Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-03-09
IN INAUGURATION.

On Friday, the 4th of March, Franklin Pierce
was inau0erated President of the United States
for the ensuing fouryears. The oat!is ofofice
were administered by Chief Justice fancy, IN
the presence of the two Houses of Congress
and thousands of citizens, who had congrega-
ted at Washington from every portion OF tho
| Union to witness the imposing ceremony of the
occasion. The Inaugural Address -eF Presi !
dent Pierce is brief and concise, md hrcaths y
spirit of devotion to the Union-the who's
cOuntry-whoSc every and separate interest hr
pledges himself TO maintain and preserve by
al the constitutional guarantees which have so
long and prosPerously held our glorious Con
fedcraey harnoniously together. We expec-
ted TO be able to lay the inaugural Address be-
fore our readers TODAY. but owing to the Sc
we're snow-storms on Friday and Saturday. our
northern mails have been retarded. and we
did not receive a copy until about the usual
hour for putting our Paper to press.
The Inaugural Address is brief chasle and beau
tiful. 1t treats of evcrything concerning Americans
i'm the past, present and future. 1t is an cpitome
of our history, q treatise ON political statistics, and
q programme of the future. 1t tells MS that " the
policy of the present administration will not be con-
trolled from any timid forcbodincs of evil from ex-
: pansion." 1t is opposed to fllibustering, and de-
: clares every net as unworthy that " cannot be JUST
: fed before the tribunals Of the civilized world
and nothing worth having that is acquired " by
; national wrong and dishonor." 1t re-afirms the
!, compromise in all Its bearings. and promises to up
l hold the Union and the Constitution.
Vice President King being absent in HAY
ana, with the hope of recruiting his health. the
e ceremonies of installing him rs Vice President
| of the Unitrd States and President er oficio
of the u. s. Senate, were of course not per,
J formed.
r The Senate has been in Executive session
r since the Inauguration, for the purpose OF
considering nominations for Cabinetand other
n appointments, which the President may have
e to submit. The following appointments will
q be confirmed, viz:
! VIM. L. Marcy, of New York, Secretary Of
State.
James Guthrie, of Kentucky, Secretary Of
! the Treasury.
e Robert McClclland, of Michigan, Secretary
Of the Interior.
Jefferson Davis, Of Mississippi, Secretary
of War.
q James C. Dobbin, of North Carolina, Sec
rotary Of the Navy.
James Campbell, of Pennsylvania, Postmas
ter General;
Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, Attorney
D General.
Other important matters have been trans
y acted, but VIC have not time for a further no
: tice at present.
An immense number Of strangers were i
q Washington on Thursday, Friday and Satur
a day. many of whom were compelled to seel
I'd quarters in Georgetown, Alexandria and ever
n. place else contiguous to the scat Of government
'r- We have heard Of no acciden: or anything {
h an unpleasant character transpring on the II
er auguratian occasion. except that the severity
e, the weather was a drawback upon the exter
~ sive outdoor arrangements.
tn The usua! Inauguration Ball was not helt
by the special request OF President Pierce
of another mark of his good sense.
An INTERESTING FACTS Man has the pow,
of initiating almost every motion bnt that
N fight. TO effcrt these he has, in his matul
by tr and health, Go boEes in his head, co in h
"a thighs and legs, 60 in his arms and hand
and CT in his trunk. He has also AZ muscle
- His heart makes GA pulsations in a minute, nj
therefore 3,84o in an hour, % ,160 in a da
There are also three complete calculations
II his blood in the short space of an honr.
respect to the comparative speed of animal
beings and of impelled bodies, it may be remi
- ked that size and construction seem to ha
little influence, nor has comparative strengt
though one body giving any quantity OF mott
alb to another is said to lose go much OF its ov
ity The sloth is by no means a small animal, a
ore vet it can travel only so PAGES in a day; a wol
by crawls only five inches in so seconds; but a
Sc, dy bird can fly 90, 100000 times its own leng
IA, in less than an hour. An elk can run a m
or and half in seven minutes, IN antelope a m
to in a minute, the wild mule of Tartary has t
speed even greater than that. An eagle can
ris- ten leagues in an hour; and aCanary falcon c
oal even reach 25O leagues in the short space
,ad. Is hours. a violent wind travels 60 miles
,gh m hour; sound l,l42 English feet in a secol
ore AWIFE.-Whcn a man of sense comes
marry, It is 9 companion whom he wants :
LOT not an artist. It is not merely \ creature v
oy can paint and play and sing and dance. 1t
-, being who can comfort and counsel him;
i'ci who can reason and reflect and feel and jut
ral and discourse and discriminate one who
Jus; assist him iE his affairs, tighten his sorrows p
anu f. his joys, strengthen his principles, and g
ave cate his children. Such is the woman who
Il fit for n mother and the mistress of a fam
70 A woman of the former description may OCT
ionally figure in a drawing-room and ex
II u the admiration Of the company, but is entir
nrst unfit for a h~elpmate 10 man and to train u
oeeh child in the way he should 90.