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es-- . . ..' ' . -: . ., -. . . . - . ' . 7 ' VOL. III. NUMBER 25. - ASHEVILLE;; N. C, JANUARY 13, 1843. WHOLE NUMBER 129. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY J. II CHRISTY k CO, pubUiiereefth Late fa of the United State. TERMS: Vi'u P"1 Polished at Two Dollar a year, i advance Two Dollars and Fifty CenU la six months or, Three Dollar at the end of the year. (S'?o prospectus.) ,Vrlii'ments inserted at One Dollar per square U the first, and Twcnty-Five Cents for each contimwnco. Court Orders will be charged twunty.fivo per cont. extra. Frymllic American Notes of Charles Dickens.) llio lana oi iiM5ru. j. Hctwcen five and six in the morning we arrived at Buffalo, where we breukfasled, and being too nrar tlio Great Full to wail yntKitOr any where else, we set off by the train tho sanio morning by nine. Whenever the train halted I listened to jhu ro;ir, and was constantly straining my ivi's'in the direction whero 1 knew the full inu-it lii', from seeing iho river rolling on t.nvards them; every moment expecting to behold tlio spray. Wiiuiii a few minutes of my stopping, I sr.v tho great white cloud rising up slowly i:ii'l majestically from t!io depths of tlic carta. That was all. At length we alight ( J ; and then fur tho first time, I heard the iui'ity rush of water, and felt tho ground UiMfiMo underneath my feet. The bank w;is vev steep, and was slippery with rain mid hili'-melted ice. I hardly know liow 1 got du n, hut I wassoon at the bottom, and niuihing with two English officers who crossing, and had jiined me, over sjinu broken rocks, deafened by tlio noise, Inll blinded liy tho spray,- and wet to the ikiii. We were at the loot of the A mm. ca-'i IklL, I could see an immcn.se torrent of wilier tearing headlong down from some gnat height, hut lead no idea of shape, or hiluutiuii, or uny thing hut vnguo itumen s'iy. When wo were seated in tho little f rrj.boar, and were crossing tho swollen river immediately before botli cataracts, I begin to feel what it was; but I was in a imimier s'.unned, and uuablo to comprehend the vastntss of the scene. It was not till I c inij on the Table Rock and looked great heaven on what a fall of bright green water ! lliat it ciinii) upon me in might and majesty. Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing the lnt effect, aim enduring one instant ana lasting of tho tremendous spectacle, was peace peace of mind tranquility calm riioolloolion.i of tho JaJ f'" V"Ji r,f eternal rest and happiness nothing of ill mil or terror. . Niauaru, was at once stamped upon my heart an image of beauty ; to remain there changeless und indcliulo until its pulses cease to br-ni forever. Oh how tho strife end trouble of our daily lifo receded from inv view and lessened in the distanco du ring tlie- ten memorable days wo passed on that enchanted ground. What voices spoke fiMin ouuhe'ihundering water; what laces f.id.-d from the earth looked out upon me fixiii its gleiming depths; what heavenly promise "listened in those angel s tears the drops " of many hues that showered around and twined themselves about the noru-uus inches which the changing rain how Iliads! I never stirred in all that time from iliu C inadian side whither I had gone at first. . I never crossed the river again; for I knew there were people on tho other .shore, und in such a place it is natural to shun strange company. 1 o wander to and fro all d.iv, and see the cataracts from all points of view: to stand upon the edgo of the Great Horse Shoe Kali, marking the hurried water giter gathered strength as it approached the verge, yet seeming, too, to pause before it shot into the gulf below; to g i.i; upon the river's level up ut the torrent, ;is it c one streaming down; to climb the neighboring height, 'and watch it through tho trees, and see the wreathing water of the rapid hurrying on to take a- fearful plunge; to linger in tho shadow of the solemn cocks.t!iree miles below; watching tiie river, as stirred by no visible cause, it heaved and eddied, and awoko tho echoes j being troubled yet far down beneath the sarracvby iis giant leap; tojiave Niagara before mo lighted by the sun and by the moon red in the day's decline, and gray ns evening slowly. fell upon it ; to look upon it every day Sud awako up in the night nnd h'.ar its ceaseless voice, this was enough! Mofasscs from Appks....Tie following "Txee'dent method for making use of apples, for tlio two.fold purpose of obtaining mo lasses from them,' and converrtrig,T1thero. timimlcr into excellent food for farm stock, has just. been described to the Ohio Free Tress. The apples arc placed in a hogs head, made tight for tho purpose, and sub jected to the operation of steam. The sac charine juice soon begins to ooze from them and drops down to the bottom of the hogs, heid into the vessel covering the bottom, placed thero for tlio purpose, from which it pisses off to proper receivers. The juice is Subsequently evaporated by boiling. Sour apples only have yet been experimented on in this way. The quantity of molasses obtained from them is ten gallons for every fifteen bushels of apples, or n gallon from one bushel and a half. This molasses dif fers from sweet apple molasses in possess ing a peculiar tart flavor. -The apples remaining in tho hogshead , being softened and well cooked, arc mixed with bread or meal; and thus constitute an excellent arti clo for hogs and cattle. A Pig Story. s BY DICKENS. Once more in Broadway ! Hero are the same ladies in bright colors, walking to and fro, in pairs mid singly ; j under iho very saruo light blue parasol which passed and repassed the hotel. window twenty times while we were sitting ,thcre. We are go ing to cross her.-. 'fake caro of the pigs. Two portly bows arc trotting up behind this carriage, and a select party of half a dozen genlteinan hogs have just now turned the corner. llorc is a solitary swine, lounging home. warJ by himself. Ho has only one ear; having parted w'uh the other to vagrant doiis in the course of his city rambles. But - .vilhoj.t antl ,uadg n roving gentlemanly, vagabond kind of &--.. -- ---- -- - life, somewhat answering to tnat ol our club. men at homAUlo leaves his lodg ings every morning at a certain hour, throws himself upon tho town ; gets thro' his day in somo manner quite satisfactory to himself, and regularly appears Jit the door of his own house again at night, like the mysterious master of Gil Bins. He is a free-and-easy, careless, indifferent kind of pig, having a very largo acquaintance among other pigs of the sumo character, whom ho rather knows by sight tlinn con. vcrsntion, ns ho seldom trouble himself to slop and exchange civilitiesi goes grunting down tho kennel, turning up tlio news and small talk of tho eity, in tho shape of cab bago stalks and offal, and bearing no tails but his own ; which is a very short one, for his old enemies, tho dogs,hnvc been at that too, and have left him hardly enough to swear by. Ho is in every respect a Re publican , pig, going wherever ho pleases, and mingling with tho best society, on an equal, if not superior footing, for every one makes way when he appears and the h iugh ticst give him tho wall, if he prefer it. He is a great philosopher, and seldom rnovecf, unless by the dogs before mentioned. Some limes, indeed, you may see his small eye twinkling on a slaughtered friend, whose carcase garnishes a butcher's door-post, but he crunts out " Such is life: all flesh is pork !" buries his nose in the miro again, nnd waddles down tho gutter ; comforting himself with the reflection that there is one snout tho less to anticipate stray cabbage stalks, at anv rate. They are the city scavengers, these pigs" Uifly brutes, thev are ; having for the most par' scanty, brown backs, like the lids of old horsehair , trunks : spoiled with un wholosomo black blotches. They have long, gaunt legs, too, and such peaked snouts, that ir one or thorn could bo por suaded to sit for his profile, nobody would recognise it forti pig's likeness, They arc never attended upon, oV fed ,'otr driven, or caught, but are thrown upon their resources in early life, and become perpetually know, ing in consequence. Every pig knows where ho lives, much better than anybody could tell him. At this hour, just as even ing is closing, you will seo them roaming towards bed by scores, eating their way to tho last. Occasionally some youth'among them who has over-eaten himself, or bus been much worried by dogs, trots sneaking, ly homeward, like it prodigal son : but this is n rare case; perfect self possession and self.reliar.ee, and immovable composure, being their foremost attributes. Unpn railed Sub-marine rail road We have seen iiolhiii! which so illustrates the amazing march of mind in ourday, as the following vast iricmri improvement pro- ject from the late London papers. Tle provisional committee nppoinicu to superiniod tho preliminary arrangements connected with the railway from England to China, beg leave to submit the following statement, with tho view of forming a com pany to carry out this vast national concern by shares, to consist of nn unlimited num. her. In consequence of tho extreme diffi. culty at present experienced in making the voyage to China and India, together with the delay and chances of shipwreck, it has been proposed, urtdc the advice of an em inent engineer, to construct a railway from hertco, to tho Celestial Empire.- The plan suggested fur tlfb end in view is to pene tratc the bowels of the earth through tho medium of a tunnel from London to Can ton, passing through the centre of the globe thus obviating altogether the enormous ex pense usually incurred in tho purchase of land.- and avoiding tlie opposition iinciy 10 bTencoTmTeW the report matTo to the coinmittccijy-Srnkc Shaft, Esq., iho engine ivhd'ha's descend ed some of thtvdpqst well and sewers in and about iho metropolis, nnd has sounded tho earth in various places at tho outskirts, there is every reason to believe that the entreof tho globe consists ol asouei mass f the softest soil, exec; when intersected bv solid rock of jrtdd and silver, nnd caverns of precious stones ; and that from his ex. amination, there is no reason whatever to believe, as some have conjectured, that the earth is a mere crust, a state ol things which would have rendered the cutting ol a tunnel through it an expedient of some dif ficulty. As it is however, tho cutting win bo exceedingly easy, except when tho mas ses of precious metals and jewels interpose an obstacle; ; buVinasmuch as this materi al, when extracted will bo immediately val uable, and. according to the most moderate calculations of our engineer, will be many hundred times more than sullicient to cover the entire expense of the undertaking, but ittle fear need be apprehended upon trus point, ' It is intended thai the terminus ia Eng. land shall be upon tho present silo of St. Puul's Cathedral, London, which for the purposes of this undertaking is to bo pulled down. As the railway will pass immedi ately under Mount Versuvius, a station will be erected there, at which various trains will stop for the purpose of trading in con Is and lava, or Cyclops, should theo be any residing in those parts.' Another stoppage will be made under tho Mediterranean, with tho view of getting a supply of water, which will be drawn down through a pipe from the sea above. From the calculations made by tho committee, of tho probable returns !rom the traffic, the most gratifying results mny bo anticipated; and as the company will doubtlessly convey all tho Government troops, nnd ns tho war in tho East will in all probability bo everlasting, (if not long er,) and tho annual consumption of soldiers incalculable, the company may expect to derive a handsome income from this source alono. In addition to which, it is confidently ex pected that most of the continental nations will establish branch tunnels, running into that of the company, which will bo both a most advantageous source of revenue, Olid be the ireans of establishing on immense field of commercial enterprise. The works will bo commenced as soon as a sufficient number of the shares shall have been taken andjmmediatcly on obtaining possession of St. Paul's, the shaft will be sunk, when every cfl'ortwill bo made to bring the .vholo of the undertaking into a sinking condition. Further particulars will bo announced ns soon as the company is formed, for whicKTl purpose the public arc earnestly solicited to enter their, names as share holders, and pay a deposito of JC5 to the secretary of the committee, Mr. Stumpy, at-tho office of runch, who will give a receipt tor the same entitling the party, should tho undertaking be abandoned, to obtaiuitback again when ever they can. O'Comicll upon Dickens, ct nU. Wo tako the following extract from un unique enistlo of tho celebrated Daniel O'Connell, to tho editor of tho Baltimore Hibernian Advertiser. ""The way he lashei Boz is a caution to book-makers : Dublin, Nov. 1, 1842. Dear friend, Several copieB of your spirited httlo paper camo to hand, but I had not time from my official and political busi ness to write until the present opportunity, which I snatch with gladness. The chief subject, however, I mean to dwell on, in this scroll, is Charley Dickens and his non sensical Notes on tho land of the Free and tho Homejjf the Brave. From what I can learn from your late epistles on the institu tions and peoplo of your adopted country, I am led lo mark Boz down for nothing more or less than a drivelling, miserable, scribbling aristocrat of the worst order, from tho fact that not many years, nay months, if computed he was ranked among the paupers and fellows who, " live by their ways nnd their means" in tho metropolis, where, until employed as a penny. oliner of an obscuro London paper, he was lately obliged to beg (in a decent way) for the common necessaries of life, with his elbows out ef his old blue coat, standing, ns Ty rone Power would have it, "on his last legs without a single shilling in I is breeches pocket!" a regular caricature of a brief less, penniless lawyer, non-suited for bread lo fill his ungrateful gob! I ask' you, sir, (as you know something of the greediness of a hungryEnglishman,) were & yankee sailor to meet Mr. Boz, when in that dMem ina, und offer him a silver dollar lo permit him to squirt a " quid" into his delectable eye, would no retusc me oners i win an swer for you as the Atlantic rolls between us He d show both peepers for the A me. rican shiner! I open the controversy on tobacco and spitting, and squirting, etc. but as he has borrowei Mrs. Trollope's words te fill his notes on this point, he well knows that his own countrymen indulge freely in the very weed that ho (Mr1.. Xlob) attacks you for, and necessarily must chew, smoke, spit, squirt and other-natural propensities incident to the human frame, with oil the propensityiir.nginablc ; but I nwarttyou the palm on that score, lor remember you have your tobacco ot first cost, and arc at lib- ERTr to plant, cut, dry, packj-sell, and chew.ns much as you please, but we are compelled to-pay very near a dollar per lb. of your money as duty to the Queen, to support a lazy foreign mohgrel breed from Germany, Princes, Dukes, Earls, Lords, and "a liosrof Bach birds of prey" UpoTi tbe vitals of the people, who grind us to Ihe earth ns serfs end paupers ; nor dare we grow an ounce of the weed unde r a heavy penally and Forfeiture ot crop, which would be burned inQucerjL Vic's .-custom house under the serveilance of a bloated aristocrat custom house officer of Pauper Dickens1 stamp. So much ot present lor tis tirade on to. bncco and expectoration, butkt !iim.smoke that until he gets knighted J - , ' He next forgets the wretched condition of tho working classes in cool mines and factories of his own country, and serves up a morceau on slavery, "which I now look upon as a necessary evil in the Southern States, where heat is too intense for white people at held lanor ; mil yet l must com- ide with his observations, on manacles iron collars, &c. as in a constitutional way the proper state authorities ought to punish roguish slaves by imprisonment ana nara labor. I perceive he made too free with people of color In his hasty route through your country, giving them prclerenco to white men., and trom whom ne camcnomo a perfect Jim . Crow, initiated in the art of chattering, which is looked upon as a high perfection at Buckingham palace, where I intend !o go the next drawing room, to sec him perform for the young infant Prince, in the hope of getting a garter or sword touched on his nuinscuJJ ; yet ho must chat ter on for a long period, as there are more officers than soldiers in down.fallcn Eng. land at present ; and the next vacancy will be the issue of this scoundrel s succumbing to damnable aristocracy. I thank God he is rol an Irishman he is tho texture of a Saxon' glutton the more you fill him and stuff him with tho good things of this life, the more overbearing and ungrateful you make him ! the more kindness you extend and the more praise you bestow upon a gor mandiserof this order, the more aristocrat ic and turbulent notions vou drive into his empty ord sycophantic noddlo. When, in time, your Southern and Western Slates follow ihecxamplefbv constitutional means! of your Northern States as regards slavery, then your land will be oiicf great and mighty area of American freemen, who in a simul taneous burst, can spurn the observations of any aristocratic dog that dare to bark or growl on an unpolluted soil. 1 need not recount to you the manv nttro. cities perpetrated on tho Irish soil, even in tin. present day, by government men of Dickens opinions tho more we stud them Connaught lumpers, with white eye pota toes, and the fat of the land, the faster they bind us in our chains, but we arc now wide awate; the day of liberty is dawning on Old Ireland, and John Bull is becoming as submissive as a Roman Plebian. We wear and se our own manufacture, we burn our own coal and turf, and can temper our own steel, by and b"y without his aid, and in re turn ae must buy our corn and provisions or gc to bed with an empty stomach, w hich you snow is poison in that country, ns they can't fight unless llieir bellies aro I'u I. The 3d note our ambitious Cockney au- thor sounds for the edification of Anicri cans, is on railroad and steamboat travel ing. On this subject I am ignorant, as I never travelled in your country, but from the tenor of that note, 1 should award the Virginians praise for not strewing laurels under tho upstart's feet, building bridges over their runs, paving little ruts and tumble bug holes, sucking his button holcsrand pullirg liia coat tail as ladies and gentlemen did in the Atlantic cities. Peoplo who make mountebanks and fools of themselves in this way, deservo to be paid off in their own coin, from tho gall and bittor asocr sions of a renogado tory, travelling for his own privato purposes of lucro and gain as well as tho bombastic honor of his own misgoverned nation, to the degradation of a irec una enjigiuencu lvepujnc. Your friend and fellow laborer in the cause of Liberty, Daniel O'Con.nell. Extraordinary Phenomenon. In the Lynn Locomotive, we find the following extract of a letter from an eminent astronomer, connected with Yale College, at New Haven, to a scientific gentlemen in Lynn. It will be found highly interesting to men of science, detuiling some most nutonishing changes in the great ma. chincry of Nature. There is certainly some cxtraor d nary change going on in tho solar system. Whether tho result will be a speedy dissolution of the present harmonious arrangement, is of curse known only t Him who instituted the lvs which govern the course of the stars. For sane time my attention has been dir&led to the r)id!y developing phenomena, and I have been assisted in my observations by gentlemen eminent for their scientific at'ainmonts. And within a feur days I have had placed in my hands a pacr frcm the celebrated astronomer, llanfl, of Berlin, detailing his own discoveries, and indicating that the subject is beginning to excite intense interest among the scientific of Europe. It is evident that the inclination of the earth's axis with tho ecliptic is changing. There jsjnow. a nearer approach to a coincidence of equator and ecliptic than has ever before been known. Since the autumnal equinox, the obliquity in tho earth's course has sensibly diminished; and if no coon, teracting influence intervenes thero wilLsoon bo a perceptible change in the seasons and in tho relative length of day and night. Tho change is so great already, that many in. tricate calculations for the present year will bo found inaccurate. Some of the important calcu lations of the Nautical Almanac will be soon found perplexing to tho mariner as he takes his observations. And sonic of those heretofore high- ly useful tables in the American Almanac, found cTTCfrthe bearings of some-of the fixed stars, "as well as planets, will prove entirely unsafe, if the progress of the change coutinucs. An expert enccd and intelligent shipmaster, a day or two since, caiually observed to me that on a recent voyago from tho East Indies, when he had sailed about six degrees to-the north of thequator the region from which tlio North Star is usually first sew a fUr crossing lilC JinetitP-lia?er.enderL. ing it Invisible whilo near Uie Horizon ne was aloriTlied sud perplexed in h observations. -The unusual variation of his chranorrrefor fropi the time indicated by stellar observation, led him to doubt the accuracy of his former faithful guide. Should these changes continue, a variation in Ihe-atlitudeof the orth Star will oon be appa rent tp the most casual observer; at those points of time, April 15, June 16, August 23, and Do. centber fl4, when all true timekeepers should agree with the sun, the chronometer will be found essentially varying, and many other important re. sulU will be developed. An attentive and accu. rate observer in the high latitudes, even at the next solstice, cannot fail lo recognize various as. tonishing phenomena. But the changes going on in regard to the earth are less remartablo perhaps than those which are affecting somo of the other planets. The poles of Venus, to all appearance, arc now elevated full thirty-five degrees, and she seems to be changing from her former clear radiance to a color approaching that of Mars; the chango in this particular, however, is as yet light, barely per. ccptible, under close observation, to tho naked eyo. By the aid of powerful glass, there may be perceived what appear to be waves of fire roll ing over her dine.' This appearance 1 have watch- ed with much interest; tl commenced some months since, on the southern limo, ana gradual ly idranccd over the whole breadth, till the planet was cwnnktely enveloped. Tho motion of this planet in her orbit, too. seems to be retarded, as though she was under die influence of somo new power of attraction. ' ' ' Hershei has the appearance of having greatly diminished in sice, and has failed to reach a given point of its orbit at the usual time, and, in short, seems to have broken the bonds which have con nected it to the solar system, and commenced its course as a member of some remote celestial re. tin uo. Saturn also ia assuming an unwonted aspect. To ail appearance, theru is a mighty conflugra. tion going on in the hitherto dark line which di vides her rings. To such an extent bus it alrea dy attained, that in one or two places the wdiole breadth has assumed the appearance of rugged, ranges, glowing as if they were red hot iron, and throwing a lurid reflection upon the adjetitt por tions of the ring. The changes seem also to extend beyond our system. Tho beautiful star lictelgncse, in the constellation Orion, has varied to such an extent from the vernal to tho autumnal equinox of the present year, that its distance may be ascertained. It seems to bo approaching the solar bounds. Interesting Jvsli Marriage Cvr- The New York Aurora gives life follow, ing interesting description of a Jewish marriage ceremony, which took place in that city a few wee ks since.' The parties were the Rev. Jacques J. Lyons and Miss Grace Nathan, daughter of Sekus Nathan,, Esq., a gentleman well known and highly esteemed in this commu nity. The ceremony was performed in the synagogue in Crosby street, of which the reverend bridegroom is pastor, and the marriage ritual was read by Lis brother, the Rev. E. Lyons, of the Richmond, Va. sy. nagogue. Tho spacious building was crowded tocxcess,and never do wo remem ber having witnessed such a dazzliag as. semblago of brilliant eyes and' beautiful faces. Tho chandeliers and candles around the altar and atk, were all lighted in front of the ark, near tho classio and beautiful pedestal on which the lamp is placed which is kept continually burning by the contri butions of the pious, were the groomsmen, bearing a crimson damask canopv, under which stood the bride, with six young ladies as bridesmaids, her father and brother, by whom the marriage ceremony was perform ed. The bride, an exceedingly interesting young lady, was neatly attired in a light colored silk, u white hat and veil. Iho Jadies present were all dressed with exqui- sito taste, without unnecessary display ; indeed, so much beauty needed not tho aid of 44 foreign ornament After a solemn chant , the officiating cler gymau tasted a glass of wine, which the bridegroom and bride successively raised to their., hps. Tho bridegroom then placed the ring on tho finger of his brido, pronouncing the fol lowing words ; " Behold, thou art wedded to mo wilfi this ring, according to tho laws of Aloses and Israel." After another solemn chant, tho minister again tasted u glass of wine, after pronounc ing a blessing, of which the following is a trunshtion : u Blessed art thou, oh Lord our God ! King of the Universe, who creuteth the fruit of tho vine." Aflcr the bride had tasted the wine, the bridegroom raised it to his lips, poured the wine on a sulver placed for tho purpocs, and on which he dashed the glass, breaking it into numberless fragments. The cere mony is in commemoration (as we perceiv ed by the book with which we were politely furnished,) of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem and further, as wo were in formed by a gentleman learned in the Jew. ish laws and customs, as an emblem of tho. frailty of human happiness. Another pray. er was then chanted, the concluding por- tion of which is thus rendered into Eng. lish : " Blessed art thou, oh Lord. our God ! who causetTTtTie bridegroom to re joice with the bride, and causeth them to prosper. Oh ! give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good fr his mercy ondureth forever. May joys increase in Israel, nnd sighs flee away. , I ho ceremony being concluded, and con gratulations interchanged, tho numerous assemblage dispersed, and the bridal party repaired to the House ot tne bride s latner, in Varick street, where they received the congratulatory visits of their-friends until a late hour ir. the evening. May all their anticipations of happiness be realized ! We never" witnessed u ceremony with the so- lemnity of which wo were so forcibly im pressed. Britain and us.. ..They know little, about America, over the water, as wcknow of them. Somo lime since, one oTlTie English papers announced that "Governor Porter, of the Slate of Baltimore, had issued his proclamation, confirming-thc election of General Harrison ns President of Ohio." More recently, one of those luminous jour nals stated that the town of Rhode Island had been disturbed by a rebellion, in con sequence of which two or three hundred rebels were publicly executed N. York Tattler. ' P r Wno is rich ?.... Major Noah replies to this question thus : He is to be considered rich who is out of debt, and supports his family comfortably nnd creditably by his occupation. He is actually rich who owes nothing and is worth 830,000 ; he is, very rich who is freo from debt and worth 81,000,000; and'tio is dangerously rich who is worth a million and is not a prudent man. The possession of no money is in convenient, and too much is burdensome. Contentment is riches. Bo satisfied ; be contented our lot may be worse. A PBEDICTIOU FULFII.LED....IU 1835, atU' time when tho whole country was in a statu ' of extraordinary prosperity, Mr. Clay, in n public speech, appears to have predicted tho great revulsion that has since taken place, and which has been so deeply Iclt in all ranks of society throughout tho whole country. Speaking on the subject of tlm United States Bunk, lie said " There being no longer any sentinel at tho head of our Uanking establishments to warn them by its information nnd opera tions of approaching danger, the local insti tutions, ulrcady multiplied to an alarming exlcflL, and almost daily multiplying in sea sons of prosperity, will mako free and un restrained emissions ! All the channels of circulation will be gorged ! Property will ns? extravagantly high, and constantly looking up, tho temptation topbrchusc will bo irresistible! Inordinate snwnln I iin tif ill ensue, debts will bo freely contracted, and wnen inn season oi nuversity comes, as it must, the banks, acting without concert and without guide, obeying tho law of sclf.prc scrvation, will at the same timo call in their issues ; tlio vast nuiriber will exaggeratu the alarm, and general distress, wide spread ruin, anu an explosion oi tne general bank ing system, or the establishment of a mw Bank of tho United State?, will bj tho ul timate effects." Brandy Likralurc....ong has leuclcd moro to draw tho young and romantic intj tho labyrinths of intemperance than tho literature whose aim has been to throw in. chantment around tho wine-cup and gild iho i-evcis oi ueoauc;i. i ho pages of notion and songs overflow into such attempts. From An.icreon down to Tom Moore wo see the destructive eTIcWts of pandering t vice. Those can estimate tho influenco of" Wreathe the Bowl" and " O, Willies brewed a peck o' malt," has cx.rted on tlio young nnd gay. Such a novel as Charles O'Malley is more calculated to ruin the ris ing generation, than tho most forcible ho mily directly in favor of vice. Yet wesco thousands upon thousands rending it, and introducing its scenes into their families. Shall this kind of literature exist ? Shall it still, under the wreath of flowers, trail its serpent form through our homes, and blast all that is good, beautiful and noble! Shall any young ladies still drink in its poison f Shall our youths still expose themselves to destruction ? Let no litcraturo be support ed but that of sobriety ? let us at onco banish from our tables all writings whoso tendency is to throw a dclusivo glow around the wine-cop, and concenl the brutal dopra. vity of tho grog-shop. JST. Y. Washingto. Important discoverkinmkdicin-e...T!io Inst number of tho Dublin .Medical Press contains an interesting paper by Dr. Patter son of Ralhkeale, on the discoloration of tho skin from the internal Use! of nit rain nl' silver, and on the means of preventing ntv.l icmoying uie euect. it is well known that tho nitrato of silver possesses rrreot cft'imrv in the treatment of certain forms of epilepsy and painful complaints of tho stomach ; but from long use, it is liable to render tlio skiu almost as black as that of tho effect which continues for life, and for winch there was no means of prevention epi cure. Consequent v. it Irenunntl v nrmrm.1 that a patient treated with nitrate; nf silvi-i- got rid of his disease at tho expense of hi.-i beauty ; and hence medical men have been prevented from employing this active rem ecly as extensively as they otherwise would. Dr. Patterson, by numerous and satisfactory experiments, has succeeded in discoverinj' that combining iodino with the silver' pre" vents the discoloration without impairing tho medicinal powers of that moial ; and they will remove the discoloration whi.Mi has already been produced. This, we be. lievo is a matter of great importance to pa ticnts laboring under painful or fpasmodic diseases. TOR HOW LONIi A I'ERIOJJ CAN LITE US sustained under water? There is im doubt that habit has considerable influenco over the organs of .rcspiration as well as on other functions. A person has been known to Jake largo doses of opiuin with impuuitv, ironi having, lor a long'penod, habituated the system to the gradual influence of poi sonous bgents. In like manner n pearl diver, by long practice, muy bo able, under water, to sustain life for u timo without breathing. In diving animal.? there is u natural provision to enable them to live for iauic.-liioo-witliout.au-. Tho-ehief-vettott-r- trunKs arc very tortuous, and admit ot di. lation, so that the venous blood can accu. mutate in them, instead of distending tho right cavities of tho heart. It has been surmised that an analogous chungo may be produced in divers, by the ofion-repeaied practice of holding their breath. Professor Farady has pointed out a method by which a person may hold his breath for u minuto and a half, which is double the time usually practicable. To effect this object the per. son must make in succession five or six full and forcible inspirations. By thismean? the air-cells are so well filled with air that a fresh inspiration is not required for somo time. A knowledge of this fact may bo useful whenever a person should want to hold his breath, for u timo in going inio tho suffocating atmosphere of a sewer, a mine, house on fire, or in diving. Dr. Paris, on this subjectcites the case of Mr. Kite, who, after making "a deep iuspiration of 300 cu bic inches of air, was able to retain this quantity for 72 seconds without a fresh in spinttion. F. Winslow " On Afphxia,'' in rohji'thnk Journal.
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Jan. 13, 1843, edition 1
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