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Daguerreotypes by Lightning,

n country woman has recently arrived in
Paris, from the department oC Some ct Name
who should be presented to the Academy of
Sciences. This woman was short time
since watching cow in an open field, when
oNlolcnt storm arose. She took refuge I'M
der tree which, ut tho instant was struck
by lightning: tho COW was killed. and she
was tcllcd to the earth scnseless. where she
was soon after found, the storm having ceas-
ed with the flash which fcllcd her Upon re-
moving her clothing, the exact image of the
COW killed by her side was found distinctly
Impressed upon her bosom.
This curious phenomenon is not without
precedent. DR.. Franklin mentions the case
ofa man who was standing in tho door ofa
house IN thunder storm, and who was look
ing at a tree directly before him. when it was
struck by lightning On the mans breast
WAS left perfect d0guerreotypc of the tree.
In lS4l, magistrate and a millcr's boy
were struck by lightning ncar.a poplar tree
IN ono OF the provinces of France, and. upon.
the breasts of each wcrc found SPOTS exactly
resembling tie leaves of the ponlnr ~
At n meeting of the French Academy of
Sciences, january 25th, 1857, it was stated
that a woman of Lugano, seated at window
during storm, was suddenly shaken by some
invisible power. She experienced no incon-,
vGnicncc from this, but afterwards discover
dthata blossom apparently torn from tree
10y a lightning stroke was completely imac-
ed npon one of her limbs, and it remained
there TIL her death.
In September, 1925, the brigantinc II Bu-
on-SerrO was anchored in the Almiro Bay,
at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea- where sho
was struck by lightning. In obedience to a
superstition, the ioniau sailors had attached
a horse shoe to the mizzcn-mast, as a charm
against evil. When the vessel was struck, n
sailor who was seated by this mast was in
stantly killed. There were no marks or bruis-
rs upon his person, but the horseshoe was
perfectly pictured upon his back
y Spanish brgantinc was once struck in
the Rndc de Zantc. Five sailors were at the
prow--thrcc of them awake and two of thcm
sleeping, One of the latter WAS killed, and,
upon und: cssng him, the figures AZ, plain
and we'll formed, were found under his left
breast. His comrades declared that they
were not there before his death, but their
original was found in the rigging OF the yes
sci. But the most singular facts connected
with that affair are set forth in the report of
the physician Dicapulo who says: after
undressing the young sailor, we found a band
of linen ties about his body, in which were
gold pieces and two parcels done mp in paper
The one ON the right side contained, a letter
! from Spain, three guncaS, and two half gui-
! meas; the other, lcttcr four guincas, a half
p! GuInea. ,ted t~o small pieces NcitlIer the
! pieces, the paper nor the linen presented tho
! least appearance of fire. But upon his right
shoulder were six distinct circles, which pre-
served the natural color. and appeared as
though traced upon thc black skin These
circles, which all touched mt one point, were
! ofthrcc different sizes, and exactly cores
ponded witl, the gold pieces in the right side
ofhis belt"
TIE PoPuLATIoN OF THE UNITED STATES
The Railroad Record has i'm able article ON
thcphyscal development Of the United States
and the laws of population in which the cvicws
of Mr.. Darby arc intelligently considcrcd-
According to what the Record considers the
actual law" of population, the African race
IN this country will amount in 1859 to L.
o3O,OOo, and in seventy years the NEGROES
will number 20,000,0O0. The probable re-,
suits of the general increase of the total in
hnbitants Of the United States arc thus cal
culated:
In 1850, 23O0O 600
1860, 30.C6uOO0
1870, 4O.S q 900
1880, 54,0 1000
1900, 1900 , 100
1900, 06,00J 1000
1850, 100000 600
1000, G4GO00 000
Is this result impossible or even improba-
BILE? Tho number of square miles in the
United States is near three millions. With
six hundred and forty six millions of people,
the density Of population would be about 2l4
per square milo. The density Of Belgium.
Holland and England is greater than that
The density of Great Britain and Ireland is
about 225 per square mile, which is about the
fair ratio for a country in n high state of civ
ilization, and with q diversified soil.
MINNEsoTA.-N News of the admission of tho
State of Minnesota reached St Paul ON the
18th inst, by telegraph from this city The
news created q thrill of joy in the community
OF 81 Paul. Everybody, says the Pioneer
and Democrat, was in congratulutory mood
The State Government would be put into on
Grafton as soon as official intelligence hal
been received that the President had signeI
the bill. rumor was current at st. Paul
thatt United States troops stationed Mt the
various military posts in Minnesota will be
ordered to Utah forthwith, and that the forts
will be garrisoncd by MINI sofa volunteers.
OBIoIN Oh. SLAVERY IN AMERIcA.--ln a de-
bate in the Senate, Mr.. Benjamin, of Louis
lana, entered into lougtby argument, intro
duclng authorities, to show that it WAS n vi
tai error to suppose that slavery was cstab.
lished in the South by, positive legislation. -
Slaycry, he conteudod, was the cpcature of
the common law of England, in,whieh coun.
try it existed, and was protected by both the,
common and the statute Laws as far back as
the days of Qnecn Elizabeth. who herself
dealt in slaves. Our ancestors brought the
laws and institutions of England to this con-
tinent as their birthright, ndlhence slavery
was the comalon law of tho thirteon original
colonies He hero cited various historical
data, tracing this history of slavery in both