Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-06-19
DURATION OF ANIMAL LIFE.

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As all knowledge is obtained through
the medium of experience, so is all happi-
ness from attending TO the laws of nature
The Creator has bestowed on man faculties
to observe phenomena to trace cause and
effect; and he has constituted the external
world to afford scope to these powers
Every living being. has its use, and its
powers are limited, as well as thelduration
of its life. Man obviously stands pre-
eminent among the sublunary objects, and
! is distinguished by remarkable eudowmcnts
above all other terrestrial beings, and from
divine authority we know that the extent
of its days are numbered at three score
years and ten. That this period is not
definite, every days experience proves, but
beyond that average, we know that both
the powers of the body and mind become
enfeebled and require repose. The same re-
marks applies to-the inferior animals, whose
days are numbered according to the pur-
poses for which they are designed That
everything was created for the use, and to
be under the dominion of man, is quite
eyidentj but why the length Of lie allot-
ted to one animal should be day and
another sixty, setenty,.and even hundred
years, is not quite so intelligible to the
finite capacity Of man. We measure time
by the revolving of the earth on it's axis,
& by its course round the sun; but if time be
measured by the duration of life, animals
must have perceptions and faculties not
understood; for it is quite evident that a
moment to one creature is equal to years
to another; why this should be, no,doubt
| is wisely kept from our view 1t is how
ever, curious to observe the difference Of
the average existence between animals with
which we are familiar, and whose powers
and habits are we'll known. The following
table will show the average duration of
animal life The horse lives from to 80
years OK 20; bull 10; COW 30 ! ass ,33
mule 1S; sheep 10; ram Is; dog from II
to %; swine 25 goat s; cat TO- pigeon 8;
dove %; goose 2S; parrots from 80 to 100
raven 100; turtles and tortoise from 80 10
! 100. 'ss1s a, .a..fU -ei..a. o.
Among the mysteries Of nature are the
links that bear up the chain Of existence
which in many instan5ds are SO minute as
to be imperceptble to human sight; and
yet We know it is ordained that one is call
ed into existence at the expense Of another
and that everything is adapted to the
climate that gave it BIRTH Some are
are brought into life withsthe sun, and die
at its decline; others live perhaps for q
few days or weeks only, and yet they must
all obey the laws of nature, which bids all
to eat and be eaten in their turn; each full,
fills its destined Office to check excess in
the progress of life, and maintain the
balance Of creation 5 a"
The WASHINGTON RIoTs.-Theg(o follow
ing letter, from Kentuckian in Washing
ton and an eyewitness ofthe terrible slaugh
ter there on the 1st inst, conveys clear
er idea ofthe real state Of the case thar
any Of the newspaper accounts we have
yet seen. Tits plain, unvarnished state
ment of facts, written by a respectable an(
reliable citizen ofour own State, and is en-
titled to full crcdence Language is toc
poor to express the utter horror and detcs
tation which peaoeablc law-abiding citi
zens must feelfor such needless, heartless
} inhuman, and atrooious conduct as is her
t attributed to the drunken officials, who's
fierce partizan zeal has oceasioned the in
discriminate murder of men, women, bnt
children; T,
Err WAsHINGToN, June 4, 1857.
. To The Editors fthe Louisville journal
GESTLEMEN Not Knowing what repor
you may have received Of the terrible trag
edy which occurred in this city on the, Is
inst, feel iemy duty, as spectator o
the whole affair, to give you a simple state
! ment, which can be sworn to by hundred
of the most reliable and responsible citi
5 zens. -, -. .u. .lms 7r.r..-.L.
'rhe statements of the papers ofthis cit
: (the grave lntelHgcncer' not excepted
represent the mournful degred ltiontowhie
S American born citizens have been reduce
] by the nod and concurrence ofo Chic
Magistrate, by the applause and approv0
! Of the foreign population, and by the hop
: Eof gain, rapine, and plunder, too freely in
n duIged in by the party now in power at tn