Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-29

excitants in these latter days and that it is
not merely the animal or vegetable immedi-
ately concerned which suffers. but the sue
ceeding generation; we may infer that the
appointed time will arrive, however long de-
layed, when continued system of abuse or
malpractice will bring its reward in the an
Inhalation of certain races and the commence
ment of others in their stead-a law of ma
ture, which will not allow any simultane-
Gus disappearance of living beings to the
enlargement of her whole economy, but
replaces lower family by one higher in
the scale, thus making her creative efforts
always progressive in the long run. From
the records of the past it would seem as 1t
portion at least, if not the whole race of GER
tain animals and vegetables must die out be-
fore other kinds start into life-the former
being instrumental directly or indirectly, in
organizing germs of superior order of be-
ing. do not mean that the forces which
were brought to bear upon the new corners
and ushered them into existence were deriv-
ed exclusively from their immediate parents,
for the physical changes which must con-
stantly occur during long course of ages
may we'll be considered capable of modify
ing types and introducing forms which may
correspond with the changes alluded to-
As then new genera and species may be
traced through gradual changes in their or
ganiza,ion to assume at length totally DIFF
ferent character, and to struggle with their
progenitors as it were foran ephemeral exist
ence, so the vegetable and animal tissues all
originating from the globule or cell after re-
ceiving en- PEASANT a faint Of suspicion OF
similarity, proceed in their journey of life
to higher offices, and present the most d.
versiied texture. The operations however
of nature always preserve an analogy, and
we find that these advances are attended
with contemporaneous retrogade move
ments on the part of other organized tissues
or organizable materials, and that to the last,
the first are mainly indebted for the forces
requisite to perfect their destiny. The ana
logy stops not here-when new organs are
formed, they are based upon those previous
y existing, which reVorced to make room
for the Iparvenus, if they do not flee before
them Aheir approach and become annihi-
lated. In fetal life the law can be recog-
nized without a shadow of doubt. But
what has this to do with guano? will
endeavor to show its connection with my
subject.
Guano is new element Of agriculture in
North America, and what changes it is des-
tined to produce time will show. Cotton
and potatoes have done more than the sword
in shaping the institutions and habits of
modern nations; appareslIv trivial objects
in our branch of business have accomplish
ed wonderful results. Let us look to guano
and the mineral manures in general with as
close an eve as Botanical Practitioners Of
Medicine scrutnize the effects of what they
are pleased to call poisons on the animal
system. am preparetAto expect new phe-
nomena from its use or abuse in accordance
with its acknowledg ed power as stimulant
1t is premature to speculate upon any mark
ed peculiarly Of its action, but | may be
permitted to suggest that If nothing more is
gained for period of years by its proper
application, than an extraordinary increase
in the quantity of breadstuffs and excellence
in their quality, attended by as extraordi-
nary decrease of labor and expense, we
may at this particular juncture of affairs
congratulate ourselves and the world al
large-and morever that if the potato is soon
to be ranked among the things that were
(which God forbid,) we may confidently
promise our forei gn customers that good
substitute is Indian Corn. which we intend
to season highly with guano for their espe-
cial appetite and our own particular profit
RoB'T SERRELL WooD.
Mount Hermon, near Washington, d. c.
THE FIRST PRINTER IN NORTH AMERl-
GA writer in the Boston Courier refers
to the late great meeting in London, to no.
nor the memory of William Caxton, by the
erection of a public monument, and asks if
the name and memory of Stephen Day, the
first printer in any part of what now con-
stitutes the United States, shall be allowed
to remain longer unhonored. He died
nearly two hundred years ago, and was
buried in the grave yard at Old Cambridge
An old woman of the African race, named
Lavina Teasman, died in Newark, N. j., a
few days since, having, it is said, attained
the age of one hundred and four years.
She could distinctly remember the passage
of Gen. Washington through that city in the
war of the Revolution.
1t seems that the Senate of Maine have
rejected the resolutions contemplating an
amendment to the constitution to the effect
that plurality of votes should secure a
choice at any election-there being less than
two thirds in favor of the amendment.
SENSIBLE ADv1cE.-The peregrinating
European correspondent of the Boston Atlas
says: 81 would strongly recommend every
one going abroad to subscribe for paper
from his native town, for even the ADVERTISE
men,s are Of interest, and distance lends en-.
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