Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 39, Brookville, Franklin County, 28 September 1838 — Page 2
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From a late number of the Edinburgh Rivitw. A9TONI3HIXG FACT. BEL ATI VE TO FORMER ORGANIC WORLD. Dr. Buckland now proceeds to the most Important and popular branch of his subject to Rive a description of the interesting fossil organic remains, and to show that the extinct species of plants and animals which formcrlv occupied our planet, display even in
their fragments and relics, the same marks of
wisdom and design wnicn nave Dcen univer
sally recognised n the existing species ol or canised being.
After giving some account of the supposed
cases tf fossil human bones, and establishing
the remarkable fact of the "total absence of
any vestiges of the human species throughout
the entire series of geological formations,'
our author passes to the general history of
fossil organic remains:
wlt is marrellous that mankind should have gone on for so many centuries in ignorance of the fact, which is now so fully demonstrated, that no small part of the present surface of the earth is derived from the remains of almost what constituted the population of the nnscicnt seas. Many extensive plants and missive mountains form, as it were, the great charnel houses of preceding generations, in
which the petrified cruviae of extinct races of
nnimats and vegetables are piled into stupendous monuments of the operations of life and
death, during almost immeasurable periods of
past time. At the sight of a spectacle, sas
Cuvicr, so imposing, so terrible, as that of
the wreck of animal life, forming almost tne
entire soil on whieh we tiead, it is difficult to
restrain the imagination from haarding somo conjectures as to the cause by which such great effects have been produced.' The deeper we descend into the strata of the earth, the higher do we ascend into the archaeological history of thepast ages of creation. We find, successive stages marked by varying forms of animal and vegetable life, and these generally differ more and more
widely from existing species as we go further
downwards into the receptacles of the wreck
of more ansrient creations. Besides the more obvious remains of lestacea and of larger animals, minute examination discloses, occasionally, prodigious accumulations of microscopic shells thai surprise ui no less by their abundance than their extreme minuteness; the mode in which they are sometimes crowdid together may be estimated from the fart that Soldani collected
from less thin an ounce and a haif of stone,
found in the hills of Casciana, in Tuscanv.
10,451 microscopic chambered shells.
Of several species of these shells four or five hundred weigh but a single grain; of one
species he calculated that a thousand individuals would scarcely weigh one grain." Extraordinary as these phenomena must appear, the recent discoveries of Ehrenbeng. made since the publication of Dr. Buckland's work, are still more marvellous and instructive. This eminent naturalist, whose discoveries respecting the existing infusorial anltnils we have already noticed, his discovered fossil animalcules, or infusorial organic re
mains: and not only has he discovered their
existence by the microscope, but he has found
that they form extensive strata of tripoli, or
pou schiefer, (polishing .slate) and Franzcn
had, in Bohemia a substance supposed to have been formed from sediments of flue volcanic ashes in quiet waters. These animals belong to the genus Bacillaria, and inhabit silkcoui' shells, the accumulation of which from the strata of polising slate. The size of a single individual of these animalcules is nbout 1,288th of a line, &400th part of an inch. In the polishing slate from Bilin, in which there seems no extraneous matter, and no vacuities, a cubic line contains, in round numbers, 23,000.000 of these animals, and a cubic inch -11,000,000,000 of them. The weight of the cubic inch of the tripoli which contains them is iI70 grains. Ilcr.ce there nre 187,000,000 of these anim tlculc in a
single grain, or the siliceous coat of one of
these animals is the I $,000, 000th part of a grain! Since Ihis strange discovery was made, Mr.
Ehreuberg has detected the same fossil animals in the semiopal, which is found along with the polishing slate in the tertiary strata of Bilin, in the chalk, flints, and even in the
temiopal or noble opal of the porphyrilic
rocks. What a singular application does this
fact exhibit of the remains of the anscient
world ! While our habitations are sometimes
built of the solid aggregate of millions of mic
roscopic shells, while, as we have seen, our
apartments are heated and lighted with the
wreck of mighty forests that covered the primeval valleys, the chaplet of beauty shines with the very sepulchcrs in which millions of animals are entombed! Thus has death become the handmaid and ornament of life. Would that it were also its instructor and guide!
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HIT DUUlCi UUl 1 iiuimru nil tvm a J . . . . . . . .
threw myself down id Mlitude, mat i might wrestle alone with my fate, and subdue it; a lieht footstep approached, but 1 heeded it not.
A form ot beauty was on a soia oy my siae,
but I regarded it not. Then my hand was
softly clasped, breathed upon, pressed to ruby
linj. It was enough, 1 look my daugiuer in
my arms and my sorrow vanished. Had she essayed the hackney'd expressions of sympa
thy, or even the usual epithets ot endearment,
1 might have desired her to leave my presence. Had she uttered only a single word, it
would have been too much, so wounded w as
my spirit within me. But the deed, the very poetry, of tendeincss, breathing, not speak
ing, melted "the winter ol my aiscomem. Ever was she endured with that most exquisite of woman's perfections, a knowledge both when to be silent and when to speak, nnd so to speak, that the frost might disolc from r . . ... i ... ! i . i
around the heart she ioveu,anu usuiscurus up
turned to harmony.
from the hand, of the author and glowing iCHAUAUTERlSTK OF THE UERMAW t iK. . i:. nriiu. n rent I The Germans are not to domestic people
Spirit, which pervades and quickens it. It is as the English, yet, perhaps, more so than the
What a cross-grained.unreonahle, wife-ill treating scamp, the hero of the following an p. int must have been! His amiable wife
-- tlinnc:ml limn too eood for him. Let
it he remembered, however, that she reform
ed him by gentleness, the only way in w hich
a w ife ought ever to attempt to reiorm a nus band. Cm . fih ig. A GEXTHE REPROOF. BT 9. 8LIEPER.
One day, as Zachariah Hodgson was going to his daily vocation after breakfast, hi pur
chased a fine large codfish, and sent it home.
ritten on the arched sky. It looks trom
every star. It is on the sailing cloud, and in the invisible wind. It is among the hills and valleys of earth where the shrubless moun
tain lops pierce the thin atmosphere ol eternal winter, with its dark w aves of green foliage. li is spread out like a legible language upon
the broad fare of the unsleeping ocean. It is
the poetry of nature. It is this wlich uplifts the spirit within us. until it is taM enough to
overlook the shadow s of our place of probation; which breaks, link after link, the chain which binds us to materiality; nnd which
opens to our imagination n worldxf spiritual
beaut' and holiness.
The Bishop Tricked. When n certain
Bishop, who held many livings was one day travelling on n visitation, he met a poor cu
rate of his diocese, and desired to know which
wav he was eoinvl "To Farnham, said the
curate. "Then, sir," said the bishop, with great pomposity and haughtiness .f tone, 1 must desire that you w ill call at surh in inn.
and order me a good
means of this, ek swarms which wauld set
lire ' through the winter, may be united to strong stocks. Mr. C. stated it as a fact.
French. The taste of he middle ana lower bourne our by experiment, that a hive thus classes carries them incessantly to public gar- doubled will not consume more honey in the dens, coffee-houses, the table d'hote, and the winter than a 3tock in its natural state. This
theatre. In the neiehlorlio(vi ol every town: w as discovered nv a pastor, ue oeuor ihe
m e one. two. three, or more public gardens in
n birh pond band of music is stationed at
the hours of resort: some parties promanade; in n few even dancing is practised, but the
greater part of the visitois seat themselves in the open air, consume ices, coffee and beer. The women often knitting, the men usually engaged in smoking. The musicians send nnn nl their number round to the company.
n l.nrnllprU.nn a sheet of music, a few pence
from the liberal. The theatre is a universal amusement, nnd a constant theme of criticism.
A large portion of the male populatien dine daily at the table d'ho'.c, not long after midday, and here a considerable portion of their
time is disipa(ed. The higher orders, in ad
additional heat seems to serve instead of additional food, to keep up the vitality of the
half torpid bees. He recommends a cold, dry.
dark room, the colder the better, as the be;'
winter quarter for bees, l hey consume le?s honey than if left on their summer stand?, and will not be weakened by the loss of thousands, which tempted out by the pn. mature warmth of some early spring day, are caught by the cold winds, fall to the ground and i,t -
vcr rise again, uryness nowever is essentia!; and he describes the principal of ventiiiaticu,
or proper airing of the hives in summer, a the most valuable improvement in becket pin g. Every farmer should keep bets; a fiv.swarms to furnish doner for his own u?e if r.o
dition to the theatre, derive one ol their cmei more. 1 hey cost nuie, lorage wnerever li.e gratifications from a summer visit to some min- wild flow ers grow, have no ideas ofdistim . i ral spring, and here they live altogether in a tion in landed property and furnish the indi-
family manner; enure families at these Dainsjvidual who has a taste lor siucying me nahi:
dinner." "For your 8Un. and even breakfast, in public. In the of insects, or observing the wonders ofthi-.t
cutate. 'Certainh, smaller towns the men of learning confine power we call instinct, an ample field of sur-
irrace alone?'1 said th;
sir." The poor parson w as a man of some themselves unremittingly lo their cabinets.) prise nnd gratification. Genesee Farmer.
humor, and feeling himself a little hurt by the and it is in such scenes that the really learned
meanness of his commission, told the landlord German is in his element, an individual nl- FmsT removing from home. Beheld
of the inn that he must provide a dinner of I most totally distinct from the rest of his Euro- youth removing from home, to go lo school, to
three removes, for a dozen of II e clergy, with pcan colleagues, in the inlcnseness ol hisstu-jCarn a business, or to travel, ace: he departs.
the bishop at the head, nnd a handsome dec- ,i s. the extent of his acquirements, and the ert into the bargain. His grace, on his ar- implicit of his manners. The cosmopolitan
rival, was a good deal surprised at the pre- man of learning, who understands most of the
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with directions to his wife to have it cooked parations, out on caning ior me out oi iare. European languages, ana some oi uie QTieuuu
for dinner. As no particular mode of cook- his astouislm ent was great beyond desrrip- ones, w ho is conversant with almost every set
inr it wsi nrescrihed. the pood woman well tion; then ringing violently for the landlord, ence, is, perhaps, only lo be lound, at the pre
boil, rl if or made it exclaimcd,''how in the name of wonder could sent moment, in Germany ; he dillers
in'o a rhow der.her husband w ould scold her you think of such a profusion for a single per- most other specimens of the same class,
i,.n r-.mr. Immp. Hut she resolved to son." "Sir," said the landlord, "the gentle- only In his attainments, but in the scrupu
not
ious
please him once if possible, ami therefore, man saia there was at least n aozen ciergj- exactiiuac in tne conscientious manner in
cooked portions of it in several different wa)s. men there was the bishop of '"that is which he weighs evidence, and records every She also with some little difficulty, procured me"' "and dean ofSalishury" "that am I," minute shade of fact, and also in his impar-
calling
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an amphibious animal 110m a otook one ui wm "-"-iiu - ii.imi ,uu m umi giiimi mn iui mo .r
Ihe house, and rlumued it into the pot. In ter -so ami "Vicnrot "so am which enables him to disregard pecuniary
hu iitni bi.r htisband came home saw some I" the Master of College" so am I. ' profit, and confine his anxiety to the noble
covered dishes placed on the table, and, with Here the Bi?hop, smoking the jest, told the ambition of instructing his brethren, of conci ' . .. . . t 11 1 l.f .1. r .1 . .1 I,..- .1 v . .
a frowning, faull-hnding look, the moodv man tanuioru ne Knew me. ri si or ine getmnnm. so iiaiing tne sutiragcs ol the wise, nnu oi lay
commenced the conversation. desired him lo send up the dinner directly, ing the foundations of a posthumous fame,
"Well, wife, did you get the fish 1 bought! nut not n utile chagrined at wnnt he snouia which, alas! is too rarely completed in a las
ling edifice. 1 horc who are in scan hoi pre
cise, faithful, and extended collections of fact
The fond mother views him fiom the window.
and turns away lo weep. The filher accompanies him to n distance, nnd having lift him, looks back again,and prays. "The God which fed me all my life-loi g unto this d:ir, the angel which redeemed me from all cv;I
from bless the lad." Though in such circumstan
ces he still engrosses affection and solicitude,
be is no longer immediately under the notice
of parents. They haro given him instruc'.ii n,
they can maintain a correspondence by writing; but they are no longer near him; and I.e may full into mistakes which will decide 1 1 is condition, before they can know the danger, or offer advice. To such a youth God "wilt thou not from this time, cry unto me. My Father, thou art the guide of my 3 tilth!'' Jay's Address to Youth.
have to pny.
Rev. Mr. Winslow's Opinion of Newsp- which omit nothing, and trace every thing to
PEns. A ready vehicle of public intelligence source, must turn exclusively to the htera-
and instruction, newspapers are of indispen- lu,R oi tins country, w hich, indeed, lornts a
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ib!e serrice thev urc eminently Kcpuhli- vasi ana inexhaustible mine, in whitn the
can. 1 hey nre Ihe most constant compan- pueni Merman collects me native ore, wnue
"Yes, mv dear."
"1 should like to know how you have cooked
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it. I will bet any thing yon have spoiieu it for my eating, (taking off the rover.) I
thought so. V hat in creation possessed you
to fry ill 1 would as leave eat a noilca irog.
"Why, my dear, I thought vou loved itbesl
fried." ions and teachers of the people. In their more careless or more idle laborers Irom other
"You didn't think any surh thing; you dailv visits, thev are at the doors of Iheir nat- countries too frennentlv carrv off the precious
knew better. 1 never loved fried fish; why pons lo give them the news, first in the morn- mettle, without always acknowledging the l.:l :.if I- . ; r .1.. .1 I (Yn.. .11.- I. ....J ...i.:u 1 1 1 1 . 1.
uiu 111 juu uuii iu 1 nig aim nrsi 111 111c eveiiiii; irequeuiiy iney 1 mmu diih.ii uiii nurKCU nnu muni
My dear, the last time we had Iresh hsh. breakfast and dine nnd sup with them: they continues to work during night and day
you know I boiled it, and you sad you liked entertain them in the parlor, nnd advise ihem Frankness, honesty, s:mplicily, and diffidence.
it best fried, out I have boiled some also, in the counting-room, they travel with them are original characteristics of the national
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iso saying, -she lilted a cover, ana 101 tne i)n Hn the coaches, cars, nnd steamboats upon character, sometimes disappearing on the
shoulders of the cod, nicelv boiled, were nent- ihe public ways; I here is not an athenaeum frontiers, but strongly marked in the centre. .... ... . 1 . j 1.1 .iii 1 ' . 1 ,. .. .
I)" deposited in a uisli a sight ol wnicn wouiu or reading room, nor house of entertninmcn, ana above all, conspicuous in the smaller
have made an epicure reoice, but which only nor any place of public daily resort, where towns and in the rural districts. Modestv ts
added to the ill-nature of her husband. their forms are not seen and their voices n peculiarity of the German character, which
"A pretty dish, this!" exclaimed he;"boiled heard. appears, indeed, to a certain degree innate in
fish. chips, and porridge. Ifyou had not been They are in truth the omnipresent genius e.ll the great family diffused fiom this stock
oncofthe most stupid of womankind you an, talclary goddesses of the people; and if throughout the north of Europe. It is only in
would have made it into acnowaer. there be nnv truth in the proverb, that thev the Germanic lamilv. in which oui own race
His patient wife, with smile, immediately wJO perpetually hs.ve our cars have at least is of course included, that the characteristic
placed a tureen before him containing an ex- our faith, their influence must be great and of diffidence is to be usually seen, which man
ctllent chowder. decisive upon the destinies of this Republic, ifestsilself under various forms, but esneriallv
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The people of Cincinnati are all in a fn er about the October elections. Great exertions are being made by the Whig party to unite upon one ret of Candidates, but there are to many who desire fo he "drcst in a little brief authority" that they find a considerable difficulty in doing so. It will be a matter of spc
cial regrel if they who claim to be so nfiiud and intellcc'ual should ni l succeed in clcc lirg
to Congress a more respectable representative t lintl rtiillm- Tl.inn IV 1.1 t
case this worthy personage should be re-elected that the Cincinnatians should son- him cn astride of a cannon that he mar more effectu
ally awe the House, fhan he dil with his celebrated rifle. Louisville Gcz.
please y
"Fav
dear," said she, ;I was resolved to Considering their immense power over the in a respect for the opinions of others, in you. There is your favorite dish." public mind, every got d citizen must see the distrust of one's own powers of pleasing, ar roritc dish, indeed!" grumbled the dis- importance of endeavoring to save them from in an earnest endeavor to conciliate and
comfited husband ;UI dare say it is an unpal- perversion, of elevating their character and accommodate. It would be invidious to puratable, w ishy-washy mess. 1 would rather disseminating them as widely as possible. sue th's topic into the various national cornhave a boiled frog than the whole of it." Every family that can afford it should take parisons which it is capable of 8uiTtini !,,
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i ins was a cuuiiiiuh vApressiun ui ms, a'i i least one paper, and should exercise the ine couniries in winch this trait is not part of had been anticipated by his wife. As soon most wise dis-. rimination in the selection. the national character, it is too often inlerpre-
Rail road Pill-counting Machine. A Dr. Peters, somewhere down east has inverted a machine, worked by a dog, which counts his pills and distributes them into boxes, performing altogether the labor of twelve persons. To cap the climax of his improvement, wc think if he could prevail on the Miimalto swallow them, he might be numbered f-rrerg the benefactors of his race. Gc;.
as the preference was expressed, she uncover- Few men confer more benefit on the commu- led into pride and arrogance, of which it is
cd a large dish near ner nust.nna; tncre was n,j than good editors, and few do more harm the very antipodes llaickins Germany fa.
a turge vun jrvg, ui punt-litmus uiiiitusiuus man unu ones. Uration, July 4A, ItsiS. and pugnacious aspect, stretched out at full length! Zacharinh sprung from his chair, not a tittle frightened at the unexpected appa- 1 ocrage. There is no trial of courrjtjon age w hich w ill bear comparison with that of a
"My dear," said his wife, in a kind, entreat- nian, Whose opinions stand in opposition, tiping tone, "I liope you will at length be able on fearful ques'ions of passion, to those of the in mUrlii.nrr' gduJ paced and excited multitude nnd
Zachariah could not stand this. His surly "ho' nevertheless, carries them "into act.'
A DAUGHTER'S LOVE. "Sometimes I was conscious of gatheting roughness from the continual conflict with passions and prejudice, and that the fine edge tft feelings could not ever be utterly proof against the corrosion; of such an atmosphere.
i nen I sought my name, nnd called my bird
A new method of making Boots and Shoes. A man in New York has invented a new way of manufacturing boots and shoes, which is thus particularly described: "1st. The whole lower portion, or sole nnd insole of the boot or shoe, is made with
but one seam, instead of two, as at present:
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"T v; B,.u ,n nnM! 1M , rr 'ne manuiacturc. adly. I he boots and shoes
a hearty raugh. lie acknowledged that h "rr " r:: 7' " lire much more beautiful in the appearance
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wuc ? ri giii, nuu nirti whs niuug, uiu m c ----
declared that she should never again have occasion to read him such another lesson; and he was a rood as his word.
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RELIGION. raooie inreatening him with instant death
We i.itv the man who has no reliirion in nnd worse than ll having no present friend
his heart no high nrd irresistible yearning lo w,lisper a word of defence or palliative, in
after a better and holier existence: who is his behalf to his rev ilers but bravelv pi vine
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contented with the sensuality and grossness of ,,1S naKeu neaa to the storm, because he earth; whose spirit never revolts at the dark- knows himself to be virtuous in his purpose; ness of its prison house, nor exults at the l'lat man ,n'l tome forth from the fiery orthought of its final emancipation. We pity dcal ,ike tried gold; philosophy shall embalm
him for he affords no evidence of his origin " ,,,,nie ,,er ricnest unction, history shall no manifestation of that hieh prerogative, give him a place on her brightest page, and
which renders man the delegated lord of the 0, .ea onry lar-cu posterity shall remem
visible creation. ucr " ns csieruay. tiorst Shoe Kobmson
He can rank no higher than the animal na
uuriiigineir whole wearing in consequence of
nV.".m. the upper leather being turned from under ing against l is breast! and the lingers of foot, And inserted in n peculiar channel cut in mighty,, combined many, pointing him to ,hP ..,! k;.k "J u. C.
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oi the drunken
ture; the spiritual soul never stoops so lowly
To seek for beastly excitements to minister with a bountiful hand fo depraved and strong appetites are attributes of the animal alone.
To limit our hopes nnd aspirations to this
world is like remaining forever in this place of
horizon which bent over our infan
of song, and listened to the warbline of her! our birth, without erer liftii.ir the vail of the
nign, neaven-toned voice. Ihe melody ol
mat music leil upon my soul, like oil upon the troubled billows, and all was tranquil. I wondered where my perturbations had fled, but still more, that I had ever indulged them. Sometimes, the turmoil and fluctuation of the world threw n shade of dejection over me, then it was her pride to smooth my brow, and to restore its smile. Once a sorrow of no common older had fallen upon me; it rankled lo my bfwsst Kke daggert point 1 1 cane to
a
visible
There is religion in every thing around u; a calm and holy religion in the unbreatliing things of nature, which men would do well to imitate. It is a meek and blessed influence stealing in, as it were unawares upon the heart. It has no terroi no gloom in its approaches. It does not rouse the p issions. It is untrammelled by the creeds, and unshadowed by the superstitions of men. It isfrtsh
Military Training On Wed nrsrlaT
last, at a Uencral Muster of the Militia of
Pieble county. Uhio, at Eaton, a respectable citizen named Adam Frazee, was shot while in the act of parsing, by Levi Berkner, who was on duty as a sentinel, or "guard." The last Eafon Register, in speaking of Ihis melancholy subject, says: "The ball entered just above the hip bone, nnd passed through the abdomen, and lodged on the opposite side. The unfortunate man, after much painful suffering, expired about 6 o'clock in the welling; leaving, as we have understood, a wife und three or four children, to weep over Iheir irreparable loss. As the case will ram
before the proper tribunal, we shall forbeari
the xprt ssion of an opinion as to the unfortunate affair."
both from craching and wrinkling, and thus
increasing the value without enhancing the cost of the article. 3dly. By dispensing with the inseam the boot or shoe is rendered fir more easy to the foot, thus pieventing corns and bunions, an J there being no welt requir-
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by the welt, (he part on which the foot rests does not become irregular and uneven, nor is the sole so soon thrown out of place, nnd unequally worn away." Dont kill your Bees The bee and the silk worm are almost the only insects permaneiHly useful to man, and it has alwas been n source of much regret that the rich stores of the hrst could not in ordinary rases be ob5." ed, Zilh.tmt l,,e d-8lrt'n of the owner. 1 li ic id Hi., ii I f ...... l . . .
; .n.i now oeooviated in an easy manner. , J Mr. Cotton lately read'before the Ashmo-
.n . ooc.eiy at uxloni some notices on bees.
.1. i posiuon was, never kill a bee.' I he bee owner has in the fungus moximiis or
l.ummo Pn all,apowerfull instrument ready to his hands by which he is able to adopt a more Imrnane nnd profitable mode of treatment. The smoke of fun?n. l.n a.:-a
as to hold fire, has a etupifj jng effect on bees
... .cmers mem as Harmless as brimrfone doo, without any of d-catil vfieela. By
The extent or the British Empire.
The Montreal Herald, speaking of the possessions of Great Britain says: On l.cr va.t
territories the sun never sels. As the evening rays forsake Ihe groves of Honduras, his morning beams 6trike the spins of Calcutta, and before they disappear from the popuh.fin of
Rlorilrc.il, they gladden British subjects ca the western shores of New Holland. The British flag is never struck, nnd the ships of her Nary, her wooden walls, are floating fortresses, with military stations, dotting nllorcr the globe, in every clime and in every sea. This beautiful thought is more poetically expressed by Mr. Webster, in one of his
speeches, where he describes England as a
power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome in the height of her glory, is not to be compared a pover which has dotted over the surface of ihe whole globe with her possessions and military posU, whose morning drum beat following the tun. and accompanying the hours, circles the earth daily, with or.e'continuousnud unbroken strain of the martial air of England. It is seldom we have been more amused, than nt an account giving us yesterday of a late nflray In Upson, Geo. between1"! couple of loafer, named Rand and Gordon. Warm words hating been uttered by the parties. Rand suddenly seircd Gordon at great diKidvantage, and, notwithstanding G's superior
sirengin, succeeded in biting offhis entire nose which be spit out upon the floor. Immediately afterwards, Gordon got the advantage and mauled Rand most mercilessly, the latter, half dead, begged pileoosly fct'1 life. Gordon thereupon rose to his fect, b"f when he saw his own nose lying before him, he picked it up, examined it deliberately,"'11 then, feeling his rage re-kindled wilhin bim at the loss of such a jewel, roared out like thunder "Look yc. Rand. thU ihine can ne
ver be of any more use to me, and you shall eat itthis instant without cooking or pickling." Poor Rand demurred most lustily to the meal, but Gordon's unlifted fist put an end to all remonstrance, and down went the unpicklcd nose with the least possible ceremony. Jjnu Jovr.
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