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NEW MODE OF DIscHARGING GUNpowDER

Some interesting experiments were recently tried at the
Gutta Percha Companys works, Wharfroad, Cyroad for
the purpose Of demonstrating the by which this extra
ordinary production may be applied to the operation Of dis
charging gunpowder. gavanic battery was connected
with upward of fifty miles Of copper wire, covered with gua
percha to the thickness Of ordinary black lead pencil
The wire, which formed into coils and which had been
prepared for the projected submarine telegraph attached
barge mooed in the canal alongside the mandatory
the coils being fixed together (ahough the greater portion
of them under water) to present uninterrupted
communication with the battery to distance limited at first
to fifty miles, but afterwards extended to seventy
cartridge" formed with small hollow roof of guta per-
cha charged with gunpowder, and having intercommun
eating wire attached then brought into contact with the
electric The result was that spark produced
which, gnitng the gunpowder caused immediate explo
sion similar to that which would from the discharge
small cannon.
The process carried on in various ways, with
view of atestng the efficient in which the gua per-
cha had been rendered mpervous we and instance
the fusee cartridge placed under the In this
the efficiency Of the insulation equally well demon
sated by the explosion of the gunpowder at the the
necessary contact" produced and by way of show
ing the perfect insulation of the wre experiment tried
which resulted in the explosion of the usee from the charge
Of electricity contained the coils of w three after
contact with the battery had been broken This feature in
the experiment especially interesting from the fact of its
removing all difficulty and doubt to whether the gua
percha would far protect the wires to preserve the
rent of electricity under the disadvantageous ccum-
stances
Another experiment successfully tred by passing the
electric current to its destination through the human body
Mr. C. j. WolIeston, civil engineer, volunteered to form
part the circuit by holding the ends of thirty miles of
the wire each hand The from the battery brought
end Of the entire length Of seventy miles, and instant
explosion Of the cartridge took place the other end The
experiments altogether perfectly successful showing
beyond all question that the properties of gua percha and
electricity combined yet be devoted to other purposes
than that establishing submarine telegraph.
[army and Nary Register.
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THE PKsTILEscE AT CAFE DE VERDs.-The following
from letter written by officer board the u g.
brig Popoise dated Tenee, September A. 1851, has been
furnished the Journal Of Commerce It gives additional
intelligence of the dreadful peence which has been
ing the Cape de Verde Islands since last Spring He says
sOur stay at Tenerife will be longer than it otherwise
would have been, account Of terrible malignant disease
existing Pamas another port in this group Of islands,
which to have visited, but obliged to give
up The mortality there has been fearful indeed Since the
disease first broke one-6fh of the whole population Of
eighteen thousand have been swept off, and the fever still
raging, though somewhat abaed II is thought to be
the cholera for it h very contagous but it resembles in
the quckness with which death succeeds the attack II
supposed to have been brought the island in small vessel
from the of Africa. Our Consul Mr.. ToRREs, and
his family, all Dead with the exception of child He
very worthy man, and had several handsome and in
eresng daughers who great avortes with the officers
Of ships that touched there Mr. ToRREs them oil
into the interior upon the first appearance of the pesence
but hearing aerwad that of them SICK he started
off to Join hem and his arrival found them all dead
wants included with the exception Of the child here mention
ed In less than five hours after he himself was corpse
The panic and distress the island are inconcevabe No
communication is allowed with it from the adjacent islands,
except from this, from whence small vessel sails twice
week for letters to port that has yet escaped the malady
Every precaution taken, by smoking the letters that
sent with birthstone, and dipping them in vinegar and by
putting the vessel in quarantine she arrives in
order that the disease may not be communicated this island
Here sremaksby healthy, only deaths having
red during the past month out OF population Of
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JEWISH cUsroMs-AN INTERESTING CASE.

The Philadelphia Ledger describes an interesting case al
law which commenced Tuesday before Judge KIxe,
in the Court of Common Pleas of that city. 1t is a
egned issue, joined between p s. ROWLAND the plaintiff
and HARRIs COLEMAN and ISABELLA bis wife, defendants
determine the question whether former husband Of Isa-
bella, who the plaintiffs brother, indebted to the
plaintiff the time of his death in 1S4O The plaintiff was
the executor of the will of his BROTHER Mrs Colemans first
husband and claimed balance Of two three thousand dol
lars remaining in his hands after paying the debts of the de-
ceased part of certain advances made by him 10 the de-
ceased amounting in all to about $40, 900.
But the money says the Ledger are not the most
interesting features in this The widow and the Jewish
law, still partly in force here, form the attractive points
to the general reader After the of the deceased
brother had been settled by the plaintiff the widow refused 70
allow him appropriate the balance to the Of his
claim for advances, and several lawsuits were the conse
quence But she time Afterwards became desrous of
changing her widows weeds for bridal garland and the
consent of her deceased husbands brother the plaintiff be-
necessary to the contamination OF her wishes Under
the old Jewish dispensaon, widow who had no children
by her first husband bound and had right TO demand
The hand Of her late husbands brothers in marriage CON-
mencing with the Oldest and going through the whole coate
raj line not previously engaged disposed of. II the
brothers refuse the widow in marriage she has the privilege
of taking off shoe from the refusing genemans foot and
what very ndelcate in LADY, to be sure, Of splitting in his
face, and declaring in the language of the law, "here s
man who refuses to build up his brothers house." diff
Guilty presented ITSELF Thebrother would neither marry
the widow himself, consent to marriage with any
ese unless she would admit his claim to the balance ques
ton. The widow, of course, anxious to besow her
hand upon Mr.. Coleman and after disputes and in
erviews, admitted the plaintiffs claim to obtain his assent
thereto After her marriage however, she took legal advice
the subject and the suit the consequence
She denies the validity Of release e1toed from her under
tho circumstances above narrated, and with her husband
claims the balance remaining in the hands Of the plaintiff
executor Of the will OF her late husband.
The case will probably occupy several days. Messrs. W.
L. Hirst, w. B. Reed, and st. George T. Campbell ap-
pear counsel for the plaintiff and Messrs J. Mcintyre
David Paul Brown and George M Dallas for the defendants
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WILL CASE involving much property trial
days last week in Phaephs and occasioned much
interest, The devisee old Of eighty three, and
when he died left his property iesiimate son, by
will made years before bis DEATH His nephews, heirs
at law disputed the WILL the ground that he Of
sound mind and after forty witnesses examined OF
whom deposed that he eccentric and others that he be-
eved in wichcra the Judge charged generally in favor OF
The will and the jury took but five minutes to decide the
same way.
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MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS IN BnrTIsn RreInEsTs.-The
Secretary Of War; in the debate last session the army es
tmaes expressed bis belief that Parliament long would
be called furnish by which the officers Of the
might be enabled obtain that amount Of knowledge
absolutely requisite before they ought be promoted
rank Of captain We have recently learned that is the in
tention Of he authorities 10 make early arrangements for
pointing TO regiments competent instructors and that 10 the
next estimates sum will be proposed for that purpose II
seems that all intention ofappoinng captains to the regiments
as military instructors has been renqushed and that yet
nothing denve has been done though many proposals and
uggestons from high quarters have been submitted
London Narai and MEfayy Gazette.
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AFRKNoH JUGeLER falling sacrifice to the
superstition and ignorance Of of the peasanty of France
On the occasion Of grand ball given upon his estate he
lighted the colored lamps with which his park decorated
with piece of ice Some time aterward as some work.
blasting rocks his chateau, he exploded one
mile distant with the aid of wire and an electric sps,k
OF course believed, far and wde that he was in
league with the Evil One And when, few days after
ward the chole appeared 10 the locality unanimously
attributed to this devils emissay His chateau was about
70 bc mobbed, when he of to Paris to escape their
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"The Merry Wives of Worcester afford an ample field
for Newspaper comment The Exeter News Letter. speak
ing Of the subject, says;
There 10 bat little danger that the natural rights of either
sex will inrnged BY these restless females who think the
sphere Of woman is not to raise up men, make
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-11-01

KossurH GKsrH.-The newspapers, fulmouthed
have opened in praise of Genin, the haer-who since his
purchase of at the first Lind for six hundred
dollars less, has been quite prominent person
the eye Of the pabcn consequence of bis proposal
contribute $1,000 "Kossuth Fund.-" the plan Of which
conemplaies the accumulation of Sl0O00O be invested
for this exed patriot. Kossuth, doubt, deserves high
praise and every body who thinks sos and whose purse and
heart be persuaded expand simultaneously, will be
able at moment to appropriate what he peases this
liberal object But inclined to Think with writer in
the National lnelgencer that shall then be doing much
more for the foreign than have done for the very
greatest Of domestic patriots We have been living for
veny years the fame the greatness and the public
OF WAsHrseros; our population has grown thirty mil
lions, who speak daily their ereoyped eoquence in his ho-
and yet for fifteen years has almost fuess effort
been made to raise the Of $3.50 for his monument
Our thirty millions Of grateful patriots expend 80 much of
their strength In declaring their gratitude, love, and
ton that none remains for any vulgar practical illustration
Of it, such "laying down the dust" would imply The
simple fact s that most Of these schemes of be-
nevoenee and gratitude originate in desire for nooriety
Vanity thus endeavors to herself with the robes of vr
tue in order that all eyes may be upon her. Men will give
their thousands n charities where they assured Of the pub
cation Of their good Deeds wher if the thing to be ket
secret you shall moi be able to extort from them
for any sort Of benevolence Charleston Ne,cs.
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Swallow Barn on Sojourn in the Old Dominion
j. p Kennedy. Revised edition. With twenty illustratio
by Strother. Putnam.
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The steamer Empire, which left Dunkrk on Thursday for
Detroit and whose arrival gave occasion great anxiety
arrived at Detroit Sunday She had boiseous passage
and got out Of GOALS but any way injured She
had some three hundred passengers on board.
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sYMMEs's HOLE.
FROM THE KHw HAVEN rALLAD1un.

tt FROM THE NEW HAVEN PALLADIUM. as4
The old joke about Symmess Hole is regarded by
some folks as entitled to little sober consideration Symmss
believed that the earth hollow at the poles while astro
nomes have told It only fattened. writer in the
Montreal Herald maintains that the discoveries Of the late
porng expeditions have substantially proved the theory of
Symmes and says that Sir John Franklin has probably got
into the hole and can't get out " Several navigatos who
have reached very high latitude within few years have
maintained that beyond the immense fields of ice in the Vi
cinty of Wellington Channel there open and
milder climate writer in the Providence Journal main-
aned before the sailing of Gnnes vessels that such
the fact, and Capt Penny, of the English expedition con-
firms the doctrine. The Montreal editor quotes him AZ
follows: a,,.
Capt Penny found heavy barrier of ice in Wellington
Channel not very far from its opening from Barrows Straits
but most remarkable change passed
more northern altitude the ice which he had left usual
this early season. April and May firm and sold here
decayed and unsae and last the travellers upon open
nous numbers. Here were all the signs Of improved
climate"
Upon this the Montreal writer comments follows
do know how it will strike you sir bat me, with
whom the idea of openings the poles has been familiar for
some thirty years. the information by Capt Penny is exct
ngy curious Perhaps, after all, Sir John Franklin has
found this opening Ii there be such opening, is quite
probable that the strength of the current into the opening may
saing vessels 1t would not however, be
obstacle of How important them
It becomes that Capt Penny's present efforts obtain
and to the sopen and the improved
climate > may be successful
In addition the above the officers of the expedition Just
returned in stating that with north wind the he
mometer always rises and falls when from the souhward
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DANGEROUS IssrINcr-The heron family possesses
very dangerous instructive faculty Of depvng their assasnt
ofeye-sisht nwounded, they will allow dog to approach,
and then though apparently nsensbe, WILL in instant
with unerring aim dart at its eyes with force rapdy, and
certainty which il is impossible to guard against We
member gentleman who narrowly escaped He had, he
conceved killed btern, and deposited it in large pocket
Of his shooting jacket when fortunately he walking
on happening TO feel something nsnuang itself between
bis arm and side, he just in time to his eye caught
sight of the bern which had only been wounded and
in the act Of launching ITSELF with full elastic jerk Of h long
neck towards his face. This faculty, however, 10 not
ey confined to either the heron bern it extends itself
to other Species appears from the similar escape Of naval
officer on the coast of Africa. 81 winged" says he ga
beautiful white argette that passing overhead, and
brought to the ground When in the act OF picking
up struck my eye with its beak, and had Il not been
for glasses would inevitably have reduced to perpetual
darkness" - i
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NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.

We find the following statements in the Mobile Herald
and Tribune and, if subsaniaed the discovery will be
valuable, especially in this section of the country We
get that the quantity Of the medicine be administered
dose is not given
In the first number Of the New Orleans Monthly Medical
Register which noticed few days ago. we find an art
Gle by Professor Stone the virtues of phosphate of
Lime Scrofula and other depaved Of system
which is Of moment. 1t suggested by essay
the London Lancet the physiology and pathology the
oxulae and phosphate Of lime, and their relation to the for
nation Of ceifs.
The conclusions of the author" says Professor Stone,
based upon careful chemical research and results from
the use OF the remedy His researches show that in man.
well in vegetables and inferior animals phosphate of lime
well abumen and fat absolutely essential for the for
nation Of cells and be considers that many Of the patholog
cal states of the system depend upon deficiency of this salt
The affections IN which advised ulceraons dependant
upon general dyscrasia and mere local affection in
ane atophy, in those suffering from ricketts, and consequent
daEGa and tubercuous Diseases particularly of the lungs
in the early stages"
Struck by this article Prof Stone tested it, and he thus de-
scrbes three in which its virtues very obvious
The first that Of slave who admitted to the Pro-
fessors nfrmay in July, with disease of the nose the
whole system showing great progress in scouous decay
The usual remedies unsuccessuly applied until August
when cod liver oil used but the disorganizaon of the
stomach increased by it. TIE phosphate Of lime was
then applied eight grains three times day. It's good
were soon apparent II and the oil therefore admins
tered together and the patient restored to health
The second case is that of young lady aged a. Her
disease of unmxed phthisis, which might have
been expected to terminate in the course Of few month";
fatally. The upper part of both her lungs was filed with
uberces and in places beginning soften. The
evidently bad The of codver oil
at first used but without marked improvement. The
phosphate of lime then administered with the OIL and
the result in the Of The negro, apparent
The patient rapidly getting well.
The third that of child years age in
which the phosphate of lime used with complete success
We only refer briefly 10 these for the purpose of
which they describe scientific have stood abashed
That there is remedy for them hardly doubt
and this may, if thing, be the desideratum which
science il in search OF.
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HEADauARrERs 7rH MILITARY DIsrRIcr,

the Gulf Of Mexico the brig considerably damaged
IS the Sophia Is guns, Capt Wm Lockyer The other ship
Earl Spencer the other briggs unknown On board Of
the Carron IS killed and wounded, among whom
was COL Nicol of the Royal Marines, who lost by
splinter The land force consisted OF fO marines and 200
Greek Indians under the command of Capt Woodbne, of
Marines and about 80 arlersts with four and half inch
howitzer from which they discharged and
shot, They the piece End rereated by land
wards Pensacola, whence they came.
the morning report Of the 10th there present the
tort mt for duty, officers and men, 1853.
ne result OF this engagement has stamped character
the war in this quarter highly favorable to the American
is an event from which may be drawn the favorable
augury
An achievement glorious itself and important in its
consequences should be appreciated by the and
those concerned entitled to and will doubtless receive the
most gratifying evidence Of the appreciation of their
trymeD.
In the words of Major Lawrence where all behaved well
IS unnecessary to discriminate But all being merorious
beg leave to annex the of the officers who were
gagged and present. and hope they will individually deemed
worthy of distinction
Major William Lawrence Cd infantry commanding Cant
Walsh Of the artillery Captains Chamberlain Brownlow
and Bradley OF the I'd infantry Capt Sands deputy commits
sary of ordnance Leus Willard, Surges Conway H. SAM
ders H. Sanders Crooks, Davis and c. Sanders all of the
confident that your feelings will lead Won 10 psrt
cpate in my wishes on this subject Permit suggest
propriey and justice of allowing to this gallant band he value
Of the vessel destroyed by them. remain, &c.
ANDREW JACKSON, M
The Hon. SECRETARY War
The brows of Lawrence and all his officers e,e c,oxned
with glory by this brilliant victory may here be stated
that quite number of taken from the British
vessel which sunk and Of them are now 10 be seen
about Mobile forming corner posts for the streets The large
gun at the corner Of st. Francis and Water streets H. We
believe, Of these pieces. ~
But fortune had reverson Of disaster in store for the ra
liant defenders Of Fort Bowyer. When the British armv
after It's defeat at New Orleans was on the retreat Gen.
Lambert the surviving commander, made his headquarters
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