Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-09-04
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his future conduct be what it win. . he
took bin in the first instance, MT in GOT
sideration Of his Wing opinions, but inpo
sideration Of the Old Dominion. The
thought, he had ..'tuIe over hisown house.
They we're deceived in this--they ,hay
bee', dchhped BY him, and they did not hak'
a dupe. IF him. With them he will fin,
neither pardon or mercy.
The Wings are truly unfortunate. Ate,
years Of toll and loads Of treasure cxpend
ed, they, triumph only 10, 10 defeated By
their own success. And yet we canno
pity them, for they elected u man who's
principles were openly opposed TO theifs
and who, should be desert. his old opinjo',
under like circums. aices,, could not "
longer regarded as an upright mah---mucl
less a true politician. There VAS doublim
on both sides and Tyler only happened tf
double a little the farthest. The lesson u
severe, but it will teach parties hercafte3
the importance Of knowing their .mesn.
The QUESTION arises, now how are ths
government dues to be collected, and II,
whose trust are tie monies to be CON.
united? .1he hasty repeal of the sut.
treasury act, and a part q, tho State ban'
system, throws the country back upon thu
law of 1889, amended BY the resolution o
1915. The collectors Of revenuss by tina
law were az atpresent. Under the resoIt
ton. the Secretary Of the IRE asury ha
full command of the revenues +; aud dutie
are payable in notes If the y. .. Bank,i
Treasury notes, or tie legal currency c
the United States. Now, ne, VIC, have
longer an Z. S. BANK, We sup ,ose the lego
currency (gold and silvcr,) End Treasur.
notes, will be only accepted. 3
But The Secretary has NJ, more than
nominal control Of the publ funds, 1Th,
'pet bank" hlnW, takes the power opt Of hi,
hands and gives it to the State banks, wbo
again become the deposit nies Of. the pub
liz moneys, as in 1887, That lah directs
THE treasurer o%select b nks, of deposite in
the various States, and as a faithful officer
he ngst ,cor1ply. But what law can com.
pei these fafthless inst %tutions to deliver up
the sums entrusted to their keeping :. Will
those institutions OBJ Y more readily a.law
of the U. States tr n OF, the States them
selves =, lmprobab D., At all events, we
would prefer. to SCI the keeping of the pub
lc funds left emit ely TO the. discretion Of
honorable indiyid lals, than to the pick of
the State banks. , eli
Unless sometf ing be. yst done the extra
session of Cong fess, besides foilipg ailethe
brilliant scheme S Of the Wing party. vii!
leave the country worse off by millions
than it found t. a4 t.al tzfa
Lreur.-'rhe impression Of light was,
at one time considered to be produced by
a, series of exceedingly minute particles
ola peculis.r substance, emepating from
tIhpe sun aud from burning and luminous
bodies, ar d which strike. upon the eye.
This idea has been however, now a almost
totally q ,andoned,, and all the phspome.
ma are : onsidered to ariss rom the yibra-
tons of an exceedingly attepuated 'medi,
um, thr own into vsaHes by luminous bodies
of ever Y kind, and WHICH filing al l.spaces,
and b ing difused through the substance
Of thu most solid bodies, and occupying
the spaces between theft more substantial
mol cules, transmits and modifes these
vib atoms, and confers upon substances,
tire nsparency or opacy, color, and all 9TH
eI properties acting unph light which the
r Jay posx ess. This medium, or luminige-
rous ethel, as il, is termed, is supposed c.
! pable Of vibrating in. waves Of difereat
Lengths. /, and from this. difference of Length
in waves arises the difference OF, color Of
light produced. The shortest wave produ-
ces violet. the least refrangibIe-the length
of waves being, in all cases inversely pro-
portional TO the refrangibility of the light.
The, impression of different colors arises,
therefore, precisely as the impression Of
different sounds is Produced. by a differ.
ence in the length Of the waves in the vi
brating air, the shortest wave, in SOUND,
giving the highest note, and, in light, Civ
ing the violet color. -
The actuallength Of these waves of hight
is extremely small for light there. are
57,4e0 in an inch for red, the re are So
$50 the average of the diff rent colors.
being $4,000, and hence IL. white light
there acts; upon, the eye, in enery second,
$4,000. 600, 100000 inmIr iferous yibra-
tions.-Kane's Chemistry.
i, WEIenrs AND MEAS JREs.--A report
from the .superintenl. mt of standard
weights and measures las been eommuni-
Gated to Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury announcing the sc9mpletion OF
the final series (the ounce weights)-The
sets of weig ITS, for the States begin
With the ten our :e weight, and 20 down,
decidedly subdlv .ded, to. the one ten thou.
sandth of the Q mcc. A number Of stand.
ard yards snf .cient for all the states, and
fqrr some OF T &C custom houses, were com
pleted last !, ear.
lake U IRON MouIps.-IIoid the
iron mor- DIS ovcr the fumes. of boiling wa.
ter for 5 ONE time, then pour on the spot a
little ace of sorrel and a little salt, and
wher the cloth has thoroughly imbibed the
Juica wash it out in ley.
An act to. promote agriculture was pas.
sed at the late session of the New York
Legislature. Ii a~ppropriates $1,000 per
annum for the term. of five %eaas for the
promotion IF agriculture and household
manufactures in that State.
44:a@4Ta 5 ss&~--~ -~-~ g. .-4
,CoUGHs AND CoiDs.-Horse .radish cut
into small pieces and chewed in the. mouth
is, an excellent remedy for h~oarseness,
coughs, colds, and cases of incipient con-
sumption.
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GoIsG. GeISG, Frr NOT eoSE.-Some
90 or 30 yards of the front Of our precious
little town PLUNGED into ti,s. river on Mod