The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-07-11

and destroy very great dtsl Of foul air; and [
III without foul air, such as you'd kill man,
sSSnts could not be kept alive at al. re garden
NOW this fact from every dAy experience; we
vol grow plants so we'll, or 20 quickly, in the
#Estesf air as in sinking hotbed. ALI the ami
81 creation yitiate the common air every time each
hreathes the breath of life, or ife sustaining air
III rere it not that all the vegetable kingdom de-
81 on this Initiated air for paft Of their subsist-
!%e and great part, too, this worid would have
II at an end as soon as animals covered the face
I'M earth Therefore, and without the shadow of
nubt plants are the best purifiers OF all the agents
sf have vet been known to cleatse the AR OF bed
IN or any other room III nous I, provided always
t cue plants not IN Dloomt or, at least, do not
ss&.r bloom with strong scent.
a Mr.. Arnott, of London, has recommended as a
a ancosthetc agent to prevent pain in surgical op
sstions-ce and SALT in the PROPORTION of two parts
*nnp finely propounded and APPLIED to the skin
are the incision is to be made for period of time
srynp from four to five minuteF, by lnclosing the
s;xture in fine gauze bag. Hessays he has recent
IS reformed operations as extensive as amputatlng
sgs entire breast, removing weiEs applying caus-
E;s. etc., without the slightest pain by means of
a;s beautiful and benefcent ageht. He cautions the
actioner as follows: apply it fo four minutes to all
NC persons and then try by me kns of the point Of
fe whether the part be nsentint; if SO it is ready
moi wait half whole minute more and then
~ again ! should not be willing to exceed six min
20 in any case, for fear of mort hcation slough
assp as surgeons call it, because his happens when
81 Bart is frozen
ii mong the forty or fifty episcopal clergymen who
IT. assembled at the recent cesecraton of Saint
s7bomas' church, New Haven, olse lineal des-
s%sndant of the first puritan mhnister of New Ha-
IN. and another was lineal descendant of one of
OH leading elders. 1t is also fact of interest that
s. deseendant of Oliver Cromwell is now clergy
IAN of the church of England III Canada; while the
izst lineal male descendant of Martin Luther was
few years ago received back i%to the Romish COM
aaunon.
An extensive eounterfeting establishment in Pike
nDt,nty Illinois, was discovelad lately. The st.
louis Republican says, dies forE the manufacture Of
bogus gold and silver coins, aad plates for paper
nGney, Of various banks, were obtained, and large
mounts of paper moaey ready for emission. A man
NV the name Of Caldwell, and fur or five other per-
IONS were arrested being coAcerned In the bust
ness some of them old citizens of the county,
The PaWtucket (R. t. Gazette says that on the
morning of the 29th uIt lttledaueiter of Mr. Jas.
C Aldrich, of Pawtucket, was found lying upon her
bed nballng the odor OF bottle OF chloroform ini
ment, which had been left within her reach 1t was
aiken from her, but some of the contents were spill
ed and she lay down with her face upon the Satur-
ated bed clothes, and found half an hour after
wards dead. .s.
A. S. Mansfield, OF Dorchester, has been appoint
ed by the governor and council f Massachusetts the
commissioner to purchase and supply town and city
agents pure liquors, for sale By them under the new
liquor law. His place of business must be in Bos,
ton. The town agents are obliged to purchase of
him, he being allowed to charge five per cent addi-
tiona to the cost all liquors thus disposed Of It
Is estimated that if the law il generally enforced
EMr. Ms commissions will reach $40, 900 year. or
900 than the annual salary of the president
sof the United States
Dr. Hail. in his medical journal, asserts that one
great cause of dyspepsia in ministers is eating too
soon after preaching. For two or three hours the
tide of energy has BEEN setting strongly to-
wards the brain, and it cannot be suddenly turned
towards the stomach, but the mental effort has
nf f,,,. Inl.1
stomach, and morbid appetite and if food is taken
at all largely there is not the nervous energy there
requisite to effect its digestion for the brain will be
running the discourse.
The ship Leopold, l. of Antwerp, arrived at New
York the ID inst, on her way to Havana, having
on board 1867 passengers. ItIeng strongly suspect
ed, however, that they were imported paupers, and
those referred to in comm lnication recently re-
ceyed from the American consul at Antwerp the
commissioners of emgratiorE We're notified of the
fact, who sent word to the heath officer at Staten
island, to stop her at quarantine, until thorough
examination Of her passengets could be gone into,
with view to send them back to Antwerp, at the
expense of the consignees, should they be found
suspected. The clearance papers Of the vessel have
also been refused at the custohihouse.
ex-governor Thomas owns Us 600 acres of the best
new wilderness land around :Frankyille, Maryland.
1t is covered with timber Of all kinds, and contains
72,000,000 tons of coal, by estimate of the State
geoogist, with iron ore indxhaustible. line Of
railroad is now in course of erection from Pttsburg
to Alexandria and Washington, crossing the Baltl-
more and Ohio railroad al This place, thus making
this whole tract accessible to- the Atlantic cities,
well as those on the Potomac. Ohio and Mississippi
rivers
The Albany Register mentions the strange fact
that an apple seed was recently taken from the car
of gentleman of that city (which had been in his
head for fifteen years 1t had actually sprouted!
We shall next expect to hear that somebody's head
has produced an orchard with full crop of apples.
womans' hospital, devoted entirely to diseases
peculiar to females, has been established in New
York. 1t is the only institution Of the kind in the
world, and has been originated and pushed forward
to completion by doct j. Marion Sims, late OF Geor
ga, who is the surgeon to tie hospital.
Two Millerites lately arrived at New London Con-
nectcut and sat all night OH trunk in order to be
ready to go up at moments notice. The woman
said she had eaten nothing III four days The ap-
pearance of the wretched creatures excited pity.
They are evidently insane.
Among the recent graduates from the Eclectic
medical institute at Cincinl at notice the
of four females; Mrs. j. E. Dudley, Mrs M. E. Fin
ney and Miss H. Hyde, off Ohio; and Miss S. S.
Strickland of New York. /
There is a lady in Durl am, Maine, who is ITO
years old. She rises before sunrise, and possesses
more agility than many Of The young females OF the
village Such are the grandniothers of our day
"grand" indeed
Mr. Eckstein in Cincinnati, pays $40 fine every
Monday morning for selling soda water Sunday.
His receipts that day over $50, which there
is profit of $50, which, after paying the said fine,
leaves clear gain of $40
1t is said that gems. Scott and Jesup have, within
few days. expressed theif opinion that the allies
cannot retreat from the Cfimea without capturing
Sebastopol by a coup de raain or beating the Rus
Sian armies in pitched battle.
Mr.. Charles Folger, native Of D Nantucket, seven
ty-six years of age, arrived at New Bedford, Mas
sachusetts lately, from the island it being the first
time he ever set foot on resentment.
The French secretary OF legation at Washington
has been marrying the youngest daughter Of colonel
Benton. Now look out fos the wrath Of cold bull
lon'' on K N.
The New York Times says there is a rumor clrcu-
lated about town, in the Literary circles that the hon
Geo. Bancroft, the historian has gone over to Rome
orr about to become member of the Romish church
We do not know what truth there may be in the story
but it probably has grown cut Of Bronsons commen-
datons of Mr. Bancroft's Lecture before the N ork
historical society.
John Schooley, Of Cincinnati, has invented a
new refrigerator, whereby current of cool air can
be obtained for any purpose from ice. This certain
ly would be cool in these sultry days. Heis about
bringing it before the public and we shall soon,
doubt, have the 'tmachinesi among us.
The mayor of Wellsville, Ohio, got drunk not long
since; when sobered, he went before justice Of the
peace informed against himself, paid his fne, and
resigned his office.
At Paris, (Kentucky) on the 4th inst, there were
sold some two Thousand head of cattle, between 3