Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-12-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
RURAL LIFE.

This primevs employment or man is the most
healihful OF all occupations healihful for the body
The mind and the soul. What other pursuit by
which men obtain honest bread affords such vigor-
Gus training for the physical powers, such various
and extensive ranges of mental exercisesa
| And where may the moral nature of man be pre-
served unsu'lied from vice, and grow, and expand
more than in the rural scenes and beneath the purest
| air of Heaven?
The farmers life is not scratch, scratch with tho
pen--rap, rap, with the hammer--nor an everlast-
ing unpacking and packing of ano,her's labor
lie walks forth under The open sky his broad acres
spread out beneath his feet the blue conclave sun
III and start, shrouded in clouds, is still above
him. Health claims him rs her favorite child, and
The glorious sun loves 10 kiss cheek that is not u
shained TO the ruddy imprint Of such affection
Natures own inimitabe babbling brooks, birds,
breeze, rusng foliage, enters his ear on its glad
mission TO his heart lie listens TO instructive vol
ces, continually speaking from the universe around
him. His eye gathers truth from pages of wisdom
every where open before him. Each day, each
month, season after season, year after year, these
teachings are given 10 him infinite in variety, and
eRdleSs in extent.
When towards the close of a sul,ry day, tho
summers blessing comes pouring down, and as in
the beautiful poetry of the sacred volume, the
81 The iied clap their hands, and the valleys
cd with corn shout for joy, the farmer retiring from
MS iabors to the friendly shelter of his cottage roof
Improves MS leisure iiOurS Win the treasures OIL
w'iten wisdom. So too, while his fields are sleep
lag beneath frost and snow, what profession affords
more available opportunities for sell, culture. Where
was The lyric poetry composed that makes Scotland
Prouder of her Burns than of all her ancient race of
warlile kngsl Was il not between the Mossyei
plough IS &. Temperance .4dUocdic.
INTERIOR OF THE EARrH-A fac, Of great in
tereSt has been proved by the behring's for Aresan
wells in the suburbs OF Paris namely that as weuo
hp of Tho nth ,o -,
creascs a. The rate of about degree for every fiji
~ feet. That the whole interior portion of tho
earth, or al least great part of il, is igueous
cean Of melted rock, agiiated by violent winds,
though dare rot affirm II is still rendered highly
probable by the phenomena of volcanoes. The facts
connected with their eruption have been ascertain
ed and placed beyond doubt. How then are they
to be accounted for The theory prevalent some
years since, that they are caused by the combustion
Oi immense coal beds, is perfectly pueTile, and
tirey abandoned. All the coal in the world would
never afford fuel enough for single capital exhibit
ton Gf NeSuvius. We must look higher than this;
and have little doubt that the whole rests on The
action of gavanic principles which constantly
in operation in the earth.
We know that when certain metals are brought
together, powerful electric action is developed and
light is produced, superior even in clfulgence To
the splcndor Of the sun. Now if small arrange
mcnt produces such results, what may we not ex-
pect from the combination Of those immense beds of
I'D DC lOufu IN Inc carl ltere we may nave
the key 10 all the grand phenomena Of volcanic ac-
iion An illustration a small scale may be seen
in an instrument called the electrical battery, made
of zinc, blsmu,h, and ahtmony, packed in box
and vanished. In this, heat is evolved below
while the top is cold and here have the very
cause of the volcano, when in the interior n fiery
ocean is heaving lis surges while lis peak is cap
ped with everlasting snows.-ProteSsOr SWinan.
FREIGHT AND Toll. ON MANUREs-The total
ABOLITION of freight upon manures or its reduction
to the minimum necessary to prevent frauds, will
doubtless soon be made matter of policy with all
Of onr Incorporated companes--canals, railroads
and lurnpkes if anythng be lost upon the ont go
ing loads of iertzing matter (Which is doubifuD it
will be more than repaid by the increase of pro-
! duce coming an to market. The Louisa Railroad
! Company, when it only extended some thirty or
forty miles, was, believe, the first 10 make dis
tinclion, in its freight charges in favor OF plaster
and lime Lately that distinction has been further
extended. An increasing freight business has been
the result The Fredericksburg Company also
| charges less upon manures, and some farm
ers the line often receive several car loads at a
time. The Winchester and Potomac Railroad
Company carry plaster free, and have arranged with
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company TO do
the same. Thus, plaster aehich cost 50 so per
ton, mo,c be bought IN Winchester for 81 So
The James River and Kanawha Company are pur-
sning the same policy, and when their work shall
have reached the mineral districts, farmers will "a
vail themselves Of the privileges ailorded.-iSouth,
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