Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-05-20

| The regular articles of No. 3 are the Science of
HiSory continuation j Deer and deer-haaatiag in
louisiana; geographical and statistical view of
Northern Louisiana; Defective organization of
.4nsricaa Universities Statistics OF Migration
into the United States Review of McCulloh's Re-
por on Sugar Cuifiratioa History, &c. of the
German ZoH-Verein; our Indian policy. To
these succeed the usual shorter papers, amongst
with we shall choose for citation theollowlng, on
I the history of the Virginia weed taken from our
goot friend SINNERS Farmers Library. BY its
selection, we shall discharge double obligation to
| two Of our most useful journals
TcnAcco.-The genus Mcotiana is annual plant, flow
eng and npenng its seed in almost all parts OF the Uned
Sa,e and yet cultivated for profit far north Connec
tcu where lis leaf remarkably delicate aud silky, with small
fbres and when cured rather Of dark cinnamon than Of
bgh color and is understood to be used chiefly wrappers
4 of cigars
Asohe character and habits obe and the M we have
been these TO the foot oil Gamaie and there for
obtain the following from that distinguish
ed pLnr the President Of The Prince Georges agricultural
Society," and what and much better proof OF practical
excellence, the ginne, The past year. Of he first prize for
the best managed turn "a much greater honor, In our poor
esteem, than il awarded for killing l,000 gueTrllas
Volumes have been written, pro and con- the and
abuses of this very remarkable understandable alike in its
history, its uses, and its commercial elatonsand especially
like power ascinate and by its charms,
of ndefnable Sort the disgust is in respects well
fitted inspire. As we have anticipated by month
the Tor sowing the see may indulge here
remarks relating original habnton aud its chemical aud
medicinal propeIties intending numbers and in
good present in all the practical views connected
with It's cultivation and commercial vaueDo for the benefit
OF our friends in the old Plantaon States who know it all
like book, but because may interest some who propose
to embark in its culture and yet for the that in
the Farmers Library proper that the American culvaor
should find, ready his hands, memoirs full need be-
In regard every important branch of Rural Industry
De gustibus dsputandumin plain English, there is
dspung about and though many OF readers
may forego, and abho the Of tobacco every FORM
the consumption this deecabe weed has nevertheless spread
into all parts of the world is there any, where the taste
for it icentiously INDUCED in own, may be-
ieve the half that written TO stigmatize habits this
point by travellers male and female, who Iroloppg
county, seek what bemishes they may descry-
and, alas LEI confess aside, deserving but many To
quote our own language twenty seven years ago
" In the whole Vegetable Kingdom, perhaps, plant
be found the propagation and effects Of which have attracted
much notice. and produced much excitement this dis
gusngsome would say fascinating weed 1t has been alike
the theme Of poeca euogy and object secular and po
cal prescription Popes have let loose their roaring bulls
and Kings have issued their DEGREES against it, and well would
be if Church and State would form alliance only such
OCCASIONS
Like other narcotic poisons, however, tobacco has
made its way against the denuncaons of all its enemies and
becomes more dear and Indispensable to those who the
ratio Of its injury to their constitutions.
Tobacco native of this country and was first import
ed into Europe about the middle e the sixteenth century by
fernandez dc Toledo, who sent il into Spain and Portugal
The Ambassador H. the of Lisbon, carried
into France in 1861 when presented TO Catharne de
Medcs plant Of extraordinary virtues from the New
World. The Ambassadors Ncot, hence the bota
meal appelation Ncqai applied TO this genus Of plants
The lno reduction of the custom Of smoking in England has
been ascrbed to Sir Waiter Raleigh.
'We told that tribes of the aboriginal inhabitants
OF this continent used tobacco burnt offering the smoke Of
which they supposed be acceptable to the gods Thus
find that different nations address themselves 10 different
as the medium for obtaining divine Cancellation While the
pous Christian seeks Precipitation by vocal or instrumental
music, concert of both, the poor unutoed mores
favor and happiness through the incense Of aromatic gums and
the odor Of sweet scented tobacco.
at remarkable says learned author that in the days Of
lis first general introduction into Europe spoke about
with GOODNESS indifference but every warmly espoused
its its praise. Camden, in his Life Of Queen Eli
zabeth says that used tobacco every where for
and for hesths sake and that with
bic desire and greedness they sucked the sinking smoke
thereof through earthen pipe, which they presently blew
out again at their nostrls-so that Enghmens bodies
delighted with this plant that they seemed de-
generated into barbarians.'"
At that rate, what number Of inside barbarians
have here in New York, where according the great stats
teal writer McGrcgo ten thousand dollars worth OF cigars
smoked every day to say nothing of the quantity that
goes into the mouth and nose
DR.. Venner, work entitled VIA Recta al Ttam Lon
gam, polished in London in 1888, gives brief summary Of
the injuries done by tobacco g" deh the brain, dmmeth
the sight, vaelh the SMELL hueh the stomach, destroyeh
the connection, dis,urbeth the humors and spirits coupleth
the breath, induceth trembling Of the hmb excateih the
wndpp lungs, and liver, anpoyeh the mt, scocheh the
heart and causeh the bIoodxo be adjusted In word,
ovehroweth the spirits perveeh the understanding and con-
oundeh the senses with sudden asonhmen. and supde
Of the whole body
Thus more 200 years ago. denounced the great
staple which Prince Georges friends persist in cuyating.
II half the learned Doctor true, might suppose
that Nautilus himself could desire eeciual check
the readiness OF mankind 10 follow that needed Of oil
Gods commandments. But, like old Count Carnaro's Via
Rectd ad om Longam apprehend il will be found
much easier 10 read than toilow IL.
to excite in them spirit Of dvinaon and when recovered
from the fit stupor into which threw thcn they asserted
they had held conference with the DEVIL and from him had
learned predict events Their Medicine Men, pretended
to be inspired in like with knowledge u diseases
and their cure The rich INDUCED in il, we are toId
luxury Of the highest ORDER aod The poor now gave them
selves up 1t solsce for the miscres Of lie In the
Southern States now in their almost universal socode for
the comot Of their slaves planters provide for them regular
supply Of tobacco.
So became the use Of that in many countries
consumption forbidden restrained by public authority.
30 excited against the First James, Of England, that he
not only denounced In hs book The Tobacco Blast, but
expressly prohibited the planters of Virginia from cultvsng
more han 100 pounds uny plantation and
warned his subjects sin against God and harm Their
own persons snd goods and render themselves scorned and
c0nenDed by strangers who should among them, by
pcrseverng 10 loathsome 10 the eye hateful TO the
no and baneIul to the brain" OF such sumptusry laws and
arsray interference with private habits and individual econ
oy and freedom Of action, have not yet some un
avalng not barbarous relics statute books In this
be II UNDERSTOOD no means refer the municipal law