General Intelligence: Professor Bush

This eminent scbolar and sound and candid thinker has just brought out a work that will be likely to have an important nfluenceön tho mind ofcnndid inquirers. It is thus noticed in the New York Tribune. Anastasis: Or the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Body, rationally and scrifturally considerad. By George Bush, Professor of Hebrew, Neio York City University. Wiley $ Putnam. We have read every line of this work with much interest. The subject upon which it treats is one in which all must eel a deep interest; and in our judgment, he able manner in which the author has reated it, must add considably to his previously high and well merited reputation n the department of biblical criticism. - ie rejects the prevailing doctrine on this subject, and maintains that "neither reason nor revelation countenance the idea of a re-union of the soul and the material body." His theory is, that man has a spiritual body within the material; that his spiritual body is substantial and immortal - is the man himself; and that at eath, which is only the separation of the spiritual frorn the natural part - a change uecessary to the growth and full developement of our being - he enters the other vorld in this spiritual body, in which he will forever remain. The first part of he work is devoted to the rational, and he latter part to the scriptural argunent in support of his theory, and in op)osition to the commonly received view of this subject. And, to our mind, the nain position assumed in the work seems erfectly impregnable. It is fortified with an array of evidence drawn both rom reason and scripture, which it seems o us impossible to overthrow. Thus much we ieel constrained to admit, however we might diner somewhat from the rofessor, in his view cf the Judgment, he Second Commg, and the precise meaning of some te-xts of Scripture. But t must be obvious to all, that if the auhors's view of the Resurrectionbe admited as sound and scri plural, it must eflect a radical change in the commonly received view of the "End of the World," and he "Second Coming of the Lord." Siv guiar Dtath. - We have heard of ex)lo6ione of all sorts, from the bursting of a amphene lamp the bursting of n grindstone, )ul an accident occurred recently at Cincinati, which is new at anv rate, to us. It was be explosión of a beer Barrel", which look lace irr coMfieijnence of an attempt to boil the ontents by throwing steam into the bunghole; wo persons being kill by it. Desth we Jare ay has very freqnently arisen from drawing team uut of a beer borrelj but tfiis is the rst time we have hcard' of euch an accident rom pouring steara info one. - ttw York ( Com.Music in Austria.-U. c. Wright writes to the Liberator from Vienna: 'Carne here to attend theannual festival of music given by the 8lrauss Band. Strauss is the most celebrated composer of wallzes and violin players of the oge.- His band is the best in Europe. An enclosure is made here by a slight fence two or three feet high, that will hold sev! eral thousand; in the centre of which is the station for the band; and a Jmission in. to the enclosure about six cents. The Emperor,the princess, and the nobles of the empire, attend. Outside the enclosure all the city can come, and see and hear as well as if they were insidê; nnd itcosts them only the trouble of coming and hstening. Many thousands óf men, women and children are now aroünd on the outside, within 100 feet of the place where the band is to stand. The band isnow coming in, followed by Strauss, who is welcomed by the throng. He tunes hi violin. Now he begins to play, and the band accompanies him. The music f thrilling. I have heard music before in America and in England, but never any thing to equal this. Strauss thróws hiswhole soul and body into his violin, ami plays with his head, shoulders, arms, finge rs, legs feet, and tthoïe body. Hft makes his instrument speak. It seem instinct with life. It breathes, speaks and lives in his hands. He is a man of rather small stature, good figure, genteel, light, well made, lively and pleasing countonance, and open, black eyes, and round, regular features. He is the ïion of Vienna. Emperors, princes, priests and peasants, rich and póor, aelight to honor him; and when he plays, every eye is fixed on him, as he stands on a conspicuous place and leads his band. His waltzes are the delight of Europe, and are known in America." Guano. - Of this substance, as a new ly discovered manure, much has been said in the newspapers. From a late number of the Nautical Magazine, we copy this sailor-like account of the place where it is found, and of the circumstances under which it is obtained: "Here I am in the father oí all dunghills, an enormous mass of birds' manure, called guano, lying thirly feet deep on the Island of Ichaboe, (pronounced Itchebo) for an incorrect account of which, see Nautical Magazine for May. Conceive a barren, desolate, sandy coast; but so barren, 50 desolate, so sandy ï without a soul, or a bush, or a stream near, where it never rains, where the dew wets you througb, where it isso cold one gets the horrors, where the air is so clear, that one cannot see the land tilï one isamileor two off. An enormons surf beating over the shore, rocks, reefs, shoals, in all directions; conceive a barren rocks of an island off this coast, to be covered to the depth of thirty feet, with a beastly smelling-bottle sort of mess, looking like bad snüff mixed with rotter kittens; conceive 132 ships lying packed' between this island and theaforesaid sand' and turf; fancy 132 masters of merchantmen, with 132 crews, and 132 sets of laborers, all fighting; conceive a gale ofT wind on the top of all this, and you wilt then only have half an idea of theplace I have at last got into."Hermitage Tomb. - Ore of the mot nteresting sceBes o bout the Hermitage, and one eminent ly charncfenstic of its distinguished occupant. is tho monument erected by Gen Jackson to the memory of his deceased wifei Tbe whole from top to base, is built of nosrble, Firpt, there is a vault or circular forra, twelvc or fiiteen feet in diameter. In the certer stands a pedestal of scjuare hewn marble, fíjb or eh-ht feet high, and whole is surmonnted and sheltered by a iiiarble slab, on whicb i engraved. a suWime description of her worth and virtues. On the other eide, isa plhcefor his ownremaine, which is also covered wilh: a marble slab, on which there isyet no in c iplion. - Detrott Free Press Silenee on the' Prairies: - One of' the most strilfcing things is the sifence of the prairies. It is absolutely awfu). At night whew fhe moon fias gone down, and the stars are all out, to stand" in the centre of one of' these mammoth" plafns, aracC mark the deep unbroken silence that everj' where surrounds you, is sublimely impressive I never witnessed' any eCfeet like it. Not a solitary sound can be heard - no insect, no bird, no beast, no human voice, or step - bul all is one vast space of grand and fearful sil'ence. Such a sporT far awny from the busy haunt of congregated multitudes, becomes ter the good man like the glorious Bethel where the journeying patriaeh slept - FreeLd' bor Advocate. The Report of tbe Post Master General shows the iucome of the Post Office Department, for the year ending June SO, 1844, to be as followsr Letter Posto ge, f3,676,161 55 Nowspaper postager 549,743 83 Fines, 135 00 VliEcellancous receip'pr 1 1,2-15 47 O4,237,285 8 The tofal mount of expenditure tettled and paid for (be eaaae period is, $4,193,867 70. ftr" Ntr is the time to get up discussio on the principies of the Liberty partjr. Let lie long winlur evenjngs bc improvcd.