiua, there ire are none. Land travel by narrow pathways, and either on horse back, iu sedan, or on a wheelbarrow. The richer classes trovel by the first two modes, the poorer by the lust But theso modes of Uaveling are scarcely ever used, except for short distances, or when the dis tance is a great dcul shorter by land than by water, and it is important to reach a given place sooner than could be accom plished by taking the boat. Tbe great highways of travel and of commerce are the numerous water-courses which intersect this country In every direction. The pus scnger bouts on these rivers are as admira bly adapted to their purpose as the sea going boats are uncouth and ill-adapted for uie use niauo or tiiem. And pcrhaiw in no country iu the world, where steamlxrats and railroads have not been Introduced, is to be found a mode of traveling which so com bines comfort and economy, as traveling on tuiuese river boats. A nice boat, contain ing three rooms one for himself, one for his teacher, and the other for his servant can be obtained by the missionary for one dollar a day, and even for a less sum, when he en gages the boat for a month. Tins sum in cludes the woges of tho four boatmen, and all the bout expenses. Another very im portant consideration is, that the missionary can pursue his studies with his teacher, aud prepare for preaching as regularly, and al most as conveniently, as in his own study; and missionaries who itinerate in this way, regulnrly HBvote their mornings to study. and the afternoons to preaching and dis- iriuuuug uooks. " I have dwelt so much at leneth npon this subject, because it is a matter of the highest consideration, when viewed in ref erence to the evangelization of this country, The missionary can travel to the remotest parts of this great empire at a very moder ate expense, una with great ease and com fort to himself; and. while traveling, need not lose any of those precious morning nours, wnich should be devoted to the study of the language and literature of the people to whom he wishes to preach the gospel intelligibly and acceptably." " Thbow Physic to Ins Does" Sod the Grand Catholico.n. A correspond ent of the Chicago Press writes from Ge neva, Wisconsin, the result of several years' experience in the use of soda as a medicine, especially in consumption and scrofula. He says he cures all kinds of disease with it, and never fails. lie says: " In 1832 I commenced giving soda to those sick with cholera; all got well. Those who took soda daily escaped. Since that time I have prescribed for nearly ev ery form of disease, and have commenced at every stage this side of death; and all have got well not one lost. Soino from under the hands of the most eminent medi cal men in our country. One (Mrs. Flin) from under the care of Doctor Hunter, of Aew lork city, for consumption, and by that gentleman pronounced too rur gone to recover. She is now well. Giorge Shcr burn, of Big Foot Prairie, St. Vitus' dance, was kept several months under the care of the professors of Hush Medical College, m Chicago. When brought to me. tho dis ease had spread to his brain; he was wild and rrnntx, yet helpless. 1 gave him soda, and in two weeks ho went home, went to his work, and has been hearty ever since. IlaskiPs daughter, of this villiuge, had been under treatment for scrofula two years. The 10th of May last she was brought to me, helpless; body and limbs ono confluent scab; in three weeks she was well." Writing a week I could not name all tbe desperate cases I have treated, yet all speedily got well, and soda was tho remedy. The writer furnishes the following direc tions for the use of his remedy: " Dissolve a tcaspoonful of soda in fresh cool water, and drink it all at a draught. The muriatic acid already present in the stomach will very soon convert that drink of soda into brine of common salt, which salt water will make you feel very disagree able for a short time. If too severe, dilute it by drinking largely of water. The brine may gulch back; if so, all the better. Take another glass of soda. If yon have an acute disease, as fever or small pox, drink soda all the time till you break it up. As soon as you get soda enonglt down, your disease will die and you will get well. If it be a disease of long standing, take six or seven hooping teaspoonfuls of soda per day till you are well. Mothers, if your nursing babes be sick, drink soda freely yourselves, and let your babe nurse, and yonr babe will soon get well. If yonr babe cries, is cross, or is worrisome, drink soda yourself. It is better tlmn paregoric." Stoor Shocldefs.s If a catalogue of our national sins be ever completed, it should embrace those of having round shoulders, so called. We are very largely a nation of stoopers, from the farmer in bis shirt-sleeves to the advocate at his table. There is not the slightet necessity for this, and it is as ungainly as it is unhealthy. Boys who have a tendency to "lop" should be made to straighten themselves, and if kind counsel will nbt bring thera to their perpendiculars, ridicule should be resorted to and persevered in until the thing is done. There is probably not more than one pair of stooping shoulders in a hundred which stoop unavoidably. Free exercise of all the muscles of the chest, back, and abdo men, in the erect position, will cure the evil. Walking has no tendency to do thi. Lift JUuilraUd. VST Tongues are like race-horses they run tbe faster tbe less weight tbey carry. Tin Fbaterxal EiiBRicM. Nation, like Individuals, exhibit singular freaks in their friendships and quarrels. But yester- of,uu,n," loionm 1st u,,lt1 in mrriago with Columbia, and all join in the hope that the union may prove a happy one. The cable has certainly work ed wonders. The flags of England aud America are everywhere united iu a loving embrace. Washington anuounccd bis policy to be, to cultivate peace with all the world, to ob serve treaties with true and absolute faith, to check every deviation from the line of Impartiality, to explain what may have been misapprehended, and correct what may be Injurious to any uation, and having thus acquired the right, to lose do time iu acquiring the ability to iusitt upon justice being doue to ourselves. In our foreign re lations these maxims have been maintained despite tho effort of filibusters to involve our Government in discreditable forays. At one period of tho French Revolution, our flag was entwiued with the Republican flag in the hall of the French Convention, amidst shouts of applause from the Jueo blns, tho Convention having decreed that the flags of the American and France Re publics should be united and fly together In their hall, in testimony of the uuion and friendship which ought ever to subsist be tween the two people. Mr. Monroe, our minister plenipotentiary, seized the occasion to present, in the name of the American people, our national colors. The presenta tion was entrusted to Captain Barney, of our navy, and tho scene, as recorded In an old journal in onr possession, is worthy the pencil of an artist. Barney entered the hall amidst the loudest acclamations of the assembly, bearing the flag unfurled. In presenting it be made a neat littlo speech. One of the Deputies then rose and said: " The officer who has just spoken to you from the bar is one of the most distinguish ed military men of America. Ho essential ly contributed to the liberty of his own country. He may be equally serviceable in giving liberty to France. I desire that tho President shall give tbe fraternal embrace to this brave man." "The embrace" was echoed from all parts of tho Lull-, and was decreed. The American officer advenccd, with his flag streaming, to the chair of the President, who gave him the fraternal kiss amidst the unanimous and reiterated applause of the hall. Somo of the transparencies in honor of the laying of the cable were adorned with medallion portraits of the Queen and Pros! dent, emblematic of the fraternal kist which England and America gave ou the first of September. Philadelphia Prtu, An Intebesti.vo Phenomenon. At a short distance beyond Mount Olivet, says Mrs. Johnson, in her " Hadji in Syria," is a fountain from which individuals pretend to make the water flow, and to send it back, by incantation. Tbe guide of tho party repeated a long, imposing chant) the bur den of which was, " the colored man whip ped the white man," and at once the water gushed from the ground. Waiting a little, he reversed the chorus, making the white man whip the colored one, and immediately the water retreated beneath tbe ground. The party, by remaining on the ground awhile, learned the cause of this phenom enon. The spring was an intermittent one, which sent out a stream at intervals; re gardless of magic or mummery, the stream appears and disappears, as the source re ceives supplies. Nature's magic is always admirable. Fultit AniCdoti A minirler, preaching oh theaubjectof mimfreaeniation abil alander, aid i " When profeaiora of rcl g'on ao far degrade ihriit rlvea and their profenion aa to attempt to injure olhen by lying and mitrepreaenlatioti, they hould remember that, when the devil woe disputing with Ihearehanjul about llie body of Maeee, the Lard would not permit the archangel to bring a railing acrjuaation agaiuat the devil and until thrjr can prove that the individual they with to injure it worn than the devil, and thai they thcmeelree are better than the archangel, tho B.ble reqnirea them lo hold their tongoea and mind their own buiiuMa.'1 tar He who would win the fight, should let his labor be on earth; be must everebme the flesh and the external Will, and all his desires shall be accomplished. tOf Cyrus W. Field crossed the Atlan tic twenty-one times on business of the Tel egraph Company. 19 Dr. Ablel A. Cooley, wbo died re cently at Hartford, Conn., was tbe inven tor of lucifer matches. MiTAraTsics. Words to stay the ap petite till facts are ready. Feeling for a science iu the dark. Mr Some lawyers are like necessity they " know no law." If " If jva Wall to tnaka a ahoe of dunble maieriale," taid tho fceetioue Laacobngh, jna hoald take tbe apper part of tbe momUi of a hard drinker, fat it Barer lets ia water." jy Lightning rodataka the miecbiaf oal af Ihe J eloada bieaory rode take rt evt of the bad bora. the side of Truth in every isaue. 1 858. No. 33. The Declaration or Independence. In the Press, a few days ago, appeared a paragraph giving the state of the thermom eter unou the fourth of July, 1110, "when the Declaration of Independence was signed." The Declaration of Independence was not tignrd on that day, but on and after the 2d or August, IT 70, as appears from the letter of Gov. McKcnn upon the sub ject, priuted hi the Appendix to the first volume or the Laws of Pennsylvania. (Dallus's edition.)' Owing to this delay, one who voted for the Declaration (Henry Winner, of cw York) did not sign it, and six persons signed it, who were not members of Con gress ou the 4th of July, when it was adopted namely, Matthew Thornton, Benjamin Rush, Geo. Clymer, Jas. Smith, Geo. Taylor, and Geo. Rots. Gov. Mo Kean states that Matthew Thornton did not tako his seat in Congress until the 4th of November, 1776, four months after the adoption of the Declaration, aud that the other named were not chosen members of Congress until the 20th of July. The whole letter of Govcmor McKean Is very interesting, and it would be a good plan for the newspapers to reprint it annually, on or about the 4th of July. Philadelphia Foa Lacniai Uoaaa, Oliver Wendell Holmee, Ihe lecturer, aaya of popular audienveii " I thoiild bo very aurry lo aay anything diire- rneclful of audirncce. I have bntn I ndly treated by a gn at many, and may occasionally face ou h. renter. lut I tell you the attngi lutellect uf five hundreJ permine, taken aa they come, ia not very h eh. It nuiy bo amind and eafe, to far aa it guea, but it ia nut very rapid or profound." Lei not auft aluniber cloae my eyee, Kre I hnve reoullrcled three The train of aclioin through the day Where have my feel marked out their way? What have I Itami-d where'er I've been, From all I've heard, from all I've eean t Mint kuow I more, that "a worth the knowing f What have I done that's worth the doing I What have 1 sought that I should shunt What duties have I left undone? Or into what new fulliee run t These self-inquiries are the mad That leads to virtue and to tioo. Fnm the Ortek if PytUgoru. t3f Virginia K. Townsenrf, in the ed itor's department of the Ladies' Home Mag azine, gts otTihe fullotting beautiful gem about September : "Slit hm kindled her watch fires in the west I Piles of amlier and flames of crim son mskegloiioui hersunteis. The nights are cool with dews, and aad with the chirp ing of crickets. The glory of the year ia upon u, the stillne-s, the culmination. In a little while the banners of yellow and crimson will be run up among the forest oaks and inajiles, and the anointed amung itiPti rluill rend I heir message. Ihe tables of the year's gtrst f al are rpread in val ley ami nieaduws, and orchards. Lo! the earth has made ready her banquet! Ann tne Hearts llml read this message thill thrill back in iirauful triumph their blessed answer1 God U good,' " Z3T An educated man stands, as it were, in the inidnt of a boundless arsenal anil inngRziiie, filled with all the weapons and engine which mini's skill has been able to devise from the earliest time; and he work", accordingly, with a strength borrowed from all past ag.-s, How differ enl i hi slate whu stand on ihe outnido of lliat storehouse, and feels that iis gates miixl be stornifd, or remain forever shut a;uinsi him I Hi means are llie common est and riidrai ( ihe mere woik done is no measure of In strength. A dwarf behind his steam engine may remove mountains; but no dwarf will hew litem down with th pickax ; and he mini be a Titan that hurls them abroad with his arm. Carlyli, t3T Providence has willed thai man should bu the head of the human race, even as woman ia its heart ; that he should be iis wisdom, and she it grace; that he should be iis understanding, iis impetus, and its courage, and ahe il sentiment, il charm, and its consolation. Jty Fulsehorid is never so successful a when she units her hook wiin truth, and those opinions are more apt to fa tally mislead us that are not wholly wrong. Cnlton. XT' There are son! which fall from heaven like flowers, but era, the pure and fresh buds can open lo the light, and dif fuse iheir fragrance, thry are trodden in he dust of the earth, and he soiled and crushed under the foul l read Of sums bru- al hoof. Jsan Paul. XT' Kind word mm Ihe bn'oblest flow- eri of earth use them, ami especially around the fireside circle, for I hey make paradise of llie humulesi home. I hey are jewels byond price, and nm's precious tt heal the wuUmierj heart and make ilia downcast spirit glad, I hen all other bless ings earth can give, Egos ma Husks. The while of an egK has proved uf lale the most efficacious lemedy for burns. Seven or eight sue- cesive applications or tma suostance soothe the pain and effectually exclude the burned parts from the air. I hi sim ple remedy seems preferable to collodion or cot i on. 3P A lodge in Indiana threatened to Ine a lawyer fee contempt of court. " I have etpressed no contempt for the court," said the lawyer "on ihe contrary, I have carefully eoneaalcd my reel ing." HTTbeophraatae, ef Athena, wbo lived one bondred years, said, more than Iw thousand years ago, that " anaa tires of everything bat a farm aad a garden." . rrl eoort, one apoa a tin, the e'er dearored lo disperse Ihe orowd by ewJaimiog, - At y lck(tra thai iae't wyera V Um ADVEKTI81KO RATES. One sqiirt (II lines or less) one iusertloa, ifiO - twu Insertions, 4,00 - three iueertiooa, 5,1 0 Each subsequent insertion, 1,00 Reasonable deductions lo those who advertise by the year, rnt i it rm-r-,x. -n irmnr-mi- JOB PRINTING. Thi rioraiaroB or Tin ARGl'H n Hsrrt to Inform the public that he has just received a large suck of JUli TYl'K and other new print ing material, and will be in ihe apeedy receipt additions suited to all the requirements of th e k callty. IIANDKIUil, POSTICUS, LI.ANKB. CAUD8, CIltCULARH, PAMI'III.KT-WOUK and other kinds, done to order, on short notice. - Tut Ncavis and thk Mcsci.ks. Each nerve bos two roots which iwiuc separately from the side of the splnul cord, but almost immediately coulesce and run together liko a single cyliudcr. Sir Charles Hull detect ed the leading fuct, which bus thrown such a flood of light upon the nervous system, that oue of these roots consisted cxcliuuvcly of sensitive fibres, and its fellow entirely of fi bres of motion. Irritate tho root which emerges nearest to tho back of the cord," and the sufTcriug is intense. Irritate the root which comes out toward tho front of the cord, and no puiu whatever is felt, but Irrepressible ratuculur movements arc pro voked. Iu tbo marvelous plan of Provi dence similar fibres have been invested with separuto functions; and the hidden muscles being plentifully supplied with nerves of motion, and sparingly furnished with the nerves of sensation which confer such ex quisite properties upon our outer iutegu mcuts, each organ fulfills its own cud with out detrimcut to tho system. Notwithstanding the subdued sensibility of tho muscles, they nevertheless aro pos scsscd of a property which has been termed by Sir Charles Dell the musculur sense, a . sense which is absolutely essential to the sustuined performance of many of the com nioucst actions of life. If, he says, we shut : our eyes, wo cau still tell tho positiou of our limbs whether the arm, for instance, U held out, or whether it hangs loose by our sides lly what means is the mind cog nizaut of this circumstance, since wo neither touch uor see anything f Mainly by the consciousness proceeding from tho muscles themselves, which iufbrnu us of tlieir state, and tells lis where they aro and what they' are about when there is no second channel through which the knowledge can be fully attained, The cases in which the faculty Is destroyed best show its use. Sir Charles Bell attended a woman who had loot the muscular power of ono sum, but retained it , in the other. Though tho muscular power, however, remained, tho musculur sensibility was extinct, aud the result was that when she used the serviceable arm to hold her Iu funt to her bosom, it only did its duty while her eyes wcro kept fixed upon it. Tho moment any object withdrew her at ; tenlmn, her arm gradually relaxed, and tho child Was In danger of fulling. Effect of Heat upon Meat. Profci sor Johnston, in his " Chemistry of Common Life," says thut a well cooked piece of meat should be full of its own juice, or natural gravy. In roasting, therefore, it should be exposed to a quick fire, that the external surface may bo mado to contract at once, ' and tho albumen to coagulate, before tho juice has had timo to escape from Within. . The observations apply to boiling; when a piece of beef or mutton is plunged into boil mg water the outer part contracts, tho albumen which is near the surfneo coagu- : Intes, and tho internal juiee is prevented cither from escaping into the water by which it is surrounded, or from being dilut ed or weakened by tho admission of Water among it. When cut up, therefore, tho meat yields much gravy, and is rich in flavor, Hence a beefsteak or mutton chop is dono quickly, and over a quick fire, that ( the natural juices may be returned. On the other hand, if the meat be done over a slow ' lire, its pores remain open, tho juice contiii- ; ues to flow from within as it has driod from the surface, and tho flesh pines and be- , comes dry, hard, and unsavory. Of, if it be put in colli and tepid water, which Is afterwards brought to a boil, much of the ' albumen is extracted before it coagulates, the natural juices for the most part flow out, and the meat served is in a neurly tastelesH state. Hence to prepare good boiled ment it should at once lie put into water nlrvudy brought to a boil, litit to make btcf tea, mutton broth and otltef hicut soups, tho flesh should lie put into cold water, and this afterwards very slowly warmed, and finally boiled, Tho advantage derived from simmering a term uot itiifrcqticnt in cookery books depends very mtrch on tho effects of slow boiling, as above explained. The Female Si.avks of Lond-on. Tho London Weekly Times says that the young milliners and dressmakers of that city aro condemned to sixteen, seventeen, cr eight een hours of toil out of the twenty-fonr iu each day and night. Their work is carried on in crowded, unvenlilatcd rooms, wheru their frames are kept bent at their labor mi til their eyes and their liinbs refuse to per form their duty. They have a short and painful life and an early grave. In a re cent speech, Lord Shaftesbury said that many of these young women had been trained gently and tenderly, in delicate and happy homes, possessing all the virtues and tenderness that belong to the female sex, and rendered more obedient, more unmur muring, more slavishly subject to tbe au thority and tyranny of those that are put over them. His lordship adds that they have DO alternative between submission and tho street door; and then asks, " Ii the condition of such a young woman on- whit better than the condition of the mof t wretched slave ia the Southern Statu tf America, J" fBT A grandson of Benedict Amok:, the American traitor, is now an Episcopal clerevaaan in England. Ha is the only ale heir of tbe traitor that survive