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IL appearing to the satisfaction of the Com
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June Is,
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-09-23
Distance to the Sun.

Imagine railway from here to the sun.
How many miles is the sun from us? Why.
if we were TO send baby in an express train.
going necessarily hundred miles an hour,
without making any stQepages, the baby would
grow TO be boy, the boy would grow to be A
man, the man would grow old and die without
seeing the sun for it is distant more than a
hundred years from us. But what is this COM
pared to Neptune's distance? Had Adam and
Eve started by our railway to 20 from Nep-
tune in the Sun, at the rate Of fifty miles an
hour, they would not have got there yet; for
Neptune is more than six thousand years from
the centre Of our system"
BY reading the above, you can form some
idea Of the vastness, in which we live, and
which God made.
The sun, the moon, and all the stars that
shine so beautiful above us, by day or by night
are all the workmanship Of the God who re.
quires us all, both young and and old, to love
him. Why do you love your fatherY You
ansr -; Because he is good TO me-" Why
do you love you. mOther7 Because she
loves me and takes care Of me-" m~' 'e your
answer. Whydo you love your friends3 BE
cause they are kind to me-" is the reason
given.
Now think Of God who is good to you, be-
cause he has given you life, health, and enjoy.
ment Who loves you, or he would not have
surrounded you with all the beautiful things
that mans eye has ever seen. Who is kind to
you, or he would not have given you the light
OF the sun by day, or that of the moon and stars
by night.
Little children should think of the greatness
and kindness of their Heavenly Father, that
they may in early life learn to serve and obey
hlm. lie who learns in early life, will not be
very apt to forget it in old age. And he who
truly serves and loves God from childhood 10
old age, is the happiest man in the world.
Such man is not only blessed by his God, but
he is loved, honored and respected by his fell
low men.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-09-23
Cholera in the Army-Letter from FRI

Cholera in the Army-Letter from FRI
vate soldier.
The North British Daily Mail publishes the
ollowing letter, addressed to his mother by q
private soldier in the grenadier guards, now on
service in the east:
"AUGUsr 6.-The cholera is very bad we
IRE burying ten or so every day; Ills awful, to
hink you may be talking to fine, healthy
'oung fellow in the morning, and in the even
ing you are following him to his grave. We
ave buried two women also, with the same
complaint. We buried some men when we
we're at Aladyn. Well, you must know they
ire buried very differently from the way they
are buried in England. They are sown up in
\ blanket and put into hole; and since we
left Aladyn, the natives have dug them out on
purpose to get the blankets, and have left the
bodies exposed to the weather. the wild dogs,
md many other animals, such as jackals, &c.
The healthiest men seem to go first here.
There is great talk of us sailing for Sebasto-
pol on the 18th of this month, and the sooner
The better, for we had better face any kind OF
zoe than the one We have among us at present.
But the French army are worse than us great
deal. Poor fellows; they seem to have no life
left in them; in fact, out of the whole $4,000
soldiers, English and French,) there is not
one man bears his usual appearance. We are
as thin and as weak as we possibly can be. ]
think every man has had the diarrhes.
know have been very poorly; but thank God,
am now getting great deal better.
The Duke Of Cambridge is almost out of
his mind about this affair; he rides about alone,
looking and talking to any soldier he meets.
Our food is really not fit for dogs to eat. The
meat is given to the men every day, and they
bury it as soon as they get it. But / do not
care myself where they take us, or what they
do with US, as long as / can keep my health
and strength, for / know have courage sufi-
cient to go as far as any man. 1t is an awful
sight to see poor fellows going to the grave
every hour in the day. / dare say you have
heard Of draft of our men coming out to join
US. Well, they have come some days ago, and are
dying as fast as possibls. Poor fellows the
climate is too hot for them. We came to it by
degrees, so we are more accustomed to the
heat than they are, as they came straight from
London. One woman lost her husband yes
terday SO / suppose she will be sent back to
London the first opportunity; he was ser
geant in the fusiliers. ! have heard many say
that foreign service was the best, but / am
quite satisfied with the small share have had
of il. they once get me home again they
shall never get me ont again. / have COM
rade in the 9th regiment of the French army;
he is corporal, and very intelligent fellow.
he is the regimental clerk, and he is going to
teach me to speak his language properly. j
certainly have improved myself greatly under
his tuition. | am going to teach him to speak
English. His name is Jean Baptiste Petri.
Fancy You see him and me sitting under a
shady tree, jabbering away"
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-09-23

The YARMOUTH ESoLrsH SrEAMER.-We
fno ::he following description Of the Eastern
Steam Navigation Co.'S steamer now building
in England:
= Her length is Gao feet double the length
OF the Himalaya,) S3 feet beam, and So feet
deep in hold; capacity 10000 tons register;
$4,000 tons builders measurement. She is to
have. screw engines, which are making, hay
ing four s4-inch cylinders 4 feet strokes and
paddle wheel engines, making by Scott Rus.
sell, having four 74-inch cylinders and Ia feet
stroke (oscilhtors) The power Of the screw
e!ngineq taking them at 7 lbs. and As revolu.
tlons--l,692 HORSES the paddle-wheel engines
at IL reyolutions-I, 22S horses, making 1870
nominal horse power but as steam Of rs lbs.
is 70 be used, it may be assumed that the &C
tual power exrted will be four times the nomi
nal, or nearly $4,000 horses. A screw is pro-
posed 10 be "A feet diameter, with a 4O-feet
pitch, and the speed is calculated at IS or 10
miles per hour--drah about 70 feet"
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-09-23

THORN, the MILLIONAIRE, AT SARAToGA.-A
correspondent Of the Mobile Tribune, dating
from Saratoga, gives the following sketch of
an American prince:
"Thorn, to whom / REFER has made lion Of
himself by indulging in extravagances and
eccentricities. He is the man who so eclipsed
the Emperor Of France in the splendor of his
turn out BE is said to have driven four span
of horses, richly csparisoned, to the most splen-
did carriage in Europe. The Emperor, I'M
wiling that any one should go in better style
than himself, ordered him TO appear no more
in the streets Of Paris with the aforesaid estab-
iishment. His party consists Of his wife, two
daughters, beaux, attendants, pages, maids
prooms, &c. j witnessed, few days since,
the ceremony Of their preparation TO ride. Five
steeds and carriage, with groom and dri-
yers, in finest livery to each, we're first pre-.
sented opposite the United States Hotel. Next
cane the party, with their maids and atten-
dants. A beautiful mahogany bay horse was
6rst led ~, whereupon grooms and servants
took their position to perform the feat Of
mounting the fair Miss 10 her saddle. She
placed her foot in the white gloved hand of
the groom on the left side, who gracefully
placed her in the saddle, while on their right
stood another ready to catch the jewel if, per.
chance, il should drop that way. Then came
the r,aids to adjust the riding dress, and place
her foot in the stirrup. This and similar cere-
monies with her sister being accomplished, the
beaux and attendants mounted, Ia old folks
assembled their carriage, and off they put =. - II
TO a funeral. This ceremony must have taken
half hour-long enough, heard an Alabama
girl remark, for a southern party TO have
mounted and taken a respectable ride. / for.
got to note, that after the adjustment of the
young ladies' dresses, reins, &C., the horses
were sugared lfed) from the hands of the
grooms, which, ! suppose, was TO sweeten their
gaits and spirits for the evenings perform.
.ance ~
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Thre aundred Miles AM Hour.

A pape9was lately read by Judge Meigs,
before the american Institute Farmers Club,
at New Ydk, upon the subject of rapid rail
road travehg, from which we make the follow
ing extract
havdwith others, admired the progress
made in tlocity on railroads up to even one
hundred n4es an hour on straight rails, which
has been (one in England. But / entertain
views of ralroad velocity far beyond any yet
ventured t4be expressed. The Emperor OF
Russia has tken the first great step towards
what deenithe ultimatum of railroad travel.
INSTEAD II cutting a narrow alley through
the country, " going around everything IN the
way of stratht line-he has cut a broad way
five hundred niles, from st. Petersburg to Mos
cow-he has made it all the way t,oo hundred
feet wide-so tht the engineer sees everything
that comes on tie road
"Such is part Of the future; the railroad from
point to point mathematical line; the rails
ten times stronger than any now used; the To-
comotives on wheels of far greater diameter,
say twelve or fifteen feet; the guage of a rela-
tive breadth the signals and times perfectly
settled; the road, vailed on both sides, during
the transit of trails having the gates of the
walls all closed. Then, instead of one hundred
miles an hour! We shall more safely travel
three hundred mills an hour! | will not pre-
tend to say more Zone hundred miles seems
fast enough; so did twenty, few years ago;
and now, on very straight rails or some straight
runs, we do travel sixty miles an hour in this
State, and in England, one hundred miles have
been accomplished.
Mathematical precision and time will solve
this problem-a passage from New York to
San Francisco in ten hours"
nd IT, n <lar ,af fbo eli or re
ofNew York in 1918, he first publicly asserted
the reality Of steam drivers Of cars on long
iron railroad, with an average velocity of fif
teen miles an hour; and that in 1850, the
average velocity on the railroad between New
York and Philadelphia, owing to curves, &c.
had not exceeded sixteen miles an hour; SO that
this prediction was strikingly accurate. Mr.,
Scion Robinson, after Judge Meigs' paper was
read, remarked that upon such rail as that
described by Judge Meigs, he had no doubt
the speed might be attained, but he wanted to
know how you are to stop. To this Judge
Meigs replied: "We must begin an hundred
miles this side the stations to shut off steaml"
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THE MISSISSIPPI AND ATLANTIC
CONNECTEDi
E:s:ssss

UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE!
ONLY Sc HOURS FROM ST. LOUIS TO NEW
YORK! AMP 80 HOURS TO CINCINNTI!!
~, Tile only Railroad Route from the Lososr
Mississippi to The atlantic.
TIME FROM ST LOUIS TO CHICAGO ONLY % HouRsi
- The he s, team WINCHESTER S leaves
daily Sundays excepted at O'Clock, a. M. and
the REINDEER leaves the Alton wharf boat an
ST. Louis daily at $50, p. m.
The steamers connect at Alton (only 25 miles
from from Sc s.; L r1 with express trains for
CHICAGO, AND THE EASTERN CITIES.
Passengers leaving ST. Louis by the steamer
Winchester at 2, a. m, take the cars at Alton at
10, a. M, and arrive at Chicago the next morning
in time to take the earliest morning trains going
east, sh
Passengers leaving ST.. Louis by the Reindeer
at $50, p. m, take the at Alton Saturday ex
cePted) at P. M. in time for the evening trains
east
This line via Chicago and Mississippi, Illinois
Central and Chicago and Rock Island, or Chicago
and Aurora railroads, connects with all the rail-
roads at Chicago, and affords the most speedy
route from 81. Louis TO points on the Mississippi
river, at and above the Upper Rapids, as well as
to points on the Illinois river at and above PeEin.
The trains of the g. and M. railroad connect M
Carlnvlle, virden, Springfield, and Bloomington
with good Stage Lines for Hillsboro', Waverly
Danville, Terrell aute, Pekin, and Piona and also
with the Great Western Railroad at Springfield,
with the Great Western Railroad for Jacksonville,
md Decatur, and at Bloomington with the Illinois
Central Railroad for Lasalle
GS- THROUGH TICKETS, and Tickets ro
Chicago, can be had at the Offices of the Michigan
Southern, the Michigan Central, and the New
York and Erie railroads, ST. Louis.
va TICKETS TO CHICAGO and all the in
termed ate places, can be had at the wharf boat
aud on the railroad packets, and at the Offices OF
the Chicago and Mississippi, Illinois Central, and
Chicago and Rock Island railroads.
L. HEATING, Supt C. 81 RR.
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GERMAN BRIDEs.-Mr. James Brooks, of the
New York Express, who is now in Europe, in
a recent letter says:
The Germans, by the way, have queer way
of making Brides" and Of doing some other
things in the counting and marrying way,
which may interest you, perhaps. When a
maiden is betrothed, she is called Bride"
and SO continues, till she becomes "wifer
All the while she is engaged she is Bride"
The lovers, Immediately upon the betrohal, ex-
change plain gold rings, which are worn ever
afterwards, till death parts them. The woman
wears hers on the third finger of the left hand,
and the man his, on his - hand. When
the Bride" becomes wife" her ring is trans.
ferred to the third finger Of the right hand
and there it remains. The husband always
wears his ring just as the wife wears hers, SO
that if you look upon mans hand, you can
tell whether he is mortgaged or not. There is
no cheating for him ever after-no coquettine
with the girls, as if he were an unmarried man
for 10! the whole story is told by his finger
! ring. A Viennese married lady was much
amused when told her that in our country We
only ring" the women, but let the husbands
run at large, unmarked "Oh, that is dread
| full" said she, more than half shocked. "Think
there is Frederick, my husband-only 24-so
young, so handsome-and all the girls would
be taking him for an unmarried man, and be
making love to him |" ooh, it is dreadful y
Is it not?" "They would never know be
was married" Show can you do so in your
country?' "Iwoud not live there with Fred.
erick for the world" Thinking over the reas
oning Of my fair Viennese, could not but
come to the conclusion with her, that in her
country there was more security for the wife
and that therefore, her custom was better than
ours. But would not there be rebellion
among the men in America, if the wives there
thus put public stamp Of property" upon
their husbands every step they took2 The
Germans have other agreeable customs in their
silver weddings (silbeTne hochzeit) 1.-THE twenty
FIVE years of welded life) and their golden
weddings, (goldene hochzeit,) $50 years J Blu,
Of these so much has been written, that can
probably write you nothing new. If ever ]
get time, will consecrate a whole chapter Ia
you on German courtships and German we'd
ded life-but this letter is just now medley
enough.