The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-02-26


M februaryI2, 1869. -r
Astronomers have mapped out the
planet Mars as accurately almost al
geographers have the earth. Not only
are the boundaries defined, but the seas
and continents are named. A writer
in Fraser's Magazine says:
One OF the most singular features o.
Mars is the prevalence of long and wind
inginlets and bottle-necKed seas. These
features are wholly distinct from any.
thing on our earth. For instance;-
Higgins Inlet is a long torked stream
extending about 5000 miles. Besse
Inlet is nearly as long, and Nasmytf
Inlet still more remarkable in its form
On our earth the ocean is three times al
extensive as the continents. On Mari
a very different arrangements prevails,
In the first place, there Is little dispari.
ty between the extent OF oceans ard
continents, and then these are mixed III
ia most complex manner. A traYel-
en-, by either land or water, can visit al
most every quarter of the planet with
out leaving the element in which he be-
gan his iourneyngs. Ifhe chooses to 60
by water, he could journey for upward Dis
OF thirty thousand miles, always in sight
of land-generally with land in view on
both sides; in such intricate, labyrinth
inc fashion are the landsand sea- ofMars
in tertwined. agaa
We know not how such statements.
taken in connection with the known
constituents of meteorc stones. affect
others; but we confess they arouse in
MS something akin to disappointment.
Is there nothing besides land and wa
ter in the planetary bodies, and are the
starry heavens but permutations and
combinations of earthly elements? The
celestial Kaleidoscope is capable of in
finite variations: but what if the bits be
all Of one simple material? This is not
satisfying.
Stephen Pearl Andrews announces as
Forthcoming the "Basic Outline Of Uni
versology, the result Of thirty years
of abstraction, he tells us. We want II
copy for our friend Southall, who will
1--WE are very sure) trangulate that
base. t.4itt9a 1saE
There is very young negro mother
10 Pulaski, Tennessee. She is but ii
years and 8 months old. Both she and
her baby are In perfect health.
Which is the Daby9 I - s8fHE
A Belgium special commission has re-
ported OH the subject OF employing wo-
men in mines. They think they should
not be so employed. m aa4 a4f
No, better employ minds in women.
,Secretary Seward to-day readito Mr..
Paul Bagley a!letter which he would for
wardto Minister ohnson on the SUBJ ect.
Mr.. Bagley expects to leave New York
to-mo rrow, taking the original docu-
ment with him to England-a petition
for the release of Fenian prisoners"
Bagley is crazy. When we lectured,
in Bel-Air, Nd, where Bagley resides
1t was with difficulty that we could get
the people to attend. They took it
granted that nobody but Bagley would
lecture on such theme as "Bacon and
Green's"
Is it because you think your paper
superior to all others, or because every
body else thinks SO, or because some
body else did SO before you, that you
print the name of your paper in small
caps and the name of every other pa
per in italics? What is the sense Of it /?
We don't see it,. i8
In Gods name, why is not chloroiorm
used in hydrophobia. K,H the patient?-
Yes, certainly. Doubtless it is fear
ful responsibility, but one from which |
no true friend of the sufferer ought to
dare to shrink.
Say what you please about B. r But
Ter and G.. +. Train, they are both fuss
trait fellows. asa
All good preachers are bad men,
Why? Because they are actusted b.
motives.
We will give any man five dollars who
will tell us how to swIndlc back the mo-
ney we have lost by rascally advertis-
ng agents.
Too many advertisements and not en-
,ugh reading matter in the Statesman.
"Shall 1, wasting in despair,
Die, because woman's fair 2"
Ed. Eng. and Er. e..4
No, we're afraid not. You'll proba- i
,ly get married some ofthese days, but {
whether you will have a "thousand (
as you desire, is doubtful.
So we are not going to water our
United Radical stock by Issuing a lot of
lew and preferred scalawags. Well. /
How pleasant was that home in Lam i
ale street! 1t was so bright, SO cheer a
al, SO cozy, so refined; and such genu- !
ne hospitality reigned there. How i
hanged, how quickly changed! The !
liry scenes in cloudlaId, when the d
ummer sun is setting, are not more :.
thanwas that charming fami- q
? circle, nov broken, scattered, blottcd s
ut, to be gathered never again on q
arth, a.r tor u
Int the privacy of that sweet home, the n
laster Of the house illustrated those D
Principles which had gained him such
iStinetion and won him SO much re-