New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-27


science can produce. Sine remained 6ftsen days 70
mixture Of rnow and salt some were plaDg'd INTO
bath of hluid anipharic acid rendered ext-smsiy eoo
by artificial means On the 5.h Of April, tbsy were
all sown 10 pots placed 10 TIE open air. They AL ger
mnasei, and those which hal undergone the rigws Of
trQidy produced plants robust - those which sse
net been submitted 10 this test.
-BaIbani, the Italian microscopist, hss comunni-
Gated 10 the world new chapter in the history Of me
inf eoria. After long oblervs,ion, he lie enabled 70
demoneta ate that the method Of reorodoction among
these minute creatures is oviparous and NOT az has
been generally supposed viviparous. One oeJec'ion
10 this teef has been the fact that M pb.s 81 ind-
vcuas supposed to be the young hsvsfrequsnty been
found IN the body Of infasorial specimens. Baiossn
has discovered that the not the Young OF the
same rare but psrasiles belonging % totally differ
sDt sptces The last objection 10 the ovparous theory,
which has been st,enuously opposed BY some Of the
German microscopists, thus disappears.
AT late meeting Of The Meteorological Society OF
France, Dr. Mires communicated an account Of sin
gular pbenomencn which came unier bis observation
while journeying through the southern parts Of Algeria
One evening az 10 o'clock the hour for closing VENT:
be thook his wool burnous which wss lyiDg on the
ground, and the Ie,u. was brilliant shower ofelecirio
sparks BY close observation hs af er yard fond thai
the electric state Of the garment was infu.nced in
large measure by the winds as when these were In
certain quarters the sparks we're much more numer-
GUS ard brilliant than at Other times Under favorable
circumstances il necessary TO repeat the shaking
FIVE or Fix times before the emssion Of sparks ceased.
The green coloring nstier used by coOfscioner IL
generally q dse.erious compound, which frequently
ca1fes tickpess foreign chemist has Devised harm
less substitute. On five grains Of genuine saffron il
poured quarter Of al Of distilled water, then
on four grains of the suphindieoate Of poassa blue
ca nne) half an ounce Of distilled water Ia poured.
TIE former mixture must stand for twenty four hours
under the action Of a moderate heat When the ngre
deEts Of both are thoroughly mingled, the two are
mixed together ard harmless and brilisn. green col
oripg substance is obtained-hree draehms Of which
will color p pounds of sugar.
The distinguished German chemist, Hauer, pub
lishes fact not generally known. He stssee tia.
when broken crystal is placed in o solution Of an
isonorphous salt it quickly RECEIVERS It's original FORM
bat when crysts IL cut so TO give faces belonging
TO combinations Of the crystalline system only
there new faces se developed. crystal with arti-
csl faces submitted 20 the action of solution OF an
isomorpbous salt acts exactly ike natural crystal In
this way may be produced a. will any crystalline COM
binatiops whatever.
In the recent report Of the English Commissioners
of Inland Revenue the Chemist Of the Board, Mr.. f.
Phillips says that although the practice Of sdalArasng
in regard to many articles of commerce has largely de-
crested within the past year, yet in others il has In
creased OF 81 specimens Of tobscoo examined a. the
laboratory 16 were found to be impure OF 80 speci-
mems of p pper no less than 70 less a1ul
L. haiD ~
husks of led mustard white mustard, rape seed sage,
and powdered slate.
Professor Sefane Iii of Tuscany has lately discover
ed method of detecting the presence of cotton or
wooden in elk fabrics The reagent which be uses CON-
sists Of liquid ammoDsc TO which he adds sufficient OF
the bydrated xds of copper to turn it to strong
da1k.blue color. This composition is equivalent to
comuou smmoniated oxide of copper which, according
to discovery made by S,hwsitzer, possesses the
faculty Of dissOlving silken and cellular tissues.
AN international congress of chemists was re-
Gently held at Csrlsruhe, Germany, commencing tie
sessions September 30. Over 40 chemists were
present. coming from every quarter of the globe the
majority of course being Germans. The main subject
of debate the beat method of expressing tho com
position of substances in the symbolic notation. TIE
deliberations are 10 be published.
The theory of n LeDglet, who maintains, IN oppo-
stion TO the ideas of Hersche and Arago that the spots
on the surace of the nothing less than
collar clouds hiss received apparent support from NJ.
Leverrier in bis report on the recent eclipse.
--Bee.cultvators in Europe are beginning TO make
use Of choroform to render the bees quiet and tscsbe
at the moment of removing the honey from their hives
| THE ART OF FIGHTING THE FREscH ARnY.-Prinee
Frederick Charles Of Prussia has dst Published pam
phet under the title of The Art of Fighting the Frenes
army. The royal author gives the first principle Of
the French system of warfare, that the French soldier
always marches forward the second he says is that
moral ia superior to physical force So Marshal Cam
robert, when he had coup de main On his hands In
the Crimea, always asked bis SOLDIER: Do yoa feel
equal TO it 2" They never answered Mo-" and the
promise which they themselves had given 10 their Gen.
eral vas the guarantee of their Toe third
principle of the French according the Prince is 70
bold tn mselves 10 serred column against an enemy
which is badly disciplined and unsccusomed TO militia
~ mansuvers and, the contrary TO fight with dis
ordered ranks aod like xxi sheIs when they hsvetc do
with regular and weH-discipned troops. The fourth
French principle s never TO defend passive
". Ofthis TIE Prince says: If it happens .ha. the
French are attacked by cose column they proceed IN
this way; and it is especially excellent when the attack
| lie not supported By q corps de reserre The French
riemen give way at the point of attack; the attacking
column imagining that th. is the commencement Of
retreat pushes On, but the rdemen present new
front one or tao columns advance. The sharpshoot-
ers surround the enemy all sdss; he hssisAes he
loses time be cannot back; there he s compelled
to fight and is abandoned his fate. The French SOL
ders are ordered in this case not TO Kill sny more but
to make prisoners because soldier can take i've or
six prisoners in the time required to kill one man,