Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-12

Tur FAnMnns' AND MEFcHANTe bANh
~ Mnmp1rrs. The Memphis Enquirer o.
The 81 inst. saysi
"rbe public mind IL In a state Of great
uncertainty and doubt IN regard to this ms.
t@itntion. tho tendency being, IN mercantile
ntrna. dovnwnrd, We find it impossible
to state my fzed rates of discount on IT,
notes. There are many sellers and buyers
at n price. Perhaps from so to 10 cents
nm the dollar il as near nm approximation
"a cap be made to IT'D market value-sales
having come to our knowledge Of both.
Purchasers are much inclined to hold OF
until further developments.
"Mr. Wheatley, the President Of i'e
Bank. returned from New Orleans on fes-
terjay morning, but what was the res',t :,
his mission has not yet tfanspifed' wen
authenticated street rolnors state fnt The
effects Of the Bank in that city, haF oeeh
attached by the parties holding igIla0'l''
-. .I., .aaaarti,n those clajns bear
to the aggregate amount oil "SSo''
there, Is not known to us.
awe are informed That the omftlit'ee
ore busiIy engaged in making ou' q loli
eEposs Of the condition Of the phk' Setslpg
forth fully its assets, liabil itiese'c' "hleh
will be ready for the public lsa lew oays'
'eIhe foregoing embraeesa the taefs IN
o,,r n,ssasgion from whie1 TO form IN
opinion In rogn,d to the instsllon'
gsovan,-Tbia we'll kaNvn production
has been ii ne from vergearly tunes
naturalist weTfS long cnprras5ea whether
to assign it It place in ne amman or me
vegetable kingdom. Most authorities
now agree in putting he sponges IN the
lowest scale of anind iiio' ibere are
about fifty different sec'es OF sp'fs''' O
which nine or ten be0n8 10 thls county
They are found iadho hediteFrahenh anG
tr,os, 81, i, ~, armand temperate latitude;
diminishing in nadbar and becoming 0
tnesrior oualityb 10 the approach to colo
regions. t0'isrc u rocks n P''ooT
tho least exposg to The action OF currents
arl VA ves, ,yhsb the cb5ing tide dops no
leave uncovered The best sponges known
!, n, arp tbo# which come fr9nth b Archi,
nalngo. wber they abound near many o
81. is1,rda. nlo5e inhabitants may BE- sac
10 glbsist b the sponge-Gshery,i if we ma
zo call t. At the Cyclades, for instauce
aponge.digog forms the chiefemploymen'
ofthe p1flation. The sea y at all times
e,tronafclear, and the experienced diver
arc capdle Of distinguishing from the eur
-. c,cs the points TO which the sponge !
ATTACHED below, when M unpractised eyI
conl1Bat dimly discern The bottom. Eacl
boat furnished wilha large stone attached
to afope, and this the diver seizes N hi
had pluaging head foremost from the sterl
| da does this in order to increase thI
=, velocity ofhis descent; this economiz'ng hi
sock ofbroath, as we'll as to facilitate hi
q, scert when exhausted THE bottom, btin.
-, tben quickly hauled up by his companions
Few men can remain longer than abot
fg-,st,rrs--- ttvsvr s-'+4s-- Ar- =
defaehiag he sponge II very tedious, three
and 5onelin'5 fur Iigars descend success
lively to seourr a ~parica'aiIy line specimen
The bc5' s2ongsi tn palestani light
est, hap email holes, md il soft to thc touc.
by the old physicians, sponge was regar
do1 as n cure FIR a long list Of m1ladies
this ia nov much abrilga1, though bun't
sponge in which form only it is used still
+ has a place in the m1tnria medical
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