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;THE CIVILIAN AND '&ALVESTON GAZETTE.
(WEEKLY-FOR THE COUNTRY.)
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LEAD POISONS H. Flaudin of Purw. cave An
account to the Academy ot tlie result of a t-ericsof
experiments tindcrtaten by mm with a new oi as-
certaining the effects produced by oxide of zinc on
the animal economy.
The presentation oftha Monty on prize to Mr. Le-
dare has borne testimony to the interest tnlcen by
ins Academy in the subinitutwa of oxide of zinc for
carbonate of lead in painting.
At no experiments had yet been undertaken or
determine the question wheihr r the manufacture to
ue of oxide of zinc was divefted of nil injurious con-
sequences to the animal economy and as some per-
sons bad stated that the slow and repeated ab-.orp.
AultoTUuu t lujuilros that of lead M Flau-
din determined to nettle the question by having re
course to the loUowing expenmcnt.
Some years since .M. de Koulx proposed to substi
tute sulphate 01 lead lor carbonate ot that metal ni
painting &c. lie considered that as the sulphate
was a more to soluble and stable compound th.in the
carbonate that therefore it would be less reidilv ab
sorbed an J assimilated by the system. M. 1 laud in
hiring been consulted by M. Kouli on the sulject
first tried the t-ffect of sulphate of lead on animal.'.
la order to puce lite aninvu operatea upon as much
as C0S5ible in the same relative condition as the
workmen employed in the manufacture and use of
white lead be made tne use in eacn case oi met ion
on the f kin. Ue tcofc a do and havin shaved off
the hair rubbed in every day tour or five grammes
f an ointment composed of equal parts of sulphate
of lead and lard. After the tenth day the effect of
the poMOn became evident ana the U03 died on the
twenty-second day. Lees than sixty grammes cr two
'Ounces of the sulphate of lead had been employed in
the fried ms. A chemical analysis of the body indi-
cated the presence of lead especially in the liver. A
aecond uo was treated in exactly the s.rnie manner
and four or fire crammes of an ointment composed
'. of equal parts of zinc and lard was rubbed in every
day ; ten tweety thirty days passed and although
the ointment was applied every twenty-four hours
the dog i health aid not undergo the least alteration.
The experiment was stopped when about iU gram-
znes of the ointment kad been used. For ten days
afterwards the dog was allowed tn remain untouched
after which be was submitted to the action of an oint
ment composed of equtl parts of white lead and lard
used in the same proportions as the sulphate of lead
and oxide of zinc At the expiration of ten days the
uogsicxenedanareiusca hmiood; gradual!? nil the
-symptom of poi'oninx appeared and the animal died
on the twenty-third day sixty grammes of t je car-
bonate of lead having been ufted.
These experiments incontestibly prove that the
compounds of zinc do not exert any pernicious influ
ence on the animal economy and that the sulphate
and carbonate of lead arc both Injuruu. Scienti-
fic Jmeriean.
Thk Hkck-vt Kxkcctmx i.v Uzvan-a. A letter
from Havana of the 1st inst. in the New York Ex
press gives tin following particuhrs relative to tho
execution which recently took place there:
"A Spanish subject native of the Canary Maud
named Oca accused of employing pilot for the l"pez
expedition has been condemned and Miffered death
ly theugnrote"on the morning of the SSth ult.
"It seems that Oca offered one of the coat pilots n
mm of movy to join th- expedition. The pilot ap-
plied to a friend of his a Creole for advice ; the Cre-
ole immediately informed the Captain -General of the
fact. Oca was arrested and confessed that he was in
the employ of Lopez for the purpose of furnishing
pilots" for" the Teasels of the expedition and bad alrea-
dy sent three to New Orleans. He was immediately
condemued nod executed. His brother was imprint-
ed la the Cahano yesterday. This pn-baMy is but
the commencement of a series of judicial murders
which will only have the effect of hurrying a people
to open rebellion who arc already ripe for a revolt
Lopez is hourly expected ; and it U stated that rooms
I:arc Lwi prep-trcd in the Cabnnos Fortress for the
family of the Oaptiin-(jfneral be intending to take
the field n gainst the invaders. Kvcry prep-iral wn lm
lien mads to guard against a fnrprie Tlie fiMng
Itoats on the coast have been called in and sentinels
bare been potei along the thon-atid in caery small
town and place on the Island. Kailro.id trains and
steamboats are ipt in readiness tn transport trmp5
chonld it t necesarr to do mi. Expresses arc con
stantly going to and from which serve to keep tie-.
TiAnnta in tlia intirii.r in n Fnt-i..li t if a nf oiifnTnjnt I '
nd alarm."
The letter also says that every American in lis
rana i looked upon with suspicion and ures theilIie ailv0CilM oftie bd -holders who contend that
necessity of the liovermnent keeping a man-of-war.- . . . .. .. it r
stationed there for their protection until this affair n
finally settled.
The Capita or Utah. Tne city of IheGrra
Salt Like is beautifully laid out within a short dis
tance or the mountain forraiiijr the en stern end of the
vnlley. It contains eleren or twelve thousand in
habitants who are mostly engaged in agriculture
though a portion of their time is devoted to mcchani-
canical pursuits when understood. The streets of!
tlie city intersect each other at right nnglesand inch
block is half a mile square with an nlli-y from cast tn
west and north to south. Each block Is called a ward.
nd bs a Rifthon tn nrf-niuV nrer its f-iii-ftrnment.
whe daties are to aet as magistrates tax collectors '
and preachers as well as street commissioners. The
city and all the farming land are irrigated by streams
4 ueaoMioi water which now lrom the mljiicent
mountains. These streams have leen with grrnt
labor and perseverance led in every direction. In
the city they flow on each side of the different streets
and their waters are let upon theinhabitants'g.trdvn$
at regular periods; so likewise upon the extensive
fields of grain lying in the south of the city.
Ibere is a field thirty miles long by six and ten
wide a portion of which is cultivated by any one who
desires. The field wns moving with nheat barley
and oats nearly ready fur the stickle when we were
at the lake and the finer field or wheat never grew in
any country; the berry was large Tull nnd plump
and of superior whiteness. We were con ti need that
no country in the world could produce better crops
than this valley or a larger amount to the a crc. Tlie
system cf irrigation prevents any thing like rust or
smut striking the crop to blast the expectation of the
Tanner. The productiveness of the soil will ulwavs
secure him an abundant crop. Within the viuley
and including three oilier settlements id the peoplnin
the vicinity there cannot be far from 3(1.000 inhabi
tants. Forty miles south they have a village nnd an-
other 110 milts further south among the Utah In
dians! suppose where fine forests of timber abound
while little or none for mechanical purposes excepting
muc grow in ton yicmihj oi iuc vaoej.
Tuc Gold (kot) used bt Dkxtists. The Lon
don Times comes out with an article in which it is
stated that am one the Door and knavish dentists
pUtes and plugs are inserted in the teeth and mouth
maae ot base and poisonous metal instead ot gold
which undermines the health and muses cancer and
other diseases. Hie limes recommends that all den-
tists be compelled to have their gold springs and
fdates reguhrly stamped and a standard eufurctd
which would guarantee security to aI
H.'BTUART.Editor.
GALVESTOX FRIDAY MAY 23 l31.
Tlie steimliip oisiaHj Capt. Liwle ar-
rived yesterday (lliursday) morning from Xew Or-
leans. C5 We call the attention of hotel keepers steam
boat oulccrs and sextonn or churcLes to the ordinance
in relation to the ringing of bells.
The steamship Maria J7itrf Capt. Emerson ar-
rived on Wednesday night from Xew Orleans.
The Matagorda Tribune has been enlarged and
improved.
Tlie Conrt IIouc at Wharton was blown down in
tlio storm which visited that region a short time since.
It was a new framed building.
Nine Elephants have arrived at Xew York from
Cevlnby the bark Regatta. It is hoped' that our
citizens may hereafter be enabled to procure a satis
factory view of these aniin ila without the trouble of
a trip to California.
A correpondcnt of the Spirit of the Times says
that Gov. Cell has brevetted Shikspeare to an Apos-
tleship. A most profane writer is this correspon
dent.
It used to be n compliment out West to call a
man a horse and the editor or the Iluntsvillcltem
seems to have nearly acquired the distinction. I1U
office is located next door to a livery stable and be
says some one has threatened to abridge hi ears.
The principle that one must go to the country to
get the news of the town is capable of extensive ap-
plication. The editor of the Civilian happens to have
spent every day and almost every hour of the session
of the Legislature of 1S47-S within a few feet of Mr.
Epperson the present Whig candidate for Governor
and thought he had some knowledge of that gentle-
man'spowern and servicesas then and there developed.
But it h clear lrom the statements of the Journal
that wc knew nothing about thcra. The qualities of
finished orator" ' profound statesman" "widom
and foresight" "powers of reasoning" "extraordina-
ry degree of influence" capacity talents and moral
qualifications" which he is represented to have
evinced on that occanon to a very astonishing degree
appear to have been like the conversation in the story
which fell frozen and inaudible from the lips during
the time that it was uttered but was thawed and be-
came intelligible and edifjmg a lmg time after when
the weather became fur and warm. Mr. S-'a "capa-
bility of illustrating his portions' was it must be
owned apparent; for like some of the other candi-
dates who combine better claims with humbler pre-
tensions be is decidedly lame. His displays of ora-
tory were confined mostly if not cxrluire!y ta
speeches on political sutjects in which his own frothy
declamation was occasionally relieved with a bright
thought or beautiful expression from Mr. Clay Mr.
Webster S.S. Ircnti or other big guiw of the
Whigs ; but while he adopted the style he never roc
beyond the ordinary ability of debating society dc-
cUmcrs in their teens. The only measure of Mtatcs.
manship with which we recollect Mr. E. to have been
identified was the bill which he introduced to com-
pel the owners of cotton gtns to fence in the same
together with the cotton seed from them so that their
neighbor's lings might not eat thereof and thereof
eating die. luu measure and the ccnlleman s efforts
connected with it gave rise to some amusing scenes
not put down in the biography nf the Journal. Nev-
ertheless that pipir informs us that Mr. E. is the
best and most capable man" bow a candidate for
Governor; and all the world the rest of mankind
and the advocates of the new version of the bible will
demean thenrndrre accordingly.
The Journtl says the Chilian "likens the creditors
of the State to the holders of fraudulent land cer ti
es." What we said was that with a little varia
tion in terms the arguments used by the friends of
the fraudulent land certificates would suit the case of
Texas should pay her outstanding paper nt the face
vuluc. The friendb of the fraudulent land certificates
contended that because these certificates were Issued
by officers recognized by the Government they should
bind the Government though issued contrary to law
nnd public policy. So with a large portion of the
liabilities of Texas. During a large portion if not all
of Gen. Lamar's administration c idences of indebted-
ness on the part of the State were issued to a much
greater amount (usually six lold) than that appropria-
ted or the value received by the Government; and
in many cattcs expenses were incurred and evidences
uf indebtedness issued without any authority nf law
and In violation of the constitution. The celebrated
and expensive Santa Fc expedition was fitted out with-
out Mich authority. Xow according to the principles
laid down by the U. S. Supreme Court in the fraudu-
lent certificate cum Texas hasj;oud grounds not only
to scale" but to repudiate entirely these claims.
c shall probably titke the trouble shortly to ohow
by quoting the laws the whole amount of appropria-
tions ever made or evidences uf indebtedness author
ized to le is-ued by the Republic of Tcxa and the
great extent which these amounts fall short of the
sums now claimed by the creditors uf the Guvern-
ment. We think that it can be made to appear very
clearly that Texas is not only just but liberal in pro-
posing to pay the claims against ber according to the
scale adopted.
The Xews contains the following notice which we
presume to le authorized by Judge Ochiltree himself
as he is now tu this city
"It has been reported that Judge Ochiltree is a
Houston Whig candidate fur Congress. We are now
authorized to say that this report is untrue and that
the Judge is no udvocnte ot uen. Houston."
This is fair and candid. A Houston Whig would
beflEstrangS a compound ss a Taylor Democrat. By
the way there is now a very great probability that
Gen. Houston will le the candidate fur President.
The contest may have to be determined by the U. S.
House of Representatives; and we should Hko to
know whether nl the candidates for Congress in this
U':m we to fouj vf lf ttaiiyu-
GALVESTON TUESDAY MAY 27 1851.
An attempt has been made to bring Gen. Rusk's
great name o bear in favor of the plan to pay the
debt of Texas not according to the scale which she
has established or the amount justly due but the
wishes of the speculators. Gen. Rusk it appears
prepared or caused to be prepared during the early
portion of the last session of Congress n bill propos-
ing to sell the Santa Fc country to the General Gov-
ernment and making it " the duty of the President
to cause to be issued to the creditors of said State of
Texas bonds bearing per cent interest and redeem;
able in years to an an amount not exceeding tei
millions of dollars."
This is urged as evidence that Gen. Rusk was ii
lavor of paying to the creditors the face value of their J
demands without any intervention on the part of the
State to determine the amount justly due. Xowim
mediate!? after the above quotation the bill proceeds
to declare "that said bonds shall be piid to tho crcdi4
tors of Texas upon their producing to the Secretary!
Vlr r -.' eT T -
Auditor of said Stato of lexas that the evidenco
of the Treasury the certificate of the Comptroller and
debt presented by them was a subsisting debt against
said State of Texas on thcfirttday of January lS50.n
Wc apprehend that this bill gives to the Comptroller
and Auditor of lexas the same supcrviMon ant con
trol over the settlement of the debt which they nov
exercise ihc scaling law was then w full force aud
effect.
Renj. II. Epperson of Red River county is an
nounced in the Journal as " u W big candidate for
Governor." The Journal says much of his ability
nnd popularity. Wc wish they were greater. As
the matter stands his nomination miy pro .luce dan-
ger of the election of a Whig Governor without pro-
ducing fear or such an event or any means to avoid it
In commenting upon a late flare up between tltt
British Minister at Washington and a portion of our
adopted citizens from Ireland in relation to some af-
ter dinner remarks of the Minister touching the want
of pantaloons and proper distinctions between meun
and tuum among the ancient Celts the Philadelphia
Ledger says "that the co temporaries of Caractacui
dressed in a fashion that would not be decent in our
days excepting in Texas where a shirt collar and
pair of shoes are sufficient for dog-days. This remark
i undoubtedly witty. We have seen it a dozen times
before applied to as many localities and never heard
its wit questioned.
Flax Cotton-. We have received from Ex Al-
derman J. M. Jones of this city the entcrprMng rep-
resentative of Texas at the Great Industrial Exhibi-
tion London samples of Flax cotton nnd thread man-
ufacturcd by the new process said to have been dis-
covered for spinning fiax by the same machinery as
that u-ed in spinning cofton. Mr. Jones tlrinb the
invention must " have a great effect upon the price of
our great staple the cotton of the South" and says
that he believes that there exists much rearun to tear
tint i ii ! niiL rcnij.ruu ni-r lur.b ttt u.c i.uriiiuc HI 1
cotton it may at least be made an auxiliary to it
and thereby keep down the price of our staple. Of
the invention he says
0 1 saw this machine nt the "Crystal Palace" .1 few
dtys ago but had not in opportunity of cxaniinin;
it; but at the opening of the Exhibition 1 will be able '
1.1 r u .1. ..p-......... ..-......i-r.u .cr.v '"nFlKwuiintl. They expected to have left Florida in
machine and the process u simply to pass the stem' . . . . . ... ..
of the flax between rollers and the separation U el- the steamboat Ucoi.atn! whose detention at X.lork
lected by a uenling motion ns was explained to me. '
1 hone in consideration of this "rcat movement here..
that the press urn present 111.J.U13CCI to " eonsi.iera-
lion ot cotton growers and J nave no uo'Hit 11 they ..
would speedily secure this invention.that they would 1 lucJ V morning says :
be nble to compete with foreign growers. 1 am pleased 1 There was a wild and rather tumultuous turnout
to find that the nttention of our manufacturers is di- I t night in honor of the anniversary of the landing
reeled to this subject and I h ive had the pleasure of or the eX-Jilimi of Cardenas a year ago. The pro-
travelling with gentlemen who were sent nut to ex-! ces-ion marched through the principal streets with
amine into the machinery required in the flax manu-1 torches und made night hideous with their huzzas.
lacture. t
'Tlie rrrparation fur the opening rf the Great Kx-
hibition is going on with great energy. It seems to ico" recently puUMicd the lair author gives the Tol-
be the all-engrossingsulject of conversation in Lnn- j accoBn.. SIieB pni uen ..S0M by
don. llienueennndhercons..rtPnncoAlbcrtm-in-! " . . .
ircst o deep interest in every thing relation to it : they ; "mc ungallant joker tf the sterner sex. Tho state-
are in daily attendance at the " Palace" overlooking ' ment th it persons inoculated with the venom of the
tne gcKis. '
It has been a source of regret tint the U. States
has sent sueli meagre specimens of its productions
and manufactures it has already reflected to our
discredit; and every American who witnees these
brilliant nnd skilful works of art from other countries
will almost blush at our small and simple display."
Certain newspapers appear to be as incapable of
changing their characteristics as a leopard his spots
or nn Ethiopian his skin. Among our earliest recol-
lections of electioneering tricks of tho baser sort is
that of the celebrated Coffin hand-bills issued from
the office of the Cincinnati Gazette in the vain hope
of injuring Gen. Jackson then a candidate for Presi
dent. The Gazette his not yet lost its aptitude fur
slander as the following unscrupulous attack on Gen.
Houston will show :
Well Sam Houston wonld rrobablv be a formida
ble competitor to the Whig nominee. Without it sin-
gle clement of greatness except courage and that has
lieen put to wifaiorahle tet he bus n sort of -
tfrranvtin popularity th it would give him pee d in
Pennsjlvania und the Southwestern States. Hut be
has been a " lucky man" and 110 one would be safe in
predicting the termination ofhis most singular history.
"When he stood lieforo the bar of ths Ilouo of
IleprcscnUtiies to be reprimanded by Speaker Sle-
pncnson lor ii'igoin iiitoi"!.! u vrun-icB? iiu une
supposed that he would one day occupy a scut in the
United States Senate. When he was mi outcast from
civiiiz ition vagalumding among the Chickasaws anil
wearing the costume of the saiuges he was as likely
to becouiei cardinal ns n civil fanctionary of any
grade. When he embarked asanadrcnturerin the war
of Texas independence his propects for sn elevation
tn the scafT'd J were as good as for an elevation tn the
Presidency to the "lune star" republic. And when
the Ilritish ngnt found him then the "lone star"
President drunk in a gutter in the fourth day of n
brutal debauch were come 'hnichty slim." But
bis "good luck" has piloted him through all these
penis" fee.
Tlie Gazette seems to have studied bow to avoid
the truth in this string of epithets even whero the
truth might have served. Gen. Houston as is noto
rious gained instead of losing popularity by tho nf.
fir with Stonsbury and the notice taken of it in Con-
gress. His voluntary exile was among the Chcrokees
and not the Chickasaws. AVhen he embarked in the
Texas revolution no man in it had brighter prospects
before him ; and when the British Minister visited
Texas and daring his stay Gen. Houston bad become
strictly temperate whatever Jfjd Wen his previous
habitu The course of ihc OaiettB Shaw th.it tnaSce
lias very little cvuipauiuuship fur tiuth.
Francis's METALicLtrEAKuSuRrBoATS. Th0-
n umber of these boats with their accompaniment of
shot mortars rockets hawsers &c designed for the
rescue of life and property in cases of ship wreck on
exposed parti of the coast has been completed at X.
York. The Station houses fur the same are estab-
lished along the coast of Long Island Xew Jersey
Florida and Texas the number being apportioned as
follows as wc gather from tho Xew York Journal of
Commerce :
From Cape May to Egg Ilar-
L bor. G cars and G surf boats.
lrom rcg Harbor to windy
Hook 10 10 "
On the Long Island Coast 13 10 M
At Watch Hill IL I. tw " I
On the Texas Cast 00 3 rt
On tho Florida coast 00 " 5 "
Total 5 " 35 "
In Florida there arc 2 at Key West I at Pcnsaco-
la I at San Augustine nnd 1 at St. Martins.
In Texas there is one at dalvcston one at Urazos
.Santiago and one nt Velasco at the mouth of the
t&hxo river. Those on other portions of the coast.
nr? Ftationctl nt distances not oxccetlin ten miles
apart Kull direction for throwing lines with a phot
and mortar for the ue of rocket' &c and for the
m:tnncmcnt nf the boats arc posted up at each sta-
tion. The Journal of Commerce states that these boats
hare already been instrumental in saving many lircs.
In one instance when the ship Ayrshire was wrecked
201 passengers were safely transferred from the ves-
sel to the shore by means of a single car when no
open boat could have lived. Over &UU metal boats
have been built and although the establishment in X
York is extensive it is unable to meet the demand.
The Ctru Exrr.umoN' although it has proved a
Hash in the pan docs not appear 19 have been a mere
matter nf the imagination. 1). II. llurnctt arrested
nt Xew York for his connection with the affair has
acknowledged that he had a contract for conveying
one hundred and lilty adventurers fruin South Amboy
X. J. to a point near Sandy Hook and two hundred
or more from the city of Xew York to thesameplace
of destination.
ltisttatcd by the Savannah Xews that the steam
boat Magnolia which arrived nt that port on the 12th
from I'aUtka hid on board Samuel J. Kookogeyand
UanUton in charge of U. S- Deputy Marshal
Finney and -7 men part of a company engaged in
the Cuba movement. The Xews snys : I
u The U. S. llcvenue Cutter Taney Capt. llu Jolr-h
has been for some time in the neighborhood of S itilla '
river and after the arrival of officer Finney at that
place it was ascertained that some persons connected
with the expedition were at a plantation called U'avcr-
!y. The Deputy .Maridint accompanied by the officers
iif the Cutter proceeded to the plantation and arres-
ted the above named individuals who arc supposed to
be the officers of the Columbus company. They were
taken on board of the Taney and then placed on the
the steamer Masnolia and brought to this city. At
St. MaryN the 2? men also took passage on the .Mug-
! myLh Iht.;r pavnscs uring been paid by the Collcc-
ur III I tRl pirs
The Cutter Tanevisstillcruzingon IhcSouth coast
but is expected to return to this city shortly.
The Savannah Kcpublican learns tliat the "'emigra
ting party' which had collected near Jacksonville
Florida have all dispersed. About the 26th of April
they numbered seine COO men fifty of whom were to
s saiM 10 oe 111c immcui no cause vi me uriM∈; uy
In the meantime the Cuba fever does not appear to
be all(1lcr v(.r at Xcw Orleans. The DclU of
A Toccn Stout. In a work called "Life inMcx-
11. snake arc rendered safe lrom the bite of nil
venouienous animals is probably true. A few drops
of Pnissic acid or a dose of arsenic would probably
have the same iffcct. 0 would the dislocation of
the neck protect those submitting to it from attacks
of toothache :
'We have iust been hearing a curious circumstance
connected with poisonous rcptileswhich I barehcard
for the brst time. Here ana an along the coast cue
people are in the habitof inoculating themselves with
the poison of the rattlesnake which renders them safe
from the bite uf nil venomous animals. The person
to be inoculated is pricked with the tooth of the ser-
pent on the tongue in both anus and on various parts
or the bodyand'thescnom introduced into the wounds.
An eruption comes out which lasts a few days.
Ever ultcr these persons can handle the moat venom-
ous snakes with impunity ; call make them come by
calling them ; have great pleasure in fondling them ;
and the bite of these persons is poisonous. You sill
not belieic this ; but wc have the testimony of seven
or eight respectable merchants to the fact. A gen-
tleman svho breakfasted hero this morning says that
he has been laiuly endeavoring to make up his mind
to submit to the operation as be is very much ex-
posed where he lives and is obliged to travel a great
deal on the oust ; and when he pies on these expedi-
tions he is always accompanied by his servant an
inoculated negro who has the power oT curing him
should he be bitten by sucking the mison from the
wound. He also saw this negro cure the bite given
l.r nn inoculated Indian bov tn n white boy with
wham be wai fi -ting nnd who was the stronger of
the two. Tlie stories of tho eastern jugglers nnd
their power over these reptiles may perhaps be ac-
counted for in this way."
Sciiooskr AVuftkid Sixteen l.irc-i Los.
I'nnt. liiinreM.iiriheachr. Harriett Xcwall. at Provi
dence (H. I.) reported that the schooner Minerva of
Harwich was cap'ized ill a squall off lire Island
Light on the night ot the 1st inst. aim nu nanus
nuTnbering sixteen were lost. A Providence despatch
of the 3d says:
" Everv exertion was made by Capt. Burgess to
rescue the unfortunate men but the sea was running
so high tt bunt could not encounter it ami it was
r.mnit imnrLciMe to iret on soil enouch to reach the
wreck after ho bad once passed it under bare poles.
Tho Minerva floated for about half nn hour during
ttImMi limn tlm hbrit'ks of the drowning men were
heard the sounds growing fainter nnd iaintrr until
that or the skipper's alone was heard exclaiming
"she is going!" "she is going!" As soon ns the
squall passed Capt. Burgess returned to the shore
mid remained there until yesterday morning but could
see nothing of his unfortunate companions or Ins ves-
sel. 'Tho Minerva was new and sailed on her rirt
eruwj ou Wednesday."
Horses Stuli.vu asd Kituso. An article in
the Xew York Courier and Enquirer makes the fol-
lowing statement :
There still exist and thrive in this city the remnant
of a body of men who figured largelytillwithin some
few months since as horse stealers and killers and
wno nothing uaring lately been hcarii a them are
common!? supposed to be extinct. TIcir business
is to driro stray or unwatched cattfe to vacant lots of
ground in the Northern and Lastern pnrts of the ci
ty nnd there watch nn opportunity whin the police-
men on duty is out of sight or hearing to fell the
animals dead strip off their hides wiich are dis-
posed of by contract to some tanner anl cart off the
llcsh to the vicinity of some butcher's slamble.
Six months ago the depredations if these men
had extended so far that it was calciiated that no
less than fire hundred horses were clanlcstincly dis-
posed of each month. The energetic riensuro than
taken caused a number of these snatchirs to be ben-
ten back into Xew Jersey and a good lortion of the
remainder to pursue some more hones or less vile
occupation. But it would seem that thoe now in
the traffic "masters of the trade" andmore desper
ate and high.handcd in their mcasuresthan in their
palmiest days and have so organized tltmselves and
can so concert toeir schemes as to mate prelimina-
ry measures fortheir conviction fillip and the tak-
ing them in thcact next to fmpoe-ubfc. J
Ibipidity of operation in this business is the first
condition of success. lu dangemus localities child-
ren are found to bo sf service nnd tnops of these
arc brought up to sitin and to lie. If found near a
carcase they arc seldom suspected; an i they are
adepts in evasive answers. The sre usually dressed
in squalid clothes nnd keep on their countenance a
studied absence of all marks of intelligence. One
lawless operator lately offered to let with one of our
civic functionaries that a lad he bad with him a mcro
child would skin a horse in fifteen minutes. The
dead carcase was then before them nnd thuugh the
bet was not accepted the thing was done ! The his-
tory cf some of these children would read like rom-
ance. Wc need not remind our readers that a city
ordinance is in existence which makes it penal to re-
tain dc.ul animals within the city limits ; and that
proper means arc provided for their removal.
The Use or Mosquitoes. I never knew mos-
quitoes turned to any good account save in Califor-
nia; and here it seems they nre sometimes ministers
of justii-c. A rogue had stolen a bag of gold from a
digger ic the mines and hid it. Neither threats nor
persuasion could induce him to tell the place of its
concealment lie was at last sentenced to n hund-
red lashes and then informed that he would be let
off with thirty provided he would tell what he had
done with the gold ; but he refused. Tlie thirtv
lashes were inflicted but he was still stubborn as a
mule. He was then stripped naked nnd tied to a
tree. The mosquitoes with their long bills went at
bun and in less than three hours he was covered
with blood. Writhing nnd trembling from had to
foot with exquisite torture he exclaimed. "L'ntle me
untie me nnd I will tell where it is." " Tell first"
was the reply. So he told where it mi -lit be found.
Some of the party with wisps kept off the still hun-
gry mosquitoes while others went where the culprit
had directed nnd recovered the bag of gold. He was
then untied washed with cold water and helped to
his clothes while he muttered as if talking to himself
" I couldn't stand that anyhow." Cottoll'a TViree
lVirs 111 California.
There has been a new system of telegraph inven.
ted here. 'Hie principle on which it is based is the
Tacs ihiti when the electric ciirrsnt is passed through
n copper coil surrounding a bar of soft iron three ef-
fccis nre produced viz : the bar becomes magnetic.
11 is also rxpnnueu anu musical sounds nre produced
in addition tu the ether effects. Tlie expansion and
contraction of the metal is employed to make dots
upon paper ny the machinery requisite: nnd the same
sounds produced at every passage of the fluid are to
be combined so as to form an alphabet. A' the
sounds are produced in the bar of iron itself and a
concomitant effect is used as a motive power we thus
lune in the same apparatus two distinct principles of
icirrapiong. musical telegraph invented Ly a
natii e of France is also exciting considerable atten-
tion in London. London paper.
Paris axn Loxporr. We finey these cities far
apart separated by the broad Channel ; but the pres-
ent fare ol travel between them will make them seem
near enough to speak the same language nt least .
" Travelling in France like cvory thing else there
has been reduced tn a science. Companies are now
formed at Paris which convey passengers to London
nnd b.iclk at an expense of only thirty francs about
six dollars. They will pay all your expenses for this
urn and give you four days in London to see all the
lions. It took more money some years ago to jour-
ney from Paris to Uoucn which is only a few miles
off. These pleasure trains as they arc called quit
Paris on Sunday reaching London in the afternoon
give the vojagcrs Monday Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday in the city leaving in time to get back to
Paris by Friday night."
Facts roa the Cciiocs Cherub is a Hebrew
word signifying knowledge. Seraph is likewise from
the Hebrew" nnd means n flame.
Bells were invented by Paulinus l.i-liop of Xola a
city of Campania nbout the year -100 A. P.
The natives of Egypt carry hives of bees up and
down theXilein boats stopping where flowcrsaboand.
Flax is a native ot l'ersu. Cotton is a native 01
lndi 1 and was first brought to the U. States in 1759.
ThcrcisinSiberiian entire district where it is
said during the winter the sky is constantly unclouded
and where a single particle of snow never falls.
In the Lost lrom the time el jobdown to tne pres-
ent day it has ever 1-ccn considered a mark of ex-
treme disrespect to spit in the presence of one's equal
or superior.
Spectacles were invcnicu aoout mc year is-?.
Tlie honor of their discovery is claimed fur two indi
viduals Spina and Salvino both Italians. Spina's
claim appears the most rightful.
Trade or the Lakes The Cincinnati Gazette
has an article on the lake trade of Ohio in the course
of which occurs the following paragraphs :
" The Lake trake of Ohio is carried on from twelve
different ports and ammounts in the aggregate to
more than forty millions nf dollars. This on only two
hundred miles of Lake Erie alone. But Lake Erie
has seven hundred miles of const and its its com
mcrccon the American sides alone amounts to more
than one hundred millions of dollars. But the coasts
of Like Eric are only nliout a tenth part of the entire
coasts ofthe great Lakes."
' leave the reader to imntrjnc what the com
merce of these inland seas will bo when the shores of
Lakes Superior nnd Huron shall be as densely inna-
htil ns tin Ohio side of Lake Erie is now. The day
is not far distont when the value of tho commerce of
the Lake will amount to more than a thousand mil-
lions of dollars."
The shoe business so important a one to MassjJ
chuse Its continues quite flourishing but it is said
the Lynn dealers ore somewhat alarmed at the at-
tempts cow in progress to commence the business in
the Southern cities. -Master workmen from this sre-
tion have in several instances been hircsl latelyto
go there to engage in Ihe business receiving good
encouragement from Southern gentlemen who have
been hero to engage them. Tlie Lynn Abolitionists
ccnliuued at the last advices to wear cotton shirts
nnd sleep between cotton sheets cnnsidenng them
none the worse from the fact thst the material is the
produc of slave labor. LiiKtll ConrUr.
VOLUME XIII.
A Curious Mu-rbch isr Nonwjr. A ton
named Liopatar the grave-digger of the village of
Sccham not far from Copenhagen lately murdeied
his wife under peculiar circumstances. He was a
man of rather weak mind and was ccmplctcly under
tho rulo or tli j wife an ill-tempered overbearing wo-
mon. He was one day about to dig a grave when
his wife came up sod cerceirinz in his hand a miseA
nf two thalers ordered him to immediately give it up
to ber. He resisted declaring that he wanted it to
pay a do'jt. At last it was agreed that she should
receive the money for a new grave which he was
about to dig and which she agreed to aid bim in.
They dog at it together for some time when Liopa-
tar suddenly struck tho woman aviolgnt Mow on the
bead with his pick-axe and continued striking ber
until be had killed her. He then went to the adjoin-
ing church and ran; a rrand Deal in honor of her
death and was about to Sing himself from the tow-
er when he bethought him that he had not rung a
pcai ior nimseit. J he neighbors had assembled
whilst he was thus emploved. and it wos in their
presence that he flung himself from the tower of the
church. He was so injured that be died in a few
minutes after relatinrrthe circnmst&niwi nrth mnr.
tier and suicide. The body of his wife was found
immediately after the head being dreadfully beaten
in. La Prase-
SixocUa TKjiru.AiixaairfX'jiiwvjiTs.-
ton Vermont came to his death in Cambridge Mass.
on the 3d inst. uuder singular circumstances. He
was ono of a party oi persons who had been drinking
freely at different hotels and entering late at night a
public house called the " Abbey" being under ths
influence of liquor he sat down upon the floor.rested
his hack against the wall nnd apparently fell asleep.
After two hours his companions undertook to rous
him. but soon discovered that he was dead. The sum
of twentyseven dollars was found in the comer of his
vest pocket in ihe morningbut as bis gold watch and
chain and wallet were missing suspicions of foul
play began to ! entertained; but Dr. Wyman after
examining the brain and stomach came to the con-
clusion that he came to his death by strangulation
induced by the crimped position in which he was sit-
ting and accelerated by the liquor he had drank and
the comper'sjury returned a verdict to that effect
lie was about 12 years of age and had been in Bos-
ton three or four days explaining to railroad people a
new rock drilling machine in which he had on interest.
TooTii-Piausc UtrsTRaTXD. Before the days
of chloroform there was a quack who advertised
tnoth-draivingwithout pain. Tlie patient was placed
in a chair and the instrument applied to bis tooth
with n wrencb followed by a roar from the unplea-
santly surprised sufferer. "Stop" cried the dentist
"couipese yoarsclf. i told you I would give nopaio
but 1 only jost gave you that twinge as a specimen
to show yoa Cartwright's method of operating."
Again the instrument was applied another tug an-
other roar. "Xow don't be impatient ; that is Du-
merge's way ; be seated and calm you will now bo
sensible of the superiority of my method." Another
application another tug another roar. "Xow pray
be quiet; that is Parkinson's mode and you don's
like it and no wonder." By this time the tooth hung
by a thread ; and whipping it out the operator exul-
tingly exclaimed : " That is my mode of tooth-drawing
without pain and you nrejnow enabled to compare
it with the operations of Cartwright Dumcrge and
Parkinson."
Large Xewspapees. The ScieniiSc American
thus speaks a chapter to subscribers to " mammoth
sheets" and like magnificent bcr.dlcs cf trash :
"There are some men who always estimate tho
value uf newspapers by their size. This shows re-
markable ignorance on their port. There is just as
much difference in one paper from another ns thcra
is in coarse nnd fine cloth. A man mar purciiase five
sards of cloth for the amount that will only purchase
one yard nt tine cambnc; and would any m in of seno
suppose that the one yard is less valuable than tho
file. Well it is just the same with newspapers and
periodicals. It is not the amount of paper nor read-
ing by which a periodical's value should be estimated
unless it be mere news and even this comes under
our definition of valuation. It is the quality of tho
contents that constitutes the true value of 4 paper.
Mode or I'cRri.vc Lawvfrs. A gentleman in
t'.c country who had just buried a rich relation who
was an attorney was cumplalning to Foote who
was on a visit to him of the vcty great expense of a
country funeral.
u Why" says Foote " do you bury your attorneys
here?"
" Yes to bo sure we do; how else ?"
" Oh ! we never do that in London."
"Xo!" said the other much surprised "hovr do
you manage?"
" by when the patient happens to die wo lay
him out in a room over night by himself lock the
door open the sash and in the morning he is entire-
ly off!"
"Indeed!" said the other in amazement ; "what
becomes of him ?"
" Why that we cannot exactly tell not being c-
quaiuled with supernatural causes. All that we
know of the matter is that there's a strong smell
qfbtiiiistonc 111 th' room ve.tt viorning:
Two gentleman happened in their rambles through
Washington to get pretty tight as men are said to
be when uncomfortably loose; and in a very laudable
attempt to return tn their hotel blundered into tho
door of a room in which a steam engine had worked
itself into o tolerable rage.
' Chu-chu ! phiz z !" went the machine while a
great drum whizzed around most furiously.
" What is this ?" cxcluimcd one uf the gentlemen.
"A steamboat" said the other.
" To bo sure it is" said the first "didn't I know
that. Boy what boat is this?"
"The Phoenix" said the knowing imp speaking
in two syllables.
" What is the p'assage boy ?"'
" One-fifty" said the phonetic boy.
"Well here is the money" said the gentleman
"show us our berth."
" Walk aft" said the boy.
Tlie gentlemen walked aft 'the boy walked for-
wards and is perhaps still' doing so with a cool
"three" in his pocket.
Saili.sc usbes Water. The Paris Journal des
Dcbats states that a new species of vessel destined
it is expected to solve the great problem of sub-
marine navigation has been constructed in Ihe estab-
lishment of M. Crucsot. This vessel will pnrecd
rrom Cruesot's establishment tlirongh Paris.to Calais
by sea with tho aid of its machine which is similar;
to that of propellers. la going outoftheportof Ca-
lais it will plunge under water and reappear a few
hours afterwards before Dover. Thence it will gain
the Thames which it will ascend to London where it
will figure nt the exhibition among the most interact-
ing productions of French industry and genius.
A Palerson.N. J paper states that a former re-
turning home from market on the26th alt to bis
residence who had in his possession $150 wis at-
tacked by three robbers who cut his throat and took
his money. A little boy lying coneealf a m the wa-
gon was drawn by the horses to a tavern near by
where he made known the commission of the horribla
dead. The three murderers soon alter arrived at tha
same place inquiring the nearest route of th nil-
road.' They were indentified and arrested.
Accurate knowleilgs is the basis of correct -pin
ions. The want of it makes most people's enin!0; .
of little value.
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