The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-12-25
CHARLES J. MCDONALD

ELECTION FRAUDS IN ILLINOIS. 1t was char
ged in the Globe on the authority of letters
from Illinois, that the number of votes polled in
Sabgamon county was greater than the whole
number of persons entitled to vote in.that coun-
iy, and it was argued that the fact proved that
the Wings had given fraud ,lent votes. When
the statement was first made it appeared to us
that If the fact charged so, it did not appear
which of the contendinS parties had cast the
fraudulent votes, and it was assuming toosmu II
10 charg, either party with fraud, Until there
was some proof that they were guilty. 1t non
appears that it is not true, that more votes were
Civ, n than there were voters in he county land
hence the charge of fraud is without foundation.
NATURAL HIsroaY or TIE Honey BEE.-The
subject chosen by the Rev. Mr.. Morris for his
lecture on Tuesday evening, before the Mercan-
tile Library Association, was the natural history
OF the Honey Bee. One more interesting to a
popular audience could hardly have been select
cd. The lecturer manifested thorough ac-
qu=intance with his subject, anil presented
mass Of curious facts in relation to the little
animal whose history he was considering. One
of the most remarkable Of these is the fact, that
the bee, when collecting the pollen of anwers,
which constitutes the ''bee BREAD" never passes
from one kind of flower to another, as has been
supposed If it fr,t light upon honeysuckle,
it continues to collec the pollen from this flower,
until It has loaded lis little thighs with as much
as it can carry away. The bee is governed in
this by an instinct, that makes it co-laborer in
The orderly work of natural reproductiveness.
The pollen, or fruetiIying dust, is carried from
alwcr to flower of the same species, and thus
the bee aids the operations Of nature by distri-
buting the pollen, necessary to the fruittuness
OF plants If the bee were to pass from clover
blossom, with the pollen adhering to its body,
and light upon honeysuckle, the fructifying
dust Of the clover blossom applied TO the honey
suckle, would produce Aybrid, or mongrei spe-
cies Of flower. How wonderful are the orderly
operations of nature-anl certainly, among the
most wonderful, is this peculiar instinct of the
boney bee. We have not room, of course, to dc
tail all the curious things related of this little
animal. But We will join with the lecturer in
recommending, as source Of unfailing instruc-
ton and pleasure, the study of entomology.
LOUISVILLE, KENTucKY.-The Louisville Ga
zstte speaks OF a project entertained in thai
city Of directing the waterG OF Salt River BY
means OF canal, so as to condust tn, M through
the city. BY actual survey, it is asc-riaineJ
that If brought from point fifteen or twenty
miles distant, fall Of at least ten feet can BE-
obi4iped. This will give powerful head Of
waier, and an in, xhaus. ible supply f,r manulae.
turing plrlo,es. Tns cast OF such work is
estimated al from so ,,010 to S30J,000.
Snow VS.. EeGs As eggs are dear, and
snow as t'eh, and probably Will again be
cheap, we observe by Soine oil The newspapers
that notable honse.wi has discovered thu
SHOW, IN culinary operations, cake making, &t