The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-27

The DRsERET MoRMoNs. The Pennsylvania His
tocal Society have just published discourse by +.
L. Kane, giving an interesting account of his visit
10 the Mormon encampment In the western deserts.
They were outcasts from Missouri and Illinois, who
had founded the Territory of Deseret. The follow
inc is an extract from the pamphlet,
1.-THE LocUsr OF THE SALT LAKE. The shores
of the Salt Lake infested by sort of insect pest
which claims vile resemblance the locust of the
Syrian Dead Sea. Wingless, dumpy. black, swol-
en-head, with bulging eyes in cases like goggles,
mounted upon legs of steel-wire and clock-spring,
and with general personal appearance that justified
the Mormons in comparing him to cross of the
Spider and the Buffalo, the Deseret Cricket comes
down from the mountains at a certain season of the
wear in voracious and desolating myriads. 1t was
lust at this that the first crops Of the set
tiers were in the full glory of their youthful green.
The assaants could not be repulsed. The Mormons,
after their fashion, prayed and fought and fought and
payed but to no purpose. The Black Philisiines ,
moved their way even with the ground, leaving it
if touched with an acid or burnt by fire.
"But an unlooked-for ally came to the rescue.
Vast armies Of bright birds, before strangers to the
valley, hastened across the lake from some unknown
quarter, and gorged themselves upon the well-atted
enemy. They were snow-white, with little heads
and clear dark eyes, and little feet, and long wings,
tina. arched in fight like an angels At first the
Mormons thought they were new enemies to plague
them but when they found them hostile only to the
locuss they were careful not to molest them in their
friendly Office and TO this end declared heavy fine
against all who should kill or annoy them with fire.
arms. The gulls soon grew to be tame as the poul-
try, and the delighted little children learned to call
them their pigeons. They disappeared every even
ing beyond the lake; but, returning with sunrise,
continued their welcome visi,ngs till the crckets
were all exhausted. E..
This curious incident REQUIRED the following year
with this variation, tina: in ls49 the gus came earli
er and saved the wheat crop from all harm whatever
NOVEL INTENTIONAL PROGRESSIVE ACE. The
st. Louis Reveille, of July S, gives the following
account of a sewing machine now exhibited in that
place:
1.-The machine, in itself, is of the simplest con-
struction there being delicately arranged
which is liable. at all times, to be injured, and thus
rendered for time useless, and is perfect in its op
eraons, cheap in cost. and rapid in the execution of
its work. The seams to be sewed are placed togeth-
and fastened in extended clamp frame, which
supports the machine, and which by means of una
chney, made to the entire length of the CLOTH
with speed adapted TO the length of the stitches.
Two threads are used, one of which is placed in
small steel shuttle and the other in reel situated in
the top of the machine. The latter passes down
through the eye of needle, which is fastened a
vibrating spring, at each movement of which, it is
forced through the cloth, where it unocks with the
other thread, both of which are at the same time
drawn quite tight and firm in the cloth.
So nicely is it arranged, that, should the thread
pass under the shuttle, and thereby fail to unlock
with the other, the machine does not move forward
In its way, thereby leaving blank space in the cloth,
but remains stationary till it operates in proper
manner. The same is the effect when the thread
breaks. r
Its merits were put to the test by pair of broad
cloth pants being brought in to be made. The out
side first tried, and the result was that it
was sewed up in one minute and fifty seconds the
length of the seam being forty-two inches The 9TH
ers were sewed equally as quick. The fronts were
stitched in neat, firm and substantial manner.
10 have it work in most successfully, it is essen
ial that the frame should be extended to much
greater distance that several seams may be sewed
without the stopping the machine at the completion
Of each With this arrangement, it requires the
services of one person to haste the work together
while another attends to the machine, and in this
manner fifteen pairs of panaloons, six coats, car
be made per day, excepting sewing on buttons, work
tile button holes and facing in the Innings"
The Comet is now plainly visible to the naked
eye, near the bright star Arcurus in the constellation
Bootes. 1t is better seen with a small telescope o.
with an opera glass. A tail of FIVE degrees long
loo faint 10 be dscerned with the naked eye, is visi
BILE in large telescopes. Its length is four millions
o: miles, and daily increasing. The nucleus of
lew hundred miles in diameter, is very Dense appar
emily solid body. sei=1'--ss
About the Goth of this month the Comet will pas
very to the place occupied by the earth on tn
s5h June. Its velocity at that point will be on
hundred thousand miles an hour.
Its distance from the Earth is now forty million
OF miles, and from the Sun one hundred millions.
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Cambridge Observatory, July 1lth, 1850.
The CRoPs-LoUIsIANA. We complained la.
week of oppressive heat and heavy rains this wee
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