The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

OF the Sabbath bell which called his
father to the house of God and near at
hand is The place where his parents laid
down to rest, and where, when his time
shall come, he shall be laid by Lis chill
drcn, These are the feelings Of the
owner of the soil. Words cannot paint
them; they flow ont of the deepest foun-
tains Of the heart; they arc the life
spring Of a fresh, healthy and general
national cbaracter-E Edward Ereyc2t,
The CHnNEsE-In country where the
roses have no fragrance, and the women
no petticoats where the laborer, no
Sabbath, and The Magistrate no sense of
honor; where the roads bear no vehi-
cles, and the ships no keels where old
men fly kites; where the needle points
to the South, and the sign of being puz-
zled is to scratch the antipodes of the
head where the place of honor is on the
left hand, and the seat Of intellect is III
the stomach where 10 take off your hat
is an insoient gesture, and to wear white
garments Is to put yourself in mourning
-wo ought not to be astonished to find
literature without an alphabet and a
language without a grammar If we
add that, for countless centuries the Gov
ernment has been in the hands of state
philosophers aud the veruacular dialects
have been abandoned to the labofine
classes, Il am about in the next few
words TO call forth the execration of
every SinoIoguein in Europe or Asia, we
must not be startled to find that this
Chinese language is the most intricate,
cumbrous unwieldy vehicle of thought
that ever obtained among any people
There are eighteen different langua-
ges in China besides the Court dialect;
and although by a beautiful invention
deserving Of all imitation. the written
language is so contrivcd as to denote by
the same character the sounus of each
of the 10 different words, all of which it
equally represents thisis of no great use
among the multitudes who can not read
The L. S. SHIP MAcEDoAIAN.-The
Norfolk Herald, in speaking of the con-
templated cruise of this noble old ship.
says:
The Macedonian is III feet in length
on her spar deck, about 14oO tons bur-
then carries on her gun deck eighteen
6S Founders and two 80 Founders on
the spar deck, one forward and one aft,
two 10-inch guns, with solid shot, weigh
ing 12o pounds and shells weighing so
pounds. Every part of her is creditable
to our yard and to the government. 1t
may not be amiss to say that the Mace
donian was captured in 1912 October
25) by the frigate United States, under
the command of the gallant Decatur
She was commanded by the then Capt.
John Garden, whose demise was noticed
by the English press by the last foreign
mail. She was then said to be the best
model for a frigate, and accounted the
most completely fitted vessel in the
British service. Modern improvements
have made her now far more form;da-
ble ship that she was originally. In
speaking of 'he Macedonian, some speak
ot hef aa siocp Of war sho was cap
tofed frigate-did service as frigate
AID should oot. IN her old age. be de-
graded to 3 second rate appellatiOn IL
is rather singular coincidence that Capt
u. F Levy Who now commands her or
the Mediterranean cruise, was one Of the
officers sho. il 1912, assisted in working
hes iato New York har5or after her cap
ture'
- Arrangements are il progress to
femoys ths, remains Of she late President
Mcntoe from New York 10 Richmond,
undes the sospices or sbe proper author
ties