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" The Effects of Electricity on the Prof. Olmsted, of Yale College, has published in the New Haven Palladium the following remark on this subject, which are deserving of attention: Is there anu connection oeiween me Elec trical ttate of the Jlmostphere and . Cholera? The papers have recently given wide eir- dilation to several articles, paruy 01 ioreign and pnrtly of domestic origin,- freeing new ami singular conditions of atmostphenc elec tricity, and implying an unusual and myste rious connection Dctween mose cunuiuuns and the cholera. One finds that sealing wax, when subjected to friction on-woollen cloth, mi lontrer affords the usual indications of electrical excitement by attracting Jight bodies another, observing that his electrical machine gives shorter sparks than common, n infers that the ordinary supply of the elec trieal fluid is withdrawn r from the atmost, phere; at one place where cholera prevails, thunder storms appear to have nearly ceas ed, while at another, where it rages more violently, they are frequent and severe. ; Having, from the nature of my pursuits, been somewhat conversant with the phe nomena of electricity, I have been very fre quently interrogated as to my opinion . on these points, and I have thought I might possibly render some little service to those whose curiosity is excited on this subject by offering a few suggestions; orat " least "fruit I mlgfitTwr "the meahr stfll greater benefit should I be so fortunate, by opening the discussions, as to elicit the o- " pinions of men f T science, who are -more cpablcjtanjnyjelij enlighteningjhejmb lic. -On sclow examination ef- the facts, I think it will be found ihat thet atmospheric changes in question, are all such as are known to result from variations ol heat and moisture, and that the apparent connection between electricity and cholera consists in this that certain causes which change the -electrical stale of the atmostahere, lend also to increase aFaimlhtsHlhtiMgMof the cnoiera. IjCI us men inquire, ursi, wn.u causes change the electrical state of the atmostphere, and secondly whether these Tcauses nave anyTetideftcy to aggravate or to allay the violence of the maladay in ques- tion. The relations of the at most phere to elec tricity , are controlled chiefly by theombm- ed agencies of that heat and moisture. It i when air is both hot and damp, that thun der storms usually occur. Every one has observed, that just before a thunderstorm, a cup or'tUmblerof raid water becomes cover-j ed with dew, which is sometimes so copious '""i s 'to run do wri" KiXtream lets'r "Tfiis'shows that theHlew point" iarery high; that theairj is so nearly saturated with watery vapor, as to require cooling only a few degrees in order to condense that vapor into water. If the air, when ill, snch a state, becomes suddenly cooled by the influx of colder air, or by any other means, the condensed vapor descends in rain, attended when the process is sud den, and the quantity of rain is considerable, uiby. -aetipioua evolu tian of ' electricity v; with thunder and lightning. Favorable as such a st:it of the air is to the nroduction of thunderstorms, it is nevertheless peculiarly unfavorable to the action of the electric rai- chine and other kinds of apparatus used for producing electricity artificially. These work well only when the external air is dry, for it is then only that the electricity can be ac cumulated so a to discharge itself in long sparks, or to exhibit with energy, electrical attractions and repulsions. . But the hot and humid air which generates thunderstorms, arid which, at the same time impairs the action of electrical reception, is also remarkable for promoting chemical chancres Jii bodies, especially in animal sub. stances. In such m state of the air, meat becomes rapidly putrescent, bread sours, butter grows rancid, milk coagulates, and sweetmeats ferment and become acid. Such air also is sultry and oppressive to our sen sations. Being already nearly of quite satu rated with moisture, it is peculiarly unfa vorable to the process of insensible perspi ration, and we lose the cooling evaporation from the surface of the body which, when the airj is dry as well as hot, tends exceed ingly to refresh and cxhilerate un, but when tVe air is hot and humid, the mois ture, instead of. going ofllia vapor, collects on the surface of the system" and produces languor and other oppressive sensations. i A. .f niu I.... l,- l " UV. ".'r " " ', . "ric"" humid air of 80; and heme we often, find the temperature of the evening and night more intolerable than that of the day, although the thermometor is ten -er -fifteen degrees lower, the increased , humidity of ' the wore than balancing the dirainshed intensi" ty of the heat. If we duly weigh these familiar facts, we shall readily perceive that the state of: til the bully began to believe he had com tiie tmostpltere which precedes and attends Unenced operations npon the-wrong individ thunder storms, and which impairs the acfuul. ' ? ' '". -fton.of dBrtriral,'aDna.rariir,Jbai.a,.::,ten V aggravate malignant diseases; and if, at 4y place where thepestilence is prevail, ing. there is an unusual absence of thunder nd lightening, we may devoutly regard it s ordered in mercy to repress the march of jfte destroyer. - I hunder atormtua iniletd eometimes appear to-purify the -airn- b this is not owins to any direct agency of the electricity, but to the fact that, in such eases,, the f i'.der wind which, by its minting wiih the hotter air that preceded the storm, generated the' storm itself, prevails after the rain is over. But while thunder showers, preceded- and atten ded as they are by a sultry humid air, have a tendency to aggravate pestilential diseases, a full and copious supply of rain, especially when attended by a reduction of tempera ture, has a tendency to arrest, cr at least to lessen their ravages; for such an atmost phere does net promote but represses those chemical decompositions, which accompa ny a slight shower attended by thunder and lightning. Some regard to this prin ciple may usefully be had in sprinkling the floor or the streets with water in a hot day. When a floor is perfectly clean we may find it promotes our comfort to sprinkle it, since the conversion of water into vapor changes a portion of the sensible into latent heat, and cools the apartment; but if the floor is sotted or dusty; thenTTii a'hol day, the rapid evaporation of the water carries up with it an offensive and noxious effluvi um. A singular contamination of the air results from a slight sprinkling of the streets in hot watherT especially if they areina U thy condition, since water is no sooner ap plied to such substances, than they begin to ferment and generate noxious eftlnviu, while, when perfectly dry, they would have remained inert and harmless. W hen, how ever, either the floorer the street is dremh ,f ,wi k:W in solution, and only pure watery vapor h exhaled, Tu conclude, we may remark, that ever since the grand discovery by Dr. Franklin of .the identity .between clectrieity and-irM-4 ning, and the subsequent development of this mysterious agent in manyof "proces ses of m tu re and art, there has existed a tendency to ascribe to its agency every phe nomenon not otherwise accounted fori and I cannot but regard the' haxty conclusions whtchj for a single, Or at most a few, ex periments or observations, have ascribed the production of the cholera, to variations in the electrical state of the atmostphere as savoring oi ine same spirit anu n exempli fying one of the leading errors against which 'n .EbiJ0?Plby oXXord-Bacon was directed. j . ..... Denison Olsisted Fmmine JfrwYork Spirit oftht Timn . HOW TO OBTAIN SUBSCRIBERS. A Canvassing SUeiclW bv the "youno" vx. In the year '38, we published a semi weekly journal in the city of Detroit, and, at the commencement of our career "out thar," we emplyed-a local travelling agent' one J. I), a fellow of mfiiiitet act in hit bnsirrewTtud ordinaTlyne-f thfr mer nest, happiest, best natured bipcb we ever yet met with. John had a way of obtain ing subscribers, however, paculUrly his own and his.uccess was proverbial. If he undertook to get a man's name and sub scription money, he got it there was no dodging the issue, where he had resolved upon the thing. ' . John was a large, powerful man, stand ing si x feet three in his socks, a ndjhe feared in the performance of his duty; at times when a resort to the "tricks of his tradu" was necessary he was ever "at home," and his mimicry, smiling counte nance, a capital address, always made him scores of friends almost at first sight. But John occasionally encountered a tough cus tomer. "Yon call that a paper?" exclaimed a rough.'big fisted fellow, derisively, one morning in a coffee house where John was canvassing. . 7 '" Well, I So," said Jonn quietly. "O git out!" responded the buliy. "And you must subscribe, too come!" "Not'a you knows on." continued the ntlier sneerinfrlv. It' TiurnlYnr! "What a humbug?" "That paper o'yourn." . "Come, now my fine fellow that won't do," added our agent not a little piqued. He always stood straight up for the paper. "That kind ' talk ain't just the thing, my friend,"continucd John, for there were sev eral persons present. " ' "I say it's a hum,' presisted the fellow; an' your another." ' A i the stranger got off his last remark, he approached the canvasser instantly, and of- J ft; red some unmistakable demonstrations of a belligerent character. j John measured his customer a moment AS lie ftdvltPJk,! onrl Aeavrtna Kak llA mpv " j coolly knocked the insolent Tellow down jThcngrailpinfftheTOwd r i,rtrre throat "Is my paper a ,humbug?V asked John. "Yes cuss your picturl" ; "It is, eh?" continued the agent, bring- uing the fellow a rap on the aide or the immensely, cuffed him Sconce, which astonished him "It is is it?" and again he Rigorously and then again and again, un N n no!" shrieked ' the fellow at last. -''' ' . - '." '." "What kind of a paper is it?" "I diin no- " v " - "Yet you do." said John, raising bis hug? rnawler-rjrer ihe' Pther'i head, in i thre iten'mg attitude, and grinning a ghastly smile "yet yon do." -Wal, le' me op," said the victim. . "ril let yon op- when yon answer me." 'l tell you I dun 'no, "I say you do." responded John, and again he raised that fearful fist and showed his glistening teeth. M Y ye yes!," shouted the sufferer, "What kind of a paper is it, then! Tell me or I'll smash every bone in your ugly skin." "Its a its a K "Quick!" - MN a, no good fuss rate tine.-Now le' me'up!" . "Not till you subscribe, old fellow "I wont!" You won iVL exclaimed John, looking daggers at the prostrate hero, while he gra ted hi 8 teeth like a mad catamount and trashed him violently upon the Door once more. "I will!" "For a year?" asked the agent. " "xN'o." -- " - ' : ""' "What then?" . "Six six months." "That'll be two dollars." said John; "fork over the tiii, there's no tiust in this trade." ; . -jI "IV me up, I say." . iNot till you've paid your subscription." Wal.git'off'erme!" "There," said John who was naturally very .aecommodating-aniLat the same mo ment he turned so that "his subscriber", could get His hand-mto hi pocketi-The'laP ter actualiy drewforth his purse, counted out two dollars in silver, and the agent released him! ' Xohn took liis " address, wrote a receipt, and thwi4e4--Uiew-made-Weiid-. f take a drink. The other, nothing loth, joined him at once, for fear of giving further offence. Then getting up his specimen paper and other fixips, our canvasser turned toward his new subscriber, and with a bland smile 6T good nature remarked '. . "I think' you'll like my paper, friend." '.'Yes ryes ".responded fheodier , ...."It's a . capital paper," 'Yes, addfld the subscriber. "An' you'll recommend it to your friends!" "Yes," "added the victim. "I's .paper.J "ICS " "Rood day, sir." "Yew," continued the Tiatron," abstractly, as the canvasser dcparted;.-"ou! t you ain't one o' the agents we rtad about, then J haint no judge o' beeswaxl" and rub bing the wide of his crown which had been but slightly damaged, aa it happened In the rnereheam agaTnTto interfere with the "power o' the press, ' " ' . '. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND THE MALS, Mr. Collamer, the Postmaser General, seems to be a special object of the vituper ations of a portion of the Southern Loco foco press. All sorts- of bad names are applied to him the vilest abuse is shower ed.wpgn has in the annexed letter, addressed to Gen. Thomas P. Crawford, of Pickens co., Alabama, taken notice of some of the charges made against him. The letter should have the effect of blunting the shafts of calumny so constantly aimed at him, but that it will, iOXceedingly doubtful. - If V. Chron. Washivotosi Citt, July 10th, 1849 Dear Sir: I received yours of the 29th ult., in which you say that in the exciting Congressional canvass in your district in Alabama, f am charged with being a-downright "Abolitionist" and that the Demo cratic candidate rails me a "blackhearted sulphurous AboliiionUu' Ypus eera.. to lesire me to defend myself. Yon, and all men of ordinary discernment, must be sensible that those who use such epithets generally regard the People they address aa ignorant and excitable enough to be influenced more by vituperation and per sonal abuse than either by facts or reason. It is therefore a course which cannot be topped by any thing 1 can either say or do; all that I can say is, that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an Abolitionist, and I have always received the most bitter oppo sition from the Abolition party, in my own State. I have always held -thar nothing should be done by the General Government in relation to the subject of slavery in the several States. I have always discounte nanced and opposed all measures public or private, intended -to interlere withor dis turb the institution as existing with the States, as recognized by the constitution. At the same time it is duo to justice and myself to say, I am an anti-slavery man; that is, I regard slavery as a very great pol itical and moral evil, and think nothing should be done by this government to in crease or extend it. . ; a Y eay-MfcJnga. inform s-ihflL. people that as postmaster Genera) I can send by the inaila ot withhold therefrom any docu ments 1 wish, and since 1 have been Post master General the South has been flooded with Abolition documents. Now, sir, I Iiave had in Congress, some personal acquaintance and intercourse With Mr logfvfnd. JtjCxfremcly jliflicMH for me to believe he could ever be guilty of such gross and palpable mit erpresenta-tiotu- .It certainly could not be neceessary for any one to write to mi for information to meet so obvious a falieliood. The Post master General has no power, discretion or control over the matter to be mailed. It is regulated entirely by law. The laws of Congress establishing and regulating the Post Office Departmenr are iii alt parts ot tne country open and accessible to alt men, 1 hese laws give neither to any Postmas tcr nor to the head of the Department any authority m control - whatever ovet any printed paper or letter which any person may think proper to convey by mail. When such a paper or letter,, properly dl reeled is presented a Postmaster to be mail ed, he has no right or power, nor has the Postmoster General any authority to give him power, to open and examine it, to ascertain jts TOiiients! prtouppresi)r refuse to mail it. No Postmaster General ever attempted the exercise of any such pawfer, and precisely the same instruc tions, regulations, rights, powers and duties exist now in the .Department and offices which have existed for many years before my -accession, to office, -and no other. 11 jhiajs. known-or-an be known to any man who desires to know the truth. How gross and unjustifiable then must be the representations of any man who attempts to make the people believe that I am, or this administrati n, or even the President, is in any degree answerable for the sentiments contained, 10he,.vPj(n; iea ana wriuen papers wnicn an men nave the power tosend in the ilrnd which no one has the power to prevent. J am. Sir your humble serv't JACOB COLLAMER - ci0!Cl VITAL STATISTICS. A late work of Dr. Bennef Dowlci of New Orleans, shows that of all countries in the world the United States 'advance most ryydj j inPpuIatiQn,and that immigration, extensive as it is, forms but a comparative ly small item in the increase. "He then compares the Southern portion of our Con tinenfr wi th theNorthernr points-trot an pcriority of the former, exhibits Its advan tages of climate, fertility f soil and general aalubriousnessrand then contrasts thfrpro gress of the two sections in population. In the magnificent country of M cxico.The tilf man race seems stationary, while in many parts of Soutb America, where bonniiful nature has apparendy been profuse in i Ber choicest gifts it is absolutely declining. It is impossible, in an article like this, to cite a tithe otlhe facts presented by Dr. Dowler to exemplify these statements- He furnish es statistics of population and .proirresa in rm, uuiiiia, vyiiiu, i srafnia y, cue- auela, Guayana, Brazil, the Spanish and West Indies, and shows that 'in three cen turies, the entire Caucassion race in both Ameiicas, South of the U. States, has not equalled numerically that portion of the Unionlving west of the Allegany Mountains, settled by the present generation amid the conflicts of prolonged savage wars wiih the bravest and most sanguinary nations known inUtory",.,-.-: Dr. Dowler also examines with great care the statistics of population on thoEuropean continent But one of the most singular and striking facts is that stated by Dr. Dow ler with regard to the negro population. He says, "The importations into the Brit- West Indies of the black race, previous to the year 1788, amounted to 2,130,000. The whole importation of the ram in the United States, from first to last, was, accor ding to Mr. Gallatin, only 300.000. In 1823, under a monarchical rule, the entire alare population the" Ornish "West Lidies was 027,777. More than a .million and a half had disappenred! At the same period in the United States, jundur : . .aL.repuUUcan rule, the 300,000 had augmented to nearly three millions. This result is one of the most extraordinary in the natural history of man , - But even these statif tics do not seem so extraordinary as the theory which the au thor endeavours to establish that vital pro gression, though greatly affected by the a- bundance or absence of physical comforts. is markedly controlled by the element of I ivil Polity. lie does not assume to trace! "jlie modes and essentials of causes and ef fects, when applied to his particular theory,' but simply gives the facts in their invariable relations to certain forms of government, and leaves to the judgment -of the-reader to determine whether unbroken coincidence should not be regarded as equivalent to cau sation. A large number of collateral argu ments indirectly fortifying the views inken by the au'hor, are submitted in this inter esting and able publication." 1 his therory has certainly the merit of originality, but it would undoubtedly re quire a very powerful array of fict to make one subscribe to the writer's conclusions. The author is said to be "a man of vigorous understanding as well as a fresh and attrac tive writer. . . ;,-... rij-Tha Muskeet Grass of Texas it nhnul to be introduced in Alabama. It will , not grow on iandy land, bt on stiff land, where from the trampia; of cnitle ui jrdinery prinrie grass gets kiUwI oiit7: the tniiskee( i almost fayi' riauly appear. It crows in great a- hn n da nee in the western portion of TexrWjnnri what w most singular about it, it is alwap much finer for stock in tho Winter time then any other. 'The tmmrnjf! herds of btifflo, wild' horse and cattle, deer and antelopes in the North-western part of Texas, keep constantly fat upon if. -4 iVHATKOSSUf ifflliNKS OP FRANCE. ; Twf, HcxojtRUN Leapkus. The follow ing portion of a letter from Hungaiy, dated Pesth, July 1, will be read with interest. ,"I send ypo the present by the wife of a trader of Vienna, who is about to join her husbsnd, ana whorthinka loherJprman origin, may perhaps with" impunity pass the hedge of bayonets that seperates us from Europe, I take this opportunity of warn ing you not to belicy the accounts which may reach yon from the seat of war in IIuiv gary You know that-for a moment -our country is an oasis of liberty, bathed by s desert of oppression, and that the nature of events in our land i at the mercy of our enemies, So, every time you liear of vio torios gained either by the- Austrtanatrr the Russians, examine the story twice, and re collect that a retreat is not always a defeat, and that even if we evacuate Peath, a town oflitde use to us in an administrative or strategetie point of view, the Hungarian cause is not lost. ' ; JtWjf, M JflOgcxci in our supreme stfiiggre wiili despotism W hen the French; Republic -is spoken of to Kossuth, he says, with a smile of pity. Iet us leave old men to die in praeo, and ask not from dotage what we ean only expect SnTimeTtnTlsTXW-1 ishing msn displays an energy of which I tan fcarcely give fm Hn IdeST Despite his precarious state of health, he does prod igies of activity. Seated on. a country car, with his wife and idiild at his side, he cross es the -eenntrr, calling the people to- arm., and Commuhicaiihg to the whole nation that burning ardour which beams round his im mortal faeev -Sometimes he arrives in. the canTfrtnfilrwrrin inoonvenience of every popular war, want of provisions and ammunition drag discourage; ment In their train. I hen he rises off his car and speaks, and at the departure of the diclator. tlie , soldiers have forgotton their misery and fatigue: they are full of enthu siasm, and ready to fight and conquer, were ii amy 10 givo repuso w lou svusbuiu idu his family. -., " :' " 7" : "He is admirably seconded by his lieu tenants. Gronrey, wounded slichtly in the arm during the last battle, proves that re vo. Iu.Uanai4onlj;beacflmpli8hedUy.youri and new men. Knowledge and experience ever give way before youth, and in every national movement the errors of ardour are better than those' of calculation. Dm binski, whose force is scattered along the frontiers of Galicia, is trying to draw Pask ewits into the country.- You know this general, who gained every rank in the French army. tti dream for eighteen years has been 50,000 men with whom to annihilate dsMttswitsrpiraiiisdr His dream for eighteen years has ised, and though afar off my reasoning may my reasoning may seem absurd, if .in-one battle Dcmbinski fains a victory Hungary is saved, and the 'olish general will enter Galicia and the kingdom of Poland. "The Russian troops are demoralised. The Hungarian war is unpopular in Russia, and if I were sure my letter would not see the light, I would prove this. : Dembinksi is a general of Arlosto, to whom nothing is impossible. Sudden blows fascinate and tempt JihnJnwhjch hs iUffenirom Bern, whoso perseverance is his principle quali ty. Bern may be beaten, but never discour aged or distroyed." ANEXTENSIVE COMPANY: The Oriental and West India Steam Packet Company in England own forty steamers, which have cost, upon die average, 9230,000 each aggregate eost 1 0,000,000. They employ 2000 sailors, and have sixty foreign establishments connected with the service. i neir expenses are iv,uuv,uuu a vcar. of which onfv t2.200.000 is cover ea Dy tneir receipts irom government tor carrying the mails. Ten thousand persons in Southampton are more or less connected with and dependent upon this company. - . -. . . . . MR. CALHOUN. This rreat statesman whom we honor with a deep reverence for his exalted genius. his unsuihed purity, and more than all, tne noble enthusiasm which he evinces upon every question to which the powers of his great intellect are directed now holds a po sition which he may improve, not merely to the advancement Of his own fame, but the preservation of our glorious ynion,. If can not be denied by the bitterest parti zan, that he is now the great intellectual champion of the South u Don the delicate and-' vital anesiion of Slavery. If he be true to him self, true tothis section, and true to the whole country, we cannot doubt that, in view -of dMf dark and fnmm tt pet pineting In our northern ana nortnwesiem-exy threatening destruction to tho right of the South and the overthrow of a Southern Ad ministrationhe will be found, in the decis ive conflict which will come1 on during the flfjxt lessionof Congress jsuaning 'with all the streneth and influence of a great spir it, the Admtnistradoa of the Patriot-chief. whom ths psople bay selected to rule over them, and whom the enemies of the South, the Constitution' and the Union, are seeking with organized effort and an unhallowed coalation, to overpower . and defeat, . - He cannot have failed to perceive that die spirit of Northern Fanaticism, gathering strength by its amalgamation with a grat political party, and stimulated to the highest degree of un compromising arrogance by the open treach ery of Benton, and the illy-concealed conni vance of Clay, will prove too strong for the South, too strong for the admThistratiori. W strong for the constitution and the Union unless the slave States shall present an un broken front to our foes, and enable Gen. TaylorlfirbtigOisltgh official' positipn;to compromise una leartui question in a meas ure which will secure the safety of the Sooth, and preserve the integrity of rthe- Unioa. Clay is againat MVan Bnren is against us Benton is against us the numerical majority is againal.'B-buj the iloriaUtujiaa . is With us, and Zachary Tay lor has sworn to defend that Constitution. . .- ; ' -'"' Virginia Pat. TilK ROM ANCE OF HUMBUO A TUaitUKO STOHT, BT OBOROB LlFPAtU) It was night in the Quaker Cityl -A small msn in rolling eys and s big shin collar, tat at a desk, abov which gleaming a vivid fire, issuing from a eaii ously wroiight jren tube. , . i f ITheJigbtvyas tiaa . - The small man iii tfiaToIIArfTre's'and the big ahirt rolht was of fasealso. TCARIBLB COIHCIDCKCB 1 !! rl Trill do the deed," hissed the inima ted gat pipe, through his clenched teeth a before himj will do the deed." And that fteree inann that Quaker Ciiy, in that Chamber, by that gat light, wrote these fearful words . . . j , "I Repdoiati GenBAt. Tvtia ! H" - - Had the Falls of Nisg.rs been suddenly '.urned into Vesuvius smid the plaudits of the concemrated thunders of the unlvertr, backed. by the coalesced lightuingt of illim., iibl pe,. and h whole beau lmttedin- to-one eonglomerated nightmare Upon the repose of Old Zack; the tfleel eould not have W-ior betjildetiffgyTdTlii'' doomed President than was ihst awful sentence. - ' t-TH-B END.-4 7- 'BARNEY LET THEGIRLS ALONE.' .I'fce fellttw(ng- letter has been addressed to fht American Consul at Panama, by thtupirlof Cltiel it San Blasr- w" Hivtn Diablo, San BlatMay CO, 1849. ' Sir: This is to inform yon thst the Chief at San Bias Wishes that, no' ateamers visii his et) try o- asV Xr land tomsks a o4.. or for any other puTpmrt. Th Chiefs of San Bias claim is their land from Cooler. try to the Gulph of Drien. God gavs us this land and no foreigners can live amonjst us, for if any live heis they will trouble our wamtn and we shall be jealous of them: and soon i here would be disturbance and bloodshed; for God msde all nations their .1 . . . as , : own women anu noi 10 irouoio ours. , we ' glad to see alt trading ships as friends, ouce- Anu inenuiy vessel ean trade with us bnt not make any of us traitors. Your nation have their road to cross the Isthmus at Ch.agtes and roust not make a road ihrugh our country. We want no ttesmera to visit jour country unless in want of wood or witerj so do nt destroy this letter and plcse tend a copy to your ciiiintry and send to us an answer lo the River Diablo. I remain your friend Super rior Cbiefi I T ' Jamks Cotowuk , VWWRISI1MKNT INXTDERr Our contemporary of ilie South Carolina Temperance Advoeste - wages most unre lenting war upon the tpsrkling ..beyersgo of eider ;rr"TIe ieems de te rm i ned that if men will drink it, they shall " bear in mind One or two most unpleasant Ideas. This Asrd hearted editor sss it is the opinion f a friend of hit, "after twenty-five or thirty years experience, that all ine nutriment in eider com s from tho worms in the applet and he arrived at the amount by the following mathematical ealculiion. : He first estima ted the number of cubie inches in a barrel ofciderj then the number of cubic inches in a , bushel ol apples and this last Sum he multiplied by 0, the number of bushels of applet which he put in a barrel of cider, lit then Catcutatod that ihere is PM worm, in every four cubie inches of spples; than divided the birrat of cider into pints, fiom which it appeared that thero were roua Ttiif woaxs and a fraction being the head and tail of another, in each pint of cider! And this is the amount of boasted nourish' ment contained in cider. Three Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Four (3594J wormj to 32 gallons ol cider ! !" - ' - CROP IN OHIO. ' - The Cincinnatti Gazette estimates that the deficiency in the wheat crop of that state this year, wilt he about one-third, or between- 7,000,000 -end 8,000,000 bshclfswTK Wssalffprtnciiially up- ' on the In ree wheat growers. "T The information receired from Mich igan, from Ioxa, and from central and northern Illinois, is farorable ; and the com U also said to .hayo a fine dp -raTanoe.-t'r:"",r":rj"" Out of darkness cometh light," as the' 'Printer's devil said when he looked into the keg. '-;; .;- ' "''-;;,: ?j '' 7 iVl s i '7' ' - .
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