The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-13

narcotic poisons, as a Glass; occasion s5upor, this
narcotico acrids, delirium. Nux vomica, and the
several various plauts of which 5trychnia is the
active principle, affect the spinal cord, producing
violent attacks of tetanus; coma, the active princ
pie of hemluck, paraIYses the whole muscular sys-
TEN; arsenic even when applied externally, causes
inflammation of the mucous membrane of the ali
mentary canal; mercury attacks the saiyary glands
and mouth; csuthaTides the urinary system; anti
mony the lungs; manganese the liver land this is
effect of cOpper); chromate of potash the con-
juntiva Of the eyes, iodine the lymphatiC glands;
lead the muscular system generally (and this, too,
is occasional effect Of arScRic); and spurred
rye produces gangreae of the limbs. Poisonous
substances used in the arts also reveal their effects
upon the system through their specific actions
Thus the decreppd hand betrHys the use Of lead,
paralysis agianS that of mercury, gangrene of the
laws.that oil phosphorus, and peculiar rash, with
the formation OF small ulcers aboat the nos'ris,
ears, bends of the and Scr0tuIn, the employ
ment of the arsenite of copper
Considerable and very important additions have
been lately made to our knowledge of the action of
poisons, and of the proximate cause Of death in
poisoning, by NJ Claude Bernard. lie has shown
by well devised experiments animals that the
more active pHisups attack particular tissues
organs essential to Ie--that wonrara paralyses
the motor nerves; that strychnia attacks the 5ens-
tive portion of the nervous system and eNctes ta-
tai reflex actions; that digitalis, Epas anti2r
rOwa, and wac, veTatrine, and several other poi
sons, act on the muscular tissue throughout the
body, and on the heart muscle. There remains,
then, bat one explanation OF the action Of p0isOns,
when once introduced into the blood vessels, name
ly, that they carried with the blood to the or
gans of tissues which they act: some of the cor
onary arteries to the heart, which they parayse;
others to the spinal marrow, exciting fatal tetanic
spasms others, to the brain, proving fatal by an
indirect action the respration and others again,
to the lungs, causing arrest of the capillary cir
culation, and consequent asphyxia.
THE ClNNAmoN CRor IN CEYLoN The cinnamon
| gardens in the GelghbCrh0od Of Colombo, although
for the most part gone to decay, nevertheless i'm
part to the whole scene snEulaf'y cheerful,
agreeable aspect. The bushes, from four to six
feet in height with their smooth beautiful, light
green leaves, resembling those Of the bay tree and
their pale yellow tower-stsinpers shoot up doubly
fresh and succulent, from the snow white quartz
soil in which they best thrive, The towering sea-
son of the cinnamon is in January, and the fruit
ripens in April, when the sap is richest in the
shrub. Ia May the boughs are begun to be
"barked," which process continues till October
The pruning and gathering OF the vearling shoots
which are about the thickness of mans thumb, is
laboriOus, and employs many bands. Each
labOrer cuts off as many he conveniently
carry in bundle, then with the point of a crooked
knife, made for the express purpose, strips the
tire rind from the wood carefully scrapes off the
exterior cortcie and inneTmost layer, and lays the
stripped off cinnamon rind, now reduced To the
thickness OF parchment in the sum- where 1t dries
and curls together.
All round the hut in which the peeling Of the
rind is carried on, is dtused most exquisite aro-
ma, caused by the breaking of the leaves or twiGs.
What is related, however, by travellers of the irs-
GRANGE of the cinnamon forests, which they have
scented at a great distance seaward you'd seem 10
/ indicate that this delicious odur emanates from
| various other aromatic plants in which Ceylcn IS
so rich rather than the cinnamon graves, the aro-
ma of which, indeed is not perceptble beyond the
| immediate vicinity. The best description of CHINA
mon is not thick stout paper; and is fine
grained, flexible, light brown or golden yellow,
sweet and punEert; the caarser qualities are thick
skinned, dark brown, acrid, stinging, and leave a
bitter aftertaste. In the warehouses, the cinnamon
for ~ a
each other, packed in bales of about 80 pounds
weight each, and carefully sewed. In all cavities
and spaces between each layer an immense Quanti-
ty OF pepper is strewn, to preserve the cinnamon
during its sea-yoyage, by which both spices are
benefited, the black pepper absorbing all the su-
perfuous moisture, and gaining by the fragrance
of the cinnamon.
CoNTRABAxD On THE OHIo.--It would appear that
Cincinnati is about the only point upon the river
where an etfectual eEpionageis kept upon contra
band articles. While we are rCposing in the lap
of patriotic and Legitimate dnllnes they are trans
acting flourisbing business at Madison, New Al
bany, Louisville aud other places Inc authorizes
| of Madison, While keeping a hawks eye on any
such traffic from Cincinnati, are said to be blind
! in both optics to what is going at their own
! wharf Foxes of goods daily leave the above
places marked Evansville, and other Indiana towns,
but the officers of the boats allow them to be taken
off at Owensboro, where Secession has any num-
Der of supporters, and whence there Is no
difficulty in forwarding them to their Southern
destination.-Clncinndtt Inquirer.
Drowned MAY.-The Cambridge ItelHgoucer of
the 10th states that Mcnamara Adams picked
up drowned man on the 50th July at the back
of Barren Island. The description of him says
that he weighs about l75 pounds or more; had
black hair and was dressed in pair of black
casinet pants, thin brown coat, white shirt and
gaiter Shoes with black handkerchief around
his neck. Had the miniature of a woman in his
pocket and Sl6.65 in money. Owing to his being
so long in the water, it was impossible to say
whether he was white man muatto. 1t is sup
posed that he was from Baltimore.
| Ex POSTMASTER FOWLER Done WELI.-Fowler'
| the defaulting New York postmaster is Pleasasty
located at the city of Tepic, in Mexico sopot WY
miles from the Pacific and employed rs the cnleI
| agent of Messrs. Barron, FORBES q 70; tIe
| wealthy bankers and manufacturers. Both the
| nrncinals are now in Europe, and Mr. Fowler has
| entire charge of their aHaIs.
| D,r, or MRs Observation-Disclosures Trum-
| LII whose death has been announced, was buried
| ~ tuesday last. On that night the widow Of
! Governor Trumbull was suddenly removed by
death-only As hours after the death of her hus-
band. Her age was II. Mrs Trumbul was a sister
| of the late Chief Justice Storrs.
A kind of bogus coin was put in circulation
| in Newark, the other day. A piece of lead pipe,
ding to twenty five cent rolls, is wrapped in piece
| of paper, and in that condition is offered TO the
dealers, who in many cases unsuspectingy take IL
as roll of pennies.
ELEor1oS IN ST. LoUIs.-The result OF the cleo
| tion in the choice of Mr.. William c. Huffman for
clerk of the Law Commissioners Court, IN the city
| of st. Louis, shows that there Is considerable
majority in that place for State Rights.