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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-17


OBARIEsrON-Arr Dec IL, steamship Franklin Ad-
for Baltimore leakysee Disasters; briggs Paquets de Ma
tanzas (spsD Modeisre, Matsnzs.; Castilan Pinkhau
s,urges, from EYork Cid chip Catherine Andrews, New
York brig scmes Watson, Havana Sid brig Tybee sohS
CRY POINT vA-Arr Dec IA, schr Rsbscoa, wsglam,
DAMARscoTrA-sld Dec 8, schr Charley 4 willy, Viz.
koBILEArr Dec Q, Span brig Auracars, Pages, Malls
ca Cid ship Thompson, Mustard, Havre.
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Ocean (Brm), Gae,zen. Bremerhaven, SO days; Euro
pan Turner H.yre; Oct ~ barks Cntona Wright
rAltar, Oct ib Sherwood Foster Baltimore; brig VIZ
Havana, days Cid ships Ella (brsm) RossnkrAtz, n
ieste Sultana Barrett NYork Falcon Wade, Liverpool
Towed to sea ID ships Horzon 3d. Naples, Lucon, brig
NEwPoKT-sld Dec 10, briggs Humboldt, CHM. B.lsi.
more NOR. Nsyius from ns..ndria1 81 John, NIB Be-
NEW BEDE osD-Arr Dec Is, sohrs Cornsa. New York;
Alexander N. warshsm for Baltimore Sid l4th. schri
PHlLAI EIPHIA-CId Dec Is, steamer Beach,
PR5vIDENCE-Arr Dec Is, pro seller rotten, Kellogg,
York sloop Frederick Blown Gardiner fork Sid sohrs
Mountain Wave, Cook, and Northern E,gle ross Nor
folk; Chsee, Oaks and H,diangsn Kssn BAtInore M
"a and Nancy Weaver, Philadelphia; Will,t Robbins,
wright and Van Buren,. Barter, NYok ADgeltne, nd
ridge. 90, via Maven.
end Louisa Stephens, Norfolk. Sid 6th scbrs Lewis
Perry Bates Franklin, La 8th Howard, Wood. Norfolk;
loth, Medium, Packard, Baltimore.
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York.
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York; Susan Goddard (Br), Hennsbury Providence. Cd
barb Harvest Nichols NYork brig Wstumpks, johnson,
do scbr Eclipse. Gosles, do.
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SALEA-Arr Dec IA, brig Matilda, Lunt, fremont FOE
Chareston schr X liy Jordan, Calais for NYoxk.
nary Miller Laws Philadephia 14th, bark Buckeye,
Burr EYork 18th, shp wnnsganoe Ayres Africa; baFta
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-17

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vesper, Lopez, 400 VIII 7ocO b. Dover Bsbcock 1900
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Harmony, Rogers, leo days from London; 18th, + L
frost, Is days from San Francisco
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OF Alton 1000 bbs VIII OIL COO lbs bone this
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-17

secution WAS
Sidney Parker who on being sworn, depossd that he
resided In Horsto street, Fourth street; my bus
ness, said the witness is brick dealer; the Ali Of
July last in the neghbornood Of Abingdon so
1t about the of ii or II J. O'clock was o,mns
from public house at the time which Is situated at the
west aide Of the square
District Attorney. Whist did J lou see Did you see
any persons engaged in a riotf
Mr. hcKeon, COUNSEL for the dsfence-I suppose you
going prove by this witress that he the riot
and you DO he must entity every OF these dc
fendants being there before by him there
riot Such sthe PRINT pie Of law laid down in
Roscoe's Criminal bigest Selwins Crown Reports.
You conceive honor that the OF Ni;hoson
and others INDICTED for rio Selwns Grown Reports page
900 that was held SO BY special commission Of judges
Elans for the prosecution proceeding
the RI when Anderson udge) interposed aud said hs
must 6rst Identify the prisoners having been present
Baekbune coLtend.d that in the Manchester riot
case the Iams course had been adopted. Bat per
Anderson udse held by the Judges on the sps ;s
commission Of 1876 and 1881 Salisbury that the pri
must FIRST be identified having been present,
forming part Of tns crowd and the fifteen Judges have
cor affirmed the holding OF the special commission
District Attorney-lt is not worth an argumen. II Is
only the mere order Of proof viii leave to the court
The Recorder decided that IT question mer.ly ~
70 the oresr Of proof and the Of tbs
Mr.. NcKson-Tben your Honor win note my exception
Rec< rcsr-Yes SIR.
The examination Of the witness then proceeded as fol-
LOVELY attention was attracted when standing on the
stoop the public houre, by tho procession pissed
II wss the Hbernan society; my attention was then
drawn to noise about fty yards below me- saw stage
Of the horses heads; the stage was partly through
the procession At the time; there we're two per-
hoicDg the horses heads, ard several we're
trying to get hold of them; others beating the
horses with slaves and psng threatening lang uase to
the driver for going through the procession; 1t
two horse nbus there two passengers sitting
each ride OF the driver, next saw . number OF pas
ssngrs In the stage Who Aeened disposed to get out bat
could not do account OF the number Of persons
standing around trying to get the driver of the stage
he solicited them TO let him 60 on, his horses
restve but they would not they then psnchsd him in
the head and sid with their savss. sol cited them
90 let the driver alone, but my solicitations we're
needed.
Here the counsel both sides informed the Court that
the cold that It was inpossibls for the
animation Of the witness 70 any further and that
q heaters ueed 10 the had been cut of BY
Gs Macon, Who knoeking In d iron the door
Ss1caih Into the next buudsg and The hsatsrs Just
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04

| We do not remember Of n season when we
were visited with so many and so severe thunder
storms the lightning have flashed and the thun-
ders have rntled over our heads in sublime and
terrific grandeur. Accompanying such vista
lions we have had many whirlwnds, which, al
though continuing but for brief periods have
done much damage to life and property in
various places.
We have paid much attention 10 the drec-
ton of the lightning, and have come to the con-
cusion that for one vertical flash that reaches
the earth, fifty are horizontal, fissipating in the
atmosphere like the fibers of vine spreading
out from the main trunk. Much injury, however,
has been done by the lightning striking various
buildings, and which could have been prevented
efectually if iron buildings were in common
use. An iron building of but very small dmen-
slons could conduct the largest flash to the
earth with the utmost certainty of freedom from
any danger. II cast iron cottages and dwellings,
could be created at moderate prices, they would
surely be preferred to brick or timber. Their
style of architecture might be very chasle and
ornamental; their assurance of safety during
thunder storms would be a great blessing to
thousands, especially females of an easily excit-
ed temperament. We hope the time is not far
distant when iron will be manu- factured and
sold al one half the present prices, and when
neat cast, iron cottages and dwellings will be
multiplied throughout the length and breadth Of
our land.-Seientifc american.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04
VOLUME X. NO. 80.

apparatus, and has placed It in view at tho store
of Newman, philosophical instrument maker,
l22 Regent street, London.
But the most chrous effect Of this test appara.
tus is the corrective power it possesses over the
mind OF the table turner As soon as the index
is placed within view, and the operator perceives
that it tells truly whether he is pressing down.
wards only; or obliquey then all effects of table
turning cease, even though the operator perss.
vered till he becomes weary and worn out Mr..
Faraday adds, in his letter to the Times from
which the above is taken, "permit me to say. be-
tore concluding, that l have been greatly star
tied by the revelation which this purely physical
subject has made on the public mind. No doubt
there are many persons who have formed right
judgment or used cautious reserve, but their
number is almost as nothing to the great body
who have believed and borne testimony as I
think, in the cause of error. y think
the system of education that could leave the
mental condition of the public body in the state
in which this subject once fcund it, must have
been greatly deficient in some very important
principle"
We believe that education has nothing to do
with such question.-ScientiGc american.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04
Illiteracy in England.

The following statement of the extraordinary
degree Of ignorance prevailing in England is
made in Dckn's Household Words 1t is oh.
served that it might we'll challenge belief, we're
It not founded on official and authentic sources:
"lt has been calculated that there are in Eng
land and Wales six millions persons who can
neither read nor write-that to say, about one
third of the population, including Of course in
fants; but of all the childlen between five and
fourteen, more than one half attend nc place of
public instruction. These statements compiled
by Mr. Kay, from official and other authentic
sources, for his work on the social condition
and education of the poor in England and Eu-
rope-woud be hard to believe if we had not
to encounter in our everyday life degrees Of
iliteracy which would be startling if we were
not thoroughly used to it. Wherever we turn,
ignorance, not always allied to poverty, stares
US in the face. IF we look in the Gazette, at the
list Of partnerships dissolved, not month pas
ses but some unhappy man, rolling perhaps in
wealth but walowing in ignorance, is put to the
erperimentum cr,icis of 'hs mark The NUM-
Der of petty jurors. in rural dislincts especially,
who can only sign with cross, is enormous. 1t
is not unusual to see parish documents, Of great
local Importance, defaced with the humiliating
symbol by persons whose Office not only shows
them to be men of mark but men of sub
stance. We have printed already specimens of
the partial ignorance which passes under the
eye Of the post-ofice authorities, and we NAV
venture to assert that such specimens Of pen.
manship and orthography are not to be matched
in any other country in Europe. A housewife
in humble life need only turn to the file Of her
husbands bills to discover herogyphics which
render them so many arithmetical puzzles. In
short, the practical evidence Of the low ebb to
which the plaInest rudiments Of education in this
country have fallen are too common to bear rep
etition. We cannot pass through the streets,
we cannot enter place Of public assembly, Or
ramble in the fields. without the gloomy shadow
of ignorance sweeping over u.s. The rural pop
ulation is indeed in worse plight than the
other classes"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04
nlisfellaneolis.
Thunder and Lightning.

In the summer of 1851 wo had very few
thunder storms in this part Of our country, and
as consequences quite number of speculative
philosophers rushed into the literary field and
gave to the world their reasons for the peculiar
absence of heavens artillery during that season.
There was great harmony, we remember, among
those sages, all having arrived at about the
same conclusions, namely, that the numerous
lines of telegraph wires and railroads which had
been erected absorbed the atmospheric electric
ity and prevented its accumulation in con-
densed state In the clouds None Of these phi
losopheis have had the candor this year to &C
knowledge their errors; that would be too
humliating act, but at the same time we have
not forgo,ten.them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04
Water Poisoned by Lead Pipes.

DR.. VIM. II. Elicit, of New York, proves by
numerous facts and cleur argument in a series
of letters to the Tribune, that alarming evils
result from the use of lead pipes for water.
ties of the eud are constantly impaired to it,
and received by all who drink. He shows that
the Croton water by moderately prolonged
contact with lead pipes becomes charged with
salts of lead, and that the habitnal use of this
water produces all The diseases incident 10 work.
ers in lead. DR.. Elicit substantaes his state
mens by the testimony of some Of the most
eminent physicians in New York, and tests
them by course Of convincing experiments,
leaving no room to doubt the reality Or extent of
the evil he exposes. DR.. E. quotes from a Re-
port" upon the subject, by Committee of the
American Medical Association last year, fully
confirmed his views by the results Of long and
careful series of observations. This Committee
state that water, which contains only one hun
dreGth of grain of lead to the gallon, will in
the course of years produce lead paralysis, chol-
ic, &c. 1t is also proved that while the quantity
Of lead which the water is capable Of receiving
varies, both with the condition of the water and
the lead, in many instances the deposit amounts
to nearly or quite one grain to a. gaiton. viii ie
the average quantity Of lead received by the
Croton water in IL hours contact with the pipe
is from one sixth to one fifth of grain to the
gallon, or twenty times as much as is proved
capable of producing paralysis, and other mos
serious forms of disease. The Committee above
named thus conclude their report, after present
ing their facts and reasonings:
"Your Committee will only add that the set
tied conviction to which their labors in prepar
ing this report, have conducted them, is this
that it is never safe to use water drawn through
lead pipes, or stored in leaden cisterns for do
meslic purposes, and that any article Of food o
drink is dangerous to health which by any pos
sibty can be impregnated with saturnlne mat
ter, Ii may possibly b. done in some cases will
impunity, but it is impossible to prede'ermins th
cases of safety, where SO many are fraught witt
danger"
Similar testimony is given by the physician
of the hospitals and professors in the Medica
Colleges, derived from their own experience an
observation. Surely it is time that public atfsn
ton was directed to this subject, and measure
were taken to remedy the evil The health an
lives of whole communities are at stake D.
Elicit recommends pure block tin as substtul
for lead in the conveyance Of water. as posses
sing all the desirable advantages Of safety an
lecnnnmY.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04
Wonderful Trees.

Among the remarkable trees in the world the
following, Of which we have compiled brief de
scriptohs, are some Of the most curious:
THE Bruzii-nm Iree.-The Brazil-nut tree
may Justly command the attention of the enhu-
siastic naturalist This tree thriyes well in the
province of Brazil, and immense quantities of
its delicious fruits are annually exported to for
egn countries. 1t grows TO the height of from
fifty to eighty feet, and in appearance is one Of
the most majestic ornaments of the forest. The
fruit, in its natural position, resembles cocoa
nut being extremely hard. and about the size of
a cht's head, Each one Of these shells con.
lains from twelve to twenty Of these threecor.
nerned nuts, nicely packed together. And to
obtain the nuts as they appear in market, these
shells have to be broken open. During the sea
son Of their falling, II is dangerous to enter the
groves where they abound, as the force of their
descent is sufficient to knock down the strongest
man. The natives, however, provide themselves
witbwooden blckers, which they hold over thei
head while gathering the fruit from the ground
In this manner they are perfectly secure from
injury. ....
The Cannon-baU Tree.-Among the plants
Of Guinea, one OF the most curious is the can
non ball tree. 1t grows to the height of sixty
feet, and its flowers are remarkable for beaut,
and fragrance, and contradictory qualities. Itl
blossoms are of delicious crimson, appearing
in large lunches, and exhaling rich perfume
The fruit resembles enormous cannon balls
hence the name. However, some say il has bee,
so called because Of the noise the balls make il
bursting. From the shell domestic utensils ar,
made, and the contents contain several kinds o
acids, beside sugar and gum, and furnish tn,
materials for making an excellent drink in sick
less. But, singular as it may appear, the pulp
when in perfectly ripe state, is very filthy, an,
the odor from it exceedingly unpleasant.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04
The English Climate.

DR.. Bailey, Of the National Era, in one of his
letters, thus compares the climate of England;
in point of agreeableness and health, with the
climate Of the United States:
"With all due regard to my English friends,
must say that the climate,so far as my experience
goes, is simply detestable and we're it not for the
pleasures of social Intercourse, not all the sights
and sounds of London could tempt me to endure
it twenty'four hours. 1t is city of smoke and
fog and clouds and rain, and rain and clouds and
fog and smoke. Here in the month of June.
when American skies are heavenly, and Ameri-
can weather bland and luxurious, we take I'd
great coats, ,woollens and fires, and now and then
catch glimpse at the sun, shorn of bis beams
and looking bald and dirty through the murky
gloom;
" They say that Engshmen hang themselves
in November: they deserve great credit for not
hanging themselves every month in the years
But human nature gets used to everything The
Loudoner would hardly know how to breathe an
atmosphere which did pot contain a certain
amount Of coal smoke and smut, and would feel
rather uncomfortable out of fog. But said
sturdy Engishman in defence Of his climate, { it
is wholesome, anyhow our people lock healthy,
you see, and have good stomachs.' He did not
say that they looked and were more robust than
Americans, but know he thought it; and why
not? English tourists have so often asserted it,
that few Engishmen doubt it. Indeed, we
heard SOME good people in Dus,on lau,vul l,e
physical degeneracy of the race.
They should visit the interior of New Eng.
land and the great West they would then cor
rect some Of their theories. have seen more
ruddy faces here than in the cities Of America,
but also more pale ones. A clear and heathful
complexion is just as common in our country as
in England. There are here more fat, but not
more muscular people, than at home. BY meas.
urement, the English would probably have the
advantage round the waist, the Americans about
the chest and shoulders; the droop shoulder be-
ing more common among the former, the square
among the latter. So far as vitality and strength
are concerned, | can see no ndicatio.. of de-
teriroation Of the race In the New World. And
this conclusion is confirmed by reference to the
tables of longevity and expectation of life,
which show that in these respects there is
scarcely any difference between New England
and England and France, while In Maryland
the longevity Is somewhat greater than in any of
the countries named"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04
Faraday on Table Moving.

Prof. Faraday, of London, the celebrated
electrician, has been experimenting on table
moving, not" he says, that it was necessary
on my own account, for my conclusions respect.
ing its nature were soon arrived at, and are not
changed" He proposes publishing the details
at length on his experiments, but in the meaI,-
time announces his plan Of experimenting, and
it's results. Assuming that the tables were NOV,
ed by a quasi involuntary muscular action of the
operator, Faraday's first point was to prevent the
mind having any undue influence over the effects
produced in relation to the nature of the sub.
stances employed
A bundle of plates, consisting of sand paper.
mllboard, glue, glass, and plastic clay, tinfoil,
cardboard, gutta percha, vulcanized india rub
ber, wood and resinous cement, was therefore
made up, and tied together, and being placed on
table under the hand of turner, did no, pre-
vent the transmission Of the power-the table
turned as before. Hence no objection could be
taken to the use of these substances in the con-
struc,ion of apparatus. The next point was to
determine the place and source Of motion, that
is to say, whether the table moved the hand, or
the hand the table. To ascertain this, indica-
tors we're constructed: One of these consisted
Of light lever, having its fulcrum on the table,
its short arm attached to pin fixed OH card
board which could slip on the surface of the ta.
BILE, and its long arm projecting as an index of
motion.
It is evident that il the experimenter wied
the table to move toward the left, and il did SO
move before the hands, placed at the time on
the cardboard, then the index would move to the
left also, the fulcrum going with the table. II
the hands invountarily moved towards the left
without the table, the index would 90 towards
the right; and, if neither table nor hands moved,
the index itself would remain immoyable. The
result was, that while the operators saw the in
dex il remained very steady Z; when it was hid
den from them, or they looked away from it, it
waved about, though they believed they always
pressed directly downwards and when the table
did not move, there was still, UNIV wittingly, re-
sultant hand force in the direction it was wanted
10 make the table move. This resultant of hand
force increases as the fingers and hand become
stiff, numb,and inseusible by continued pressure,
till 1t becomes an amount sufficient to move the
liable. MI. Fsrsday has perfected his testing