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THE MINERS' AND FARMKRS’ JOURNAL. FROM THE NATIONAL INTSIXKiENtTll. To the Peojtle cf the United States, No. 8. tJLlXCE ON T1IK STATE OF THE >\OHL(> IN 1S30. Frimt the Retue Enr^loitiiiqut, rdAd,p. 12--4, January, IKIl. The year 1S30, must remain memorablo amongiit the yearsof thiscenturj'. It marks the entrance of a great epoch. After one of those periods of rejwse, which follow a long state of agitation, ci%'il and niilitarjr', those generous ideas contemned by the des potism of Napoleon, and by the Holy Alli ance, his ignoble heir, have regained their vigor. Civilization, for a moment undecid ed before such4>arriers, accumulated by a system of mysticity, has at once been pre cipitated along its course by an unexpected and astounding revolution—it can no more retrograde, nor be nrrested in its pn^gress— it must advance. Men who love to extend a philosophical view on the great social vi cissitudes to which we have been witnesses, stand absorbed in profound meditation.— They range over the volumes of historj’ to find analogies with the present; they seek sure inductions on the tate of future gener ations. They carefully collect facts from the epoch before them, which we may say resolve themselves into some primary truths, a/Tording the means to form a new theory of observation. They anxiously demand whether or not we touch in effect a gn?at and general crisis. It comports perfeclly M'ith tlii-s Review, which has served from its creation as an useful auxiliary to the cause of knowledge; if not to resolve, at lea->t to diseiulxirrass these high questions. This 13 our aim, in casting a rapid glance over the various countries of the globe; in fixing distinctly the point of departure for each in particular. In this Review our own country (France,) ought, in the first instance, to call our attention; and there one iminenge fact absorbs entirely, for the mo- lueut, all the action of the public mind. This year (1930) opened to France un der very sombre auspices; after filleen \ ears of a struggle a^inst a perfidious Restora tion, and to maintain tbe beneficial resiilt:s of a great revolution, the nation found itself at length ;iiven up by the Crown to a justly odious fiiction. This faction spared nothing to pre-=erve its own security. Without, the Holy Alliance placcd at its disposal inn*;- mcrable phalanxes; within, the magistracy, the cleray, the army, and the administra tion, otibred on all sides agents without con science ; every day this faction gained in self confklence, and became more and more imbued with the idea, that it had only to will and obstacles would disappear before its ^ stro!ig ami resolute motion. On the other; side, the friends of liberty tiiCinselves had come to doubt for F ranee at the time; to conceive secret inquietudes on the chances in favor of an energetic and able hand, who wished to subject the nation to despotism. The retrograde consequences of the elec tions, resulting in favor of men without cha racter—elections which seemed to be given to the revolution only because counter-re- voliition regarded them as worthless, were verv’ unsuitable to give confidence to the public mind, against the possibility of a tri umph, momentary no doubt, but the results of which must be incalculably injurious to France, and to Europe. Such was the sit uation of things when the faction resolved to strike a bold and decisive blow; to strike the reVL»kitiou to the heart, and definitively sul^ect the country to the shameful yoke of absj!ute power. But the restoration, ac cepted, as we may say, by the higher ranks f>[ siviety, never was so by the laUjring cliis-'»es. The people had never ccused to iiidiilgo a secret repugnance tor a govern- jnent enthr.^ncd by foreign bayonets, and which brought in its train emignition and je-ruitisM. I'hey |Airsued such a govern ment with their contempt and raillery, (aught as they were by a kind of in->linct, j that in it they had to encounter an enemy dctcniiined to oppose their moral im[>rove- r.,c.it, their interests, and their rights. Ue- niaining until the ini|)ortant nionieiit indif- forent tothe discussion of political qiieitions which aff-cted them oiily remotely—but tlicy heard the cry of indignation, which was expressed when the criminal ordinances ;i(i;»eared, and on the spot they rose—Ves! thr-yrose: and in three days a power re- •;o!i^tructed with so much care, by Kurof>e in arms, was overturned by children. His- tory will rctrace the details of these memo- raMe dav'*, on which suddenly rfapi»eared the Great Nation of 17-)9, and that Lafay- etti has so happily characterised by the nr.ine of “Me Grtat Week.” It showed this fieojile s(!izing the standards of Fleurus ainJ Marengo; arming themselves in haste from the workshops; demanding officers from our sch'K)ls; ru. hing, with their heads stootiiiig, on the pieces of cannon, and s]>ar- ing the vanfiiiUhed, who had charged them with guns iiwded with every destructive material.* Th )Sf? whose liabits of life ex- p.si?d them to the hardest lalKir and most painful privation, only used th;ir |*ers>nai strength when the contfst end l, to protect private proj>erty ; they laid down their arms at the firKt word, to return to tiieir daily labor and liuhitu.d submission to the laws; and they returned their power to th»v whom ttif-v recogiii7.ol as f>ossessing su[)frior iii- ti-lli'T'-nre. U'hat a lesson for the edifica tion of th>' n«‘w |K»litieal order; saerificin:: in this elite, [rtjrhaiis, their recolleetioiis and swfri-t wixhfs—Hbroi^ation ot sell, whieh fjniis the most touching feature of this re volution, and which will form one of the most astonishing pages ut‘ our annuls. 'I'he results of this great event must lie immense ; and the first of all ought to l>e the re-establishiiient of natiiuial sovereignty in its rightii and power, on its tnie base—the assent and sacred gnararity of |niblic will. This fundamental article of constitutional pact, which the Parisians have sealed with their hl(K)d in the month of July, is not, however, that vain alistraction more fre quently invoked than understooil, and w hich places [K)wer in the necessarily less enlight ened mass, retarding the [>rogres:-ive advance of society ; but u practical principle, which renders power a ciwisequence of enlighten ed reason, and replaces jxipular force by the sovereignty of public knowledge. We do not extend our remarks here on the new ('onstitution, given to France as a consequence of the glorious events which have freed her from an odious domination. I'he very weighty questions arising fioni that event preclude their examination in the narrow limits of a rapid sketch, and other wise could not be presented here without, perhaps, carrying us beyond the limits of our habitual sphere of investigation. We leave to tiu.c to decide whether or not great faults have not been committed; and wheth er vain terrors and fatal intrigues have not lost to France a happy occa.«ion to place the constitutional existence of the country on foundations not to be shaken; and to, |)crhiips, also close an abyss that the Sjiirit of faction will endeavor to keep for ever open. Does it not already appar from the |x'r|>etual hesitations of Power, and their existing em barrassment, to these who have sown the seed that they have already commenced to reap the harvest of their errors, and that epoch of definitive judgment of the future is arrived. Let that be as it may, the revolution of .luly must proiluce its iVuit. They are fee ble hands, those who are attempting to des troy it in the bud. It cannot degenerate as some wish in a meliorated Rfstoration.— Each of its natural cunsequences will be successively produced. A I’eerage, organ ized to suit a country , w here an aristocracy is no longer possible; a representation, e- lected after a system which shall cecse to be a public derision; a municipal organiza tion appropriated to local interest; real and severe responsibility of the agents of power ; the destructnm of monopolies; economy in expenses; diminution of im(mts; devehip- mentof the principles of aasociatinn; anl,in fine, the suppression of every impediment to the improvement of the laUiring classes.— Such are the benefactions which ought to How from the last revolution. The people earned them at the Louvre, and have a right to claim their fruition. There are just cau- ' ses of complaint agaiast those political cote- rics (curnsfx) which blended by deceptive reconciliation, systematically restrain the Iny;il and generous intentions of the Citizcn- King. A Btorin is thus rising over the country; bocause, after this happy display of their strength, the people know their wants and their |>ower. By them Napoleon conquered the counter revolution without— by it we have triumphed within. You who regard a new monarchy as an estate to be managed tor your profit, take care you do not soon pursue more than one shadow, if ytiii do niit give to that monarchy institu tions conformable to popular interests. If we examine the effects produced on Europe by this astonishing revolution, we find that it has instantaneously excited a s*-n. timent of universal admiration, and n Ijvely sympathy. The [leople have b;en struck with the good seiisf; and uprightness exhi bited by the population of Paris, and the entirr nation, in such weighty circuiiistaiM.es. They have seen that if I’runce as|iires to regain her rank in the transactions of Eii- rojKj, she has been herself awakened from the reveries of military glory which had enflained former generation':, and now de sires no other conquests except such as th'we ()f Algiers, made from barkirism. 'I'hat she pretends to that pacific influence only which is necessarily exercised by thirty- two millions of people, free, and happy from the eiiects of pronressiveinst'tutions. And , that, in fine, profiting by the example of the outrages and tollies of the R(;public and »f the empire, France now only aspires to pro tect her liberty at home, und extend knowl edge abroad. Hut w ithin the circle to which the French loyalty is confined, it ought to act with franknet-s and indep!ndcnce. The nation is more than ever called to march at the head of civilization, and every other nation has a right to calculate on her salutary ex ample. The pf'litics of France is U tween two systems. There would be equal shame and danger for her to break the peace from any views of self ambition, or to avoid war, evidently necessary to prote-t the rights and the indep;iidence of the nation, and to secure the results an emancipation con firmed so gloriously as ours. France is in vented with a kind of armed mediation be- twe‘n the nations of Hiiropc, and the diplo macy of the Holy Alliance. .May the coun cils of the Crown never forget the terms of tlicir mission. {To he rrmfinuetl.) * In tilt orijjinal “i/iti I'ont mitmiUi." W’r liavi; no corrci|»oniinf;t'Tiii in Krn;li.h. (-'unistur shot crmirs n-ari (, b’Jt not ijivc the ffiil mpuli. in^’, wliicli IK to load wilfi brokt n "la“S, nniln, Ar. 'I'lic dreaiil'ul I'act Hccriis nor '.o lie '.•sfablishc], thoiijjli often iltnicd I^n'rfufn Inttiliffrttrr. I,ATi;ST FlIOM ixnoi'E. lialtiirh^rr, Oct. '-l-i.—'I'he fast sailing brig Lady A'laiiis, H'aplea, arrived here yesterday morning from Liver|H)ol, bring ing advic's t'rom Liverpool to the evening of the i;5th SeptemlKT. 'I'he editors of the American «re indebted to i\lr. Neilson, of the I'Ixchange Rooiim, tor the Loudon Morn ing Herald of the I’Jth and the Liverpool Times of the IHih, from which they make the tuincxed interesting extracts. A secwid edition of the London Herald, dated at five o’clock on the morning of the 1‘Jth snys— “ III addition to the Paris .lournnls of I'hursday and Friday, those of Saturday, ainl the Slessagcr, (lazutte, and Revolution, dated yestertlay, have this moment reached us by express, together w ith letters from our I Private CorresiKJiideiits.” PO!,AM). The latest intelligence from Poland con- tainetl in these }>n}M'rs is dated, “ From the Frontiers, Aug. 27,” and published in the Prussian State llazette of the *Jd inst. It refers principally to mere movements of the hostile armies. 'Hie main Polish army had retired within the fortilicatioiis of Warsaw, after having sustained a loss of 14 or 1.51H) men in a rcconnoissnnce, ow ing to the im prudence of C-'olonel l^egallois, a French of. ficcr. 'i’w o corps have been detached into the I’alatinates of Podlachia and Plozk.— The former, aiul the stronger, under the I'rcnch General Ilomarino, is l>elieveil in Paris to have obtained a signal victory over a portion of the army of Rudiger. One good eficct of these diversions has been the intn>duction into Warsaw of large supplies of provisions. Within the walls of the city comparative tranquility had li«‘en restored by the tirm- ness of the new Chief or Dictator, Kniko- vviecki. Fout of the miscreants comx*n»eii in the horrible nnssjicre of the l.)tli iilt. have been shot, but it is said that the lead* ers in those frightliil disorders have been allowed to escapc with imi>unity. S-> fir troin having any intention «>f surrendering, the determiimtioii of the troops and the cit izens to defend themselves to the last ex- tremitv, hail, if pca-ible, become more fix- ed. The Russians, on the other hand, nr** descril)*'d as eager tor orders to assault.— The leaders of both armies are aware of the value of tune. Paskewitsch is hasteu- ing his preparations for decisive openitions against Warsaw, well knowing that, if the city hold out but for six weeks more, the w inter will have 9*;t in, and ex|)osc him to the re|)Ctition of the defeats and losses ex- [lerienced by IXebitscli last year. Such is prec^ly the iiu^rebsion on the minds of th'* Polish (ienenils; they will conscspi. ntly laugh to scorn the summons to furrfiuler, by which, on three successive days, the Uu^^- Sian Marshal means to precede his attack up">n War>aw. 'I'he olistinacy of the Kin- pcmr Nicholas, in declaring in advance (according to private letters from Berlin) that he will listen to no mediation of other powers—no terms on the jwrt of the Poles short of absolute submission, is, therefore, su()erflu'us. There arc St. Petersburgh dates to the 24th Augufct inclusive, but no meiiti«»n is made of the report received last week by way of Cronsladt and I}oston,of the rupture l)etwc*en the Russian (ioverniiient and the I'rcnch Minister resident there. A British squadron had sailed to th** Ta gus for tire purpose of redressing the inju ries inflicted by the Portuguese Goveriimeut on Ijritish subjects. The British sloop of war Alligator, from off Algiers on the 17th Au:;ii8t, rejKirts that the French had, a fuw days previously, an afliiir with the Bedouins, in which they mi- I tained a hjss of fiOl) men, and are said to lie ' masters of only ten miles round Algiers; ‘i.'jitO of their troops were sick in th»? hos pital, and others were constantly returnini; to Franoe. 'I'he town was badly supplied with provisions. The Herald ofihe l‘-ilh says: “'I’he A- mericanywckot ship President,('a|)t. 'liainp- lin, pasM;d through Spithead yesteni iy evlin ing, in 24 days from New-Wrk; she is a s(»iendiil vess;l, and brings as pasMjriger his lAcellency the Hoii. M. Van Bureii, Aiii- bnssjidor from the I'nited States to this coun try. He landel at Cowes.” The Bnisijrlg pajKirs contain the opening speerh of King Lco|Mjld to the rn'w Legis lative Bfxly of Belgium. “'I'liis address, which contains nothing remarkable, except It be [»erha()s nitlier an olll'iisive court paid to I'rance at the ex()ense of Englaml, ap pears to have given general satisfaction in Brussels. Ilis Majesty adroitly apologises for the disgraces of the late campaign, by attributing! them to the accidental superiori ty of the Dutch, in point of discipline, and an imfriir surprise upf>n his subjects; und by at once saving the courage of the Belgians, and assuring them of fon igti protection, he seems to have found the shortest way to their good wishes. He very properly iden tifies himself with the natiuii, but th‘ pro- niisf,‘s which he holds out on the thorny sub ject of the fortnrsses may hen^after lead to some awkward discussion. Hostilities had entirely ceasful at Antwerp, and the Dutch were even showing a dis[M)sjtion to make the amende for the ilamage whi( h tlifv had already done •*' Ik;!gi in prof>«rty.” CREA’r UKITAIN. 'I’he Coronation of William IV. tool; place with great |>oinp on the Hth September.— The London (ilol»e sliUes that the true cause of the nbsence of the Duchesu of Kent and the Princess Victoria from the cereiiKmies, was the indisposition of the latter, and that his Majesty \>as duly aware of the fact. 'J'ht Reform liiU.—'I'he Liver|»ool Times urges the adoptinn of renewed etlorts to fur ther the paa.sagc of the Ref'orm Bill. The London S[)ectator intimates the probability of its jKissage through the House of Lords. “The cholera has manifested itself at Berlin,” s;iys the State (iazette, oflicially, on the 2d in»t. “ one man hud already died, and several suspic^joiis cases had occurred.” At Vienna the alarm on that subject had in some deuree subsided. At Posen the dis ease was observed to make more havoc on the 'I’uesilays and M'edncstlays than on oth er days of the week, on account of e.rtem- IKtraneous escegnfn in which the in-ople in- tlulf;c OH the SunHtiys and Momlciyg, TIJRfCKY. Accounts from I’onstantinople of the 10th confirm the accounts ol’ the dreadful fire which destroyed the whole suburb of Pera on the 2d August. 'I'he fire commenced in ii quarter very disiant I'rom Pera itself, and inhabited by the lowest class of iJrccks and Armenians, but a violent north wind causcd the flames to sjiread so that several quar ters were on tire at once. 'I'o this was add ed the want of water, and still more of the neccssjiry hands and good regulations. At noon the flames h.id nviclieil Pera itself; and at 11 at night that suburb no liMiger existed. 'Fhe large palaces inlmbiled b\ the Knglish, French, Dutch, Prussian, Sar dinian and Danish Ambassadors, with all the valuable ctK cts, fell a prey to the fhunes. 'I'he Episc >pal ciiurch, and two of the Ro man C'atholic churches, shared tlie same fate; nor was it |x;ssible to save any of the socied ut*nsils. The palace of the Aus trian Ainbaisailor was saved, as it seems, bv the exertions of the cn'ws of some Aus trian vessels; also the Russian Chancery, w hich IS close to it; the churches of 1'er- ra Santa, uiid some adjoining houses. 'I'he nunil>er ot Uiildiiigs of stone and wood that arc burnt is over -l.tHJO. All Pi'ra is a heap of aslies and crum bling walls, not above U» houses remaining entire. 'I'he damage, in conscqueiKC of the destruction of tiio palaces of the Amba^isa- dors, and other stone buildings, was im- mcns‘; at tlie begmning of the fire a vast qu.mtiiy of pro]K;rty was rwiiovrd to them, as being deeni'-d wte from all dun^rr. “ It is a most alHiv ting sight,” says the acccunt, •‘to si-e the thousands cf p»^ople without shelter, without clothing, or the means of subsistence, who crowded the Rtn-ets of I’o- ni. Subsequently they dis]Krs'd in the neighlxjring p!ac( s, anl great nunils. rs havr fi)und a refuge in the capital, as the Sultan, by a sp-cial orlinaiice, has allowed the Turks to kt their houses to christiaiis. 'I'he Sultan has expressed great dissitislaction at the little assistance afi'orded by the Turkish .irrangemeiits for extinguishing the fire, and has tfstified to the Foreign Ambas'mdors his regret at their loss. He has given large sums to Ije distributel among the sufferers, und, as ii'uul, expres.sed his sorrow to the Ambassadors by a present of flowers, fruits, and ciinfectionary. In additi'>n to the plague, which had pre- vailed for soinft time at Constantinople, the cholera was very ilestmotive. Since the beginning of August U tw* eu 200(1 and UOlR) persons had been attacked by this dis»rder, which, however, seemed to be less malig nant than in other [ilaccs. 'I'he new American Minister, t'ornmo- (!orc Porter, arrived at Coiistiiiitmople on the Hull, with the ratification of' the trea ty of conimen o concluded List yoar bi-- twoeii the Porte and the tinted States. TIIK I'HKslUKNT-^im’ 'Fhe noininaiion of N\ liliam ^V irf, I'.sq. as a candidate for the highest oflice within the gift of our people, by the National Aii- ti-Masonic Convention, apjiears to render the issue of the Prcsi lenlial campaign, [kt- |iliMiig iiikI uncertain. That Mr. \Virt will n-ceive th'* votes of many who would otherwisf^ suppoit Clay, seems to ly> gener ally conc’eded ; and it may also Im: inf'errcd that this divisiort of the anti-lai. kson forces, will render (,'hiy’s electiiHi by fhe people ex ceedingly im[)rolmhle. (‘alhoun will re ceive many vote.s in the South the.so msiy diminish (ien. Jackson’s strength—prevent him fri'in obtaining a majority of the whole number of electoral votes, and throw the final choice in (.'ongress. There are now four candidates for the Presidentship fairly iH-forc the people—viz ; Jackson, C'lay, W irt, and (.'aliioim. 'Fheir popularity is proliably in the order we have named. McLean declined a nomination by the anti-niasonic party, but he may yet b- brought out. It’ so, it is pre>iiined he will diminish the votes of Jackson, Clay, and Wirt, and [STliaps receive a siillicieiit su()- [K)rt to return him to Congress with Jack son and (’lay. In this event, ccnjcclure as | to the result is useless. j 'I’he nomination of Wirt surprised verv many citiw'iis attached to the anti-musonic party, as well as others, as it is a movement i sf) obviously calculated to distract tlie miti- Jackson vote. Wirt, t(H>, is a mason ; (kt- haps iK/t a lodge-going oin-, but Ins v icws in relation to tlic masonic instilutiun, are, \\t; lijiv no ;» iricw'o(! ii, l,v hulfthe rna- sons in the United States, among whom wo may number Henry' Clay. If so, why was not Clay nominated ? This may, however, be only a political matKxuvre, in which light we are somewhat inclined to view it, from a consideration of the fact that it was con templated by the friends of Clay, to rua Wirt for Vice-President, on the ticket with Clay for President. Wirt, if we are cor rectly informed, is a member of the Nation al Republican Convention, which assembles in Baltimore in December next. This con vention will, it is presumed, nominate Clay for President, although we are not aware that the members composing it are under any s()ccial obligation to do so. Should they deem it prudent to concentrate the an ti-Jackson forces, they may oominale Wirt, and leave Clay out of the question entirely ; or, they may nominate Wirt for Vice, and induce this gt^ntleman to decline hi? nomi nation for President, by the anti-inasons— or, in the hojie of allaying the |M>litical fe ver, they may nominate Judge McLean. While on this subject, it may be well ta state, that we hear many talking confidently of the resignation of (ien. Jackson. They say his declining health forbids the hope ^ his being able to preside over the destinies of the nation for another term—that lie was induced to consent to be a candidate for a re-election at the earno*^ solicitations of his t’riends, and that he will willingly decline a liallot, when those friends are w illing to let him retire. Judge Mcl^an w ill then, it is said, be nominat^ by tlie Jackson party, and his popularity being great, it is thought he will be chosen by the electoral colleges. It is also confidently believeil by ntany that were Jud^- .^IcLean elected President, the violence ofpirty spirit, which has been increasing since the inaugurakion of John (Juincy Adams, would sulwide—the nipturo in the south be h» alei up by the coocilia- ting diMiHjaition of the President; and mu- tiiul contiilencc between the head ofl'icer and the people fully restored. These dcsidera- luind, it wouM seem, can never be obtaiwd w hile a President ischoeen on fjtirty^ovndt, i’or the friends of the unsuccessful antago* nist candidates, will keep the country in a I’erment by opposing all his acts, and by nre- puring for the next term of election. It is argued, however, that as Judge McLeiui has never been a party mun ; as ho (NNAeiis- es eminent talents, cornet principles, a well stored mind, gamed by yifursof asstduouit application to his dunes, and a practical knowledge of every branch of our govern ment, he w(.tuld satisfy the w isht-s of all hon est and virtuous citizens, and pn-vent a re currence of those s:encs of p ilitical strife, which have a tendemy at once deimtrahz- ing to the |>eople, and injurious to the pros perity of our country. Wfc have thus iiastily collcf-lul the flont. 1 ing s|)CCulatioiw of the day on the Presiden tial question, which is now the theme of general conversation. M e have endeavor- r?d to sjitak witfiout partulity, and without .ittempting to bias the opinions of our rea ders; l>eing C'>nlent to present a fair view of the pilitical field, leaving each one to make such dcducticris as may seem to him jjst qikI pro(ier.—Sat. A’p. Post. Finn Mf Milton Sprrtator of the id mst. mi: RATrLt:8.\AKi’. ()n the 9th day of July last, Mr. John H. Bobfiet, of RoxlM^rough, caught a Rattle, snake {crotalux hornilus) which he dejsisi- ted m a large airy rage prc|»ared for thu sjiecml nTcption of his new prisoner; iii which he lived thirty-one day s without ta king a particle of any kind «i'f noiirishn.oiit whatever. On the thirty-second and thir- ty-third days, he eat a mouse each day, which apparently satisfied his d''iiianls for fiMid during an entire week, at the expira tion of which he consumed u fl\ ing squirn l. During the two succeeding we»:ks he eat a mouse each week, up to the time of niy wri ting, which is little more than another week, he has eateu a sixth mouse; making the small amount of six mice and a flying squir rel in thre! months conMirned for I'ood.— Since his confinement he has never b en known to drink water out of any vessel, nor even ofl'the floor of his c.'igo, but during u raui, to which his cage was cxfiow.d, Mr. B. saw him tv^ist his head through the sInLs of his cage and with ex|)anded jaws recA'ivi; the drojis of rain as they fell, ai.d hence l(Nirned the projK-r hkhIo of snpplring him with water. Now, if water l>e |M,un‘d on the slats of the cage and suflercd to drop off he diiiiks eagerly at almost any time. .Mr. B. says, alnHit the 2ith August lie man ifested symptoms of bimdii) ss which in creased for the spare of two weeks, at which iiine total hiindness seemed to ensue. Mr. B. saw 111 this snake th«> n'al caase of blind ness (whirh hus too often been nttribufed to a superabundance or a vitiated state of the poiMjnons matter.) He says alifiut the time above mentioned, the old »kin (or shed as it is usually calieil) commenced passing off, whieh In reused the blindnt-Ms iw the eye- holes recederl, anl solid skin came direcMy over tiie ej i;s ; of the fact, the animal seem ed entiiely conscious, fiir, he was frequent ly seen trying to mb it off against the sides of the cat"'. 'I’his fact satisfiictorily ac counts for the same phenomena in many o- ther reptiles ol the country. During this long ah.stineiM e from HmmI and drink the an- iiiial app' aicd to enjoy good health. He has i:othin; to do w ith frogs unless tcxj much aiiiioved lt\ them, and then they nre dis patched Ity a bile. Il«' ,, i disiKu-t- fion *'> ,
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