The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-16

,.-s'S'-'sAon -s'Son ~ - 'ue uoaru OF managers to,
nave, as tar as practicable, a specimen
OF the marble or granite Of each State
IN the monument, and the name Of the
States from which it comes engraved
upon it. Should the State be disposed
to furnish stones, they must be Of the
following dimensions, viz: four feet long,
two feet high, and one foot and six inches
hed, with front beyel hf a quarter Of.
aninch to the foot. They WILDE placed
IN an appropriate position in the obclisk.
COMMERCE OF BALTIMORE. arri.
vals at the port Of Baltimore during The
month Of April were 22O SO from foreign
ports and ITO coastwisc-of this number
10 were British, 1 French, Swedish, /
bremen, and the balance, 3O7, American.
During the month of April there cleared
at the Baltimore Custom House, foreign
ports, 90 vessels, viz: 12 ships, 8 barks,
% brigS, and ] ] scooners: OF this number
owere British, Danish, and the balance
Al, American.
fIlGHLY IMPORTANT DECISION. lin the
Dauphin County Court, Pa. on Tuesday
last, in the case ofthe Commonwealth VS..
the 2DeleWare and Hudson Canal Compa.
ny, in which $4,000 were in issue
verdict wns rendered for the defendants
agreeable toinstructions from the presi.
ding officer, Judge Pearson.
Ihe grounds assumed by the defence
werc that the State Of Pennsylvania had
not the powerto tax dividends declared by
q company Incorporated by sister State,
although portion ofthe works may be
located in tho State 10 taxing, us that
: would be an infringement of compac,
between the States.
An IntalHb1c Cure for Cholera.-Take
three tablespoons full! of castor Gil, three
tablespoons full ofthe best French brandy
and forty. drops oflaudanum, mixed well
together, and Lei the patient drink il off.
Ihe body must then be rubbed over with
brandy and a hot flannel cloth. Should
the condition of the patient not improve
within one hour, and the nails, of the
: fingers begin TO turn black, administer
one tablespoon full Of castor oil, one of
French brandy, and ten drops oflauda-
mum. This generally throws the sufferer
into profound sleep, from which he will
awaken perfectly well. This treatment
hos been found most ctfectual in India,
where cholera first appeared, and thou
sands OF persons were cured by this very
simple remedy. Liverpool paper.
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PorAroE.- There
IS root called the Mayuu, which grows
on the Peruvian mountains, and is much
cultivated by the natives, which would be
q good substitute for the potatoe. 1t
grows with sometimes as many as fifteen
to root; these are The average size ofour
potatoes; and are round, kidney. formed,
or PeS.top shaped, according to kind
'4he coIoris bright yellow, with rays Of
reddish purple or scarlet diycrging from,
the eyes, which are deeply set. When
cut, delicious order exhnles. mingled
with certain acidity by no means repul-
slye, on the contrary, attractive to the
palate. Eaten raw, the root produces
rich, smooth unctuous SAVIOR, which lasts
but short time and is oil at once sue.
ceeded by q pquant, pepery taste, excl.
ting the tongue, somewia, as ginger
ihis spicy ,nste afterwards disappears and
leaves IN the mouth pleasing perfume
and Agreeable coolness.
"a New PoIsoN.-We find in the las,
number OF the Medical Examiner publish.
ed by Lidsay and Blakision, n description
OF new poison, originally discovered in
ls47, by Sobrero, Spanish chemist, and
made the subject of some experiments
and and an inaugural dissertation by Dr.. Will
linm F. Jackson, of Maine. This sub.
stance is obtained by process similar to
that for procuring gun cotton, with tho ex.
cept'on that instead Of cotton, tho LIQUID
called gycerine, the well known sweet
principle of oils, is exposed 10 the reaction
OF a mixture OF strong sui phuric and nitric
ncds, refrigerated. II is On olearinous.
'honey.like substance, which sinks in wa.
ter, but is soluble in alcohol; and it was
the alcoholic lincture Uhc strength no,
mentioned) which DR.. Jackson cmployed
in his experiments.
The general properties Of this substance
which as yet has no name, are those Of
most powerful excitunt or s.imulant.
the effects being exhibited by the violent
action OF the arteries and brain. One.
third ofa drop was always found sufficient
to quicken the pulse, within sixty seconds
from sixty-five 10 nincty.fve and even
one hundred and twelve beats minute.
causing intense headache, pro,ruding ewes
and scinlillating vision, with disturbed
heart, &c. symptoms which subsided in
about half an hour. A larger dose pro.
duced similar effects, only of more vic.
lent character, the pulse being raised TO
one hundred and twenty four beats and
becoming hard and almost ncompressblc.
Three drnpc IF po;.on l,;Il..t