New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-13

Errp,osDry,py Observation-Disclosures Van
Grsselbsch Of stockholm, has very lately brought
to state of perfection the art OF producing
torpor in the whole system, by the application Of
cold Of degrees of intensity, proceeding rom
lesser to Greater. 50 as TO cause the human body
To become perfectly torpid, without permanent
;ni;,ry 10 anv orga1 or tissue of the frame In
this they may remain one hundred or thousand
wears. and again, after sleep OF ages, DC ava
kencd TO existence. as fresh and blooming as they
we're when they frs, sunk INTO this rgorltic SUM
Der.
The attention OF the learned Professor was first
led to the subject. by iinclng toad enclosed IN
solid fragment of cslcsreous rock ten ieet in d.
arueter. which when .aker oct. showed uneqnlv-
ocal slgns OF hfe-but !, is supposed that the con-
cussion caused BY blasting the rock occas'oned
lis death in = few hours after The opinion OF
Baron Grnithizen. who is.t present Geoog'st 10
tho E,,rof Sweden. was that It must have been
Ia that situation :or a; least seven thousand years
and his calculations were drawn from he a.
(erent LAYERS or Strata by w.ich 1t was surround
ed From this hint the Professor p7nccercd I"
make EXPERIMENTS and aiIcr panu. ana Labor
mas c,urse of exparuants for the last twenty
nine wears of his lie, ne at last srccecied IT pr
eecr;n,, ,be urea, discovery. Nor les fh n >iSt'
,nnus,,,t replies shell FISH. *. w- * 'ef,n:e-
81 on before ne III Z ih- human subject. h'
J.occ,s j. not lt;d enii-ry be'ore the pnohG
As vel. bd, had the honor in company WIN
f,iend. nj visiting inc Professor.
shal! give a slight description OF one OF 'tlf
outer rooms containing some OF h's preparations
Previous 10 entering we were furnished win an
Indian rubber bar, TO which was attached mask
with glass eyes. TINS was put on to prevent ine
temperaiure of the room from being raised the
slightest degree by our breathing II was a c'f-
cular room lighted from the top by the sun rays
from which the heat was entirely disengaged ny
its passage through glass, &c, colored by l"e
oxide of copper, "a late discovery and very vaiu,
able to the Proiessor.) The room 10 shelved all
round, and,l and contains nearly one thousand
specimens of animals. One was Swedish GIL,
aged, from appearance, about nineteen years
she was consigned to the professor by order Oh the
Government 10 experiment upon, having occh
guilty Of numbering her child. With the cXcep-
ton Of slight paencss she appears as ii asleep
although she has been in state OF complete tor
Dor for two wears He intends to resuscitate her
in five more years, and convince the world OF the
soundness of his wonderful discovery. The FRO
lessor 10 CRAFTY us, took small snake out OF his
cabinet into another room, and although 1t ap-
peared to us to be perfectly dead and rigid as
MARBLE by application Of mixture OF Cayenne.
pepper and brandy it showed immediate signs OF
life and was apparently as active as ever 1t was,
in minute, although the Professor assured us It
had been in state OF torpor for six years.
Baton Rouge Gazette.
The above is an extract Of letter from
young American now travelling IN Europe.
Swlyp11yG.-In New Orleans on the LIST inst,
a man named Arthur Mcclellan was sent before
the Criminal Court by Recorder Baldwin, on the
charge of notwithstanding and paying oil
checks on the City Bank for Sl,lOO, having no
funds to his credit Phlad DAILY ChTon'
Passengers Arrived.