The Columbian fountain., 1846-06-10


val Of religion continues among the Chocsaw
Indians, and $50 have been added TO the
church during the last year making the whole
number connected with 8 churches in that ma
lion 665.. There had been contributed BY that
people during the year 81 1892 for benevolent
purposes, in addition to $4,000 appropriated
by their government for educational purposes;
making a sum equal TO 81 20 for every man,
women, and child in the nation--a sum great
er, in proportion to the number Of people, than
is given for the cause Of education BY any ma
tion on the globe!
A GIGANTIc DAGUERREoTYPE.--A recent
French. letter says--"M. Martenz is said to
have discovered the means Of carrying on the
daguerreotype process on gigantic scale. He
can, he says, daguerreotype an etire panora-
ma. embracing $50 degrees. His process con-
sists in curving the metallic plate, and causing
the lens which reflects the landscape to turn
by clock work the lens, in turning, passes
over one side the whole space to be daguerreo-
typed, and on the other side moves the refract-
ed luminous cone to the plate, in which the
objects are successfully conveyed"
DRUNKENNEss in HIGH PLAcEs.--Mr. w alsh
believes that the hideous spectacle OF drunken
ness is not to be Witnessed in any legislative
assembly on the continent. That kind Of ex
hibition seems to have been reserved for Anglo
Saxon Legislators. Mr.. w. says that in 1908
9, he repeatedly saw Mr.. Sheridan and others
intoxicated in their seats in the British House
OF Commons and that Mr.. Canning's favor
ite roarer, Fuller, was never sober Whining
ton Paper.
DECISION The New School General As
sembly Of the Presbyterian church at Philadel-
phia, adopted declaration, 81 to "a, leaving
the matter Of slavery to the sessions, presbyte-
ries, and synods. 1--WE have no right to insli-,
tute and prescribe tests of christian character
and church membership not recognised and
sanctioned in the sacred Scriptures, and in our
standards by which we have agreed to walk
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The AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY," a meet
ing Of the American Bible Society, recently
held in New York, letter, received from Alb
bot Lawrence was read, in which he saws II
will thank you to draw on me for the sum of
six hundred dollars, at sight, for the purpose
of constituting my three sons life directors, as
well as myself"
VERY LIKELy.-Somebody says that no boy
passes his nineteenth year without having expe-
rienced at least one tender and sseternalo (of
course passion, and that very few girls get
fairly through their sixteenth year scathless of
a romantic love. The tender sentiment is pc
culiar 10 the teens, and is something like the
mumps and meazles-it comes only once in 4
lifetime.
The PErRIrIED sFoREsr.-On Of the most
remarkable natural curiosttes in Texas is
per6ed forest near the head of the Pasgono
river. II is turned to stone! Some trees now
growing are partly petri6ed. This is a start
ling fact Tor natural philosophers. and musr
cause them TO modify the existing theory Of
petrifaction.
TRUE GALLANTRY.-Amonga a number OF
excellent toasts given at late festival in
Western city, we find the following:
"The Lades-We admire them because OF
their beauty, respect them because of their vir-
tues, adore them because Of their intelligence,
and love them because we can't help it,"
ATTEMPT AT HIoHwAYRoBBERy.-A old
gentleman living in East Pratt street, near the
Har Run, was knocked down and attempted to
be robbed by two rufians, on Saturday night.
His cries soon brought the guardians Of the
night, when the williams escaped. He had with
him at the time about $50.
Death OF JupcE RAspALL-Judge Ran
dali, OF the United States Circuit Court, died
in Philadelphia, yesterday morning, Of gastric
apoplexy, in the 47h year of his age. He
has had several serious attacks during the past
year or two.
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