The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-13

The Dome of the Capitol at Washington, is
TO be taken down entirely from the roof OF the
building, and O NV one erected, tC receive
which, a base, somewhat Of an Octagonal form,
is to be constructed, Is feet high, and 1872 feet
diameter. On this base will stand a noble
colorado, 123 feel in diameter, consisting OF &c
columns, with appropriate entablatures, bal.
ustrades, &C., from which will rise IN enriched
attic of SO feet in height by lO7 feet in dia-
m ter. This attic will form the base Of the
cupola, the diameter of which latter will be
go feet and the height Sc feet. On this will
be a lantern, supporting a colossal statue Of
the Goddess Liberty. The height of the whole
structure, from the ground on the eastern front
of the building, will be 300 feet. The interior
of the dome will be rich in ornaments Of a
bold and striking character, the present rotun
da being preserved as high as the top OF the
cornice, above which will be belt of sculp
ture nine feet high, and nearly 300 in length,
around the entire sculture. Above this will
be succession of galleries, colonnades. entab
latures, attics and ballustrades, surrounded by
hemisphtrical ceiling, and crowned by the
lantern above mentioned, the height OF the lat
ter from the floor being 2l8 feet Thus, when
the work is complete, one may look down from
that point upon the groups OF persons gather
ed in the rotunda far beneath. The highest
lookout point will be 275 feet above the
ground on the eastern front. All the work
we have been describing, we learn from the
Union, will be of iron from top to bottom, in-
side and outside, the finest structure Of that
material yet built From the same paper We
also learn that the workmen have commenced
to frame the scaffold for removing the old
dome and erecting the new one, and 1t will
take the twenty men who are engaged at it, a
month, at least, to put it up in the rotunda
after it is framed. The addition of extensive
wings to the capitol building necessitated the
removal of the old dome, whose proportions
were never good, but would have looked par
ticularly Insignificant when browning such an
extensive edifce as the capitol will be with Its
new wings. The interior Of the new rotunda
will be the Hottest in the United States, and
the effect upon the beholder will be grand and
impressive, whether seen from above or below.
The height of the dome and its crown will be
greater than anything. yet erected in Wash,
iDgton or vicinity, and will only be surpassed
by the Washington Monument, should that
structure over be completed to its original al
titude of 500 feet.
The Plymouth Rock announces great med
:cal discovery, entitled Syrup of Bats Wing
and Ouiptessence of Wharf Rat" Its effect
on the system is thus described 1.-THE Bats
Wing flies into the brain, kicks up row witt
the ills of the head, driving them out at tht
ears, while the Wharf Rat dives into the
stomach, and from thence makes diligent IN
quiry into disease through the whole thirty
feet of hose pipe which is coiled up in the hu
man system" The discoverer modestly al
ludes to his philanthropy in the following
strain:-"In bringing out these medicines,
do it solely and entirely for the benefit of dis
eased humanity and sympathy for sick ul.i
verse and utterley detest money or reward
of apy kind above the actual cost price, and as
bats are not to be had in winter, and wharf rat:
only live in seaport towns, the raw material.
are scarce and high; but l am nevertheless
determined to put the articles as low as on,
dollar per barrel, which is warranted to cur
a moderate sized disease, or you can return
the empty cask."
writer in the Cottage Gardener says that plant
in a sleeping room are hsalthiul, a. Ihey consum
NOR. vtisssd air than they create hence ss soo
purifiers.