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Charleston Preparatory Medical school.

1%HE session of this Institution will begin on
Il the first Monday in April, and terminate on
the last Saturday in July. The different Chairs
will be occupied as follows
Anatomy and Physiology, by F. +. MILES,
Nj. d.
Institutes and Practice Of Medicine, by d. ].
CAIN, NJ ID.
Materia Medca and Therapeutics by F. PEYRE
PORCHER, M. ID.
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Child
rem, by E. BELlN FLAGG, M. d.
The Chair Of Surgery has been offered to
gen tleman now IN Europe, who, it is hoped, will
accept it. Should he not do so, it will be filled
before the time appointed for the opening Of the
SCHOOL,
Clinical instruction will be given at the Marine
Hospital and Aims House, by Drs. d. }. CAIN
and j. FORD PRIOLEAU.
During the session of the Medical College Of the
State of South Carolina, members of the class
will be examined regularly on the lectures deliv-
cred in that institution.
The Students will be shown cases among the
patients Of the Teachers and such as can be taken
to the lecture room will be exhibited to them and
explained.
The most distinguished Surgeons in the city
have promised, whenever they can do SO conve-
| niently, to perform operations before the class.
Doctors r. LEBBY and ]. S. MITCHELL,
who have each q large obste,rical practice, will
(as well as the teachers,) give the Students access
| 10 all Of their OF this description, which
they can with proprety be allowed to visit.
| In short, ample opportunities will be afforded
for acquiring practical, as well as theoretical knowl-
edge Of the profession.
Her mortuary statistics prove that Charleston
possesses salubrity of climate enjoyed by very
few cities in the world, and strangers are no longer
deferred from visiting her in the summer.
Board and lodging can be obtained from SO. so
to IS week.
Terms, fifty dollars including examinations
during the winter Jan. 81 eowtal
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Z" Hang out your Banners on the outward walls
for the cry is still they come"
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TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
New YORK, Feb. ID.
The steamer Daniel Webster, from San Juan,
arrived at her dock at IL o'clock, bringing San
Francisco dates to the 18th of January being Is
days later than the last advices from California.
She brings l2I passengers, and $4,000 in gold
dust on freight.
San Juan was healthy, and business dull, the
markets being overstocked with all kinds Of
goods.
The transit route is in excellent condition,
and no passengers are waiting ut San Juan for
passage.
At San Juan de Nicaragua, on the night of
the 4th of February, destructive fire occurred,
by which one third of the most populous sections
of the city was destroyed. Among the buildings
burned were the large hotel, known as the Uni
ted States, occupied by Messrs. s. Shepherd and
Don Francisco Granias, besides a large number
of houses and stores.
The city OF Nicaragua is not supplied with
fire engines, but Lieut.. Armstrong, and de-,
tachment of men from the United States sloop
of war Albany, did good service with the ships
angina
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12
Important Advice.

Above all maxims necessary to be borne in
mind by the parent and teacher, would earn
estIy recommend the following:
Be on the watch for the least dereliction that
bears the character Of deceit. Insncerity is
the crowning fault Of the world. Let not the
terrible vice of falseh'od implant itself in your
chidren's minds. The first undiscovered de
ception--the first undetected and unpunshed
lie will strongly tempt repetition; and ere long.
This, one Of the Lasest vices of our nature. will
hold sway over the hearts of your offspripqs.-
Point out. in mild yet fOrcible terms, its mean.
ness, its fuhlty, its wickedness at the SIM
time assuring the offender Of pardon after a free
and perfect confession. Exhort them to the
truth on all occasions; let them feel thl, any
slight fault, concealed by f4lsehool Or evasion
is doubled and trebled in sintulness thereby
Teach them, also, that the Eternal Parent par
dons only the penitent, who humbly confess
their errors.
II cannot be too early indicated to the OBJ
servation of the youthful understanding, tina
the straightforward path is invariably The best
and safest, although, perchance, it may seen
less inviting and seductive than that of false
hood and deceit. That 10 act with self denial
and strict regard to truth, will in the end b.
amply rewarded. That virtue, in short, is The
best policy, Ginning most closely With our rea
interest and that wrong doing, and infringe
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12
VOLUME TX. NO. 7.
MorseIs of knowledge.

The peak of Teneriffe presents five zones, of
different vegetation. For 700 or 800 feet it pro-
duces vines, corn, olives and grain; the second
zone Producesmyrtles and trees; the third, chief.
ly pines the fourth, few stunted shrubs; and
the fifth, only MOSES. The upper part is cover
ell with pun ice stones and lava.
The glass of a window is colder than the wall
OF room, becouse the glass is so excellent
radiator, that it parts with its heat more rapidly
than the walls do.
England is sometimes called Albion, from its
white, chalky cliffs on the s E coast the word
d'bus, in Latin signiIying" white"
Light travels so fast, that it would 90 eight
Tim round the earth while person counts
tone"
A river is always one third deeper than it
seems t. be thus, if river seems to be four
feet deep, it is in reality nearly six feet deep,
and so on.
To produce an echo, the person who causes
the sound must be at least IS feet from the sur.
face against which the sound strikes.
Petrels are birds of the duck kind, which live
in the op, n SET. They are called Petrels, rather
than Peeres, from st. Peter, in allusion to his
walking on the sea.
The oldest authentic date in numerical char
acters, is 1915, written on the Leaf of book by
Pttra.ch
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12

No ENJOYMENT FROM ILL-GoTTEN WEALTH.
If man is IA fool to expect wealth by dlshon-
est means, he is still greater fool if he expects
that wealth so acquired will afford him any en-
joyment. Enjoyment, did say? Is it possible
that, in such case, any man can expect enjoy
meht! What enjoyment for you.-you who
have attained wealth by fasehood--by deception
by extortion-by oppression-you expect en-
joyment! Listen, listen to the hearty denuncia-
tlon Of all honest men, to the awful impreca-
tIoHs Of those you have injured to the reproact-
es of your family, whose name you have dis
honored; 10 the accusation of that conscience
whose voice you have stided; and to to the aw.
ful thunder of that heaven whose laws you have
outraged! Listen to these-these are the en-
joymen's that will attend your i'll gotten wealth.
81 He that ge,teth rches and not by right, shall
leave them in the midst Of his days; and at his
end shall be fool"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12
From the Eclectic.
A Thought.

What is more beautiful than life Of benevo-
lence and virtue? Who live more quietly. and
have a greater influence on society around them
than such as make it daily duty to do as they
would be done by? Though there are those
that make more noise in the world, that are high
er on the list of famc,-lhat Can out weigh them
in the amount Of their wealth, their nobleness
is not like that OF the pure in heart, nor have
they the riches of those who have laid up their
treasures in heaven. The inconvenience Of
poverty is not half SO great as the mlsery fear
OF wealth. The poor in this worlds goods, but
rich in faith and good works, have not the weight
of the rich in malnmon to bear them down, and
keep them from the possession of the higher life
OF the good and true. TIT.
Glover, Vt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12
Tapioca.

Everybody knows what tapioca is. No doubt
all my readers have eaten it, when made into
good pudding an hundred times. But do you
know where it comes from, and how it is made
A few of you, perhaps may know all about The
matter, but rather think most of YOU will find
something new in this short article.
Tapioca is kin | Of Starch, preoared from the
root of plant which grows in South America,
called cassava. 1t is termed by botanists JAM
pha manihOt. There are two klndsof this plant;
one with a sweet and one with bitter root.
The sweet cassava root is known by long Fl.
brous cord running through the centre of it;
while the bitter cassava has highly poisonous
Juice. On account of the incouvenent cord in
the former plant, the bitter root is preferred, and
is extensively cultivated by Indians and others,
The Indians poison the points of their arrows
with the juice of the cassava and so deadly are
its effects that the least scratch made with one
OF these arrows often proves fatal.
" But how is the tapioca made from this pois-
onous root ?" hear you all exclam; 8" and how
do know there may mt be some poison leit?"
A very sensible remark The roots of the plant,
after they are dug up and cleansed, are bruised
or ground to kind of paste, and placed in bag
to allow the poisonous juice to run out, which is
collected into vessel, into which the Indian
plunges his arrow, so as to poison its point.
After the root is drained, it is taken out of the
bag, and thoroughly mixed in a large vessel of
water. The heavier parts, consisting of woody
the water, but the starch is ditfu8ed through the
water. The water with the starch is poured off
into another vessel, quite clean, and allowed to
stand, while the settings of the first vessel are
thrown away. At the emf Of several hours the
starch gradually falls to the bottom of the wa.
ter. 1t is then collected and thoroughly drled
and put into casks and boxes, ready for expofta.
ton.
The drying process mentioned evaporates all
the remaining PARTICLES Of poison that the root
originally contained; so that you need not be
afraid of your pudding on that account. Be-
sides, many common things .ealen by children
will produce the most deadly kinds of polson.--
Apple seeds, for instance, cun be made into one
of the most deadly acids in the world Bitter
almonds furnish prusslc acid, a very small drop
of which would produce almost instant death.
Lemon peel and orange peel are sonewhat
poisonous; as also various other every day arti
ces of constant usY Yet the bad qualities Of
such articles must be collected and refined be-
fore they are at all dangelous.- Boys and Girls
Magazine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12
Murders by Arsenic in France.

One of the most extraordinary cases ever
brought before criminal court, has Just been
tried by the Court of Assizes Of the III et-Vil
cine. The prisoner was a female, nhmed Helene
Jagado, who for several years past has been a
servant in different families Of the department.
She stood at the bar charged with several thefs
committed in and since the year 1885, and with
seven murders by arsenic in 1850; but the evi
dence showed that, although only seven cases
had been selected, as more recent, and therefore
more easy of proof, not less than forty three
persons had been poisoned by Ler with arsenic.
The victims were either her masters or mis-.
tresses, or fellow servants who had inc Irred her
hatred. 10 some cases no motive of interest or
hatred could be assigned. The prisoner APP
peared to have been actuated by thirst for de-
Struction, and to have taken pleasure in witness
ng the agones of her victims. The suddenness
of the deaths in the families where she was
servant, excited the greatest sensation, but for
long time there was no suspicion as to the cause,
for the murderess appeared to be very religious.
She attended in many instances with apparent
spllcltude on the persons whom she had poison
ed, and so successful was her hypocrisy, that
even the deaths of the mother and another rea-
live of physician in whose family she lived
raised no suspicion OF poison in his mind.
The frequency of the deaths, however, in the
families by whom she was successfully engaged.
excited suspicion among the peasantry that
there was something in her nature fatal to those
who were near her, and it was customary with
them to say that her liver was white, it being be-
Iieved in that part of France that persons who
are dangerous have white livers.
The prisoner herself frequently exclaimed,
after the death of the victim, " How unhappy
am; wherever CO. death follows me-" The
cases on which she was brought to trial were
established by the evidence beyond possibility
of doubt. The prisoner, throughout the trial,
which lasted ten days constantly declared that
she was innocent, and seemed to anticipate an
acqnttul on account of their being no proof OF
her having arsenic in her possession. 1t was
proved, however, that in one Of the families in
which she was a servant some years ago. there
was Il large quantity of arsenic, which was no.
locked up, and that it had suddenly disappeared.
This arsenic had, without doubt, been taken by
the prisoner, and had served for the commission
of the successive murders. The only defence
set up for her was founded on phrenologlca
principles, twas contended that the organs o
hypocrisy and destructveness were developed tc
degree which overpowered the moral faculties
and that, although it would be unsafe to leave
her at large, she onght not to be condemned tc
capital punshmant, the peculiarly of her or.
ganzaton rendering ner an object Of pity. The
defence failed entirely; and, the jury having
returned verdict without extenuating circun
stances, the Court condemned her to death.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12

MUsKET BALLS THROUGH THE BoDY.-A
number of curious cases of the progress of mus
ket balls from the place where they were first
lodged have been observed by military surgeons.
We have heard of very remarkable case,
where the musket tall struck the forehead above
The nose and having divided into two halves,
one-half went round beneath the skin on the
right side, and the other on the left, advancing
in contact with the skull. We do not ask our
readers to believe the poetical edition of this
fact, that the two half bullets met again behind,
after having performed the circuit of the head in
opposite directions, and, advancing with slight
" dimished force, united and killed an unfortu.
nate man who stood in its way. But The fact OF
the splitting of the bullet, and the advance OF
each halt in opposite directions, is unqdestlon-
able.
The singular progress Of musket ball from
the forehead to the throat, has been recorded by
DR.. Fielding. At the first battle Of Newbury,
in the time of the civil wars, a medical nan was
shot near the right eye. The skull was ffac'
lured, but though The surgeon could see the pull"
sstion o. the brain beneath the wound, ye. the
bnllet had turned to one side, and could not be
Uncovered Various bones were discharged
from The wound, the mouth and the nos'ris.
At the time of the second battle of Newbury
the wound healed, and could not be kept open;
bnt about twelve years afterwards, when the
doctor was riding in cold dark night, he felt
main on the left side of his head, about the al,
mouds of the ear" which occasioned partial
deafness Having stopped his car with wool, he
was surprised one day in March, 1870, by sud-
den puff or crack in his ear, when all that SIDE
Of his cheek hung loose, as if it had been paral-
yzed, aud hard knot was felt under the ear
Various tumors now appeared about the throat
and in August, 1872, the bullet was taken out OF
the throat. near the pomum .Adami-FGzerss
| M1udztne
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12

MEEKNEss How difficult 10 be of meek
and forghiug spirit, when despteiuIly used.--
10 love an enemy. and forgive an evil speaker,
Is an higher attainment than is commonly be
lieved. 1t is easy to talk of Christian forbear
ance among neighbors, but to practice it our
selves proves us TO be Christians indeed. The
surmises Of few credulous persons need not
trouble that man who knows his cause is soon
to be tried in court, and be openly acquitted
So the evil language of the times need not
disturb me, since in the day of judgment my
judgement shall be brought forth as the noon.
day."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12
Singular Efec is of Disease of the
Brain.

A citizen of Livingston County died few
days since, of inflammation of the brain. Du-
ring his last sickness his alteration of mind as
sumed the very singular phase Of forgetiulness
of substantive ideas. In his conversation he
could employ all the parts of speech but nouns,
and though he was Inclined to say much, he
could not express himself 1uently except in the
use of words of the class named. These ideas
he was obliged to omit, or express only by i'm
plication. An examination of his brain was
made after DEATH when the following facts we're
ELECTED From the drG mater or outer liz
ming Of the brain, an adventurous bone had
grown which penetrated the brain and caused
suppuralon of the anterior and lower partof one
OF the lobes of the brain on the right side. This
was the only indication of disease or loss. The
foreign bone had no union with the skull. The
fact is very singular, and the case Is novel;
Alteration Of the mind is attended with the
loss or iorgetfuness of one class of words, for
the person under consideration seemed 10 pos
sess the idea denoted by the word, while the
word itself was beyond his reach.--RochesLer
american.
The above is certainly singular case. We
csn have nc ;@ea Of any person having an idea
that is not substantive. The idea of an act
without an actor is certainly a singular thing.
Scientific american.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12

In discouse delivered before the MARYLAND
Historical Society, by Mr.. Branz Mayer, OF
Baltimore, the speaker yndcated the memory of
Cresap from the charge Of cruelty and murder
which had been made against him by the Indian
Logan, and the historians Of the War Of IVA
Mr.. Mayer refers 10 Campbe's celebrated para.
phase of Logan'S speech in his Gertrude Of Wy
omlng, and, in n note, shows that although
Brants son, when in London, pointed out TO the
poet the ISLANDERS and Injustice of his stanzas. he
nevertheless left them to posterty, in HE teal Of
he subsequent editions Of his poem, though he
qualified them IN the notes " The NAME of
Brant, therefore," says Campbell, 'rmains IN
my poem pure aud dectmei character Of felton,"
But thousand persons read the poem, while
only one will find the antidole in the notes In
these notes, Campbell repeats the old Logan and
Cresap story, which the discourse OF MIR, Mayer
conclusveIy shows to be quite as slanderous on
the memory of Cresap as Gertrude Of Wyoming
was on the memory Of Brant. A copy of Mr..
Mayors vindicaton of the Maryland Hero came
into the hands Of MIR. Martin F. Tupper, the dis
tnguished English poet, who has recently visited
our country and we have been ta, orcd with the
following Sonnet, written by him Immediately on
perusing it:
Historian, warder at the gate Of Fame-
And Poet, herald in her Courl-look well
That Truth applaud your verdict eIe you blame;
For often Earth's most noble, truth TO tell,
That should have rested in their lanreI's shade,
Through Calumny's III mouthng have been made
Sadly TO gather ridicule aud shame;
Nor only Kings aud Prophets, mighty men,
Aud Saints and sages, thus falsely weighed,
But, eankered by the poison of pen,
Lies many heart Of lowlier namel
Look You from Logan'S wrath in Campbes rhyme
tBeneath a calm historians searching kemp
! CaraAP and BRAHT are avenged by Time
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-12
Wonderful Clook.


We find in an English journal the following
description of a most ingenious and eIaborately
coDstru tied clock, made by E. Hendeson, LII.
D., of Liverpool:
at (the clock is calculated so finely )" says
the Liverpool Albion, " that in many of the mo.
tions by wheelwork, it will not err one minute
in 1000 years. These calculations, we under
stand, have received the unqualified upproba.
ton of the leading scientific men and astrono-
mers of the day, both in Britain and in foreign
countries The clock will show the minutes
and hours Of the day; the suns place in The
ecptic the day of the month, perpeually and
take leap year into account the moons age,
place, and phases; the apparent diurnal revolu.
tions Of the moon; the ebb and flow of the sea
at any port in the world the golden number,
exact, solar cycle, Roman indication, Sunday
letter, and Julian period the meantime OF the
rising and setting OF the sun on every day of
the year, with its terms and fixed and movable
eass. The day oil the week will be indicated,
and the year will be registered for 10000 years
past or to come. The quickest moving wheel
revolves in one minute, the sowest in 10 900
years from the date. TO show the very great
accuracy of the motions in this complicated
clock, few of the periods may be noted, name.
y, the apparent diurnaI revolution of the moon
is accomplished in 81 hours so minutes So
seconds and 379 832 ,263 decinlls of second,
which makes an error of one minute too fast at
the end of 1870 years. The stars will make a
revolution in 90 hours Sc minutes 4 seconds
and 09O87,284 decimals of second, which
gives an error of one minute too slow at the ter.
nnaton of $50 10 years. The synodical rev.
outon of the moon is done by the wheels in 90
days, II hours, A minutes, 2 seconds and 872,
544, 288 declmals of second, and this will rive
an error of one minute too fast in ll67 years.
The sidera year is done in 365 days, hours, 8
minutes / seconds, and SO 322 ,496 iecimals
of a second, which will make an error of one
minute too slow in 1906 years. The clock will
90 100 years without requiring to be wound up,
which is uneQuaed in theological science. The
clock will contain about l70 wheels and pinions
and upwards of 300 dlstiLct pieces"