VOLUMES. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 17, 1652. NUMBER 14.
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THE WORTH OP WOMAN.
FROM THE GERMAN* OF SCHILLER.
Honored bo woman! she beams on the sight,
Graceful and fair, like a being of light:
Scatters around Iter wherever she strays,
Roses of bliss on our thorn covered ways;
Roses of Paradise, sent from above,
To be gathered and twined in a garlpnd of Love.
Man. on passion's stormy ocean,
Tossed by surges mountain high,
Courts the hurricane's commotion,
Spurns at reason's feeble cry.
Loud the tempest roars around him,
Louder still it roars within;
Flashing lights of hope confound him,
Stuns with life's incessant din.
Woman invites him with bliss in her smile,
To cease from his toil and be happy awhile;
Whispering wooingly?come to my bower?
Go not in search of the phantom in power?
Honor and wealth are illusory?come!
Happiness dwells in the temples of home.
Man, with fun* stern and savag?,
Persecutes his brother man,
1'ecklessif he bless or ravage,
Action, action?still his plan.
Now creating?new destroying,
Ceaseless wishes tear his breast;
Ever seeking?ne'er enjoying;
Still to be; but never bleat.
Woman, contented in silent repose,
Enjoys in its beauty life's tlower as it blows,
And waters and tends it with innocent heart,
Far richer than man with his treasures of nrt;
And wiser by far in the circles confined,
*" - - " 3 . ,.r
Than IJC Willi Ills SCIOUCC aim liguuj ui wo 1UIUM.
Coldly to himself sufficing,
Man disdains the gentler arts,
Jvnuweth not the bliss ari-ing
From the interchange of hearts.
Slowly through his bosom stealing,
Flows the genial current on,
Till by age's frost congealing,
It is hardened into stone.
| She like the harp, that instinctively rings,
Asthc night breathing zephyr soft sighs on the strings,
Rc^poniLi to eacli impulse with steady reply,
Whether sorrow or pleasure her sympathy try;
And tear drops and smiles on her countenance play,
Like sunshine and showers of a morning in May.
Through the range of man's dominion,
Terror Is the ruling word?
And the standard of opinion
Is the temper of the sword.
Strife exults, and pity blushing,
From the scene departing Hies,
Where, to battle madly rushing,
Brother upon brother dies.
Woman commands with a milder control?
She rules by enchantment the realms of the soul,
As she glances around in the light of her smile,
The war of the passions is hushed for a while;
And discord, content from his fury to cease,
Reposes entranced on the pillows of peace.
The Preacher and the Itobbcrs.
A Methodist preacher, many years ago, was
I journeying to a village where lie was to dispense
the word of life, according to the u-uul routine j
of his duty, and was stopped 011 his way hy j
three robbers. Une of them seized his bridle
reins, another presented a pistol and demanded
his money; the third was a mere looker 011.
The grave and devout man looked each and
all of them in the face, and with great gravity
and seriousness said, "Friends, did you pray to
God before you left liomi*? did you ask God to
bless you in your undertakings to-day?"
The question startled them for a moment.
Recovering themselves, one said, "We have no
time to answer such questions, we want your money."
"I am a poor preacher of the gospel," was the
reply; "but what little money 1 have, shall be
given to you."
A few shillings was all he had to give.
"Have you a watch?"
"Yes."
"Well, then, give it to us."
In taking his watch from his pocket, his sadX
die-bags were displayed.
" What have you here ?" was the question
again.
"I cannot say I have nothing in them but religious
books, because I have a pair of shoes, and
a change of linen also."
"We must have them."
The preacher dismounted. The saddle-bags
were taken possession of and no further demand
made. Instantly the preacher began to unbutton
his great coat, arid throw it otl'his shoulders,
at the same time asking, "will you have ray great
coat?"
i
??an IIWPI'I ?ii ?. T- .M.-WII
"No," was t]jc reply; "you are a generous man,
and we will not take it."
He then addressed them as follows; "I have
given you every thing you asked for, and would
have given you more than you asked tor. I
have one favor to ask of you."
I 4?\\ hot ic tli5it'v
"Tli.'it. you kneel down and allow mo to pray ;
to Almighty <Jod in your behalf; to ask Him to
turn your hearts and j lit you in the right way. '
"111 have nothing to do with the man's
things,"' said the ringleader of them.
"Nor I either," said another of them.
! "Here, take your watch, take your money,
j lake your saddle-bags; if we haw anything to .
do with you, the judgment of God will overtake i
us."
i So each article was returned. That, however,
i did not satisfy the sainted man. lie urged
prayer upon them. lie kn. lt down; one of the
robbers knelt with him; one prayed, the other
wept, confessed his sin, said it was the first time
; in his life that lie had done such a thing, and it
I should be the hast. How liar he kept his word,
j is only known to Him to whom the darkness and
i light are equally alike; to Him whose eyelids try
t.:i 1 c !
I uiccniuuco ui jik-ii.
Tlic Galveston .\cgro Case.
There will, wo doubt not. b- a long mid loud
howl from Now England aboliti mbin. when it
! hoars of the strict and sharp way with which
j the law of Texas has dolt with the Massaclui- j
! sotts free negroes who wore caught at (ialvoMon
j enticing away slaves. Vet Texas dealt with j
j thorn mercifully, considering the nature of the ;
| crime, in its consequences upon the security of 1
{ property and the domestic quiet her people. .She ;
first iuipos-d only a fine, and when that was not
j paid, condemned the crimnals to expiate the of:
fence by personal servitude, and to form an example
to deter others from offending in the
same way. The code of many of the Southern ;
States would hare justified even more summary j
action. White men have been banged with little
compunction for the same ofieuce, without
exciting any very great clamor elsewhere, yet ;
we expect to hear a fierce outcry against the j
condemnation to slavery of these '"colored brethren,"
whose lives might have been taken withoit
departure from prevailing opinions of right, 1
and cogent reasons of policy. Philosophers
have traced the origin of domestic slavery to !:
th<- natural rights of war, by which the lite of j
I UK* ITiljant* ill M.IUIV ir tiiv n?rwiui-. j.i"|
pcrty of the conqueror, and might be taken at
j will at onc?\ To spare it on condition of |>er|
sonal service w:is an act of mercy. The modi!
fications of this barbarous law in more civilized
j tiling proceed upon the principle, that as the
| original right w:is an arbitrary law of necessity ;
j for sell-protection against the repetition of hos|
tile attacks faun tlie same quarter, or of the !
| same kind, the measure of melioration is in the |
degree of the proved absence of such a day of
self preservation.
In a combat for life all treatment of the asj
sailants is justified to tlie extent which will se|
cure safety t> the assailed. As regards the ma- , :
j lignant warfare against the vitals of the S iiilh
; wag<d by the incindiaries, of which th?>e c'ini- i
i inals were agents or tools, the Southern States
'have morally believed tiiat tin? lives of those ! <
j caught and convicted are justly forfeited, and
that they not to L>?* s{?ar<"-d. Texas, mure i
im reiful. tines only; :unl, in l!:e I.i-t resort. con
! deinus tlretn to servitude, as unfit !??r the duties j
of freemen, and unsafe to be I< ft at lar^e to }?lot i
tniseliief. She has ? wivised h?*r rights and, we ; i
believe, too. performed an act of duty to her- . i
, self and her sister States of the South, tor which j
j she i* entitled to thanks. This "rowing and | 1
! more perilous plague of t'n-e ncjjro association , i
I willi the slave population, wliieh is p. rtinacious- j i
ly thrust upon us from the North in detiauee of t
j all our attempts at exclusion ly police laws, must j
be sternly met, and driven back whenever and ]
wherever it approaches our borders. The -enii- .
nn utal advocates for iie?rro equality w ;ll. in? :
doubt, raise a ^rand el mior at this act of stern i
justice, liut it will ju-titv itself in all refl ctino ?
minds on grounds of social and political duty. <
And if there be to some tie* apjM'araiiceof liaisli i
pressure upon guilty individuals, dispruportioiied
to their intrinsic responsibility lbr tlie particular i '
act. Is-cause they have l.ieeii d? luded by others j \
into a position, where indulgence can scarcely i
reach them, the fault and the eonseijueiin s are i
justly to bo imputed to the di>creeter vidians .
who, prompting the deed, kept themselves in ,
personal safety at a distance. The example, j <
will, we hope, have a beneficial . fil et in warning
some of these poor tools from listening to such |
advisers, that they avoid the same unrelenting ;
fate, if detected in their crimes.
JV. 0. Picayune.
Lifk in tub 1'ol.au Kecions.?Mr. IT 0. !
Weld, in a Liter to the London Times, gives the <
following to show that life may be sustained for |
| a long time in the Arctic regions, and that Sir
I John Franklin and his coil pan ions may still stir- .
H . !
| In the year 17-f:t, four Russian sudors forming
j part ot a crew of 14 men, went in a small vessel '
J to tish for whales on the east coast of Spitzlier- '
m-u. ??? some Ullioriuniuc JKYHlt'lll IIIC snip |
saih ?1 away, leaving tin* above four men <>u that | 1
dreary island. Their entire stuck, :it the time of j
; the disaster, consisted of a small ba^ of una1, ;t I;
I musket, a,powder-horn, twelve charges of aiiimu- '
i nition, an axe, a knife, a small kettle, a stove, a
j piece of touch wood, a tobacco-box. ami four pipes.
; The men were overwhelmed bv their calamity, ,
but instantly set to work to provide for their fu- '
turo wants. The work of a ship, which they
found oi he shore, supplied them with fuel,
and the twelve charges of powder and hall proj
cured them as many reindeer, which were nuine|
rous on the island. Willi nails extracted from a
1 piece ofship-tiudHT they made three lances, wherewith
they killed a bear, and with the strong tendons
of the l>ear thev strung and 'trcrK'tlicricd a i
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PWParnnTO-. -I-wm.-h-..!.
piece of crooked draft-wood. v.*]i:cli they converted
into a bo-#. \\ itli this, and the arrows
which they easily nia.de, they hilled, during their
stay of fix years on the island, reindeer. 10
bears, and a vast <|uaiitity of foxes; and when
they were at length relieved by a vessel which
touehed unexpectedly at this island, they were
able to pay lor tiicir passage limine witn jouo lb>.
of flr*or fat. and many hides of animals tliev had J
slain.
(>ne of this number, a very indolent man, who,
from the beginning, had eschewed almost ovcrv
kin<l of exertion, died of scurvy, while the other i
three foutid health in their daily active employ-1
meats. I
A Brave I Valium?Sand her Husband's !
IJft\ and JCiflcd fits Assailant.?The Cincinnati I
]>apers contain the following account of a tragi-'
cal occurrence which took place near Marietta,
on the 'Joih nit. It appears thai a man named
McKiinmick went to the house of John IC Sisk.
atid, without any altercation, declared his intention
to take his (Si>k'-_) life, at the same lime presenting
a pistol, which he sn-pjtd. tsisk took
tip a chair and attenij tid to strike McK., but
the chair caught in the clothes line. McK.again
snapp'd the pistol, and then the parties clinched
and soon after fell. After snapping the j.istol a ;
ti.itel time, and finding that it would not go off,!
McK. began beating Sisk with it over the head. '
Si<k and his with both cried murder, and McK.,'
who was much the heavier man of the two, had ;
decid'-dly the advantage, when Sink's wife struck
McK. on the back of the head with a chair, which
tract unM his skull and killed him. The affray
commenced in the house, but when it tormina-.
ted the parties were a lew steps from the door, j
and the body of the deceased remained on the
ground where the fatal blow was given, from 1
Sunday night, until the coroner reached the |
place, on Wednesday afternoon. The verdict of
the coroner's jury was that MeKimnrick's ih ath
was cau-ed by wounds inflicted by Mary Sisk, in !
efforts to save her hu-band's life, and also her :
own life: without any malice or attempt to kill. !
Rlmarkaiile Discovery in Virginia.?A lot-1
tcr in the R.chmond Times .-tat< ? that a few days
ago whtlc several men were engaged m blasting;
ijlit limestone near lhieha:ian. Hotuctourt county,
they discovert d a cave, with an entrance of
sonic six or eight feet in height, and upwards of
one hundred long, with two apartments. In the i
tir-t they f.umd some eartlieu ware aud a large |
stone cross; on the cross there was carving, hut1
was so much d faced by the hand of time that it
was scatc- ly disc rnab'c. A number of citizens.1
with a lantern subsequently entered the second
apartment, where tle y found a skeleton scaled
on a Inure iron dust, w it!i its back resting against
the wall. On opeuing this client they found it ,
in ifl'itn rrnlil />? ?* r*/n*Cw.? i? c*m?. f!? . .*i ??! ."? !
side and a cro-s with some characters on it, on ;
the other. The gold in the chest by weight is
worth seven hundred and eighty-three dollars, j
?
Dcuth from Gas.?A whole family, of the ;
name of San rbier, met a horrible fate in .St. i
Louis. M-... a few dayssince, from the unconscious
inhalation of gas in tlit-ir sloop. The St. Louis j
!l publican states that the house and tailor shop
, if tin- familv remaining dosed all of one morning,
and i:?>;: of the iniiiat's being cen astir, curiosi-1
ty became exc ted. The Republican says:
A strong odor of gas was noticed to i-s-uc from '
the cellar or the shop, and the officers of the j
lias Company, tit the request of some of the
neighbors. di*pntch< da messenger to ascertain if
I here had been a leak of pipe.
Tlw man repaired to the house, and having]
knocked at two or tlir.-o doors, retired with tlie
ntention of returning at a later hoar. Hot ween
me and two o'clock in tlie afternoon, some friend
>f Sauerhier repaired to the house, and after some
inquiries, with the advice of others about the]
premises, resolved on breaking open the door.? :
As he edict id his object on the tir-t door, a strong j
ind almost operpowering odor of gas issued from |
[he loom, lb, entered, accompanied bv tliop r I
oils with him, ?ud found a journeyman in the
niploy of SauerbiiT. in bi d, pale, panting and i
iiuconscioiis, jis if at the point of death.
The party immediately opened every door and ;
window to admit as nrich air as possible, and i
.hen proceeded to the room overhead. There j
the smell of the gas was even more overpowerirfjr .
than below. Having opened the windows, they
witnessed a sight suHkii iit to curdle the blood. ;
A bed in one corner coutaim d lbur persons, Sau- J ,
.'ibier, his wife and two children. The woman
ivas quite dead, with her limbs cramped and her
face swollen, and holding to her breast a child
iigcd about eighteen months, also dead. The ;
husband lay alongside, with a boy, aged four
veal's, both unconscious, and apparently breathing
their la-t. Such tcun orarv modes of belief1
" . i . 1 .. ' i .? i: !
(V. U- applied as oCCUlTc'il to me pariy, aim uit;ui- :
:al a.d was .-(.-lit for.
When we wero there, I >rs. 1\ H. Re;lley. and :
i>r. J. ntv.. rih were on the ground, and were j
endeavoring to restore the three sunivjng per- j
ions. They pave but a very taint hope of their
final recovery, the combination of asphyxia with '
ihe jtoison of tlie oa<, havitnr almost accomplished
its work before the unfortunate victims had j
been discovered. l>r. (.'oletnaii.t'lerkof the Board j
i?f Health, had the three removed to the Hospital. ,
Hie bodies remained in the house, t'oroner Ku- J
?di-h held an iiniucst. the result of which we did t
Mill ascertain.
The ilc.'itIt of the woman and child, as \v?;ll as j ,
the very critical condition ??!* I ho two nioti aii.l |
I my, r?~iiilt? <1 Iron i tin- inhalation of fas that had 1
i sea j >i'd during I ho nifht, wliilo they were .asleep.
I low the fas was allowed to escape, whether
from the biir.-tilif of tho lin tel-or pipe, as wo
lieard ruinored, or from carelessness of the unfortunate
victims in not shutting it oil at nifhf, as
is not at all improbable, \w do not know. Today
a full investigation will !> made.
The Sr. I.oris <b\s ('ai.amiiv.?All the snr- j
vivinjr ineml^rs of the unfortunate farnilv *>f \fr. '
S;iui rl.icr, as well :is the* journeyman tailor who
was with thou, and the d.>-_j that was in tli<:
house, have da d since the* disaster was diseuvcicd.
Skkious J\KNcoNTi:ft."?The Georgetown So.
Carolina True Kooublican of the 11th iust. relates
the following serious rencontre:
"We understood from the mail driver on Saturday
la<t that on the Thursday preceding, about
JO miles above this, at or near the residence of
Mr. Isaac P. Tavlor, a serious and perhaps fatal
rencontre took | lace between a Mr. Cooper McCutelieon
and Mr. John W. St urges, the latter
receiving several cuts from a knife in the arm and
body, some of which are of the most dangerous
character. The cause of the difiinulty between
the parties we have not understood. .Mr. McCutcheon
was arrested and lodged in the Williamsburg
Jail, and when we heard, Mr. St urges
was lying in a most critical situation.
The following interesting details respecting the
royal families of Europe appear in a Leipsic journal:
There arc forty-six sovereigns upon the Continent,
including the Emperor of Brazil, who belongs
to a European house. The Grand Duke
of Mncklinburg, Strelitz, is the oldest, having passed
his 72nd year. There is but one other who
has entered his 70th year?the King of Wirtcmberg.
The soverc:g 1 who has reigned the longest
is the prince of Sehaumburg-Lippe?05years
in all. or J!) years sineo his majority. Eighteen
have come to the throne in the last ten years,
and two, the Prince of IJppe and the King of
TF 1 - ,1 * . * 1 or 1
jiaucm-r. siicc-ciu'u 10 power m icui.
Seven out of the forty-six have never been married,
namely: the Pope, the Emperor of Austria,
the Duke of Brunswick, the Princess of ReiKsSchleeitz,
of Waldeck. and ot'Lippe and t!ie Landgrave
of Hosse-IIomburg. Among the remaining
thirty-nine, three are widowers?the Grand
Duke of Oldenburg, fur the third time, the King
of the Bc-lgriins for the second, time, and the
Duke of Anhalt Dessau for the first time. Two,
the King of Denmark and the Elector of IIesse,
are married morganatic-ally; and one, the Sultan,
lives in polygamy.
Ten out of the thirty-nine sovereigns who were [
married, or who have been so, have no children.
TwenH'-six have sons who are heirs peesumptivc.
Two thrones, that of Brazil and that of Spain,
will descend to daughters, as the Emperor of Brazil
and the Queen of Spain have no sons.
Of the twenty-six hereditary Princes, several
are married. The oldest is h i years of age, and
the youngest?the hereditary Grand Duke of
Mceklenl'Urg-Schwerin?is nine inontlis old. The
Princess expectant of Spain is younger still how- ;
ever, having been born on the -Oth of December '
last.
Eighteen of th" forty-six sovereigns have no
descendants who cam succeed them. Eleven will i
be succeeded by their brothers; two?the Duke
of Denmark and :h- Duke uf Modena?hy their,
uncle*. and one?the Elector of llr*se?by iris j
cou-iin. Four?the Pope of liome. the Duke of
Brunswick and of Anh::!t-Bcrn burg, and the
I -,...1 ?...%?.* ..P TL-.OCA n4\tnKnpre lifU'A T>A
l^U.U^. a> C KJi ll' o.'V 1J.VIUUUI uu<v |
cendaii? or collaterals who can succeed them.
u-Lnj-uv-u-u I
Bit r re 11 awl /tin Cullt.?The anecdote of the
two en>. which has b;en told of many learned
mo!), originated with the painter Barrett. Ills
only pet* were a cat and a kitten, iis progeny.
A friend, seeing two holes in the bottom of his
door, risked him for what purpose he made tinni
there. Barrett said it was for his cats to go in ,
and out.
"Why," inquired his friend, "would not one :
do for both:"' ' I
"You silly man," answer, d the painter, "how ;
could the big cat get into the little hole?"
"But could not the little one go through the !
big hole!" said his friend.
'"Egad," said Barrett, "and so she could; but j
I never thought of that."
The J'u!riarclt of WUhiin^s.?The Boston
Trtniip't siys that the Be v. Sebastian Strcotcr
has joined iit marriage, during the past year, '28-t
couples. The number will appear the larger, if
we remember that he was absent from the city i
for the space of five. weeks, and of course, lost the
wVddings ho would otherwise have received tn !
that time. During his pastorship ot'twoiitv- J
seven years, ho lias married 3,170 couples.
A writer asks, what is a Jllooiuer.' Aral then j
answer it. hitnselFthus: ^ j
It is a woman who punts lor notoriety.
Eastern Virginia.?Nowhere has t!ie farm '
ing interest advanced with more rapidity than
it has of late years in the Tidewater District of
Virginia. It. was slated by a gentleman from ;
Lancaster county. the other day, that there was .
annuallv more tiian double the ijuantiry cf wheat i
now sown in his district, than was reaped there
twenty years ago. Another large proprietor sta- ;
tod that h<' had realized upwards of fifteen per j
cent, on his investment i" land cultivated in j
? i i . i ... i .. '
wheat. "Mi's change li;.s neon nroumii aooui o\ |
the discovery and application of marl, inoxhausti-1
l>lc in that ipiarter, and the free use oftruano? !
line tanner in Westmoreland, \vo loarn. having j
last vi'.'h' applied twenty tons of that manure j
w i 11 > striking elli et, in the improvement of Lis;
lands.? M inehester V/ft/iiuitn. !
A Rent Comet.? A correspondent >f the l!os" J
ton Traveller stales it asafact.th.it Mela's (Y.met
was rent in twain in November, i$4">. There I
is no doubt of the fact. The two pieces wore I
seen both in Kuropo and America, < >ne was
larger and brighter than the other, and side by
side they retired into the distant regions of spare, j
in the sameiiath the uubroketi comet would have j
]iUI?UCll.
The lifo Insurance Conijijuiv of Now York. J
havf derlaroil a ?livkloinl for tho la<t v.vir >(' 40 :
p.T r-nt
"iTI:c> PraclicaJ i;w of Leaves.
There arc- two facts in the function of :1c loaf
w'. i h are worth consideration, c?u account of
t.:Jc;r practical be tilings. The food of plants is,
for til.; most part, taken in solution through the
roots. Various minerals?sik-x, lime, alumina,
magnesia, p. task?arc passed into the tree in a
dissolved state. The sap passes to the leaf, tips
superiluoiH water is given oil", but not the substances
which are lu-ld in solution. These, in
pari, are distributed through the plant, and, in
part, remain a deposit in the cells of the leaf.?
Gradually, the leaf chokes up, its functions are
impeded, and finally entirely stopped. When
the leaf drops it contains a large per cent, of
mineral matter.
An autumnal or 'old leaf violas, upon analysis,
a very much larger proportion of earthly matter
tlrm a vernal loaf, which being yet young, has
not received within its cells any considerable dej)
j.-ir. it will be found, also, that the leaxescontain
a very much larger per cent, of mineral
mailer titan the wood of the trunk. The dried
leaves of the elin contains eleven por cent of
ashes, (earthy matter,) while the wood contains
less than two per cent; the leaves of the willow
eighteen times as much as the wood; the leaves
of beech an excess over the wood a small fraction
less; the leaves of European oak, nineteen times
tis much as the wood ; and those of the pitch
pine, twelve times as much as the wood.
It is very plain, from these facts, that, in forests,
the mineral ingredients of the soil perform
a sort of circulation: entering the root, they are
deposited in the leaf, then, with its fall to the
earth, and by its decay, th y are restored to the
soil, again to travel the circuit. Forest soils,
therefore, instead of being impoverished by the
?>'4* * . 1 \ 1. ~11.. 4
grvwill Oi WCCS, rt'CVIVt UiICK UIIIUUUIV IUC glVttl,e>t
proportion of those elements necessary to tho
tree, :uid besides, much organized matter received
into the plant from the atmosphere; soil*,
therefore, are gaining instead of losing. If the
owners of parks or groves, for the sake of noatne-s,
or to obtain leaves for other purposes, gather
the autumnal harvest of leaves, they will in
time take away great quantities of mineral matter,
by which the soil ultimately will be impoverished,
unless it is restored by manures.
Leaf manure lias a! ways been held in high estimation
by garden?*. But many regard it as
a purely vegetable substance; whereas it is the
br-t mineral manure that can be applied to the
soil. What are called vegetable loams, (not peat
soils, made up principally of decomposed roots,)
contain large quantities of earthy matter, being
mineral-vegetable rather than vegetable soils.
Every gardener should know that the best ma
nure for any plant is the decomposed leaves ol
its own species. This fact will suggest tho pro
per course with reference to the leaves, tops
vines, haulm, and other vegetables of the gai
den.
The other fact connected with the leaf is its
function of exhalation. The great proportion ot
crude sap which ascends the trunk, upon reach
ing the leaf is given forth again to the atmosphere
by means of a singularly beautiful econo
my. The quantity of moisture produced by a
nlnnt is hardlv dreamed of bv those who have
not specially informed themselves. The experiment?
of Hale ha? often Wen quoted. A sunflower.
three and half feet high, presenting a surface
of 5.0 lt> square inches exposed to the sun,
was made to perspire at the rate of twenty to
thirty ounces avordupois every twelve lious, or
seven ounces more than a man. A vine, with
twelve square feet, exliahs at the rate of five or
six ounces a Jay. A seeding apple tree, with
twelve square feet of foliage, lost nine ounces a
dav.
These are experiments upon very small plants.
The vast amount of surface presented by a large
tree must give ofl'immense quantities of moisture.
The prae.iatl bearings of thistfact of vegetable
exhalation are not. a lew. Wet lb|j^t lands, by
being chared of timber, become dry, and streams
fed from such sources become almost extinct as
civilization approaches 0:1 wild woods. The excessive
dampness of crowded gardens is not singular,
ami still loss is rit strange that dwellings
covered with vines, whose windows are choked
with shrub-, and whose roof is overhung with
branehee of trees, should be intolerably damp,
and when the good housewife is scrubbing and
scouring, and nevertheless marvelling ti:at her
house is so infested with mould, she hardly suspects
that her trouble would be more easily re*
mowd by the axe or saw than by all her cl.ths
and brushes.
A house should new r be surrounded closely
with shrubs. A free ciiculat,ion of air should be
maintained ail about it, and shade trees so disposed
as to leave large openings for the light and
sun to enter, fhe unusual rains that some seasons
produce great dampness in our residences,
cannot but he noticed by all, both on account of
the ofleet on the health of the occupants and upon
the beauty and good condition of their household
substance. Such facts should always bo
kept in mind, when locating houses, and when
planting trees and shrubs about thorn.?Rev.
Henri/ Ward lurcher.Destructive
Hurricane at Vera Cm;.?The
brig Hercuh-s, at New Orleans, from Vera Cruz,
reports that a violent hurricane commenced there
on the 1-th tilt., which continued for two days.
Several vessels dragged their anchors and stran
dod oil tho rooks, liicluOing tiio American barks
Kosana and E. Wilson, and schooners John fi.
Pouters ami Kobert Sheldon. The English brig
Sultan wa- also wrecked.
Cot.'iuF.ii Mm tiANto.s.?A bill to prohibit colo
rod in chanos or masons from making contracts
for t'n t-rcci ion of build n_s &c.. has be <n i fodnc.
d into the lower House of the Alabama Legislature
and will probably pass both bianco?.
'I he work of raising the U. S. steamship Missouri,
which took tire and sunk at tbbrr.ltar in
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