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The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-18

SErrEMBER.-This month. characterized
in English as poppy" because the shoot
ing begins with it. is somewhat poppy
among us, too, though from different cause.
Ii is the month for running in and out OF
town; those who have been out all sum-
mer begin to think about carpets and cur
tains, preserves and pickles; and those who
have been in, finding the summer rather
longer than they expected. beginning to
contrive short jaunts, and visits to friends
within convenient distances, in order 10
know how country air really does taste.
This popping in and out grows more stri.
king as the month advances; the town is
in flint and futter, preparing for cold
weather; Just as fowls 6dget, change pla.
ces. fly up, fly down. and any thing but sit
still reAectingly, when they perceive the
approach Of night.
Madame Anna Bishop is the nightingale,
which begins TO sing in the midst Of this
hubbub; the Chinese Junk the old turkey,
strutting along in his glory, thinking Of
nothing but the grand show he makes.
w hosC'Ci IL may NC VIC ioStiiOu W llldkc VI
September, Nature has evidently intended
it for one Of her gayest and most Joyous and
sans sonci months. 1t overfows at once
with beauty and abundance splendid col.
ors and soft shadows belong to it; and de.
licious fruits and refreshing breezes. We
never go out upon the glad waters Of our
beautiful bay, on one Of these rich mornings,
without secret wonder whether there is on
earth spot more blest with all that can
make mere life pleasure, than this, our
Island City, surrounded Us it is on all sides
with the means and appliances of enjoyment.
And in this glorious. golden month, every
advantage, whether natural or extraneous,
is brought home to the heart and the i'm.
agination. by the influence of the season.
These influences, a foretaste of those
which belong to the full autumn, have long
been supposed to affect the manifestation
Of genius. 1t is believed that the poet, the
painter, the musician acquires added power
Of expression after the sun has entered Ii.
bra. We hope it is 30. We love to be.
lieve in 'skyey influences" and it will not
be our fault if our readers do not become
converted to this faith by our October mum.
be1.-Mrs. Kirkland.
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Since the commencement Of the pre,e,,s<
century, through the rapid extension of n.
science OF chemistry, vast impfoyem.r,
have taken place in the methods emnlor.J
Tor artificial illumination. Thus, the o.,
sral introduction OF gas-lighis in mos, Of 81.
larger cities, has furnished light for sue,s |
and dwellings, much superior to thar rs
viously obtained from oil or candles. r.
Argand lamp has been introduced, and viii
aid Of parabolic refi.etors, has been succe,,
fully applied to lighthouse illumiina,;o., \
The Bulge, Drummond, and French Iiob,.
with many Others, have been given 10 a..
world, and have respectively won for tb.,S
selves large share Of public favor. f
these, the one known, from It's invenl@
the "Drunmond Light, probably "a
the FIRST In 1921, Lieut.. Dmmmond
engaged in a government survey of lrsl1
in which il was frequently desirable ID ~
the respective bearings of points, SON J;
or 50 miles distant, felt the want Of |, -
for communicating such informatiol
could be visible at greater than :
known. The firing Of rockets, n
means that were usually resorted
only be employed to advantage,
stations were not widely seped
when the atmosphere was quite z
any haze, which was seldom the
had for long time been Known
with some Of the other earths, Be
luminous when exposed to an iu((1
such, for instance, as that obtained
bining Jet OF oxygen gas with the
spirits OF wine but the happy idea ol
dering this property Of the earths sibseri
to practical purposes, was reserved Tor
DrunmOnd. After a series OF experiment.
he found that by throwing the united fam,
Of spirits Of wine, and oxygen gas upon
BALL OF LIME, only three-eighths Of ,a
inch in diameter, light was obtained 4
: such brilliancy as to be fully equal 10 lhs
emitted from thirteen Argand burners; a..
; most too intense for the eye to bear. d
later years, il has undergone slight moi
fcation, hydrogen gas having been sub
,uted for the spirits Of wine, as being
: expensive, and perhaps otherwise preiers
; The apparatus is very simple; il cons;s
> two gasometers, in which the respsc
: gases are generated; from thence PROD
e two tubes. which unite near the bali. a =
D to form, there, but one. The gas is -
veyed by these tubes to the bail Of h.
and there ignited; and with the ball !, an
> nected ali arrangement for replenishins Ii.
balls as fast as consumed; if desirabl.
T parabolic reflector is added, thus rend-iio.
! it complete This light was found b a.
swer admirably the purpose lor which i. xs
? designed--ioi signals, Ia he gwen ., gI-f.
J. distances. In several lials made viii r,.
: test its powers, it was distinctly srrn a,
clear, white, vivid light, AT a distanc, y.
ceeding - miles; thus placing It's clam d.
superiority over all others beyond dispu,-,
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An Irish Jacobite entertaining, one day,
a large party OF his noble neighbors Of the
Pale, his near relative, Lady Alley Talbot,
seated at the head Of the table, he suddenly
rose from his place, and hit her a violent
slap on the face; then, falling on her neck
and kissing her, he exclaimed, "Forgive me
you looked 80 like William of Orange at
that moment, that could not resist it,"
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On of the most imporan, female Qua
ties is sweetness Of temper. Heaven ti
not give TO women insinuaiion and per,g.
sion in order 10 be surly il did hot mss.
them weak in order to be- importers il l..
not give them sweet voice TO be employ,t
in scolding.
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Tell me" said the Willow TO the
Thorn, "why art thou 50 cove,ous Of the
clothes Of those who pass by of wha. use
can they be to thee p "None whatever. !"
replied the envious Thorn, 81 have no de-
sire to take them, only want to tear them. ("
Losing.
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DEATH OF THE YouNG.-"Whom the
gods love die young" is one Of the truths
taught by the old Greek poets-those poets
half sage, half seer. And me,hinks, that
though tears are shed abundantly when the
coffin lid presses down some fair and bright
head, We were wiser did we keep those
tears for the living. Let the young perish
in their hour Of promise-how much will
they be spared passion, that kindles but
to consume the heart, and leaves either va
cancy or regret, ruin or a desert; ambi-
ton, that only reaches its goal to find it
worthless when gained, or but the starting
place for another feverish race, doomed
again to end in disappointment; enemies
that cross us at every step; friends that de-
ceive-and what friends do not At
blighted hopes; the imbinered feeling, the
wasted powers, the remorse, and the des-
Pair-all these are spared by the merciful,
the early grave.
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SABAEAN OpoRs.-DREAMY QurEr.-It
can hardly be described what a strange i'm
preston the abundance of tropical nature
the warm moist air, heavy with the fIas-
rance OF spices and cocoa-nut oil-the fairy
like glimpses Of light piercing with broken
but vivid rays through the bushy crowns Of
the palm-trees-makes on the traveller.
Thickets Of rich blooming yellow, blue,
and red, and bell-shapeo flowers embower
the clearly dwelling houses which, built in
the antique Dutch fashion, with a small
veranda at one side, border the road all the
way to Colombo (Ceylon.) Old Dutch
inscriptions are met with everywhere. ON
aged brick walls, half decayed by time and
weather, and overgrown with the greenest
moss, as if the region had long since been
iorsaken by living men. Everything pro
duccs on the mind and impression of
dreamy quiet.--Dr. Hofmeiae', Letters
from the East Indies
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CONVERSATION emiches llir un,lrgSs..t
ing, but solitude is the school Of seni,s,.
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POETRY is the beauty of ideas-ji..a,
from the beauty Of things.
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Rean,ilnl il is TO see and understand that
no worth, known or unknown, can die, even
in this earth. The work an unknown good
man has done is like a vein Of water How
ing hidden under ground, secretly making
the ground green; it flows ard flows, 1t
Joins itself with other veins and veinlets
one day it will start forth as visible Peren-
NAL we'll. Ten dumb centuries had made
the speaking Dante; a well he OF many
yeinlets. William Burnes, or Burns, was
poor peasant; could not prosper IN his
"seven acres Of nursery ground, nor any
enterprise Of trade and toll; had to ''thoie
factors smash" and read attorney letters,
in his poor hut, (which threw US all INTO
tears a man Of no money-caPital at all,
of no account at all yet brave man, a
wise and Just, in evil fortune faithful, un-
conquerable to the death. And there wePt
withal among the others, boy named
Robert, with a heart Of melting pity, oil
greatness and fiery wrath and his voice,
fashioned here by this poor father, does ii
not already reach, like great elegy, like
stern prophecy, to the ends OF the world
LET me make the songs, and you shall
make the laws" What chancellor, Hing,
senator, begirt with never such sumPtuosity,
dyed velvet, blaring and celebrity, could
YOU have named in England that was Sc
momentous as that William Barns. Cour
age lCARLYLE.
NURSERY Thank you
Lady Morgan, for your wise exaltation o
nursery literature, and your learned prais'
Of Pass in Boots tits the beginning. ant
, the end, Of wisdom.
'sThe literature OF the nursery is founded
, i'm the elements Of human action; ever,
; little tale has its moral, every story Its Oh
: lect The personal vanity Of "GOody Tw'
!, Shoes, the false calculation Of The Hous
E that JACK Built, the vain-slory Of that 'li'
tie great captain the adventurous Ton
Thumb, the wisdom Of Poucet, with hi
e seven-l eagued boots and his seven dul
T brothers Ia perfect image Of reason work
= ing against prejudice, and Of wit lording
n over folly)-all are dramas Of those pas
!. sions which after-lile only developes. Bu
b above all, and more delightful than all
. where all is delightful, stands forth the in
y mortal 'Puss in Boots-the Figaro Of tn
d nursey-plebian but intelligent Pnss. iror
o whose adroit, clever, and plausible device
:, Beaumarchais may have borrowed the idle
d of his BARBER In this point OF view
% 'Puss in Boots may be considered as III
e type Of energetic democracy, and foundf
. Of the 'morement-a principle better vi
# derstood in the nursery than in the study
Is practical doctrine that must come home I
h the hearts and bosoms Of all infant reat
> ers, who instinctively feel that 10 keep mC
II wing is the imperative law of nature-t
!, be still, its penalty. LADY Morgan.
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see me alone, that might have an oppor.
tunity Of telling her what had passed be.
tween my uncle and me-
spray, what was the lady's name - said
Miss Jemima, as the lion paused.
81 never thought of asking
"How could you tell that she lived at the
court?
81 don't know: | took it into my head !;
and it happened that was right"
Under all circumstances, you seem to
have made wonderful progress in SO short a
time
"Time is merely a relative word. An
hour is occasionally as long as day or a
month and month, in other circumstan.
ces, passes as quickly as day or an hour.
The widow and became better acquainted
during the single interview have described
than we should have done in the course of
a hundred meetings in ordinary society.
But to proceed. ! found my revered uncle
in very bad temper, as he had expected
me the day before and matters were not
mended when / mentioned frankly some
misgivings had on the score Of domestic
happiness.
"'Domestic 6ddlesticksr cried he
What more would you have than good
estate and good wife-and healthy wo.
man to boot, come Of long.winded race,
and as likely as not to lay you beside my
old friend Hook She is grandmother
already: does not that look well I
laughed nevously.
"'You do not think her too young ? and
the old gentleman grinned. Another spas
modic exclamation.
"'Then what ais you at her.-more es-
pecially since you tell me that there is ga
vacancy in your heart p But here comes
q letter from the court And tearing open
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escIioSliuS SOu6uS Idttlcu III NY cur, ana,
worse than all, the glances of matrimonial
love from the eyes Of Grandmother froze
my blood. How different were the sights
and sounds of reality a. turned the corner
Of a clump Of trees! The infant | had
heard was lying on its back on a grassy
knoll. fighting up with its little clenched
fists, and Growing, a. the nursemaids calls
it, with all its might; while bending over it
with eyes brimfull Of love and laughter, po-
king its tiny ribs with her fingers, and snatch
ing wild kisses from its brow, and Selling its
neck with her lips as il she would throttle
it, there knelt a young woman; and such
a young woman! did not think she could
have been quite thirty" =
Thirty. the old creature" exclaimed
Miss Jemima. Z
"The girl was probably nursemaid p
remarked the old maid.
'She was neither an old creature nor a
girl, " said the lion in king.oclhe-forest
tone, ''but woman in the very prime and
glory of her years. Her bonnet was lying
on the grass, and her dishevelled hair float
ed in dark masses over her shoulders; but
visible diadem sat on her queenly brow,
Just as voice Of peremptory command was
teh in her light, joyous, leaping laugh.
There was fearless, selfpossessed grace in
her manner, such as years superadd to the
iemenine soltness Of youth; and her features,
originally moulded in wax, were now as
firm, yet as exquisitely fine, as if they had
been cut in the semi-transparent marble of
Paros. While foaaingon the beautiful pic
ture formed by the mother and child-sure.
y that must have been he relationships
little incident occurred 10 disturb its group.
ing. The infant, with a shnller squeal of
delight, and moro vigorous spasm of ;ts
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-03-20
Mount Etna.

Mount Etna is one Of those lofty vol
canic mountainsin which is situated one
Of earth's deep chimnies, up through
which for ages the internal fires have
sent smoke and ashes, some times with
fearful violence. At some seasons, the
deep internal fires seem TO sleep and
shoulder, and at others they are reused
upand burn with prodigious energy, as il
driven by bellows Of million horse
power. The crater Of this mountain is
shaped exactly like the wash.basin in
the dressing cabin Of a steamer, when
the stopple at the bottom is pulled out to
let offthe water you have used washing.
The basin itself resembles the crater.
commonly so called. at the very bottom
Of which is the huge, funnel.shaped bot
tomless pit, that spouts forth smoke and
steam, white hot stones, black mud
grey ashes and streams Of many
colored lava. The outer basin, COM
monly called the crater, or cup, as afore-
said, varies in different volcanoes from
a hundred yards to a quarter of a mile
deep. The depth of the fiery funnel
itself, Empedoeles (of mortais) only
knows, and he, though he threw back
his slipper, by way ofwishing the world
good luck, never returned to tell.
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APPOINTMENTS

The President has made the follow
ing appointments, which were all con-
frmed: Richard Rush, ,ofpennsylvanIa.
Minister to France; Geo. W. Hopkins,
of Va, Minister to Portugal; David
Tod, Of Ohio, Minister to Brazil; John
w. Tibbatts, Colonel for the Kentucky
and Indiana regiment, under the ten
regiment law. ..-l 4 I
The Senate rejected Charles }. lnger-
soil as Minister to France. The Pres
ident then nominated Richard Rush,
and the nomination was confirmed.
Thomas H. Benton, Of Missouri, and
Col. Cummings, Of Georgia, were then
nominated Major Generals, and con-
frmed. Messrs Cadwallader, of Penn
sylvania, Hopping. Of New Y York, and
Franklin H, Pearce, ofN. H. were then
nominated Brigadier Generals, and con.
frmed.
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Golden Eagle.

We take the following account oi
the Golden Eagle from Zoology oi
North America: .-.. ..
"This powerful bird breeds in the re.
cesses of the sub-apIine country, which
skirts the, Rocky Mountains; and Is sci.
dom seen further eastward. lti held
by the aborigines Of America, as it is by
almost every other people, TO be an
emblem of might and courage; and
the young Indian warrior glories in his
eagle plume as the most honorable
with which he can adorn himself. Its
feathers are attached to the calumets
or smoking pipes used by the Indians
in celebration of their solemn festivals,
which has obtained for it the name OF
the calumet eagle. Indeed, so highly
are these ornaments priced, that a war
rIor will often exchange a valuable
horse for the tail feathers OF a single
eagle. The strength Of vision of this
bird must almost exceed conception,
tor 1t can discover its prey and pounce
upon it from height at which itself.
with expanded wings, is scarcely visl-
bic to the human,eye. When looking
for its prey it sails in large circles, with
its tail spread out, but with little motion
Of its wings; and it often scars aloft in
a spiral manner, sgyrations becoming
less and less perceptable. until it dwin-
dies TO mere speck, and is at length
entirely lost to view. A story is cur
rent on the plains Of Sa.scatche wan, OF
half-bred Indian, who vaunting his
prowess before band of his country.
men, and wished to impress them with
a belief OF his supernatural powers. In
the midst ofbis harangue, an eagle was
observed suspended, as it were, in
the air. directly over his head, upon
which, pointing aloft with his dagger
which glistened in the sun, he called
upon the royal bird to come down
TO his own amusement, no less than tc
the CONSERVATION of the surrounding
Indians, the eagle seemed to obey the
charm, for instantly shooting dowr
with the velocity ofan arrow, it impalet
itself on the point of his weapon!
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OHIO, SATURDAY MARCH 20, ls47.I atA,,M n NJ 4.

The height Of Etna is the best ascer-
tanned Of any lofty mountain in tie
world. Cacciatore, the present astron.
omerroyal at, Palermo, and our coun.
tryman, Sir John Herschell, and Captain
Smith, the celebrated trigonometrical
surveyor, by processes entirely inde-
pendent of,and utterly unknown TO each
other, all fixed it at 1884 feet English,
not differing fathom in the three COM
putations, soeexact a coincidence, in
case in which several compensations
had to be allowed for, must necessarily
have been partly accidental; but, as
DR.. Wallaston said OF it, the accident
was one upon which no three fools
could by any possibility have stumbled.
it is worth observing that Etna, which
is more than twice as high as Vesuvius,
(about twice and half) has not large
cone of clinkers and ashes at the top,
nor is its crater any thing like so large
or deep as that Of Vesuvius, which
latter is, in fact, quite model volcano,
as If made for show. Generally, in
volcanoes, the height of the cone and
depth of the crater are in the inverse
ratio Of the whole height Of the noun
tains to which they belong. 1t would
seem as If the expansive forces within
the volcano, having a greater vertical
height to work through before they
reach the surface, either doInot eject
the scorie and ashes so far, or in so
great quantity, or perhaps both these
circumstances combine to render the
hollow, conicle cup at the top, small
in diameter and shallow in depth, in
proportion, as the general elevation Of
each volcanic mountain is greater.
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c Congress s iona l..

In looking over the proceedings of
Congress, Of Saturday, February 30,
we find the following:
The House proceeded to the consid-
Grafton Of the bill from the Senate, en-
titled "An act to establish land Office
in the northern part of Michigan, and
to provide for the sale of mineral lands
in the State of Michigan and Territory
Of Wisconsin, ..
The question was on agreeing to an.
amendment reported from the Commit
tee on Public Lands. ". ~.
Mr.. MoRRrs moved to postpone the
bill until Monday next. X.
Mr.. NJ. said that he made this motion
in order 10 get time to consider the bill
and amendments. 1t was a most i'm
por,ant bill, probably more so than any
other bill which might be or had been
brought before this Congress for its
consideration or action, and as far as
dollars and cents were concerned, the
lands embraced in it would yield more
revenue annually, if properly managed,
than would be derived from the annual
sales of all other lands to the United
States. If the House was determined
to act on this bill to-day, he would ask
the liberty to make a few remarks.
Mr.. McCEELLAND, OF Michigan, and
Mr.. McCLERNAND, of Illinois, each ad-
dressed the House in supporter the bill.
Mr.. McClernand concluded by moving
the previous question.
Mr.. MoRRis, of Ohio, complained
| that Mr.. McClernand should have
made long speech on one side Of the
question, and then moved the previous
question, thereby cutting off all oppor-
tunity of reply. He hoped he would
consent to Withdraw his call.
Mr.. McCLERNAND consented to with
draw his call for the previous question.
Mr.. MoRRrs then went at some length
| into an earnest speech in opposition to
the bill. He expressed his regret that
:he bill could not have been laid over
till Monday, as he should then have
been better prepared to present his
views to the committee. He had pre-
pared substitute for the whole bill,
but had been prevented from offering
it. The subject was in his view one
Of the greatest importance-far greater
than some gentlemen seemed to attach
to it. He had received information
from sources Of the highest respecta-
bility, and eminently entitled to credit,
as to the value of these copper lands.
An agent had been appointed on the
part Of the United States, who had the
letting Of them, and he had stated to
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glade, which slopcd down to the wa.
ier-and in my heart I blessed them
and prayed that God would reward
their kindness to the living and the
dead. When they returned on board,
the captain came ! to me and said =
"My good woman. the place where
your child is buried is Greenville on
the coast Of Brunswick. will write
it upon a piece Of paper that you may
know where his remains lie." ] than
ked him for his card, but told him the
record was already written on my
heart, and would remain there till my
blest boy and should meet in bright.
er and happier world"