The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-10

1s;l;,v and mower of the wrist and hand will to a
large extent be preserved This same surgeon, but
ii 4 fsw months ago. successfully removed the entire
N s.na from patients arm leaving him still the per
fect use Of the Botlfoperations exceeding
IN rare.
York, Mr. L C. Pray related singular case, show
2 inc the power Of mental impression the ply
ri steal system. A man while lifting one day heard a
Singular sound apparently proceeding from his chest
@ He thought there must be rupture 81 some Of the
viscera, and Immediately became powerless He
# was carried home and for three months was under
the hands of physician after which he felt able to
move abon little On getting up, egot his watch
which he had laid aside when he had hurt himself
tx and had not worn since. He attempted to wind it
@ up, but it gave forth the identical sound lie had
# heard proceeding from his chest at the time be ex
pereneed his supposed injury The man innedi-
~ ately that he had been the victim Of his own
$ Imagination, and that he had experienced no real
81 injury at all
ri The business of manufacturing whiskey and high
wines is largely carried % il Albany There is a
single concern, doing business Of some $500, 900
per annnm that every day converts over 43O bushels
Of honest Indian corn into maddenlng, poisonous
destructive whiskey. Another house does bust
ness Of some $3.50, 900 or 100000 per annurn But
recently the house of which we last spoke received
an order from France for $4,000 gallons Of this aleo
hol This will 20 over there, BE- tinkered up into
highly colored and favored liquids, and come back
here one Of these days labelled old a. sOtara'
'Cognac, and what not and be sold at prices Weld
ing enormous profits. This business of whiskev
making and rectifying must reach full 81 600 600
per annum in this city. ALBANY Register
We learn from the New FORK correspondence of
the Charleston Courier that novel scheme Of chari
ty has Just been started in Of the up town ward
in New fork. From contributions of money and do
nations of food public kitchen has been opened
where daily from twelve to three o'clock clam soap
is dispensed gratutously TO the poor of the wafd
1t was opened on Monday, one hundred and twenty
ty-tve families being supplied. On Tuesday two
hundred and FIVE received soup 81 the premises
Six hundred dollars have already been literally sub
scribed by the Seventeenth ward to perpetuate this
truly useful charity.
Mr.. Marcy, secretary of state, under date of De-
cember A, writes that Mr.. Jackson q. S. charge des
aHaires at Vienna applied to the Austrian minister
for foreign affairs upon the subject Of the imprisen-
rnent Of Martin Speer, but count Buol declined to
furnish any information The reasons assigned for
the refusal We're not deemed satisfactory. Mr. Jack
informed OF this, and directed to make re-
newed application in the Sufficient time,
however, has elapsed for ntelli gence of its re
suit to reach Washington
1t Is a mistake to suppose that the Crmea, the
seat OF war, has in winter very cold climate. 1t
appears to be the impression of Of our journals
that the allies in conducting winter campaign in
that quarter will encounter the blasts and SHOWS
that proved disastrous to the French during their
retreat from Moscow. Moscow lies in very differ
ent direction from the Criinea, as a glance at the
map will show The isthmus' Of Perekop for ill.,
stance, which is the northern extremity of the Cri
mea, IS in the same latitude with Venice; and Sc
bastopol is on the same parallel with Medona. A
line run through Rayenna, Bologna, and Rimini
will pass hardly quarter Of degree below Scbas-
topo The natural productions Of the soil indicate
decidedly warm and genial climate The citrnn,
the olive, the pomgrante, the orange, the lemon the
vine the laurel the cypress and Inc mulberry, -four
ish there in the most luxuriant profusion The
Crimea is noted for the vcissitudes of its CHI
mate, resulting from the proximity to the Black sea-
than for the severity Of its Winners. While, there
fore, the allies will not, il supposed BY some,
have to Withstand the severity Of northern winter
they will yet BE- almost certain to suffer greatly from
the sickness that will be produced by the sudden
changes.
Major George Bonn chief of the staff ofthe British
army, who the 9Th of November killed
in the severe engagement at Sebastopol was severely
wounded at the battle Of Bladensburg il 1914 lie
remained seven weeks in Washington and George
town, during which time he received many kind
attentions from the citizens. He was a Scoehman |
by birth.
It now appears that it was the French govern
ment that proposed to buy the Collins boats. The /
price offered Is stated on pretty good authority, at
$780, 200 for either one OF two millions two hundred I
thousand dollars for the three Reports are, THAT
should congress reduce the present compensation
recommended by the postmaster general then +
the company will aecede to this offer, rather than
run the vessels at losing rates. 4
A letter from San Francisco to Mr.. r. r. Harris, /
of this city from his BROTHER relates curious incl
dent that occurred there short time since, which
do not recolleet having seen in print. Her britain
mic maJesty's exploring ship Plover arrived at san
Francisco short time since from the Polar sfa,
where she had been ice-bound since 1871 When |
she left San Francisco some years ago. 1T was |
trading station, resorted TO by few vesselsin
pursuit Of hides, and the town or place contained
only few adobe houses. The captain and crew Of
the Plover expected to find the same San Francisco,
1854 that they left in 1e47. Thecaptan therefore, /
sailed into the bay without pilot and approached
the city in the evening. Hewa much amazed at the
numerous lights he saw. When he awoke from his
dream Of seven years the next morning he found /
4ha nnfth a
Francisco. He had known nothing of the Mexican /
war; and cesson of California to the United States,
and the many other great events that had taken
place during the time he had been locked up IN che
frozen regions Of the north Rochester Union.
CAss on CLAY.-Gen. Cass, in his recent speech at /
Detroit in reply to the attack made on him BY the
Richmond Enquirer, thus alludes to Mr. Clay:
81 hold the name of Mr.. Clay in the greatest rev
erence and rank him with the wisest and purest pa
triots whose services written upon the history of
country aad whose memory is indellbly impress
ed upon the hearts Of our young countrymen. Sach
men as MI. Clay may unite--they conspira.--
In the stormy period Of 1885, it my pride toIco
operate with him, and to add my feeble contribu N
tonto his gigantic efforts in behalf of the integrity
and perpetuity of the constitution
It is curious fact, not mentioned by any nafur-
alist whose works we have read, says the Fayette-
vile ARK Independent, that there is species Of
worm similar III appearance to the common grab I
worm which assumes a. vegetable form after death
Thousands of these worms have been dug up bythe
pAtSAA
being in every respect veritable worms, minus life
and motion, and with the addition of vegetable
sprout, looking like the sprout Of an acorn, rising
from the back Of the head to the surface Of the earth
Under the head Of slave trade in New York, the /
Times has long article, in the course Of which u
says we have not the slightest doubt that there are
hundreds of Portuguese-merchants and sothe4s-
in this city, who constantly and largely engaged
inthiA traffc; who carry it regular business;
who grow rich by it live in splendid style, ana
claim and hold high rank III the rich circles ottouf
metropolis by virtue Of their wealth thus acquired
1t is understood that resolutions will be offered In
the u s. house of representatives for inquiry into
the management and utility Of the Smithsonian m
sttution, and as to the expedency of abolshiIlg it
and returning the bequest BY which it vas founded
The prevalence Of incorrect notions upon the sub.
iect of medicine, is great cause Of misery. Mad-
cal practice should be governed by principles eau
tiously deduced from the contributions of long ex
perience and close observations. How important,
then, that no medicine should be taken BY invafids
unless it emanates from the hands Of men Of great
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