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ymJ ibjoo^h the eritts of tKe fioii
deadly attack which a Coo could anticipate
or Treason with, and we have been porMil
4p a sound and pristine hfailh*' bv
the operation of the very disease which
assailed us* There is a vitality in our institutions;
which will preserve them thro'
all the dangers to which the eissltudes
' of time and chance may expose their
safety.
'Hone is thn f>A?t nmnn etf Mmnrlatilr.
We fondly believe thai our, jcouatry is
reseverd for a peculiar deatiftjr. She has
'led the van in the march of da lions. Her
' eagle is the herald, as well as tfio emblem
of Liberty. Her dawn of promise is unclouded?There
is scarcely a shadow to
-flit over the beaming light of prosperity*
and how bright; how transcendanlly
bright, must be ihe meridian of her fame!
That Star of Empire whose westward
course has been prophetic of her destiny,
must culminate over the promised land
of freedom and of men.
The possible destiny of the United
Slates of America,?as a nation of a hundred
millions of freemen,?stretching from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, living under
the laws of Alfred, aud speaking the language
of Shakspear and Milton,?is an j
august conception. It is a consumation'
almost too boundless for human thought;
but its sublimity chiefly consists in the
concomitant extensions and example of
liberty. When the tide of population/
shall hare swept beyond the mighty mountains
of the Pacific, and lined its fruitful
shores with with the tumultuous throngs
of commerce,?when the gardens of nature,
the boundless prairies oif the Weal,
shall rejoice in the smile of universal
cultivation,?and the noble rivers that water
their luxurient soil be freighted with
'the golden products of industry,?imagination
can compass the glory, the majesty
of Freedom* And when w?? rem??r?i
b'rr that such anticipations arc deducted
from sober calculation,?that perchance
within the space of a single century these
immense results will, in the course of nature,
be accomplished,?who can doubt
the heaven-directed das'iny of this country??
Miscellaneous.
Extract from a letter by Puofessor Smith of the N.
York Medical College.
Vjeqetablk Diet.?"It has been maintained
by some men, distinguished for
learning and reasearch that vegetable diet J
is most conducive to health It seems <
singular that such men should advocate a I
doctrine of this kind in these enlightened t
?those Christian days. That such prin- ?
ciplcs should have been tought in the ol- t
den times by a Braminical priest or a Py- ?
thogoras, is not so wonderful, considering i
that the first belonered to a nunpraiitiAne
O |.w. I
priesthood, whoso doctrines were founded
in error; nnd that the latter, although wise}
in the wisdom of his day, was evidently
a wild theorist, who thought, by pervert-1
ing the laws of nature, he might change
man from a blood-thirsty animal to a lover
of peace. . Hence he taught,
"That man should over bo the friend of man;
Should view with tenderness all living forms?
His brother remmcts and his sister worm."
"That such a doctrine should gain proselytes
at the present time, when expe- 1
rience is the basis on which philosophers '
build systems of Hygiene, is strange indeed.
Does not the experience of every
physician prove that nothing would dele- ,
riorate the human constitution more than
an exclusive adherence to vegetable -iiet?
what physician is there that does not
inow the necessity of rich animal f?od
for the feeble and cachectic patient?? i
Examine our medical journals, nnd see
the experience of those attached to or- i
phan assylumns, and institutions of charity.
Do they not tell you that the prevalence
Of scrofulous diseases could only he
checked by the introduction of a larger ,
allowance of animal food and nourishing i
drinks? I have myself known numerous *
instances of large families of badly-fed <
yiegroes swept oil' by a prevailing epidim- t
ic, while their neighbors, who were well i
minnlioil Willi maul >?a?M -' - - "
su|,|?... ...... mivhii nvuiu UIIIIOSI cniirejy I ]
escape; and it is well known to many in-|t
telligcnt planters in the South, thai thej>
best method of preventing that horrible ||
malady, Chachexia Africana, is to feed I (
the negroes with nutritious fo.?d. I have' {
sent several consumptive persons to the* |
Rocky Mountains, where they were compelled
to live entirely on animal food, t
and they have been returned well, not- i
withstanding the low temperature of the i
climate. Take from the Laplander or i
the Esquimaux his oil and his blubber, }
/md feed him upon roots, and he is no j
longer able to endure the chilling blast of
his native clime."
INDIAN FOOD. '
"I have been to the Indian wigwam, ]
and asked the old chief why his race,
who were once the nriiln <* ?? ?1 1
j v* mt. iui u?V| nuu
died of naught but old age, and the bat- 1
tlc-axe, had now dwindled to a handful of 1
poor, sickly basket makers, lie has told 1
me of the white man^s axe, and said these 1
fields were once covered with forests that |
sheltered the bear, the deer, artd the buf-|'
falo. He pointed to his patch of maiie,
whose cultivation required the sordid
mind of the pale faces. "Give me back
my forest and Jmy bow* and my children
shall no moredie of a cough."
A Paris Journal has the following interesting
account of an event which befel
M. Desckainps, a wealthy inhabitant of
Lyons:
"II# fell into such a state of lethargy
? orvFriday, the 27tli Nov. that his ?r ends
- fceUVrfd'hfth to bf dead and proceeded,
. ^ w
to the pAlimiRitiek tor fi??
The eoifin >v?# bought, and hl? body pUr
ced is it. The funeral was tu take place
op the 3atuiday; the cortege ww assembled,
and the undertaker was on the point
of placing on the lid, and screwing it dowu
when the supposed defunct suddenly roused
from a mere lethargy into which he
had fallen, rose up, ana expressed a dej
sire for something to eat. A sudden pan'lc
for a lime paralysed all present but the
: sound of his voice dissipated their fears,
and every attention was immediately paid
him. He declared that he had been conscious
of all that was going on, but wss
unable to make the least movement. He
was soon so far recovered as to give assurance
of many years of renewed life
and activity."
Gov. Cass at Jerusalem.?A letter
from Jerusalem, dated August 14tb, mentions
a visit from Gen. Cass, (our Minister
to France) family and suite. They
arrived at Jaffa in the frigate Constitution,
and wete accompanied to Jerusalem by
Com. Elliot and several of his officers.
Gen. Cass, and family staid with Mr. and
Mrs. Whiting, (Missionaries of the American
Board, the latter of whom is from
this city;) and the remainder of the party,
8 in number, besides servants, with theRev.
Mr. Landeau, Mrs. Cass and her
daughters were in feeble health.
A close torque not always the
sign of a wise head. ColeHge tcjls &
story of meeting a stranger whoso silence
during dinner time, and his attention to
what others said, without interrupting
them, gave him a favorable impression or
his understanding till, unfortunately, on
the appearance of some apple dumplings
towurds the close of the repast, the delusion
was dissipated by the stranger suddenly
exclaiming?"Them's the jockies
for me." ,
Epigram.?An old gentleman Of the
name of Gould married a girl of nineteen.
He wrote a letter to a friend, informing
him of the happy event, with this
couplet:
'So you gee, my dear friend, tho' eighty years old
A girl ot nineteen falls in love wiln old Gould.'
Ho received a reply in these terms:
'A girl of nineteen may love Gould, it is true,
Hut believe me, dear sit, it is Gold without U.'
Original Anecdote of Matkias.?It
is not generally known, wo presume,
that this notorious imposter passed through
the Easternr part of this State sometime
since. While at Newbury, a large nutn!>er
being present, some one in rather a
aunting manner asked him lo exhibit a
niraclc. Without the least embariassncnt,
he replied, "1 have bean exhibiting
jvery day, for the last ten years, the
greatest miracle ever shown to the world'.
/ have been telling the truth without being
mobbed."-?Burlington Sentinel. i
An Iron Horse.?A mechanic named
David Rittcr, of New Haven, has invented
an iron horse, that is propelled by
springs by the turning of a crank which
the rider does with the greatest ease; the
liorse is a fac-simile of a live one, and
will go at the rate of twenty miles an *
lour. *He thinks there will be no use 1
or rail roads, as it will be much cheaper, 1
is the horse will not eat one bushel of I
jits in fifty years, only a little oiling <
three or four times a year.
Great Mail Robbery.? It has re- |
cenlly been discovered that the Express (
Mail between Nashville, Tenn. and Louis- <
vilie, Ky. has been robbed, by certain of j
the carriers, of letters containing checks i
and daafts loan amount exceeding $70,- i
000!?perhrps much more, as this amount <
lias been taken from the culprits, besides ,
S3,000 in Bank Notes. The discovery j
was made by the robbers and their con- |
federates sending a bank draft of $1,500 |
to this city to be cashed. Lacking the en- <
dorsement,, it was sent back to Cincinna- <
Li, to Mr. Jartics Hicks, jr. in whose fa- |
vor it was drawn, and by him at once rcfc
cognized as one sent to him from New \
Orleans but not received. The facts |
Yere immediately communicated to the \
Postmaster; the xpiess rider who sent {
;he drafts was arrested, and, after an eximinnlion
before the Mayor, committed.
His njimp is M Plirv S X Ir/ifllTrnu o rP.. I
? .* w,??6. V.V. A nu
Sonfednrates named George W. Marsh, (
[another Express rider) and Peter Van- 1
liaden, have also been arrested. 1
People must be careful of sending mo- '
iey in this Fxpiess Mail. It is not in- s
tended for remittances, and is carried al- 1
together by yoon& boys, wholly exposed, j
ind the riders, if not positively dishonest,
ire liable to be made the dupes of expcrienccd
scoundrels. 1
From Africa.?We learn frorti Capt.
Hornsby, ot the brig Elizabeth, arrived |
this morning from the river Gambia, ,
West Coast of Africa, that a malignant i
fever lies buen quite fatal among the Eii- <
ropean? iher?" vt the settlement of St. !
Mary'- upwards of thirty had died. The i
fever was raging at Goree and Senegul.?
Captain li.unsby also stages that
while lying at anchor in the Harbor of I
Goree, in October last, he was hoarded <
by a Lieutenant and boat's crew from the i
French corvette Trntnphant, Captain of
Pcronr.e, who impressed two scnmeiii
(Frenchmen) who were shipped at New
v?_i,. .1 .1 .L- i .
awi>\> aim si^neti wit* articles io perform'
the voyage. The Collector the port'i
refused to clear the vessel, or give up her ,
paper*, until these ineo were delivered!
up to the Commandant of ihe corvette,
which whs M'lused, when they were ta-1
ken out t>y force, and were consequently
detained until ne.u day aid wero unable,
to procure men 111 their stead. ;
i ? V* Bjin i J . UII r
1 - : F^tetry. . - ,
l k POPULAR SONG. \
By the Editor of the (Pa.) Mbmttoineer.
), ? Tune?"Royal Charlie."
Hard times!?hud times!?is now the ciy,
The country** in eoofoaioa t
The Banka here stopped! and etill they t?y
To miettfydelusion t
They give us trash, and keep the cash,
To send adrosfc the water*
To pay for things, they bought from 'Kings
To quia our sons and daughters!
onoaus
Then to the Poil* !?ye noble souls!
The B^nhs may cry for quarters!
But hear their doom?they shall resume, '
Or forfeit all their charter?!
Shall Corporations rtile tho soil,
That Washington defended 7
Must honest people sweat and toil,
And see their rights "suspended 7"
Must we be slaves, to pamper knaves, J
Shall Bankers be our masters 7 I
Must all our pay from day to day, t
Be nothing but shin-plasters 7
Then to the polls?4*c j
Bravo Jackson strove to keep us free: '
He loved his country doaiiy, 1
His "sound metalie currency"
Was not a "Promise" merely; 1
If " little Van's an honest man,
He'll imitate the Hero, 1
And send the whigs, to dance their jigs,
At loost?as low as Zero !! 8
m... j. j* it |
i ntU cv inc poU&
As Congress is about to meet, f
Upon a great occasion, I
Muy no unholy scheme defoat r
The common expectation. C
If Martin will be honest 'dtill, t
The scenes which now are tragic, a
Must disappear before a year, L
For honesty is "Magic!!" s
Then to the polls !?$c.
Tho "Empire State" may play her pranks,
And e'en the "Old Dominion,"
May white.wosh all hor broken Banks,
Regardless of opinion;
tu., it???? a,.*. \?
aiiv lvojoiuav; ^iaiv} WUU I ilUHlltllt')
Tho' ills fall thick upon hor,
To elill maintain without a stain,
Hor high and "sacred honor."
Then to the polls !?eye.
\Vo duly understand our rights, I
The rights of Law and Nature, (I
We'll vote no more for paper kites, ^
To fill our Legislature; ((
For just Reform we'll brave tlio stdrin,
Bold as Columbia's seamen,
We'll do or die?for Liberty ! , j
And .prove that we are Freemen!!
Then to the polls!?ft. '
Agricultural. 1
From the Southern Agriculturist. ''
ON SELECTING COTTON SEED. J.
Beaufort, Dec. 14. w
Mr. Editor.?The time is approaching p
vhen we shall be busily engaged pr?pu- b
ing for another crop?suffer me therefore a]
0 submit for your consideration, and (if m
1 1 . -1 "
nougiu wormy 01 a place in your register)
to planters generally a few ideas. ai
In looking over my cotton-seed since r<
ginning, I have been led to think, whether, w
fiom the quantity of unmatured seed I il
discovered, it was not worth the planter's tl
while to ascertain from experiment, the ei
injury he sustained from the idiscriminate p
use of the sc.'d as it came from the cotIon.
Owing to the gales of the last ti
season, much, very much is premature?; tl
jf course much of the seed is seriously 8
injured in those essentials which would h
render it good. If these seed are allowed rr
to be sown, the) will germinate?but
" on 11 Ko rooc nn? l?lir onrvnAAAil ?!-?!.!
,? uu viiooiiiiuij nu|'|'<>nGU HIC yiUIll
would be as great as from the fully ai
matured ? B
Again, Mr. Editor, would it not be worth s<
.he nttcntion of all, to lay aside froin the
product of a fully matured crop, seed for tl
future use, to remedy the evil effects of ri
storm's and other causes.?A friend to as
Agriculture. * th
It appears to us an axiom, thai with w
luc preparation of the soil, "good seed c<
will produce good fruit." We think the
juggestiops of our correspondent good, v<
and would advise their being acted on, for
ifter all our labor in putting land in the '
finest order for a crop, no safe calculation ^
can be made, if the seed be not j;ood.?
The necessity of replanting, might be the
least cvil resulting from the use of inferior
seed.?[Ed.
1 _ ' T
Extraordinary Plant.?There is a
plant inhabiting the v^st prairies of North m
Amcric, the ends of the leaves being arm- pi
cd with teeth, which have the power of ra
closing up on being irritated by any sub- w
stance, as for instance, a fly; indeed, these y<
seem to be the natural food of the plant, yi
A French philosopher engaged in the in- c<
vesication of its properties, put many of
these plants in situations where they in
could not get ahy insects, and they gra- tc
dually fa led. He also fed some of them ol
Wit h beef scrapings and these plants throve c<
well. " c3
' ol
Hang, or Dried bekf'Tnkc eighi.
mimes of commun salt, two ounces ofjtc
saltpeter, made into a brine. This qnan-1 H
tilt to be applied to ten pounds of beef. J D
It should lay in the brine four weeks; and B
then be hug up in the kitchen or some
\varm ttpuriirw. nt to become dry. In order
to preserve it from insects in summer, it, G
should be tied up in a linen cloth. \
* vr
*
v 1 i
nd th. h?ef cur* by it ? of the fi est
description. - H."C.
Salt o* Co*nbs> Bbsv.?One peck of
ooarie salt, tour ounces of saltpeter, one
ud H half pound of eoiiM brown sugar.
Add to the above ingredients four 'galIons
of spring water; boil and shin it until
it h quite clear; when cold it is lit for use.
The neat, either beef or pork, should be
raited a few hours befoire it is put in
pickle.' Hams and tongues are very fine
cured with the same pickle.?New York
Farmer.
MSM?S???
From Wew Orleans.
PROCLAMATION.
Republic or Texas?Executive Depaxtuknt, )
41 Aiaatnn n.. on 1 co?* c
UUH9?UM| V?V> WV| 1UUI> J
"Whereas there are Various Reasons ' iii-'
Jucing me, as the Executive of this Republic,
to Isdlie the following procltitaalioii:
Be it known, that I Sam Housfbif,
President of the Republic aforesaid, by
thfe'authority in mcvcdtcd, do hereby orlain
and decree, that nil Agents bf this
Republic authorised to itell Land Scrip,
rfe hereby recalled, and their powers rerdketl:
that hereafter no Land Scrip is to
re sold fdr less than one dollar and 'fifty
:ents per acre; ahd that when such scrip
re sold, the money is to be placed in spc;ie
paying banks, subject to the order of
he Secretary of the Treasury, and the
tale attested by the cashier of such banks; 1
hat hereafter no money will be received
or any debts or dues payable to this Re- '
rublic, either for customs or taxes,-except :
'romissory Notes of the Government, '
;old or silver; that all Land Scrip sold on
iredit heretofore, must be returned, and
heland relinquished and Cancelled, as no
igcntsare ever authorized to sell oh credit,
>ut positively and expressly limited to
el! only fnr cash.
Done at the City of Hoifclon,
this twenty-fifth day of Dec. i
(sUAX.) 1837. and in the year of the
Independence of the Republic,
the second. i
SAM HOUSTON.
i\. a. irion, JScc'ry of State. ' 1
Correspondence of the Bulletin. {
Houston; Dec. 30, 1837 1
Sir?Since my last, we have been in a 1
tatc of confusion and excitement, caused
y the intcligence received from Bexar, 1
hat post had been attacked and was sur- *
9und(fd when the express started; it has t
irned out however to be an attack made <
n that post by the Mexican robbers, six- t
r or a hundred in number. They killed *
ic odt sentinel and captured one of the : a
aldicrs, stole the horses belonging to ihe f
avalry and immediately thereafter re- J
eated. Cols. Karnes and Wells immedi-j t
tcly started in pursuit of them, recap- t
tired the prisoner, but from the fact of t
^ie enemy having stolo their horses, I
ould not engage them- It has happened t
'ell for us, as it has had a tendency to
ut us on our guard. The militia will now t
e organised, and a special message has <
Iready been despatched to purchase am- t
tuniiions. 1
This citv alone. muster?r four bnnrlr*>?1 i
nd ninety fire men fit for military duty, \
iady and willing at any moment. The s
hole country is 011 the alert, and should
ie cowardly minions of Bustamente show
temselvcs upon our soil, but few will l
scape to give account of their cam- (
aign. P
It seems to be tbe settled determina- a
on of all to spare not, to meet thorn on
ieir own terms and abide the result.? a
hould any thing of interest occur, I will C
astcn to give you an account. In the I
lean time, I am, your obedient, c
Texas.?By an arrival last evening, we
re politely furnished with a Matagorda j
ulletin, of December 20, from which we t
dect the subjoined articles. ?
W m. P. Pan fnrmnflif I ?
- - .... ?. , Wv My w IMWI a J tltin VI I
io district court of the county of Brazo- t
a, has succeded Gen. M'Kinstry, dee'd., v
? Chief Justice of that county. From t:
ic acquaintance we have with Mr. Scott, f
e judge him to be a highly fitted and S
xnpeient incumbent. v
The Land Bill has become a law by a d
ate of two-thirds of the members of Con- o
ress, thereby passing it over thd Presi- tl
ent's head; giving the old General a se- A
?rc rebuke. This makes the third time r
e has voted the Land Bill. ,e
City of Houston, >
December 31, 1837. )
'o Gen. M. B. Lamar : f,
Dear Sir?In ouiv anxiety to select the a
lost suitable person to fill the office of ii
resident of this republic, after the expi- b
ilion of the term of Gen. Sam Houston, ti
e are satisfied from a knowledge of a
our character, civil and military, that tl
ou will be the most appropriate sue- I
issdr. a
We respectfully request that you would p
iform us if you will permit your name p
> be Used as a candidate for that high tl
Bicc. In making this request, we are p
fiiltirif n ml L*1*^ -1
/ luvut uiiu naji|i| 111 iiic UCIICI IIIUI WC J)
cpTess the wishes of a large majority of 1
ur fellow citizens. o
8. fl. Everett, J. S. Lester, I. W. Bur- c
>ti, W. H. Whorton, E. Rains, A. C. si
[orton, John Dunn, 8. C. Robertson, p
Rowlett, G. W. Burnett, Edward T. a
ranch. t<
p
Houston, 7th Dec. 1837. t<
entlemcn:? l?
1 have received yoar very polite note, I
of the 1st tfrttaftt, inwjH^h yon desired to
know if ? will per^t#n?|r name to beplaced
before the people as candidate
for the next President ot this Republic.?
1 cannot be ineensible, gentlemen, ta the
high compliment which this kind exjpression
of your confidence conveys;, and I
fdel more grateful because it p^&ceeds,
froqo those over whom it has bepn my
duty as a Yice President, to preside, and
to whom, of consequence, I am intimately
known. I cao only say in answer, that
as I dame to this country, for tl^e sole
purpose of subserving the great objects
?f the Evolution, until these objects are
fully achieved, 1 do not feel myself at
liberty to decline the duties of any station,
however- high and honorable, to
which the voic? nf ?r.n
? v,j iviiow. citizens
may call me. With' the be_st wishes for
ihe welfare of all*
Your obedient feervant,
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
To S. il. Everett, A. C. Morton, &,c.
TEXAS-?THE MEXICANS AfiVANCING !
We find in the New Orleans slips a
letter from Captain Mcrvine, of the U. S.
Natcheze, dated offS, W. Pass, Mississippi,
Dec. 16, which states on the authority
of creditable information communicated
at Brassosde Santiago, that between Nov.
22d and ?7lh, tho Mexican Trqops crossed
the llio Grande in considerable forces,
consisting of two pieces of artillery, a
battullion of cavalry, and one of sappers,
there were 1200 men stationed 4ie^r the
bait Colorado, 20 miles east 'of MctamOra?,
iu the limits of Texas. On the 22d
100 men entered Matamoras from the
interior. The division in that place consists
of 3000 men. It is supposed that
the first movements of the Mexicans is
to take possession of the Aransa inlet,
which leads to Copano. The American
squadron was expected up in a few days
from Vera Cruz. , .
The New Orleans Courier in inks it
probable the Cumanclie Indians, who are
in considerable force in that quarter, arc
the objects -of this expedition. General
Felix Houston, who is at New Orleans,
informs the editor of the True American
that the Mexicans have had for sonie<timc~
3 to 10,000 men on the ttio Grande at
different points?all within five days march
of the river. lie sa) s this invasion was
foreseen, and the Tcxnns warned of it ill
vain. Filisola commands: >
"It is the opinion of Gen. F. Houston,
.hut Filisola will advance on the lower
owie by 6an Petrico, on the Neticos?
hence to I?a llahia and San Antonio to
Jopano?and thus divide the country in
wo, and keep up his communications
vith Mexico, l?y rebuilding the fortresses
it those places. That thispropositfon is
easible, appears in the know fact, that
filisola couuselled Santa Anna to take
has route, and not on any account to diride
his forces; the result of his neglect
>1 that advice is kuown, and is more likey
to make Filasola adhere pertinaciously
o his original plan/'
This route, is thought, will consurhc so
nuch tiine that the Tekns will have an
ipportunity to arm themselves and give
heir enemies a warm reception. Gen.
?. Houston thinks tlicre will be plenty of
roops to llock to the Texan standard
vithout llie necessity of calling on the
ettlers.
From Mexico.?By the brig Peru, in
he short passage of 19 days from Vera
>uz, files of the Censor, are received to
lov. 20th". The country was unsettled
...1 ~ 1-.'! ? - ?
tin u ii-vwiuiioii uuny expected.
The U. S. ship Concord, from a cruise,
rrived at Vera Cruz Nov. 28th last, from
>ampeachy, and was to sail in 8 days lot
>ensacola. All well. A shock of an
arthquake "was fell at Mexico, on the
light of the 22d.
Don Carlos Maria Bnstamenle, is ap>ointcd
by the Mcxicun Congress, to till
he vacancy occasioned by the death of
lignor Mangino. Gen. Don Louis Quinaua
was buried Nov. 18. The whole of
lie sea shore at Vera Cruz is covered
r it'll dead lish, the putrefaction of which
uints the air, but does not produce any
ever as yet. The shore at Sacrigcios,
Ian Juan de IJlvn, <&c., is also str'eved
nth dead fish, and they extend for some
istance out to sea. May not this extrardinary
phenomenon be connected with
li'e?volcanic formation of that" part of the
Lmerican Continent, producing subtcranenn,
or rather submarine eruptions or
Xplosions which hav"c caused the death
f Vhe animals in question ?
Mr. Crosse's New Insects.?A letter
rpm Mr. Crosse to a friend in London,
ccompanying thirty of his newly*formed
nsects, preserved in spirits of wine, has
oen published. From this letter we exract
the following passages:?"I am quite
s much surprised and quite as much in
he dark about this affair as I was at first,
have had lately, several families of them,
nd have tliem at this time growing on a
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otash, and a quarter of an inch under
ic surface of the fluid, at the positive
ole of a battery consisting of twenty
airs of small zinc and copper cylinders,
likewise have them constantly forming
n the surface of electrified sulphate of
oppcr, at the edge of the fluid, and
trangely mixed lip with crystals of snlhate
of copper. In fact, I have them in
II stages, from their earliest formation,
j their full perfection, and crawling about
retty nimbly. Most of their formations
>ok place in the dark. The access of
fht is very prejudicial to ihem, as far as
iavc observed. I have had hundreds of