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Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-16
FOR SALE.


THE HOMESTEAD OF MATHEW NELSON, DECD. q
This tract Is beautifully situated on the N @.
Railroad IL miles from Nashville, and is known be the
very best land In Rutherford county $50 under
good cedar fence and mostly in cultivation the balance
well tmbered. Hurricane Greek through the entire
afordng abundance Of water the dryest
There are also number perpetual Springs which make
il very desirable Stock Farm The soil is rich enough TO
speak for ITSELF and well adapted to the growth Of cotton,
tobacco grain grass
The improvements consist OF frame Dwelling with
rooms all out-houses complete, gin, barn, stable, etc
The subscriber will be ia Nashville few weeks, and will
take pleasure in showing the premises to any who de-
sire purchase. Terms easy possession given immed-
atey. febi0-tf @ L. NELSON.
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APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
ackAge OF 10 Whole TekeS.
10 Half I" .........
10 Quarter" ........
IN ORDERING TICKETS


Enclose the money address The cksss ORDERED
receipt OF which they will be forwarded By
Purchasers can have tickets ending in any hgurs Aey
designate
The list OF drawn numbers and prizes viii b. seat
chasers immediately after the drawing,
~ Purchasers viii please write their signature plan
and give their post Office, county and State.
az Remember that every Prize Is drawn, and pay able
fall without deduction.
~ All Prizes ofsl 900 and under paid innsRasey sNs
the draving-oher prizes al the usual time u Ay days
All communications strictly confidential
Prize Tickets shed renewed In other Tickets ~ ethel
Office.
Address Orders for Tickets or Certificates siAr 70
s. SWAN a co, Atlanta, &c.
janl2 or 8. SWAN, Montgomery, Ala
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Are1Su Getting Bald

Isyour hair turning geyH Do you wish to cultivate good
vhsker and moustsches' Your hair to be sO silky and
gosyH Your head to be COOL comfortable and free Of I'd
ruff Mothers your children to have luxursnt heads
ofhairf Then BoGLE's HTPEsIOE FLUID, which
sn its unerring effects. Prices % cts 80 ets 70 cts and
81 so per bottle Bogle's Balm Of Cythera stands unr
vailed for Graduating tan and pimples and Identifying the
complexion. Price so cts Inventor aud proprietor W.
Boyle Boston. and sold by Druggists everywhere.
mV8l-lV.
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CoAL.-A supply OF 600 bushels of coal was
brought up by the Ambassador on Saturday night
from Bells mines. Those in want of coal can be
supplied by leaving their orders at the U. S. Mail
Packet Office on the wharf
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COoKE, BAILr 4 Oo.-The: fret instruments of
the immense stock Of boots, shoes hats, caps, &c,
purchased by the above enterprising firm for the
spring trade, have come to hand and are now being
opened. The bulk OF the assortment is expected
daily. Judging ofthis large stock from what has
already arrived, we are satisfied that it is one Of
the best and most general which has ever been
brought to this market. These gentlemen are
men Of experience and judgment, and as they pur.
chase from the manufacturers upon the most favor
able terms, they are Of course prepared to offer
superior bargains TO purchasers here. Our coun
try friends who are about to supply themselves
with goods Of the above description should not fail
TO examine the stock Of Cooke, BAily Co. Their
stand is No. 4, Pablo Square.
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RFNOVA

NYDER FRIxEstI. harinx renewed 70 TIE cd stand
- a Fspson Ca ~. a Pahle sqasFs, (aex deer 70
their fosusf naAtan sAsI aos oasrin4 ue as.aT-
81 stac9 4 E0oa SAess, franks, sasss ac taiiaos 70
~ alsS frss Thslr iaeitss Or geteE <oos rnaoes
49, 4. hass saya shttsEer maF ee c4cd ieF II theiF
a.. fAsF aoaidb s Ei4i % tas.r hieads and the
f.eia sSXokk ERIxzxLL.
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HnntsNIIIc. Ain.
We clip the following paragraph from the last
Huntsville Advocate

We clip the following paragraph from the last
Huntsville Advocate:
Town Improvements continue 90 be the order Of
she day. We notice that the hands have con-
menced digging the foundA lions OF the nsw Epis-
copRl Church, which is 10 be erefted the pres,
ent one, and which will DC fne balding. The
requite sun TO build new Presbyterian Churah
has been nearly, II not quite, raised. The buisas
ings Tor North Alabama College are, we believe,
be erected this year. All the Brick hasons end
Carpenters in town are. ne understand, fat " <ork
Tor The season, and buildings OF all kinds pTojsc
ted. More real estate IN town hes changed bands
IN the last SIX months than we have ever bnoEu
before, aud al high prices TOO. Residences Of all
sizes aud prices are very scarce, In great demand
aad unusually high At least my additional tene
ments, large and small needed in Huntsville AZ
this time, or will be before the year is ended -
Buildings cannot be erected AZ rapidly as wanted
And real sslate Is rising constantly. We hope 60
see soon al OF our vacant lots improved b. the
erection Of nss, ahd durable h0eses Of various siEes
Man creates more discomfort to himself than ever
Il I.sn
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"RETURN" YoR CNcIxNArTI.-Tkis steamer is
receiving for Cincinnati and intermediate points
Capt Parker, commands her. She is a popular
craft, and well managed.
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For PITTsBURGH.-The good steamer Inter.
change, Capt. Frisk, is loading for Pittsburgh and
all Intermediate points. She departs at 4 O'clock
to day.
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TO MERCHANTS.
KIRkmAN & ELLIS,
EXCLUSIVELY
WHOLESALE DEALERS AND IMPORTERS OF
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.

HAVING concluded some time since 10 discontinue the
IL Retail Department Of our business nov pre-
pared, with a LARGELY INCREASED STOCK, and an
EXTENSIVE VARIETY, 10 Offer inducements to Merchants
going East las well those coming here make purcha
ses )equal to any house in the Eastern Cities.
Cur terms will be liberal prompt and solvent men, and
e will take FEATHERS, GINsENG, BEESWAX v DOL
at the highest market price.
Retail Customers viii please take notice that We cannot
hereafter supply them with any goods In our line.
KIRKMAN ELLIS.
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GOOdEet'S

OINTMENT for old Sores and Burns, wherever the
" Ct SslVe Ointment is Indicated viii be found
far preferable any other None who have ade trial
this great Discovery bat speaks oft IN the entha-
siast'c terms Price per box 25c, or ~ per dozen.
The above invaluable remedies may be obtained nom the
Proprietor, Nashville Tenn, Cherry street. No. s. OF from
the principal Druggists q this city, and all the important
towns in the South aad West Also, at the shipping Depot
Tennessee febA
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A GARDENER

WHO fully under stands his business offers his Sf2&
w services, for moderate compensation, TO SN7fN
any Planter, Farmer Land holder, who wishes ~
to raise Orchards Vineyards improve those already
planedcutvae Grapes, Rsspberries, Currants, Straw
bhrres and other small fruit and vegetables either for the
table market. lie also Offers if wanted, to superintend
the whole and regulate after the best methods laid
down by experience and science assist the with
advice in this important branch Of business whenever
quesed Any who desires TO avail himself Of this OPP
portunfty, will please address "H0RTICULTURIST Box
58l Nashville. Tenn" feb3-tri-w&Wn
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ATTENTION COTTON.PLANTERS

TTNHE attention OF Cotton Raseri directed to STUARTS
i C0TTON-PLANTER the most valuable machine ever
invented for planting cotton and other small Seeds HAv-
ing bought right TO manufacture and sell the above
chine, we have appointed Messrs MACY & HAMlL-
TON, Hardware Merchants at Nashville, Agents for
Middle Tennessee, where will always keep stock
hand for exhibition and sale We refer coonraisers to
the certificate Of Dr. John Waters Orders addressed to
Macy 4 Hamilton will he promptly attended to
REED & MARSHALL. GoodletsYile.
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HAVANA PLAN.
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY or ND
EXTRA CLASS g,
To be drAvn In Balnors, Nd, Eararday, FEB s. 1851
SPLENDID SCHEME.
$4,000 NumberSl-l,00 Prizes!

Loo prite4- tiRttt8
Lowest gegalar PSlrs t3oe Lowest AppfoKinEn0n So
whose Tiskss aisi HAsvss ts ouAriuu tasa
~ An ordsrs ~ ueksta o. paakaEes n snT q Ne
AaEJAad Lotteries NZsseiYe yrppt efieaens a1d the
aver As&rsss n 4. HUSBAND CO..
No - EATssis street., e. nss, M 40
fsAlt-aa~ aAuusasa. nsFyl.ad.
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tB- Johnson, Horne q Co., advertise their
Threshsrs, Reapers, Fans, &c. They keep large
number OF agricultural implements on hand.
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no ADVEIsTISERs.

The circulation Of the Tally and TTi-Weekly
editions Of the Patriot, combined, exceeds largely
that OF any other newspaper printed IN Nashville.
It is those editions that are generally used Tor
advertising The Patriot therefore, is the best
advertising medium in the city.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-16

NASHVILLE AND RowESA Coal CoMPANT--Books
for subscriptions to the Capital Stock Of the Nash
vile and ROwona Coal Company will be opened to-
day at the Sewanee House. Persons wishing 70
take stock should avail themselves OF this opportu
nifty. The investment is one which promises to
be more remanerative than any thing which has
been offered for long time.
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GOOdIet'S

VTEGETABLE EMINENT is not surpassed BY any other
Lniment Tor efficacy, and has given general sstsfac
ton 90 al who have madetra fit Many experienced gen
emen declare the best they have An experienced
Physician arms hatthis Lniment is preferable
TO other because is more prompt in affecting the OBJ
eo des gned in It's use well pleasSut and the
most ce My he has Price per bottle 25cper
dozen g.. feb3
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HUGH HENDERSON,
Marble Manufacturer,

NASHVILLE, TENN,
VETOULD inform the people Of Nashville and the sur
w rounding country that he has recently improved and
greatly enlarged his MsrbeYard and is prepared to
fill all in the Marble line at the shortest notice and
the favorable for He would call partic-
uar attention to hiswe selected stock Of Monuments Man
tie Pieces, Figures Stauary Fountaihs Baptismal Founts
Urns Vases Tombs &C. many Of which Of the purest
Italian Marble and from the chsel Of the best European
masters His arrangements complete for hing
all kinds Of Marble either Of his manufacture i'm
ported lie has hand large quantity Of aie Marble
In the rough state, which he will sell very low House Fur
nture Egyptian Marble OF the best quality can be had al
his yard lie aters himself that he the pub
lie accommodating terms similar establishment
in the West share Of public patronage is solicited
Individually
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Tennessee Farmer and mechanI.


The February number Of this highly valuable
and interesting ournal is before US. Its pages are
Il He'd with more than it's usual variety of sessOna-
BILE and interesting contents. We can but recon-
mend every farmer in the State to subscribe for
this work, feeling well assured that they will be
amply repaid for the outlay. 1t is journal espec-
tally adapted to Tennessee agriculture, and such
addresses itself to the farming community Of this
State with peculiar force. The following is the
table Of contents for the current number.
Agricultural Improvement,
Domestic Animals
Agriculture in Arkansas,
Improved Implements,
Preparing Soils for Gardens &C.,
Spanish Fowl, GIustrated)
Agricultural Experiments
Large and Small Farms,
Enrching the Soil, etc,
Fast Horses,
The Cultivated Soil Of the South,
Drainage, etc,
Cheivot Sheep, Cillustrated)
Formation of Hot Beds,
Col. Cannons Address,
Bots in Horses, etc,
Tenn. Stock Register; Pedigree of Snowfall, etc,
Female Cashmere Goat Gustrated)
Nashville and her Manufactures,
The Manufacture of Paper,
Wrought Iron, etc, etc,
Watsons Sewing Machine, Gllustratcd)
Country Dwellings,
Saving Wood by Horse Power illustratod)
Ericsson and Hot Air, etc,
Bending Timber etc, etc,
Concrete,
Duration Of Railroad Iron
Prize Essay on Foraculturo,
The Orchard,
Gardening for the year,
Grape Culture,
The Culture Of the Peach,
Chemistry in the Kitchen etc,
Vegetable Cutter, dllustrated)
Carpet Sweeper, etc,
Maple Sugar; Yeast, ETC.
Chinese Sugar Cane
Trial Of Agricultural Machinery
The Spring Fair etc, etc,
Lucky Tom,
John IL. Many, an Obituary.
Bedford county, etc,
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Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
GOOdHetsS

ks. PANACEA; ofthe best family dies now In
IL IL has become celebrated general remedy,
and is peculiarly efcacious in colds coughs, throat
bronchial affections dyspepsia, collie diarrho cholera and
chronic diseases This remedy Is wonderfully adapted
female diseases. Every family should keep supply. Price
81 boltle and heral l.cannL hE the anLan inha
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SWAN & CO.'S LOTTERIES
CAPITAL PRIZE s5O.OOOll

CAPITAL PRIZE S5O,OOOii
The following Scheme viii be drawn by 9. swan Co.
Managers Of the FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY, OF
Georgia, and the SOUTHERN MILITARY ACADEMY
LOTTERY Of Alabama, in each Of their Lotteries for Feb
ruary, 1851.
CLASS o,
To be drawn IN the City Of Mobile, Alabama in public On
SATURDAY, FEB. 7th, 1851.
CLASS "a,
To be drawn in the City Of Atlanta, GeorSiaz public on
THURSDAY, FEB. 4 9th, 1881.
CLASS IS,
To b drawn In the City Of Atlanta Georgia. In public
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1857, on the Plan Of
SINGLE NUMBERS!
$4,000 Tickets $3.50 Prizes
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INNNHNaN ONo FJOHUs
TWO NEGRO FELLOWS we're sold at Charleston Mis-
souri, fifteen miles from Cairo, Ill., for Jail fees Each
sold for 1925 the 18th Of Dec 1856 They put in
Jail at that place the Pa Of September 1856. By their
statements they away from their master, Mr. Wal
ton negrotrader at Nashville The negroes brothers,
named James and Tony aged 81 and 80 years. They say
they something OF biacksmitkng. Mr. Walton has
friend that should this, he call for fur
Their particulars. febT REEFS W. PORTER
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rs Rumssy has lot OF Cincinnati Valentines
go and get them. Also, an arrival of fresh Shad.
Rumsey is some.
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TO FURNITURE AND CKDAR-WARE MANUFC
TURERg.

VIE subscriber having just arrived in this City with
a commission from Of the largest Piano Forte and
Furniture Ware-roOns in the city OF Memphis anxious
20 make arrangements upon liberal terms, with Manufsc
OF furniture Oedarware, for asuppy Of every
Sle in the shove line He has also what is styled the
ILLS 1Ird in the way Of labor saving machines, to
T MI; 4 I1LEKS PATENT WASHING MACHINE
@ - n1 ~ mes article, aud clears the kitchen" Of
ls heretofore introduced in this line He is
20 S1nse Ior the manufaeture Of thousand Of
delay fe" County Rights in Middle Tennessee,
The undersigned can be seen Room No CITY Hotel
for the next ten days, at any time before no o'clock NJ
or , anss O'CLOCK r NJ K. g. MsDOUGALL,
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sE- The streets are receiving due attention.
Rue Desderick presents much more inviting ap-
pearance than it did few days since.
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Rich Schemes for February, 1851.
r. FRANCE & CO., Managers.
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY OF ND.

To be drawn in Baltimore, Nd Saturday Psb q, 1887
Drawn under the sapsrintsadense 81 The State Com.
missioner.
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mAGNIFICENT SCHEME.
APPROxTMATION PRIzEs'

3,<oO prizes amountingto. .................S2O40 90
Whole Tickets, $40; Halves IS; Quarters s250
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.
The Numbers rom TO O00 rorrssnood;,g ith thosa
Numbers on ina ricketts, printed separate slips Of paper,
The first 2i2 Prizes similarly printed and encirced are
placed in another Wheel.
The wheels are then revofved, and number il drawn
nom the Wheel Of Numbers, and same tire pFzs
Is drawn from the other wheel The Number and Prise
drawn oIt are opened and exhibited audience ana
registered By the Commissioners the Prize being placed
against the Number drawn. Phs Operstoa is repeAtsa
until all the prizes are drawn cut.
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
The two preceding and szsseeding Numbers hoss
drawing the FIRST IL Prizes WILDE ensdts the - Approx
maton Prizes according to the scheme.
5000 Prizes of $50 will be dstsrnIned By tAs
last figure Of the Number THAI draws NE eee geo Prus
For example, II the Number drawing the 80 Sc Prize cod
with No. l. then al the Tickets where Ne nazbef ends
win be entitled to f20 the Number sHds With Ne
then all the Tickets where the Nunbar ends WA VIII
entitled to $40, and 10 o.
Certificates Of Packages will be sOd al tAs believing rats
which Is the risk:
Certificate of Package Of 10 whole Tekss.........ts
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SOrteO NumerO ST. OrdInari.
Havana Plan Lottery.

[ By Authority Of the State Of Georgia.
JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTT
j TERY-CLAss I 3. to be drawn At cOsgzT Han.
Macon Ca, under te Superntendsnes Of Col ess
NJ LO8As and W @. AEDEEsoH, Esq, On Saturday
February, 2Isf, 1851.
SATURDAY SMALL sCHEMR.
15OO0 Humbers-Pfzes payable without Dsdteaen.
CAPITAL PRIZE, sS,OO0g
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w. M. HARGRAVE,
HOUSE SIGN AKD ORNAMENTAL FAINTER
HHesAD STREET,
Nashville. Tenn
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ALL PIXIES.

~ Each and every Ticket in this Lottery viii be
Prise, fer all those tickets without drawn number,
each entitled 10 Five Dollar Prize. -Aa
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LAW PARTNERSHIP.
RUNAWAY NEGROES Sold.

John 8. BRIEN and SIMEON yENABLE have formet
partnership for the practice Of their profession. OF
fee As Cherry street. Nashville, Tennessee.
fehl0-dtrwEWI
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County ELEcTIoNs.-At a special election yes
terday in the sth District 10 this county, Mr. J. w.
Bigley was elected Constable.
At special election yesterday 10 the 18th Edge
feld) District, P. w. Maxey, Egg, was elected
Magistrate, and S. Norris, Constable.
Independent order of Good TempIars.
During the session Of the Grand Lodge of said
Order which convened in this city on Thursday
last the following Officers were elected TO serve
for the next IL months, to-wit ::
Isaac Paul, Nashville, G. w. q. T.; n. c. David,
Franklin. G. w. c.; Rev. J. A. Reyes, Murfreesboro
G. w. V. T.; Hugh Carol, Nashville, G. W. s.; G.
A. PLANT, TulIahoms, G. W. t. Rev VIM. Large
TEN Coat, G. w. c.; Prof j. H. Gossine McMinn-
vile, G. w. M; John Hickerson, Manchester, G..
w. D. NJ; E. A. Speer, LaVergne, G. w. l. G.; R.
E Thompson, Spring Hill, G. w. o. G; Rev. NJ. l..
Andrews, Franklin, p. c. w. C. 7.
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well as the strangers now in the city and all others
going down the river, that the fast aud fine mail
steamer, City of Huntsville, Capt. Wash Weaver,
in command, leaves at u o'clock to-day for Cairo.
She has excellent accommodations. Her cabin has
no gingerbread work about it, but as far as comfort
lie concerned, it is hard to beat She SETS a sumpt-
GUS table, and her speed is anything but slow. Her
officers say that she Can beat them all.
, 1857-07-17

How BIRDS ARE TREATED IN JAPAN
Very kindly. They are never killed for
SPORT and little troughs are scooped out in
the tomb-stones, which the priests every
morning fill up with water for them to
drink. During the stay of Commodore
Perry's ships, q number of officers started
one day cunning. As soon as the Jap
anese saw the cruel murder Of their birds,
iiney went TO the Commodore and begged
MN to put stop to such conduct. There
was no more bird shooting in Japan by
American officers after that; and when the
treaty between the two countries was con
eSluded, one provision Of it was that the
olFds should always be protected. That is
Wnat the farmers say we must do in this
country. Unless we do, good-by to fruit,
lOf the insects will get the upper hand Of
u.s. and eat it up Let the brides live and
tpey will not only cheer US by their beauty
Ane their songs, but destroy the insects
And preserve our fruit.
, 1857-07-17

pag- According to Humboldt there Is a
tree in the South Sea Islands which pro-
duces ready made shirts. The natives cut
OF pieces Of the tree about two feet long,
from which they draw OF the bark, as Of
chesnut, to make whistles. Each man Sc
lects tree near bis own diameter, so that
the shirt may be a good it When the
bark is OF, they cut hole in each circle,
to admit his arms The shirts do not Fe-
quire any washing starching and ironing,
and more convenient article for loafeis
could not be imagined. The same country
produces bread-fruit, so that fellow may
get his board and clothes gratis. 81
, 1857-07-17

CELESTIAL SNowBALLs.-A correspon-
dent Of the COngrsgatiOndlist, writing from
Ashtabula county, Ohio, after giving an
account Of q shock of an earthquake in
that vicinity, says:
The most singular phenomenon connec-
ted with it was the falling Of large balls Of
snow. 1t was showing heavily at the time,
although the snow was slightly moist.
The next morning several gentlemen in
different parts of the town noticed large
balls of snow lying scattered around, not
only in the vicinity Of their dwellings, bnt in
the open fields; those who examined them
describe some Of them as being nearly as
large as a small child's head, and resem-
bling thin layers Of snow rolled together
very lightly and dropped down. Where
they fell upon the sidehill, they had rolled
in SOME instances, two or three feet. !
mention these facts as scraps for the curl
oug
, 1857-07-17


FIRE Poor FEATs OF THE ANcIENTs.--
The art Of breathing FIRE, protecting the
human skin from the heat Of melted metals
or red hot iron, and Of rendering wooden
buildings proof against ere, seems to, hav0
been practiced from the earliest ages.
Two hundred years before Christ, Eunus
established himself as the leader Of the
insurgent slaves by breathing Ere and
smoke from his mouth, and BaFchoehebas,
the ringleadcrs Of the Fevolted Jews in the
reign Of Hadrian, claimed to be the Messiah,
from his power Of vomiting flames from bis
mouth. The priestesses Of Diana Parasya,
in Cappadocia, as Strabo states, comman-
ded public veneration by walking over
burning cOals--and according 10 Pliny, the
Hirpi family enjoyed the hereditary proper
ty Of being incombustible, which they ex-
hibited annually in the temple Of Apollo on
Mount Soraete. Pachymerus tells us that
be has seen several accused persons prove
their innocence by handling red hot iron,
aud in 1865 the monks produced, as a wit
ness, in the great church Of Angers, an old
man who underwent the proof Of boiling
water, and that too, as their reverences
state, from the bottom Of the boiler where
they had heated the water more than usu-
al. SyIla could not Gre the wooden tower
raised on the Pireus by Archelaus. The
use Of certain chemical, embroeations the
substitution Of the fucile element Of Dafcet,
which melts at a low heat, and the applica-
ton Of plasters OF asbestos to the feet, or
Of saturated solution Of alum 10 the skin,
were among the arts thus called into use.
--North British Rerisw. fs nod