Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-03

r,,,i.b paper received BY the last arrival,
Az -. ALLOWING account Of singular method
' s,odseius heat from the element BY which it is
w ,ouy e1tinsuish
'o Rs,oer Of LIZ mingtoo, already known a.
N nf ,reai,se on Gas Lighting, has Oh.
be 'I''D ",,sot for a new method OF producing
nn'u i, certainly one Of the most useful dis
lsat '''e # modern science. In large furnaces
p,'r' ,Nf,ctores it will almost entirely super
ind aa nss of coal But It's greatest advantage
:tde "f s,and IN its applicability to steam naviga-
vi Tos principal ingredient employed for fu.
100. -" NV process IL ,cafer? The only ma
= ~ ,"".,a;red besides, is something in liquid
n" ,s5ch contains a large portion OF carbon,
f% '', oil, tar or almost any thing oil similar
''i' iii answer the purpose. As these mate
'o" ,r,roIuced into the furnace simultane-
a. IN combustion With each other, the one
" i"i =. r,,bon while the other gives out its by
tsu' u, ,od small portion Of atmospheric air is
f0.sI, ,hins that is then required to keep them
1e"n! ar ns,f.ct combustion. The Wilderness
i;n,.nsiry Of the fame thus produced can
..ur be imagined BY any one who mas not seen
.ni So, it IS SO completely under management
.' On. second il can be reduced or augment
-. occa,ion nav require. II Is almost unne-
"a add that il Yields no smoke, and con-
,'o,v the hideous funnel now used in steam
-, may be laid aside. But the greatest ad-
- cf all is, that steam navigation may
9Th be employed in cases where I'LL now
~. ,.'nreihpr impractiCable. vessel may
Instructed as 70 take on board, without
.,o,rniruce, supply Of fuel which would en-
4 F, her to crcumna'gate the globe -Ha"'p-
he Telegraph.
III, EnsfA language Sir James Mackin'
:, the FIRST volume Of his History OF Eng
md JUS, published, IN ,kes the following remarks
,.,.b nav offer useful suggestion to public
g,1her,:
From the Anglo Saxons we derive the names
,fh, most ancient officers among us, oi the great
.O,,, of the divisions oi the kingdom. aud %:
,m",, al our towns aud villages From them al
:, ue derive our language; OF which the structure,
,.d m,iorlty Of its words, much greater than
1,,s uho have not thought on the subject would
=, e., easily believe, are Saxon. Ut sixty nine
,o,d, which make up the Lords Prayer, there
40 orIy FIVE not Saxon, the best example OF the
nura' bent Of our language. and OF words apt to
b chosen BY those who speak and write u with
AZ, design Of eighty one words IN the so'l"-
opy Of Hamlet, thirteen only ATE OF Latin origin
Even IN a passage of ninety words IN Milton,
uho,e Jlc,ion is more learned than that oi airy
prher poet, there are only sixteen Latin words.
n fur verses of the authorised version OF Gene-
~. which contain about a hundred and thirty
uorIs there are no more than i've Latin. In
evenly Line words of Addison, whose perfect
NE preserved him from pedautic or constrain
ID reference for any portion OF the language, we
ini only fifteen Latin. In latter times the Ian
.u,ge has rebelled against the bad taste OF those
Otherwise vigorous writers, Who, instead OF emo
SIng their style, like Milton. BY the position and
combination Of words, have tried to raise II ov
ms I, and FAR fetched EXPIRE SONS
Dr. Johnson himself, from whose corruptions,
English style l. only recovering. ~ eishty seven
sOrds Of his fine parallel between Dryden anu
PcDs has Iound means 10 introduce no more than
,wsptv.one Of Latin derivation. The language
Of hmilia, intercourse. the terms Of Jest aud
d,,,antry. and those of necessary business, the
llcms OF peculiar phrases into which words ma
unlly run. the proverbs, which are the con-
l.n,ed aud puintrd sense Of the people, the par.
tCes IN which our syntax depends, and which
ue Of perpetual recurrence-all these founda-
lions Of language are more decisive proofs OF
me Saxon origin Of ours, than even the great
naiudty Of the Saxon words IN writing, and the
sil greater majority in speaking. In all cases
where we have preserved a family m'l words, the
superior sisn,ilcancv OF Saxon over the Latin
term is most remarkable. We'll being arises
rom well doing is Saxon phrase, which may
Se thus rendered into the Latin part OF the Ian
suase: Felicity attends ,lrtue;' but how ,nfe-
IiOr 10 force is the latter. 10 the Saxon phrase,
The parts or roots Of words being significant IN
our language, and fami'ar to our eyes, throw
heir whole meaning into the compounds oil teri.
utiOns-whie the Latin words Of the same i'm
port having their roots and elements IN a tore.
go language. carry only cold and convention
,isnl6catlon to an English ear. IL must not
Be subject Of wonder that language should
have many closer connexions with the thoughts
and feelings which it denotes, than our Phlloso-
ply eau always explain
The HeLLs Of Among other melan'
tlOly instances Of the effects Of the perniclous
'ireO gambling recorded in Frazer's Magazine,
Hessect the iollouipg:-