Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-08-06
FrOmtl,e N+w.York Amerioan,

contains very valuable articles, which we are sorry our limits prevent noticing in detail. The following are the titles of the different papers:-
 rican Lakes by Mai Henry Whting-II Notice of the Salt Springs of Mouers. 1 the 1arentaise, Aps and of peculiar of evaporation, extracted from the Travels
 of R. Bakewell Esq vol 2d, 22o London-III Hawaii (owyhee and its Volcanic Regions and Productions, with notices of inhabitants and of those of oahuIv List of the Plants of Chile, translated from the Spanish, by Dr Ruchenbeger, U s. NV Meteorological Tables, by Gen ward Thomas-viI On the employment of phate of Cop per- Sc in the making of Bead presented the Boar of French of M M Kahmann, translated by
 Chemical Examination of the Bark of the White Birch by ometry, by C. wderX. On Central Forces, by Professor
 S E. Ah easy fopn Ha Gf so nnr l-XIII. Notices of Eminent Men deceased in Britain ton of Steam in contact with metals higher by Prof Walter R. JohnsonaXV safsty Apparatus for Renwck's Treatise the Steam Engne-XvII. On Re eiprocatng motion produced by Magnetic Attraction and History ofa Plant, Tuia Pyenanthemoidts by C. Leavenworth (xith dawing)-XIX. Notice of,he
 sed in Germany by Thomas G. cleInson-XX observa-
 ons and Experiments Light and Vision, of Meteorological Observations, by Prof F.. Mitche-XXII. Report of Messrs Cooper smith, and De Kay Fossil
 teds Reply to Dr Christie Hail Storms-Nliscg anes, foreign and domestic.
 The first article contains ingenious specultions on the much disputed question of the exsterce of l of the level of their waters take place, according to the popular belief, every seven years-he waters rising and subsding in fourteen. The writer of this paper, Major Whiting, of the army, is ofopnon that this ebb and flow is too variable to be traced to any permanent cause and thinks the recurrence has not been sufficiently precise to authorize the popular be-
 lief of its regularity. He is borne out in this opinion by Governor Cass, and Mir Schoolcrah both ofwhom to think that the belief of the existence of tides in the lakes caused by lunar attraction, has arisen from fortuitous coincidence in the rise and fall of the water with certain cycles of time.
 | In the notice of Owhyee, we find some interesting particulars about the present state of that sand its scenery manners, and habits of living. The moun- taius of Owhyee very lofty, them far sur passing Mount Blanc and even emuating the high CT Andes. Waterfalls are, therefore, to be expected in countries which abound so much with rain. Some of these were visited by Mir Stewart and hls party On the river Warukee, the natives amused the spec tators by leapg from the precpitous banks, thirty, forty, and fifty feet high, into the basins below and gliding down the falls, with the greatest apparent hazard:
 | "One of the cascades resembles much the most admired sections of the Trenton falls on the Canada creek, in the State of New York; and similar casual ties have signalized both paces."
 " Another cascade one hundred and ten feet in height pitches natural bridge, or rather pro- jectng arch, which rests upon abutments of basac rock forming precipices hundred and fifty feet or more in height; in form and regularity of arrange ment, they are precisely like the Giants causeway which, in a country where every thing appears to have been produced by fre is fact of great impor- tance the origin of the trap-works This cascade falls into basin of some hundreds of yards in cir conference, which is as placid a lake, except where the stream plunges into it from above, and the silvery mass appears to be poured from the blue bosom of the sky into the depths below
 "Anothsr waterfall in the interior was reported by | Mir Goodrick to ba 300 feet high
 "From the fine prismatic tnts observed in the spray the natives call these waterfalls the cascades of the rainbow. Many old craters are observed near the shore at this place. The truncated summit of the highest is half mile in circumference, and 300 or 400 feet in elevation. It is observed that the sides of the ruins next the ocean, the lowest evincing that they dsgorged in that direction. There are fine views of the surrounding country from the summls of the craters
 | "Oahu is two hundred miles from Hawaii, and as the ship Con the 18th of October,) bore away from the latter, Mounakea its highest mountain, continu- ed so long visible to convince the observers that fl not eighteen thousand feet according to the usual estimation, it is still among the highest mountains of the globe.
 | "As they entered Honolulu the port of Oahu, pilot conducted them into harbor filled with whaers and merchantmen, and with native craft, exhibiting the activity of commerce usual in civilized coun- tries Here are foreign consuls, resident European and American merchants, dock yard, vessels the stocks, and permanent stone bulldlngs and the daily arrival ofvesses has ceased to excite surprze.
 ''The meeting of Mir Stewart with his missionary friends and others, of course, very interesting, and the coureses of civilized life, practised between foreign powers, were not forgotten eighty eight guns were exchanged between the Vincennes, on the one part, and the other, the fort, and king Tamehamehas finest vessel of war, which is kept in naval order in the centre ofthe port with long pen nant banner and jack flying. The presentation to tlo ol,, nbn marked by many circumstances ofregal spendor.- Within the kings grounds, Qrom intrusion into which high fence kept off the popuace, every thing was in high degree neat and orderly There were separate houses for the kings household, and for the offices and sleeping room of the king. .'The palace of thatch is more than one hundred feet long, fifty or sixty broad and more than forty high, beautifully finished and ornamented with fern | leaves, and furnished with pebbled area. l 'The royal guard was composed of two hundred men, forming double file, and wearing white uni form with scarlet cuffs and collars, and black caps; their commander, Kahuhu, was dressed in scarlet with gold lacings and an expensive sword As Cap tain Finch and party passed the gate they presented arms in exact military style, and the commander of the kings forces, Kekuanoa receiving them in the full and rich suit of major-general, and with the gracefulness of polished gentleman, ushered them through the glass folding doors into the interior of the palace. It Is Tn one vast apartment the tmbers being in sight and the wood beautifully hewn and contrasted with braided lashings ofthe bleached fibre of the cocoa, wrought into tasteful patterns and ap- piled at close and regular intervals so that the posts and raiers have the appearance of natural sections The thatch of the building is also concealed from view by an elegant native tapestry made of brown mountain vine tied together like the bamboo win dow blinds; continued tissue of this fabric is ex tended from the floor to the peak of the roof through the whole apartment between the timbers and the thatch, and thus imparts very rich appearance- The floor, instead ofrushes grass which were for merly the foundation of the mats was odo or s,ona