Brain of the Bee. Sir Everard Home, in the Croonian Lecture, read during the late sittings of the Royal Society, states, that among the insect tribe, the humble-bee has the largest brain in proportion to its size. In the moth, caterpillar, lobster, and earthworm, the structure of the brain and medullary substance is similar to that of the bee. In the garden snail the brain is larger, in proportion to the size of the animal, than in the bee; but the bee is also furnished with ganglions, which is not the case with the snail. In all the variety of animals he examined, the brain forms a distinct or gan, though, in some insects, scarcely visible to the naked eye. -- Purifying Gas. The Penitentiary at Milbank having proved very insalubrious, was lately, fumigated on a large scale, to destroy any contagious miasmata which might be considered to lurk within its walls. The following is a mode of procuring the gas employed on this occasion, and which is the most efficacious in cases of contagious fever, namely-chlorine (oxy-muriatic acid gas). Take one part, by weight, of common salt (muriate of soda), one part, by weight, of oxyd of manganese, pound them together, and pour on them two parts of oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid), and one of water. Power of the essential Matter of Digitalis. The essential matter of that powerful plant the Digitalis, has lately been ob tained in so concentrated a state that a grain, or less, is found sufficient to kill an animal of considerable size. A Philosophical Lamp Has been lately invented on the following principle: A stream of hydrogen gas, passing over finely granulated platinum, inflames it. The contrivance consists in retaining a quantity of hydrogen gas over water; which is perpetually produced by a mixture of a small quantity of zinc and sulphuric acid, and which, being suffered to escape by a small stop-cock, passes over a little scoop, containing the platinum, which it instantly inflames. From this a candle or lamp may be lighted, and the metal extinguished by a small cap being put over it. Interesting Discovery. Professor Olmstead, of the university of North-Carolina, has ascertained that a fine illuminating gas may be obtained from cotton seed. The product of gas from a bushel of seed, is more than double the average product of the same quantity of Newcastle coal, and greatly exceeds that in illuminating power. It partakes of the purity and splendour of gas from oil, with which substance indeed this seed is known to abound. the belief, that, among all substances hiThe experiments already made induce therto tried for gas illumination, this ar ticle will be found the most eligible, especially for our southern cities, where cotton seed can be obtained at a very trifling expense; and the idea is suggested, that this article may possibly become of considerable value for exportation. The vast quantity of seed, amounting to many millions of pounds, that annually accumu late in our cotton districts, forming a pile almost useless and sometimes noxious, would, it is thought, afford materials for illuminating almost every city in the United States. It is expected that Mr. Olmstead will shortly make public his experiments and scientific results on this subject.-Raleigh Register. Manchester Machinery. Not less than 30,000 power looms are now in use in the district that surrounds Manchester. According to a calculation, that every person employed in spinning produces 900 lbs. per annum, the number of persons employed is 161,111; the number of spindles employed is 9,666,666; and the capital invested in buildings and machinery 10,000,0002. Splendid Library. The duke of Sussex has the most stu pendous collection of theological works extant-between 60 and 70,000 volumes. Among which there are upwards of 50 different editions of the Bible. It is reported his royal highness means to bequeath the entire collection to one of the universities. Ancient Philosophical Manuscript. At the last sitting of the Asiatic Society for Paris, the president announced the Chinese text, and the Latin translation of a philosophical discourse of Mericeus, who lived in the fourth century prior to the Christian era, as being nearly completed in its lithography and printing. Curious Inscriptions. Twenty-eight curious Armenian inscrip. tions, collected by an Armenian priest, have been translated by M. Klaproth. The following is a specimen:-Above Mount Araz stands an ancient church, upon one of whose columns, on the right hand, we read the following::-" Christ, Creator, remember Grigor, lord of Kentouniatz." In the Armenian province of Chirag is a very large and handsome church, with a beautiful dome. On the north side is the following inscription: river, had a very remarkable and dangerous encounter with a moose. While employed in taking muskrats from his traps, he heard a loud cracking of the brush on the opposite side of the river, which he supposed was caused by a carabou; seizing his gun, he immediately entered his birch, and proceeded to the spot where the noise was heard. On his approach the animal retreated, and was followed by Mr. Ellis ten or fifteen rods, when it took to the river. He now discovered the animal to be a very large bull moose, and immediately returned to his canoe, which lay about fifty rods below where the moose entered the river, and started in pursuit of him. Having by great exertion approached within six or eight rods of him, he levelled his gun and fired, and the ball taking effect, the moose made for the shore. Ascending a low pine bank, he proceeded about fifty rods into an alder swail, tearing every thing before him as he went with his huge horns. Mr. Ellis remained in the canoe till the ncise ceased; when, having reloaded his gun, he proceeded in search of him. The moose was soon come up with, and rather unexpectedly. Mr. Ellis having approached within twenty or thirty feet of the enraged animal before he discovered him, he instantly fired; but, being somewhat agitated, by suddenly finding himself so near the moose, and the threatening pos ture which he assumed, missed his ob. ject, the ball entering a small tree which A tread-mill for grinding flour has lately intervened between them; whereupon the been erected in Sydney, New South Wales, moose immediately made at him with by government, which answers so well as desperate fury, taking him between his an object of terror to criminals, and as horns, one of which entered his clothes a means of making their punishment a near the waistband of his pantaloons in source of profitable labour, that others front, and passed out near his chin, and were about to be established on a more the other at the small of his back, taking extensive scale. A quantity of New-Zea- the skin in its course. While in this danland flax had also been imported, which gerous and critical situation, suspended the female convicts in the factory were eight or nine feet in the air, the moose taught to dress in the New-Zealand man- made four or five bounds with him, clearner by two natives of that country, after ing a rod or more at a leap, when his which it is spun and manufactured by the clothes giving way, he fell to the ground. female convicts into various descriptions The moose passed over him without strikof cloth. Should this manufacture being him, and after going fifteen or twenty properly encouraged and conducted, it may not only prove a profitable way of employing the female convicts, whose bad characters unfit them for family ser vants, but, by encouraging the New-Zealanders to raise a commodity which they can barter for useful European articles, may, in the end, allure them from acts of murder and cannibalism to that of raising an article by which all their various wants may be supplied.-Christian Observer. A Tread-Mill at Sydney. Remarkable Encounter. On the 12th of September last, Mr.John Ellis, of Mercer, a celebrated hunter, being on a hunting expedition on Moose rods, fell and expired. Mr. Ellis received considerable injury, but trifling to what might have been expected from the circumstances in which he was placed. We had these facts from the mouth of Mr. Ellis himself, and have no reason to doubt the correctness of them.-Somerset (Maine) Journal. Dr. Chalmers. It is well known that the genius and eloquence of this popular clergyman, during his stay in Glasgow, attracted immense crowds to his church; and the feeling of disappointment, when a stranger entered his pulpit, was but too visible for any divine to mistake it. On one occa sion, the Rev. Dr. of having made an exchange with Dr. Chalmers, was so struck and irritated, on entering the pulpit, with the reluctant advance of the assembling auditory, and the quick retreat of many from the pews, that he stood up, and addressing the congregation, said "We will not begin the public worship of God till the chaff blows off" We need not say that these words had the desired effect, and that the audience became stationary under this severe rebuke.-Greenock Adv. Died in this city, on the 5th of January, 1825, aged 75, GEORGE WARNER, Esq Mr. Warner was long known as a respectable, upright, and benevolent citizen, and a pious and zealous member of the Protest. ant Episcopal Church. The doctrines of the gospel, by which, during a long life, it was his study to regulate his principles and his conduct, and in which it was ever his heart's warm desire that others also should feel a sanctifying interest, were his consolation and support at the close of his pilgrimage. Having entered into his rest, he bas left to his friends the delightful hope, that he is among the number of those whom, sleeping "in Jesus, God will bring with him," when he comes to call his good and faithful servants to enter into the joy of their Lord. THE REV. JOSEPH MORGAN GILBERT. In our number for December, page 380, is recorded the death of the Rev. JoSEPH MORGAN GILBERT. The following obitu 1 Thess. iv. 14. ary of this gentleman is extracted from the Gospel Messenger for December, and was omitted by accident in our last publication. "The Rev. Joseph Morgan Gilbert was born in the town of Hampden, in the state of Connecticut, on the 16th of May, 1795. Under what circumstances, or where, his early education was conduct. ed, we are not informed; but when of an age to be in immediate preparation for college, he was happy enough to engage the peculiar kindness and friendship of the Rev. Mr. Plumb, minister of the Episcopal church at East-Haven. In the family of this worthy clergyman he spent much of his time; and under his auspices, and with the best assistance which cir cumstances enabled him to give, prepared himself for an admission into college. It is worthy of mention as a circumstance honourable to his memory, that he accom. plished this object of a pure and praise. worthy ambition, by exertions which entirely exempted his father from expense, and was ready for matriculation under honourable circumstances at Yale, before it was known by his relatives that he had such an object in contemplation. He entered a freshman at this college in 1814: During his college life, nothing is known of him that is not in perfect correspon dence with the experience which has been had of him as a member of this diocese. He was, as a student, diligent, amiable, and although honourably ambitious of success, invariably modest and unassuming. The rank he always held in his class was among the foremost in excellence and favour. In 1818 he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts, on which occasion one of the first honours of the public exercises was assigned him, in consideration chiefly of his distinguishing success in mathematics. During his senior year, he prosecuted, with pious industry and zeal, his preparation for the ministry; and on the 3d of June, 1819, was admitted to dea con's orders, by Bishop Hobart, of New. York, then charged with the vacant diocese of Connecticut. Immediately after his ordination, flattering proposals were made to him to become minister of the church at Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, which, for what reasons we know not, he declined. In the autumn of the same year, in consequence of the resignation by the Rev. Mr. Osborne, of the rectorship of the Episcopal church on the island of Edisto in this diocese, Mr. Gilbert was invited by Bishop Bowen, whom the vestry of that church had requested to supply them with a minister, to that situation. exemplary fidelity, the beloved pastor of He served the congregation there with an affectionate and admiring flock, until the summer of 1822, when he accepted the charge of Grace church, Sullivan's Island; and in the winter following re ceived, in addition to it, an appointment to the rectorship of St. Andrew's parish. Having, in consequence of the dissolution of the congregation of the church on Sullivan's Island, in winter, and the smallness of that of St. Andrew's not making a residence in it either obligatory or conve nient, much of his time unoccupied with ministerial duties, Mr. Gilbert was encouraged by many equally desirous to promote his welfare and usefulness, to enter on the charge of a select classical school in this city. Having conducted this with faithfulness and ability until December, 1822, he became one of the teachers of a grammar school instituted by the trustees of Charleston college under their auspices; and, subsequently, professor of mathematics in the college. He performed his arduous duties here with unwearied patience, and in a manner which made him master of the affec. tions of his pupils. On the appearance of the malignant disease which has, by many years' experience, so reasonably become the dread of strangers sojourning in our climate, Mr. Gilbert removed, with the ready consent of the trustees of the college, in August last, to Sullivan's Island, until the late melancholy season, the safe resort of all, as well for health as recreation. There he combined the duties of his pastoral function with those of the instructer of such of the pupils of the seminary, of which, in the city, he was an officer, as fled, like himself, from the dangers of the season thither; and was, in the assiduous discharge of both, arrested by the disease to which so many others were victims; and on the 27th of October, when the hope of his safety was high, and happy and grateful in his own mind, and among his friends, he was numbered with the dead. We mourn in him, one in whom we had seen qualities the most attractive, and resources for honourable service to the Church and to the community of no common kind. As a minister of God, they who had experi. ence of him will not easily forget him: his memorial is in their hearts; and we trust it is on high among the saints in light for ever. "We should have mentioned that Mr. Gilbert was admitted to priest's orders by Bishop Bowen, April 19th, 1820, in the church of his own parish, on Edisto Island." Sudden and remarkable Deaths. Died in December last, at Chester, Pennsylvania, the Rev. JOHN CRUTZER. He was in the pulpit, and had just given as his text "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,”—when he fell, and instantly expired. On the 2d of January, 1825, the Rev. HENRY LOOMIS, a congregational minister at Bangor, Maine, went to the meetinghouse at the usual hour in a violent storm, entered the pulpit, sat down, and was soon observed to be sinking from his seat. The people were alarmed, and pressed to his assistance; but aid was ineffectual-in not more than ten minutes the vital spark had fled. It is remarkable that the sermon he had prepared for deli very on that morning was from the text"This year thou shalt die." It was appropriate to the commencement of the new year. Ordinations. On Sunday, the 28th of November, 1824, in St. Helena church, Beaufort, SouthCarolina, Mr. Edward Neufville, of Prince William parish, and late of the General Theological Seminary, was admitted to the holy order of deacons, by the Right Rev. Dr. Bowen, bishop of the diocese. At a special ordination, held in St. Philip's church, Charleston, South-Carolina, on Friday, the 10th of December, 1824, Mr. George W. Hathaway, of Che row, was admitted to the holy order of deacons, by the Right Rev. Dr. Bowen, bishop of the diocese. At a special ordination, held in Christ church, city of New-Brunswick, on Wed. nesday, the 15th of December, 1824, the Right Rev. Bishop Croes admitted to the holy order of priests, the Rev. William L. Johnson, deacon, rector-elect of St. Michael's church, city of Trenton, Morning prayer was read, and the candidate presented, by the Rev. John Croes, jun., and the sermon preached by the Rev. John C. Rudd, D. D. both of that diocese. On Sunday morning, December 19,1824, being the fourth Sunday in Advent, the Right Rev. Bishop White held an ordination in St. James's church, Philadelphia; when Mr. William Eldred was admitted to the holy order of deacons; and the Rev. Norman Nash, and the Rev. Samuel Bowman, to that of priests. At a special ordination, held by the Right Rev. Bishop Bowen, at Charleston, South-Carolina, on Thursday, the 6th Ja nuary, 1825, Mr. Paul T. Keith, late of the General Theological Seminary, was admitted to the holy order of deacons. The sermon was delivered by the Kev. Edward Rutledge. On the 9th January, being the first Sunday after Epiphany, the Right Rev. Bishop Bowen, acting in behalf of the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, of New-York, held an or dination in St. Michael's church, Charleston, and admitted Isaac Low, A. M., of this diocese, and late of the General The ological Seminary, to the holy order of deacons. Morning prayers were offered by the Rev. Dr. Dalcho, assistant minister "In thy discourse if thou desire to please, treasure What to ask further. Doubts well raised do lock The speaker to thee, and increase thy stock. For wit is new only to ignorance. Less at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod : Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the simplest form of speech, Prayer the sublimest strains that reach Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, The saints in prayer appear as one, In word, and deed, and mind, No prayer is made on earth alone- O thou, by whom we come to God, دو Errata in the present Number. Page 45, column 2, line 27, for "them" read "then.” Same page and column, line 4 from bottom, for "address another" read "add ano ther, addressed." Page 47, column 2, line 16, for "fate" read "circumstances." |