The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-04

/ uis scientinc description, but extract from his
observations the following, which possess q
general interest:
The presence Of entozoa within the body, as a
rule, causes neither harm nor inconvenience: they
frequently appear, establish numerous colony for
season. and then disappear, without the individual
| nsying been at all aware of their presence Ento
| pnJta. on the contrary, do positive harm: silk
| worms are liable TO disease which kills them in
great numbers, and shews .itself on their bodies
oiulsh-green mould, but which 10 an insidious mi.
oute vegetation. The Cieada septeadccisn or seven
seen-year locust of the United States is also preyed
upon oy parasites, which grow within 1t In the form
M awhMe moist fungus that ultimately destroys its
hie; IN which we probably see a natural counter
check to the too great multiplication OF destruc-
| i've insect People of sluggish habits are more
opect 70 me invasions OF parasites than those OF
an active disposition; and persons who live much
on lnnutritious food, or substances slow of dges.
gestion, will be infested, when those who diet them
selves generously. and with well-cooked food, will
| be exempt. Cooking is one of the means of pre-
vention; and it Is often remarked, that those who
live chiefly on vegetables are constantly troubled
with parasites. The Swiss peaaantry are striking
case in point. Seeing however, that foreign bodies
| are more readily introduced with liquid than with
| solid food, acquatc animals are more infested than
| terrestrial" 3
This is a tremendous dig into the Vegeta-
'fans GREELEY and his old white Ceat
must be pretty well infested. DR.. L. CON-
bats the idea that diseases are propagated by
parasites taken into the body. He declares
that he has purposely swallowed water con-
tanning myriads of different kinds of animal
cula. without ever having perceived any
subsequent effects. He also discredits the
idea that epidemics are disseminated by par
asites floating through the atmosphere. 1t is
quite possible to distinguish particles of mat
ter not more than the 20o,oOOth part of an
inch, and as the smallest vegetable spores are
from 20,000th to 30,000th of an inch, they
could hardly escape notice, were they floating
about in the air. DIR. L. says: -r1
81 have frequently examined the rains and dews
OF localities in which intermittents epidemic,
| upon the Schuylkill and Susquehanna rivers, but
without being able to detect animalculs spores or
| even any solid particles whatever have exam.
med the air itself for such bodies by passing cur
| rent through clear water. Ordinarily,
when the atmosphere still, early in the morn
ing, or in the evening, neither spores nor arimacu-
| las could be detected When piles of decayipg
stlcks or dry leaves were stirred up, the dust
blown about by the wind a host of most incongru.
GUS objects could be obtained from the air; none,
however. which could be supposed capable of pro-
| ducing disease -
ITO assert, under these circumstances that there
are spores and aninalcue capable of giving rise
TO epldemics, but not discernable by any means at
our command is absurd, it is only saying in 9TH
| er words, that such spores and animalcua are Ii
quid, and dissolved in the air, or in condition of
| chemical solution. That the air may be poisoned
by matters incapable of detection by the chemist is
proved by the emanations from such plants as the
| mus cernn, Htppoindnc mancinella, &C." ~
What world of inquiry is opened by this
question of "Life within Life How do we
know but that benefcent Providence has
| yr1on oft - - 81,
functions and add a zest to the sensations of
life! The idea, however, israther disagreea-
BILE at the first blush but will not the study
do good? does it not attack the strong hold
| of Vanity and inform us that even our bo-
dies are not our own? and that each has
number of living tenants-whole races of
| them indeed-which no writ of ejectment
the lawyers can frame, no emetic the doctors
can concoct, will dislodge? In the words of
Mr.. r. w. Robinson, in the famous BRAI-
NERD campaign, we trust it will "make us
wiser and better men,
ELECTION IN NEW ORLEANs.--The N. o. Pica
yune of the eth ult incnes to the belief that the
Reform ticket has succeeded In that city, and that
General Lewis, the Democratic nominee, has been
| elected Mayor. There was much excitement and
rioting on the day of election. In the Seventh
| Ward a policeman named William Mocler was
| killed. Another man was said to have been
| knocked down and trarnpled to death. Two men
named Jerry Osborne and William A. Hill, were
arrested on the charge of being accessory to the
| killing of Mocler. The PicaYune also notices the
destruction of the ballot box containing the votes of
| Sovapfb bv fhe ipf;,r fad
professed to suspect unfair playin the counting OF
| them. ..s ees.-
| On the day previous to the election, John Mocler
also policeman and brother of William Mocler
was stabbed and killed by some unknown person
private letter receivedby the editors of the Sa-
vannah Republican, from Darien, Ga, informs
| them of disastrous fire at that place on Tuesday
morning, and says: -.-a - Il
| "The fire broke out about l-2 O'clock A. NJ in
the store of Mr.. Henry Pendarvis. The building.
together with a stock of dry goods and groceries
was soon consumed, and the flames next seized
upon the clothing store of ID. Abraham e. Brother
| burning it to the ground. Their goods were saved
in a damaged condition. Two bar rooms were next
destroyed, one owned by Amos Alien and the other
by General Pearce when the flames were at last
checked, after destroying the Office of DR. Holmes
/ Mayor OF Darien The buildings burned were own.
ed by Messrs. A. q. Collins. Lachlin Mcintosh and
7. P, Pease. None of the property was insured ex.
cept the stock of goods OF Mr. Pendarvis- his insu
rance will cover his loss" ~ ~ =
INDIAN DIFFIcULTrEs.-The following is from
the Bonham CTexas) Advertiser of March 9th:
ave stop the press to give the following intelli-
gence, which was brought last night by George N.
Butt, Esq, of Preston Mr.. Butt had received a
letter from the Chaplain at Fort sBelknap, Grams
mitted by confidential servant of Mr.. b. stating
that the whole force Of the garrison except sixteen
men, were off in pursuit of the murderers OF Col.
Stem; and that 400 Indian warriors were about the
Fort, challenging the commandant, Maj. Merrill, to
fight They had dispatched party with 1000 Go.
vernment cattle, of which they had taken posses
| sion. -5h
sMajor Merrill was temporzing with them-ai.
| wing them goods and provisions-in the hope OF
succor either from the return of the scout or from
two companies of recruits hourly expected.
| Port Belknap ia collection of buildings on an
open plain, and sixteen men do very little for
its defence Unless the expected succor reached
them soon after the dispatch of the Chaplans letter
Major NJ and his little command are already mas
sacreed." atg-- GfffSe .g-r 1s,7s....s.