Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-08-17

(and to judge 10y the print BY much inferior size and
less sphercity,) and which To not mix with ihc 9TH
e's, Mhen thcy How simultaneously from cut part Of
the plant INTO water.
When te vessel is cut of, many of these g,obulcs
(oi the s,rpcsl near the seclion separate from the
membrane bat the more distant remain attached In
~ ana retain the form of stripes only that the
son being destroyed the direction OF the sripcs is al
tered, aud they appear bent various curves from or
towards each other, III places unnaturally brought
nearer To ar farther from each other and i'm thi.
case the motion Of the sap gobucs a. far as it still
takes place, (whcrc, said above, all the san does
not How out 1T once,) follows this new and unnatu-
raj dlrection and is the rapid i'm those places
where the stripes are now accidentally the closest
together.
II the membrane OF the vessel is gradually pressed
a these gobulcs (of the stripcs) may by degrees be
squeezed out OF the section, BGSSe, and all the
brane then appears quite smooth, pure white and
transparent rs glass.-Viuegar makes these gobules
come out siigly or in pairs, several together like
fragments OF chain and they then seemed TO he IL
hiieu together by an extremely delicate membrane.
Now as the cause OF the constant and regular mo-
ton ot the sap in this plant by no means be as
ciDed TO any OF the powers hitherto assumed by bo-
tthicai plysiologsts, neither To capary nor the
alternate contraction and dlatiom the rrability of
ine vessels, since these evidently remain quite pas
sve as, ON the otherhand, those stripes symmetrical
~ composed of little gobulcs, have the ccarcst innu-
ehce, not only on the MANNER but also the degree
anu reality OF the motion the ingenious observer
believes himself authorized 10 hazard the conjecture,
mat the stripes arc TO he considered volic piles
ton which conjecture is Supported on the one hand
by tho construction of tho stripes and on the other
by the well known Out in some degree however, not
yet sufficiently certifc) experiments showing that
by this agent, water may be led from the positive pole
10 the negative raised above the level contrary TO all
Jaws OF hydraulics, aud led through the pores of
Bladder otherwise in,pcrmea6le To il.
IL Is not little remarkable that another natural
philosopher made the same uncommon and difficult
phytoomic microscopic experiments and tina, on the
very same plant, exactly at the same time, and pub
si.d the results OF his experiments in the year
so that there IS the highest probability, that neither
oil them had the most distant knowledge of the labors
OF the other The jealous German botanist, Dr. r.
m Err Martius, (now in the Brazis, WHITTIER he was
sent ny the hing oi Bavaria, to study the natural his
tory OF that country wrote, in the year 1875 Me-
NOR on the Construction and Nature of the Chara,
which was read to the Royal Academy of Sciences
at Munich, but not published till last year, when ii
was printed with the Memoirs (Noya Acta Phisico-
Nedica) OF the Leopold Caroline Academy of En-
ql,rers into Nature. Vol l. Ito. Eslanger, 1878.
"iih respect to the internal organization, DIR. Ma
rus found in several kinds of plants of this species
namely the chdra ruigdris, TO which Mr. Amicis en-
periments were confncd,) c,ura feriis and hiSpida
The same construction, which he describes even more
clearly than Mr. Amici, and renders more Ineligible
ny more detailed drawings only he sometimes found
the cent nj tube surrounded by several smaller vessels
symmetricaily arranged an three rows and these not
always running parallel 10 the other but sometimes
SPIRAL when that was pc rpendicuar, and differing IN
some other respects.
AS for the sap, and the green g!oules Dr. Martius
found pulpous Shiny matter which surrounded the
vessels eaterndty covered their whole surface, and
seemed TO him TO he the protecting covering, and the
connecting medium Of the central tube and the small
vessels surrounding ii, when there are any such--
when tins matter was carefully separated from the
surface OF the vessels appeare cd To the naked eve
SHINY semI-transparent, white grecnis and under
the microscope, of shapcless, jely-ike, transpa-
rent white substance, mixed with very minute green
globucs.
In the chara 6exilis, DIR. NJ. observed these green
giobules lying very close together, and almost arrang-
ed IN regular rows forming the external periphery of
The vessels, so that it not till they removed
mat the other transparent white substance appeared
shall we conjecture that owing, perhaps, to the
imperieciion OF the instrument, TO dc(eos
IN the observation, TO injury done 10 the
pant, a deception took place, which made Dr. NJ.
The tubes, and not entirely arranged regularly in
stripes I:
The vessels themselves contained "a watery, trans
parent fluid. and the green gobules in greater album
dance (Which after chemical analysis OF the plant
by Dr. Buchncr, he declares to consist of resinous
colourng matter) These globules appear in the mi
croscope, partly as globular smooth bodies, partly
without definite form, like coagulaied lymph And
here Dr. Martus says word Of his h, ing observ-
ed any regular position of these gobues or oftheir
beng joined together in stripes the internal surface
of tie vessels.
As for the motion Of the sap which the attention
oil Dr. Nlartius was drawn, not only by the anterior
observations of Able Corti, bat by the latter ones
conhrmIng them, made by DIR. l.. &. Trcviranus, of
iion OF the instrument, orfrom not managing the plant
IN the most convenient manner) discover any regu-
iarIty III II and IN general motion least of all such
one in contrary directions which might not be ex-
planned mechanically, and from the accidental position
oil the part OF the plant though he examined the
plant, particularly the chara heXils in quite fresh
state, and nj all seasons of the year in this view. IL
Is farther remarkable that Professor Treviranus OH
served the regular motion of the sap, and exactly so
as Professor Amlci states it, but only in the chara
heX'i's and no trace whatever of it in the schar vul
garIs Professor Ireviranus, however, does not no.
ice the regular division of the green gobulcs, and
hclr arrangement in stripes, and attachment 10 the
inside oil the vessels, does he in the remotest de-
gree consider them as the cause of this motion.
q. What makes these observations more important is
The circumstance that Professor Amci says he has
discovered II similar organization in several other
plants, rs tropeotn maS mdiuS, ipnieS and several
others and thinks himself justified in believing that
inc ltilc grams which Sprengcl found in the cells OF
some plants and which often appear regularly dispos-
cd, are similar stripes, formed gobues and may be
considered as similar galvanic apparatus He |
therefore, thinks IT probable that the cause of the
uon OF the sap IN all plants depends similar tho
Narlously modified, organization, similar principle
and power.
From he New York american, august Ct
We understand that pleasant farce was played of,
not long ago, upon the good people of certain |
village, within few miles Of the Capitol of Al
bany.
A young gentleman "a dandy of course, and per- |
Daps cousin german of the Carlisle inusic-nastcr) !
arrived in the village, and inquired for bis relations
j hey were made known to him, and lie expressed |
much pleasure in the recognition. The relationship
was indeed somewhat remote but, on their part
hcy became more and more Interested in proportion
as his prospects were disclosed In accents of wo
gradually frightened by rays of consolation, he in
orGied them that his father (who was but little blcst
~ Piuius, SO long az I've resided in Rensselaer, coun-
y had gone over TO Ireland-accumulated a fortune
d more than SlOOO00-at suitable time had died,
ma ielt IT all to this, his hopeful son. Their longi-
ndc OF face diminished hearing the tale, as its la
itudc increased. An unusual prominence Of the
ye became apparent, and pleasure lit UP Il smile up
~ the grave and care-worn cOuntenancc. The cor
iality of his reception was no longer mingled with
ciucinnce OF distrus Nor was it limited by consan-
mn 10 r.....l.