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m*m rtecrvs. THE SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED JBV2MT SATURDAY, AT ME WIWCJ, Mllf If ESOTA, BT E I E A A I N N I S Aft laAeaeaSea Democratic Jenraa DEVOTED TO I INTERESTS AND BIGHTS OF TUX MASSE8. A a Political Journal it will try all meas •rea and men by the standard or Democratie principle*, and will submit to no teat bat that Democratic trath. O N E S Tba &**ti*4l will contain Congressional and Lagjnlariva Tirrtirn and Domaatic—Biver aad Commercial Nawa—Literary Matter— Teles—Biograpeioal a Historteal Sketch *, A A Ac. Ac. TBitsfs O S S I I O N (SutaUr ia ASVftM*.) On* Copy. 1 year 2 At 8U Copies, I ye»r-.« 8 00 Tea 15 00 OT Any person getting np a Clnb'of Ten and rjmittlng fl 0». *iH be entitled to one eofy *rati*. iub.erlptinna to Cluha must all oora rasnoe at the sarai time, »id Da strictly In advaiN?*. A14S I'S.—Postimwters ewarywhore are an thoriaad A*.in -a for thta papur. i»%% I in mnii IN A'.L ITS VAtlO'J B1AN3HES, Xiecutei ia a anparior manner, and on the shorteat notice. IIL %»NlM."WaTranty. (Hit-Claim ,9pecial Deed-*, and Township Warranty, ... l*Ut* constantly on offlce. and and for aale at this BUSINESS CARDS. ». WILD**. W. C. WILtlSTOM. W I E St W I 1 S •Attorneys at JLaur, USD WlXtt, MINNESOTA, ill attend to the duties of thoir profession in any of the Court* of this Suite. W C. W I 1 S O N a Publi and Ascent for the fol lowing reliable Fire Inmrwe Companies: MBAOHASTS, Hartford, Conn. CITT PiitE, Hartford, Conn. W I I A O I ATTORNEY A COUNSELLOR AT A W A S ft E N E A A N A E N E WIffU. MINNESOTA.. YVAKREN BRISTOL, .Ittomey at Law RED WINO, MINNESOTA. 51y ». SANDfomD. VBAXK tVBS. S A W IVES Attorneys alLtmfy Notary Public. E WING, MINNESOTA, Agsats for the United Ssntes, Franklin, Fire and Marine, INSURANCE COMPANIES. [I21tf) JJAN8 MATTSON, Attorasy at Law, AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Hi 1 Wini, Minnesota. Particular attention paiJ to Conveyancing and Collecting. CLiNroM OCRMEK.JR. o.o. BEYNOLDS. (TJlt S RE & REYNOLDS, Csiisellors tad Attorneys at Law,Dr. Red Wing, ^T" O !Hce with Smith, To irne A Co. 32-ti )im\ W I N A A O E A N O N S E O AT LAW, tfORTTPBrw wisaomm. Will give special attention to collecting Ac. 74y BANKING if REAL ESTATE oaAoa wiLoan «I.IT.WILDBB. A W I E Bankers & Land Agents WINC5, Minnesota Ter. oney loaned. Exchange A L.ind Warrants eought sold. Land Warrants, or Money .oaned to pre-emptors.on long or short time, ^ndon favorable terms. fjB* Lands bongnt ami .Wldoncotn mission Ac. Red Wing, May,19*7. a N S a S a A a a a I N a N W A A N S id Wing* Minnesota t3TM»noy loaned, Land Warrants sold or lo aned on n. Itoat Estate, and Exchagn bought and sold. May 48,'57. O W N E I E E DEALERS IN RBAI. ESTATE. E WING MINNESOTA Will attend to locating Land W arrauts. pay ment ot .uios,collection of notes, and to the par chase and sale of Rjal Estate throughout the Territory, Surveying, Mapping, and Platting of every kind done t»order by a practical sur veyor Copies of township maps furnished. De.dsdrawn and Ajkuowledgomentstaken. OPTAU baiiaoss insrustcd to them, will re eive prompt attention. T.». TOWNS, «.0. riXBOl REAL ESTATE OFFICE* E N A O I N MINNESOTA THcat* E jubscribar will buy and sell Lands, lo Land Warrants, enter Government Lands,select Claims forSettlers desiring to lo cate) on the Half Breed Reservation, pay Taxes and attend to all busineas appertaining to his profession—negotiate Loans far Capitalists up on iiiuxeeptiouablo real estate security from SO to «a per cent. PERRY MARTIN. Central Point,Jan. 1,15o8. 77y W. I AAWKISS. O. B. BAKU. A. HAM. A 0 O N 8 O W O S WOULD I Co., take this method of Informing Chair friends and the public generally, that they are now prepared to do I I I a Of allkinds, such as House, Sign .Carriage,, curtain and Ornamental Painting, Graining, glasing, Marbling and Paper Hanging. *VV»eialattention paid to allcrdorsfrora in 7 1SST. W VOLUME4,-NUMBER 81. HOTELS. E O O I A N O E Levee*treet,imrae liately opposite the Steam boat Landing, Rod Wing, Minnesota, A A & E E E E O I E O S •"f1HIS new, spacious and commodious house is now open for the reception of guests.— It has been constructed under the immediate supervision of the proprietors, and nothing has been omitted to insure the comfort and conven ience of those who may favor them with their patronage. The numerous rooms areall well lighted, ventilated and furnished in aauperior manner. In connection with the house ia a good and commodious stable. Bed Wing, March 1,185S. 8Stf E N A O I N O S E 1*. B. A F. A. IIABDT, PaopaiKToas. 'PUIS House is pleasantly located on the shore I of Lake Pepin, within a few rods or the Steamboat Landing. Persons wishing to seend a few days of jcreation and leisure, will find this the place to do it. A good and well snp plied barn is attached to the house, and a corn notent ostler always in attendance. The proprietors nixing leased the above pep nlar house and having thoroughly reps in tod and furnished in a superior style, would say to the pnblie that thing that thev can do to make ul. calling, comfortably and pleasantly -dtnated, will be left undone. May 48,1953. »5y E W I N O S E JACOB BENNETT, Proprietor. E WINtt, HINNFSOTA pif"Connected with the House is a large and convenient Stable. Stages leave dailv for the interior. Teams and Carriages on hand to convey Passengers to any part of the country. April 24.1858. 90-tf I S O N O S E COBSt* OF BROAD AND THIRD STREETS A. MILLER, Proprietor THIoS new Hotel the travel iotel'i now open for the reccj'ion ravelin public, where they will of accommodations. There is a* find the best good stable attached. Passengers mid Bag gage conveyed to and from the Boats tree of charge. 171-ly S A N O A to at Law NOTARY PUBLIC, And Land aad hsaraice Ageat, RED WING, MINNESOTA. NEW BARBER SHOP. THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FITTED UP IN a first rate manner, the room formerly occupied as the Sentinel Office, on Ph.m street, opposite the Hack House, and having reduced the price of shaving to I E E N S is prepared to execute, in a superior mannt r, all branches of his profession., Citisens and stran gers are rc*pe"tfully invited to call. J.W.COOK. Red Wing, May 7, '59. 144-tf «... O N N E I»l. !». Tenders his professional services to the citi zens of Red Wing and vicinity. Orrica.—Corner of Bush and l'lum street up stairs. E E E N E S Hon.Z.KiDWXLL, M. Fairmont, Vs., Hon. J. L. DAWSON, M. Brownsville,Pa., Prof. T. D. MCTTSB, Philadelphia, Pa., Dr.J.C COOPSK, Rev. Dr. DavHMoMD,Morgantown, Va., Drs. MCLANC A BROCK, Morgantown, Va., Dr. A. H. CAMPBELL, Key West, Florida, E. S. OAIXES, Knoxvtlle, Tennessee. Red Wing,May 33,1857. 44tf I850. E WING 1840. S E A 4 I O I A SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY /One Block above Freeborn's Saw Mill.) E SHALL BE PREPARED TO FUR nish at all times, anything in the above line of business, and shall keep on haifd all kinds of planed and matched Lumbar, Mould ings, etc. W OrJere promptly attended to, which may al so be left with Brown A Betcher. Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for work. COGEL A BETCHER. Red Wing, April 19,1859. 14-2-ly I N I E A S E O N DKALXBSIN Dry Ooods.Oroceries,Crockery.Hardware Cut .ery, Nails, Oils, Paints Sash, Window Glass. Looking Glasses, Farming lmplments. A.so, Hosiery, Oloves, Cra rats, Suspenders, Shirts,Collars,Brushes,Fancy Goods, Ac. J. MCINTIBX. Red Wing M. T. T. B. SHELDON. DUBUQE CITY MARBLE WORKS. M" 11ERR1CK.Dealer in American and For LN eignMarble.Sixthstreet,below Mainand Iowa, Dubuque, IOMS. Monusannts. A Heael S to Wan- Tabl A «Sm9 N A E 8 I N o, A A E I AMD DEALERS IN E A I E S Watches Clocks and Jewelry, Red Wing, Minnesota, A WORK WARRANTED. Aug. 18,1869. 158-tf FAIRBANKS 1 A E N E S OF ALL MINDS. FAIRBANKS A GREENLKAF, SA L«k street, Chioago. L. E N I S O N Reetiflei and Wholesale dealer in RED wijvssrf JbiQuo&s!*^ Corner Plum and Third Sta., tTtf WlflG, MINNESOTA. E A Another Milk wave Upon the- sea of life Another soul to save, Amid the toil and strife. Two more little feat To walk the dusty road-. To choose where two paths meet, The narrow and the broad. Two njoitltttfo bands, TawovbfbrgDodorill Two more fittfe eyes, Another liUle will. Another heart to love, Receiving love again And so the baby came, A thing of joy aud pain. A S I O N A E NATIONA SONG. Long live our gracious Queen, Who won't wear crinoline, Long live the Queen May her example spread, Broad skirts be narrow, d, Long trains be shortened Long live the Queen I O storm of scorn arise,. Scatter French fooleries, And make them pall. Confound those hoops and things, Frustrate those horrid springs, And India rubber rings, Deuce take them all! May dresses flaunting wide Fine figures cease to hide Let feet be seen Girls to good taste return, Paris flash, modes unlearn, Na more catch fire and burn, Thanks to the Queen Punch. HOW JACK DAVIS BIX AN E A DEM OCRAT. he most bigoted and unreasonable party man I ever met with was a a is ck was a red hot abolitionist, and his chief pleasnre seethed in a in the fact as notorious as possible. is friends and associates, with one con sent, pronounced Jac a bore and his politics a nuisance. On day Jac met at the house of a friend, a lady of great personal beauty and accomplishments. Attract ed by her loveliness, and captivated Viy her intelligence, he a me assidu ous in his attentions, forgot for a while his principles," and without inqnir in at might he the politieal prefer enc of his lady love, imprudently pro posed, as accepted and they "were married. he woddin was over^ the guests had de]arted and the happy pair re tired to their chamber, and-were snug' !y ensconced in bed when Jack in the course of a quiet conversation with Iris wife, nuwittingly alluded to h\* fa vorite subject, by casnally speaking of himself »i« a republican. W at I)? exclaimed his wife, turn iii'g .sharply and suddenly towards him, are you a Republican ?n replied .Tack, delighted with the ideo of finding a patient listener to his Inn** unrestrained oratory. madam I am a Republican, a regular out-and outer, double.dyed and twist ed in the wooL 1 Jitsl double and tout yourself nut nfthie bed then" interrupted his wife Vm a a a Will never sleep with a man professing the abom inable doctrines you do Jac as speechless with amaze ment. at the very wife of his bo som should prove a traitor, as horri ble she must be jesting. remon strated, but in a in tried persuasion, Hwas entreaty, 'twas no she as in earnest, and the only alter native left him as a prompt renunci ation of his heresy or a separate bed in the other room. Jac did not hesitate. abjure the established doctrines of his party, to surrender those glorious principles which ad with his growth and strengthened with his strength, to the mere whim and caprice of a woman was ridiculous and absurd, and throw in himself from the bed quit the apartment. A serine of insulted dignity and a firm conviction that he was a" martyr to the right cause, strengthened by his pride, resolved ei to hold out till he forced his wife into a capitulation. 1 I the morning she met him as S £3L nothing had a but when Jnok ventured to allude to the night previ ous, there as a lurking devil in her eye which bespoke her and ex tinguished hope A second night he repaired to his lonely couch and a second time he called on his pride to support him in his straggle, which he found was getting desperate, vented curses, lowd but deep,** on the wayward ness and caprice of the sex in general, and his wife In particular, wondered long she Would hold out whether she suffered as acutely as he did and tried) hard to himself into the belief that she loved himi too much to I INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE mm THERED SENTINEL. 3 S E Minnesota Forever! REP WING, GOODHUE COUNTY, MINN.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1859. prolong the estrangement, and would con to him in the morning, perhaps that very night, and sue for a recoil* ciliation. then a me he recollection of that.inflexible countenance, of that un bending will and of that laughing and unpitying eye and he felt convinced that ha as nupingagains and despairingly he turned to the wall for oblivion from the wretchedness of his thought*. he seoooeV^ay an a repetition of the in a allusion WAH made to the subject on either side. There wn a quiet happiness and cheerfulness about bis wife that puzzled Jac sorely, and he felt that aA idea of forcing her to a surrender inust be abandoned. he third night he was alone 1 is reflections were more serious than the previous nights-r-what they were of course, as only to himself, hut they seemed to result in,something id for about midnight three distinct raps were a at his wife's door. N answer. he signal was repeated in a louder tone—still all was silent. A third time the deer shook with the violent attack. Who's fAflvf" cried the voice of Ins wife, as if aroused from a sleep. A little the kest Democrat you ever did §re he revolution! in his opinions as ranient a ad permanent. re to another eonrt and a me popu lar—offered himself as a candidate on ihe Democrati ticket for the Legisla ture, as elected, and fo» several ses sions represented the county as a firm and decided at I I O I EXCITEMENT IN PENNSYL VANIA. he oil fever is raering in portions of W Pennsylvania. A ex change published in that section Says that in Crawford county, and especial in the vicinity of OU creek, the fever is epidemic. E is more or less affected and the attention of the people is pretty generally directed to the reservoirs of wealth that a been discovered or are supposed to exist in that section. N a Titusville, a great subterranean "Vefeervbir of oil has been tapped, and and in another place, ten miles distant oil is in raised from a well, with a small hand pump at the rate of fifteen gallons per hour. Th indications of oil at that place are said to be very fine. I a be rising in many places from the bed of the river, "an by in the shore •bree or foiir faet he level of the river, the water in the excavation soon covered with oil. a of the wells for domestic purposes contain so much oil that the water is unfit for use and from some of wells oil flows continually, day and night. N us companies are be in formed to bore for the Oil, and lands supposed to cover the reservoirs are in great demand so it is said is discovery promises to revolution iz the oil business of the country.—- Professor Silliman" has analyzed the article, and pronounces it one of the best materials in existence for illumina ting purposes. Tt is also said by many to be a most excellent lubricator. I ha«t been tried with excellent re suits on busrgy axles. W subject to a high heat, it yields parafine in large quantities, and from that mate rial beautiful white candles are made Tt is besides "unequalled as a liniment fbv man and beast.** I affords great relief in cases of asthma. Physicians prononnce it valuable as a remedy in scrofulous diseases. I relieves the nervous or sick headache it cures con sumption, and minor diseases too nu merous to mention.** I all these things are so great indeed is the discovery, and tremendnous will be the effect up on the oil market and upon the social and physical condition of the world. Oil will be cheap whales will no longer be valuable except for their bones. he manufacture of lard oil will be suspended the valne of lard will con sequently decline. Pork packers can dle makers, &e.. will a a note of this. it will effectually use up the coal oil business. I is fortunate for the pork packers that the startling and important announcements have been a thus early in the season. I tin fail to be warned and prepare for the revolution that is approaching, they will have nobody to blame but themselves. he Petroleu or rock oil of Pennsylvania, if we can believe the report%_Will take possession of the gallon will A cover the expense of pumping, barrel ing and transportation to N York where for the present it is being re fined, and the. article ready for con sumption, will be sold, at a very figure compared with other oils. I will illuminate, lubricate, a can dles, and mr most diseases from which hnmanity suffers. re will therefore, be little use hereafter for the whale the or the grvacdig ger. the world rejoice, and. let porkpackers and doctors take warning. HwrrUburg Gazette. 9 Mad'lle Piocolomni ia in Italy, indulging in the repose she? baa' so fairly earned. Fit, W. v.. GENTLEMANLY LADIES. he Columbu train a unsuually full from this city to Berea er,, gentleman occupied a whole seat to himself, and bi wife another to herself. re strangers to this part of the country, wore clothes, and apparently thought they were more pumpkins than other peo ple were. he lady as youug and ad tantalizing and looking for a at I this seat engaged?'* she affably said to the lady with curls. "I calculate to occcup it myself,*' as he reply.'* I anybody in it with yon?'* "Tha a no difference I intend to occupy it myself.** Wil yon me stand on can do as you please.** S saying the pleasant lady sat but instead of striking the seat she found herself in the lap of the lady with curls, had suddenly moved with the intention of blocking the lady out. well," said the latter, as pleasant as a summer's morning I am comfortable enough.** the lady was the moun tain of consolidated crinoline as ra ther too much for he narrow a besides the pleasant lady as rather a and curls darted angrily out of the seat and swept into the next car. he pleasant lady, she found that he ad he seat all to herself, leaned back and laughed out right. he husband of eurls ad awoke from a nap and expressed a desire to whip somebody—didn' ex actly for insulting his wife put the passengers laughed out of it. he pleasant lady said she as a "Yor State a Cleveland Plain dealer. at "lady with curls," must have dull—for a a W didn't she stick a pin in the State gal." at would a a her git. THE CHEAT NORTHWEST. To the Editors of the Courier and Enquirer".—The so a pa ny, abandoning the dangerous route into the so a through which it has been accustomed to hold munication with the outer world, and seeing nothing attractive in the old route of ancient rival, the North west Company by a Superior, has, within the past year, begun to fowar its supplies by N and §t Paul up he valley of Rive to its infe rior posts. Publi meetings on this route to the Pacific a been at tended in the to of the Mis sissippi with enthusiasm. Expeditions well equipped, have during the past summer through this region to open up more thoroughly its capabilities, and to test by experement, its feasibilities. steamers, the Freighte and Jeannet Roberts, moved up the Minnesot a river during she high stage of water in the spring, for the sake of passing across from Ston a to a Traverse, and so of entering up the navigation of the inland waters. Anothe steam er, the A so Northrup, as taken apart in the winter and was a sleds from Crow W in on the Missis sipi, to Breokenrldge, on the Rive re it was rebuilt, and this summer it has actually begun the nav igation by steam the River of the North. S private enterprise, un aided by Gouernmen patronage, is gathering the laurels, and we trust, profits also, on this realm of promise for the future he truth is. says the E in Reviewer, "that though the accidents of political organization have decided otherwise, the district of the Bive is, according to all geographical con siderations, a part of the State of Min nesola. It is beyond all question, that the natural approach to, and out let from, the so a Territory, is through the Stat of Minnesota Such commerce as the country has is destined to go to the South, and as far as its intercourse with the rest of the world is concerned, the Rive S tlemeuts is a part of the States which are watered by the Mississippi N E W E N A N A E A E ghost not quite sober, attempted to play in a at a country theater. A length the cur tain rose and the play commenced Everythin passed off quietly enough till the a his appearence, when there as a continuous roar of laughter. A ghost with a red face was a novel thing, and the said ghost keeping his legs withjjextreme diffioul ty the noise subsided, and the play progressed smoothly till the scene in which Hamlet Horatio and the officers appear. Hamlet— W a looked he frown ingW? Horatio—A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. Hamiet—P&\e or red? .. Horatio—Nay, very .red! S red indeed that he looked an if he a me from the very depths of the infernal' lord. Mregions, mty A \Cn rs WHOLE NUMBER 177. TOADS AND THEIR SKIN4. Mr. Edito in a ehort article in the Farmer about toads it a ((rrV rolls his coat up in a pile and swal H.** N as I a seen him null off his coat, and pants, and a has seen another do the same thing1, in precise ly the a me way it a be interesting to others to the process. A the middle of July, I found a toad- on a hill of melons, and wanting to hoed around him appear sluggish and inclined to Presently I observed him pressing his elbows against his sides,rubbing wards. appeared so singular, that I watched to see at he was up to. Afte a few smart rubs his skin began to burst open straight along his back. N said I, old fellow, yon have done it but he appeared to be unconcerned and kept on rubbing until he had worked all his akin into folds on bi sides and then grasping one hind with his hands, he hauled off leg of his pants the same as anybody would, then stripped the oth ers in the same way then took his east off cuticle for ward his fore legs and swal lowe it then by raising and lower in his head swallowing as his head a me he. stripped off the skin underneath- until it a me to his fore legs am then grasping one of these with the opposite a by considera ble pulling stripped off the in toawgmg hamfc, he stripped the other a by a slight motion of the ad it from the throat find swallowed the whole. he operation seemed to an agreeable one!,and occupied a short time.— N E. Farrner. I I THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. he Church A a a for 8 6 0 con tains the usual yearly summary of facts and information relating to the Epis copal Church, from which we gather as follows: Th Episcopal Church in the it States has 3 3 dioceses. he present number bishops, provisional bish op and .assistant bishops is 43 priests and deacons 2,030 parishes, 2,110. Ther were ordained during the year 78 deaeons and 93 priests. N of candidates for holy orders, 2 8 1 Churches consecrated, 69 he bap tisms re as follows: Infants, 24, 4 1 5 adults, 5,121j not stated, 4 8 7 total, 30,023. N of confirma tions, 14,596 communicants a 14,704 present number, l35,7d7 mar riages, 7 0 5 9 burials 12,442 Sunday School teacher, 1 4 0 0 1 scholars, 118, 063. Amontrt of contributions for missionary a charitable purposes, $1,627,183 12 I will be observed that he number of persons brought into the Church by baptism is more than double the number taken from it by burials that an addition of over one-tenth of the-.-whole number of communicants as been a during the past year, and that the number of scholars in th Sunda School of the Church is only about seventeen thous and less than the total number of com municants. S I W S I S A E A corres pondent of the Mobil Tribune, tells the following Ol Squire W is an honest, jovial soul, with few religious.scruples—fond of a hearty laugh or a at any time. relates the following on himself as an actual occurrence O night, boys I had a very strange, dream. I thought I was about to to heaven. A long ladder like Jacob' reached from the ground to wards the good place, and it was on this ladder that I went np. W I reached the top I found a space of seven or eight feet intervening between the last round a he celestial gate I could see within a a glimpses of the fine things inside. stood at the entrance—h leaned oyer reach out his hand and told me to make a big jump I id boys, and of the falls yon ever heard of—for I found myself sprawling on the floor having out of bed while I as tryinti to into heav en. A E N O I is not worth while. life is not enough to a it pay to cherish ill-will or hard tho'ts against anyone. W at that man has cheated yon, or that an has played you false? W at if this friend has forsaken you in.your time of or that one having on your utmost confidence, yonr warmest love, as concluded that he prefers to consider and treat as a stranger? it all pass. W at difference will it make to you in a few years, when you go henoe to the "undisconvered country. S total eclipse of the 18th of next July will be a very important one to the scientific world. he direct ors of the Dorpa Observatory were the first to remark that at the moment of obscuration four of the a Mercury, Jupiter am Saturn appear in the vicinity of the eclipsed sun. as a kind of rhombodial figures^ a phenomenon of such extra ordinary rarity that% many centuries will elapse before its repetition. memmmmmbammsdmmwsmm A E S O ADVERTISING. BuainessCardaofitreiiaes.l year, ••,«• unliaaa- 44 I»,ot Onecoltimn per year,- -?0,0t «Go:--I sfx moirtb.. .40,00 do alx months., *xa,09 Fourth celumap««H^«T.^-.- »B,0» J^hs$aVeHv%rm/o^att)first^ EMhsubs^aentltiiwVtienV. ,28 All advertiesmentrcontlnn/ec untilordered cat AdvertlKemenifsptindouhiccelumn.Kprlee 4dditioaaL I"- IsW* Advertisement* will be changed as often aH desired, by paying 85 eants a square far composition. .^aT*Business Notices nppcariing the Local Coinran,will be ebarged 15 ceng per lice for the Ant, and 1") cents for each additional in* portion. E E SE A flOVNlMNG. S me persons ar asrprised at he statement that the watter upon he telegraphic plateau between Trinity and Yatenli a a is from to three miles deep in deepest parts, having been tol a that there it is com* paratively shallow. A comparison of deep-sea soundings will that he idea of itashaUawueaaia correct, measured by the -almost incredible »^y 8 ^».^v.wh)c a the pjummeot has Been sent. Lieutenan Berryman in 1 8 3 $ a Rounding, in the Atlantic O 49,60b feet hi eqnel to a little over 7J£ miles and Cap*. JDenham of British N a ha obtained soudniugs at the' vast depth of 4 6 2 3 feet, or about 8££ Engljs miles. he highest mountains upon 'the be might be hurled into these chasms, and still leave a vast ocean above their tallest a he a a a a that overtop all Ather moun tains, a fcc swolluwed as easily a the Alps. he highest peak of he chain is on 28,178 feet above he ae a level, and tts Mimmit might submerged merged obout three rmtea at the point ot CapL in deepest soundings f--ti.r-s -, S E S O E ur S S I A he Russians a a much more extensive application of the on article of felt, in. the arts a in manufatures, than we of America a jugs sets waiters, baskets,.. oajodlesticks, fire screens, bath s, boot*, a re a a a constructed of this material. A cotnpowtfori is laid on the felt, which hardere* tffc'e clay, and receives painted designs after which it polished. The ware is said to be in appearances durabele a light and to in great de man by foreignersun others, in St. A is great ability to breakage it will prove use ful thong gutta perch a and India rub ber furnish consnterahie elasticity. ijsrtnras*— E A I O O A S O E O O N A gentleman of this city, well known as an astronomer, and amateur photographer,, has succeeded in taking photographs of the moon with a beau ty and accuracy a in any thing of the' kind previously accom plished in this' coantrv or E he other evening at a private exhi bition of the: is so in of Messrs. Mars and a have recently arrived from-* England these exquisite delineations of lunar scenery being subjected to the operation of their apparatus, were reproduced mH magnified with the most vivid effect, each view ..being twenty-five feet square. he 'Yefeult is of tfie greatest interest not7 only to astronomers, but to those with less scientific curiosity. A larger moon than was ever seen by mor:al before, as projected up* on the sercenv he picture of he half-moon, the volcanic hollows, one side of which the sun was lighting while the other remained in made a sylendid show In the fall moon besides the great aeasj the most striking object as the mountain Ty cho, from great mountain ridges of light streamed off in every direc tion like rays from a sun.—Hrot/ter Johnat/tan, I I O N E E W as it is caHed, is a substance found upon, he leaves of the oak in various parts of California. It has received this a me from its exceeding sweet taste and the manner in. which it settles upon the trees. he Placerville Observer says it is so plen tiful in some portions of i(s county the present season, that its approach to the trees is at times distinctly seen in the form of a faint mist and a be noticed upon the leaves in a thin glos sy coating or in small sparkling drop*.. Tree bearing,honey are visited: by immense numbers of hornets, been,. ants and other sugar-eating insects.. It is undoubtedly this singular pt tion that renders the bees of Califor nie so exceedingly prolific, and as a spontaneous production of a much ad mired luxury *is a subject of congratulation to Californiaus. A schoolmaster, had an intoler able habit of talking to himself,, as asked by a neighbor what motive he could have in talking to himself Jonathan replied that he had and substantial reasons:. "I the first place he liked to talk to* a sensible man in he next place, be liked to hear a sensible man talk***' tr' I N youth, we lookispon life the small end of the tofsseope in old age through the broad. are the sameobjeots and yet we wonder that what once appeared so large, should seem so very small. Alas that happy time, all things were sweet as confee ionery to our taste will never me again—uoraiiaH we care much if it never does. O E E E A E S W O A N re is nothing so elevating to a woman as the love of a truly great: and noble mau. he worship,.sh pays- him whether it be that of friendship or of love, exalts her mind, and fills, her soul With a holy there is nothing ao degrading so crushing to t^e spirit, as be the slave of a' Wm.--Mr*. Crowie,