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Great Trial of Agricultural Ma
chines io France.
-America Victorious,
On tbc 14t.li of last month the grpitt
finishing trial of ’'agricultural imple
ments anti machines on exhibition at
Paris took place before the Grand Ju
ry on the farm of the Postmaster Gen-«
end, M. Daily, at LaTrappes. Almost
all the great men of France were pres
ent, as were many eminent Americans
—ex-President Fillmore among tbe-
a.uiuber-*-Germans and British. The
fields were smooth and beautiDil, and
tiie experiments consisted of drainage
machines,' plows, thrashers, sowing
machines, reapers and mowers.
Hundreds ot machines were tested,
aud lor tiie minor ones, tlie English
carried olf two-thirds ot the honors ;
hot the great interest was riveted on
the reapers and thrashers. The con
test with the former was among the
Americans; they had tiie whole lield to
iii£ ruse Ives, ilan.ny’s V right’s (Ad
kin’s Automaton Raker,) Hussy’s and
McCormick’s reapers, were tested to
gether. and the latter came oil the
victor. From the description given
.d iiie trial, much seems to be due to
the able management of McKenzie, the
agent of McCormick. Four thrashing
machines were tried, and six men
with Hails, to test-the difference of the
lobor. Puds American thrasher “ bore
the bell” among them all. The six
men thrashed GO litres ot wliyat in
thirty minutes,-Pitt’s machine 740 lit
res, the English machine 41(1, ilie
French machine, 230, the Belgian ma
chines 130. In these trials of reaping
and thrashing machines America
stood singularly pre-eminent, and. the
effect upon the thousands’ who wit
nessed tlieir op'perations .was most hap ’
py. The practical and useful charac
ter of our inventions is now highly ap
preciated by the most distinguished
men in Europe.
Pears, worth Looking at.
Our friend II. D. Leitner, Esq.,
(the well known host of Berzelia,)
presented us a few days since, a pair
of Pears of the following extraordina
ry dimensions
” No. 1, measured 13 1-2 inches in
circumference, and weighed 18 1-2
ounces.
No. 2, measured 1-3 1-8 inches, and
weighed 13 1-3 ounces.
When we mention that these really
splendid specimens of fruit were raised
upon the poor, sandy soil of Berzelia,
it must be conceded that Mr. Leit^eR
deserves as much credit for pomo-
legical skill, as the travelling public
have ever awarded him in his capacity
of landlord and caterer in gastronomy.
'‘Long may he loavef'—■Qhron & Sen.
Previously to the memorable
tire of 1S10, when 'he greater part of-
the lower section of the town was
burned, Norfolk had almost annually
endured the scourge of Yellow Fever;
and whatever may ha.\e been its cause,
terminated with die conflagration.
-T.'iEjxgowbXoTinxG Council of
of Febuarv, and recommended the 4th
of July next. The Council also adorn
ed a resolution, (offered by the lion.
John M. I»oo*\ it b* recommend-
ing tliat both the secrecy and the rili-
cious tests of the party, ought to be
abolished, and that the naturalization
laws shugld be totally repealed.
If you have great, talents, industry
will improve them ; if moderate abili
ties, industry will supply the deficien
cies. Nothing is-denied to well direct
ed labor; nothing is ever to be obtain
ed without; remember a man’s genius
is always in the beginning of life as
much unknown to himself as to others,
and it is only after frequent trials at
tended with success, that he dares
think himself equal to the undertak
ings in which thpse who have succeed
ed, have fixed the admiration of man
kind.
Important Irish Movement.—The
New York Herald -of Monday last
says a. great' Convention of Irishmen
n.ts been held in Massachusetts that
have placed themselves upon a plat
form likely to unite the entire Irish
.population of the country. Fiftv-five
towns were represented, besides which
there were twenty-five delegates from
local societies an a twelve invited guests.
Tiie avowed object of tire movement is
“to profit by -tiie advent of O’Conne l’s
long promised era of hope, when Eng
land's difficulty would become Ireland s
opportunity.’’ .
Queen Victoria in Parts’.
How the Queen landed and the
Emperor kissed her twice.—It. was
ex*pected that the Empress wguld have
accompanied the Emperor to Boulogne
on Saturday but it. appears that she
was p-evented by delicacy of health:
-, When t*ke vessel, with the royal
visitors on board, was brought |o t a
pant vafant, or companion- ladder,, cov
ered With crimson Velvet, was'extend
ed from the shorts When this was
fixed to her deck, Prince Albert hand
ed her. Majesty forward; btft no soon
er had the Queen put her foot on it
and left the deck, than as on he touch
ing the soil of France, the.Emperor,'
who had previously dismounted, came
fqrward, took her Majesty by the hand,
and- shluted her on both cheeks 1 —a sa-
lution customary among royal person
ages on such occasions.
Her Majesty, wore, on Saturday, a
white chip bonnet, with white feather
and ribbons, a small red scarf rdund
her neck, and a blue pelerine over her.
shoulder, thus giving the effect of the
now famous “ red,- white and bluy.”—
The Queen’s dress was ot a drub-eolrr-
ed silk texture of a light kind, having,
t.iree flounces printed upon it nr stripes
of white silk.
On the previous evening twenty**
eight liOrses and three carriages of the
emperor’s' arrived at the Hotel do
Ac. d. One Of these carriages was par
ticularly remarkable fonts beauty and
magnificent appointments. It is one
uuilfc. especially lor The Queen’s- use
during her sojou.ru in France. It is a
most unique' vehicle, of peculiar ele
gance-ana lightness, lined with, white
saun, a igl wiwi hangings of gold. The
harness belonging to n is profusely or-
iiaiueutcd with appendages'ot the same
precious metal. The expense ol tlii§-
carriage amounted,' we are - told^' to
40,000 lrancs. ’ - .
ritlNCE NAPOLEON MAKES A SENSATION.
Fi nice is apoleun came early to-the
station at Fans and perfectly electrified
every one by his likeness to his uncle,
eiucmmeed on this occasion by quite an
arustio qjreservatioii of the eosiume ot
the great Emperor. *
\\ lien tiie train bearing the Queen
•and Fnnce Albert and- tne Emperor
arm*! at Amiens, the magistracy of
tiie (iisinot paid tucir respects. The
daughter of tue Prefect, an interesting
young lady of seventeen, habited- m
white, approached the royal carnage,
and timiuiy- but gracefully presented
to the Queen a splendid bouquet, winch
her Majesty received with .more than
queenly courtesy. The progress of
tiie train was extremely rapid alter
leaving Amiens.
The account of the descent from the
royal train at Paris stated that the
Count de »Segur, whose rank is not of
the highest, gave his arm to tne Princess
Koyal. A correspondent of the Inde
pendence Beige states that this was not
included in tue programme, and that
all present were astomsned at the move
ment on t .e part of the Count. It is
alleged that he suddenly stepped for
ward, in advance even of Prince Napo
leon; aud offered his arm to her Royal
The Princess accepted it
miigeuiLii Lg.—" -
Col B. H. Overby.
•This gentleman, the Candidate of
the Prohibition Party for Governor,
made a speech in tnis place oh Tues
day evening, 4th inst., and again on
Saturday, 8th insf. We heard both
-addresses,- and will do the geiuhiman
the j ustice to say, be.is an-abte stump
orator,-and makes a powerful vindica
tion of'the pause he espouses. He had
a goad audience at both meetings, and
we learn, made some impression wh ch
may tell ill his favor. IIis graphic
description -of the complicated Ov-ils-
growiug out of tiie injudicious "intern*
parade and unnecessary use of arefent
spiiits, \jjere- unsurpassable; but we
think the remedy he proposes wholly
inadequate to cure the evil. We are
at a loss to conceive liow Snhe of out
fellow-ckizetis,.who were a few months
since, so clamorous for a Prohibito
ry Haw, can .now -ignore Mr.* .Over
ly and his cause. But thaFs their
business, not outs.—Empire. State.
That one HimdredrDollars.
-Several weeks ago we'announced
to our-readers that an old line Whig
(and he isa number <>f the American
party, too) inul authorized us to say
that he would be one of a thousand to
give one hundre dollars for the pur
pose of sending men and slaves to
Kansas. That proposition is'yet open
— we have received three names last
week. Who else will come up? It is
a very important movement; which
taken, hold of in tlie right spirit, would
settle the question as to- tue condition-
of Kansas-upon slavery?'
Let tiie people of every couhfv take
hold of it and the thing will soon be
done. Send us Tip your lianics, and
when we get a -hundred of them we ;
tv ill announce it, that you may adopt'
pleasures to organize. Will the pa
pers of the South publish this ?—Car
er Static of Yesterday. ; *
U'mlmess:
■w Vue
The Atlantic Telegraph.
Nearly ten years ago Professor
Morse refnarked to us that “ telegraph
ic communication with tiieold world was
a mere question of expense—of its prac
ticability he bud not doubt.” Wlth
all our love for the esteemed inventor,
and all our confidence in his scientific
skill, we could not but regard the sug
gestion as chimerical. But what seem
ed like an extravagant fancy, is about
to be a living, speaking reality.
While we-write, a party ot Ameri
can gentlemen are nmpioyed in laying
tiie first cable, about 100 miles long,
of the telegraphic fine to reach from
Newfoundland to the coast ol Ireland.,
And in a little, more than two 3-ears
Mr
CENTIUL GEORGIAN.
s.f.MfERS mJLje,. c.f.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1855.
P. C. /PENDLETON** editor,
Below we give the candidates .on
both sides for Governor.-Congress, and
the tickets for Washington Comity.
TEMPERANCE CANDIDATE TOR GOVERNOR,
B. H.' OVERBY, of AtLmta.
- * . . v
ANTi-Ityow Nothing candid ate, ,
JHERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, ef Milleigeville.
AMERICAN OANDIDATB,
GANNETT ANDREWS, of Washington* * J
ANTI-KNOW NOTHING CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS,
1st Di?e, JAS. L. SEWASD ofThpmss. JuL
2nd •* M. J.'CRAWFORD; priThseogee. -
3d “ JAMES M. SMETH. df Upson.
4th “ IL WARNER, of Meriwether.
5ili “ JOHN H. LUMRKIN, of Floyd. '
6th HOW r ELL COBB, of Clarke.
7th “ LINTON STKEHBNS, of Hancock:.
8th “ A. IL STEPHENS, of Taliaferro.
■AMERICAN CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
1st Disc, COL. & M. VAKNADOE. .
2nd “ COL. WILLIS A. HAWKINS,
3rd “ . COL. ROBERT P. TRIPPJsL. •
4th . BENJ. H. HILL. F.SQ.
5th “ COL. LEWIS TUULIX.
6th “ COL. 1.EONIDAS FRANKLIN.
Wh “ COL. N. G. FOSTER.
8th “ COL. LApATETTE LAMAR.
Candidates in Washington.
AMERICAN TICKET. .
FOR SENATE.
- ‘ . S.*A. H. JONES.
• ' " FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
W.V. HALL
DR. tULLy GRATBILL. U •
Anti-Know Nothing. Ticket. .
_ FOR SENAtE.
JOHN W. RJ-DISILL
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
R. L WARTHEN,
T. M. HARRIS.
eetion; Tickets can be had at
this office at 50 cts. per hundred. - .
ned, and the additional I,2u0 miles to
New York completed ;. so_ that the
merchants of London and New York
can converse as easily* about their af
fairs as if they were faee 4° face in.
Lombard or Wall streets.
An English company provided the'
cable and wires enclosed, • while an
Americau company construct the line
from the coast of Newfoundland to
New York, having secured important
-This Offic? fer Safe.
Our-reason.for offering for sale life
Central Georgian office, is the same as
the planters’ when lie offers his cotton*
and Rice,'the farmer his-Pigs and Poul
try, .or the Jockey his pony, Yerhum
Sit Sapient...
-' More Cora. : • V *
Mr. Wm. C. Riddle of this countv,
sent ns a specimen of corn fiom his
plantation that excels anything of the
kind we have yet seen. Oqe ear had
the 1,750 miles will probabl v be span- rows upon it and near 1300 grains,
The Hmperor taking the Prince be
OF WALES ON A UE;>rpp;f{ _ f| Pr at .^L_ -.-rriir aumuhense plateau or
joorj-a?rmx^a pleased, and bowed fre-!plain extends nearly the- whole dis-
queutly and gracefmiy to the crowd ;! tauce. from coast to coast, with much
and the 1mice oi Wal s enjoyed the j ipgs than-the average depth of the wa-
seene lnglily,. as, indeed, his royal; ter of the ocean—as if it were lbraicd
The Changes of Matter.—With
a very near approach-to truth, tjie hu-
m::n Iqmily inhabiting the earth . lias
been estimated at seven hundred mil
lions ; the annual .loss by death is eigh
teen millions. Now the weight ot the
aniuKii matter of this immense l.ody
oast m the grave, is no less than 624,-
4U0 tons, and by its decoyiposit on pro-
duces nine hundred thousand million
cub:: feet of gaseous matter. The veg-
dab'e productions of the earth clear
away- Irony the attnosjihere the gases
:ius generated, decomposing and as-
Atniilaijiig them for their own increase.
Tnis cycle of ciianges has been goim--
'•n ever since mail became an occupies
: Lie earth. lie feeds on tire lower
luimals and on the seeds of .plants,
which, in due lime, become a part of
himself
. Bounty Land Warants.—There
Lave been filed about two hundred and
-n thousand applications for bounty
i.md, ot which number, thirtv-seven
bousaud were filed during theT month
of M arch. 1 hns far, about twenty-two
: lousand warams have been issued
oontmed exclusively to applications
made in March. Fifteen thousand
more cases filedaluring that month re
mam unacted upon,: but the pension of-
uversarc exerting themselves to the
utmbst to forward the warrants to the
applicants or their agents. It is sup-
po ei tllat several weeks will elapse
iielbre claims filed the first of April
viU jpe reayfced.
highness has everj-thingsince his "ar
rival-in Paris. He rus es up the va
rious grand staircase-; of the snow pala
ces, scorning the offered help of the
maids of honor, and yersterday even
ing made a tour of the city incognito,
a 7a Harotm Alrascliid, the hhnperor
himself performing the part of his
faithful, vizier.
. Wbile the whole of the royal and
.imperial party were supposed to be
enjoying their dinner in the Eiysee,
the crowd who waited in the Rue Ri-
voli tp sce them return were surprised
by the appearance of„a small plia*ton
containing a very j'oung gentleman
who looked and laughed at every
thing and asked numerous questions ol
his grave companion, who was no less
a person than the emperor himself, the
escort consisting solely of the eonfiden-
tal coachman who drove the vehicle:
His Royal Highness h&d not like
his eastern original, time to inquire
into the grievances of the people, but’
must certainly have concluded that
they had none, seeing the delight they
ev'inced at finding him out, and tue
vigor with widen they c eered him
and his illustrious cicerone as’hepassed
along. "
-by tne Creator to faciliate the necessi
ties of intercourse of.these latter days.
And the experiment of submarine tel*
epraplis in the British ehamnd, iu ike
Mediteranean and in the BlackSeu-350
miles of wire being stretched under wa-
ert from Balklava to Varna-feave us no
room to doubt that this gigantic enter
prise will be sueeesslul.
We trust the first utterence of ’^ie
completed American and European
telegraph will be a reiteroation of the
devout sentiment which flashed' along
the .wires of Professor Morse’s experi
mental line—the first telegraphic mes
sage ever penned What hrth God
wrought'!"—American Messenger:
A True Hero.—Hunter Woodis,
Esq., the Mayor of Norfolk, died there
on the 25th inst., of Yellow Fever.
During the bitter calamity by which
Norfolk has been made desolate, its
Mayor shrank from no duty imposed
by his position, nor wag he deterred
by any danger which the performance
of such dutjes-brought witli it. He
was indefatigable in the
6 ears the product of one grain, which
weighed 4 lbs, 1-0 ears which weighed
12 lbs, 13 oz., one ear 1 lb, 7 oz. This
corn had been housed before selected
and brought to us, and is touch -dryer
than that \\;e noticed before.
Mr. Mil ledge Murpht* of Jefferson,
informs-ns that from an old land field
of his, he plucked-one ear, with 1358
t’ie dark, aDd then sneak off, leaving you to scratch
pun their visit-Item the tablets of your memory -if
you can. _ Oiirhyesteru friend, -Major Red'Fepperf
of-the C«uied St .tes 1 Govergmpur Service, lias ex
pressed our ‘views’ exactly:
Tto a ‘’SseetbjL’
‘Melting I lieaKL-yet tilkthe sun’s'decKife,
Brolofiged the feast, and quaffed.thy rosy wine.’ ;
- . [Qdysiey : Book X
‘I hate a “Skeeter,’ as I dp the devil:
Iris.averj tty.inji: fly of evil.
You’re dunned, for ever by its bill oi fare, - ’
‘ And filirly over-done, or done too rare.
It keeps on buzzing with its brfsy wings;
It keeps on coming, coming while it singe: •
, It keeps on singing; singing—now it slingsj . .
'See hmvnhe ‘critter quaffs the ‘rosy wing,’
Tiie riuli r red vintage—yours, my friend, and mine.
'‘Js this,' UlylsssJ our ingloriouslotV
A'Yenning streain»for ’skeeter’-bites, or not ?
By die fair Circe, No ! I’ll kill the sot,
Andistixde the vampyre, Vqnished, Into pot!’
-’Tie done!- With one fell i>pow I struck her, "
• Antfi’Teje site lies—a used-up ‘sneker I’
‘Pi S. L. be Kaloo., Mich., July 17, ’aa, 4 P.-RT.—
apd 'awful hoC at that!
7 "O^uct per acre, ,*tpd- the
price per bushel.
New Hotel.. ;*.
We are gitd td chronicle the fact
that the new Hotgl is at last begun.
The foundation is-laid and the masons
are busy at work rearing tire walls.’—
Mr. Langihade has taken the contract
for the brick work and has -employed
Messrs. War'd, Stephensofi, arid Fay-
gan, all experienced masons and rapid
workmen, who will now soon have
tiie walls completed. Thetfontract for
the wood work has been taken * by
Mess. Wm. Smith and F. Canaday.—
\\ ith such energetic men we may soon
expect to have an edifice that will be
an ornament to the town and an hon
or to the builders. It-has 114 feet
front, and 46-depth, two stories high,
with twenty-four rooms. It is expect
ed to be ready for occupation by the
1st of January next.
noble cause
M ^ r » 5U of humanity, and untiring in his God-
11 is Royal highness appears j - e ofdiarity. Could the deep
to be a fine, ardent, high-spirited boy,
and'givcs everj’ indication of being
worthy of his high destiny. After
this digression I have only to add that
his Royal Highness w-as equally hap-
P3’, and equally well received to-day,
and was by no means the most taci
turn of the admirers of the Bassin de
Neptune, as the cortege passed in eu
route to the Trianon.
sympathy, th» tears, the pra3'ers of
those whom he had served, have form
ed an aegis before his b-jsom,- the ar
row of the angel of Death had been
turned from his heart. Bat human
respect and human sorrow are power
less to avert the decree of inexorable
Destiny. They can only consecrate
the memory of the departed,—Gm?
stitutionalisL
To the Poiat.
. ’It is stated that Bishop Doane, of
.New Jerse\ r , is strongly opposed to
1 ernpe-rauee. A short time since,
Rev. Me Perkins, of the same denom
ination, and member of the order of
‘‘Sons,’ dined with the Bishop, who,
pouring out a glass of wine, desired t-hjj
xl-V. gentleman to urink with him,
whereupon he'repliedt
“ Can’t do it, Bishop, ‘ wine is
mocker.’-”' -
k lake a glass of branday then,”
said the distinguished ecclesiastic.
*'Can’t do it. Bishop, ‘strong-drink
is raging.’” .
By this tinie, the Bishop becoming
somewhat restive and excited, said to
Mr. Perkins:
“ You’ll pass the decanter to the
gentleman next to you. ’
“ No, Bishop, I can’t do that,' ‘ woe
unto him that putteth the bottle to his
neighbors lips.*’ J ’
W hat was the peculhtr mental con
dition or moral state of the Bishop at
this stage of the proceedings, oar in-
fbrmaut did nor state.
’
Man Killed by an Elephant^—
An elephant belonging to a Gireiis
Company travelling last week in South
Carolina, becoming unruty, his keeper
undertook to correct lirto, when he
Silled him with a single blow of lljs
trunk. The proprietors deterrpined to
kill the elephant, and summoned a Ri
fle. Company of Camden to assist, them.
■By evenmgit is supposed some hundred
aud fifty, balfe*ha»l been put into him,
but with scarcely any effect beyond
blinding him. The following niorning
the firing v/as renewed, and after put-
ting three hundred balls into various
parts of his bodj’, thej* finally succeeded
in despatching him. His value was es
timated at about $10,000.
TBe name Teetotal ism issaidtohave
originated in the stammering of a spea
ker at a temperance meeting, w-ho de
clared that nothing would satisfy him
but t-total abstinence. The audience ea-
erly caught up the pun, and the name
was adopted by the companions of the
cause.*
* fe^Tr.uth is like the rock of Gi
braltar
wave i
Weekly Readings, Grave and Gay.
Cold of Siberia. ..
A Meteorological table, kept : by' a
Russian gentleman at frkoutsk, shows
the formidable amount of cold Jibe in
habitants af Southern Siberia have -to
endure. The town of Irkoutsk is 52
d©g. N. Liit., and his- journal shows,
that the ordinary temperature from
the fiist Dec. 1847, to. the end of March,
the year following,^ras^ten •'degrees
below the Zero of Fahrenheit The
average for January, being four degrees
lower. (The warmest day being 32
^ e o*j (freezing point with us) arid the
coldest 60 deg. below Zero. Obser
vations taken at the time of sunrise.—
In addition to all this intensity o. cold,
this days in winter are only from three
to four hours in length. Ft is no
wonder, then, that tire advent of the
crow is hailed with such demonstra
tions of delight by .the inhabitants, be
ing the harbinger of Spring, for say the
Siberians, “.The Grow brings the
spring.” The Russians refineVnpon
cruelty by making long years of resi
dence in such a country the- punish
ment for political offences.
‘P. &—If any -body thinks that’s easy riiyminjr.
Just let ‘era 'try their Iiand.’ andikeep.on trying*
You'll fimj. I guess, mosquitoes in the mood
To apdr you on. and ipst your g“o'tle blood :
And every now and then, to qua if their fill.
They’ll bore you with their pretty.little drill.
And then, to square accounts,- present tlieir bill!
- [Knickerbocker.
Old Knick- is’good at it joke. Hear
hknon the wonderfully varied Knowl
edge of Mr. Attorney General Cush-,
ing..
* At a dinner-party, at the close of the session,
given by him to a lew friends, Mr. Senator Bright.
of Indiana. w«s speaking of a span of horsffi he had
bought, and whitjf, he said^ -had just enough t)f
tiie Morgan blood in them to make them ajl he
wished them to be. By the way. General’ address-
‘ing liis.hust, ‘do you know any thing df this Mor-
8 AS iireed ? (V-e are not sure as to the- -name of
this breed, but that does not mar the story.) ‘On 1
yes.’ said General CcsniNG, and at oriqp'began a
long ascending pedigree df grand-sires and gran-
dams, greatly to the delight of ■ Bright,' but some-;
what wearisome to DnrflBis and others, who were
not owners of any of the iilustrions offspring. A
pause wa§ reached; and Bright was about to ask.
another question, when Mr. Secretary Dobbin in
terposed: -Don't don't; leave off where you.are.'
or he will tell us the number of hairs ip evecy
horse's tail!’
TV-e. would so surest to ‘bur-'friend
Oinnell to send up tui inquiry to
Washington respecting the great-great-
^rarrd.dam ot Steel.
• Old Knick has a funny kngler cor
respondent who tells marvelous fish
st.oriesof a hen and a cat.
‘Not long since, a hen ofthe old barn-yard bread
walked down to the balks of the Winooski River,
a little below tiie fells in this placer and leisurely*
swam across, with all the fecili y. of a duck. TIhS
van be abundantly proved out-ol the mouths-of two
ortlu-ee witnesses, all good meu <^n"d tfue,;and is as
solemn a fact, so far as the truth i§ concerned, as
any on recor.l. She was not seared into thestream
by a dog. nor driven in by a stick, hut of her own
free will descended to the brink, glided into the
wave, and having safely reached the opposite shore-
dressed her feathers with-the grace of an accom
plished web-foot. Several philosophical theories
have occurred to me, by which to account for this
unnatural conduct. She was probably hatched by
a.tfcsk and learned something of her amphibious
pature from the progeny with which she was rear
ed. Or she herself unexpectedly found herself the
mother of yellow goslings, and tenderly ventured
after them,-out of parental regard, -until at last she
learned the,‘art of swimming,’ and loved to ‘prac
tise what she knew.’ Or it may be that, oppress
ed with heat, tortured aud infested by small insects,
which it is indelicate to name, rumpled iu plumage
and rtlflled in temper, .with The spirit and decision
of a true ten, she boldly swam the flood to enjoy
the refreshment of the bath, arid to drown her mul
titudinous foes.. And that she gained a point so
soon as she. had gained the point, was testified by
triumphant cackliws- fftS“t:Alpronr*went ‘home to-
consult their natural histories again.
i once knew ofa cat wiio superintended a brood
of young chickens, which is also a solemn fact, and
as well testified to as the above. ‘Natur is nutar,’
is a proverbial and liomely remark iu the country’;
but their are certain varieties, * exceptions, eccen
tricities, so that the wonder-book’ never ceases to
present a ne.w t age. Had it been a Shanghai roos
ter who accomplished this exploit, the lookerson
would have said, no doubt, that he was fording tiie
strainr; but it was a demure, low-built littte
'quiet-heart' of a baru-yard folvL
From gay to grave is about as com
mon rt process as its reverse, riiore of
ten quoted, not more often practised, in
tbe mental' habitudes of men. ' Well
SuidLient. Mauray, in substance, that
the discoveries of science tvere but con
firmations of tFUtbs Tong since told by
the biblfc,.- * ' *
“I am fearfully and wonderfully
made” so spoke the Psalmist almost
three thousand years-ago. Sow won
derfully made and wonderful]v sus
tained, glatiee at the chemistry of
heat are awakened or. extinguished at will. Th« j It must sudee at preset
inactive nitrogen dilutes the too energetic axygmt,-! benefit Into the com-*
60 as to make animal life longer, and to subject' ty o. solid mineral so*-Wi
living fire to human control; while the p-isonous i duty of tiie pUht root tuiA* -
carbonic acid is rendered hannless to animal life by | solid form -tBasc anbaUco^
ihe very small proportion in which it is mixed With \ fneelr tbroogii the s.d no*
tfie otlier airs. _ j tine po»es of tlw little rp r <;*t«.
- One of die most admirable, indeed; of Nature's ] water they move as fiv~iv *« -j,
wonders in the material world, is the purpose serv- . [penetrate with it into the
ed bv this-carbonic acid gasi Itself poisonous in a j plant or animaL Taut al erx
high'degree, it can be .Breatlied by man with impu- they .ascend tiiroosh stem J; *j
nity otrfv in very mimMe-quantify; that is, in an ex- distribute themaeivea wherev-
treme state of dilution, Hence, the atmosphere in required.
which man lives contains only one -gallon' of this ; It is so also with -he animal
gas in every 2,500. And so small is this quantity, I solid saline and i.iiseral mait-r
bhat the weight of carhop in this form which .the IjDaiy portion of their sobakHR
whole atmosphere contains, amounts wriff to thirty- I duce :n* tiie stoaxach ak-n* *
three grains cut of the fifteen pounds o! »;r wliich but water must (1l--
■pressnpou everysquitreiuch. Yet- by th« com-
'paratively minute quantity all vegetable life is nour
ished and sustained.
Look out in the- coming spring-time at the burst
ing bud. Watch-Dow bcneallk the mid-day sun.'
'"the tiny leaflet spreads out its yellow surface to die
favouring rays. See how from day to day its hue
becomes greener, and it seWral ports increase in
size. This growth will continue til! closing sum
mer finds tRe little bud change-1 into a magnificent
plant; dad with copious leaves, and successively
•tfino nf t}>»
fluid before they can Ind u,» t
and be afterwanl* cooveyc-L
body wbere tlieir several te
-Aud hefWCumes into view a
' niriuenie in Wisat at first ««:;
«f material cviL Tire mreur.*
of natural waters are often r
th.ee who drink tliem. sQnptvi
er.tl ro.. ers in which ch- I
which tiie peculiar natu.-* of i
in a given region render* pj,
WM wate
| every locality are mo
| speak, and tire const.':
j long use benume adapt
| and even tlieir food .
change tlieir w»nc*rd
I pure may aenaihlv aft
| com ?. of largo m.vwe* •
L>ak next at tne foe
■dyass*
e whirl
sen a mb
blooming withiguy flowers, or borne down by a bur- i frame. The
den of tempting fruit. Autumn will su«.-cee<R to ' means to be consul
stop the growth atid given new colour to-its leaves: | cases the moat wfe.l
atjd chill Winter will strip it of all" its 'eafy pride,
qnd leave'it naked as when springtime began.
Such is the yearly phint-life, as seen by tiie nr-
ijrnary cijtiydtor. or watclied with oaHy care by
the fever of vegetable nature. But, beneath this
deter open life, there is an inner, secret ftfii which
thecoramdn eye does not sea. A constant invisible
intercourse has all the time been Piking place be
tween the external air and the most hidden parts j vegvtalife or of aiutnai art,
of the internal plant. No sooner does the little [ chemistry tells m reganim
leaf burst the spreUing bud. than a thousand uif- rich uses and of d—
seen mouths open on its surfecc to suck in. the airy of tu. but n ia tru.y
food wliiefinow for the first timricoroes within their it abn.-i.es die artiticial' 4
reach. These minute ipouths (stomata} are scat- sense lux fong establ?«i -d
tered iir nfillions over Ute leaf; nowon its upper, ! and vegi-tabhr The
now- on its under sideband now on both.—accord- ' U no longer quit- diff-rent
ing to the circumstances in which the plant is de»- I the tfedi meets ..n wii^-h 1
tined to live. Beginning with "the first dawfl *;f ’ tiiefr cqhnary siu». I„
snnligjit, they-perpetually suck in' carbonic acid ' nubstano.- of lievf'. and , a j
from-tho atmosphere, and give off oxygen ga« io form of taat mar .■ .• u ife...
uenrlv equal'volume, till the sun goes down. Then. [ epicure 5*1 p*ac:dlv rests. I
witli a view to other.dldhical end^, and. obedient j able plant ife re extsls a r*-
to rtrc r.-tiriug-suti. they change the nature of their | ists call girif. n. winch
work. While darkness lasts, they take back.car- ■ nniscuiar part of ammal Of
bonic-acid from the air, and give out again pure • so of lat. which U aimA-v.
oxygen gas. And thus, day after* day. the leafy ! fat of am.ittlj. Hen
labour proceeds* and by the atriof the raw material* i there:',re. tiie di<c-;pi; r
whiph the working mouths thus incessantly carry ' merit of abstaining Sri
out an . fn, otlier' vital parts within the plant pro- ’ from the body of an
dude the varied forms of matter of wldoh the vege- 1 use of the aquin r-rti~f «rv r when
table substance consist*.- .Tiie solid stem is formed, body of an animal, and v-t a.
as it were, of compressed and hardened air ; *nd ; same sobmanev wi.en ohUi»*<i
vast -fprests on a thousand hillsthas.steal from the ; Again, it shows im bow - ; -
atransphere file carbonaceous matter of which they ; admirable contrivance* ti-« (<
mainly consist. . i mao. Of ea&onand iiirii^m. 1
But a maivplqf wondrona forethought discloses air, combined with ih~ oxv^ 3
itself as we interrogato more nearly this mutual re- alreooj spoken m, tire tU-’Ls-S
lation between, terrestrial plarit-tife and the air and tire aubd pertama of vegec
winch Surrounds it. Tiie quantity of carbon in the ] n»n*ist. But -f these onir on."
air, as we-have seen, is. small;—some thirty add J directly as fool eith-r to arn-nal
grai..3-over every square inch. The active growth ! plant, as we hare aeca. out-is* .a
of vagetable matter over the entire surface of the ; by its leaves, and «o:ue of tias
globe, is able to convert tiie whole of this carbon coatr.imtea to *u,he for nation *
iutothe substance of solid wood within tiie lifetime stance. Tiieammal afeo draw*
of !■ single generation of men. But hundreds of a r bv its lungs, and -. j- ^ j,*,,
generations of men havo already lived on the earth, tissues of its bodr Thus b* <; i
and tlioiffiands of generations of other animals be 1 to a certain small extent, fe*-i
fore him, yet carbod is as abundant in the attnos- | chan gad oxyg*-:i anti:'—
plicre as ever, and vegetable growtli. in similar, cir- | can w> consume or w .^k -p . > -
cumstanecs.quite as luxuriant. There mast, tiie re- j bmed by hydragen. -—g- n . «r
fore, be some natural sources of supply from which And here, io panning tetfcrr
carbonic acid gas flews into the air, as fast as the ! gerd to the wav m wh;dt ti*-v mi
leafy mouths withdraw it These sourcre. also, J a gm*t duferenee at once
must be watclied and reg*dated that they may not | the plant and the ani-nai : white
pour it in so fast as to increase unduly the natural 1 a ckc*e and prefer-w.nined re
proportion of this poisonous gas in an atmosphere fy to exist betweeo tiicm,
which man and countless otlier animals perpetually i * It would beont u:'place here:
breathe. Tliesc several conditions are. beautifully ; the way in which puants ami ani
ful&iled by a series of compensating natural oper- I and sustained. It u
ations, which, like thegrowtl. af plant*, form a part throughout what n»av be cadt-
of the existing svstem of .things; and. like it, never nature theie exist numerous -
cfuse toprocegdat a duty measured pace. ! compounds of hvdmcea. ca--
Thus. plants die, and tbecarbou of their stems ’ wii.c i the plant is aby* to at**-
and leaves is gradually resolved again into carbon- building up fee growingyiV*
ic acid by the gradual progress of decay, or by the ; [br example, the fleaBt w> we fei
quicker agency of fire. Or the plant is- eaten by 1 [35* supply of carbonic acid. T1
.the liying animal, and after many chemical chan- - *
ges wkfiin The-animal's body, its carbon is breathed
fin-th agaift from the Ihng3 and skin in the form ef
carbonic acid. In these several ways the very same
carbon which the plant-leaf has taktm from the air.
is again, in a great measure, returned to it. A car- j au q makes its own ih.> -an)/: : t ;„—
tain small and indefinite [#op*rtion of their carbon f r , jm wat ,. r an ,j amtnonta t ; _
is indeed vearlv buried in the sail, or covered up in n jtnc acul. amrarmia. an-t ot«r eanar
{hedeptl.s^.e
itself; from bubbling springs, from myriads .of un- [ : Tlr ,' h .. ■ fects an<i take* ay
. seen fissures, and from tiie open mouths of tpany wim-ii >n> • or mincra
volcano- s pouraforth a ceaseless contribution of car- , ub , fan( „ y to the procmes
bonic acid gas.—ceas-less, yet in such wise limited, j '' t ,. . . ,
tliat so long as vegetation lasts. H cannot render the 1 . . ‘ .£ 0 ma: « rta ** Lie!'
atmosjjliyre unwholesome to-animal life. To the t .1*, Am ,ng the-
knowledge of these,ind many similar adjustments, f amI **^^7 fetro*
the study of the chemistry of the air we breatlie lias *,1 .. ■ ’ »l*is it cs*nr*>t fi T »
gradually led us.; i [ “ u [» n “»• ***** °fidre pfe
.Turn now to the water we drink. In this adibi- I —J oflhe pint*
rable fluid, so clear, so bright, so grateful to the
system, so heathfol to the temperate, so necessary
to all,—the delight of Grecian song.—the charm of
the Eastern paradise.—of this fluid, lauded with
justice by the physiologist, and worshipped, not
unduly, by the total abstainer,—chemistry tells os
that three-fourths of our apparently so id bodies
consist, and that it forms nearly as large a propor
tion sjf all living vegetables during the height and
vigour of their growth. In this fluid, looked upon
as elementary till nearly dur own times, modern
esearch.lias taught iis to see the result of a subtle
union between the oxygen *ve havp spoken ot and
anotliergas; to which tben-ime of hydrogen (water-
former) has been given. Kindle this latter gas in
the air,‘and it burns with a pale flame. Hold.a
cold hell glass over the flame, and its under surface
will become bedewed with moisture, and drops of
water will trickle down its side.*,. Collect this wa
ter and submit it to a current, of electricity ; the
liquid will disappear, and in its stead the two gases 1 f ,
oirgen and hydrogen will remain. Tliese ex peri- ; ' n *P Bra,>, I r 11 *5 *ro
also iu nearly ail nalur.il water*, ar
is formed aboifeisntiy along with ■
lively simple omlanat uns oC ,-*rt
tiie [>ont takes in by its leaves or .
from inem, by a still obscure dac
and usnnlly more complex eembm
-living plant has nianufectnted fr
comp-'uads which nature prewnts
berbivoroos animal can slory- *.. rT
•fce^e. by wonderful methods,
explain, the plant forms stareh.
gluten, in alf their varieties. So
plant, the animal *a*s them: thin 11
them anew by a furtl
we are only now b»*
finally Jits them into appo
body. Tints dead nature
of plants ; tiie living plant
of animals. In ihe qifer oftmlu
precede, and acomiqiiuir.anii am-
the animaL- A four, in the midst
man and all other animals would
lorn, ahrf sltort-hved.
Thus fer, then, our voter: or tear
ent in relation to external things
from the life of aaineds. and r*t 1
‘■■•w*. ‘ttgesTs and
r mysterious riiew-s
Z faintiiy to (ft
prfet* r*s -«
*“* lahnr* for
anff ransoij iiw in-nwo j odI - v - compressed and bound together by some in-
esuses as m awe struck wonder, tQ comprehensible connexion which it makes us no
#ize upon the “handy work*’ of that
surpassing Workman---“Where wast
•thou when X laid the foundations ofthe
e<irth?” Poor Job, nothing in his suf
ferings, mental or physical could have
so.humbled him. as this query from
without the whirlwind"- - - Who provi-
deth the Raven his food ? Who hath
sent ou1 the wild Ass free ? The range
ofthe mountains ife his pasture and he
searcheth after every green thing* - -
Knowest thou the ordinances of Heav
en
Willis Gaylord Knickerbocker has
been on, a tripout west. Among ma-
ay interesting .scenes and wayside ad
ventures) lie encounters the First mus-
quito of the season. Hear him.
Buzz! slap! buzz! slap!—therelies-the body of
the First Mosquito of the Season; and if there are
- %
m
The common life of man is full of wonders,
chemical and Physiological. The maimer aud
means of our existence,—every necessarv we
consume—every material comfort we enjoy,—all
the parts and functions of the bodily organs through
which we enjoy, them.—everythnig. in short, which
.concerns our daily individual life,—.abounds in ad
mirable marvels, which chemrelrand cliemical
physi logy disclose. ****.»*♦*
If we bejrin,"for example, with that universal air
which floats around us,—which expand} our lungs
and permeates every tissue of our bodies—modern
chemistry informs us that, though considered sim
ple and elementary by the ancients, this' air fe a
mixture ofat least three elastic fluids: equally «ub-
tle and invisible, and equally essential to the pur
poses wliich the atmosphere is intended to sen e.
These are the now well known gasses, mtrogeu
oxygen, and carbonic acid.' In the first, flame
dies and no life, can persist; in the second, bodies
burn and animal# life With great intensity; in the
third, both lifean'd flame are extinguished. Tliough
so different in their proprieties when taken-einglV
the admixture of them, which forms our atmJ*’-
pliere, is adjusted—in kind and in.the relative pro-
portiops ofeach—to the condition of things both
living and dead, which now obtains oa the surface
of the earth.
. Did the air consiit of nitrogen only, the son's
rays would be the sole source- of heat wherever
the atmosphere extended, aud no existing plant m
animal courd floniish on the globe. Were it form
ed of oxygen only, tire.’bnee kindled, would.rclu.-i
to be extinguished, and conflagration womd spread,
tiH everything combustible in the earth, was con
sumed. Did it consist of carbonic acid only, death
and comparative stillness would reign evety where,
aad the production, of light and.heat such as we
can now eommand/would be utterly impossible.
But the ba-.py mixture «f the three gasSs-which
now prevails, renders everything possible. Umfcr
their united- influence the recks crumble to form a
fertile soil, planssjjourigh to cover it vfith vs-rriure,
Nimals livft4o adorn and enjoy it, * n d light
y r* — •> - C — —VAfTOI f | * - . -
•meats pvaye^rtt, that while burning in the aif,' the , bm Irum earth air the ?
hydrogen umtes*w'ith tbeoxygen of the atmosphere, | " 1at,or Le Y builds ■>*• -,,.• mere <
. - t and forms water; aud, second, that the water tima | ral {' e ’ ant * wiieu ti,a t » wren e«t
common life reveals .ill part -at least, I formed consists of these two- gaseous constituents to e^rtli and air. to run tiie
.1 : . *• . . _ I onlv. comoressed and Imnnd h-t-rhor Kt- <u>irv* ! anew. It thus ehnws one rim pi*
idea pervading all life, embodied in
.wiser to call chemical combination. j course of .vntmated ontu re. yet by rt.
* It is, indeed, incomprehensible how water, the j details, leadr *- n- perpetaal
enemy of fire, should itself consist of two gases, the j t |,e9or T» |a,in ^ Workman from
one of which burns most readily, while the other is I i£ sf>ru?tg
the great natural supporter of 'living tire. And it t And tJiis plant. *oe«etT:al tfeth* I
is equally strange‘that orxygen, so indispensable to > a miracle rfpbrmkail cnnfhvane* am
animal life, Should form eight-ninths by weight of d°«' r nentit i-! This lit tie spreufe. 1
a liquid in whfeh few terrestrial animals can live I eye can acar.-ely <i.»-en-,.— -
for more than two or three seconds of time. By by tiie eidoftlie micro-.-or
no known theory of physical or mechanical union
can we satisfactorily explain how nroperties so
new should be the result of such chemical combina
tions. •
- The chemical study of this water in its relations
to animal and vegetable life presents new points of
interest. Tiie most important of its cliemical prop
erties are so familiar to us that jve rarely think of
them, and certainly do not prize them. Pure wa-
tfer lias neither taste, nor smell, nor pungency. It
is neitlier sour like vinegar, nor sweet like sugar,
nor alkaline like sola. It irritates no nerve of sen
sation, .even the most delicate, nor is the tendered
part of the animal frame disturbed by contact with
Uiis-UhiTersal fluid. Ii is thus fitted to penetrate
unfelt imo the subtlest tissues, and without caus
ing *he slightest jar to flow along the finest, most
liair-like vessels. It soothes and-assuagvs wherev
er it comes^lessenipg inflamation, lulling pain, di
luting unhealthy fluids within the body, mid wash
ing morbid humours and waste mate rials from the
sickly and changing frame. «
Agabi. as a cooling agentwater is MBally inval
uable. In a dry and thirsty land wefeei and ac-
knowlodge Uje pleasure of bathiug our treated bo
dies in the sea of the running stream. But we are
less sensible' lit>w it watches over us, as it were,
every passing moment, dispelling each rising heat,
and removing front the body every excess of warmth
which might disturb the equable wonting of. its
tm»uy parts. Do we eat iufiamatory feud, or drink
over-stimulating fluids, the excess of bodily warmth
produced converts a portion of water into vapour,
and the lungs throw it olf into tlre-arr. Do we by
hard labor, 01 other unusual exertion, exalt the
empsrature of the body the same water again taxes
the superfluous beat, and battling witli perspiration
both skin-and hmgs restrains within due bounds
the growing inflamation.
But more widely useful still in relation to vege
table and animal life is the property which water
possesses of dissolving and rendering fluid a host
of usually solid bodies. Put sugar or salt into wa
ter, it disappears and becomes fluid and penetra
tive iikfe the water itself. The salt sea contains
within its bosom many substances so dissolved •
the fluids that circulat ethrough our veins are chief-
,ly water holding various compound bodies in soiu-
tion; the moisture .which* the plant-root drinks
in carries with it into root* stem, and leaf many
substances it has taken up from the soil; and the
purest waters we consume fer domestic use are
not free from foreign matters of mineral and organ
ic origin. Ju all this there is a purpose, and good
living things from lips solvent power
It »a olifiare «r-
tnre can he observed—it, this littfeg^rc *-*• - -a
discernment and concealed foreetfor re* --•«-«■
Placed ir. one condition it rrtnain. namh»r***r S
same for aniodeftsnteperiod nfti.-ae. Ifhfe » •
it is life in a state of quiesrent torpor: -
watchful; a life most profound r> ro*e. f, a
other condition, it reenrs'atowc* to petvnro »t
change.- It swells and mores; the muer -
burris -ts'shell and cranes forth: riosrir aad rr
tioosly expands it growing fen.sli; frets, ss
were, and examines every auimasew it t--*-,. -/
selects and rejects as suits its pwpnw; tranw- /—
each chemical bah- it takes up. snd fits it L *
place it is intended *n oorapy in the jri*iwr *trr
to be erected; and with matcriefo %> cnderW a
prepared, it leil la *m~ri-iTii-Tr wittwsg **** -:
and a predetermined plan—green leaf rrx»re
towering stem, blooming flower, hajmo firo-t. area
ishing seed; till hnmgh (fee wondaaftd ws>tfcmg.aw
chauscaJ and otremiral of that kiddee specie
which so long siep in the mkr-iscuyar gerut, faro
and grace adorn the fauidnrwpe. and iaert -
matter has been abumlantlv con varied faro fad fa
man. How slow gad limited is our not adsanrw
cliemical knowledge, compared with tint ist re~
so richly given to thia tiny acadetf—tAkiSmrp
Review.
Latest free Norfolk.
The latest news from Norfolk is con
tained iu the following despatch to tire
Petersburg Express:
TYelden, September J3. 1 1-2 o’cfcdc
P. ir.—Mr. J. M. Jacobs. t if the Words
Hospital, Norfolk. left Norfolk tki*»
morning, and reached here br th<*
Seaboard train of cars. lie reports trnr
hundred andforty-nine" deaths in ^tor-
folk, from last Sabbath rnoraintr op - to
Tuesday-
Yesterday there irtre onlv *«x-
deaths, and among them was Dr* Jam-
us Briggs, an eminent phtsieias of
Norfolk. Mr. Jacobs was with ksst
when he died.
_
The fever, I am truly r^tioed to ‘
state, is fast abating.
f “