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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
Nem2lo Daily Gribna1e.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
SECURITY AGAINST P. 0. ROBBERIEs.

To tho Editor Of The ~ Tribune , -.
SIR One Of the great conveniences OF the English
Post Office consists IN the safety with which the most
valuable letters containing either cash or ewelry, bank
notes or tl.-deeds or packages containing any other
descrpton of property which il is desirable 10 insure,
are conveyed to any part OF the United hngdom ioe
registration If letters effected ia the simplest possible
manner When a letter is presented u the PostOh'e
I'd, M for ation hrst weighed, and tbs usual
"a of postage b. not previously stamped chTSsd
upon IT, The address OF the letter IS then 'p upon
psg, ~ common '.c' pr,"o ~ M Co., ~, "s -. -,
Received Of M Anthony ThSYp.op , 2S %, o. September
1852, letter addressed 10 fhANh AS" ~ 10000,
Signed, JOSEPH VERLANDEH Postsast.r'
1h,. form is given to Mr. A. tno"y THOMPSON, daP-
cate beng BY the Postmaster the other side OF the
re- ipi book from v hich this one j. forD.
The letter thus registered carefully inclo.ed IN color
I'd rapper ddress.d outside o. the to-tmsstsr al
Liver pool Every letter bl with which this -tt-r travels
hss he address If r. s>terd letter written on it, sud
tie letter it, lao ec letters Registered L-er
auo if over in weight Is charged and nSrAed
Postsre 40 Registration I'd -l0d
III, eored srspp.r In whoa the letter iDHosed Is
blank form sh,ch shn filled up Al the end Of the jour
r,y siards thu -
Received of Liverpool this 18th day of septe-
'e'' ''''' '''''' FRANK ASHTON, ESQ,
s;s,,s PRANK isHros'
Tfs recent is returned to the Pofmas who first re-
ceiy ed the letter ano is filed in bis office
Thus tor the trnDs of sixp-ncs the most vslss'ie
hts cash any amount can os insured from loss
or d,lsy. because II .hhsr sh"sd oocur, Toud De
detected snd The certainly OF 'etecHOn 10 ms ooS
suarsIie- for atvty.
Tbou.an of letters registered annually in the EGG
sh Post Offices in this ~sy aud the smoaot OF propTry
ceiv,y.d IN This way Is immense On- shilling <ss toe
L m charged for registration few years ago. but nas
be, fout he sxpeDny rate is the most pr'ht.p- ~
hss hsn doubled the number OF registered letters
uas,i,., ihroua h the Post Office
Tie ysen ~ registration applies more universally tn "a
TIA; # money orc.rs the Latter only De obtained IN
rect rms while ls'ier he registered IN any village
wh,r. there j. a le'' rscsisins house H. C.
lfVEA Il.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
DEATHS BY HEAT-ALCOHOL-

u ne Edsfor ~ TIE ". y rS-5~~a
SIR Ii would he gratifc .ion 10 know hos many truly
temperate persons have Lost their lives r he efecs
Of heat during the last week and believe that COM
pstcp 81 ali the facts connected With each II dssth
from sun stroke would give Of the potsnt t-
persnce lessor nov b.fre the public. hsve endowed
any thoussbds Il kaen since ls1S IN thu mo-i -x
posed snd Aborous occupaions fIrnzhng N Ter
any circumstances, drop of Interesting drinks Aad
smorg them ali have known . Of sud en- pros
trsiioD from The effects II hat from the Of cold =
Ter and taor that the plea tia. Alcohol Is n-csssAy Ia
extreme bot weather i. the vsries nbug prof.
gated Alcohol s"i-Is TIE brain ADD under the action OF
best produces ceiru snc death sri no,hinz snort OF
the most positive proof vii convince that IN nine cases
cut Of ter the oea;hs from the recent excessive heA: we're
not the effects, di rat o tsdi,erf, of Alcohol
Tns. many who pros.ra;sd we're restored By the
OF cold application, and brandy should never De
named plea for the Of the latter ~ Il ssuus
b. that the timely ard proper Of ths for nsr r0sa
k0rt . ershtdtb AifAk
The man is blind rn,diy blind who pours Alcohol into
bis brain and then exposes il TO such sunshine - the
besvs gave US last week. J.r.E
CrtI.zi PGgo1e. " y Ts1GaV 1go IL. 1883.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
DISTRIBUTING PoSToFFICEs.

n As Editor q TIE n r'io.Ae
SIR: In your exposures Of the fogyisn of the Post
Office pepariment have been surprised thar the system
of re mailing letters At The distributing Posicices should
have escaped your notice
By the regulations of the Department letters going
t f the State instead of being mailed for the place
lich they are directed mailed tue neares. dis
t,inutine Post office. They then na-d ahd = a. -
n, oc. indicsted Il, this mailing letters se4usni
IN reiArdto "a euiy four b mr.
Tkrscsse. reside in Hoboken. Ne~ jersey; write
N, frnud 10 Ionk,rs. New York and Do site n ne
p .,ofFc. h-r. A. O'Clock, A. VI. IL IS tnnediSiey
rs, no, for Y mixers where Ash Il - e. bitior Nav
y TX civ that h-ing at tbEfssg Post-scs A tn7
mai caves New Yok for lOnk srs at 3 A. II there Dot
a., INNS, IL oS.i IN ih- D-Ai DIV Had my letter BEEN
nailed Greet ron Hoboksn 10 Yorker II you'd have
ID ih ~ IN two hcurs by mailing II IN the New
York PosiO Ibce, ii takes twenty SIX hours y ksora
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
maIer HnrE.

REPORT of Two Hundred Interesting Cases
n uesl,d with Wafer, BY EDWARD FELLtREh M D ReS
sent PbN,cap Mountain Water Care Institution wil
Be unishd twoou charged applicant inc ssfpad
u y AddtessC G. SELLERS BROTHER
Visitors named lnstituiiOE
tsso the Railway foot OF Ceurandst at AN
or 4ald6Ph.
NR CHARLES MUNDEs WATER CURE E-S
~ rABIIsHMEhT at Foence tNOrhainpon Mas has been
There tor 100 patiens
r. Ie4,iop couny pleasant and h-hy the
water quality the Doctor, those works on
al Eornpe the last
vesr, tn oldest Pf.ssns eoo existing Terms
10 Circulars, to be hed AZ WfSIEhaANS 20 .
6ocssure No 200 Broadway, Ne~-York
mr. SUtW of New. York earliest American Prac
op,t of Watr Cure vsriou works the sab
te receive patients duos In connection
With Ar D. CAMPBELL At Lebanon sprnss oumba Co. N L
HYDROPATHlC and HfGlENlC INSTITUTE,
No rs I.eht-a under personal direction Of TRAIL
Propreior fIOsFORD Assistant IN this Female Depart
Dr. O. TAYLOR will sso assist VI ou' door paenoe gene
rally. -
NItW.YORK CITY WATER-CURE, No lo4 l2th-
st. corner ypace The beet accommodations Tor To
IN, Bosrde received by mo day OF wees
'~n' O'e q. n. WELLINGTON NJ d.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
letter By Mrs Cochran AID evidently intended for the sy

letter By Hrs Cochran aat evidently intended Tor TIE ey
OF Der lover:
Asp Dtarrsr Q s,w Erss. tcarh yea
sceive them the hsnf rernef them vii he cod death Do
net think with FIR rs better tht- ssczt be
"Onr unfortunate reEJ q nr>4th-
Ers-ly tnrorru,ae n ee$csNh~
srri-e al 30 h.rr ard me- fo-s1-ss Of
have erred Be md '1rEeip~ not Es
ycu .rry sci twill be wicked nf1e1, on @
vsaf lave you the sal hops be barred
Vermont, ~ The site of mother Farewell 49,,
ehe also inclosed in ett-r srss OF poetry Snicn no
d, ubt eIpres- En- her feelings a, The time OF wrtng
Tie body Of Miss Cshr~n placed On board the cars
this forenoon and conveyed 20 her frien-s .
The friend Of Miss Cotton have not yet arrived and ner
AIMS have deposited IN the ty ,Gb She Also
len letter. which rot n libey ~ publish, bur
shall DO 90 IS soon . enabled 70 obtain them
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
THE MAILS DELAY.

To ne Editor q TAs n Y. rrssH%
SIR: On the l2,h July letter was deposited in the
NeWYoIk CITY Post Office directed 10 Fa etteyile ~ Y.
II bore the pcstmak OF July II, and reached its desii
PATTON Jsr doy.. PAsengegs by rsiGosd 20 from aud
20 iht SANE plsce IN Tn scErs
On th s9h Juy @itsr deposited IN the Post Oics
in New-lork for De Nf 0aondsgs c." y 4. Gafr-seasd
The r. On The ID August only fve dsys in going the
ground that trsv-l'r would tAke fErf s9Hr' 20 %
Bnih tho above places have : daily r.1l. EASY.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
Hleolldi.

DEARDLESS BOYS ana HAIRLESS OLD MEN,
o. SSs 10 s Sm o, aaS Sc six ws s ne
injury the tiu Now, your prejudice WA let YOU S %y
GRAHAM No 50 Anntt AID Drussis s'Ooayn Mrs HAYES
NHRoNIC DIsEAsEs-Tbe most inveterate al
~ ee,ed seoIs cured By method OF us end "a,
urdse 9pos true sa.Sss and 20 asRad T between
sseiaSs ii sTdsP.M Nj
nEAINESs CURkD.-The following is taken from
vbieh bss followed scpas Acoustic OIL Of deaf
s si 1e :' T a cSHssd sST:es:
s sS De ss 10 he sSss that @
LNOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS you can be cured OF
Darrhea Dyrsry Choe seassless and all looness Of the
cor, AN" r A@,T D. Of Troy Conference l. CTasael
hos"sA tssiuOaas be seen By calling No SOS dat.oas
;isrslssiss throughout toe STAT,
GREAT TRIUMPH of DR. GILBERr.-We cali
.,uton tn. letter adv, rti.we column. from Dr. GL
hfkr our i.see. will eu'no, Pty voees '.csa on the
~Ieh Al 1o =. nsds to The bsc riruOed
dS1sr The s q whsh Tbs vas sSga ee oSy Sc
that D'eoI hss pied over ts CO urn
ssrns Il, IA . eonpta,y as he doe. the terrible disease
sscsd eapcr Gov rucks. Is so,ai tue vs'es,
babe, ard hssinssi we saSs sS IN May ~, S
winch Dr. ChL.r pceesdsd en'i eKtDSusoas months
issss es whepeverasy desire DE- Gilbert has tbs Adyao
uesi at The successful paeso eEs-he MS AVHs eyn2e
Dr. GIIsERr treats cancers umor Ten all disess
kp will eih cut Of every tea Aes given
Out BY Oh s Dr. Cub, Nsvlos AID settled
nsutrtly. Of.ee No. sS5 brOaaw.y.
EOURAuDs LIQUID HAIR DYE is posislve.,
ss e1ssrSs o rySsson 20. veg se eye ss s,ssed
that tn Dyc status h7 n rclnfcs NJ
aEys san Aod re silSa.Ai
sSsp'G GsAU6s iFaLiAS Ms6c1rE6 soar earns
a. at e. Fo6 5 '' sSsfig 's a ,'is Ss
sE;s'. W. aS, a&F 6tos s' ssS lily WINS
f0utc o. D. 0uURAt DS ia established Laboratory ~ VA
ke.t sea- Breads a., and Nc. - Washasto1;. soa
HOLLOWAY OINTMENT and PILLS-A RAdi.
eel Cue ska sees CutAae0s ErapIOls RnsS0rns
s1d Ss,TtUto huu.lstte Vtrselce al
chez ZOE
dee osiuson. AID the.o a.uu dcsut As
be Ot "a combined thrris dsese
hesr casve powers FoF he OF wounds bad
th,drss swclIss. ara nesiou so iheo cs zee ane-
sd b, At vetdrs Of ssdssc POTS aoo
pmcra dus he United StiteS I'D y Nssss D
SANDS NswHok, sad by he pfoTo No 80 sgaad, oaJn
A Rs. ALIENS WORLDS HAIR RESfOkEh 70
Az HAIR DYE, de eteu0as srednt L.
ms restore the hsi ho-ese gEsy, - - onl c3 sl t1
sesodhE The ha VII resin - fflos
a. hsptrss BY avieouE th ap must - isVes oso1 ".
re prevents a. a~esshe pfna OF tos
sse General scsd bed erafoa Of ,e he SEE e "a
Shioi 80 ~ s seyeIsn rice ~ ~ Der bottle fot Ae -
she fre ~ q pot No SIS bEocu fll1e ~ . Ne o
noseIs No ~ MssAEost; No 70 Asisf Hes.e sd Nos IFS
sso :" ss"en-e sreosyo, srd No 10 thst Williamsburg
fsRoOF POSITIVE aud SURE.-We bave sold oyer
w eenL, o. NFs wlNsLOsV's Sos.hils syrrp to f.a
TssihtS on sr the q rs n.sy ras Dsa Ia chdfsa
aiSss noa Irioies o,oo n give ers-
sss ~ sOYD PART ~ a cstlSs. pufs s., ~
Ign sIiee p cents Ro''i-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18

IN PURSUANCE OF an order OF the Surrogate Of the
o.Ss sEoTs c Yo
S fsd e ga s with sss nc CRY Z sis
before n h day Of 'aHD.rs IA sv 9s1s u, h
jy7 isv6n Tbl
IN PURSUANCE Of an order Of the Surrogate OF the
..n n:T s.s ss ADAMS 'i Guy
& TO rec ~ TIC: We CO 'o ss 81 i1., :. =. '
tie City 4 s.~Yt es tee s,steth gay Of December
eS the s ft.ss az Of Ab Sss "a
IN PURSUANCE Of an order of the Surrogate OF the
G.: sesTo TfSbo f' S,:sa: s
.ss o 70 Pore i. .ec &. s -s
s.: }:@s w. I. = 4 IT'S ,s the S~''.
'' gia sweInTs JDE RIVERA ST. JGRJo. Ada.u.o nc
NETWORK SUPREME COURT-City and COM
sEwaAS sssS iS S I Ma
1sa Is nss, sss I'd q. 's s d e: Ger:
Of e city and daats q CITY said
..s esn ss IS. aS s' ss
s s' s9 2" s S' service
vi: % p S' ceo rA' s the i SHss .
Di iSs iswswR. j6aATaAN NATHAN Plaintiff. Attorney
CUPREME COURT, SULLIVAN COUNTY-THO-
OMAsh pIPUY Mania wife D2is me- sad op.
wife Hem az NJ H~seSbe'sh Khd GOraan nancy bis VIE,
s Bn S hs. . z s ss1 n r.
1 lar n Bss
.b a St bn and Rachel h wi GeSd n h & ."d
Charles w. brOdheed Rachel
ard Catharne his wife obadiah Bush
sno Depuy and lane his wife Thomas Harden
seh hi. wife Levi Dvpyy and Eliza hi. wife simeon w.
bs wife Moses Coddnson and Cstarine his ~
MoCord Rsoh bis WIFE, Daniel SchocnaASe AID Ann
spd Helen CTS wife Robert add Nancy !. wife Ben
& Sss Go hs.'f f1hsn c.sn Thomas I'd d. cvs
CHARLES Brodsd HardeHbesh Ohs IL Harden
be.b and deendants To the
s sSIs s h So1 named pau u
the CLERK Of sullivan County and serve copy Of
ice in vi
Sullivan, within eter service hereof eIcu
service and fito within t~eo
:, service Of this aforesaid The PIanth- viii
apply reei demanded the complaint
"o"'''e"'' AZ - GEUR6E LORD, Pl.iutia's Attorney
CUPREME COURT, RocklaDd County.-JACOB
- ALLISON ssansi JAMES A. WEANT-Sumnons Tor noasy
conusCom not ssrTo tie sbo-named deicnds9t
,ctiop office the CLERK OF the County OF
the 9th OF July S aud 10 ser.ea
RocklAnd equity within dsss alter Tie sof'oe
Of you exclusive Of the day Of such service sod
plaintiff tins will ta.e judgment against 700 o the SUN
f ethy the fret " March thou
Dd eight hundred and fit, s' pSr me cost an
jyi4l.wswTn Haserstaw !.
SUPREME COURT, ROCKLAND COUNTY
- DANIEL c. sPRINGsTgEN against JAMES A. WEI Ant
money contract ICON lot ser To the above
which will be tiled office
Ch Of Rocksnd Carkstown te 9TH day OF
1883 Of answer the siid eomo.nt
on Office Rocksd County slthin
the Of hs eKeasVe OF me
against YOU twenty-five dollars With interest from the
October thousand e.ht haodsd aud hsyt~o be-
sid,s he cost THE action. Dated July s. 1851
EDWARD PyE Plaintiffs Attorney, Haverstrsw, " Y.
jyl4 isw6w1b
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18

CUPRFM ME COURT HOWELL HUPPACk an
- RICHARD d GREENWOOD against AVERILL y. LAWYER
EARLE LAWYER Jr and WILLIAM GRO $50 Defendans sn'
oua he,b
serve copy II Dunhrk Cha auque County
The Defendants ta answer tue con-
a. Plaintiffs will apply 10 the Court tor the fea
Imsped said plant And will take notee th1 me
this seon hied ID the once OF hc S =" INA
'"; ;ss I.xs~T6 A. q RICE, Plaintiffs Attorney
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
Esyai Eotirrs.
IPsTANCE Of an order of the Surrogate Of

IN PURSUANCE Of an order Of the Surrogate Of
sf-ass hsrz
p,.-rt
20 - - tie City SsS YorG,
.tucc l&a THOMAS v CfeDftkr =,
lsssmfh' JANIS .. Co(fEh
In PURSUANCE Of an order OF the Surrogate Of the
County Ne-Yot notice hereby rTen to al Peons hsvns
ABIBUKES SEOUIS Of the CITY d New YORK
vocalist dse.sed pre-eIt with veacher thereof . the
TessSence White tho City Of SewYork-
January Dated Nefors tn 9Th
%, Of July it9 ANNE sEdOlS' Aamins'rsfnh
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-03
Gold vs.. Uay.

/ THE Ohio Farmer, in commenting upon
the letter Of California correspondent,
makes some very sensible remarks about
the mania which has possessed the peo-
pie of this country to forsake the golden
fields of their own State to dig in the
"gold fields" of California, where they
often gather more disappointment than
produce. Tile Farmer says:
1t has ever been our opinion that the
ultimate prosperity of California, or any
other State, must be Influenced more by
its adaptation to agricultural pursuits than
by any or all the geld mines that have
been or may be found therein. There
can be no sort of doubt but that the great
est source of wealth which California pos
sesses is found in the rich valleys, table
lands and mountain slopes so graphically
described by Fremont, and now so ably
noticed by Mr.. Kelley. When these re-
sources are developed, as they will be
very soon, the gold diggings and quartz
rock will sink with comparative insigniG-
cence. Look at it. 1t is said that the
yield of gold from the California mines
for the current year will reach the enor-
nous sum of fifty-fye or sixty millions of
dollars! An enormous sum truly; and yet
we venture to say that the value of the
hay crop alone of the State of n. York
will fully equal it! Six counties of that
State produced in 1850, 100000 tuns of
hay, which, at 81 per tun, would be So
100000 This they do year after year,
with a gradual increase; and yet, how
few are seen rushing to the meadows of
Oneida, Jefferson, Chenango, Delaware,
Chautauque or St. Lawrence!
The wheat and corn fields Of Ohio pro-
duce annually more dollars than the gold
mines of California. Yet, there is no
noise made about it; and instead of thou
sands rushing to themin the hope of grow
ing suddenly rich, thousands have been
fleeing from them, in search of gold
gold-gold.
We hazard nothing in saying that had
the emigrants to California, since the dis
covery of gold there, gone, instead, to the
rich lands of our Western States they
could have produced double the amount
of all the gold dug from the mines Of that
Eldorado. The capital necessary to
place a man in working condition in the
California mines would have settled him
comfortable on an eighty-acre lotin Iowa,
in good cabin, with team, farming u
tensils, provisions, &C., and insured him,
instead of chance for a little gold, the
certainty Of an Independent position for
life, without the sacrifice of home, friends
health, morals, and indeed all that men
should esteem valuable in life.
Thank heaven, the "gold mania is in
its decadence, and the time is near when
it will be seen and known that every
ounce of gold dust dug from the Califor-
MIA mines has cost twice its market value.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-03
Eindley Murray.

1t is not generally known that this
"prince of English Grammarians" was
an American, born within the present
limits Of Lebanon county, Pa. lie was
born in the year l745, on the Swartara,
in East Hanover township, then Lancas-
ter, now Lebanon county. His father
was a miller, and followed that occupa-
ton when Lindley was born. but after
wards devoted his attention to mercan-
tile pursuits, and amassed a considerable
fortune, by trading to the West Indies
Lindley was the eldest of twelve children
and when about seven years of age, was
sent to Philadelphia, that he might have
the benefit of a better education than could
be had at Swartarra. He studied law in y
York, and at the age of twenty-five was
called to the bar, where be gained for him
self the reputation of an honest lawyer"
His Grammar of the English Language,
was composed in England, in 1894, and
published in the spring 1895, many mil
lions of copies of which have been sold
He resided forty-two years in England,
most of which time he was an invalid
He composed many other works besides
his Grammar. lie died in 1926, in
village in Yorkshire, being upwards of6O
years of age. He is represented as
Christian and Philantbropist. lie left
legacies to number of relatives and
friends and sums Of money to religious
societies. He also directed that the resi-
due of property, after the decease of his
wife, "a New Y York lady, his" beloved and
afectioDate Hannah" who had been his
companion for 90 years. should be devo-
ted to pious and benevolent uses. He
was Quaker, and is inferred in the bur-
rying ground of that sect, in the city of
New York, "far from friend and father
land"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-03
Singular Military Discipline.

a rather singular case of military dis
cipline has lately occurred in Dorchester,
! and has caused considerable excitement
There is it appears number of boys in
that town who have organized themselves
into company for the purpose of "play-
ing soldier" lad about IA years of age
and the son of respectable citizen, act
ing as captain. A few days since our
miniature captain met one of the soldiers
of his command about syears of age, and
charging him with misdemeanor in mill
tary duty, arrested him and marched him
to headquarters at his fathers house,
The young recruit was taken by this cap
tain to a chamber, where with considera-
bic ceremony the offending soldier was
gagged, had his thumbs tied together and
was lashed up. After several serious in
fictions, the captain stripped the person
of his victim, and taking lighted lamp
held it to his flesh until two large and
deep sores were burned.
The soldier was then dismissed and
fed to his home. By threats he was de-
TERED from making known the facts, and
in few days the captain again arrested
him and gave him severe whipping with
a knOtted rope The facts afterwards
came out, and complaint was entered
by the father against the captain, who
was brought before Justice Draper, and
obliged to pay costs of Court, and placed
under bonds for good behavior for six
months, his father being security.-[Bos-
ton Tray.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-11-03
The Snake Nut.

Among the many novelties IN the vege-
table kingdom which Southern and Cen
tral America have of late years revealed,
the snake nut is certainly the most extra
ordinary. This is a production not un-
like the English walnut externally, but
smaller and smoother, although of nearly
the same color. On opening it, we find,
however, not kernel, in :he usual sense
of the term, but small serpent, or at
least in the specimen now before us, an
object so identically resembling one, that
the closest examination fails to present
any direct affinity between it and the
vegetable kingdom, unless the skin or
husk which surrounds it, like the kernel
of any other nut, may be termed SUCH
This serpent is not, that we are aware of,
found actually alive in the shell, but ex-
lists in a hardened state. 1t is of dark
brown color, smooth, and bound up in a
distinctly traceable coil, having through
out, in every respect, the exact dimensions
and proportions Of an ordinary snake. e.
ven the head being actually formed.--
l.
was obtained, and who has many more
in his possession, all of which, on being
opened, have invariably been found to
contain snakes, we learn that is grows
on trees found two or three hundred
miles from Bogota, and that he was in
formed by the Indians that at certain
seasons of the year these snakes, issuing
from the shell, increased in size, ard were
to be seen hanging alive and IN numbers
from the branches. We pretend to offer
no solution of this extraordinary enigma.
1t is well known that many insects de-
posit their 2a1rce in fruits and nuts, but
we hardly see how this explanation is ap-
plicable to serpent which fills the entire
interior of she'll, and is at the same time
so curiously identified with the inner
bark or coating as to favor the supposi
ton that it has grown with its growth
and strengthened with its strength. =
Should this kernel prove to be simply
vegetable product like the well known
snake cucumber, which, on larger scale,
so much reminds us of it, we can only re-
gard it as a most extraordinary addition
to the class of natural wonders. We are
happy to learn that the contens of this
snake nut will shortly be submitted to a
close analysis by an eminent physician
of this city, the results Of which We trust,
ere long, to lay before our readers
INparutcd AlarS.