New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-03

The key Of fifth chamber being in our power ;
continued stesdfsi in enterprise and boldly looxs
into the chemical restroom OF small aoora'Jry' OF
which the genius appeared before Us suddenly VII
benign expression his countenanee, and oieteI
chairs. His clothes greatly -pashed and ne II ousy
among opium tins. Of which the contents have been
pronounced suspicious by the Mephtophes IN the nst
chamber From the contents OF one Of these eau a.
asstsn. tskes portion and having made with SOU
ton in tesf tube hands II 10 the chemist Ine cnsn1-
it from bottles in which potent and mysterious spirits
locked up selecting one bids it, BY the mysterious
psme Of iodine, depart into the solution and declare
whether he finds starch be there. The iotine spirit
does it, bidding goes among the opium, and promptly
there flashes through the glass change OF color the APP
pointed signal by which the magic spirit OF the bottle
telegraph. 10 the benign genius Of The laboratory taa
1.-THE grower who sent this opium tracduentiy andei
-four to it, in order 10 increase liz weight lhe laud
having been exposed the adulteraed drug ma MITE
red ink mark made upon its ticket The consequence
OF that mark viii be conscatioD, and great disaPPoint
ment the dealer who attempted dishonest increase
Of lis gain
have nothing more 10 see but we have something
mere to hear and the very kind chemist will b. our
inc rnapt There two um agencies, one Mt fatna
and Ghazeepore. know nothing whatever about
Pstre For the GhGzeepore agency the opium u grown
in district living between its head quarters GhazeePore
and Agra It. cultivation gives employment 70 one nun
dred and twerty-scven N usand iaborers lne hhs
preparation Of the ground rs place IN tue moa.s Vi
October end November. er the mot fa'orsple cur
cuInstsnces Of soil and seas twentyiour or twenty
sir pounds .ht Of standard opium Il got frer1 one
hissah of land bggah being q little more than
thTee-ffths CT acre. Under unfavorsbe circum-
stance the Weld NAV be little ak eight pounds
20 the bggsh. the average produce being from twelve
pounds 10 sixteen.
To obtain the Opium, i well known, the capsule OF
the pOppy Is scored cut the scoring IL 81 eoed with
peculiar tool that makes three four vertical ant
parseD wounds at sing lie stroke. This woundlng OF
the hearts Of the peoples - commonly the WORK OF "o
men The wounds having been made, the qusnrty Of
Juice exuding seems depend very much upon condi
lions Of the atmosphere. Dews increase the How but
while they make il more abundant they also to
be darker and more liquid Fest winds lessen the exu
dation moderate westerly wind with dcws Of night
is the condition most favorable 10 the opium harvest
both regards quantity snd quality.
The average per centsge OF morpha an ms opium IS
from one end threequsfers to three and a-hai OF mar
cotine, from three quarters to three ana Anal ln
are the ysusb, principles Of the drug In some opium
the per ceninge Of the norpha up 10 ten ana nIe
quarters per cent of morpha and six per cent oil mar
cotine The income drawn from it, opium by me East
India Company amounts to two and ahali crores
of rupees-tyvo and ahaf millions of pounds sterling