The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-04-25
WHOLE NUMBER 44s.
THE INVENTION or THE AGE.

= ''o Nv VI STcdb uiSCOteEbe9 IN oil
directions. The railroad has become the
magician's rod, tho. electric telegraph i
wire Of wonders, and ether and chlofoiorm
mysterious alchemies. A tooth can be ex:
,racted, a leg cut Of, or an inclsion faade
into tho most sensitive parts; and the pn:
tent at the close asks il the operation has
begun. Speeches uttered at ten O'Clock at
nigh. are printed while we are asleep, and
they appear in beautiful type upon our
breakfast tables at eight o'clock in the morn
ing. The rapidi.y with which change FOL.
lows change is also remarkable. Things
that took acenfury 10 do some time ago. are
now finished offin the course Of day. A
new feature, however, Of the present are
is, that religious men have ceased to Ie
afraid, rs they used to be, Of the discoveries
Of science. Religious men, on the contfa-
~, hail them. They used to bo in fear lest
light from the stars should put out the sun
OF righteousness; they used 10 bo appre.
hensivc lest the hammer Of the geolopi.t
should break the rock Of ages, or lest sons
arrangement among the strata Of the earth
discovered BY some Buckland, should die.
credit the truth Of God.
Do not be afraid Of the discoveries Of SCI
ence; do not stand in the way Of truth with
your silly fears. Let truth emerge from
the mine. Let il come from the laboratory
Of the chemist let It descend from the ob-
servatory Of the astronomer, it will fall in
with and not darken the truth Of the gospel.
Another interesting feature is, that mind,
genius, md talent are much moro apprecia-
Ted in the present day, Under whateyer
guise, or garb, or denomination they ap-
pear. Calico saved his life By rccanting
the conclusive induction ofscience. Locke
was banished from Oxford: Seldom was
thrown into the tower; Milton sold the copy:
right Of "Paradise Lost" for FIVE pounds
In contrast with this, il is only needfh to
refer oihe immense sums received for their
writings by Scott, Dickens, Macaulay, sc.
Such is the force Of real genius, that it will
publish itself, though its posscssor should
be dumb, and command the homage Of alt,
while it appears 10 be the willing servant
Of all. Once il had no emerging from OBJ
scuritv, except bv being Tied to some great
patrons tail. Now the nobIest patronage
is a fair opportunity. Mind fsadmitted
to be q competent element oftrue great
ness. Coronets, prebands, purple robes
and lawn sleeves, NJ. AS and D. DIS sro
now felt to be mere rabbage; while the
goods are in the inner man, the substance
is the soul.-Scientifc American.
AFRICAN DlscoyERY--NEw INLAND SEA.
A recent number of the London Athenaum
in,imates that, according TO a statement ia
The South African Comnetcisl Advertiser,
the long contested geographical problem cf
the existence of great inland sea or lako
in Central Africa has been al last solved BY
its discovery by MIR. L. (name not given
-and that, Of itself, throws on air of doubt
over the account, y who writes from ito
banks, and calls il Nokaca Mama, or Ngama.
He describes il as sea Of unknown length
and breadth, and land cannot be seen across
it. tits in the midst Of the desert. Its
waters are blue. Two large rivers run in
to il from the north. One Of these streams
Mr.. l.. descended, along its banks, for two
hundred miles in southeastern direc-
ton, and was thus led to the discovery Of
the sen. He describes it as being about
$50 miles north-northwest Of Kolobeng,
and says his last solar observation whether
taken near the sea or not does not appearl
gave latitude Of 10 degrees Z minutes
south. All very fine; but, most probably
fudge. Baltimore Patriot.
SAVING THE You've FROM FUTURE CRrMs.
A young lady called in at the store Of ons
Of our dry goods mercha nts, the other day
and stole pair Of kid gloves, while pur-
chasing sixpence worth OF lustring. A
gentleman in the store called the attention
uf the merchant to the fact, and he instead
Of threatening the lady or compelling her
to pay double the price, gently told her that
she had robbed him and At the same refused
to take the gloves back or receive comPeasa-
tion for them, but in terms OF mild reproof,
cautioned her against committing so helm
Gus Sin again, and told her TO keep Them
40 4 warning. The lady shed tears of
,hankfulness and shame, and left, no dosbe,
greatly improvedin character BY the adven-
tnre. The merchant 10 genuine chris.
tiun.-Albany Knickerbocker.
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PERFECT HAprINEss.-A lsundress..
who was employed in the family Of one Of
our former Governors, said 10 BIN, With =
sigh:
..Only think, your excellency, how lit.
tic money would make me happy!n
s.liow little, madn.n?" says the Cover
nor.
/ .Oh! dear sir, one hundred dollars would
make me perfectly happy" J.
"lftha. is all, you shall have it," and
he mmedia,ely gave il to her.
y She loo ked at il with j,y and thankful
ness, and lefore the Governor was out OF
hearing, exclnin 81: "
81 irish + had said tro hundred."
.TnEr sAY," is one of,hc greatest lisfS