Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-25

and moves upon sixteen wheels of solid timber.
At first it appears even worse than strange and
inconsistent, that the same government which
! encourages the religious endeavors of hundreds
of missionaries 10 convert the HindOos to the
Christian faith. should virtually couutenance las
the cavaliers against the Company on this much
canvassed point insist that it does) the most re.
voting idolatry, by making It a source of re-
venue. Ii is certain that the E. l. Company, by
the pilgrim tax, secure to themselves an annual
average amount of fifteen thousand pounds; that
the collections are made by the Brahmins; and
that in return for this fact!-
Christian government agrees to keep in repair.
and adorn with silks and broadcloths, pagan
idol; and to support, for the private use of the
craven image, stud Of elephants and hsrses!-
The defenders Of the system, on the other hand,
contend that the interference of the company is
salutary IN every respect; that it controls rapa-
cious and unprincipled priesthood by depriving
them OF an immense revenue; and that the mode
pursued is the one best calculated to bring about
the final suppression of the IDOL. is, indeed,
manifest, that taxation is any thing but encou-
raging to the thing taxed; and it. is obvious to
every one, that open and violent opposition to
rite so firmly rooted in the religious preiudices
Of the natives, might shake the allegiance of our
Hindoo sepoys, and thereby involve even the
loss OF India"
Transparency Of the Sea.-There is nothing
perhaps that strikes northern traveller more
than the singular transparency of the waters;
and the farther he penetrates into the Arctic re-
ei0ns. the more forcibly ia his attention rveted
to this fact. At a depth of 90 fathoms, or 40
feet, the whole surface of the ground is exposed
to view Beds composed entirely of shells. and
lightly sprinkied with them, and submarine TO-
rests, present through the clear medium new
wonders to the unaccu>tomed eve. 1t is stated !
BY Sir Capel de Brooke, aud fully confirmed by |
my observations in Norway, that sometimes on |
the shores of Norland the sea is transparent 10
depth Of or 500 feet; and that when a boa |
RaSseS az s5pe mat T:te, uGr trirus1 ousrsurr u1
ed in an unfathomabc abyss, the visible Illusion |
Is so perfect. that one who has gradually IN tran.
oull progress passed over the surface, assembled
wonderinsly the rugged steep, shrinks back with
horror as he crosses the vortex, under an impress
sion that he is falling headong down the preciPce.
The transparency Of tropical waters genera',y as
far as my experience goes, Is not comparable 10
that of the sea in these northern lattudes; hough
An exception be made in favor of the China seas,
and few isolated spots on the Atlantic Eve
nv one Who has passed over the bank known 10
sailors as the Saya de Maha, ten degrees north OF
the Mauritius, must remember with pleasure the
worlds of she'll and coral which the translucld
water exposes to view at depth OF thirty to i've
and thirty fa,homs. -EHiot's Letters from the
North Of EeroPe.
Mr.. Brindley. the B,bhomoniac. The late
Mr.. Brindley was one OF the most assiduous Old
liomaniacs of his time, and the price which ms
collection brought at his death shows that man
NAV do worse for his heirs than spend his time in
going the round Of all bookstalls. Many rare
things which he picked up for few shillngss,
were actually converted into more than their
WEIGHT in gold and silver Herberts 'Dick and
Robin,' with songs, and some old tracts, 1914,
which cost him only 2s., was bought to- El0--
A volume containing Patrick Henney's Night
insale.' and poems. with portrait oil the au-
thor, and a portrait OF Anne OF Denmark, by
Chrisperidc Pass, 1922, which Mr.. Brindley
| bouoht for 6s. was sold for g35 l4s.; and hve
of Robert Green's productions, which cost hi'n
e. 3D., brought the enormous sum of 94l las
An account of an English Hermit, Of 1865, one
ROGER Crab. who could live on three farthings
week, consisting of only four leaves and Por'
trait, sold for Is los. A short history OF ano'
Their prodigy. Marriott, the cormorant, who ate
10 lbs. Of meat daily, 1862. IA gs. Could we
he sure of this taste for rarieties continulns'
man could do nothing more profitable IN the
way of book -buying. than to purchase all the
trash Of the day. Glasgow Chronicle
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