'I UJml'; ritici: or Tr.iois OF thi: " AMKIIICAX.'' M. U. MASSER, 3 PUBLISHERS ARD JOSEPH EI8EI.Y. S rHomnToni. , ' tt. It. M.iSSEIi, Bditor. Ojlce in Centre Alley, in the rear of II. B. Mas ter' Store.) , THE" AMEKlUAiV" is published every Salur Jay at TWO DOLLARS per annum to be paid half yearly in advance. No jacr discontin ued till Ait arrearage are paid. No subscriptions received Tor a lest period lhau aix mosths. All communications or letters on huainess relating to the office, to insure attention, mutt ie poyr PAID. - AlsVnilTISIXU. I square 1 insertion, , . " $0 60 t do 3 do . . . 0 70 1 do .1 d,J . 1 00 Kvery subsequent insertion, ' 0 SS Yearly Advertisement t on column, 35 ; half column, f IS. three squares, $ 13 ( two square, f 9 ; one square, f 5. Half-yearly I one column, fit I half column, f 12 ; three squares, ; two squares, $i one square, $3 HO, Advertisements left without directions as to the length of time they are to he published, will be continued until ordered out, and charged accord ingly. (Sixteen lines make a square, ' ' . . i . . m AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL; ' Absolute acquicsccnco in the decision of the majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which there Is no appeal hut to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. Jsfntaao-. Ily fllnsser & Elsclj. Simliiiry, IVo.i tliuiubci iaiit! Co. Pa. Saturday, Mai th is, IS 13. Toi. 3Xo. as lviioic xo, rat. B L' N 1 I UU Y THE SHOEMAKEU, nt ii. r. nocirt. "Act well ynur part, there all the honor Hex" The shnemukrr sat amid wax and leather, With lapstone over his knee, Where anno; In his shop he defied all weather, Drawing hia quarter and le together; A happy old man wag he ! This happy old man was so wie and knowing, The worth of hia lime he know, He bristled his ends, and he kept them a going, And felt to each moment a s'ieh was owing, Until he got round the shoe. Of every deed that his wax wn sealing, The closing waa firm and fast. The prick of hia awl never caused a feeling . Of pain to the toe ; and his skill in heeling Was perfect and true !0 the lust. Whenever you gave him a foot to mensurc, With gentle and skilful hand He took its proportions, wiih looks of pleasure, As if you were giving htm costliest treasure, Oi dubbing him lord of tho land. And many a one did he save from getting A fever, or cold or cough ; For many n foe t d d he save from wetting, When, whether in watit or snow 'twas celling, His shoeing would koep them off. When he had done with his m. king and mending, i With hope and a peaceful breast, j Resigning I is awl and his thread wa ending, lle pnasul from his bench, to the grave descendin As high as a king to m sU The following brautiful line from a literary periodical, published, we believe, by the talented students of Vale College, in Connecticut, reminds us of the poli-hed sp.irkling gems of Ha!bck's ge nius in his poems on Fanny. Augusta Chron. Fanny Wlllongtiliy. "I loe tine Funny Willoughby, And that's the why, ye see, I woo thee, Fanny Willoughby, And cannot let thee be; I tine for thee, I sigh for thee, And, oh, you may depend on't, I'll weep for thee, I'll die for thee, And that will be the end ou'l. I love thy form, so ta'l and straight ; To me it always seems A if it were the counterfeit Of some I've seen in dreams ; It makes me feel as if I had An angel by my siile, And, then, I think I am so bad, Voir will not be my bride. I love thy clear and hazel eye, They say the blue is fairer, And I confess lh.it formerly, I thought the blue Hie rarer ; Bui when I saw thine eye so clear, Though perfectly at ret, I did kneel down, nn I did swear The h.izcl was the best, I love thy hand, so p ilc and soft, The which, in days ling syne, You, innocent as trusting ott, Would softly clap in mine; I thought it sure was chiact'd out c ' Of marble, by the geniusts, The which the poet" rant about The virgins and the VuoUses. I love the hound that Irom thy lip litioh holilv ami free, 1 As nils thai fiom their caernt slip And prattle to the tea ; The melody that aye doth teal To hearts by sorrow riven. And then I think, and then I feet, 'I' hat music comes fiom Heaven. Now, liMcn, Fanny Willoughby, To what I cannot keep, . My days ye rob of happiness, My n gills ye rob of sleep; And ifyou don't relent, why I believe you wilt ma kill, For passion must have vent, and I , Will kill my, elf, I will." Thus love did truly drive tne mad, For Fanny Willouglihy, 1 told my tale, half gay, half sad, To Fanny Willoughby; Anil Fanny look'd a maiden would, When love, her heart did burn; And Fanny sigh'd as maiden thuulJ, And murmur'd a return. And so I woo'd Fan Willoughby A maiden like a dove ; And so I W'n Fan Willojghby The maiden of my love, Though many years have pass'd since that, And she is in the sky, I never, never can forget, Sweet Fanny Willoughby, How to kw a Village Cow. Transplant sugar beet fillcen inches aprt, like cabbages, but with more care, in every spot or space you can spare in your lot or garden. If the laud is worked well and early, they will tend them selves after two or three light hocings, and grow large enough to make a mess each with the addition of a quart of sltortu, seasoned with ground oil cake. Here is sugar, gluten, starch, and oleaginous matter to boot. With such lops, a cow needs nothing but a littlo straw. Fatuso Hess Paine Wingate, in the Maine Farmer, says his experience tells him that the following process is the best mode of fattening hens. Phut them up where they can get no gravel. Keep corn by them all the time, and also give them dough once a day. For drink give them skim milk. With this feed they will fatten in ton days. If kept over ten days, they should have tome gravel, or they will fall away. nnsslnn Pickpocket. . i The French .Ambassador was on a day talk ing to a prince of the imperial bouse of Russia about the extraordinary dexterity of the Pari sian thieves, and relating a variety of ancc does concerning their feats. The grand-duke expressed his opinion that the Petersburg!! pickpockets were quite as clever ; and to re move all doubt on that point from the mind of the ambassador, he offered to lay him a wager that, if ho would dine with him on the follow ing dny, before the removal of the desert, 1 1 is watch, ring, and everything else belonging to his toilet that wag not firmly fastened to his clothes, should be stolen. 1 J is excellency ac cepted the wager, and the grand-duke immedi- i ately despatched a messenger to the director ! ofthe police, with a request that he would j send him the cleverest and adroitcst pickpock I ct then in custody. lie was put into a foot j man's livery, furnished with the necessary in j slructions, and promised .exemption from pmv i ishmcnt and his liberty if ho performed his bu siness well. The ambassador mentioned bis ' watch as the article to which the principal at ( tention both of himself and the thief would na j turally be directed, and the now servant was j ordered t-j give the grand-dukc a sign as soon ! as he had secured it. .The dinner commenced; the first course came and was removed ; the reck, Spanish, and Trench wines, red and white, glistened in turn in the glasses. The ambassadur was narticular careful of his watch: I 1 7 , ' j and the grand-duke, observing his caution, smi I led stmctimcs kindly, sometimes half sarcasli- cally. The new fuotmin was always bustling ubout, mingling among the o'.hcr servants chan ging platos and handing wine. The dinner ; was drawing towards a conclusion, and the ! grand-dukc was still waiting impatiently for I the preconcerted 6ign Irom the thief, who, liow- ever, seemed to be completely taken up in j waiting upon the company. AH at once the I grand-duke's countenance brightened up, and turning to the ambassador, who was absorbed in conversation with his neighbors, he asked him what o'clock it was. The ambassador clapped his hand triumphantly to his pocket, where a few minutes before he had felt that his watch was sufe, and to the amusement ol the whole company, but especially of the impe rial entertainer, he drew from it a neatly-trimmed turnip. Universal laughter ensued, and the ambassador was somewhat disconcerted, lie would hive taken a pinch to compose him self, hut having felt in all his pockets, he dis covered with horror that his gold snuff'-liox was gone too. The laughter was redoubled. In his embarrassment and mortification he clapped his hand as he was in the hubit of doing, to his finger to turn tho beautiful gold seal-ring which be wore upon it but that also was gone. lnhort, he found that ho was completely plun dered of every thing that was not firmly at tached to his dress ring, snuff-box, handker chief, gloves, toothpick, keya The performer of this sleight of hand was then brought for ward. The graml-duko ordered him to restore' the stolen articles, anil was not a little surpri sed to sec htm produce two watches, and hand one to himself, and the other to the ambassador; two rings, one of which he gave in like manner to the grand-duke, and one to the ambassador ; and twosuud-bqxes, one for the grand duke, and the other for the ambassador. The priucc now felt in amazement in his pockcLs, as ihe ambassador had done before, and found that he had been plundered in the very same inunuer as the latter, lie assured hid excellency that he was toWlly tinconcinus of the matter, and was going to chide the rogue Eoundly, but be thought himself, and thanked, him for having enabled him in so signal a manner to win his wager. He made him a handsome present, and procured his immediate liberation, aduton idling him for the future to apply his talents to more useful purposes. KohF$ Russia and the Russians. New Rail Pumd IxvE.vrio.N. A patent has been taken out at Paris by M. T. Wroughton, a private gentleman in London, for various im portant improvements in railway travelling. In the fubt place, he has a coach so construct ed and suspendod in iU proportions that it can not overturn, and ruia with such smoothness as to occasion no unpleasantness to the tra veller, and comparatively little friction to tho rails. Secondly, ha has a new break of such easy construction that a child can work it, and which can be gradually or immediately brought into action. Thirdly, the conductor, by moans ofa spring at his foot, can in a moment when there isdanger, detach all the train from the locomotive ; and last, but not least, lie has in vented a beautiful piece of machinery, by which the conductor ofthe first carriage can at any part of the road ascertain the precise rate of speed at which the train is travelling, and so prepare himself for the action oftho break or spring as to avoid all dangrr to the pas sengers from the negligence or imprudence ol the engineer of the locomotive, or any other - ... cause. Accuracy of the Itlltl. , , , I ' An astonishing feature of the word of fiod is, that, notwithstanding the time ot wli'eh itt Compositions were written, end tho multitude ofthe topics to which it alludes,' there is. not one physical error, not one assertion or allu sion disproved by the progress of modern sci ence. None of those mistakes which the sci ence of each succeeding age discovers in the books of the proceeding ; above nil, ti'Mic of those absurdities which modern astronomy in dicates in such great numbers, in the writin? ol the ancients in their sacred codes, in their philosophers, nnd even in the fine it 'pages of the Dithers ofthe church, not one of these er rors is to be found in any of our sacred boiks. Nothing there will ever contradict that which after to many ages, the investigations ofthe learned world have been able to reveal to us on the state of our globe, or on that of the heavens. Peruse witli crtte our scriptures from one end to the- other, to find there such spots. Ami whilst you apply yoursolves to this examination, remember that it is a book which speaks of everything, which descrilrs nature, w Inch recounts to creation, which tells us of the formation of the heavens, of the light, of the woter, or the otmosphere, of the mountains, of the animals nnd of tho plants. ' It is a book which teaches us the first revolutions of the world, and which also forctels its last : it re counts them in the circumstantial language of history ; it extols them in thcsublimest strains of poctiy, and it chants them in tho charms of clowine sono;. It is a book which is full of oriental rapture, elevation, variety, and bold ness. It is a !ook which speaks ofthe heaven ly Itnd invisible world, whilst it also speaks of the earth and things visible. It is a book which nearly fifty writers, of every degree of cultiva tion, of every state, of every condition, and liv ing through the course of fifteen hundred years, have concurred to make. It is a book which was written in the centre of Asia, in the sands of Arabia, and in the deserts of Judah, in the courts of the temple of the Jews, in tho music schools of the prophets of Uethel and of Jericho in the sumptuous palaces of liubylon, and on the idolatrous banks of Chebar ; and finally in the centre of the western civilization, in the midst ofthe Jews and of their ignorance, in the midst of polytheism and its idols, as aim in the bosom of pantheism and of its sad philosophy It is a book whoso first writer had been forty years a pupil of the magicians ofF.gypt, in whose opinion, the sun, the stars, and the elC' tnents, were endowed with intelligence, re-act cd on tho clement, and governed the world bv a perpetual eflhiviiim. Itisaltook whose firet writer proceeded, by more than nine linn dred years, the most ancient philosophers of ancient lircece and Asia, the Thalesen, and the Pytliagoruscs, the Zalucuses, tho Xeno- phous, and the Confuciuses, It is a book which carries its narrations even to the hiearchics of angels, even to the nut distant epoch of the future, and the glorious scenes ot the 4ust day, Well, search among its 50 authors, search a.- inong its (ili books, its 111) chapters, and its 31,173 verses, search for only tine of those thou sand errors which the ancients and tho moderns commit when they speak ot the heavens or ot the earth, of their revolutions, or of their elc merits ; search but you will find none. From the (Scrman of (Saussvn. Itovr to make Coo I M'lfr t nhappy. . .Sou her as seldom as possible. lftho is warm hearted and checiful ,m temper, and if after days' or weeks' abscenqe, she meets you with a smiling face and in an itfleclionate man ner, be sure to look Coldly u,xn her, answer her with dry inonosy tables. Ir she force back her tears, and is resolved to look cheerful, sit down and gape in her presence u.itil she is ful ly convinced of your indiUerent'cv Never gree with her opinion, or consult Ji ;r in any of your afl'uirs, for that would give her .in idea of her consequence. Never think you have any thing to do to make her huppy ; but that all her happiness is to flow from gratifying your -apri ccs, and when she has done all that a woi'tun can do, be sure you do not appear grutilied.--Ncver take an interest in any other pursuits; and if the ask your advice inuke her feel thut she is troublesome and impertinent. If rhc attempt to rally you gixid humoredly, on any of your peculiarities, never join in the laugh, but frown her into silence. If the has faults, (which, without doubt, she will have, and perh:ip may be ignorant of,) never attempt with kindness to correct them ; but continually obtrude upon her ears, "What a good wife Mr. Hmilh has." That any man would bo ha pyy with such a wife." In company never seem to know you have a wife, treat all her remarks with indiffer ence, and be very afinblc end complaisant to e very other lady. If you have married a woman of principle, and will follow these directions, you may be certain of an obedient and a heart broken wife. , 'I'm a victim lo an artificial Mute of society," us the Monkey said when thry put trowsers uu bun. ' ' ' ' Cniintrrpitrt of Xaotron. Any traveller who may liavubccn in Italy in the spring of Hl!, must have heard of the eclobrated Major of the Koyat Sardinian Life 5'iard, who bore so strong a resemblance to the groat Napoleon, ns to excite tho wonder of oil those who had seen the emperor. At that time I was on a visit lo the city of Genoa. I recollect that one cveninjj I 'vas nt the Cafe tin rand Cairo with a party of friends, when we olworvcd an officer in the costume ofthe guards reading at n table. Wo were struck with the resemblance which ho bore to all the busts and portraits of the rmpernr which we had seen. In the midst of our conjectures on the subject, an old French officer, decora ted with the or der ol the Legion of Honor, observing the sur prise depicted in our countenances, very polite ly joined our party, r.nd said, ! can easily imagine, gentlemen, the subject of your present aslonii-hiiit'iit. That officer is one oftho "reat- cst wonders in Kurope, and as much like Napo leon as if he were his twin brother. Indoed, some persons hero go so far as to repeat, that both the emperor and his prototype are from the eanie parent stock, which may be the cuse, as the Major is a nutic of Corsica, and ubout Napoleon's age. . I assure you," continued the r rcncli ollicer, "that I was near the emperor on the n in lit previous to the bloody and disas Irons battle of l.iepsir. 1 olv-crved him pe rusing the bulletins ot the army ; his all lude, thoughtful mood, and general demeanor, were a perfect Counterpart to the person before us Seo ! hois about taking n pinch of snuff! Napoleon's manlier lo perfection." In a wrrd, the enthusiasm ol the r rcncli officer rose lo such o pitch, that all tho visitors of the cafe wero ttaring at ns. The next evening I went to the opera to hear the celebrated Madmn Catalina, and to have a peep at the cx-cmpress Maria Imisa, and her f.ither, whose visit had been announced. We hud not long been seat ed before we discovered tho major in the ad joining box. He was standing up, his arms folded in the manner of Napoleon, and like him he wore a green coat buttoned up close to the neck, and decorated with two or three or ders, which he had won in the Italian war., and ubovc nil, the never to be forgotten little cocked hut. Soon offer the empress entered, accom panied by a brilliant suite; but presently the audience were thrown into amazement by some confusion in the royal box. Maria Louisa hud caught a glimpse of the counterfeit present ment of her deceased husband, and her con tusion and astonishment were exhibited in the most palpable manner. The King of Sardinia was forced to order him on duty, ten leagues from Genoa, as his person kept the soldiers in constant excitement, who never failed to pre sent arms in passing him. I understood pre vious to my leaving Genoa, that Maria had sent for thoofficer, and presented him a gold snuff box, with the emperor's likeness set in bril liants. Rnmnnre In Rent l.lfr. Tho Hridoeton N. J. Chronicle saysthat Mrs. Surah Smith, who died in that place on the V!sth ult., was a lineal descendant of the Royal family of Swoden. Her g. g. grandmother Elizabeth, in the turbuloiis times of that king dom, was compelled to flee from her native country, when she was sixteen years old. She was concealed in a hogshead on board ofa ship at Stockholm, for some time, before the vessel sailed for America. She brought many valua ble troa.-u res with her across the water, which were also concealed on board the thip; but aller the vessel had railed over the Atlantic she wus wrecked on the Jersey shore. This lady, with a fow of the crew barely saved their lives. In her destitute condition, on the Bhore ofa vast wilderness, as N. Jorsey then wos, she fell in with a hunter by the name of Garrison ; their acquaintance grow into intimacy and ripened into love. She married him, and by him hud ten children. It is said thut her youngest son, William, wus born when she was in her .Villi year. She has a grandson now living in ltridge ton, who was brought up by her until ho wus a botit !) years of age, to whom she related this narrative, and in my ot her interesting adven tures. Th's gentleman Computes his grand mother's descendants in this country at more tliMi a thousand souls. Tho diseuso oftho 'l)luck tongue" has prov ed very fatal in some parts of Missouri. In the thinly populated settlement of Point Pleasant, in New Madrid County, seventy-five persons had fallen victims to it. A belief is entertained thut the disease is contagious, being founded on the fact that it is known in many cases to run through a family when it hud once seized any person in it. Haiti more American, Horses with Roman noses are at to be vi cious ; thoeo with white noses and feet, un sound. Hear the old jockey rhyme on the "ob ject : One whit foot luy j Twtf try. Four white feet and snow on (ho noe, . -Knock h ui uu the hcaJ, and gi him to the crows. All thing perish sare Virtue. na tiiomas row en. Swict morn co cool,o calm so bright, The bridal of the rarih and sky. The dew thall weep thy fall t night, For thou muft die. 'Sweet rose' whose fragrance now t ciave, To clad my sense olid joy mine eyes, 'Thy root is ever in its grave. And thou must die.' Swi el spring s i full of shine and showers, It snakes the weary spirit sgh, To think, with all thy herbs and fl iwers, That thou must die, Sweet mo sir e'en the lovely song Which from my hirp in window high Is flon'ing on the bieize along, F.'cn thou must die. And all the bright and gliteiing train Ofl:irs thnt stud the deep blue sky Must they nil perish none remain To glad the rye 1 Anil vales, and field", and Tilhipg streams, And mountain that invade the sky, Are they as baseless a our dreams ! And must they die ! And all that's beautiful and fair On Nature's face b.ve's melo.ty, That make sweet music of thunir, All id I must die ! And man, frail form of sense'esi clay. Tho' now hi' el nro is proud and high, Terchauce upon this passing day He too may die ! Cut the bright soul ? that, fhrined nithin- Tlu quenchless light in mortal form Tho'diiniu'd by misery and sin, Defies the Worm, When all the stars thall fade away. And sons in their own blaze expire, And trackli's comets cease to Mray Wilh wand'iing fire. The soul shall ever live, nor know The lapse of time, but dwell on- high, And khare in endless joy or woe Elernily." The Newark Daily Advertiser of Wednes day evening says The Comet blazed out conspicuously about sunset last evening, the long bushy tail stretch ing from near the south western horizon to near the zenith. Some fearful exclamations, filled with the follies of Millerism, were fool ishly frightened at iU aspects. Some recent writer says Of 501 Comets that have entered the solir system, 21 have passed between Mercury and the Sun, 17 within Venus, 5S between Venus and the F.urth, 7:1 between tho Earth and Mars, and between Mars and the orbit ot Jupi ter, and no casualty has occurred to primary or statcllite. The Comet of 1770 passed through the system of Jupiter without producing the slightest effect. Still many people are alarm ed at these erratic bodies, these rail cars of the stellar regions, the mystery of whose office and destiny makes their astronomy of intense in terest With reference to tho danger of a Comet's striking the Earth, we hero add that the Comet Encke, whose period is only 1207 days, and nearnst the Earth of all the Comets known, cannot come in collision short of a pe riod of 210,000,100 of years, which calculation is based on astronomical facts. The present phenomenon more resembles the zodiacal light, which we should have called it, if the eastern magi had not pronounced it a Co met. Some observers here also discovered the nucleus last evening with glasses soon aPer sun set, near the South western horizon. The length oftho tail is from W to 10 degrees, and is very beautiful. A Skcono ('homwli.l dissolving a Rump I'auliamemt. A man entered the House of Representatives yesterday, and proclaimed in a loud voice that the Legislature had been in session long enough, und commanded members forthwith to adjourn and go home to their families and constituents, under the pains and penalties of bis displeasure. No one knew him, and he was focibly ejected by the Ser geant-at-Arms. Metribeia said he was crazy, but we thought not. Detroit Daily Advertiser. F.lihu Burr itt, called the learned blacksmith, who is at this time master of more than fi ly different languuges, says that when he first formed a determination to become acquainted with books, being an apprentice at the time to his trade, he earned one day by extra labor a quarter of dollar, and with this In his pocket, he walked fifteen miles at night, liought a La tin grammar, walked fifteen miles back, and was at work the next morning at his usual time. . Rblicsjop A vriut'iTY. Mrs. Dr. James of Ulira, New York, boasts that she has in her possession the identical war etub of King Phi lip of Mount Hope, the implacable enemy of New England colonists. Upon reading this the editor of tho Cincinnati Chronicle says that he would like to see this curiosity, but that he has an old aunt, who uses a rolling pin every day made out of that unfortunate tu6 with which Cui'i U w Abel. ''Queen Victoria ought to be presented with a piece of plate for smashing China." The supposed Camot, not ft Comet The very peculiar luminous, appcamnco which has been observed for several evenings past in the heavens, in a south-westerly direc tion, about seven o'clock, has been supposed by many to be tho tail of a comet. That this sup position is a mistaken one is clearly shown by the following article, which furnishes a correct scientific description ofthe phenomenon, which, it appears, was noticed and described by scien tific men nearly two hundred year ago: JVom llie Rational Intdlifrenecr. ZODIACAL LIGHT. This interesting phenomena in the heavens was noticed here on Monday night and also on Tuesday and Wed nesday nights. Zodiacal light appears in the morning1 before sunrise, and in the evening after twilight. It is a pyramid, with the sun for its basis. Tho sides are not straight, but curved, as those ofa lens when viewed edgewise. It is generally seen ubout the period ofthe equinoxes, when There is the shorloet twilight. This light re Bemblesthei milky way, a faint twilight, or the tail of a comet. The intensity of the light, its shape and tints, may be varied according lo the condition ofthe atmosphere, which is now re mark tble tor its clearness. The zodiacal light was firpt described about two centuries ago, and the various theories res pecting it may be seen by referring to works on astronomy. The subjoined description of this light, which we copy from the Encyclopaedia Americana will, wc dare say, be acceptable to our readers, and especially to those who have alarmed them selves with the apprehension that this atmos pheric phenomenon was a Comet, such as terror sheds On gir.ing nations, from his fiery train Of length enormous. "Zoi-iAt AL LtoliT ; & triangular beam of light, rounded a little at the Vertex which is seen atccrtain 6casons of the year, before tho rising and after tho setting or the sun. It re sembles tho faint light of the milky way, and has its base always turned toward tho sun, and its axis inclined to the horizon. The length of this pyramidal light, reckoning from the sun as its base, is sometimes 4.V, and at others l."i(W ; and the vertical angle is sometimes 2(1, and sometimes 10'. It is generally supposed to arise from an atmosphere, surrounding thj sun, and appears to have been first observed by Descartez and by Childrcy in IOTiU ; but it did not oltract general attention till it was noticed by Dominique Cassini, (q. v.) who gave it itd present name. If we suppose the sun to havo an atmosphere, as there is every reason to be lieve from the luminous aurora which appeara to surround his disc in total eclipses, it must bo very much flattened at its poles, and swelled out at the equator, by the centrifugal force of his equatorial parts. When the sun, then, is below the horizon, a portion of this luminous atmosphere will appear like a pyramid of light above the horizon; The obliquity ofthe zodi acal light will evidently vary with the obiliqtii ty ofthe sun's equator to tho horizon ; and in the months of February and March, about tho time oftho vernal equinox, it will from a very great angle with the horizon, and ought there fore, to be seen most distinctly at that season ot the year. But when the eun is in the summer solstice, ho is in the part of the ecliptic which is parallel to the equator, and therefore, his c quutor, and consequently the zodiacal light is more oblique to the horizon. Laplace, howe ver, has made some objections to this theory in his Mecaniijue Cilctts ; and Regincer is of os pinion that it is owing merely to the refraction! of the solar light by the earth's atmosphere." Wc hate some personw, because we do not know them ; and we will not know them, be cause we hate them. The friendships that suc ceed to such connexions are usually firm, fof those qualities must be sterling that could not only gain our hearts, but conquer our prejudices. Rut the misfortune is, that we carry those pre judices into things far more serious than out friendships. There art- truths which some men despise, because il.cy have not examined ; and which they will not examine, because they de spise. There is one single instance on record, where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle ; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains. Lacon. HiNoi t ar Cask or Dpebtio!. We find the following alarming case of violence record ed in the St. Louis Ledger t Pete, what makes you look so awful V 'Juke. I'm agitated, and unless my spirits grow calmer, I'll do something desperate lil fusli out and tear a hoard off the pig-pen, Tho ancients said "there is truth in wine," but they must have been mistaken, for we saw a man the other night who had drank three bot ties, and was lying under the table. "Man is an imitative animal," as the monkey said to the dandy. "Excuse the length of this article," as tho woman taiJ of her tongue. i
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