This noble elephant, seeing Mr. Waring and his men taking measures to secure him, rushed towards them, when they escaped up the seats for the audience, partly followed by him, but he was compelled to withdraw, as the flooring and seats gave way under his ponderous weight. Mr. Driesbach, Mr. Waring and others then obtained a cable, which was placed in the centre of the ring, and finally, after much manoeuvring, they succeeded in noosing him by the legs; they then retreated towards the southerly corner of the Menagerie, where the animal followed them-managing to elude him, they, after great efforts, and striking him very severely with pitchforks, got iron manacles on his legs. At length they got him into the middle of the ring, where we last saw him at half past five last night. He was then apparently humbled, having bled profusely and suffered considerably. He tore up and broke all the seats in the ring that came within his reach, with as much ease as if they had been merely pipe-stems. and awe, and each gave vent, in its own peculiar | the hieroglyphic and the enchorial methods of manner, to the dread that pervaded it. writing of the ancient Egyptians. The possibility that this stone might furnish a key to the inscriptions on the monuments, was immediately perceived, and casts and copies of it were greatly multiplied. All the learning of Europe was immediately brought to bear upon them, and that portion which is traced in Greek characters, was soon unravelled. The words Ptolemy and Cleopatra were first recognized by means of the Greek inscription, and by apply ing the characters which formed these to other names on the monuments, the value of most of the phonetic characters in the enchorial text was determined. The first step was made by the late Dr. Young, an English scholar, who, says Mr. Gliddon, found the key, but could not open the door. That key, however, was soon in the hands of a master who knew how to make use of it. Champollion le Jeune, with five phonetic letters, discovered by Dr. Young, commenced a series of investigations, which, in the short space of ten years, shed a light upon the mysteries of Egypt, which all mankind had labored twenty centuries to achieve.-See Frost-Gliddon's Ancient Egypt. The unfortunate keeper, Kelly, we are sorry to say, had, it was rumoured, his right hip and thigh dreadfully fractured. (He is since dead.) During the enactment of all these exciting and alarming scenes, the Mayor, accompanied by a number of the police, made his appearance, and gave such orders as the circumstances of the case called for; and the police were stationed in front and in the rear of the building on George street. Two six-pounders were placed, one in front, and the other at the back of the Menagerie, with a view to shoot the animal should he attempt to make his exit at either point. A number of small arms were also brought, to be used in the event of the smaller animals escaping from their cages. Fortunately, however, there was no necessity for using them.-Penn. Inquirer. EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS. Champollion could never have written his "Ancient Egypt," but for the discovery of the true mode of interpreting the hieroglyphics, which was occasioned by the following circumstances: By the capitulation of Alexandria, the antiquities collected by the French in Egypt were given up to the British. Among these was the Rosetta-Stone. This consists of a block of black basalt, discovered in August, 1799, by Bouchard, a French officer of engineers, while digging the foundations of a fort on the western bank of the Nile, between Rosetta and the Sea. In 1802 it was deposited in the British Museum. It is about a foot in thickness, the under part being left rough. The upper surface, on which are three inscriptions, is flat, being about three feet in length and two feet five inches in width. The coronation of Epiphanes, 196 B. C. is recorded on it in the ancient Greek, and also in ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE. "It is surely a blessed thing to see a young person, with the world at her feet, retaining amidst its contaminating atmosphere the pure enamel of simplicity."-Jebb. "Some persons object, and perhaps with too much reason, that the acquisition of knowledge has frequently an injurious tendency upon the minds of young persons, who, imagining themselves prodigies of literature, become inflated with vanity and render themselves ridiculous and disgusting. This may sometimes be the case, though it is not unlikely that persons who are vain of their intellectual attainments, would have been vain of something less honourable, had their understandings been suffered to remain unimproved; let them only pursue their studies farther and farther, and they will find the fields. of science so continually extending, and in every path so many precursors, who have left their puny achievements far behind, that they must discover far greater reason to be astonished and abashed at their own comparative littleness and ignorance, than to flatter themselves that they are wise. The acquisition of very important branches requires no abilities above the common level; diligent application and steady perseverance often effect much more than the dazzling but irregular flights of genius. The increased pursuit of knowledge would naturally diminish the force of the temptation; by becoming less rare, it will appear more necessary and not so imposing. It will be worn as an essential article of dress-of which propriety does not allow the neglect rather than as an ornament to glitter and to dazzle."-M. Fox's Biography. From Chambers's Journal. A SHOEMAKER'S NOTIONS OF THE FEET. most painful as well as permanent results. I have arrived at the conclusion, notwithstanding all that has been said to the contrary, that corns are in all cases the result of pressure. In going up Regent-street one day in Summer, three years ago, in quest of a shoemaker, we had the good fortune-for good fortune it is"When corns are produced by friction and to fall in with exactly the kind of man we slight pressure, they are the result of the shoes wanted this was Mr. James Sparkes Hall, a being too large and the leather hard, so that, by person who, to much sound sense on general the extension of the foot, the little toe, or any subjects, unites the rare skill of supplying shoes prominent part, is constantly being rubbed and so nice, easy, and pliant, that the feet, after compressed by its own action. This may conyears of torture, are very much surprised to find tinue for months, or even years, before any inthemselves unexpectedly in such an earthly convenience is experienced, but, progressively, paradise. On conversing with this clever mem- the cuticle increases, and is either detached ber of the gentle craft,we learned that he was from the dermis by serum being poured out bethe inventor of the paniscorium-a material ex-tween them, similar to a common blister, and a ternally resembling leather, but possessing all the softness and pliancy of cloth. Pleased with the appearance of this novel fabric, we procured some articles made from it, and having tested them by long and diligent wear, called a short time ago at Regent street to renew the supply. On this second occasion, Mr. Hall mentioned that he was engaged on a work on the feet, including a history of boots and shoes, such, he thought, being very desirable in the present state of knowledge on the subject. We thought Mr. Hall has accordingly brought out this production, the result, he says, of long professional study. so too. "The Book of the Feet,' as the author styles his work, is a plainly, but pleasingly written volume, and exhibits, within a small compass, the various forms and phases which the coverings of the feet have assumed from the time of Egyptian sandals down to this current era of Wellingtons, Bluchers, Clarences, Cambridges, and Alberts. Let us hear Mr. Hall-and he is of practical authority-on this really humane and important subject: new covering produced, or the epidermis thickens into layers adhering to each other." Admitting, then, that pressure and friction are the causes of corns and other grievances of the feet, the only permanent remedy-for extraction is a mere temporary palliative-must be the removal of the cause by wearing a sufficiently large and well-fitting shoe. 66 Every one who has corns, knows and feels that the pressure is the cause no one knows better where the shoe pinches than he who wears it. Yet few persons know why it hurts, or are aware how the remedy should be applied, Sometimes a shoe is too large, often too small, very often too short, but generally the wrong shape altogether. The fault lies not so much in the shoes themselves, as in the lasts from which they are made: there the cause is to be found, and there it has been my study for many years to apply the remedy. Every one who wishes to be comfortably fitted, should have a pair of lasts made expressly for his own use. Experience has taught me, and doubtless many other masters who have had much to do with bespoke work "For upward of twenty years, as a bootma- for tender or peculiar feet, that no plan is equal ker, I have made the feet my study, and during to this to secure a good fit, and save inconvethat period many thousand pairs of feet have re-nience and disappointment for the future. The ceived my attention. I have observed with length and width are now every day affairs, but the caste from the antique as the judgment of fitting is another thing; and well as the modern instances,' and am obliged here is the true skill. to admit that much of the pain I have witness- "A last fitted up to the length and width may ed, much of the distortion of the toes, the corns do, or it may not. It may do by chance, or fail on the top of the feet, the bunion on the side, of necessity; but if fitting be anything, it is a the callosities beneath, and the growing in of skilful adaptation of the last to the true form the nails between, are attributable to the shoe- and requirements of the foot generally. Many maker. The feet, with proper treatment, might persons have an idea that right-and-left shoes are be as free from disease and pain as the hands; comparatively modern innovations of fashion; their structure and adaptation to the wants and but this is a mistake-straight lasts are a modern comfort of man being naturally perfect. Thirty-invention, and, notwithstanding what many persix bones and thirty-six joints have been given by the Creator to form one of these members, and yet man cramps, cabins and confines his beautiful arrangement of one hundred and fortyfour bones and joints-together with muscles, elastic cartilage, lubricating oily fluid, veins and arteries-into a pair of shoes or boots, which, instead of protecting from injury, produce the minute care sons say to the contrary, are decidedly inferior to a well-formed right-and-left pair." Mr. Hall advises an outline of the feet to be traced on paper, the other dimensions to be properly taken, the prominent toes and other protuberances to be noted down at the time, and immediately after, a pair of lasts made suitable in every way; or, what would, perhaps, be still better, a cast of the foot in plaster of Paris to be handed over to the last-maker. This is really sound and valuable advice; and no one who studies his own comfort-for there is nothing more fretting and distressful than ill-fitting shoes-will for a moment hesitate to adopt it. Let every one who can afford it have lasts made to the form and configuration of his own feet; let them be his own property; and let him carry them with him, to be used wherever he may happen to reside.-Nor are "high heels" less to be avoided than crooked lasts; they throw the weight of the body on the parts least able to sustain it-the toes; beside bending the knee, and destroying that straightness and command of limb which, in the human figure, is so indicative of strength and grace. Were these counsels followed, would the votaries of fashion but forego their absurdities and adhere a little more closely to nature and common sense, the feet might be as exempt from pain and disease as the hand, and an article of dress, now so frequently a torture, would become at once the preserver of health and minister of comfort. THE BRIDGE AT THE FALLS OF NIAGARA. I have been intensely interested to-day in listening to a description, from a well-informed and competent source, of the great bridge over the gorge that separates the dominions of the Queen from those of the President. If any thing could be wanting in the attraction of the country about Niagara to turn thither the tour of the multitudes in the pleasure season, this bridge will supply it. Its thousands of tons of weight of the strongest iron-cord that the ingenuity of the iron-master can devise, find a safe support in wrought-iron anchors, built in the solid rock one hundred feet below the surface, so that before it could yield, the very rock-bound earth would forsake its tenacity. A large wooden framework is to be placed so that no undulating motion can be experienced. In full sight of the cataract, the surge of angry waters far beneath, the sullen storm-beaten rocks all around, the quick locomotive will put forth all its quickness to rush beyond the peril of its journey. This glorious work is already begun, the money for its cost paid in and available, the excavations commenced, and the contractor is to pass on horseback by the middle of next June. Its firmness is to be such that, with all the burden of a powerful locomotive and a long attendant train of cars, it is not to vibrate one inch in the centre. The railway is to occupy the centre, two carriage ways on either side, and two foot ways. What a magnificent spectacle this road in full use will present! A road of this kind over the Menai Straits in Wales is famous for the daring displayed in its construction. That over the Niagara will soon be world-famed.-Cour. & Enq. But I survey myself within, And spread its poison through the frame, They judge by actions which they see But conscience brings reproach to me, In folly thrown away; For time mis-used in solitude Forgetfulness to pray; And thousand more omitted things Whose memory fills my breast with stings. And therefore is my heart oppressed With thoughtfulness and gloom; Nor can I hope for perfect rest, Till I escape this doom. Help me, Thou Merciful and Just! This fearful doom to fly; Thou art my strength, my peace, my trust, And let my full obedience prove SUMMARY OF NEWS. MEXICO. Notwithstanding the reports previously published respecting the removal of the Mexican Congress, the last accounts represent them as still sitting at Queretaro. On the 11th of 11th month, they proceeded to an election of President, when Anaya, who has once before been Provisional President, and is considered decidedly in favour of peace, was elected. His term extends only to the 8th of 1st month. The Cabinet ministers selected by him are also said to be favourable to peace. The new Government despatched commissioners to the city of Mexico to re-open negotiations with the Americans, but Commissioner Trist having been recalled by our Government, no one with the army had authority to treat with them, and they returned to Queretaro without effecting any thing. A proposition was brought forward in Congress to restrain the President from alienating, by a treaty of peace, any territory except Texas, but it was voted down by a large majority. CONGRESS-Resolutions of the Legislatures of Connecticut and New Hampshire, against the extension of slavery have been presented in the Senate. A resolution in opposition to the principles assumed by the President in his veto of the harbour bill, has been passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 138 to 54. A large political meeting was held at New York on the 20th ult., in which a resolution embracing the principle of the Wilmot proviso was unaniously adopted; and an address was issued strongly condemning the Mexican war. The annual meeting of the Cherokee Bible Society was held at Tahlequah on the 20th of 9th month. The executive committee reported that they had purchased, during the year, 325 bound volumes of the Cherokee Scriptures, all of which had been distributed except 85 copies. The Society adopted a resolution that each member would do all in his power to have every destitute family in the nation supplied with the Bible. EUROPE.-The Hibernia arrived at Boston on the 25th ult., after the unusually long passage of twenty-one days. Cotton and corn had both declined. Monetary affairs continued to improve. The Bank of England had reduced its rate of discount to six per cent., and the Royal Bank of Liverpool had resumed business. Forty-three additional failures are reported since the sailing of the Britannia. Parliament has been engaged in discussing the financial condition of the country, and each House had appointed a committee to inquire into the cause of the commercial distress, and. how far it had been affected by the laws regulating the issue of bank notes payable on demand. Ireland was in a fearful condition from starvation and assassinations. The war in Switzerland appears to be terminated by the submission of the Sonderbund or Jesuit party. The Cholera is still raging in Russia, and is reported as increasing at Moscow. GRAND LARCENY.-The following act of daring and successful theft has excited a considerable sensation in this city and its vicinity. "On the 23d ult. Dr. Darlington, President of the West Chester Bank, entered the car for that village, and Race streets, with a valise containing $51,100 then standing in the Depot near the corner of Broad of the notes of the Bank of Chester County. He first deposited his yalise on a seat, and stepped a few feet to the stove to warm his hands, keeping his eye on the valise. While there, a stranger, with a cloak on, pressed rather close to him, to warm his hands also. After a minute or two, he took his seat and placed the valise underneath, he occupying the outer end of the seat, and the valise being under the inner side, close by his feet, with the end out, so as also to be under his eye. About the same time, the man who had been warming his hands with him at the stove, took the seat directly before him. There were many persons passing in and out of the car at the time with packages, &c., the car being just about to start. belonging to West Chester, entered the car and At this moment a lady of his acquaintance, formerly took her seat before the one opposite to him. He had not seen her before for some time, and simply inquired of her how she had been, and if she was going to West Chester; but on addressing her he turned his face towards her, and consequently, for the moment, from the valise. Directly afterwards, on casting his eye to the place where he had deposited it, the valise was gone. Startled, he made instant search under the seat, and inquired of those around, but it could not be found, and no one had seen it. He hastened to the rear of the car and inquired of the agent; he had seen nothing of it. On returning to make further search in the car, the man who had seated himself directly before him was missing, when the conviction flashed on his mind that his valise had been stolen. Thorough search was made throughout the car, without effect, and it started for West Chester. "Happening to meet with Judge Bell, of the Supreme Court, as he stepped out of the car, they proceeded together to the Mayor of the city, to have the proper steps taken to detect the thief and recover the money.—Inquirer. FRIENDS' REVIEW. VOL. I. A RELIGIOUS, LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS JOURNAL. PHILADELPHIA, FIRST MONTH 8, 1848. EDITED BY ENOCH LEWIS. Published Weekly by Josiah Tatum, No. 50 North Fourth Street, corner of Appletree Alley, PHILADELPHIA. Price two dollars per annum, payable in advance, or six copies for ten dollars. This paper is subject to newspaper postage only. A TESTIMONY From Tottenham Monthly Meeting, concerning MARIA FOX, who died at Tottenham, on the 15th of the First month, 1844. In reviewing the life and character of this, our beloved, departed friend, we desire to bear our testimony to the sufficiency of divine grace, by which she was what she was; to set forth the dealings of the Lord with his servant, and the efficacy of that power which sustained her, whilst passing through the valley of the shadow of death. Maria Fox was the daughter of Benjamin and Tabitha Middleton, of Wellingborough, in Northamptonshire; Friends, who, honouring God in their lives, were honoured of Him, and whose circumspect example, and Christian care and counsel, were eminently blessed to their beloved daughter. They exercised a wise care in the choice of her associates, and enjoined plainness of language and attire, as a constituent part of gospel simplicity: filial obedience, strengthened by filial love, led her to yield ready submission to their wishes; and these restraints, which at that period were sometimes felt to be irksome, afterwards obtained the assent of her matured judgment. Our dear friend was early accustomed to useful domestic employment, and trained in habits of order and industry. She was of an amiable disposition, and possessed much natural vivacity, an ardent mind and a warm imagination, pursuing whatever she engaged in, with great earnestness and perseverance. Her judicious and watchful parents provided her with suitable reading, and other means of acquiring useful knowledge, and she diligently and profitably availed herself of these advantages. She delighted in contemplating and studying the works of creative wisdom, with a heart warmed with love and gratitude to their almighty Author; but she felt that such pursuits do not satisfy the No. 16. wants of an immortal soul. In reference to this interesting period of her life, it is instructive to observe, how, in deep humiliation of soul, she delineates her earlier days, in the following review of the first forty years of her life. 1833. 3d month 30th. 66 "This day, being my birth-day, could not fail to bring with it many serious reflections. The charge of Moses to the assembled tribes of Israel, when he recounted to them the mighty acts of God, has been much in my mind. Remember all the way by which the Lord thy God led thee, these forty years, in the wilderness.' O my soul! thou art, indeed, especially called upon to consider and to admire, with humble and adoring gratitude, the way by which thou hast been led; the difficulties, the temptations, the deliverances, and, above all, the multiplied and abounding mercies thou hast experienced. "In the ten years of childhood, I enjoyed the tender care of pious parents, whose unremitting endeavour it was, to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, to introduce them early to an acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures, and, by wise and judicious culture, to prepare the soil of the heart for the operations of the heavenly Husbandman. Being of a high spirit and volatile temper, my disposition rendered restraint as needful as it was irksome, and often brought my tenderly affectionate parents into deep anxiety on my account. Many and fervent were their prayers, I doubt not, that I might be brought under the regulating influence of the Holy Spirit, and be led to see the beauty of the truth as it is in Jesus; and these, their petitions, I have often since considered as the richest inheritance they could bequeath to their children. Very early was my heart made sensible of the love of God, and strong desires were at times raised in my soul, to become one of his children. But, notwithstanding these good impressions, and my love of the Holy Scriptures, which I read much and with great delight, the next ten years were, for the most part, years of inconsideration and levity. In the course of them, we were deprived of our excellent mother, whose example was peculiarly instructive, and her counsels prudent, judicious, and affectionate. My thoughts often recur, with bitter anguish, to the few years which immediately followed her death, when I might have afforded so |