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'Tartf?WffuK.?An extract from a pamphlet entitled Information, &c.&c. respecting the in* traduction of (he Kine Pock Inocutatiou, &c. &c. by Benjamin Watcrhome, M. D. <cc. pro. fcH^or of tlio Theory and Practice of Phytic k in the University of Cambridge, M*?tachusett?. " The difference of opinion concerning the preventive power of Kine Pock Imd disturbed the harmony of thetown of Randolph, Vermont. Many nnunou* eases had occurred, and the pcr sor.s afterwards l?nik the Small Pox. A town meeting wan called, and a respectable commit* tee appointed to superintend the experiment of testing with Hmall Pox, seventy-five person* men, women and children, who have received the Kino Pock from l)r*. Bift<dTI aud Fauchcr.? These seventy -five persons* lived hi a licensed pest house with those who had tho 8mall Pbxin every stage and were inoculated with it) but ou tho twelfth ditv they were discharged as persons on Whom the Small Pox could have no effect? ? This iVtko most decisive exiierimont ever made io America, if we except the following. The committee in order to give every prooi, which the nohte discovery of the Kine rock allowed, were desirous to llnd some woman with a suck inir child, who would be willing to let her infant have the Kine Pock, while sho herself had the Sinn! I Pox. Mrs. Moulson heroically offered her child for experiment The infant was first inoculated with tho Kine Pock, and forty*eight hnu rn nfler wards its mother was inoculated with the Smail Pox. The Kine Pock went on regu larly in the child, as did the Small Pox in the mother who suckled the child at the same time. Hie mother had a considerable number of pus tule* on her body, face and breasts ; ono or two of which were kept raw by the tender lips of the infant, while sucking; and yet the child ap peared as well tliroughout the whole, as If ithad been nursed bv a person not suffering under the Small Pox. The contrast between the inocula ted diseases was striking. The infunt with one beautiful pustule aud playful, the mother with hundreds ? nnil vet the infant rendered, by this Mmnlv operation*, ns secure from future attack of the loathsome, contagious and dreadful Small Pox, as the mother with all her sufferings. ? Putting mothers out of the (piestion, can the lii - titers of our country rend this anecd.ite without ??motion." These experiments wero made in Mittvh, 180K. since which, t .vo cases have occur red t ? Dr. Vaterhume, where infants having i!h! tacrine disease upon them, were stickled by nwl'.ers covered by hundreds of Small Pox pustule**.? U. S. (Inxeltr. ' I \ Nvw.Kiitfl- it 1 ?;<? re it n lieavy pcnitty for inoc>tl:? t.iiif \ViM, itiv Shi. ill i' v.ui.ifv* at :nt It ?? |?itr?l lir?n%c-? li? tin1 own, and w'? el. li - u?rt? n tnunit* ilr-. ?!, 'V'licil !l I IIHT.M1 JJl'c.H V'ltlll'lll iK'iJ'Jf I MTKiri ?? y tS% sfiiiiN'iwir. IIP,! BST I't IIUCATIONK. The first number of the Kvnngelical Reposito ry, ,'puolished in I'iiil. monthly* at 83 per ami.) h*n?just api-ca. ed. *? This work wilt contniti bio :i |')Tiica1 sketches c?f those illustrious votatics. ?vhose evamplc mnv tend tu the promotion of ? e Christian religion, essays on literary ami re ? t r'mu* topic*, extracts from new, scarco or va1 uublc works, rc|M>rts of the ri?e; ami progress of ieli?ious and benevolent societies, &c.&c. The editor** plan in sanctioned by some of the most ? ? | *?? *< 1-tV V>VlpJ UIIU till ? *v of Philadelphia, whoso names accompany tbe proposal*, Such a pledi;c, we idiould suppose, would ho cu re tlie most ample nucce.sn. MY have only room to add that the first number, a? far as it goes, liftings cvidenro that the editor is not unworthy the highly honorable approbation, with which it in offered to the patronage of the moral and tho wise of every denomination/' 'i Itoinas Dobsun continues the publication of the celebrated Atlas of Pinkerton. Those who procure nine subscribers are entitletl to thetonth nr.ifis. It will be comprised in tweuty numbers at four dollars each. PIUM'OHBUM WORKS. ; Mr. Dobson proposes to publish by subscript ????ti (??ix tloll.s. per aun. two voIh. in boartls, each pp. 4W.) an American Register, or aom :u iry review of history, politics and literature^ io be i*suid semi-annually, and conducted by Robert Walr.h, juu. it is intended that the work ?lmll comprise ? a Hketch of the political history, foreign an. I domestic, of the six month* immediately preceding the appearance of each xdiniet an exposition of domestic and foreign literature for the Maine interval f a free synopsis ??!' the debutes in congress, with an occasional investigation of their merits in point of doctrine f a notice of the proceedings of the government und corporate bodies of tho fteveral states as >.eeui to hear on the interest of the union t a se lection of the most im mutant statistical ami ; tatc paper*, and a record of occurrences which tend to mark the progress of the arts & sciences or to illustrate tho peculiar genius ami manners of the American people. \V m. W. Worn! ward, Phil, has issued propo- 1 <al* for nublishiug a work entitled Philological Iter i arches, of an attempt to elucidkte the prin ciple* of tf nglish Orommar by a comparison' with those of the Latin, Greek anu Hebrew languages. My James 1*. Wilson^ I). I). Ktlucnthn of fht benf and Jhiutb.-? Whatever cm alleviate the afflictions of our species, and particularly of that most unfortunate class of persons who, from a natural defect, are deprived of the greatest enjoyments of life, deserves the highest regard of the Immune and benevolent.? In France, the Abbe Si card lias long been cele brated as an instructor of the deaf and dnrab*? The acquirements of his pupils* many of whom are men of science, has br*n a source of otpwd pleasure and astonishment to the Philanthropist. It is gratifying to notice, that an institution for this purpose, the first we hav* heard of in tho l.'nited .States, has been lately 4'staldished near Petersburg in Virginia. G.JoUr . ?MWhv Kjifinm Halt. ? It gives us much plea sure to inform our reiAlers of tlie discovery of in extensive cave of native Kpsom Mitt or Sul phate of mngneiritt, almut .10 miles from this Vlace, near the town of ('orry don, (Indiana Ter ritory.) The cave is apparently InexhaUftible ? Mir, 01 every variety or crystal, (s arranged iu all that fanciful splendor which decorate* the grotto of Antiptros. This cave U the only spe cimen known, of the pare salt In a solid form, excepting iu Monro* county, (V|r.) where It ia found under the surface of tlio earth. In Eu rope, ' ami particularly In England, at the Bp. aptn springs, which uave name to the- salt, it is obtained from water impregnated with it? We cordially hone that this native treasure will richly reward the chemical knowleduo ami en terprise of Doctors Huhmkl an<l Adams, of this town, who have tho merit of analysing am) ascertaining this gentle and detiadUtTuI cathartic* We have been promised some further particu lars concerning tho situation, dimensions. &c* of the cave, which will shortly bo presented to tho public, ? LuuiaviUeyJfC. Paper. JVbfitv Iron*? Mr. Konig, on the authority of a letter from baron Moll, of Munich,, lias an nounced, that in Qctobcr, 1814, a mass of native iron, weighing about two hundred nound% was discovered by a shepherd at Lenarto, in tho co* mitate of Jarosh, on thr declivity of a small range subordinate to the Carpathian mountains. Its colour is internally of alight steel gray ap proaching to silver. It is covered by a thin coat of rust t it* surface in uneven, rough, and mark ed by impressions : it presents thrco cellular ca vities, but they are without the olivine substance found in the Siberian native iron. The ma?* is irregular and flnt, as if compressed t its frac ture ia hackly, it takes a high polish, is perfect ly malleable cold, and it* solution in nitric acid. Is of a light emerald green colour. Our readers will, no doubt, recollect colonel tiibbs's ac count of the mass of native iron now at New York, weighing three thousand pounds, in the luincralogical magazine of l)r. Bruce. ? V. Folio. A very extraordinary and singular female ap pointment took place lately at tho university of Qiesen, in Germany. The faculty of nhvsici ans conferred the dignity of doctor of Midwife ry on the lady of l)r. Von Hiebold, of Darm stadt, who jointly with her husband, has distin guished iiei>elf for many years, by her philan thropic /.vnl in tli kt branch of the profession, and by her unweai ic-.i exertion* to promote vaccina tion ana preventive for the vnall-oox.? -JMrf. j VOR KIONN KWH. 8UMMAKV. The nliip Mincrvu arrived at New-York on the 4th ilixt. brought London dates to the lUth January, and Liverpool to the 20th, from which we have made the following btimmnry. The BiitiMi Parliament wan prorogued to the 1?t of February. *l*l?e Commercial Treaty, ra tified, between'the I'nited State* and Great-Bri tain, arrived at Falmouth in t?.e Chesterfield Packet, twenty days from New-York, and was published in London on (ho !7th of January.? Hie Niger frifrate, with tiio Hon. Mr. Bsgot, Ambassador to America, woa expected to leave Kn<t land on the 20th of January. Sir George Provost, lute governor of danaua, died of the l^out ? his trial had not commenced. Ilehaa left a wife, two daughters and a eon who take* his ti tle. Tl?e Prince Urgent had hail the gout for three day?, but won expected to return to town ratissvVn iter Stls* land { and from the middle of December to the middle of January the papers give accotffite of damages unstained in their ports. A dreadful explosion of a Mngazino of Powder took place at l)antzic,ou the 8th of Dccetpberf typ w hich a yreat part of the city was laid in ruins \ and up wards of three hundred persona were killed? the wounded supposed to amount to about 1200. A decree of the king of rrance had been pub lished, which banishes from France all the regi cides of Louis XVI, A commissioner is uam ed to point out thoao to whom the law is to ap lily. There wasto ht? a general mourning In France on the 21st January~-the anniversary of the murder of Louis XVI. Marshal Hoult and General Vandatmne. are said to be at Brussels, waiting an opportunity to embark for the United States. A Paris date of the 1 1 tli of January, jays, " Generals Drouot and Debelle, are the next upon trial, on the list of conspirators ; the preliminary process has commenced on both Crtie*." L<l. Cathcart, Ambassador front Eng nd, hid arrived at Hi. Petersburg. Ltl. Am herst, Who goes to China, takes with him his par liamentary robes, as a Peer of Gteat -Britain, to appear "before the Kmperor. The Duke of Wellington was hourly expected in Kngfand from France, on a visit to the Prince Regent*-? I*uvaleMe, it is said, escaped into Bavarian? he was executed in effigy, however, at Paris, on the Oth of January, Sir Robert Wilson, kuown to every nation in Kurope, by his ffallant servi ces against Bonaparte, Certain Hutchinson, a young officer of tlie guards, and a near relative i>f Lord Donongmore, and a Mr. Bruce* eldest *on of the banker, have been arrested by the Minister of Police, at Paris, ana thrown into prison of the Ahbaye, on a charge of aiding in the escape of Lavaletter? It appears also, that the French Minister of Justice, was an accessa ry in I?avalette's escape. Germany and Prus sia are in a distracted state. A report was in circulation at Paris on the tenth of January, that the Russian Cabinet contemplated uniting Bel* ifum to France and placing on the throne either tne king of the Netheritnas or his son } and the I fctnperor Alexander is making great levies, in stead of disarming, as are the rest of tho Bn ropenn powers. A rumor was in circulation, that the Princess Charlotte is to be married to the Prince de Cobourg, with her own conacnt.? The Foreign Commissioners who are to reside It 8t. Helena, were to sail very shortly in the Phffton frigate ) the flflth regiment, consisting r?f 700 men, had sailed for Ht. Helena, 'lite French Fundi continue to decline? they are 00 j bank actions, 1049. JWipfam London paper of tho 5th January, contains the following article, l< The P.lira, Norguay. arrived in the Downs, sailed from Madras the Oth Septemlier, from the Cape of Good Hope tho Gth of November, and from 8t. Helena (tie 21st November. No person was suffered to land at 8t. Helena from tue KMi*. Honapurte wa* in tno ulterior of the Wftnd rh* \uA been invited to two parties, un of General Hon a parte, but paid uo attention to the invitation* uf? 5' * V& tho following MruMpM The State* of TV detained a Maltese vessel? end made tho ?row i T? ^justice, against the British, they hav? added insult and contempt ) the Captain of II, M/iwbio Pilot, ww recent I v trcatcd with the greatest disrespect on shore f and on returniuK on board, was stoned all the way to his boat," tbo fllja^ajioot the capital, to prepar* forthe English the quarters already occupied by them. The month of January lias oeen long looked to - ? - -vm vmmvni j nwm**9 WVH *W'*A ,VVK^I V by the Parisians m pregnant with somo extraor dinary event j any public occurence of the least importance, or in any degree indicative of a re volutionary movement, is enquired into with an xious curiosity, and tne consequence is, that the most alarming, but in general the most ex travagant rumors are afloat every day. Even the terror of tho law against the propagation of seditious rumors is not sufficient to restrain the public curiosity and orcdulity of the French.? rids design in even looked upon as having dis closed itself in the violent spirit that has broken out in the chamber of deputies * the reported re turn of the British troops is attributed to the kin^s's Tears from thin quarter. The palace of the Thuitleric* is strongly guarded? tnore are at least four hundred men, cavalry and infan frv, of tlio new army, barracked round tho pa lace ? but the only quarter from which real danger appears, is from the. revolutionary party. There are no longer llonapartists and republi can" 5 they have formed a coalition, and' openly call themselves 44 The Admirers of the Revolu tion.1' The general distinction of political opi nion is royulfit and omi de la revolution. 'I lie party was active, daring, even under Bona parte, and is now strengthened by the accessi on of his adlip-ents. The French government, it i? said, has already discovered a System of af filiation amongst them. They instantly recog nise each other, by signs, like the freemasons, and arc sworn to secrecy* One of the watch words is said to be?*4 bt lion endormi." .80 extensively has this systein spread, that it had reached even the barracks, where it was disco vered by the government. It is in consequence of this discovery, that a great number of French officers have been arrested within the last few days. Paris is still as full of French military as ever. Scarcely any of the officers who served Bonaparte have been received iuto the new ar my 1 they are to bo seen wanderinr about in all quarters, wearing the red rililmn of the legion of honor t they look at the officers of the royal army with envious derision. The latter have as yet scarcely acquired tho air of soldiers, and *Lt \f are, for the mostrphrt from tho provinces." Calamities at 7Vn?rJ0>.-? In the early part of !>cc. a most distressYng firo took idace utn Con vent at Toaerlflfc.' Hoven of, the nuipi w eio UUrilt to ?lc?ittt< . Ilie w?hn for ?nm? hour* arm dreadful. It was first discovered aboutA10 o' clock at night } all the nuns were in bed, and it Was some time before they Could be made ac quainted with their danger. The nuns who ea capcd, were obliged to leave tho convent naked, as they never sleep in their clothes. Those that were burnt, were seen at the windows till the flames consumed them. There were no means of saving them, as the windows were strongly grated with iron, and oiilv one door that they could get out of, which was entirely enveloped in flames. Tho next night, there was n tremen dous fall of rain ; the water course* were filled and run a different way } in conseouence of which fourteen persons were drowned in their houses. CON<;ltK88. HOUSE OK RKPRICSBNTATIVES. ? tiatmuUiy, March Q. The Speaker laid before the House, a tetter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmit' ting a report of auditions which have been made since September last, to thu funded and floating debts of the IT. States* On motion of Mr. Hall* " Iirnoh ??#, That the committee on the National Currency be instruct* ed to enquire into the expediency of compelling; the Hanks in the different States, after the first of November next, to resume apccSc payments, bv increasing the duty on stamps, or in any ?? tficr manner which may be best calculated to produce the dctdrcd efiect.M The House then proceeded to the report of the committee of the whole, on thu bill in additi on to the act reitilatin^ the post-uAlco establish ment. 'i'he bill was amended on motion of Mr. Wright, ?o as to allow to the Members of Con gress, the privilege of franking letter* during tlie recess. Alter some further discussion, the bill was ordered to be engrossed at a lato Jiour i and the house adjourned. * Mtrrh 4. Mr. Johnson of Ky. moved the following re solution, which, after debate was agreed to, vis t ** ttemilvtd, That u committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency of changing the proper mode of compcnsation'to the members of Congress into a uross sum for each session ; and to report such other provisions as may have a tendency to the despatch of public, business, and to compel tho punctual attendance of members of Congres* during the aestion." An unimportant amendment made by the Se nate to the Oircct Ta* Mil, was taken up and agreed to, after an unsuccessful motion to post pone the bill indefinitely ? so that it now wants only the signature of tlie President to Itccome a law. ' ' " 'Ilie house went Into committee of the whole on the National llank bill. and made con siderable progress therein. When arrived at the provision v.hifh gives to the President and Senate tho potrtrof appointing fivo of the Di. ICC tort, amotionwasinudu to strike out that feature j on *hld| a debate eusued that had n6t ended when the How adjourned. TVrfrf tf. Jlfarth 5. Mr. tlopkiniori from a eelect committee, re ported a bill for the relief of Bible socictio* |u the United State# | [exempting from duty nil plates, (ke. Imported for such societies ?) -which was twice read and committed. The House then appdn resolved Into a co mlttee of the whole, Mr. Nelson of Va. hi t chair, on the National Bank bilU-the qucatl to strike out the provision giving to the . Pre. dent and KenAte the power of appointing fire the Directors, being still under considerate On this question the debate was renamed at continued to a Into hour, before the declsio took place. 'Die cettaemen who supported tb amendment were Messrs. Oastoh and Pi^lfci ins | and those who opposed it were Messrt Wilde. Telfair, Wright, Clay. Calhoun an Forsyth. I n the course of tho da v an amend meat was adopted, on motion of Mr.Condit, t confine the selection of Director* to be made b tho President and Senate, to persons holditi) stock in the Dank. On motion of Air. Smith o Md. an amendment was also adopted, to pre vent mora than three 01 the Directors appointed by the Preiddent and Henate, from being takeii from any one state, Tho main question was a> length taken, on Mr. Pitkin's motion to exclude the government from the appointment of any of the Directors, and decided in tho negative, 71) to 04. The committee then rose, reported pro* gress, obtained leave to sit again j and tlio hoUse amounted. Wtihtenftiy, March 6. ' 1 Mr. Ingham from the committee on post-of fice ami post roads, reported the bill in addition to the act regulating the post-office establish* mcnt, with amendments, anion est which waft a variation of the privilege offtanVlng^durintfthe 'p* UIU recess, voted to members of Congress the other day, so as to make the privilege rehtl, "from the commencement of Congress, and until flu data thereafter." After some debate the rcjfort of the committee waa agreed to, and the bill was ordered to bo engrossed for a third reading, *-< Mr. Newton, from the committee of commerce and mapttfacttires^made ft report on the memo rial* and petitions of the manufacturers of wool ; which was read and ordered to lie on the tabic. Mr. Kelson of Virginia, from the committee on the Judiciary, reported ft bill to alter certain parts of the Oct providing for the government of Missouri territory s which wfts twice read and committed* Mr. Johnson of Ky. from the committee ap* Minted on that subject, reported ft bill to chanfp the mode of compensation to the members of Congress. [instead of the six dollars per diem, to allow the gross sum of 1,300 dollars ? *r ses h.on to each member,] which was twice rvad and committed. Tho houso then again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill to incorno rate tho subscribers to the National Bank. Mr. Smith of Md. moved to amend the IOUi section, ho as to allow the choice of President of tho -~r MIV M ?Vff|IIViri Uti^ Senate. After debate, the qeebtioit "on Mr. Mouth's motion, was carried? ayes 80, nay ? <10. After some further amendment, affecting no principle, Mr. Itandolph moved to add the word ntitivr in the clause which limits the choice of Directors to citizens of the United Stales * which motion was agreed to w ithout debate ayes OH. Mr. Smith of Md. then moved to strike out that part of the ITth section, which gives the President of the United States power, during tho recess of Congress, on the applicati on of the stockholders, to authorise the Hank to suspend the pay mcnt of specie. The commit, tee rose without deciding this motion, reported progress, and obtained foave to sit again. TTie House then went Into committee of the whole, Mr. Forsyth in the chair, on the report of the committed of ways and means, on the a mendmentsof the Sanate to the bill makim*?. ap propriations for the ordnance department. 'loo Senate's amendments were agreed to by. tho committee of the whole, when it roue and the house adjourned. ThurnUiy, Mtrrth 7, Mr. Robertson from the committee on the public lands, reported a bill farther extending the time for issuing ami locating military land warrants ) which was twice read and committed. On motion of Mr. Crawford, ft resolution ?afc adopted calling on the Secretary of thoTreasu ry Tor detailed statements of the valuation and amount* $tc, of the Direct Tax. in each county, &c, in the state of Pennsylvania, the transac tion* of the board of principal asBCMors, &e. &c. ' Tho engrossed hill in addition to the act to re ? Sulate tho post office establishment, was read io third time and pasted. The house then again resolved itself into u committee of the whole on the National JtanR bill? the motion to strike out the proviso which uiver,tb congress tho power of authorising Jim Hank, on application of tho stockholders, to suspend tho {tayinent of specie, after consi derable debate, was derided in the affirmative by a largo majority. Homo other amendments were made tothebill. when the committee rose, reported progress and obtained leave to sit again. Tho house then went into the committee ut the whole, on thfe bill to alter the compensation allowed to Members of Congress. After dis cussing various propositions to amend the bill, tho committee rose, reported tho bill and amend' mcnt* to the houMj, which were concurred in, and the house adjourned fibout sun set, Jt'rithv, Marrh 8. Mr. Cbappell from the committee of pension % and revolutionary claims, reported a hill in* creasing tho pensions of invalid pensioners in certain cases $ which was read and committed. The engrossed bill to change the mode of com pensation to the Members o? Congress wftsrtwl the third time, and priced.