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, 1857-01-23

The MAMMOTH HcAvE.-WoNDEsFU DIscov
ERY.-The Louisville Journal says Robert
Bishop, the guide, and three visiters whilst
rambling in the mammoth cave, discovered
m entirely unknown passage Of some two
miles in length. BY this important dscov
cry, the cave already the largest in the
world, is found to extend eleven miles in
stead Of nine miles, as has hitherto been
supposed. The passage was found by the
party to lead to chambers far surprising
oil those formerly known, both in extent
and magnifcence. 1t is supposed that thi'
discovery will lead to others Of still greater
Importance ErchaAge.
, 1857-01-23

TExAs.-A writer from western Texas
says the German, French, Swiss, Iungar'
ian, and other European settlers in north
western Texas ore to a man in favor of for
ming new State out Of the western por-
tion Of that State; aud to man they ore
opposed TO slavery. There are many set
tiers from the northern States among them,
too, and together he thinks they can com
mand ten thousand votes already. The
letter is written by Mr.. Wilcox member
of Congress from Mississippi who has lately
returned from visit to Texas 1t Is quite
probable that such division will ere long
be demanded. -- y
, 1857-01-23

Dar The treaty with Great Britain con-
eluded by Mr.. Dallas, and to which recent
reference has been made, 1t is now stated
arrived at Washington several weeks ago.
1t settles oil Questions heretofore existing
relative to Central America, and all other
subjects Of dispute between the British and
American Governments, excepting the
claims by the Hudson's Bay and Puget's
Sound Agricultural companies, relative to
alleged rights under the treaty Of lS46.
Under the treaty negotiated by Mr.. Dallas,
the Mosquito coast from the line Of Hon
dnras to the southern arm Of the San Juan
river, and including the port and town Of
San Juan is recognized to belong to Mica
ragua. The British protectorate over the
Indians Is dropped, but with the understand
ing that the good Offices Of both Govern
menls shall be used to secure for them an
equivalent protectorate from the Govern
ment Of Nicaragua. The Indians are to
be provided for, with the consent Of Mica
ragua. BY small annuity proceeding from
the duties collect ed at San Juan.
, 1857-01-23

The INTERIOR FoRcEs OF THE EARTH
In paper read before the Scientific Con-
gress at Albany on the 22d ult., by Dr.iC.
F. Winslow, the writer remarked that tho
more the geological observer contemplates
the sedimentary strata, the more carly he
must become convinced that the solid crust
of the planet is yielding envelope of no
great thickness, overlyiRg q globe of fluid
subject TO dynamical Influences Of such vast
power, that mountains and continents
pndulote upoa>it as fields Office folloH: rbs.
tidal aetioP Of the Sea. IrheSeadses and
fOrces ofthese vast phenomena were consid-
cred 10 be the tension and dynamical
agency of the molten and fluid matter in q
state Of motion underneath. Some think
this motion corresponds with the tides, and
French savant attributes it to the action
of the moon. DIR. Winslow attributed it
to the action Of the sun, and supported his
theory on the ground that these phenom-
ena occur more frequently when that body
is nearest the earth, as in the winter, at
which time more volcanic eruptions have
occurred than at any other season. We
take the following from one Of the reports
OF lne aSSOclnllOn: H.rs
Mr.. Winslow continued his theory Of
volcanic eruptions, by paper on VcIea-
noes, commencing with his observations Of
broken craters of the Sandwich Island vol.
canoes. He had seen two craters broken,
both on the Southern line with conduits as
perfect as iron aqueducts leading southwark,
until they disappeared through the superih-
cumbent lava. 1t was generally supposed,
from the frequent observation of an erup-
ton at one point on q volcanic mountain,
while another crater, thousands of feet
lower, is quiescent, that eruptious were
produced by lava forced up from the cen
trail fires in conduits nearly perpendicular.
His observations had led him to believe
that these condgits were more nearly hori-
zontal than perpendicular and he attribut-
cd earthquakes to the rupture Of these cor
duits. Observers and assured him that at
eruptions of Kilauea lava had been seen rI-
nning in conduits from twenty to forty miles
an hour AH i To AH+tf4} nA.
Mr.. Vaughn spoke of the westward
detection Of lava rising through the earth
on account Of its less rapid rotation than
that Of the superior masses through which
it was rising. This II was well known,
rendered the western decliVity Of mountains
sleeper than the EASTERN; he thought it
might have some influence on the rush Of
lava in conduits inclined in an ,easterly and
westerly. direction. - San Fraaeisco Herald.
+ tHN Hls II ca III
, 1857-01-23

SOURCE OF THE GANGEs.-The glacier
thickly studded with enormous loose rocks
aud earth, is bout mile in length, aud cx,
tends miles towards an immense mountain
many covered with perpetual snow down to
its base, and its glittering summit piercing
the very skies, rising 10000 feet above the
level Of the sea. The chasm in the glacier
through which the sacred stream rushes
forth to the light of day is named the Cows
Mouth, and is held in the deepest reverence
by all Hindoos; and the regions Of eterna
frost in its vicinity are the scenes Of many
oftheir most sacred mysteries The Ganges
cutters the world no puny stream, but bursts
forth from its icy womb river 80 or 40
yards in breadth, great depth and very
rapid. Extensive as my travels have beer
through these beautiful mountains, and
amidst all the splendid scenery have look
cd on, can recall none SO sirikingly mag
nlicent as the glacier of the Ganges.
, 1857-01-23

LONGEVITY OF THE NEGRo.--A letter
from Rio Janeiro, in the Correr Merehan-
tile, of Genoa, mentions slave 100 years
old, Of the name Of Francisco Tommasso
Da Sala, now living on plantation few
miles from the capital. lie was born in
l747, and had fourteen sons who became
farthers Of $50 grand children, from whom
have sprung 10 great.grand children, hav-
ing in their turn, up to the present time,
produced children, making grand total
Of 249 persons, issued from one stock, still
alive. .i
, 1857-01-23

pl- W. D. Porter, in the New York
Herald, points out a new way to discover
murderers. He says: no1l -il3l
The following method will, in many cases,
detect the perpetrators Of o murder. Il
is well known that all objects are actually
painted on retina Of the eye. Should a
person die by violent death, the object
before the eye at the time remains impress
sed on the retina. If the covering Of, the
eye is scraped down thin, and o powerful
magnfing glass applied, this image will be
distinctly seen. This was the first discovery
of the daguerrotype. Any scientific ply
sician can do this 0l
, 1857-01-23
my The Mount Of Olives. near Jcrusu

D6r The Mount Of Olives, near Jerusa-
lem, has been purchased by Madame Po-
lack, the widow Of wealthy banker Of
the Hebrew persuasion at Konigsberg in
Prussia This lady intends to beautify the
place and improve the whole neighbOrhood
at her sole expense. The first thing she
did was to plant the whole area with o
grove Of olive trees, and TINS restore it to
the original state from which it derives It's
name.
, 1857-01-23

No MORE RANCID BUTTER.-A writer in
the Journal Of Industrial Progress recon-
mends that rancid butter should be knead-
ed with fresh milk, aud then with water.
He states that by this treatment the butter
is rendered as fresh and pure in favor as
when recently made. He ascribcs this re-
suit to the fact that butyric acid, to which
the rancid oder and taste Rreowing, is readi-
ly soluble in fresh milk, and thus is removed
II EvensriLe En-. . iai lar 3'. .r1f'.a
, 1857-01-23

The CHINA TRApE.-Dnring the last sea
son S3, I99, 100 pounds Of ten were expor
ted from Canton to England, 5,s95, 400
pounds to Australia, and 81 ,OO7, ,ll2 pounds
to the United States. Only 2,49l ,9OC
pounds were exported TO Continental Eu
rope. SLOTS barrels of silks were expor
ted to England, and l,4G4 bales to thu
United States.
, 1857-01-23

BG- A man residing in the vicinity Of
Oberlin College, Ohio, lately gave his only
daughter in marriage to o sooty African
who has been educated at that abolition
institution. This man was, we understand,
State elector on the Fremont ticket and
regards a negro as his edual. ~, 4,
, 1857-01-23

DECREASE IN PoPULArIoN.-The late cen
sus returns, in ireland, show that the popu-
lation has decreased three millions during
the last ten years. Tie fact has created
much discussion and the reason of it Is
sought by English papers in various di-
rectionsS. .. I.far. ..
, 1857-01-23

h6r An ice machine has just been com
pleted at the 0Dyahoga iron works, Cleve-
land, Ohio, which is capable Of producing
one ton Of solid crystal ice in twenty hours.
The estimated expense Of manufacturing
ice by such a machine Is one-fourth Of q
cent per pound. 1El . .re'ef 9di
, 1857-01-23

R5- The new electric light recently pat
ented By the American inventor in England
and yielding the most intense and beauti.
ful Illumination yet attained by science
will, it is stated, be used on board the
steamship Adriatic. Those who have in
ves,igated this important discovery assert
that, under favorable circumstances, the
electric light can be seen at distance oI
forty miles. dgrH 4rars rB.
, 1857-01-23

R4- 1t is ascertaincd that the very best
quality of tobacco can be raised in abun-
dance in California, and the farmers are
beginning to turn their attention to its
production. The southern parts of the
State are best adapted to the culture of
the finest quality.
, 1857-01-23

R9- The amount Of wool grown in the
United States ia 1855 was 70,O00.O00
pounds. The Importation for the same
period, mostly in manufactured state, was
lao 1000, 900 pounds, making over 2OO, ,o00,-
900 pounds consumed in the United States
in one year
, 1857-01-23

Eay- The practice and principle Of insur-
ance is of great antiquity, and was well
known in the time oftClaudius Caesar, A.
D. 43. 1t is certain that assurance Of
ships was practiced as early as the year
, 1857-01-23

singular ARTICLE dF TRADE.-We see it
stated in our exchanges, that in October
and November last no less than nine hun
dred barrels Of S6ajls were exported from
Switzerland for foreign consumption. Snails
are esteemed quite good eating in Paris
epd Vienna, to which cities this large ouan-
TRY was probably sent ~ ui =
, 1857-01-23

Bar 1t is considered safe prediction
that the result Of the next presidential
election will be known in all the principal
cities of Europe, and possibly in India, on
the morning Of the next day after it has
transpired.
, 1857-01-23

PLow1SG ny SreAMAAt tho recent an
nnal exhibition of the Royal Agricultural
Society, in England, Geld locomotive
dragged seven plows, connected together
in one frame, with considerable ease and
speed, over quite undulating ground.
, 1857-01-23

LAMAs IN CuBA-Eighty-six lamas were
carried to Havana, under the charge OF a.
French naturalist, Mr.. Roehu, by the
Granada on her last trip. This is the first
successful importation of these animals
fused in Peru as beasts Of burden) into
the Island.
, 1857-01-23

PRUssIc AclD.-A German paper asserts
that Prussic acid only causes suspension
of life at first, and that one who takes 1t
can DO restored to animation by the pouring
of acetate Of potash and salt dissolved in
water, on the head and spine. Rabbits
have been thus recovered.
, 1857-01-23

STEAM ON THE RED SEA-AThe Viceroy
Of Egypt has determined to establish steam
communication between various points on
the shores Of the Red Sea. and has char
tered steam navigation company with
capital Of ten million dollars ~
, 1857-01-23

R9- The State Historical Society Of Wis
consin has expended more money for books
the past year than any other society Of the
same character in the Upited States This
will appear strange when it is recollected
how young sister she is, in the confeder-
atinfi l ti'a is ilhl ifi9t'
, 1857-01-23

B~ The Chinese appear to be returning
to their old homes from California. One
ship from San Francisco to Hong Kong
took back 400, and another about the same
time took back 200 Of that rnce.
, 1857-01-23

rA- Stone bullets were used until the
year 1914, when iron came into use. 1t
was near the close of the sixteenth century
before leaden bullets were generally adopt
ed. Stone cannon balls are yet used in the
East.
, 1857-01-23

bS- Bowling is au English game, and
was common as early as the thirteenth Gen.
tury, especially among the higher ranks.
Charles l. played at it, and it formed a
daily occupation for leisure hours with
Charles Ii rHyr.uI ro ... s...
, 1857-01-23

RSr The Russian Governments is about
to have scientific voyage executed around
the world, the direction Of which has been
confded to one of the most distinguished
officers in the Russian navy.
, 1857-01-23

ID pG- The mammoth pig brought to. Chill
licothe, to be exhibited. at the Ohio State
Fair, was two years and three months old
and weighed, on foot, one thousand one
hundred and ihirty-fve ponds l,li sr
, 1857-01-23

B6S- The Canal tolls Of the State Of New
York for the season to the 18th instant,
foot up 50, 500, ,369-a deficiency as compar-
ed with the some period in 1855 Of $42,-
A27 -U
, 1857-01-23

BI- TO..st given by a bachelor at a
banquet, = in Pottsville, Pa
"The Women and Coal Of Schuylkill
sounty-oh, how desolate would be the
fireside without themw
, 1857-01-23

~ Bearded women have been known
in every age; one was seen at the court of
Gar Peter l., in l72t. with q beard Of
immense eath. Margaret, Governess Of
the Netk9 Ids had d heavy beard.
, 1857-01-23

B1- Two Young girls have been taken
up in Hartford, for stealing whalebonc, to
make fashionable hooped skirts with.
Awful depravity!
, 1857-01-23

R6~ The three brothers Washburn, mem
bers Of the present Congress, are all reelec-
ted: Israel, in Maine by 5000, Cadwalla-
der G. in Wisconsin by 5000, and Elihu
B. in Illinois by IL 500 majority.
, 1857-01-23

Bar In North Carolina, South Caroline,
Georgia and Alabama $50, 900 have been
subscribed towards the purchase of Mount
Vernon, 5a .satI ..s..t5.1
, 1857-01-23

Sa- An engineer in Russia has discovt
cred method of converting peat turf into
anthracite coal. and causing q saving Of
sixty per cent. os5sW .r Il
, 1857-01-23

pH The bayonet derives its namo from
the place where it was FIRST invented, Bay
onne, in France and was first usedSin bat
tie as weapon by the French, ip the year
1908, proving a novel and efficient arm.
, 1857-01-23

D@ Our opening trade with Japan is
likely to increase the supply Of perals in
this country, as they are found in compare.
tive abundance in the vicinity Of those
Islands. vi .aI. ~ .,.
, 1857-01-23

h6r There are one hundred and seventy
places called Washington in the United
States, besides the one in the District Of
Columbia.
, 1857-01-23

RS- The total number Of the population
of Russia, according to late census returns,
amounts TO So, 900, 900 souls. 9al ffei
, 1857-01-23

B6- Three American steamboats, are
now navigating the rivers La Plata and
Parana, in South America.
, 1857-01-23

pGr Hon. Thomas H, Benton was to
deliver lecture in Newburyport, Mass, in
November, before the Lyceuu Of that city.
, 1857-01-23

pG- The Land Office has ordered that
the land sale in Kansas, on the l7th, shall
be stopped, if spectators appear as bid
ders F 'HH ...r HH
, 1857-01-23
2og%RR.
Solitude,

lis night, when meditation bids us feel
We once bave loved, though love is at an end.
The heart lone mouIner Of its baifled zeal
Though friendless now will dream II had friend
Who with the weight of years would wish tn bend,
When youth itself survives young love and joy!
Alas wien mngling SOU, fcrset to blend,
Death hath but little left him to destroy!
All happy years once more, who would not be boy
Thus bending DER the vessels lavinS side,
To gaze on Dan's wave reflected sphere,
The soul forgets her schemes of hope and pride,
And nies unconscious DER each backward year.
None are so desolate bat something desr,
Dearer than self, possess or possessed
A thought, and claims the homage Of a tear;
A flashing pang of which the weary breast
Would still, albeit in vain the heavy heart divest
To sit on rocks, to muse Ger food and fell,
To slowly trace the forests shady scene,
Where things that own not mans dominion dwell,
And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely, been;
To climb the trackess mountain all unseen,l
With the wild flock that never needs a fold;
Alone DER sleeps and foamng falls to lean
This is not solitude ts but to hold
Converse with Natures charms, and view her stOrei
unrolled. -H.
But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock Of men,
To hear, 70 see. to feel, and to possess
And roam along, the worlds tired denizen,
With none who bless us, none whom we can bless
MiniOns Of splcnder shrinking from distress n
None that with kindred Consciousness endured,
five were not, would seem to smiles the less,
OF all that fattered, followed. sought and sued
MI = -
, 1857-01-23

B6r The first corn mill in Nicaragua
has been put in operations by Col. John H.
Wheeler, X, ,,,.. oa.l IA. vaop
, 1857-01-23
Important from Mexico.

We have been favored, by friend in a
commercial house, with perusal Of letter
written at Guerrero. in the State Of Tam
aulipas, Mexico, on the 10th instant, which
states that Vidauri and Garza,s troops had
pitched battle near Monterey, in which
the latter lost everything; Cara barely
saving his own person by escaping through
the Huahouac Road THIS information is
from a most respectable merchant, and he
vouches for lis perfect reliability. Vidauri's
success will have q great effect upon Com.
onlort's government. 1t was thought that
il defeated, Nidauri would have at once
proclaimed the Sierra Madre Republic"
At least such was the opinion OF some OF
his intimate acqnaintances previous to the
battle. 1t now remains TO be seen whether
he will do so, anyhow.
RMovAL or THE New YoRK CRYSTAL
PALACE.-The Committee on Lands and
Places, of the Board of Aldermen Of New
York, are at present investigating the sub
ject Of the release Of the grounds for the
Crystal Palace. A number Of witnesses
are being examined, who stated that the
value Of the lots in the streets bordering
on the Crystal Palace would be greatly
enhanced if that structure was removed. A
number of the owners of property in the
vicinity of the Palace were in favor OF hav-
ing the ground occupied by it dedicated to
a public park.
MAGNIFICENT PRoJEcr.--There is project
now on foot TO connect England aud France
by tunnel underneath the British Channel.
NJ. Favre, distinguished French engineer,
has made a highly favorable report. The
cost Of the whole is estimated in round
numbers at 100, 900, ,OOOf., or 500, 900, 900,
and the cost Of each yard will be 2,695f,
or $3.50. The distance is eighteen miles
and half. This certainly is the grandest
scheme of the age, if we except the tele-
graph across the Atlantic. Louis Napo-
leon, it is said, is highly in favor of the
scheme--indeed, is anxious to annex En-
gland, which, its own journals complain, is
already completely under his influence.
, 1857-01-23

CURiosITY. teapot, used by DR.. Frank.
lin, was exhibited at the late fair in Peters
burg, Va. h
, 1857-01-23

D9r In the days of Washington, and
during the first term Of his administration,
the census returns, certified by Thomas JET
ferson, Secretary of State, exhibit the fol-
lnwirr ennmeratinn Of slnYes:
, 1857-01-23

16g- Austria has resolved to have q
navy atieast as large as Sardiniap and has
ordered the construction Of seven steam
irigates from New York ID 1aq ods
, 1857-01-23

nSr Tie cost of buildings erected in Du-
buque, Iowa since the lst OF january, is
.$l,64l.150. a1 E51 r1lsT' DIT
, 1857-01-23
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