, aggressive" designs of . . the seaboard of the North ‘Atlantic, which she has

While the White Sea and the coasts of that dis-_ trict of Lapland which beloiigrs to'Russia are en-l

ciimbered with ice before mid-antninn. that portion "of Norway which is within the Polar (‘lircle is. by

acnrious caprice of nature, free from ice dnrino

the whole of the year. The iminoiisrs depth of the;

long ﬁords wliicli cleave the coast of this wild re- gion is, doubtless, one caiisc ot the plienoxnrnon. Th" lllll!lt‘t1"t‘ ot the Hull Streain, the waters of

ivliinli do not ‘.Vll‘Jlly lose tlieit' tropical ivarintlil

after coinniiinicating to the western side of the‘

Britisli isles a tcinpci’atiir.2 so perccptibly lii§.'lif'i'lmin. north, and longtitiide I-2”.’ deg. 5 min. cast, tin harbor than that of the eastern, IS undoubtedly another.l Be the cause wli.tt it iiiziy, it happens that while}

Archangel is loelted up for ciglit mouths oftho year; in tliick-rilihed ice. and the ports of the Sea ofl Olrhotsk are for tlte saiiie period iii;icecs.'sl:|o. l.llt‘i town of l{:tlnlllCI'li35»l. Slllll2llt‘Ll Wlllill the t’olar:

, aousliim, which had been placed at the disposal of Captain tVaiisittiirt by her owners for the purpose of towing, Etc.

|IAl'57..—i-it-i‘i’.~a o°.t‘zi+:'r'i‘i~;, JANUARY

PIIIATIJS IN cum/t. Her MaJesty’s sloop Bittei-n and the inei-clnint steamer

left Shanghai on the 12th of Sept. to destroy it. well-organized body of pirates, who for month.~x infested the coast ot‘(,‘liinn, stopping all native trade, attackiiig and occiismiially cap- turing vessels under the l*]ngli.~ili flag. On the trim they boiirded 0. stispicioiis-looking Ningpo junk without ohtnininur any Illlil-l'lDtl[lt)ll, but. proceeding with all speed, and arriving at the piratical stronghold of Shcipoo, in latitude :2!) dog. 10

was found to be perfectly sheltered, and so SiI'iillpjl_Y for-titled by nature as not to be equalled in any part of the world, liaving tnrce ciitiics for ships, all of ivhicli are very iizirroiv, with hills on either side rising froin the \v:;tcr’s eilgc to s-unc lieight, wlticli, if fortified, would render Sheipoo inaccessi-, bit: to any tlect which n1i;_rht be sent against it. A fleet of.

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AMERICAN SPIRAL Biu.i.i:-rs IN E'NGLANn.——Englllll papers" state that the interior spiral bullet of J. W. Coch- ran. of this city, described by us in the last volume of the

v SCI!-:N'I‘lFIt7 Aiiitiumn. has been highly approved in Eng-

land, where the inventor now is, for the purpose of imm. ducing it there. This bullet, having three spiral grooves in its interior chamber, and a very minute piissauié at the point, receives a whirling motion round its long axis when discliarged from a smooth bored ﬁre-arm, and has, there- fore, the some direct flight as a ball (lisclmmjcd from a riﬂe. Numerous plans have heretofore been tried to give bullets such a motion from smooth bored tirearms,ibut they all failed, because they (the bullets) were fortncd with projecting spirals, and were. tln.-refore, constructed upon wrong principles. The projections met with sin-,h it resistzince in passing lliroiigli the air, that their extent of

(,‘ir::l('=_. has an open lt:l)'l>tIlll‘ all the Will‘ rountl, «LJ,,1li‘-VL‘|ll,)-[\Vt) large piratieal vessels \\‘t:i‘t: ohsei-veil inooi-<:tllT‘||I20 W118 greatly’ retllltfctl. Cochran’s lnilletson: _s;||iii)lh

the inliabitauts, iiisteiul of yioldiiifz. to the lazy i.i—: lliii-ticos of an Art-tic winter, etiiploy the long: .‘ll:.f'tl in iidiiii: (llltl i.i lIllllllll‘Z. The liarhoiirs of this- l't!:.;l'>ll .'l."t‘, as we liave .\'tti'l. oiioiiiion.-:. (‘o:iip:ii‘e:ll witii thcin the :iii;.;li~.3.r luv of .\‘;~lmstopvil it.i;tilf-‘

. i is of p.~.lti'y creek:

lhaul fotit-teeii 'llCitV_Y guns on one one side) and the decks’

_ :i lt)ll‘_,' 'h;ii'i'ici' re:-fof lsliiiitlst protects the ll(l\'lf.{i‘tilt)ll to the south. :i':d LL \'oy:im~'

head and stem, fully prepared for an tittack, their tlags und_

b:inn'.ir~ ll_vin;_r at the niiist-licads, guns pointed (out: vessel’

crowded with men. At liiill-past 10 o’clock they opened al heavy riking tire upon the two ships as they entered the, n:=rtli—r:istei'n pix.-‘-siigc, iv?-iicli is not lllll feet in width. Ow-1

ing to the steamer thivin-_; the sloop of ivar at full speed, and

_ _ _ _ _ 1-‘-in strong tido i-unni.ig_: in, they flew tlirough the shower of ——-we ate ahaid to .‘tIl_\' ot how lew tl'i._v:s—-um-it:,.0,,,,,i 31,01, ,,.g,;c1,,,-we rm-,i;,tt|.mn_ The Bitter-n |mving,giniiiiig to be nitroduced into this city, soiue furious at-

traiisport :1 tloet froin tl1(‘S'.‘ \'.i~:t. li:irho'ii°s totlmli,C,.,, C3,: on‘ by the steziirior

)

anchored with springs on liort

outside and of cortical form, so that they offer less rt-gist- ance to the air than a coinnion rifle bullet. it is slatted that he has received orders from the British Governini-nt tor nianufacturing a great number of his shot for cannons.

lIow Mttciiinnnv lncamsirs BEN!-‘.1-‘ICIAI. L,umnit. About five years ago, when soiviiig tnacliiiies were he-

taclts were uiadc upon them by ignorant and mock phil-

5l“”‘~‘ "'- ‘-19 l'”“*l’ --5-3” l*- ll l‘ ‘‘'‘’’'‘J‘ “"1 l “Ht-=1lJlb, -Wl 0l"."Ul ‘M [310-'l<l'=|‘l"' “P9” ill“ l"'-‘NC-ll “U-t,1).nilll‘0[)lslS, who pretended to be anxiously concerned for

li.iis.~'i:i, while (levotiiig siicli Cllt)l’i:l’)‘tl:~‘. t::.pt.-its.‘ to' the lt)l‘tll{‘.tlt)ll of an ai'se:i:il and fortri-ss in the

south, should h:ive siiliniittcd so long: to he coop;-tl,

tip \vit;liin the niirrow and sh tllow \t';itt-,i‘s oftlie Baltic, and to siiti'er a blotzkiide in which ice rc- lieves the etforts of rt liostile tloet. tlf late years Russia has awoke to the fitll iiriportziiico of this oversiglit: all that the most dexterous intrigues, the most. cautious cncroaclimcuts,———ull that threats and blaaulislimciits could effect, has been tried on the United Kingdoms of Sweden and t\'orway to lil~ diice them to code only so much apparently wort.li- less territory as would bring Russia within reach ofthis precioits strip of coast. I A ﬁshing station on the Bay of Varaiiger was all her inodcst desire. The Bay of Varanger is forty miles long by six miles wide, and protected by the Island of Skogeso,

; .where a few batteries could defy in numerous enc-

my, It has two outlets, is only ﬁfty miles from the

. present, R'us_sian boundary, there is .in dcpthfroiii

ﬁve to fifteen fathoms, it abounds in fish, and rI.ﬁ‘t)|'dS'0lI its southern side a secure anchorage for any number of vessels. It is easy to imagine how soon the more ﬁshing station which’ Russia so ino- ddstly demands, wotild'groiv into a naval station, the naval station into afortiticd harbour, tho forti-

-ﬁed harbour into a fortress of. the first class, and

the tortress of the first class, into a military and naval arsenal, calculated to overawe Norway, and to menace the shores of'_‘Wes_tern Europe. We have great. pleasure in announcing that all these schemes of gra.spiug.ambition have, so far as lll!-

' man fOl’eslgllt’c£l.n etfect it, been completely frustra-

ted audjan i,m'passable.barrier irnposcd betiveeli tlié ’ ‘ iissia and her lodgmebt on so ardentlytdesired. B the treaty which has been entered ‘into’ between ti (3 Western Powers and the United Kingdpm ot"Sytreden ahd Norway, the latter‘ undertaké, on‘i'the' one hand, that they will not cede any portion of their territory to ltiissia,t9_.nd the ~Westeru‘ Powers promise. "on the other,‘ that they will _'guaraiitc"e'.the'Scandinavian"lti'ri msi

‘ their present boundaries, and neither permit nssia“

to encroach upon them to t.he«North, ,nor to seize, as it is ‘very . probable she might wish to do, . large and important island of , Gothland. V '1‘h_1is, it ma be hoped, we itiayc'sitccecdcd_ in.drax_ying a tin‘. ‘beyond which 'R.l.X_'$iKLl1 ambition $l,13.1rl' "Oi penetrate, and limiting at last tnat gradiial:a.nd constant encroachment which has been for thc,_last hundred years obliterating province afterprovance from the map of Europe, and transferring them from the domain of civilization and progress to that of a brutal t‘yi:_a,nn "and rctrogradc _b11l‘bi1.$7ﬂ‘- We know not whet to: this proposal may be‘ ibi-

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. lowed up by any more extensive~ foriu ot alliance,

whether it will.~be deemed advisable by the Wes- tem and the Scandinavian States to -unite in arms againsttlio common enemy, and seek to terminate the war by one grozit. and concentrated otfort on the‘ fortifications of Ur-onstitdt-aiitl St. [’Cit‘.l'sl)lll‘g,—-Ol this we know nothing: but, at any 1'-‘NC. "W011. has been gained by inducinit those States to assutnc a ﬁrm and sclf-respecting '.llili',l(l‘0' towards 11119513» and by placing what we 2 my tatrl _ surmoiintablc obstacle l‘,(‘.’.\‘.'t.‘.'."ll that F1f:":§"‘?55‘V° Government and the objo,-t ofits fondest dcsire,—— an access to the,\tlantic U.:v._- Lll tiovenclosed bytes’,

and within ;\ fmv days’ sail of the Sliorcs of l‘‘l‘a.ttlCc, : of the stomach and bowels.

England, and Germany.

y hope is an in- tcumplaints, and will readily (‘heck tho worst stages of the evil, in

with a he:iutit'ul il(:Clll'LlC_t' of tire. The pirate.-. kept up theirs de:.-perate attack with great spirit, doiiig consideralile da—; ni:i-go to the hull and riggiiig, besides wounding several men,’ Saint: dan;_,rei'oiisly. Shortly altertwelvc, the pirates ceased, tiring, and retreated. The boats were iiiiiiit-ilizitcly sent to board the deserted vessels, and found only one able to tloat. l She had been preserved from the Bitter-n’s destructive lire, by filling a large merchant junk with cotton bales, and sink-, ing her to it. required depth with ashes. so that the shots on-‘ ly entered the bales, without injuring the ﬂoating batteryl behind. She had 2.3 guns mounted on deck, three of them: measuring upwards of 1'.’ feet in length, and '20 smaller guns dismounted below. All the other vessels were so riddled and damaged as to he in a sinking state. They weresct. on fire, and burnt to the water’s edge. All were heavily armed, with English-made guns, varying in calibre fi-oiii (ilb. to 3'2- lb. Some of the pirates had belonged to the fleet which at- tacked the Bittern at Fuchau, in Leautunw, in August last, and had arrived here about 14 ‘days ago. l‘lie English and American niisaiouurios’ Ningpo boat was recaptured‘, and- had still on board property belonging to them. The pirates having in great force taken possession of a joss-house, a few miles over the hills, Ca tain_Vansittart, at the urgent en- treaty of the mandarins, anded the marines and slptlll-§l‘mS men, under-..tlli_e orders of Lieutenant Brooker and Assistant- surgeon Néwlqn, accompanied by Mr. Interpreter Sinclair,‘ tliojos-house being well.situa.ted for a defence on the sum- mit of a hill commanding all approaches, and sari-oupded by trees and thick brushwood, hmong which 8. niiinbei'_o_t'tlie pirates had taken up their position, well armed and deter- mined to defend themselves to the last. They s‘ucceed_ed in killingcovei-al of the Chinese soldiery, who had‘,t'ollow‘ledltl’ie‘

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Bitter-n’s men, commanded by a‘ white-button mandarin,‘ , V t _ irtites, ‘however, found a difference when they cliai-' ed, ‘ho, Englishmen. for they were iiivaiiably shot down _orﬁ>,a.lon-

etted. ' After skirmishing through the brushwond tlie_ core of the temple were forced, and the pirates discovered pon-, ceiiled‘in most singular places. Two coffins had been emp- tied of t.heir_p_roper occupants, and ﬁlled with the living, armed with short. swords; others were found beliind, over,’ and under the idols, and ii number under, n'stack_ of.,str‘aw: among them were in few women, who were allowed to"esctEic. Only four or five triﬂing injuries were received by the ' ‘II!’-, .t‘ern’s ,ci-e'w,' although many sutfered from the power-_fcl rays of the"sun';,_'ii. ,_marine died ' ml its effects a few days'a'lter- wards. Such acomplctc destruction of n pirtiticpl h9fd8_ll d never, previously been heard. of in China, all thcir_vcss§3s were destroyed and burnt; some hundreds, nccviyr-dirig‘ to _ the evidence of it p‘risonb'r. were killed‘ by tbe'sbbt_,and shell during the e 'ag'e.ui,ent, while those‘ who‘ escaped’ asliore, and who wool .in cohort. time have manned » nothcr set, were followed and destroyed oi-‘captured. The 'nl_y vestig_e' of a piratical tleet remaining when the ships leﬂwshcipoo, were in few pieces of charconlwliich the natives were col-, looting for ﬁrewood. ' he followicg.wei".e the. principal ‘ca-‘ sualties:——Mr. iirncr, mastervof the ittcrn,, a woun in the right side from ii round shot; died four days afterwards. Thomas Stevens, a marine, died of the otfectp ‘of the sun. William Hanuey, marine, loss of right leg b ‘ti. round shot. Thomas Ellis ordinary seaman, loss of the le log by a. round shot. James Brownlic, boy, loss oftlie left leg. Several other men were wounded by splinters, &.c.,--none severe y.

Favor! of all (Inscriptions and their onro.—-Many remedies have been prescrilied for the reliefof autlkring humanity for the cure of these distressing and often times fatal diseases. Few seem to be worthy of much comment, in a word. few possess any intrinsic value, Holloway’: Pills. however, will be found invaluable for those

trntli, by it perseverance with this it-mcrly according to tho prescrib- ad directions, they will restore the swtlbicr to liealtli, after every

other mnnns have failcd. Those Pills are also famous in all diseases

-beneﬁtedi.

poor steanistresses. They pictured the sad fate which awaited those persons; told lioiv the iiard-earned bread was to be taken out of their months by such capitalists as could purchase and use such machines, thereby dispens- ing with the labotir of ncedlewoincn, and thus bring them to want for lack of employment. Have such predictions been fulfilled? \Vc who have for years carefully watch- ed tlic effects of l:1_bo.‘-sai'iii;.; in-acliinery dflevtery hind upon society, knew that such iilcas, when uttered, were no better then the emanations of an itliot’s dream, trusted to a few years’ _eXp8flelICe to prove the‘ beneﬁts of such machines toevery class in the comintiiiity. ,' Tlionsands of such machines arenow in operation in our countrv, and if we are rightly informed, more than a thougiind of them are inpperation in New York City alone; but instead of tlieseliaving thrown any ,inrlustriou's"'feiriiili: out of im- ployment, they have, rather incieasedlt c,iii'a'ntity of worst for t|ie_m to do. We were told a _few'd,a'ys,‘s'ince, by one engaged somcwhat eiitcnsively, in ‘providing. needle-work, that twenty stitches are now ma'dé’\—jnsori‘re"' arments, for tine‘ that ‘was rhaile"ﬁve years ago-'—iti__"sl'iofl,, that sewing niaciliines had greatly 'inc'reased"‘fli3. dé_miiiiH for sewed work. Thus coat linings, which used foiiieiinade plain, aré, now mostly ‘elaborately worked,_ and finely stitched, and it is tliqsa.tne with almost every kind oﬁsewed work, The amount of such work, bestated,‘ had increased even in a greater ratio than.t|ie machines to execute it. A higher taste is now being gratiﬁed, and hundreds of wo- menwho used to ply the needle car|y'and’llIte with their ﬁp'gIer's,.' t'or'_a‘i'tierc pittance,‘ are, ncwl betterfbemunerated ‘fey: illt‘§II‘.ll1b6l' in '.‘i_i_ttétn.d_i‘ng sewing, maclliitlies, while, at the same ti _ _c,_, their hours_of toil_have bé_e' measurably rédiiced. , _.t is our opinion, t.hat,t,l;ie_ very,“ ss—needle- women-,—.respecting whom. somuch was at one time said aboutbeing injured by. sewing-machines, will be the most In many,zif not .in almost ovary instance, this has been felt to bathe casqclrcady. ;_'~Sewing ma-

- - ‘¢hines,'theret'ore, which are but in recent ihvdntion, afford

ttbbndunt exatiiples “ how machinery lacrekteii beneﬁcial labor.” T _ 1'

«Wait» to WEAR [min RUBDEIII.-'--WOWIBVC noticed that ntaviypersons in our city wept lntliaritliber overshoes inacold dry weather, to’lte_ep tlilei'r"ft=,e_t"w'arlh' This is an injurious _and‘evi_l practice. _I,tidia“rub, ' oes are very con"i_for.ta,b,|,e and_va uable foripcoiieringlt ye,‘ pm during wet, sloppy weather, but they should never bmworn on any other occasion ; their sole use shoiild.be toltoep out water. -They should therefore be put off whenever the wearer enten a house,'imd be worn as little as possible, because they are iiintight, and both retain and restrain the per- spiration of the feet. The air cannot bt!",e‘itcluded from them, or from”any' other portion ‘of the”bbdy, for any length of time, without sensibly ulfectiiig the health. It is our opinion, that no habit tends more to good health than clean feet and clean dry stockings,,so as to allow the free perspiration of the nether cxtreniities.

Russun Si-IA VVoims.—'I‘lie British tloct has found a terrible enemy tn the Sea of Azof, in the form of large and destructive sea worms peculiar to those waters. T hose attack the uncoppgreil parts under the water line of the hips, and bore through them with the rapidity of an old carpenter handling an anger. Vessels navigtiling these sons have to be sheathed to the water line, or else

their days are soon numbered.