The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Gov VISA few days since, in converse
ton " th Northern gentleman on the political
state 4 the country, he stated the position of
affairs thus: We have no fears of Northern
Adolf ionists. We can take care of them. But
what We have to fear is an instruction among
oursei Ses." "What!" said the other. "an
insur ection of the blacks ?" "No," said the
Cove nor, !" but of the poor whites" This
rema, he explained by saying, that he should
not b surprised if bill were introduced into
the n xt Legislature of Virginia, to restrict the
slave from learning the mechanic arts, with
the d,sign to restore these trades to the poor
whites.
CofroN AND SLAvBRY.-The friends of the
abolI ion of Slavery in the Unit d States are
indet ted to the Journal des Deba. for power.
fuh rticle on the subject, which is rather too
long tor your space. Suffice it t, say that the
write traces all the evils of the ystem, all the
dang ers with which the Union is nenaced, and
the constant annoyance to which Europe is ex.
pose J, to the growth of cotton. AS the cotton
plan exhausts the finest soil in five years, the
helo must be constantly extended to extend
thos, fields, new provinces must be annexed,
VI.
OF Slavery are ever to be eradicated, cotton
mus, be grown for English account in her own
colo nes. In the mean time, a serious crisis.
accs eding to the writer, threatens the Union,
and even the peace of the world.
"-'e CIR. Morning Herald.
NoMBER Sr4ns,-Of the ststs tf..
sen Is are vis.b.a tL9 nskeI 10 and millions
are. discove ~ the telescope. john
Hes schell c.,u.ates the. about i've aud -.,.!!.e
millions OF 5 are vsi3.' enorrh 30 b. dis
he9ispheres, and thinks 49,. u.
Der is much greater. His illustrlou.
estimated on one occasion that one hundred
ane twenty-five thousand stars passed through
the field of bis forty-foot reflector in quarter
of IN hour. This would give twelve millions
for the entire circuit of the heavens in single
telescopic zone and this estimate was made
uncer the the assumption that the nebula were
ma 'ses OF luminous matter, not yet condensed
sufs. But with the increase of instrumental
POI ier, especially under the mighty grasp of
Losd Rosse's gigantic reflector and the great
ref ectors at Pulkova and Cambridge, the most
irr solvable of these nebule have given way:
AMI the better opinion now is, that every one
OF them is a galaxy, like our own milky way,
CO. aposed of millions of suns.
20 INDURATE MARBLE OR SroNE.-Melt pure
we in clean ladle, and with a soft brush
CO 'er the marble with two or more coats.
W len perfectly CONCEALED, hold red-hot iron
pI tie just near enough to cause the wax to sink
In B the marble. Stone or marble thus treated
wi never lose its color, and if white will remain
so If the stone or marble should become
seized with dirt and smoke, it may be washed
W. hout the slightest injury. This encaustic
pr acess is applicable to both stucco and plaster
cs ITS, which latter may then be freely exposed
to the weather with perfect safety. 1t is
st ongy recommended by Vitruvius, Pliny, and
OF Ter old writer's on such subjects, and is one
o.'the secrets of the long preservation of the
Pr inted decorations of the cities of Pompeii
a d Herculaneum.
"A New ZEAL FOR THE PULPIT. The pro-
fused friends of pure Gospel, and the sancti-
tl .of the pulpit have become unexpectedly
numerous of late. Earnest and loud talking
al vocates of these inestimable blessings are to
b found in unimagined quarters. The Legrees
q I'd Tom Gordons of the South seem to have
8! suck hands with the low and the profane of
u e North, in demanding that Christ's Gospel.
thout subtraction or addition, shall be preach.
e. In all the pulpits of the land Who would
I'VE thought that such q reform could find its
ost jealous advocates at the headquarters of
Political clubs, in the engine-houses of CITY fire
G ,mpanies, and the vilest grog-shops of the
2 .etropolis And what time the churches
' III have of it, when the crowds from these in
resting places Of resort shall give the finish
Jig touch to their sincerity, by becoming the
r weren't hearers of pure Gospel?
Examiner, (Baptist)
A widower who resided in the neighborhood
&C Bristol, England having three children,
r .arried widow with like complement of
{ ;ive-branches; and, after they had been mar
I ed six years, they further added to the com |
] Ined family by three of their own, making in |
/, Il nine. When one of the "tupeful nine
,,as overheard making noise in the house, it |
vas no uncommon thing for the husband to |
cry would be heard, when Mrs. A. would retort |
10 exclsiming, "That's yours, Mr. A." A |
third Young nrchin would then give tongue, |
chen Mr.. and Mrs. A. would exclaim with one |
dice, "That's ours"
SHAKING HANDs.-Two duellists having ex.
hanged shots without effect, one of the seconds
nterfered, and proposed that the parties should
hake hands. To this the other second OBJ.
ected as unnecessary; for" said he, "theis
lands have been shaking this half hour"
{ The REToRr UNCoURTEoUs.-Afe few days ago,
{. gentleman was summoned to the Court of
requests, when the learned commissioner,
through some confused notion that he was the
proprietor of public house, asked defendant
i his wife was at the bar? The deferdan. an
,wered that sne was too young, but, as several
Nd Uomen had been called to it, he thought
ais wife might yet aspire to that high honor.
Liverpool paper.
I The HIGHEsr MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD
The principal topic of conversation at Calcutta
is the discovery Of the highest mountain in the
world. At the meeting Of the Asiatic Society
Of Bengal on the 9th August, Major Thuillisr
that Col. Waugh, Surveyor General
Of Indis, had completed his computations of the
positions and elevations of the peaks of the
Himalayas. The result was, to depose the noun.
lain Kanchipjinga from its throne as the high.
est point on the earth's surface. That distinc-
ton belongs for the present to q peak 100 miles
from Kanchinjinga, and between that mountain
and Kanmandoo. This peak is ascertained to
be 2S,002 feet above the sea level Kanehinjin.'