The New York herald., 1851-08-20

Longitude Albany Pc 49,
Lieut. Davis here nssted dissent to this paper
and remarked that - would ,ner sonas observations on
IT at future period.
r,Lu.scr OF rnr TIE SosrHrHs RATTLE
SNAKE (cRorotus prrrssrs) ON rLsSIs
ByJ II salhbury, Nj. D., Chemist to New York state
Agricultural eoci.ty.
On The 18Th u June 1851 large female ra.tlesnsse
which had beer Gagged the New York state Cabinet OF
Natural itory d..d On dissection, I.s stomach and
intestinal canal were found entirey empty as osn SO
"a n lh,y had seen secured with soap suds. The
sack wbich the poisu emptiei was laid oPen and
the yirnlent matter (oi which tncTc was but tel ore
fully remove place in porcelain capsule About
Eve npnt.r after removal fur yoeaS shoots os the
Lilac (syrirrn yugoris) small norse chcsnut t@iouaa
ccastaum ~ one years growthi corn plant, (zea
nsix) atuplowse plant (heiianthus asciicos) aaia
wild sipe vaccinated with ~. Tbe vac
cnotion was performed by inc dippio5 tne pom, oi tn.
pebkbe into the yrglept matter, sna ..ed ips7Spn 70
into the lar ju.t beneath the bark. NO vls,o.e
tc in either of the influence Of the poison was
poic,Ptbe iii about sixty hours after 1t hal bean
serted after ths the leaves above tins wouud Ia
each case began to wilt The bark la the vicinity tbe
nei,ion exhibited scarcely percvp;.blc ohaagc in
fact II would have oeen dcut 10 have found points
they hsa MT BEEN rArKni, wners the pJlson ,n
serted.
Ninetyfix hours alter thu operation sarly AL the
oeftlsde, in each q the pants above this wounded
part, were ~iltoi aud dad ca the nfth day tn,
,shn,ss and TIE rixth say they con-,d rab'y
vitheied On toe seventh day they werr about as they
the sixth Ca the tenth dsy they hg1n TO show
slight tigrs oi recovery On nfse,nh y, but
fckly appearing leaves show tn the
Hlncft TIC Chtr brghd
o recovery in the way Neither OF the plants
entfely destroyed IL st,restius % tue pro-
grcssire IL tueucc q he puisou Ice tfst IA icatca ot
the deTar the H. ahy fucctcns of ths plants
obssrytd in the leaves These began to wns and
die at tler edges ard siices, sad tn, d-ash griuay
unif rny sdsEucol On ali towards the md rib
ard pooie til the Whole or n.ay the entire leaf
destroyed
1t AN interesting fact In physiology that the plants
frat txhti,ed signs q d,aIh in The situated
the side In witch the iucisioas made rhis sho
iess perfect system OF anastoosins vessels than Ina the
animal
The iscts naturally deducbie from these experiments
plants ard snins when introduced into their crouls
ton by wOuna similar. fIt IL stated good
sr'h,niy mat th. rason OF the snass -. can %
nny-its dangerous ,nerts being only sxhbated when
introduced into the circuation by wound IL would
be nttrestipg to note IT. influence on tne animA
Whcn srrl externally to the sam, TO sec wnesber us
deadly ,ii,ets would b. modified BY the so.croenss
That rtqur a much longer time for ~ W snsct .ne
plant tlau tho animal nc should BE- stated IN order
TO show anpias really affected by the pos-
Sop Of the snskr that ebert tis previous 70 ts dcah
a rat bnt.n ~ a. sied IN about two houIs
That the cts were invaritb by exhibited on the part
above the wvui aud IN no Gas. nc a.ss vs'o~
the D isen intIttoosd in rsch ustaoceJ
invariably sh.esd hrst the leaves ON the 'ids of
the plart An v ucn she inci-iyn wrs maize
1Ia. it, innutucs invariably hrst rendered visihe
ON The scc, nd apccs q the sf blades I'm this
sirihtgy In its bgginpiug and progress, the disease
Nbitb has for the last fe~ years Affected much the
potatoe
prscRirrioSs ~ s,wrIss cr ANCIENT ctoru.
MrJ W lOrier. Jnu,d states Geclogist then came
ffv ard ard std - avail myreif of this opportunity 70
.zhiot 10 the rssociaton samples of cloth Produced
frtm two MOUNDS IN Ohio, nearly hundr,d miles asssn
AZ far back the year 1855, procured from par
residing in tharleion jackson County ono, several
fsgmeuts 0f cloth which had taken fee days pre-
Vi uily from l.w moubd ib that vicinity it found
n,or the CrgtBai tuace .nvtop.ng several sets Oh cop
T,r irgs. aud to- ~ part 40 far dccSyed As
to txlbt Uiy the textile structure; bat some on s"s
~ siats ot pres-rystin Tors mss
n,vtl la if.lf anu ~ variance WIN tns po
velIg ideas TO the degree oi c'ihsaiion rna sns
Atovtoee Il thc nrts nmons the mound builders tnAs
ftsisaisd ab,ut kpg VI Iu5le tnrnt th't " msus
btxs he, mod rn mn itutH aud that % Pupi,sn-
reIri,ht b, ie n,au, prupss stipg err,r IN 70
ffe rsfsincd. tusung that sdditiooM ev,oeno' mwue
ro.,.fsiop Within the last six weeks have reecvc1