The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-06-23

ed there about all disagreeable fac.s, this yer,
disngreeable fact is we'll understood. Th,
mallet is heard driving new piles necessarily
THAT is a sound that cannot be muflled.--
The blocks of granite settle unequally; tha
is an irregularity which the martinez Cza
himself cannot prohibit or punish. Tht
walls Of palaces crack, and novels sink dowr
endways into the bog, and all the world may
see them melt down or be shored up. The
destruction will be horrible some day; ant
every inhobtant knows it, and only hopes
that the place may last his time. But if Q
west wind should carry up--not the sea only
but those who are now riding that sea-wha
then? This is what the Gar is listening for
the one other sound-the boom of cannon
which might for once rival in terror the roal
OF the sea. From Cronstadt, l6 miles of,
the spire of the Admiralty and the gttering
cupolas of st. Petersburgh than Gravesend
is to London. From st. Petersburg the boom
of such cannon as we have sent there may
be heard from Cronstadt, if we have the west
wind for our herald Of approach. By that
time the fog will be gone and the transparent
twilight of that latitude will have set in
The admirals will then have no more time
for listening like ne Gear. Such chance
as that wind wcaid fill the channels for them,
and obvute their chief difficulty. A very few
hours of such tide would suffice for their
attempt upon Cronstadt. The gun boats of
the enemy, ambushed among the islands, and
watching with intense curiosity and awe the
great floating Notifications ih:. we have sent
agalns:. tielr stationary one, must not in
s9l:si a case, come out, unless they would be
run down; and the sentries on bustons at
Cronstadt would see with dismay how rapidly
the ordinary watermarks are Disappearing
Such wind would be the best of allies. But
without it, we are disposed to believe that
Constradt is, as is now hinted from the scene
of action, "not impregnable." We hear
much of the shadows there; but it is certain
that the largest Russian ships Of war are
built at st. Petersburg, as far as the huils
are concerned, and then brought into the
Cronstadt harbors to be finished. They are
brought by the old fashioned machinery of
"camels" down the river, and then by means
of the great ship canal ut Cronstadt, into the
heart of that place. That canal-the one
from the Middle Harbol-holds ten
large ships of war at once. The shadows
before Acre were thought to be an insurmount-
able difficulty before Sir C. Napier made
wreck of that marvellous fortfcation. We
shall soon see whether, with the added re-
sources Of fourteen years O. naval improve
ment, he cannot deal with the shadows Of
Cronstadt The Gar permits no sounding
Of the Neva. To sound the Neva is death to
Russian subjects; but it is given out that the
average depth is nine feet on the bar, and
twelve within. We all know what Russian
figures are worth, and we may be sure that
the shalowest depth that can be believed
will be the one reported. We know too, that
the range of difference between the highest
and the lowest water is very great, and that
the period of highest water is just at hand
"Charley" knows all this, and very much
more; aud while he is walking the deck, and
talking to himself, he has his own plans for
making wind and tide serve him, we may be
sure. Everything is said to serve the Napers
Gas it generally serves other people, when
| hey are at their work.
And the watcher at the other end of that
Gulf, who knows all this, and very much
more, how is it with him! Thus far in life, he
has never heard the truth on ethical subjects
has never conceived that he could be In the
wrong--has never doubted his being able, if
he chose his time we'll to do what he would,
in and with the world. Is the transparent
twilight of the spring night the time when
the reality of his own mind and life is to
dawn upon him! AS the fog draws off, is it
carrying away the misis of passion and delu-
sion which have hitherto clouded his mind
In that dim light do the ghosts of his evil
deeds rise before him, and promise TO sill
heavy on his soul tomorrow! Do the hang.
ed come down from the gallows, and the
knouted up from the depths Of the mine; anC
the eXiled from the shores Of the Polar Sea
Are the woman of Warsaw there, demanding
their children with heartbroken voices. d,
the insane shake their chains at him! Car
noble and serf for once speak their minds t.
him, Does the "sick man." not dead, CONF
and show him his brawny arm! Is this the
vigil that the despot keeps while listening
| fer the boom of our cannon. lf so, he il
calling on all his saints to help him. But t.
the hollow-hearted, saints, and dlViner being
than saints, are but ghosts also. To 81
great a sinner, in the hour when fear bring
conviction, there is nothing present but hi
sns--the whole array of them--promisin.
to "sit heavy on his SOUL"
! extraordinary PRocEEDIaGs OF AN ELE
pHANT.-The Providence Journal gives tn
following details of spree INDUCED in by a
Elephant:
The large Elephant attached to the Broad