The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-08-18

nlare the party upon the avowal OF such
sentiments BY their national organ. How
are the objects oflabor 10 be diversified but
by binding Up the various branches ofindus.
Try within our own couniryf IL we are TO
be the producers merely Of the raw material,
and foreign countries ars 70 furnish the
workshops, can We expect the objects Of lu-
Dor to be diversified aecording to this recent
" adopted notion of the Democratic organ,
and that general success" 20 follow which
ia pfohouhced as dependant entirely upon
diyersihe ed laborg
sneb has not been tie doctrine Odvocat-
ed heretofore by n large portion of the DEM
%ocrntic party, and most certainly not the ef-
fec, Of their tariff doctrines. II was to
pursue a policy that would send the raw
material to foreign manufacturers, have it
wrought up by them and brought back to
this country, rather than grant our own
manufacturers protecting duties that would
enable them TO turnlheir labor to account
We were to be the producers aud other
countries were to manufacture for us, be-
cause, saidthc exponnders Of Democracy, it
il cheaper to send our cotton, &c, across
the ocean, have il worked up, and then
brought back to this country, than 10 en-
courage home manufactures.
THAT'S very .commendable doctrine, to
como from the Washington Union; but does
lit compare with the free-trade notions a.
vowed by Sec'y Davis in his late trip,when
he proposed u. summary abolition OF the en-
tire revenue system, the extinction of duties,
the suppression Of custom houses, and worse
than all, a sweeping dismissal of the whole
nrmy of custon house officers! He wanted
no hdif-way reform under the maine Ola ju-
dicious revenue tariff, but would be content
with nothing less Than absolute, unrcstrict-
ed free trade"
Science FOR EVERYDAY LtFE.-A varie-
ty OF interesting aud important papers were
| read before the American Scientific Associ-
ution, during Us late session at Cleveland.
VIM. II. Thomas, ESD, OF Cincinnati, read
an essay, which discussed the indications OF
weather, as shown by animals, insects and
plants, aud was full Of facts, many ofthem
new, and Of scientific explanations of them
selves. Birds, it asserts, invariably show,
by the wav they build their nests, whether a
season is to be windy or otherwise, In the
former, they thatch the nest, between thc
twius and lining. II the latter, they omit
these precautions. Ifa dry season is in
prospect, they build In open places. If a
wet one, they choose sheltered spots. A
careful observation of these peculiOrities
will afford, Mr.. Thomas says, a certain cri-
%tericn, early in the spring, of the coming
weather.
Snails also reveal, by their habits, wheth.
err rain may be expected or not. SeveraI
species ofthcse animals invariably ascent
the stems of plants two days before a rain
in order to place themselves on a leaf, there
to imbibe the water, for they never drink
Other species have tubercles that rise from
their bodies generally ten days before 4
rain, there being a pore at the end Of each
tubercle to imbibe the water. Others grow
yellowish white Just before a rain, returning
10 a darker color after rain. IIocusts alsC
forctel rain by shel.ering themselves undei
the leaves of trees. and in hollows anC
trunks, MS soon as, by the changes in the
atmosphere, they discover that rain is i'm
pending. Most leaves of trees are also bar
ometers, for, ifa rain is to be light, they
turn up SO as to receive their fill of water
while, for a long rain, they double SO as tt
conduct the water away.
Another member, Professor Brooklesby
Of Hartford, read a paper describing I
spring, near his residence, whose waters
rose invariably before a rain. He suggested
that the diminished atmospheric pressure
which precodes rain was the cause oftht
phenomenon, and recommended that obser
vations should be made overthe whole coun.
try, to ascertain whether the phenomenal
was general or only exceptional. 1t woult
be curious if the former coulI be establish
ed, and not less useful than curious, for, i
nature has made every spring a natural bar
omcter, the fact will be Of vast benefit Il
kaow.
PRoGKEss OF TIE SANDWICH lsLSHDs.-
On the lst of July the cornerstone of tn
s.Unitcd States Marine Hospital" was lai
at Honolulu, on Ricon Point. The site o
the building is ON a commanding eminence
facing the harbor, aflurding a fine view o
the city. 1t will be u brick edifice, 1872 fee
long and sc feet wide, in the Grecian styl
of architecture and with all the modern i'm
provements. The contract for its. erectio
was at costof$ lS5, 900, and Congress ap