The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-02-17
VARIOUS ITEMS

The boy sboe-backs in London are thriving
In 1862 the number was three hundred and sew
cnty three. They are divided into brigades, aud
are known by their colois. In that year their
vIIniuSs amounted To- more than $4,000. or
$50, 900. Their earnings average from los
down to Is. per week.
According to return Just issued by the au-
thorities in Switzerland, there exist in that cOun-
Try 3i5 journals, Of which lS5 are exclusive '
political, - literary and scientific, 20 religious
Is Protestant and > Roman Catholic, and one
nationalist the remainder are miscellaneous. OF
these 335 publications., % are printed in the
GerBan language, lO3 in French, in Italian,
and 8 in P'fois. The canton of Berue has a5
journals.
One of the American missionaries in Turkey
writes that there will be ar least two hundred
thousand bales OF cotton OF this seasons growth,
shipped from Adana, Asia Minor.
A Scotch lady writes thus Of gentlemen who
use tobacco:
May never iaiy press his lips his pTonsred love re
Who makes furnace ofhis month aud keeps ls chin
ucy burning
May ZACH true woman shun ms sight. for fear hi. fumes
And none but those Who -nok, beusely.s have Kisses
for a smoker '
We on the slope OF the Cerra Duida. SAYS
N. HUMBOLDT " shirt trees fifty fleet high
The Indians cut of cylindrical pieces two feet in
diameter, from which they peel the red aud f.
brous bark, without making any longitudinal in
csiOn. This bark affords them a sort OF gar.
ment which resembles a sack of a very coarse
texture and without seam. The upper open
ing serves for the head and two lateral holes arr.
cut to admit the arms. The natives wear these
shirts OF Marina in the rainy season. They
have the form OF the pOnchOs and monOs OF cot
ton which are so common in New Grenada AZ
Quito and in Peru. As in this climate the riches
and bene6cence of nature are regarded as the
primary causes Of the Incidence OF the inhabi-
tants, the missionaries do not tail to say in show
ing the shirts OF Marina, in the forests of Oroo-
nOkO, garments are found ready upon the trees
Chloride of nitrogen will. it il said, soon bc
utilized as an implement of war. Its employ
meut would seem likely to put an end to all war
Mr.. Isham Bags, an English chemist, 10 and
nOuuclng his discovery, proposes to carry up his
in balloons, ard drop it from The air
in the midst Of armies and fortresses.
The very mention OF this compound" h.
goes on TO say, " as proposed element OF mod
ern warfare, may possibly provoke a smile among
accom-
plished OF their number would not dare to expert.
ment with il in quantities larger han a grain OF
mustard seed, even then at only respectable
distance, and under guard at the moment of itS
defamation. And vet not one OF these hemi=i-
would be bold enough to deny that with two or
three chemically clean carbOys of this terrible
compound present in a city or frOtress, however
strong, the slightest cuttings Of PHOSPHORUS or a
single drop Of olive oil coming in contact with
il, would in one instant decide the fate OF the
place and its inhabitants" Mr. Bags then pro
ceeds TO affirm that he has discovered
a method of overcoming the contingent
difficulties, and that he Is able TO manufacture
this deadly material with perfect safety. and in
any required quantity, ana that il can be safely
conveyed TO its destination.
There are now no restrictions in the cotton
trade, and loyal persons, from Memphis 20 New
Orleans, are allowed 70 exchange greeubacks
for this commodity. The cotton trade past He
lena, from the Mississippi and White Rivers.
amounts to about 900 bales per week. The
cotton is purchased al from IS to 40 cents and
paid for in greenbacks, or supplies from trade
stores licensed bv the Treasury Department
The region OF country along the Mississippi. from
Helena 10 Nicksburg, aud around the Tazoo,
Sunfower and White Rivers. j. still full Of cot
ton. The cOtton-burning madness Of the rebel
authorities never resulted in the destruction OF
4 great amount. and it Is safe TO say that the
most Of it, not eonfscated BY the rebels, or
purchased by Northern capitalists, still remains
piled up in cane brakes or concealed in the
ground. The aachoring Of a cotton boat Of the
Mississippi shores i 81 almost any time the sig
nal for the arrival Of planters offering cotton
- The Jews have built aud dedicated a
synagogue in Jackson. This is the second
synagogue in the State The sergices were
conducted 10y Or. Wis. Of Cincinnati and at
.raeted much attention