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.4 " - ' :, ; . : . .. . :-,.'t 'V f . : - -- . .-- . . "v" ,. ' .-. . . 1 .. I . ' .)..;' ( 1 1-7 - - H.. ..x - Z' '.. ' r-.: ijL :"" -.--,' '- - " ;'- . - . . . ; -; ....... "" - - ' ' ' ( . ' ' ,-' 4 ' ' , -jj-' " .'. ' '. ' IlElIlEIffl-STIirall NORTH MIL! LftOKLP - - .v... urc'i i-.riU.k.CiTl: . . THOS. S, LBMAV, Ebitob a PoriEToi. '.tOITI CAKOLIICll fOWIlrrL IS MOKAL. IXTtLLtCTrl AS rTIICAL BXtOUft TBI liJB OF ! A Til IOII OF SCI AtF III IO ' THREE bOtLAJtS AAR 1 ArAci. TOU 30. BALEIGII, If. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9. ISIS, AGRICULTtllAL. - ELECTRICITY & AGRICULTURE. " Much has been reeemly wirul wrmen upon the remarkable influence of the dec tiicul fluid when brought to beir upon growing regeubles but we have no wheie teen the process so simply elucidated, and iu renults so encouragingly realized," as in the experiment of which we subjoin the 7mm'7''' '. - The report whence thestfTacisWfiterf was made to the Polytechnic and Geologi cal Society of the Vet Riding of York shire. It will be remarked that this prin ciple is upon the free electricity of the at rftosphere a powc r all may use and not 'fti4. uns experiments, niaile among us, through the iuiervemion of the, galvanic bftttery. Dr. Forster, of Findrassic House, near Elgin, having made an experiment on a field of barley, the result was thus leporied tftthe society: Dr. Forter hd thrashed, weighed and measured his electro cultured chevalier barley, rnd the prod act was the enormous quantity of 101 bushels, or thirteen quar ters prr acre! The tail corn was now measured, and each bushel weighed 541 lbs. The weight of the straw was 9.500 lbs. per aire. The cost of the teffctric appaiatusis ll per acre, which will last for twenty years. - The following, it lJu plan of a plot for 6 r - quarter vjim ftETc.- 83 )r!. Strorg wood hookeU itake, UtWT. wire at 4d. per lb. 61b. ofirtMi for buried t 0 4lb. of diiw d-pw lv Mtpefldcd lr, 0 S pole of li J w,oU at J. eich( I 0 Labor kt., 10 5 0 At the are Inereaiei the eot dininiibet rpKlljr. Cnnveniert anil deainible area! ira for S urct, 137 bv Ti jrard 1 1 ol a Mr. 73 bj US ju 1 cr. SO by it I 4 of do 55 bjr S3 j ot mi wrc, 13 br I i of do 96 bjr 6 The mode in which the plot la laid nut is as follows: With a mariner's compass of measured lengths of common string lay out the places for the wooden pins, to which (he burled wire is attached, by pass ing through a small staple. Care must be taken t lay the length of the wire due north and south by campass, and the breadth due east and west. , 'J hit wire must be placed from MM to Arte Inehe deep in the soil. i ,: .r.i.. u...:..i i J no linrB iiio uwwu fviio io . uru. CUHI- pletcd. The umpcaded wire must be at tached and in contact with the buried wires at both of its ends. A wooden pin with a staple must therefore be driven in at A, an J the two poles ((We 14 and the other IS feet) being placed by the compttsS due north and outn, the wire is placed over them arid lastf ned to tho wooden slake, but touching 4ikew - at -this point . the buried wire. The suspended wire must not be drawn tw'd tight, Otherwise the Tind will break itj "Ttie Rev. W. Thorpe remarked that the application of the electricity ofihe atmos phere upon a large cale for the purpose of agriculture is a discovery which ll success ful, fand there is every theoretical reason that 11 should be so) will exercise a most important influence opon Its interests. Dr pA.fB . ak.fclula&naf mikTA flliara lniA 1 times the average amount of both barley and straw, ( to ft quarter bein the" avenge,' while he has 13 qnurter and - about 3000 lb, or surawi while he has 0,300 lbs. The condition of the air In tegaid to electricity has ei idently a most striking influence" on the rapidity of the giowth of plants, most of which increase in the most extraordinary manner du inp thaudetv weather. Nitric acid, i .riost important element iu the food of plants, is formed in the atmosphere du- , ri i thunder storms: and at these nerioda free electricity in considerable quantity curl , be drawn from the air by flying kites with wire su-iuj. i nere is also a general elee- inccurrrni nvrr.ini cann a anriaiut tmm eaat to west, and both the terrestrial and aerial currents are here collected by the ao.ti acted dv awe moist earUt and the roa s.: whic'h when wet become conductor' of lectrK-riy. litt appi cation or electricity A. I t Kf - g l rr Buried -Wir.-- s-- B. Jt I - : 1 ' U leet O pole.. K" : - - -w. e. : 4 2 I: i I- i 5 o s - s : - - : 1: : h 15 fact A pole. 'S, c ' - i - - e -S Buried I Win. -S r- - a 68 ( to field cultnre is quite in its infancy, and probably many . improvements will be dis covered; whether one oi more suspended wires should be added, or galvanic troughs placed in the field to supply additional elec tric fluid, are yet subjects to be determined. It is unnecessary to add that the electric fluid sets as a stimulant, and therefore the usual quantity of manures must be applied. These certainly are mrm rxtraordinary results, obtained at the merest trifles of la ; bor and money a quarter of an acie may be prepared, it will be seen, for little more than one dollar! and as the expense, dimin ishes ;wh1i the increase of the area for 9 dollars probably tivd acres could" Tie prepaK ed. Thn experiment was to be repeated ex tensively in England; and as we are rather good in this country on thunder storms, and have a summer atmosphere habitually well, charged with electricity, we hpe make a- trial of this new ai?em-cuice it can be done at to little cost, with so little trouble, and with such large returns. At this very moment, on fields of Indian Corn or of potatoes, the experiment might be readily tried- We shall certainly our svtves attempt it on a small aeahv- . -,. A. .1. Courier. CURE FOR COLD & HOARSENESS. Boil a midt'le S'zcd turnip, lay it oh a n ..Ll. common saucer, anu pour on ii o laojc spoonfullsof common molasses, then press out the juice ana take i'. It is an effectual remedy for hoarsne3 or sore throat of a common cold. LEEKS AGAINST FLIES. A correspondent of the Boston Time gives the annexed receipt ior preventing (lies from "making tracks on furniture: "Let the bunch of leaks soak four, five or s!x days in a pail foil of water, and wash your picture or any other piece, of furniture witn Itr Off nies "Will" never - come near any thing so tvashed. . An OrrioK or Honor, not or Profit. In a recent debate in the Leginlature of Illinois on the propriety oi reducing the salaries of certain officers, Mr. Henderson, said that "the Cii cuit Judges were so poor ly paid they were compelled when on tlu circuit to swap horses and gamble in order to support their families." MANUFACTURES AT THE SOUT It There is Jid mistaking the .tendency of public opinion on tnis important lopie. Tho success which has attended the ef forts of those who have ventured their capital and . labor "in manufactures at the South, has at last op ned the eyes of tho Comm unity, and bot-for the- difficulty ot rather impossibility of changing the res ted capital of the country, we should see a, rush into this new field of labor which would astotiish the wdrld. As it is, there is no doubt but a great share of capital and labor will be thrown into manufactures at the South. Every paper we receive from the cotton growing region seems alive to the importance of this subject and many containing notices oi the me oi neiv estab lishment in various branches nf this almost untried field. The expei imetit is about to be fairly tried, and we feel no fear thut a countiy capable of raising cotton at four cents per pound; can lau in competition with the industry Oi any part or the world. From Virginia to Mississippi the invest ment in manufactures are in rapid pro gress. Large amounts aro going into the production of iron and it? manufacture irtto the useful articles it supplies. The man u fact u re of wool and cotton is now claim ing; the first attention, and has already made a progress little suspected by most 'persons. The amount.of cotton spun aud wove in manufactures soutn oi tne roto-1 mac cannot fall short of fifty thousand ! bales. : 1 his is more than ten per cent, off tne amount m&nulacUred in the united Slates. This proportion will be greater at the south from year to year, ana we look to a day now near at hand when the man ufactures of these States will be consider ed pf. importance to the commerce of the world. The" position of 'our Sutte.in this change of the industrial pursuit of the South, is a matter of pleasing regard to u; I he city of Athens has the honor and the profit of having led off in this department of labor. Like a northern manufacturing tuwn she has her railroad and bet factories in full operation and like them her condition is flourishing, amidst the decline and dilap idation of other places. Her position is a little remote from the cotton region, but the want of a sufficient water poer is her great hindrance and puts a limit to her operations.. The scattering establisments in other parts of the State ate foiirided on the selfish plana too common . in this. re gion. They are placed on streams too small to allow of a great business, and will therefore languish, as all solitary at terrlpts at works decidedly social in their nature must do. No mistake is more fai tal than that which locates a manufactory alone. . . t . ' .-. " 4 It may for a time flourish, but can never us'ain the competition which great com muniiies or manufactories will bring forth! Onr principal livers yield the best sites tot these enterprises, at their principal 'shoals. The Chattahoochee, at Colum- labor or e x Dense. . it is coram? rapidlv jiuto use, and that city is destined to have j a name in the great business ol tnanorac turing. We think her location, however, less favorable than the cities having an easier communication with the Atlantic. - The city of Augusta is making an impor tant move on tins subject. . Her noble riv er does not, like the Chattahoochee, tum ble over a ledge of granite on her com mons; but ber wealthy citizens, her banks, ('given the monopoly by our Legislature:) and heir Corporate authorities have invoked the aid of science to remedy the defect. This can, and we have no doubt will be effected, and theeity of Augusta will find j herself supplied with a water power un surpassed. snTOrjgiFnnertrorw beginnings to per ceire the dawn of a tetter day He riv er, like the Savannah, lets itself down over its shoals by gradual descents, but they are easily overcome by science, and a water power equal to any dthei may be commanded. Several of our wealthy cit makinir a aiove rn cm on this subject v e irus meir plans will be made to concentrate a great water power. This is the hinge of sue cess. It Ukes a community to make a manufacturing town. No company nor individual has wealth enough to effect it. Irijvvellwas.begnftby .a,"compa.nyJbnt,feasv hot" risen 16 its preaent gteatttess except by the aid of many indepeudant compan ies. So it will be here; A free scope to private enterprise must be given," or thfa source of industry and profit will be trans fered to other places. Georgia Journal. CLAIMS OF TEMPERANCE ON MORAL MEN. There are few men in the community who do not desire or claim to be placed in the class of moral men. And yet how small a proportion give their aid or their influence to the causes that are peculiarly moral in their organization or effects, The cause of Temperance Is in every res .pect jaynaoriil one, and one that aims t; the morales welfaYthT" men. It is based upon the purest princi ples of morality, ana looks to men of mor al tenaeney tor mrluonea and support; : 1 he truly moral man desires that bis Tel low men should be elevated , in the scale of humanity, and that the lives of men shall be such that a rfghte6usjudgmehf shall pronounce them good. If intemper ance flourishes, and all its concomitant e vils, the cause of immorality as0 flourish es, and men forsake those paths that lead to goodness and virtue. Immorality leads to bad government and disorder, to the breaking forth of violent passions, and all the evils that naturally flow from vio lence and crime. Can any man profess td be a moral man, and a lover of his fel law- loan, ani.L .tefuso.to give bis assent to I these great truths. . We claim from eVery man ot this class his earnest and well dir ected assistance, or else that he relinq u ish his title to a place among the well wishers of the community. Temperance is exerted in favOr of good ness, and he that will not aid it, is either opposed to, or indifferent to, the well-bc-Ing of mnkiad, y t.Tfee rofesjor.. of . reljg . ion, and particularly the preacher of the gospel, has no right to a place among mor al and Christian men, so long as he oppo ses that which is altogether in fuvor of morality and goodness and favors, by influence and. example, that which is "dir ectly and altogether in favor ol immoral ity and vice and opposed to all that b good in man, to all righteousness and the la of God. Crystal Ibunt. A MOTHER'S EXAMPLE. From the sermon lately preached in sa lemon the decease of the latp Leverrtt Sal tonstall, by the Rev. Dr. Flint, we make the following extract, pruvinz the influence or a good woman upon manly character: Mr. Saltonstail was a devout and vracti- cal christian. Ihe religious sentiment was trong in hint mfoiigh life, eirly developed and fostered as it was by. a religious moth er's faithful instruction arid winning exam ple; of gentleness arid piety. Like young Timothy, early and long a cherished son and fellow laborer of Paulin the gospel, he was indebted to a mother and grandmother, both - nnfeignedly- - believing .and .devout wilTiaviailo. iu, in cariics. iqimi ciim iw iiiv depth and warmth of devotional feeling. which pervaded his character and kept his heart pure, his conscience undefined and His rhdrals unspotted from his childhood to his latest breath. He has told me that his mother often rvferred to her mother, who was a daughter of the Rev, Richard Brdwn, fifth minister or Sonth Reading, as the mod el she aimed to follow in her household management snd training of her children, The religion of Mr: Saltonstall made him tile virtuous and uselul cuizen, the excel; lent and happy man, the exemplary and idolized husband and patent, thai he war; his rare social qualities made him the com panion most loved and cherished by his classmates when and whereever he. met with them, whose presence, was ever hailed by them, as the signal ai Jivirig over again the hours and renewing the by gone joys of our youthful, companionship and. exemp tion from the cares oflater life Those pleas ant meetings crowded with pleasant memo ries come thronging to my mind, as I retrace the long truck of years which I have trav elled with him, who has begun, alas! before me, "the travel of eternity.' Ixan add no more. May the reflection that we are all on the same road, and not far behind, soften our regrets for the departed, and incite us to more earnest diligence and fidelity in following the steps of those who, through faith and patient continuance in well do ing, are gone to inherit the Christian promises. THE INEBRIATE. A SKETCH. , He stood leaning upon a broken gate in front of his miserable dwelling. His tattered hat wa in his hand, and ilie cool breeze lifted the matted locks which cover ed his once noble brow. His Countenance was bloated and disfigured; but in his eye there was an unwonted iook a mingled expression of sadness and regret. Per bp he- wa-4itewnB,taihe.-iovyinielaa-i cboly voice of his patient wife, as she soothed the sick babe on her bosom; or perchance he was gazing upon the sweet face of his eldest daughter, as at the open window she plied her needle to obtain for ber .mother aiid the poor children a scanty sustenance., .,Pp.,.Mary.jfo;)ierMlf.he cared not: young as she was h,etpw was already crushed by poverty, unkind ness and neglect. As the inebriate thus stood, his eyes wandered over the misera ble habitation before him. The windows were bioken, and the doors hingeless; saxce a . yejtjge' of comfort remained; yet memory bore film lack t youth, when it was the abode of peace and happiness. lit fancy he saw again the' old armed chair where sat his father, with the Bible upon his knee; and he seemed to hear again the sweet notes of his mother, as she laid her hand upon the head of hrr darling boy, and prayed that God would bless and preserve him from e vil. Long years had passed away, yet tears came into the eyes of the drunkard at the recollection of his mother's love. "Poor mother.'" he muttered, "it is well that thou ait sleeping in the grave; it would break thy heart to know that thy son is a wretched and degraded being a miserable out cast from society i'' : -He 'rume$y' an adjoining forest was a dell where the beams ofthe sun scarcely ever penctrat d. TalL tress gre W . on, either side, . whose branches, meeting above, formed a cano py of leaves, where the birds built their ucsts, and poured Ton h happy songs. Thither the drunkard bunt Lis steps. , It had been his favorite haunt in the days of his childhood, and m he threw himself upon the soft green sward, the . recollec tions of past semes- came crowding over his mind. He covered his face with his hands, and the prayer of the prodigal burst from his lips "O God! receive a returning wanderer!'' Suddenly a soft arm was thrown around his neck, and a sweet voice murmured, he writ forgive yo", father." Starting to his feet, the ihehrTaW aw staading fare- htm-hf youngest daughter, a child of six years. Why are you here, Anne!" he said, ashamed that tne innocent girl should have witnessed his grief. , "I came to gather the lilies which grow upon the banks, she replied; "see, I have got my basket full, and now I am going to sell them." ' "And what Afrawith'fleirione)1! atked the father as he turned his eyes to the basket, where among their broad green leaves the sweet lilies of the valley were peeping forth. 'i he child hesitated: she thought she had said too much; perhaps her father would demand the money, and spend it in the way in which all his earnings went. "You are afraid to tell me, Anne." said her father kindly. ''Well ldo not blame you; I have no right to my children's con fidence." The gentleness of his Hrie touched the heart of the affectionate child. She threw her arras around his neck, exclaiming, "Yes, father, I Will tell you. Mother boys medicines for poor little Willie We have no other wat to get it. Mother and Mary work alLths timt they can. get to buy bread." A pang shot through the inebriate's heart. "1 have robbed them of the com. forts of life," he exclaimed "from this moment the liquid fire passes my lips no more." Anne stood gazing at him in astonish ment, she could scarcely comprehend her father's words 'but sheSsw that some Change had taken place. She threw back her golden ringlets, and raised her large blue eyes, witn an earnest look, to bis face. - - - - "Will you never drink inv more rumt" she whispered timidly. "never I Anne," her father replied solemnly. Joy danced Iti her eyes.- "Then we will all -be so" happy, Bhecriedr"'and mother won't weep any more; oh, fdthef what a happy home ours will be1" 'Years passed away. The words of little ' Anne, the drunkard's daughter, had proved true. The hom ; of ihe reformed man was in deed a happy one Plenty crowned his" boardana health and joy beamed frdm the face of his wife and children where once squalid misery alone could be traced. The" Pledge had raised him from his deg radation, and restored him once more to peace and happiness. . . : Norwich Spettator. ' 3:.i:-'-'"., ', .-.-I. ' i The Union ys that' the French Min ister displayed Tarsdsy the French flag hatf-stSff high, opposite to his hoase at Georgetown, a spark of respect to the memory of Or n. Akiwew Jacksox. . The gentleman who a year or so ago J furnished us with an interning sketch f. Revolutionary occutrenr.es on tho Lure Fear, ha sent us the following article, re ferring to the snmo historic period. He could wish (hat others of the Cape Fear region, whos? memories are letentive of facts relating to the great Revolutionary struggle either from personal knowledge or. tradition, would imitate the patriotic zeal of our respected correspondent, "and trive to the public, and to the future histo rian ofthe State, the benefit of their infor mation, lie too we hope will favor Us with further communications. ... tfV Citron. REVOLUTIONARY REMINISCEN CES. " In the summer of 1811, I met with Col. Dodd, of Sampson County, at Elizabeth-, town ; livinir then near the village, ne- ac cepted an invitation to spend the aAemnon of the finest form .nm seventy walked and talket with great energy and spirit, and whilst speaking of Revolutionary scenes, was not only animatea but peculiarly interes ting His residence at the lime Lord CoTnwallis - 'passed hrough iDupi'tOi rjn his way to Virginia was near. the .old Court House, where he encamped, and hai led to refresh his troops. The most of the inhabitants as he appproached, retired for safety. Dodd, and a few others remained, determined to annoy his Lordship as much as possible. His smokehouse was broken open and plundered, stock killed, and a fine blooded colt uisnsriren and ruined by cntting each side or tne jaws Iron the mouth up to the ears; and cavalry detach ed, with orders to take Dodd. Whilst re. connoiteririr, thev espied him snd a Mr Thompson oh the'Ciws Creek road, and in stantly pursued t lull apeed. .... J hey were both well mounted, and felt but little np- ered the superior bottom ol the uriluh horse, and told Ihompson they must quit the road; it had been causewayed. Donn's horse yielding to the .spurs, leaped the ditch; but Thompson's refused. They divided, pait in pursuit of Dodd,. wim re renewed eagerness,, and the residue, of Thompson. The former was uncommon ly vigorous and active; as he approached a pond of thick undergrowth.he leaped from his saddle and rushed into it, sinking sa much under water as possible. .They rode through it again and again, crying nut, we, will have '.the d t rebel, kill him, kill him ;" several times approaching so so near, he thought they would ride over him, yet ho escaped. Thompson was overtaken and instantly killed. Two determlBctt .W higa.wejrenol to be found in that section of . the coun- try. It has been by some persons snggested that the encampment of Lord Cornwallis was at the old tJourt House, where Ihe widow and children ofthe gallant bnl tin fortunate James Love resided : who nbl long before had been massacred at Rouse's nouse.near- wnmington, witn ' many others, by a detachment from the command of Major Craig who was in possession of the town. Love was a companionable man, both gay and facetious, anil had - his followers, either in sporta or adventures, who with a number of select eompanions. after nightfall, repaired to Rouse's house, on the XMewbernroad, to drink cider and play whist. They had not been long there betore the house was surrounded by British Infantry, snd the wotk l tleath commenced. Love had taken his saddle into the house and laid his sword noun it. lie seized both holding the sttddle before bun, he cut bis way out of tho house ma king for a mulberry tree, in the yard; near its trunk he lell. hia body run through with baTonetsr.--IU was anian,.if.tjnaunted spirit snd great bodily strengihr and whilst his life's blood was ebbuig, dcaltsuch blows around, that the ground where he fell, was stained both with his own snd British blood. He did all that man 'tdare ' do,' or could do, in such an extremity j and none but tne patriot snd sold cr, would have sold his life so dear. One escaped; another -concealed himse f . iu , the .garret,, wss ferreted out and promised life if be would disclose the position and plans of the Whigs. , He did so, and was then - in slautly put to death. His name, I think was Wilson, a native of Duplin, respecta ble, of good family and quite a youth. The command of Col. blood worth wat neat at hand, and heard the Volley of musketry, discharged at the ono who escaped I afier that, the bayonet was resorted to as a more certain and fit instrument of death. -Tbey are soon on the ground,'! bin the, British were gone: What a scene presented itself! T here lay the body of Love, alone, in the yard near the Mulberry treej i The floor of the house covered with dead, its inmates Kie; unmaysd, and conlonmled, James ve was i . man highly ei teemed... pnd stood most respectably connected. . Thoneh brave and patriotic, Jie wss rash, and wan ted that forecast necessary . to anticipate and ward off danger. The ' .'fa'Jier of. the writer of this hssty. sketchy was solicited by Love to sccompsny him.t lie told him, it wss too nesr a military post and, dissua ded hint from going they were neighbors, friends Snd fellow-soldiers, ; and from him wss received the account ofthe tradgedy at Rouse's house. lit fell in the prime of life, in the service of his country but his death ..I j -..-., . , . ., wiu a wie, unwelcome iiiueed w tne mv hinns of power. You can killtyoo can destroy but conquer such pinu,you can not. It was near about tl is time that Colonel Thomas Leonard, -of Brunswick, ' was ta ken pifoner by the Tories and tortured with Thumb-screws he niado -his escape with them on, (his liands powerless, at an rl hour of lha hie lit. but was not able to reach a friend to take them oT until late lu -the; ensuing day. ,'i'he : interval was i n peri od of the severest trial'and peril.in the midst ofToriea and ihey in hotpursuit in pain soexcrucUiing.that theexcitcrirentialone en abled him to eudure iy Wilmington i an4 its vicinity was the theatre, iu rapid succes sumVofoSjcrinliontijnu tortHi. The pursuit, the . concealment of "TJ'oddjri the pond, and killing the of Thomnsoh, t had from the Colonel himself, and wher) a bov 1 heard the late Col. T. . Leonard of Brunswick tell my father of the capture of his father by the Tories, of his the torture of the Thumb-screws. is likelv a more detailed account .can b ' had from persons yet living in JJrunswick County, and ofthe distinguished part henc ted which brought upon him the vengesoct of die Tories. ..-'-..t " W ith very great respect,. ,:t -Bladen County r -i "Eight miles from Wilm ingtoii; : - tHowe and Harnett. . v :;Hr Translated from a German paper ' " NEW INVESTIGATION ABOUT . THE DESTRUCTION OF.POMPElL The investigations as to the mode in which Pompeii was dec troy ed, are by no means to be considered finished.. In tm year 1839' Count Rkciardi do Carnal dolt, as president of he Academy deele Scienze -sent to Mr. d' A reel in Paris, fragmeou o Pompeii human bones for a elose chenuca exmioauon, which showed that the bones. like'manytfcer'-sub never been exposed to a temperature par ticularly heated, He, therelois, Iron, wis fact, agrees Willi Mr. Dnlrenoy in the con clusion that Pompeir had by n msans, - been destroyed by fire, or a flodJ of glow inir ashes hom-Venuvius, but thatit met wftf destruetion-fVora aninundalion by mud proceeding from a summit of the Som na. The Naples eruditi, C..! Sippi. AL. Fondi, h Pills, and L. Peisgna, were bf this opinion before, which wss alro express ed at a more rfcent time and more at large . , in the "Rendiconto" nf ihe Academies. We also refer to the following passage in Strabo's description of the Vesuvius, (boo. It ,) "AWre these regions jn .mountain f .Vesuvius is . situated, covered, all a- round with beautiful rocks and proofs ofa Torniir flreTn-rts Immhwhmfc aftei---- wsrds was extineuished for watef-om?- ishment ".i. From all this thereforei , with oul'great difficulty,, ihe view may be deriv ed that streams oi hot water breaking lortn from the mountain washed down pstt of the surrounding fertile earth on Pompeii. In this way may be fully accounted foe the infinitely varying; staita of vegetable earth, wUan'slifnSineii':?ef cMmice-stonei . Sic, that are found in difiierent places;. Mr. Polk and ii neW Cfuileetor df the Camoms at Boston, are miking a 'most melancholy demonstration among the de mocracy of the Custom House No less than nineteen of the Jacobin gentry attach ed to that offi.e Were Set adrift en' TnefJ lay last, and si many frtih patriot plit in their placet. We do not know upon wnai principle wir, rm iu mi itraua man do f xecition upon the incumbents, but Itis tiolte tlear from (hs smothered muttering ofthe Boston Post, that the tie; mecrsey madly displeased at llie modut announces ' ths - sfliicting intelligerlce tlTther: follewmg - words lMdehcc( .. -A:lajkdfm.tfjneaatjfijfiet99 op at ' the Custom House steps .'jeWeriiliy-iit majority of them . taken from democrttib . shoulders.", -; 't'&l'J- a It is a shocking sneclacle, no doubt, bat ts the victim sre all democrats' or'.-Ty- lerltes who sre a great deal worse, we hsve -. no special sympathy to expend upon .the f oreaslonr" Mr. Polk must deal with the -' democracv, as it strike! him that' it ' serve. NyrCpurierVr-, LIVE TOAD IN A CHILD'S ; i3Td- nTbslWestfieldirMass.; New Letter gives an account of a little girl, abclf. S years old an only child Of John Brrnion, Of Russell vomiting a living toad. It measured front the month to the end", oi -the body, tk ' inches the body and lower., extremities 5 inches and the circumfer ence of hte body 3 inches. It lived abeoi hours after iu ejection from the stomach ofthe little child. The girl for some time past- hat unwell, and complaining of dis tress in the stomach and has also had vio lent fits of Coughing. The occurrence thus mentioned was on the 20th ulu, since which the. child isl better That' a whopped '' ; ..?'S':- --rr5. "v.'-y ' '' MAGNETIC TELEGRAPIL'; ,Tho Philadelphia, Nrth Ameridsn spea Ing ofthe advantages of the Magnetic, Tel egraph says that not only will goods even tually be purchased by orders the Telegraph but it is positively slledged that a merchant In St. Louis, through tlis same medium, may be able to bid on a great package, or a sale held in an eisteru ei'y,. 4 . . a JtUL. jaw.
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 2, 1845, edition 1
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