The Arkansas advocate., 1832-07-25
NO. I6.


 beams farther and farther at each me- 1 mcnt, as if to point out to us some new l glory in the landscape. New iofh, ln- i deed, appears to Us, even wElet, " saw lit, bya soberer light,a lovely and no-
 bic city. its advantages of position
 are, perhaps, uneqaalled any where.-
 Situated on an island, which l think it
 Will one day cover, 1t rises like Vesss.zs., 5 rom the seas and like that fairesS fl
 cities, in the days of her glory, receives
 Into its lap tribute of all the riches of 1 the earth.''
 Such arc the terms in which .Mrs.
 lrolfope, for itis even she who indnl- gcs in this generous burst ofenthusiasm; such are the glowing terms in which a foreigner dwclls upon the beauties of the noble bay, which you phiegmatic burghers regard with stoic indiffer- ence, or only gaze upon with passing emoton of pride, as some stranger teaches you it rivals in loveliness the yaunted scenes of other lands. Be as- sured that some of the most agreeable sources of pleasure which our city af- lords, are lost upon you; and did you but once rise at five, and sallying from your close chamber, grace the cool walks of the battery for an hour, you would find enough in the varied scene lamply 10 reeompense the unwonted ex. ertion. There, on the left, where the, dun-colored mist over the blue heights of Gowanus still retains the warm hues 1t caught from the sun rising, you may see the light eoasting schooner, with l lis raking masts and trim spars, stealing like an apparitien along the silent ] shore: in front. where the fresh sea breeze comes in direct from the Mar rows, with every ailset before it, stands proudly on the lordly Indiaman, her Eplles of canvass towering above the white fortresses which garnsh the in. lets far beyond. Here, on the right, where the grey heights of Wehawk irown over the city, ,many a tall masted sloop with its wide spreading sheet, is sweeping lazIly along their base; while, nearer, more animated, if less beauti- Ifui objects present themselves, in the crowded steamboats which arc but now starting from the wharves, the iocui,d fishermen just putting out on their l days venture, and the gay pleasure
 barge which glides by with its chatter ling oarsmen. But go at any time, and
 the Battery still has its attractions: in storm and in sunshine, whether those
 waves are flashing themselves ill anger.
 or the calm tide trembling in inc fervid heat Of midsummer; by night or by day, 1 by the cool moonlight, or in the fierce
 glare of noon, the scene is ever beau-s |tiful. Then wake, honest reader, from Iiby lethargic indifference to this lovely landscape, and by looking upon t oc- casionally take away the sting of that rebuke which Mrs. Trollope intends to l give the New Workers for their want of taste in the next edition of her book. l CHLORIDE OF LIME.-The disinfcct-
 ing properties of this cheap substance render them interesting at all times,
 and especially so when the monday pes
 tilence sweeps oyer the North. We
 fancy many of our readers ask, What is chloride? Whence comes it's great cleansing, purifying, ,swectening power? How can it disinfect sick room, or foul ship, or filthy sink? How is if ahle. Ito destroy the fatal breath of the cho. lera? <.
 We answer, in our humble way.s1 chloride is a compound of two substan- ces, of.whieh one is always chlorine, and the other may be lime, soda, water, &c. a great variety. It is chlorine that possesses this great power, and that is united with lime and soda, solely for the convenience of using it, and not bee cause they change its native properties and powers of disinfection.
 1 Chlorine is essence of common solt.--- It is the real Turks island, or Ononda- ga salt, double distilled; as alcohol comes from corn and rye: but with this difference, that it is obtained by pe- culiar process, and in its highest state of perfection, it is an air and not li- quld; gas, a transparent vapor, which no man may safely breathe, uamixc4f. with common air.
 Inits pure, airy form shutsup in white bottles, it has greenish color. From this color, it takes its name chlorine, chloros being the Greek for green.
 Chloride of Lime has strong at- traction for water, or moisture, which l 1t will absorb from the atmosphere, or l elsewhere; and in the process of a!'- icoybipfr ft<, ,,,r;e.t,,r<,e; lafc off jfo cbio-