mortar with. Marble is used for building elegant houses, making columns, statues, relievos, and various ornaments. The finest old buildings of the Greeks and Romans are of marble. Some columns and statues 1500 or 2000 years old, have now a polish like glass.

Marble looks like many other stones. The best way to distinguish it generally is, by putting a drop of oil of vitriol, or some other strong acid on it, and it will boil up. This is because about half of it is made of a kind of air, or gas, called carbonic acid. This is joined with lime, and makes a hard stone, which will often last for centuries if the two are not separated. Great heat will separate them, and any acid stronger than the carbonic will take away the lime from it. Carbonic when pure and alone is air or gas, and this makes the bubbling.

The marble most used for statues is pure white. The best is now brought from Carrara in Italy. The Parian marble, used by the Greeks and Romans, was from the island of Paros, in the Archipelago.

Limestone crystalizes in many forms. The different sorts, shapes and colors of this stone make a great show in every cabinet of minerals. I hope my young readers will be able to get some good specimens. If not, I must try to help them.

MISCELLANEOUS.

SPLENDID PRESENT TO AN ENGINEER.-One of our late London papers mentions the presentation of a costly gift to the celebrated and scientific railway constructor, Mr. J. K. BRUNEL, the engineer to the Great Western, Bristol, Exeter, Gloucester, and other railways. The presentation took place at a magnificent entertainment given to Mr. Brunel, in testimony of a high appreciation of his important services. The present is described as follows:

"The testimonial, which prior to the entertainment was exhibited in an adjoining room, is of very beatiful workmanship, and consists of a centre-piece and four accompanying ornamental dishes for fruit or flowers, with six salt cellars, all of silver gilt, in the style of Louis XIV. The value of the testimonial is upwards of 2000 guineas, and the subscriptions were limited to the sum of 10 guineas from each subscriber. The centrepiece consists of a magnificent candelabrum, surmounted by a beautifully designed group of figures, representing, on the base or plinth rising from the pediment between the brackets, Science, Genius, and Invention, aiding Commerce; whilst around the base are groups representing the four Seasons. Elaborately

wrought scrolls spring from the carved sides, supporting the candelabra for containing twelve lights, measuring 34 inches in height. It is 30 inches square, and the weight of it is about 1500 ounces. The six salt cellars are of a massive and highly-wrought character, circular in form, with very rich feet, composed of figures riding on dolphins, the weight of the six being about 100 ounces.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Spanish Extract.

True Characters of Ferdinand and Isabella, of Spain.

From the Spanish "Filosofia de Marchena." [The following spirited passage may be used as a lesson in reading Spanish, by pronouncing according to these brief directions: a, like a in father, o, like o in no, i, like e in me, u, like oo in moon, y, like e in me;

e, like a in mate, but y, when it begins a word, should be pronounced as in English-j, like hard h; gu, like hard g, &c.]

Fernando que sin letras y sin espíritu marcial supo ahogar aquellas y exaltar á este; tenaz cuanto profundo en sus maquiavélicos planes, irreligioso adalid de la fé católica, perseguidor atroz sin fanatisimo, y fautor despótico de la independencia del clero: Isabel versada en letras; halagüena en sus palabras, despiadada en sus acciones; tan afable en su trato, como implacable en sus venganzas; aparentando repugnancia al establecimiento de la inquisicion, y atizando so-capa las hogueras en que pereciéron veinte mil infelices víctimas durante su reinado; mas accesible que su marido, no menos absoluta; irreprehensible y austera en sus acciones privadas, sin fé en la conducta pública; zelosa de las comblezas de su esposo, soberana independiente de él en el gobierno de sus estados reyes dotados ámbos de altas prendas con feos vicios amancilladas; y que unos y otras en sumo menoscabo de la nacion redundáron, por la antipatía á los fueros y derechos del pueblo y la insaciable sed de despotismo que á entrámbos por igual los caracterizaban.

THE BRACELETS OF QUEEN VICTORIA.-On festivals and gala days, the delicate arm of the Queen of England will be seen adorned with a bracelet that may well be considered as one of the most significant mementos that the radiant partakers of royal enjoyments and princely splendor can behold. This "bijou" of the most tasty finish is made of the purest gold, and enlightened by four of the rarest diamonds, which seem to dispute each other's beauty and delicacy. But their greatest interest they derive from their owners, in whose possession they were in other times.

The largest of these diamonds belonged to the Princess Charlotte Augusta, of Wales, who will ever be remembered by the British people for her womanly virtues and amiable

qualities. The second and third of these gems once belonged to the unfortunate Queen Marie Antoinette, of France. The fourth, and most splendid of the whole, shone at one time from the forehead of a mis-educated and unhappy dupe of Rome, who shared similar misfortunes with the former-it was the property of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; and then to a King whose power ended with the fall of his royal brother, Joseph Napoleon. One may well question whether ever a woman's arm was encircled by a ring so potent, of emblems so grave, and souvenirs so full of meaning.-London Times, altered.

CHRISTIAN COURAGE.-When Valens, the emperor, sent messengers to win Eusebius to heresy, by fair words and large promises, he answered, "Alas, sir! these speeches are fit to catch little children." When the emperor threatened to confiscate his goods, to torment, to banis, to kill him, he answered, "He needs not fear confiscation who has nothing to lose; nor banishment, to whom heaven alone is his country; nor torments, when his body will be destroyed at one blow; nor death, which is the only way to set him at liberty from sin and sorrow."

"All things work together for good to them that love God."

Receipts.

From "Every Lady's Book," a little volume just published by a Lady of New York.

Pound Cake.-One pound of flour; one pound of sugar; one pound of butter; and eight eggs: one teaspoonful of essence of lemon, or rose water, and half a nutmeg.

Beat the butter to a cream; beat the yolks and sugar together; then add them, with the flour, to the butter; and, lastly, add the whites of the eggs, beaten to a high froth. Continue beating the mixture until the oven is ready; line some round or square tin pans with buttered paper; put in the mixture an inch and a half deep, and bake in a quick oven. If the pans are square, cut the cake in small squares, when cold.

Rich Small Cake.-Three eggs; three table-spoonfuls of butter; ditto of sugar; three cups of flour; one teaspoonful of lemon, and half a nutmeg: work these together, roll it thin, cut it in small cakes, and bake.

LOWELL.- This town is acquiring great character and celebrity. It was commenced in 1822, and contains over 25,000 inhabitants, has 35 mills, mostly manufacturing cotton cloth, runs 204,000 spindles, over 6000 looms, employing near 7000 females, 2500 males, making 1,500,000 yards of cloth per week, consuming 1175 bales of cotton per week, and employing a capital of $11,000. The average wages of females is $1.75 per week, clear of board. Amount of wages per month, $138,000. Besides the factories belonging to the manufacturing corporations, there are manufactories of powder, flannel, blankets, batting,

paper, cards, whips, &c. employing about 550 hands and a capital of $600,000.-East. pap.

Kitchen of the new Conservative Club, St. James's St. Although this department is of great extent, and facilities for cooking every delicacy are at hand, only one steam boiler is provided, which likewise furnishes the vast establishment with hot water, supplying baths and washing rooms, warming the various apartments, airing the linen, and removing all chill from the various china and crockery cupboards. The jack is so constructed, that the largest joints may be attached and moved by the feeblest person; and moreover it is so arranged, that the juices of the various meats are kept quite distinct. An immense heat is given out from an enormous range, and this from a fire of but five inches in depth, and apparatus of a novel kind, at the same time serves for both boiling and baking. The whole of this extensive kitchen is kept perfectly cool and well ventilated, and the house free from smell, by a self-acting apparatus, an adaptation of the Archimedean screw; and the smoking rooms are likewise ventilated by the same process, and this is all effected without any extra fire or machinery whatever. The whole of these arrangemements have been entrusted to the Messrs. Jeakes, of Great Russell street, under the superintendence of M. Huré, the well known chef de cuisine.-Selected.

No one imagined that there was any circulation of the blood, till Harvey demonstrated that the same blood which the veins brought to the heart, the arteries immediately carried away again from it. Harvey died at Hampstead, in Essex, on the 2d of June, 1658, in the 81st year of his age.-Selected.

A

RAILROAD TO CANADA.-The Legislature of Maine lately chartered a company to build a railroad between Portland and Montreal. conference between the Canadian Board of Trade and the representatives of the Portland Company has resulted in the final selection of that route, provided the Provincial Parliament and the Queen in council approve. Boston wanted the road to run through Massachusetts.

Eugene Sue, the author of the "Wandering Jew," is in such constant fear of being poisoned by the Jesuits-those political and religious enemies, whom he has exposed in his works-that he has two Newfoundland dogs, who first taste every portion of his food. He relies upon their instinct to reject what may be deleterious.

HONEST INDEPENDENCE.- How different a world this would be, if all its inhabitants could say, with Shakspear's Shepherd, "Sir, I am a true laborer; I earn that I get; get that I wear; owe no man hate; envy no man's happiness; glad of other men's good; content with my farm.

POETRY.

"Children Come to Prayer."

"O come let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before our Maker."

Come to the place of prayer! Parents and children, come and kneel before Your God, and with united hearts adore

Him whose alone your life and being are.

Come to the place of prayer!

Ye band of loving hearts; O come and raise, With one consent, the grateful song of praise,

To him who blessed you with a lot so fair!

Come in the morning hour!

Who hath raised you from the dream of night? Whose hand hath poured around the cheering light?

Come and adore ihat kind and heavenly power!

Come at the close of day!

Ere wearied nature sinks in gentle rest; Come, and let your sins be here confessed; Come, and for his protecting mercy pray.

Has sorrow's withering blight

Your dearest hopes in desolation laid,
And the once cheerful home in gloom arrayed?
Yet pray, for He can turn the gloom to
light.

Has sickness entered in

Your peaceful mansion? Then let prayer as

cend

Of some dear former dayThose days that followed me afar, Those happy days of mine,

Which made me think the joys at hand
Were naething to lang syne.

I ran to ilka weel-kenned place,
In hopes to find friends there-
I saw where mony a one had sate
And hung o'er mony a chair,
Till soft remembranee threw a veil
Across these e'en of mine;

I shut the door, and subbed aloud,
To think on auld lang syne.

To win me from these waefu' thoughts,
They took me to the town,
Where soon in ilka weel-ken'd face,

I miss'd the youthfu' bloom.
At balls they pointed to a nymph,
Whom all declared divine,
But sure, her mother's blushing face
Was fairer far lang syne.

In vain I sought, in music's sound,
To find that magnet art,
Which oft, in Scotland's antient lays,
Has thrilled thro' a' my heart.
The song had mony an artfu' turn,
My ear confessed 'twas fine,
But missed the simple melody

I listened to lang syne.

Ye crones and comrades of my youth,
Forgi'e an auld man's speen,
Wha', midst the gayest scenes, now

mourns

The days he once has seen. When time is past and seasons fled, Your hearts may feel like mine; And aye the sang will maist delight, That minds you o' lang syne. Old newspaper.

Good manners are the blossoms of good sense-and, it may be added, of good feelings, too.-Locke.

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be provided-a room on South-street, near the present location of the Church, where Episcopal services were commenced the 19th of July 1833. Seeing the success of his labors, in a few months after, they resolved to build a Floating Church. The beautiful edifice, a representation of which we this day present in our paper for the benefit especially of our distant readers, is the one which they completed. There is no building in the city of New York more more likely to excite the interest and awaken the gratitude of the Christian heart than the Floating Church of our Savior for Seamen. It is a beautiful gothic edifice, seventy-six by thirty-six feet, with turrets, a spire, buttresses, and a bell; all erected.

on a deck placed over two boats of eighty tons each, ten feet wide, and seventy feet long. These boats are placed ten feet. apart, and are attached to each other by large timbers. This allows a sufficient space for a broad foundation, to prevent careening when the congregation might happen to be unequally distributed on either side. The guards and railing extend three feet beyond the building on all sides. The apex of the roof is twentyeighty-eight feet high-the spire seventy feet to the top of the flagstaff-the walls at the eaves eleven feet, and the interior consists of an area sufficient to seat nearly six hundred persons.

The form of the interior of the roof is

tering. The outside is covered with cedar boards, matched together, painted of a dark stone color, and sanded. The interior has been painted in distemper, by two ingenious artists of this city, whose imitations of a groined ceiling, gothic mouldings, and of recesses, which their skill in perspective has sunk apparently deep into the walls, actually deceive the most practised eyes. Many spectators have insisted that they were not looking on a plain surface, and much miscalculated the real length of the building in consequence of the success of this deception.

It is moored in the East River, at the foot of Pike-street, a few feet from the slip,

securely protected from the influence of the tides, the currents, the ice, and the surrounding shipping, by large booms extend

by a wide platform, guarded on the sides, and lowered down so as to extend to the landing at the time of public service. This is held twice every Sunday. On Sunday mornings, from one hundred and fifty to two hundred seamen, with as many more persons of their families, or individuals interested in them, are regularly assembledand with them are often mingled persons of both sexes, of the most respectable classes, from the city congregations, pleased with an opportunity of worshipping with the sons of the ocean. Three or four hundred prayer books, all of the same edition, are distributed among the slips; and the Chaplain, because the congregation is largely composed