The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-01

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8 An Italian gentleman at Turin has Just discover
I'll and shown, by numerous successful experiments,
e * reported that the railway track makes an
leut substitute for the telegraph wires, and that
@ r train carrying along with 1T snftl battery and
s 1naratus can communicate to and trt with the sta
az before and behind while going lat full speed
# Ms application Of the telegraph Will probably be
IN :,n,ediare universal, and Of immense value One
;n meeting another communicate directly with
:. and though both approaching each other at the
~ If sixty to hundred miles ltour, they can
81 iorald their coming to each other 1T an Infinitely
reater speed, converse back and forward and make
sgangenents for passing or stopping as they draw
lar If any thing detains a tram, ii can telegraph
~ whereabouts, if accident or destruction oc-
nrs ii can send for assistance, and earn trans APP
# ,roaching or oyertaking-
WI II Is stated that according to the Russian law
# arv nobeman and civil functionary from the high
Al ~ n the lowest grade, wears unif9rm. CHS cos
es was until recently il the fashion Of dress
# aat with standing collar and enbTbadery. 4 late
81 isase has however, changed this foftign habit ha
lie into the old national HAITIAN, oil long frock and
rre loose trousers, much better suited to tie eli
II mate. The German papers say shatdhis change has
Iean received with intense satisfaction. All classes
aveu from childhood upward, in st. Petersburg, Mos
row and the other cities, fling aside with disgust
avery article Of western manufacture, and adopt the
new created national garb Of loose tousers and easy
II Jacket Of gray cloth, with green collar and cross
i,non the breast Hatred will thus go down, and
passiug from sure to son, penetrate Pill the fibres of
he heart and faculties of the mind
It is stated that noted NJ d., oil Indiana, has re-
ontly created quite sensation ahong members Of
,bn medical profession in that sedtSon, by his sue.
noss in trapping tape worms ILL has invented a
rJd trap, less than an inch ia length and about
Il Quarter of an inch in diameter. 4 bait is placed
within the trap and after the patient has tasted sew
eral DAYS, the apparatus is lowered, by means Of
string down the throat Of the patient The worm,
which is supposed to be hungry pushes into the
trap to seize the bait, and is INSTANTLY caught by
descending portcullis. and the operator, feeling a
lite pulls on the string and draws out the trap.
worm and all. The invention of Esuch trap is no
fiction 1t has actually been patdnted at Washing
The La Crosse wisconsin, Democrat of June 22d,
says that eighty millions Of logs aere put into the
Black river and tributaries during the past winter
and there remain on hand from 4hc previous year,
forty millions. Of these the Booming company have
worked down forty millions, tenoI which had reach
ed the Mls,sssPPl, while the resi- were waiting the
"June rise" (Which has since cotna) in two thou
sand swamp, just above the mouth of the river
Thecurrent rate of logs avaablcko the Mississippi
is sl3 50 thousand. This would have broa ght
hcwhoe force Of Black river LOIS to million and
half Of dollars. The average cast of cutting haul
ing booming and driving logs ttlie Mississippi is
six dollars athousand.
The population Of New York has increased about
100000 in the last five years. The census has Just
been taken, although the returns are not complete.
The entire population of the CITY proper, is from
$50 900 to 100000. This is ahoutone-tifth OF. tie
population of the State. The population of Brook
tyn to which Williamsburg has been recently an
nexed, is not less than 100000 This will give to
the two cities, which one in fact, a representa-
ton in the State legislature equal to one fourth of
the whole
The Kansas Tribune says thai perhaps Lawrence
is the only city in America where majority Of the
ladies wear Boomers. During pleasant day they
may be seen in all parts Of our place-not walking
out for the novelty Of the thing but making calls
and pursuing their ordinary aavocations, without
even suspectng that their costumes was attracting
unusual attention; and, indeed ii does not. The
ladies consider them far more convenient than the
street sweeper; aud they ought to be the very best
judges.
According to some Italian iburnals anew orga-
missed being has been discovered in the interior of
Africa which seems to form intermediate link be-
tween vegetable and animal life This singular
production has the shape of a spotted serpent. 1t
drags itself along the ground and instead Of a
head has flower shaped like abel, which contains
vicious liquid Flies and other insects, attracted
by the smell of the juice, enter into the flower and
they are caught by the adhesive matter. The flow
er then closes and remains Until the prisoners
bruised and transformed int ehyle. The indigest-
able PORTIONS such the head and wings are thrown
out by two aspired openings. The vegetable serpent
has skin resembling leaves, awhite and soft flesh,
and instead ola bony skeleton, cartil&genous frame
filled with yellow marrow. The natives consider
it delicious food, at least, so|says the paper from
which we copy.
passed through the village of Sank Rapids, Mime
Sofa on his way by the route of gov. Stevens rail
road survey, to fort Union, the upper Mississippi,
distance Of seven hundred miles, all of which he
designs to traverse solitary and alone, taking no
supplies with him, and relying solely upon his gun
and skill as hunter for the means Of subsistence
his Journey He travelspn foot, drawing in small
handcart his meagre outfit, consisting OF gun, am
munition, blank books, pen, ink and paper, and
scientific instruments. In this manner he proposes
TO acuuaint himself thoroughly with the topogra-
ply Of the country, its climate SOIL geological char
acteristics, &C., making complete examination as
he proceeds and transferring the result OF his OBJ
servations to his blank books. =
The ministry of Sardinia have suppressed sixty
three of the seventy mon1ish orders in that king
dom, under the law recently enacted by theparlia-
ment, and their revenues are appropriated to the
support of their infirm members and the poor bene
fees and schools of the country, The organ of the
church at Turin the Ammonia, announces that the
ministers and members of parliament who voted for
it are communicated under chap. Ni. OF the coun-
ell Of Trent, without special bull, and that they
cannot receive the sacramento OF the church. 1t IS
intimatcd, however, that neW note from Rome may
be looked for.
The author Of christianity was foreigner.
louisville Democrat
Why, YES he came from heaven, and we are afraid
that heaven will always be foreign country to you.
louisville Journal
Mr.. Thomas Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala, who
held an appointment from the governor of Massachu
sets commissioner to take; aG know edgments OF
Deeds etc, in Alabama, TO be used IN the courts Of
Massachusetts,, has returned IL not wishing to hold
appointment for State that sdoes not recognize
the constitution and laws Of our country.
The Paris correspondent Of the journal Of Com
merce says that in the-ladfas world Of fashion,
fine stripes or small checks. have generally sue
ceeded to the large stripe and plads; the coors of
the materials also are less snowy than they have
been.
ArchdeaconJ efreys, missionary in The East In
Dies states that .for really converted christian
as the fruit of missionary laEor, the drinking prac
tice OF the English had made fully one thousand
drunkards in India"
Died
At the residence of Mr.. A. p. Battle, near Blossom
HILL Mr. john K. PARSONS, aged about 81 years, for
many years citizen Of this place,