*. eds ihn tothe highest rank among European philo- sophers, while his high faculty for expound- ing toa general audience the result of re- condite investigations, makes him one of the most attractive lecturers of the age. He has selected the most difficult and perplex- ing departments of physical science, the in- yestigation of the reciprocal relations of heat, light, magnetism, and electricity ; and by many years of patient and profound study has contributed greatly to simplify ourideas on these subjects. It is the hope of this hilosopher, that, should life and health be spared, he will be able to show that the imponderable agencies just mentioned are so many manifestations of one and the same force. Mr. Faraday's great achievements are recognized by the learned societies of every country in Hurope, and the University of Oxford in 1832 did itself the honor of enrolling him among her Doctors of Law. In private life he is beloved for the simpli- city and truthfulness of his character, and the kindliness of his disposition--AMen of the times in 1852. _ Whe Rat. No other animal is placed in cireum- stances which tend so continually to sharpen its wits as a rat; nor does any other appear to be of a more improvable nature. He is of a most intelligent family being related |. to the beaver. And in civilized countries he is nota wild creature; for he follows the progress of civilization and adapts his own habits of life toit, soas to ayail himself of its benefits. Wheresoever man goes, rat follows, or accompanies him. Town or country are equally agreeable to him. He enters upon your house as a tenant at will, (his own not yours), works out for himself a covered way in your walls, ascends by it from one story to another, and leaving you the larger apartments, takes possession of the space between floor and ceiling, as an entresol for himself. There he has his parties, and his revels, and his gallopades, (merry ones they are), when you would be asleep, if it were not for the spirit with which the youth and belles of rat-land keep up the ball over your head. And you are more fortunate than most of your neighbors, if he does not prepare for himself a mausoleum behind your chimney piece or under yowr hearth- stone; retire into it when hei about to die, and very soon afford you proof that though he may have lived like a hermit, his relics are not in the odor of sanctity. You have then the additional comfort of knowing that the spot so appropriated will henceforth be used either as a common cemetery, or a family vault. In this respect as in many others, nearer, approaches are made to us by inferior creatures than are dreamt of in our philosophy. The adventurous merchant ships a cargo for some distant port; rat goes with it. Great Britain plants-a colony in Botany Bay, Van Dieman's Land, or at the Swan river; rat takes the oppertunity of coloni- zing also. Ships are sent upon a voyage of discovery ; rat embarks as a volunteer, He doubled the stormy cape with Diaz, arrived at Malabar in the first. European vessel with Gana, discovered the New World with Columbus, and took possession of it at the same time, and cireumnavigated the globe with. Magellan, and with Drake, and with Cook.-- Southey's Doctor. Wily, In the City of Detroit, April 27th, 1852, Mary Jenette Symes, wife of George R. Symes, aged 27 years, 1 month and 17 days, { Mrs. S. was born in Geneva, New York; she was formerly a resident of Detroit, but removed to Milwaukes about four years ago, where she continued to reside until about a month since, when she returned to Detroit: Possessed' of an amiable and kindly disposition, and living in the constant exercise of every Christian yirtue, endear- ed her toalarge circle of relatives and acquaint- ances, who will long mourn her untimely removal. She has left a devoted husband to' lament his bereavement. » PAiscellawcoas, fe" Montreal has fifty seven thousand four hundred and seyenteen inhabitants, The population of Toronto, Canada, in 1826 was 1719 ; by the census just completed, it is 30,763, having more than doubled itself during the last ten years. The Catholic population of the United States is sald to 'be 1,990,000. {E> Itis proposed toconnect the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, by a ship canal, across the Peninsula of Florida, in order to avoid the dangerous nayigation around the Cape. The Great Britain, when afloat, will carry no less than 13,000 yards of mast canyass. A bill approving the Compremise measures has been in- troduced into the Senate of California. Don't rely too much on the torches of others ; light one of your own. CH One of the arguments made use of in England in favor of continuing the explorations in search of Sir John Franklin is, that the Artic regions produce at lenst eight kinds of vegetables all of which are nutritious, and that, therefore, there is no risk of starvation tu be encountered by the explorers, The Caffre war seems likely to terminate, the rebel | chiefs having farmally sued for merey on the 15th of January. Lirtir Sovzs.--Dean Swift says, ' Itis with little- Souled people as it is with narrow necked bottles,- the lessthey have in them the more noise they muke In pour- fagit oun" ty" Candlewick, if steeped in lime and sultpeter, and dried in the sun, will give a clearer lightand be less apt to mn, The subscriptions to the New York Crystal Palace amount now to between $20,000 and $39,000. The amount required is $200,000. A plan for a Suspension Bridge across the St. Lawrence at Quebec, is before the common council of that city. The Steresoope, a beautiful optical, instrument, by which pictures ona plane assume all the appearance of solidity, with real light and shadow, is the latest popula rity in England. The instrumentis now mauufactured in New York. A correspondent of the Atheneum states, that Asthma- tic patients can get relief, from the practice of burning in their'bed rooms, previously to retiring to rest, small pieces of puper, soaked ina solution of saltpetra. Ofthe thirty one States fifteen have abolished public executions, and two have abolished the Death Penalty. (@3™ The Great Western Railway, in England, now carries coal at the rate of one cent per ton per mile. Galvanie necklaces are now manufactured in London, and are said to be successfully used at the hospitals, in cases of rheumatism, gout, and other similar diseases, One hundred thousand pounds of phosphorus are annually consumed in England in the manufac- ture of matches, (387 Good qualities, like great abilities, are in- comprehensible and inconéeivable to such as are deprived of them. How many fine hats serve asa cover for worth- less heads, and how many. plaited shirt bosoms cover a hollow cavern where a heart should be lodged. The Legislature of Texas is reported to have passed the Maine Liquor Law by a majority of 6. The latest intelligence from Texas states, that fears are entertained in Washington Co. of an in- surrection among the slaves, tas" The explosion of the Saluda was the re- sult of carelessness, or something worse. Her boilers were worn out. They were some fifteen years old, Ofwhat value are the inspection laws of the United States? Both the boilers of the Saluda and Glenco were old, and were taken from boats that had been blown up and sunk. Are these facts to be unnoticed by Congress {Weekly Tue Democrat, The best informed Americans abroad, as well as the most. enlightened Europeans, declare that our Government cannot be "neutral" "in the coming conflict" in Europe : for that there will be a conflict between Freedom and Despotism, all of them aver. 'On which side shall we range ?" is the question they ask--ZJ0. Heavy floods in Virginia. Sixteen houses were swept away in Morganstown, and the village of Riversville literally destroyed --J6, Encovracine To Kipnarrrrs.----Mr. Wolf, chair- man of the committee of the Maryland' Legislature to whom the subject was referred, has reported a series of resolutions, tendering the thanks of the state to Gov Bigler for pardoning Alberti and Price, some time since convicted of kidnapping, and proposing to renumerate Alberti and Price for the time they have lost in consequence of such conyiction.--J6, r 4 The very presence of slavery says, the Interna- tional Journal, seems to taint the human mind--- emasculate it of its finest and noblest impulses. The grand deliberating doctrines of Kossuth were feltas a tacit insult in our southern states. Nor rar From Tun Trurm.--The master vice of the age, as an exchange says, is beguary. Everybody is trying to ride on eyerybody's shoulders, There is much truth in the remark. The vice is not only manifested in every private business, by the applications of the actual needy, but our State and National Assemblies are crowded with beggars, who have not poverty as an excuse for the gifts which they ask of those bodies. 'The national wealth can only ac- cumulate by industry and economy. What is given away without an equivalent, must, therefore, be the loss of the industrious and frugal, and goes to pamper extravagance and idleness. To Srop Breepine rrom THe Cavyiry or AN Extracren Toorn.--Noticing the case of Mrs. Locke, who bled to death in consequence of the extraction of a tooth, Dr. Addington, of Richmond, Va., says he never fails to stop the bleeding by packing the alveolus, from which the blood con- tinues to trickle, fully and firmly with cot- ton moistened in a strong solution of alum and water, He cured a brother physician in this way, whose jaw had bled for two weeks. Karrm. Puyisuments.--Death is fre- quently inflicted among this nation, and in various ways, most of them diabolically cruel. I will merely mention one as a specimen of the most ingenious and refined cruelty, and it appears to me, one of the most frightful tortures that can be inflicted. The culprit is rubbed all over with grease ; he is then taken to an ant-hill, against which he is placed and secured to the ground. The ant-hill is then broken, and. the ants left to crawl over him and eat his flesh from his bones, which they do in time, most effectually. I doubt whether the Inquisi- tion ever invented a torture so horrible and lingering as this must be. Let me remind the reader that these ants are three times the size he is accustomed to see in England, and their bite most irritating and paintul.-- The Cape and the Kaffirs. &#- A substitute for coals has been exhibited at the Polytechnic Institution, London. It consists of thin lamine of in- destructible metal, which by being acted upon by gas, instantly comes red-hot, and exposes alarge amount of radiating surface, seeing a cheerful, bright, open fire. #2 An acre of land contains 43,360 square feet. <A lot 220 feet long and 190 feet wide or 264 feet long and 165 feet wide will make an acre. Tarr Cart or Your Pockrrs.--There is a book with the dangerous title of 'The Pocket Lawyer." We shouldn't like a hook with this title much, for we are sure that if we got a dawyer in our pocket, we never should be able to get him out.--Punoh. Niagara Farts Crumpuiyc.--On Sun- day afternoon, a portion of the precipice near the Tower, on the south side of Goat Island, fell with a mighty crash. This por- tion extended from the edge of the Island toward the Tower, being about one hundred and twenty feet long, and about sixty feet wide, of a somewhat eliptical shape and reaching from the top to the bottom of the fall. The next day' another piece, triangular, with a base of about forty feet, broke off just below the Tower, But the next reat performance was the most remarkable. Between the two portions that had previ- ously fallen, stood a rectangular projection, about thirty feet lone and fitteen feet wide, extending from fop to bottom of the preci- pice. This immense mass becam.? loosened from the main body of rack, and settled perpendicularly about eight feet, wirere it now stands an enormous column about two hundred feet hivh. by the dimensions: here named. Itis most probable that this colun.n will also fall when the weather becomes warmer. The severity of the winter, and the long continuance of the intense cold, have produced these results ----WViagara falls Iris. Tun Journey or Lirze,--He is but half prepared for the journey of life, who takes not with him that friend who will forsake him inno emergeney--who will divide his sorrows, increase his joys, lift the veil from his heart, and throw sunshine around the darkest scenes. AZ The most extensive pearl fishery is said to be in the Persian Gulf. It is as wretched and hurtful an occupation for a human being as it is possible to conceive. Those engaged in it are chiefly slaves. They dive to the bottom of the water, with a net fastened to their necks, for the pur- pose of containing the oysters, and are let down by a rope, with a stone of 40 or 50 pounds weight fastened to it, to keep' them down to the bottom, where they remain a length of time almost incredible to those who have never witnessed the operation. Sometimes, it is said, by lone practice, being enabled \to remain under water a quarter of an hour, which we think is an exaggeration. Their lives are consequently very short, being mostly cut off in the prime of life, by disease occasioned by the pres- sure on the lungs while in the water. A Stveutar Rerio.--Captain D'Auber- ville, of the barque Chieftain, of Boston, writes to the editor of the Louisville Varie- ties, that he put into Gibralter on the 27th of August last, to repair some damages his vessel had sustained, and, while waiting, himself and two of his passengers' crossed the straits to Mount Abylus, on the African coast, to shoot, and pick up geological spe- cimens. Before returning, the breeze had freshened so much as to render it necessary, to put more ballast in the boat and one of the crew lifted what he supposed to be a piece of rock, but from its extreme lightness and singular shape, was induced to call the attention of the captain to it, who at first took itfor a piece of pumice stone, but so completely covered with barnacles and other marine animalculie as to deny that suppo- sition. On further examination, he found it to be a cedar keg. On opening it, he found a cocoa nut, enveloped in a kind of gum or resinous substance; this he also opened, and found a parchment covered with Gothic characters and nearly illesible, and which neither he nor any one on board was able to decipher. He, however, found on shore an Armenian book merchant who was said to be the most leared man in Spain, to whom he took it, who, after learn- ing the circumstances of its discovery, offered 300 dollars for it, which offer Captain D'Auberville declined. He then, says the letter, read word for word, and translated it into French as he read, each sentence ; it was a short but concise account of the dis- covery of Cathay, or further India, address- ed to Ferdinand and Isabella, of Castile and Arragon, saying the ships could not possibly survive the tempest another day ; that they then were between the Western Isles and Spain ; that two like narratives were written and thrown into the sea, in case the caraval should go to the bottom, that some mariner would pick up the one or the other of them, 'The strange doeu- ment was signed by Christopher Columbus in a bold and dashing hand. It also bore the date of 1493, and consequently had been floating over the Atlantic 358 years. The letter closes with an assurance from the writer that he would guard his treasure safe until his return to the United States, which will be in April or May next--/Sa- v nnah Paper, LE Wis said that there is a plant grow- ing in the hot springs in Iceland, which not only flowers but bears seeds in water hot enough to boil an egg a5° sk Tremont Temple is to be rebuilt by the old Trustees. The new edifice will cover a larger space than the old one, The architecture will be of the latest and most improved style, with a mastic front. The interior will embrace a superior musical and lecture hall, of ample dimensions, splendid apartments for the Mercantile Library As- sociation, and halls- and rooms for other purposes. Aa Vouisiana has within heb bounds 25,000 free people of color. A coop Arnorism--Always do as the sun does--look at the bright. side of every- thing; it is just as cheap, and three times as good for digestion. Unctarmep Korrunes,--A committee of the N. Y. Legislature, after an investigation into the trust funds of the Chancery Court have reported that there is nearly a million and a half of dollars now held in trust, and that the rightful owners of nearly a million of this large sum are unknown, New Mexrco.--The hostility between the native population and the American immigrants often leads to quarreling and even murder, There is also creat difficulty in managing the Indians. The country is consequently in a very unsettled state..The gold fever is very prevalent. Exrcurton or 4 Bankrupr,--At noon, on the 10th instant, just asthe Exchange at Hamburg, crowded with merchants, pre- sented its lusiest aspect, two drummers in the civic uniform came up-and rolled their drums for the space of ten minutes, causing a great commotion both in' and out. of the Bourse. While this was going on, workmen were seen over the principal gateway of the buildiug elevating a black board, on which was pa'nted in white letters the name of a merchant of the city who had. lately sus- pended payment and absconded with all his assets. When the name had been fairly set up,a bell. called the "schand glocke " or shame bell, only rung on such occasions, was sounded for two hours from a tower of the Bourse: This penalty of discrace, called the 'execution of a fraudulent bank- rupt," is ordained by a law which can be traced to the fourteenth century, when the Hanseatic league was at the height of its greatness. At that-period, the bankrupt's patent of citizenship and his certificate as a merchant, was also burnt by the hangman. Vussets or War.--The result of some experiments now in course of trial, at the Washington Navy-yard, would seem to establish the unfitness of iron as a material for the hulls of vessels of war. The small iron steamer, Water Witch, being con- demned as unfit for further service, has been lately moored off the Navy-yard for the purpose of trying on her sides the effect cf shot and shells at point blank range, A few days ago an eight-inch shell was fired at her from a 56-pounder oun, at a distance of three hundred and fifty yards. The shell went clear through both sides of the vessel, tearing Jarge round holes, (much larger than the diameter of the shell, and too large for plugging) and scattéring small and jag- ged fragments of iron which in an action would likely prove more dangerous to her own crew, than the shot from an enemy's battery. Another shell fired at her wooden bulwarks made only a clean round hole--- National Intelligencer. Wuat wil. BE THe Nuxt Wonprr ?-- The problem of the suspension of life by freezing seems to be aceumulating data. Perch, and mullet, Professor Lathrop states, haye been brought from lake Champlain this last winter "perfectly frozen, and on being put intoa tub of water, have come to life, "as lively as ever." Our readers will remember that a female convict in Sweden is now in ice, on experiment; and that a man was found lately in Switzerland who gave signs of life after being frozen nine months. The power of stopping while the world goes on, may be the next wonder, Ice houses may soon be advertised with comfortable arrangements for skipping an epoch, or waiting for the next generation. Errect or Monotony on Heaura--In. Dr. Draper's admirable address to the Medical College, on the death of Dr. Pat- tison, he makes a few truthful and much needed remarks on a subject we have often thought of: 'No man for any length of time can pursue one vocation or one train of thought without mental injury--nay, I will go farther, without insanity. The con- stitution of the brain is such that it must have its time of repose." te An American whale ship, name not stated, was seized by the convicts at the Galapago Islands, and the captain and crew murdered. The convicts then pro- ceeded towards Guayaquil, with the inten- tion of opposing Gen. Flores. On the way they fell in with two of his schooners, and having seized them, murdered all on board in the most brutal manner, including his nephew and son-in-law. On one of these vessels, they cut the throats of 23 men from ear to ear. The whale ship was afterwards taken possession of by a Sweed- ish frigate, the convicts placed in irons, and the vessel anchored in the Guayaquil river. ot H- Williams is the name of the rep- tile who owns and maintains the slave bar- racoon just outside the territory of the District of Columbia. He is shunned and javoided as if he were a vampire; and yet he is in pursuit of a lawful oceupation, pro- tected by Congress, and which it) would be fatal to the prospects of any candidate for the Presideney to speak avainst. If the same Williams shonld be nominated by the Whig or Democratie Conventions for the Presidency, he would be enthusiastieally sustained by the great wass of Whigs and Democrats of the Fico States, Those who hesitate to credit this statement know no- thing about politics or partizans.-- Dedham (Mlass.) Gazette. Carrrorn1a.--In consequence of the nu- merous burglaries and robberies that have recently taken place, and the great insecu- nity which is felt, the vigilance committee of San Francisco have reorganized, and determined to exeente the first person who is caught robbing or committing burglary, or any other crime, wi st The Chiefs and sixty-one' Members of the Onandaga tribe of Indians have sent to the N.Y. Legislature a p. tition in favor of the Maine Law 4 ARB; By late news from California we learn that. the rains had almost entirely ceased and the floods generally bated, It is es!imated that at least twenty. lives were lost by the overflow, 'and that the whole loss by the flood will reach nearly a million and a half of dollars. The prospects ofthe mines were brightly flattering, and all were reaping a rich harvest. Several additional murdors by the Indians are reported. &e A young clergyman having preached on oné occasion for Rey. Dr. Emmonds, was anxious to get a word of applause, and as the grave doctor did not introduce the sub- ject, was obliged to bait the hook for him. "T hope, sir, I did not weary your people by the length of my sermon to-day." "No, sir," replied the doctor, "nor by the depth of it either." ce ONE THOUSAND LABORERS .- WANTED te O work on the Great Western Railroad, neat Windsor, Canada West. Persons wishing employment on this job, will do well to apply to Farwerx, Case and Co., at Windsor. a NEW BOARDING HOUSE, COMMODIOUS LODGING AND BOARDING HOUSE, for accomoda- tion of respectable colored persons has just been neatly fitted up by George Carter, in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Mr Carter, would respectfully inform his friends and the public generally, that he shall keep a well furnished table witb all the attention and regulation about his house, which is necessary to render those comfortable and satisfied who may favor him with their patronage. , BOARDING HOUSE. RS. DIANTHA ROBINSON, of De- troit, Michigan, has just neatly fitted up her house on Fort Street, near the sec- ond Baptist Chureh, for the accommoda- tion of a few weekly Boarders on reasona- ble terms. We know Mrs. Robinson to be a respectable and worthy woman, and we hope that she may meet with that en- couragement which her just merits en- title her to. A. DERRICK, AILORING and Clothes Cleaning Esta- blishment, Griswold st. Bagos' New Block, North of Jefferson avenue, Detroit. jan29tt ANDS FOR SALE, by James Dov- GALL, Wrixpsor, CanapaA WEst, op- posite Detroit, in the Township of Sandwich. Lot No, 121, 3 Concession, containing 120 acres; Lot 120 and east part of 119, 3 Concession, containing 87 acres, forming a block of 189 acres, price $3 per acre. These Lands are six and a half miles from Windsor, and four miles back from the Detroit River, a good road is opened out to them, the land is dry and of first-rate quality, the timber consisting of hickory, white oak, &e., is very valuable, the hickory alone being worth the price asked for the and. Lot No. 17, 9th Concession, 200 acres, at $2 50 per acre, situated immediately in the rear of the aboye Lots, there being only a corner of another Lot between them, Lot No. 117, 12th Concession, 100 acres, at $2 50 per acre, situated on the Town Line between Sandwich and Maidstone, about four miles back, by direct road, from Lake St. Clair, the River Peches, or Peach River, runs through a corner of the Lot. Several yaluable Building Lots in the Village of Windsor, One-third will be required to be paid down, and the balance in two annual in- stalments, with interest ; if all paidin cash a liberal discount will be made. Also a valuable Lot, with a new frame store upon it, in the village of Dresden, ad- joining the Dawn Institute, on the River Sydenham, being at the head of the navi- gation of that river, it is an excellent position for a country store, Price #400. =