The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-10-12


HIoHEsr MoUKTsIN IN THE U. s.--The
California papers by the last steamer give
an account of the ascent Of one Of the Or
egon Peaks, known as Mount Hood, which
has been ascertaincd by measurement to
be 1851 feet. This is the highest peak
on the American continent, and one of the
highest in the world. The mountain was
ascertained to be volcanic, smoke being
seen to issue from the summit. The peak
Of Mount Hoods thus described: !.
"We found thetop similar to that Of Mt
Helens-extremely narrow, laying in a
crescent shape. Mounts. Helen's facing
the northwest by crescent, while Mount
Hood faces the southwest The sharp
ridge on top runs from the southwest to Che
north, making sharp turn TO the west at
the north end. The main ridge is formed
Of decomposed volcanic substances, of a
light reddish color, with cones from 90
to 80 feet high atintervals of a few rods.
"Thcse cones or rocks are full Of cracks
or assures, as if they had been rent by
some CONFUSION of nature ata remote peri
cd. Between these cones there are numer-
Gus holes, varying from the size of a com
mon water bucket down to two or three
inches in diameter Through these6reath- :
ing holes-as We shall call them-and
through the crevices in the rocks there is
constantly escaping hot smoke or gas Of a
strong sulphuric odor. In passing over
the ridge for near half mile we discover
ed large number ofthese breathing holes;
through some the heat was more intense
than in others.
Owe did not carry up thermometer;
therefore, we could not get the exact de-
gree Of the heat; but from holding our
hand over several of them, we have nodoubt
that the thermometer would have shown
boiling heat. in some of them"
CREEprNo TmSGs. Let me put spider
into any lady's hand, says Dickens, she is
aghast. She shrieks--the nasty ugly
thing. Madame, the spider is perhaps
shocked at your Brussels lace, and although
you may be the most exquisite painter liv-
ing, the spider has a right to laugh at your
coarse .daubs as she runs over them.-
Just show her your erotchet work when
you shrek at her. Have you spent halt
your days upon these clumsy anti-macas-
sars and these attoman coyes? Ny dear
lady, is that your web? If were big e.
nough, might with reason drop YOU and
cry out at you. Let me spend day and
bring my work. l have four little bags of
thread--such little bags! In every bag
there are moro than 1000 holes-such
tiny, tiny holes! Out ofeach hole thread
runs, and all the threads | spin together
rs they run, and when they are all spun
they make but one thread of the web
weave Il have member of my family
who is herself no bigger than a grain Of
sand.
Imagine what slender webshe makes,
and of that, too, each thread is made OF
1000 or 5000 threads that have passed
out of her four bags through 1000 or g.,
600 little holes. Would you drop her, too,
crying out about your delcacy? A pretty
thing indeed, for you to plume yourself
upon your delicacy, and scream at us!'-
Having made such speech, we may sup
pose the Indignant creature fastcns rope
around one of the rough points of the lady's
hand, and lets herself down lightly to the
floor. Coming down stairs is noisy, clum-
sy work, compared in such away of loco
motion. The creeping things we scorn
are miracles of beauty. They are more
delicate than any ormolu clock of any la
dy's watch, made for pleasures sake, nc
bigger than shilling. Lyonet counted
4,O41 muscles in single caterpillar, and
these are small part only ofits works.
Hook found $4,000 mirrors in the eye of a
bluebottle, and there are $4,000 separate
pits that go to provide nothing but the act
of breathing in carp. -