The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-24


Cosmus,rv ,rvou.,xs fresh ama,,. has h.o
ken out in The s,.ttlement Of Economy in Wesisro
Pennsylvania. This is species of communist or
ganization which has long existed on Beaver river
The original owners of the property, three hundred
in number, have dwindled down to about sixty, in
consequence of the lack of heirs to many of those
who have died. This results from the peculiar
regulations of the community; and now that the
property amounts To $4,000 for each owner, one
OF the number has commenced suit in a court of law
To recover his share and employed as counsel Hon.
n;' 49, ror~ara ana wilson McCandiess me
,.s papers are Oh opinion lhal thls wiii erect
o'''oi''iol oi 1'ie company.
hLALrh OF nosroN.-We perceive that thirty
was ,''e number ., deaths by cholera at Boston IN
.0o nays WIZ i9th ana zoth instant The mum
pef III view iork curing inc same TWO days, as re-
pof'eu ny inc sanitary committee, was forty nine
tne rato oil mortality from that disease being con
slderably greater IN Boston, IN proportion to the
population than in New York We however learn
by telegram tbat only nine deaths bv choer,
- =: ~ :, $3.50.
- "o'''" vi 'i'e Ai7' Instant which peafs
ABOUT inc same proportion 10 the population as
thirty (thc number reported on the 2lsD to the pop
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The steam towboat Anglo-Saxon has been char
tered by the United States Quartermaster to con-
yev troops from New Orleans IN Tamna Raw
49,
CHEsAPEAKE AND Ono CANAL-The Virginia
Board of Public Works at their regular ,neetn a.
La, weeL tool 6n., ac,;o, =, ra,,a.5 !, ~ ,o,,a;
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oii VI INC o' passeu ny tne legislature Oh SAID otate,
in March last, authorizing guaranty to the ex-
tent of $500 900, to enable the company to put the
canal below dam M & in rood condition and 20.
MAR and ~ CO., 49,
r. 80 :, g. ~ ip'y '.o''i wy
W oohSuucl uhe hil lock opposite the county OF
Berkeley.
IN, :.. -.,... :, -,
nc ivy au'ho'it'es " boston nave decided 10
tender Gunner 10 the President--the dinner to be
strictly temperance.
~ s' VI SnPhum Aacinhat"m'
The following paper, giving description of one of
the strangcst and most peculiar plants of our coun-
trv was read bef,re the A,ner;can Sc;ant;fo Asso-
.;o,;a,, .o.,.I,, =; ~
80 w - eN9'o'' ~ oa'io' iuse, MASS
In August, lo42, and In january, lS43, made
communications to the National Institute at Wash
lhgton, WMch were Pupnsned, setting forth the Pc
ouiia. iies VI tnis plant. nut mace known the
polarity OF the leaves OF the plant, not discov
cry OF my own, (though II was not then known to
the sclehtlnc word,) Out as a TACT we'll known and
notorious among hunters, trapPers, officers OF dra-
=
TACT beng disputed by such respectable authority
as that or Dr. Gray, IT mas becomes matter OF sci
ehtlc interest, as well as OF Justlce 10 myself, that
should sustain my former testimony In the case.
But IN the outset, 1t is proper first to notice mis-
take IN the description given in the above extract
IL says "that the leaves are said to present their
faces uniformly north and south" 1t should have
SAID that Is alleged that the radical leaf presents
Its faces uniformly to the east or west the plane OF
the leaf beng north and south, or conciding with
the meridian plane. This is uniformly true Of the
radical leaf OF the Silphium Lacatunl, when there
are no disturbing causes have had, myself, op-
porunties to notice 1t on the praires, in various
portions of the west, for four years. In the val
eys or lower portions OF the rolling praries, where
most sheltered from the winds, this polarity Is most
accurate ana the plants are seen arranged all par
alei TO each other Inns Is true OF the radical leaf
from one to two feet In height before it grows up,
as 1t does In the second year. to the Towering plant
But my principal object In making this commu-
nlcation was 10 oHer the following testimony on this
topic In answer to communications written before
had seen the work OF Or. tray, IN which espe-
clally made inquiries as TO how lar west those OFF,
GERS had seen the plant received the following
Plies:
surgeon 81 u H. ne Camp, one OF the most respect
able and experienced officers IN the Medical Depart
ment OF the Army, who accompanied General Kear-
ny's expedition 10 New Mexico, writes me as follows
from Carlisle Barracks, pennsylvania, March goth,
lo49: 9 have seen the Polar plant growing uxu-
rlantly from Fort Iowson, near Red river, to Fort
LedNenWoru, On the hlssouri. IN tle ulrecuon OF
Santa re, have not observed 1t more than two
hundred miles from Fort Leavenworth, that being
about the point where the prairie lands terminate,
ana what are called tine plains commence In
,s aireetiSn OF te south pass Of the Rocky Noun
hs Is FOUND as lar west as the Pawnee villages,
On the oouoms OF tne rlatte river, little below
Irano Island, say Soo miles from ort Leavenworth
! nave nave oeeh wen acquainted win the pecullariues
VI inc ROAR Piaht ior nearly years; and
am Perlecuy satisned that, Whiie the plant Is
healthy aho Oh vigorous grown, the edges OF the
Paht Polht hortneriy ana southeriy win sunclent
accuracy 70 DC oi great service 10 the pewiioered