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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-28

RESISTING POLICE.-Policeman Copeland
proceeded yesterday to arrest a man in a tavern
on Beal street near Mulberry, who had been
guilty c some disorderly conduct when the
maa resisted and those who were with him swore
be should not be taken. Captain Klink then
-eaa4slp and as7sS1 Nner the mkn ozs,uded
round and followed to the corner 0f-tne street.
cursing and threatening anil offering every pos
siblo obstruction. A severe struggle stock place,
the prisoner fighting with all his might, his
friends assisting him. At length the man was
got on a dray and taken to the station house. A
posse of the police then proceeded to the spot and
arrested four of the participants in the affray.
The names Of the men arrested are B. Gray, J..
II. Fisher, Mat, MuIvey, James Cunningham
and John Tins.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-28

SOUTHERN MOTHERs.-The members of the
society Of Southern Mothers are requested to at
tend a meeting at the parlors of the s. rooms on
Saturday, at ) O'Clock, P. NJ to decide upon mat
tiers of consequence to the association
Mary L. Pope. Secretary.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-28

STABBING AFFAIR.-At the Phoenix saloon,
on Thursday night, Charles Wright and Michael
Regain had q fight, when the former cut the lat
ter, not seriously, with a knife. For this at
tempt to kill the user of the knife was charged
twenty dollars.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-28

CoNTEMPT.-Joseph Law was yesterday fned
five dollars for contempt, being guilty Of pro
fame swearing in-the Recorders Court.
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HEADQUARTERS DETANINENI OF hANsAsl
FORT LEAyESwORTH, Dec. ,, 1861.

THE CHARLESTON FIRE.-Private letters from
Charleston assure us that the late fire was purely
the result Of accidental least, no fact has trans
pred that leads to the suspicion of foul play.
We are gratifed to hear this, and especially as it
will ~reassure other southern communicates
FaHH0h Republican.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-28

FOREIGN MAIL.-Tne third special messenger
carrying tie Southwest Express CompGuy's mail, Tor
all parts of the world, viii leave New Orleans on Jauu-
AIRY first Letters can be handed at the Southern Ex
press office in this city until the both Of December.
J:J. MCKEEVER. President.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-28

WANTED-Fifty coat makers wanted imms-
distely at Mrs divers, on Beal street, second house east
Of Second Presbyterian church. dea46t.
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LITTER LIST.

Remaining in the Postoffcs at Memphis, Tenn. on the
TWENTT-SEVENTH "a OF DECEMBER 1861.
"a Persons calling tor them should say that they arc
advertised.
LADIES LIST.
a DAMS Mss Noble
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\ NURSE WANTED-An experienced negro
nurse TO wait on a sick lady viii hnd employment and
liberal wages by immediate application at the counting
room Of the APPEAL office.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-28

FOR wHIrE RIvER-The passenger packet E.aa.
wha Va ley, Price, master, leaves a. above this evening
ar o'clock. Larry Harus;sd, agent.
For NEW ORLEANs-The elegant passenger ; ca -er
W. N. Morrison Newell master, leaves as above this
evening at > O'Clock. Bourne K Co agents
FOR yTCEsBUEG.-The mail packet Victoria Row
ltnd, master viii leave as above this evening at uve
o'clock. J. G. McManus. agent.
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4 startling md Improbable Order from
Gen. ~kRuuier.

From the ST. Louis Democrat, Isth.l
Ii the following, which has been handed to
rs, IS correct, Gen. Hunter should at once be
drummed out of the United States service. 1t
is a shocking and horrible order, nearly as
wicked as CamerOnism. 1t will be seen that a
major-general of the ! nited States army threat
ems to burn Platte City, Missouri, unless some
Secession scoundrel is seized or expelled from it
that he will reduce it to ashes and steal all the
negroes. 1t is unquestionably q canard, but the
gentleman who sent it to this city is certified to
by one Of our most distinguished citizens, who
agrees with us that his friend may be deceived.
We shall inclOse it to Washington, and if there
are any real isCts n the case, they must be
brought out, and Gen, Hunter ought TO be su-
perseded:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS,
FORT LEAvENwORTH, Dec. :, 1861.
To Ehe Trustees Of Platte City, Missouri:
GENTLEMEN Having TsceiTed reliable infor-
nation Of depredatOns and Outrages of every
kind, committed by a man called 9 81 Gordon, -
a leader of rebel marauding bands, l give you
notice that unless you seize and deliver the said
! Gordon to me at these headquarters within ten
days from this date, or drive him out of the
county, l shall send a force TO your city with
orders to reduce it to ashes, to burn the house OF
every SeceSsiOnist in your county, and to carry
away every negro. Col. Jennison's regiment
viii Ja ~intrusted with the execution of this
order.
The following named persons are particularly
directed to this notice David Hunt, Clinton
Cockrill, Joe Merryman, Robert Cain, Joh1
Murray, Il. j.. Freeland, W. NJ Paxton, w. c.
Remington, Andrew TribbIe, r. P. S. Elley
| jackson Miller, Robt. Clark, w. Tatman, II. NJ
Cochran, S. NJ. Hays, Joseph Todd and Jane;
Bulckharte.
D. HUNTER, Alaj Gen. Commanding.
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Regular Memphis and New Orleans, c. s. Mail Pseke..
70 Chill d.
Aa-ter..------W B. MCBRIDE, Clerk.
Wis elegant passenger packet, will r.
= iesVe Ior Ne" O'haus on Tuesday, SSEzE-
season
FOR freight Or passage apply on board or 10
T f. WILLIAMS & % Agsnts.
- ~ y v I----..- d
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STEAMBOAT C0LOW

For New O-ean-Reg4a n aads
M. spiea4f1 Passenger Psebat = 49,
FAH1J-D- Iobta, master VIII ~
a7eoo.e aDNDAf Slth ius-., at 5 ~
70 frgnt Or Passsg- APPLY on boe1a
For New D~rieals-R-guiar Saturday Paeka,
III eteSau' passenger steamer IS. 81.
4 NOHtioON. Newell. master. L-aves a. EA4<LJh
Above o. SATURDAY. 2..h inst a S p N S
Tor freight or passage apply to
49, As r RnJRSE r co Azaprs
For New Orleans.
tHH me passenger packet ". Il -
= 'ONEi-DN, Newell master. lsa-sS 1z|
~ e9ose 2-th Instant, d. p. vi "
FOR ire gnt or passage apply ca board or %
-e - pa" lott VtNsnS Ags-ta
Q. s Mail Lie
Ter Des Arc, Augusta and Jacssopport
Vi Passenger Packe; KANAWHA
Il NALLEG, GlChrist. master. leaves ~5E71
a. aD.Fe SATURDAY 2tth instaut. Al P g.
b-%tJ IsRRY HAgNSTAD 41sn+
Memphis aud yicksjurg c. :. Yal Line.
VIE nae packet VICTORIA, Rowland.
master, vii leave - above on So T lzGS+A
ShDAi >etE instant, at P. H.. -
For treight OF passage apply TO J. c. EiCHASU1 or
49, lEERY 3. RANKS Agent.
For A-san a. Rrvsr-Pias Bat and Little Rock
HEs2ieald passens packet. TABLE
= QlAd, W r N1wl=ut master. will aHG+ss
!ease as above On SATUB DAY. ssrb inst -
d, v K HARHSTAD, Agent
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,1FgNE of The ored'ad Mail Company

Eersors calling f9r Letters VIII pleas, "a
veFtis,d; and give the date Of sach sIysrtfsms1t SRI
o3y Office hJGrs rom half past sso 90 half paa thre,
g clock.
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STALJACE TT; Waddls Jsalcs; Virgins J. Way
" land II; VIM " NJ Wise VIM Mai; Whia,
Lieut.; wright Luxe 3 Maggener Jacob; Waker W J
g: Waterman & a. Weaver a B. Winfield A x Rev
Weigh Me-a- &. Winter d Capt. Williams Henry VI.
~ titiea : \.
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1861-02-11

OamPfbif-Strbinpuns sw1&sn Ri&munp uno
Nep gUrf.
OoS Oampfi&tfi ,,8Uanpte" prldst Ri6monp
isosn Dtenlfas, ga4mittass llbr, unp NprfOlf
Nittwch Nittas.
DnS Danpfl&iff nSamsstcpn" perlast 8id.
mono iscen 5reitas, Na6mitta0s ubr. unp
NcrfClt am Samstas Mittaa.
Der 6abrpreis in Der Gajats, @abl,.iten etn.
9eitlc6en, tGtrGst $40.
SIN Steero9e, Ubne SUR, $5.
erGnrlions- 2tdet fiir biz Commemorate gill.
ti9. Sl5.
Seilcnne, bic @itttwp6s urs Samstuas DEN
petersburg 6riit'ns benuben, trsfen ,c.tia NIT
Der 9tcrfcif' petersbura Sa9n In erlerer Stapt
eu. Sm NIT Dem 2alrfbUOt peittr eeben ,u f6n-
men. SidetS fGs f,te [cur tGunen am 0eters
burg Depot Grltit petbcn unb bstrdat Fer aan,e
5abrprets 9IsiaiatS au SO.
quo M u. 6eineten.
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0efen! SrfenI

Ds"' oeutid5en pubIitum Die anssise, pas itb
metnsn Strss ucu einseridtet uno cine bepeus
tenbe @uswabir son Ssfen icoer Nrtporr6rbio
babe. SD CLAUDE i'm Stanee ;u Iein, S}erermonn
nit Dem @'sp!tnlhten bepienen ~ tSnnen. Suz
Dem tt III friprrsn 3ulpru6 Oants, bOfFe ids ouf
stne 6ertl'trrs rslelbsn. s. 6effGes,
9ic. 92 Natnitrect
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8eeinaunasn.

Der ,Inmissr" erf6etn tbsr @Urees Senntuss auese>
ncmmsn, ium p6&tntldsn Subiriprpnsweis pen 10 @ts
abbar Die relp Srdeer cbir 500 in ikprsr SprauS'
besobIuns. In;eisn nctn utsr fp9eneen BtetnsunSen
aufuobne: ginntaee Giniduns 10 elsn eSer wenis
GEL so ets sipeinldIsc as gs., brsmose $lOO, cine
g9pbs l25 enen NlOnat $3.50 Sret Npnnte $500 e4s
sprauSbeabng anseistn, bic mad Selieben seranbtrt
perben f6nnsn perbeu nit S25. 90 per abr terenet.
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1861-02-11

NSarmpr llrbeitem>
Sacub Sincent,
Wanufnetufer BON italienilhsn uno amsrtani
l8en Warmer. Ncnumenten, Qei6eulfeineu iersr
art unp aaer In bielss G'ei6aft eini6lasenper
2lrbeiten.
Wdtnltr.. Srpii6en Der stem unb 6ten.
Meine Srsuiee uno tanssIrus nb f;tunb6lf eiuasla.
ben, meine prrrdtbiaen @rbeen euf bos C5edmo nSfr
in ;:alienhem Inb amertaniI6em WlsrntOr ausaeflby
IN &u9sn6etn ju nbmen uno elmer SruTa III unierper,
Iberu9i bin, baR m meine 9eebrten unben ebeu 10 ont
no bIlsr bsStsnen ann ais 9ens Elm anseis Fatrif9n
IN bleltSer Staet. @dnt er9e6enlf Saep6 9Sinccnt
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6ran3 StaupG

6ran3 Staupe,
I6S Srcabft,a6e, swil6en rer 6. unp Z. Ctr.
gat Elm rs;SSes ino wObloiurtiriss Eager YpR
SlSarren, H1uh-, 8aus unp S6nuSfta6of
sisner 5abrifatOn uno Smpcriaiion
ea er i'm grDB uuo 8Ietupfouf gu ben b0aifen ororc
n a6ldB RamsHtIib iOen Q6toerperf5uier nid, yrTiu
mfn bel thm sOrulprs&en sbe lie ibre Gntufe anserms6
WSpfH' T,l
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Gnillrtou.
Ser Spmnemiuirtb

S6wdbif6s SoItsssfGt6te aus rem pcriacn
Sabr9uncert BON Sermann &ur3.
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T. Sabr9amg.
The German ADVERTISER,

B. HAssEL, Editor and Proprietor,
Is published every day, Sunday excepted, at
Terms for Advertisements reasonable
OFFIcE: BROAD STR, next to CITY HALL.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-02-07
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1861.

lsh-are perhaps entirel ly forgotten The
student, lost in lofty conjecture or wrapt
IN admiration Of the wonderful revelations
of the telescope, is apt to overlook the
mental drudgery necessary to enable the
mind to freely grasp the mighty questions
propounded for solution to the astronomer.
or even to make the simple calculations of
an almanac.
A knowledge of the higher departments
of algebra, and its application to geometry,
OF the integral calculus, and of the phe
nomena of optics, are necessary to him who
would emulate Newton or La Place, Mitch
ell or Loomis. He who would devote his
researches to chemistry, should first COM
prehend the relations of bodies to each
other, as revealed by natural philosophy.
He who would follow in the footsteps of
Button, Cuvier, or Owen, must first learn
the structure of his own body.
What we would more particularly urge
upon the young student is that he should
not suffer himself to be so dazzled by the
contemplation of the more beautiful fea-
lures of science as to become mere
drearler, always intending to begin study
in earnest, yet always deferring it. The
Italians have proverb-" Hell is paved
with good intentions, and he who would
achieve eminence must work while the day
lasts. a celebrated English jurist being
asked whether he thought there would be
opportunity for another lawyer in London,
replied, "There is always room enough up
stairs" There are many fields open to
the youth of our day. The science of or
ganic chemistry is almost in its infancy.
Many of the phenomena of acoustics, the
chemical laws governing light, the powers
and functions of magnetism and electrici-
ty and their relation to each other yet re-
main to be developed by research or veri-
fed by experiment He who is desirous
of adding his mite to what is already
known need not despair of finding objects
worthy of investigation, or of gratifying
his aspirations for distinction. "Therc is
always room up stairs"
G. F. d.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-02-07
Distressing Suicide.

he greatest cOnsternation was excited
IN the northern part Of the city last week.
by suicidal act Of nature more than or.
dlnary distressing. A young wife and
mother whose remarkable charms Of Der.
son and manner are within the recollection
OF large circle of acquaintance, in a fit
of temporary arrangement cut her throat
with razor, dying almost immediately.
She had been married about fifteen months.
and at the time of her death was residing
with her father and husband, (both De-
partmant clerks, on Tenth street, between
u and IL. On Thanksgiving eve she gave
birth TO child, since which time she has
been very i'll, at periods deliriaus, and had
threatened to put an end to her existence
so that 1t had been deemed advisable to
keep everything from her reach hy which
she could DO herself bodily injury Yes
terdy, about /! II. NJ, while the family
were at dinner, she managed to make her
way unobseryed to an upper room, where
she obtained q razor and drew it across her
throat with SO much determination Of nur-
pose as to put an almost immediate end to
her existence. Dotted on as she wae by her
husband ami parents, their distress may be
imagined. She was truly amiable woman,
and worthy member of the Church Of the
Ascension. Her marriage at this church
some fifteen months ago, with every cir
cumstance auspicious Of happy future,
was chronicled in the Star at the time, and
the announcement is doubtless in the mem
ory OF many of our readers Washington
Star.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-02-07
Dish of Salmagnndi.

Fine Fellow-The man who advertises
in our paper, the man who never refuses to
lend you money, and the fellow who is
courting your sister.
Genteel People-Thc young lady who
reads romances in bed, the friend who is
always engaged when you call, and the cor
respondent who cannot find time to answer
your letters.
Unpopular Personages-A fat man in an
omnibus, a tall man in a crowd, and short
man on parade.
Timid People-A lover about to pop the
question, man who does not like to be
shot at, and steamboat company with a
cholera case on board
Dignifed Men-A cit in country town.
a midshipman on quarter deck, and school
committee on examination day.
Prosecuted People-Wo by that ty-
rant man, boys, by their parents and teach
ers, and all poor people by society at large.
Unhappy people-All old bachelors and
old maids.
Ambitious chap-The writer who pays
the magazines for inserting his communi-
cations, the politician who quits his party
because he cannot get into Office, and the
boy who expects to be President
Humble Persons-The husband who
does his wife's churning, the wife who
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-02-07
Forty Men Lost in the Snow.

An English journal says ;-' Perhaps no
more severe weather was ever experienced
on the Yorkshire moors than that which
prevailed during the past week. The
snow storms were continuous and heavy,
occasionally attended with thunder. and in
some of the valleys the drifts of snow are
twenty feet deep. All traffic was stopped,
and the partridges and grouse were driven
OFT the moors by scores, and were picked
up in the streets Of Nation half dead with
cold and hunger. Vast numbers of crows
and other birds are found dead. The
works on the Rosedale railway, now in
course of formation, have been entirely
suspended, and the laborers reduced to great
distress. Forty of these men were driven
from the works to seek shelter at the Esk-
hit Huts, on the bleak moors, where il
seems they were SHOWN over and could not
escape. Their continued absence caused a
search party to set off over the moors, and
by dint OF great labor passage was made
to the huts, where, on the door being omen.
ed, the poor fellows were found in a Verv
exhausted condition. They had been pris
oners for two days and nights, and had eat
en- their last provisions and used their last
fuel
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-02-07

/, for one, am opposed to it, As my friend
tMF. Parker) has said Most Of as here had
ttis matter un{cr consideration for the Lost
! tlceHty gears, and / presume, ace haa 6y ms
time, dErired al q decision upon the subject.,'
Mr.. keltt-Slr, we are performing a great
act, which Involves not only the stirring nres
ent, but embraces the whole great future for
ages to come. / hare been enqaoed in this
great morement ere5 since entered l15iiicslI
t!fe am content with what has been done
to day, and content with what will take place
tomorrow. We have carried the body of this
Union to ITS last resting place and now we
drop the flag over its grave. After that is
done, | am ready TO adjourn and leave the
remaining ceremonies for to morrow.
Mr.. Rhett.-" TIE secession Of South Gar
o5t'la IS not an eeent Of day. II is not any
Htng produced by Nr. Linco3n's election. n.
6y non crccution Of tie Fngitire .Hqre Lq,c
IL has been q matter which has beea Gqyheriag
heGd .toy thirty years. The election of Lin
coin and Ilamlin was the last straw on the
back OF camel. But it was not the only
one. The back was nearly broken bofore.-
The poiat upon which now differ from my
Trend Is this: He says he thought il expe
dient Tor Us to put this great question before
the world upon this simple matter OF wrongs
on the question of slavery, and that question
turned upon the Fugitive Slave Law Now,
IN regard to the Fugitive Slave Law. | my.
sell doubt It's constitutiOnality, and | doubt
ed 1t on the floor Of the Senate, when was
member Of that body. The States acting in
their sovereign capacity should be RESPONSE.
Bile for the rendition Of fugitive slaves. This
was our best security"
Such sentiments, expressing the opinions
OF leading representative men in the South
Carolina movement, ought to satisfy, it
seems to us, any reasonable man ofthe mo-
tives and purposes of the traitors who are
now doing all they can to break up the
Union.
Those who talk of coercion strangely
enough seem to forget that the traitors are
eoercing the United States into conni
vance of treason. Robberies may be com
mitted by bands of men as we'll as individ-
uals, and to prevent the former from ia
king government property is no more than
for an individual to resist being robbed on
the highway or at his home.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-02-07
M0RAI G. RELIGIOUS
Death is O Grand Secret.

We know not beforehand when and how
or by what means We, or others, shall be
brought to death; by what road we must
go the way whence we shall not return.
what disease or what disaster will be the
door to put us into the house appointed for
all living.
We cannot describe what death is, how
the knot is united between the body and
soul, or how the spirit of man goes upwards,
10 be we know not how. With what
dreadful curiosity does the soul launch out
into the vast ocean Of eternity, and resign
itself to an untricd abyss Let us make it
sure that the gates Of Heaven shall open
to us on the other side of death, though
1t IS way we are to go but once.
We have no correspondence at all with
separate souls. nor any acquaintance with
their state; it is an unknown, undiscovered
reigon to which they are removed We can
neither hear from them nor send to them.
While We are here in a world of sense, we
speak of world of spirits as the blind do
of cOlors, aud as we move thither we shall
be amazed to find how much we have been
mistaken.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-02-07

One Drop at a Time.-IIave you ever
watched an icicle as it formed? You
noticed how it froze one drop at time un-
tll it was foot or more long. If the wa
ter was clean, the icicle remained clear, and
spal kled brightly in the sun but if the
water was but slightly muddy, the icicle
looked loul and its beauty was spoiled
just so our characters are forming. One
little thought or feeling at a time adds to
3 influence. IF each thought be pure
and right, the soul will be lovely, and will
sparkle with happiness bnt if impure and
wrong there will be final deformity and
Wretchedness.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-02-07
l3j0Q9AIQ00AAa
Edited 10y A. sH:Jg, County Superintendent.
Fer the Educational Column.
Room Enough Up Stairs


Every one admires eminence in any de-
partment of science, but few really consid-
er that it is in the poEer of every one to
attain it. Circumstances have undoubted-
ly something to do with the direction Civ
en- to q mans pursuits-the natural bent
or inclination of the mind also affects it,
but it is certain that If the attention divi-
ded between half dozen different objects
were devoted to scientific attainment in
any one branch, we would have more learn
ed paen among US and feyer smatterers.
Many young men, and especially young
teachers, delight themselves with day
dreams of future eminence, perhaps in the
realms of natural science, or in the acqui-
sition of other species of learning. Re-
turning from popular lecture by Agassiz
or Draper, they feast their imaginations
Eith the thought that they too may one
day obtain equal distinction, or perhaps
benefit mankind by some useful applica-
ton of the arts to q domestic purpose, but
their application gives oat whea they have
made but small progress in the elementary
knowledge requisite. The destinations of
science lie more particularly in her higher
regions, and when the young student reads
of the reconstruction Of an extinct animal
by the genius of an Owen, or sees the fea-
lures Of his friend preserved by the art of
Dagqerre, he is apt to forget the long and
difficult path leading to these results. Few
are content to endure the trial for the sake
of the reward, and be satisfied if after pa
tient years of thoughtful research they add
one new iteIa to the general fund, or clear
up one doubtful point.
After perusing some essay or treatise
more interesting than the majority of sci
enti6e works, such as MitehelPs Lectures
on Astronomy or Buekland's Curiosities of
Geology, the difficulties to be overcome
before entering the higher fields of specu-
lative or absolute research seem to dimin-