The Arkansas advocate., 1830-11-10
MISCELLANY.
ENTOMOLOGY AND wITcacRAFT,

DEMBNOIIOSaf "
 Is one of the best articles ever published
 ;n periodical work. 1t is a review of German book in six octave volumes, by q. c. Herst. Church Councillor to the Grand
 Duke of Hcsse. Our first extract is from
 the beginning
 e4,To cannot say however, that thai the the pie
 lure drawn by these intelligent spiritu-
 al travellers is calculated to impress Us with a highnotion of the dominionsof the. Prince of the Air, or that the persmsaeit
 ofhis majesty orhis goyernmentare pre-
 possessing. The climate, as aiiof them, from Faust downwards, agree, is opprcs-
 s!yeIyhot & thcface ofthccoantry appar-
 euhYa good deal like that between Blrm faghaaand Woolverhampton,aboundi yitn furnaces and coalpts. Literatureis evidently at low ebb, from the few specimens ofcompositicn, with whichw we are favouTed in the Zauber- Bibliothek. and the sciences, with the exception of nme practical applications of chcmis- ty,shamefnlIy neglected. The govern ment seems despotical, but subject to occasional explosions on the part of the lnoretinhuential spirits concerned in the executive. In fact, we observe that the departments of the administration are
 by no means we'll arranged; there is DO
 proper division of labor, and the con- sequence is, that Beelzcbub, "Mooned Ashtaroth,' and others of the ministry, who, according to the theory of the con sttuton are entitled to precedence, arc constantly iostled and interfered with by Azicl, Mcphistopheles, Marbael, ard other forward second-rate spirits, who are constantly thrusting in their claws where they are not called for. The standing army is considerable, besides the volunteers by which it is continual- Y augmented. We hear nothing how ever, of tAa navy, and from the omiaous silence wlGsih eur geographers preserve
 on this point, it is easy to see that wa
 ter IS rare element in this quarter.
 The hints given as to the personal ap- pearancc and conduct of Lucifer, the alSaing monarch, are not fattering. oommon readers are apt to believe that Satan occupies that dignity, but this is asrcat error, and only shows, as Asmo- ceus told Don CleoEls, when he fell into similar mistake about Belaebub, ssthat hey have no true notions of hell. :" The morals of Luciicr, as might be expect ca, are as bad as possible, with this ex- eeptlon, that we sec no evidence of his being personally addicted to drinking. tis liccntious habits, however, are at- tested by many a scanoalous chronicle M Sprengcr, Dclrio, and Bodinus, and nr swearing, all the world knows that SFnuipius was buta type Of him. His Jokes arc all practical and of q low or Ger, and there is an utter want of dig oity In most of his proceedings. One ai iis most facetc amuscments consists n n constantly pulling the spits, on which als witches are riding, from beneath ule.n, and applying them vigorously to Melr shoulders. And he has more than yace administered personal chastisenaent ea'ls servants, when ttiiicYT neglected to
 seeP an appointment. He is q notori-
 su cheat; many enterprising young
 'aea, who have enlisted in his ser
 'ee on the promise of high pay and Sa!astion, having found, on putting | sIaelr hands into their pockets, t.lat he aso paid them their bounty in tin six yhsaees, and having never risen even to s'e rank of T corporal. His talent, We
 ..oala bsinelined, from these narratives,
 consider very mediocre, and there is.e we are afraid that tho ingenious SC.
 'a !aq1a h;s papers. lately publish