, 1861-01-11

We are having glorious winter, save that
hereabouts the s1elghing Is In scant supply.
| Our streets are brisk and lively. It's the win.
ter carnival Of the farmers NIL over the coun-
try. Roads.arc ike granite, and paths over
sloughs arc like adamant, and they miss no
connections With their loads Of produce, bound
| wherever tic nearest railroad station furnishes
market. The greatest enemy Of the swinish
tribe could not wiah against them q eeycrer
var to judge from the immense loads ofdefunct
| porkers coming in upon our packers or for
trans~slipment in the carcase, for which latter
the steady cold temperature is most favorable.
It is in the West q fitting sequence to IN abun-
dant harvest, this winter we are now enjoying,
and it will be well improved by our farmers.
In the city our winter markets are well sup
piled. Prices for tho necessaries Of lie rule
loK', and the a1moners Of our various charities
tell US the poor arc well and literally remem~
hered by our charitable. Altogether, il the
tunes are gloomy, and aspects threatening, 1t
is still far from diminishing the sense and
reality Of material prosperity and abundance
in our communities. For other regions less
favored, cyen though their troubles are caused
1"o on's. 'o'se'so ~ 1ne nauue VI euelf
own people, the general expression hereahouts
is one Of oft expressed sympathy. We often
hear this sentiment expressed for Charleston,
upon whom the great-hearted West, from amid
Its bursting granaries, looks with pity, ready
with one hand to aid In seeing the laws en-
forced and the Union preserved, and with the
other to feed the hungry wherever found,
whether in bleeding Kansas or clustering Pal
metto-dom.
Prof. EouMQnss Lecture Last Nlphtx
rbe ,ot,u - ~ prof yan,nans a. 11a..oaa,,..,,
t.esoee' t,o, 1oan4ua ~ aeefopon'an
Hall Last evening, before tho Young Mems Asso-
cfation, was attended By large audience. The
urh,ec, ,,a :. rhs f,ber,st-, ~ IT,, c,.-. - 49,
9ao.s' "as Ae eas!s',s ol nv e'2f'' of ING
fe'auons OF Han 10 the Gnivefse.'
ferr r. o,v cnn,1, u,,3t,rr H.. ,,h,ant T.,
leH' II ans' sqoa's. uAno4'ng nls subject IN
ansf sno%a asep ,t Ind STUDY and
tened n with rant ,rtcntfon hv hta nun,a.n,
seneo u m''n faP' attention oy ms numerous
physiological and nhsvco1ocical diaornms
,rba toifou;,o T. = 1..,oy st.o.aE
1as lo'io"i"s Is os'e1 sRetcn:
ty as solid block Of granite. 1t ,rns formerly
supposed gu TINT me clements OF heat light and afn
ny were separate; Now We look upon them as
10 ne universe y h1ed We can only transmutc one
to tne other by the fixed laws or conservation.
It has besn shown that light Is the same thing as
neat only It Is more intense There are different
SORTS Of heat: There is . sort Of heat which will
- through glass, md sort that will not. For in
stance. he radiation OF the heat from stove is
prevented oy lsinSiass; but II Eou take piece Of
It, Heat from the sun striscs the earth and IL con
veited into obscure heat. There Is regular scac
Of heat encr J, just as there Is scale Of light en-
e1gy: In every case where there Is stop Of me.
chanical motion you get heat. The discovery of
reciprocal relation betw ecn otioI and beat is
OF thu greatest discoveries Of century. The think
this new law. Hone pound of matter were dropped