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18 take so muei), power to work them as the old combined with a wef(! of linen or calico, it banksofthe Little Schuylkill, heie the whis� w The Chle1'/1. air. pump. The water used in the boiler is aJ�may be made up ilito coverlets. ' J. X. Chaubert, M. D., of this city, a very tie of theJirst locomoti ve resounded upon the way s pure; it requires les fuel to evaporate, The liquid residium resulting from the boil. distinguished personage, has'published a pam. continent of America, and that from the Cat� and it obviates the formtion of incrustations. ing of the leavel, has a most salutary influ� phlet containing his, observations of the ori. tawissa. as. she is no styled. , A perfect workable surracl! condllnser is one ence when used as a bath. The reputatl On 'gill, treatment, and .cure of Asiatic cholera, Tamaqua, Schuylkill.Co, Pa." == of tb.e grand improvements required for steam� of the batb.. has increased since their estab. and cholera morbus, which are the result ot Death of Vanderlyn, the �Arllst. ships j have we got it here 1 is tb.e question j lishment nine years ago. The liquid residi. forty. five years'; experience in Asia, E u rope, A pioneer in Amencan art, and cotempora. tb.ose who have used it say it is the very con� um may, moreover, be concentrated, and sent and America. Cholera, he considers, is a fever ry of Stuart, Trumbull , and Allston, has died denser long sought for. in close jars for use in private houses. caused by tl:.e poison of a sqlall green insect at a ripe old age. John Vanderlyn was born This condenser gi ves a facility for bracing Tb.e mebraneous substance obtained by diffused througb. the,.atmosphere, invisible to in Kingston, Ulster Co., N. Y., in October, so tb.at it can be made of very ligb.t materials. filteration, when the' fibre is washed, is put the naked eye, but easily seen under the ac� 1776, and died Ihere on Thursday last week. The o utside of tb.e condenser case has only up in the shape of bricks and dried, when it tion of a powerful microscope ; Tb.e insect, ' Having early developed a taste for painting, to support tb.e weigb.t of water in the vessel, may be used as luel, and prodces a very con. h& states, s inhaled, and by fixing itself into i Aaron Burr became his Mrecenas, and sent and the, atmosphere is perfectly exclqded.- siderable quantity of gas for lighting purpo. the mucous membrane of the stomach and him to this city to study with Stuart, and af. The sections of tb.e condenser tubes can easily 8es. About a thousand cwt, of wool leaves a lungs, produces inflammation, wh ch is trans� i terwords he went to Europe in 1796, that pe. be take apart and any of tb.em easily repair. quantity oftuel equ'll in value to more than mitted to the liver, through the duct leading riod until 1815, he resided mostly at Paris, ed or cleaned wb.en required. Larger tubes 180 cube fe et of pine.wood. - LLondon Me. (rom the stomach to the gall blad der, and ex� Rome and other places of intt>rest, studying can, be employed in this condenller than in chanics' Magazine. � tending itself to the spine, brain, and heart, diligently and improving rapidly. While = Hall's, and this is a great advantsge. through the irritation of the nerves, thus pro. abroad, he painted his "Marius Amid the Rinds of Frult indigestible. We ccru Id say muc h more upon the subject of ,. ' ' ., The fact cannot be too strongly impri!ssed ducing 'all tb.e symptoms of cholera. T 0 dis. Ruins of Carthage," and" Ariande," which at. condensers, but we have 'not roo at present, upon the public. It applies to all fruit witb.- cover whetb.er such an insect really exists, the tracted great attention. Upon his return, he ' and at we intend to prtilsent, in a sb.ort time, , out exception, and includes also the pellicle folio wi.ng is the plan to pursue :-bare the was principally engaged in portrait painting, other vie ws of tb.is excellent condenser, as or sk of kernels and nuts ofall kinds, Tb.e arm to tb.e shoulder, and hold it over the head bub produced panoramas of Paris, Atb.ens, in applied to ocean steamers, we will defer fur: ' edible part of fruit is particularly delicate, and for some time, then examine it with a powE'r. Mexico and Versailles, for exhibition in t he. a the r comments until tb.en. This condenser is ful microscope, an if million's of minute green old New York Rotund ' liable to rapid decomposition ifdposed to,. In 1839 he went to sb.own as adapted and applied to stationary the atmosphere j it is, therefore, Ii. provision insects are observed o.n it, tb.en, for a certain�. Paris, where he painted the'" Landing ot Co� engines an river boats, tb.e one fo r tb.Ei mais there, lumbus," by ' order of Congress. Of b.is por� of nature to' place a strong and impervious ty, cholera is there " if not, no cb.olera rine engine will be BDranged in a different . coating over ib, as a protection against acci- Tb., se insects, he believes; are prod uce d by traits, tb.ose of Col. Burr, Judge Benson, Presi. ., ' manner, and will have an Evaporator attacb.� .. 'ons ofJI1.alaria, &:c., and � e car. d ent Madison, Monroe, and Taylor; crent. and to prevenb insect enemies from'de. the'<e'xhalatl Calhoun, ed to provide any amount of fresh water reo . ried.by winds. trom p'lace to place. T,b.is is a Dewitt Clinton, &:c., are well known. He stroying the seed witb.in. The skin of all the ' q uired for any purpose. For high pressure , . plum tribe is wonderfully' strong, compared ,very differ.ent t. h eory' from tb.at of D r Jack- died poor; having involved himself by the ' e ngines'tb.is condenser will involve some ex� with its substance, and,resists the 'action of son, who believes cholera to be a geological bllild ing of the Rotunda, from which he never tra expens.e of mab.inery, but it will save it. " '"" " ' . wate r an. 0 th' so I vent. . ; . . d er was able to extricate himself. sma 'remark abl e disease �... . ,'. ', . , ' ' all lD fuel. The lDventor has had long Ilxpe�,, ' M. Chl!.uberb lays down a great nUD;ber of manner. If no t th oroug hiy mas t' te d be Vanderlyn built the Rotunda in the Park, Ica .ore, ' ,. . lIence as ' an englDeer on the southern wders, '. s "",tauses ofthi& disease" any of for a panoramic Hall. it was afterwards the P, redlsp6.1n. .., taken ' to til. e s to mac h , the rmu IIf' pl' m . . . , ". ums IS and he' b� eves It will operate pertectly on e,h " d t' " rarely,'f ever, d ISSO I ve b y th e gas nC'Julce. which will account for ' cholera iri'peculiar sea- post office, and is now city property. ' 1 h t western boats,. ., [n some cases pieces of 1ft adhere to, the coats Ions, wit Ut. 1ie'green l sect theory. 'He has. . M ore m.orma tIon may 'be. 0b't' D d 0 f th e, ' .al , To Prepare Seed to Obtain eropa without. of the stomach, the same as wetpPer (di ngs disco vered ,a metho d for the successful treat. i Manure. lDventor ' and patentee, James M. Miller, No. " t0 th e b 0d y, causmg SIC k ness and 0 . er, lI;tcon�. ment of .ch.o ra, which he is goin g to publish 'th ' About nine montb.s ago there were some ex� a 9 L Rlght 8., til.' Cl y. ' t IS 't ' sj the' governments ot various ,nations ' 'ence . Drl venl 'ed ral'Sl and currants I!.re par- as soon 'ns, ,. tracts published in the daily papers, as items . ticuh.. rly included in .these .re, m arks , sh o wing have compensated him for the same. M, , '" . ' offoreign ne,ws, wherein it was stated that a the best reasons for placing the fruit upon the C b.aubert has himself been very successfiuI,' lD h " discovery had been made in France, whereby e says t e prac. , chopping board wi.t h the suet in ma king 8! the treatment of cholera; h seed could be prepared so as to obviate the 1 of them " for if a dried curran t passes tice of physicians in his 'Country has been to Pudding , practice of manuring lands, crops being ob. calomel, and calomel and opium, into the stomach whole, it is never digested dose with tained thereby equally as good as by the old Wool from Wood. , . at all. When horses eat oats .o r beans that I!.nd he believes the grave does not owe haI f � plans. We have had some inquiries I!.bout this Not far from Breslau, in Silesia, in a de� have not been, through a crushing m i ll, much 80 many ot its tenants to cholera as to mal- discovery, our readers supposmg t hat 1 th ere. 'f ' mesne called Humboldt's Mead o w, there are of tb.is food, is swallowed wb.ole , and , in tb.is practice. ' This may. be, and. no doubt he has. . was any th" mg lD't we wou Id k now somethO 1 mg two establisb.ments, in one of which the leaves f ' b.ad good opportumtles 0, JUd gmg, b ut� we state, bein .. perfectly indigestible , the husk ... , . . ' ' a bou t't. W e can oni y say that L Ie bIg h as I of tbe pine. tree are converted into a species ' or pellicle resisting th solvents ot the sto: have" m ti. fro, a ver! expenence d nht.air ' ''' _ _;"'" ob1."' . � � 1il1 in �the other the waters r-J u. CinCinnati, who asserts that no ;_c � , mach, there is so ....;;h 1. ., ' Ul"'""U '. IOllOWllll! manner: th e see d s were"C'S':';_";b y. lefb from the ma nufacture of this substance BirnB o mg destitute lelds m ore kindly to h:m than ch. of teeth, are provided e! ,being ste eped in liquid manure, then sprinkled th t serve to supply medicated baths for the use of with the apparatus for grinding their seed, ll'ra, when taken at e,s age of Ita ptemotli:�  ver in a moist'state with a mixture of 20 per sick persons. These establishments were. namely, with the gizzard, through which the tory symptoms cent. of bones i fine powder, and one of plas. both set on toot under the su perintendence of seed passess, and is crushed prior to digestion. ter of Paris j in sprinkling watr over these, HampshIre. Scythe Makln a foresb inspector, M. de Pannewitz; the in. The peels of apples and pears should always and sifting more bone powder and lime over ventor of a chemical process for extracting Near Wilmot, N. H., is the New London be cast away. Oranges we need not mention, tb.em the second time, tb.e layer of ma,nure from long and slender pine leaves a very fine scythe' factory village, where an extensive as th" 18 a I ways d one Ol eans, green gages, IS r wb.icb. enveloped the seeds was more durable. librous substance. which he calls .. wood business in tb.e manufacture of scythes is cardamsons, and all plumbs, should be carefully T.he seeds were then dried in the air and sown . wool," on account of its possessing the s,ame ried, on by Messrs. Phillips; Messer, Colby &: skinned, if eaten raw j and it pUt'lDto tarts, in the usual manner. This process (adds Liefelting and spinning properties as ordinary Their works are'll located on the Black. they &hou Id b e crushed b efore coo k� mg. N uts Co. big) is no perhaps sufficiently simple to be. wool. water river, just below the outlet of ,Pleasant � are as indigestibIe as we could d eSlfe, If the. . made use of on a large scale, and is replaced h ed WI 'th SIX � t' rip. The circular leaves of pines, firs, and other Tb.ey are fiurms ' brown s k m 'be not remove d or blanc he d, as Pond. fi advantageously by tb.e use of a good manure ' 't c niferous trees, are composed of c usters of o l hammers, and 0th er mach mery SOl abl e or. almonds are genera II y treate d �. of plaster of bones apphed in the usual way. 'th extremely delicate, adhesive fibres, surround� turnmg 0 ff a I arge amount 0t work WI d es� ilU I Peaches should be de ded ot their skins ==. To ,Bn Dr., Etc. ing and holding together a resinous substance. before they are eaten if any person wishes to patch. ., ' ' The works, when lD full operation, turn out To 6 Ibs. of munatic aC ld add 2 lbs. of ox� > 'This reasinous substance may be dissolved by .. k now how to eat one, 1 et h' lm ...ateh a mono. . . . � . boiling, and by the employment of certain rea- key at the operation. from twelve to fourteen dozen of scythes per Ide of llon, and 1 lb. of yell w arsemc; mlX gents;, it then becomes easy to separate the day, and produce annually about three thou all well together, and let It stand for two == sand dozen, most of which are consumed in days, frequently shaking it in the meantime, fibres from each other, to clean them, and reo Meteoric Phenomenon at Te;ua.

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move any extraneous matter. By tb.is treatAI) annoymous correspondent of the Galves�the New E ngland States. In their manufacir ment the wooly material acquires a greater 0/ ton Journal writes from Brazoria, Texas, un�ture, from th ty to forty tons of iron, one less degree of fineness. The pine may even der date of the 18th inst. :b.undred' and fifty tons of hard coal, five or six be stripped when quite young j for if the ver� " I send you an account of a remarkable thousand bushels of charcoal, and t wenty or ticles o wb.orls at the end of the branches are phenomenon, which was -aeen here on Mon. thirty tons of grindstones are cClDSumed. ' = C::: l eft, the tree will coptinue to grow. The day night (16th) last. It was  meteor of stripping off of the leaves takes place, every two years. The USe to which ,this wood.wool was first appHed was to substitute it for cotton or wool� en wadding in quilted blankets. I the y ear i842, tb.e b.ospital at Vienna. purchased five

The Fll'IIt Locomot1ve In AmCl&lca. a splendor and bfauty of appearance seldom witnessed. About half past 10 o'clock in the This wonderful machine is not dead yet, a evening it appeared in the east, and I think correspondent of the"Philadelphia Leger " 500 above tb.e horizon. To the obierver it sends that paper the following account of this seemed to be about the size of the sun's disc, veteran war.horse of the iron track:"Your re aders are doubtless aware of the and very brilliant. The whole heavens were hundred of these blankets, and after making a lightetl up with its radiance, and the most fact, tb.at the first locomotive' seen upon this trial of them for several years, sent an order minute objects were as plainly visible as in continent was imported from Liverpool j how. for a, further supply. It has been observe d, th e light of day. Its patjl was acoss tbe ever, many ot them, perhaps, have forgtten t hat when the pine-tree wool is employed , b. eavens from east to west, passing 20� south that,that locomotive is not ent irely extin ct, but tb.e beds are quite free from any sort o f pa. of the zenith, to about.4 00 above the western remains a curiosity. Tb.e L. S. R. R. Co, re � rasitical insects, and it. diffuses a very agreea� horizon, where it burst into teil thousand Irag ble' and salutary fragrance. Furniture in ments. Its passage occupied apparently four which this material is employed is free frOID or five seconds. As it burst, the fragments of 'IIIe s less than it, like sparks trom a sky-rocket, appeared to moths. Its cost is thre upholsterer lall for about a second, and then disappeared. horse� hair, and' the most

article which requires bronzing, let it be per. fectly cleaned and free from grease, immerse it into the above sblution and let it stan d for three hours, or rather till it will turn eniely black j then wash the spirits off and d ry it in

when it is fit for use j whatever may be tb.e

and then shine it up with some dry black� lead and brush, and it is fit fr lacquering.

sawd ust, which has been found the best j af� ter the article. is perfectly, dry, apply to it some wet black, 'the same .as used, for stoves, ==

could not disting/lish an a. e stuffed witb. Immediately after it burst there appeared a tb.is substance fro one stuffed. with horse., pale blue'light, which.traversed the path of hair. This wool may be spun and woven, ,the meteor to .the place where it first became the ftnestquality yielding ,a threaci very simi., visible, and there disappeared. The whole lar toBax, and quibli' as strong. When comb. was attended with no noise. . [This, io.our opinion"js too meteoric an ed, spun, and woven (1) like cloth, it may be . ..��'1 ence, as a fac t. . t emp 1 oye, .or carpets, sa ddl e� 0 ths, "'c., and accoun�t 0 give lW cred" c 0I d'

To 100 parts of litharge add 30 parts of salt, and let it stand five or six days at a tempera. ture of fr'lm 590 to G80 Fah.; then ad d 80 to 90 parts ot concentrated comIi,lercial sulphuric cently erected a very beautiful machine shop, acid and 30 parts of water j. keep at a tempe. which is under the superintendence of M r, rabure of 1770 to 1940 Fah., for three hours j Phleger, a practical machinist, and through distil off tb.e muriatic acid ; the sulphate of ' his direction this ancient locomotive has been leali remains, which should be weI,! wailhed repaired. This afternoon she took her pillce: and dried for use. upon the L. S. R" R, and at 2 o'clock started' --'--===c:;:;:::::=---New York Mecbanlce' In&t1tute. passenger train, for Port Clint.o n, did with the her_work well, apdreturned at 7. Tb.is loco. The classes of this institution will be formT he rooms oncfy ev ning, Oct. 4 th. e IIIo tiveia truly a curiosity, from the fact of its' ed on M are . at No, 1 ;Bowery. Drawing and mathe� antiqOltj, and its ilingularara ngement of mao, hinery, She is once more to be seen wind-, matics will be taught to those young m echac . ...m mg h er way through the moun<-' s " upon the DI'C' who have the ,spirit to progress and l iS.

to be used as a Substitute for Sulphate of White Lead In Pain ling.

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