The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-02-17
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RAIslSa SrEANER BY BALLooSs.-M Bauer.
an engineer, has raised 4 steamer which sank
two years ago in the Lake OF Constance. The
engineer, IA order TO raise the vessel which was
alng al the depth Of seventy feet, msde use OF
al apparatus OF bis own invention. BY means OF
divers fe attached 10 her, one On each side Two
large balloons made Of water proof linen, which
he filed with air. When the expansion had
become sufficient, a movement was observed in
tie water, which looked as if boiling, and the
vessel came 20 the surface. Virturlly the same
thing has been doue in this country, With water
tight casks and lndiaa rubber eamels
just as in some fossil, curious aud beautifu
shapes OF vegetable lite the graceful fern, or
tie the finely vertebrated lizard, such as now. il
may be, have been extinct for thousands Of
yesgs, are permanently bound up with the stone,
and rescued from that perishing which would
have otherwise been thers-so In words are
beautiful thoughts and images, the imagination
and feeling Of past ages. OF men whose very
names have penshed. too, preserved aud made
sale forever.
The fastest thing in skating ever saw was
/ done on the s.. Johns River, New Brunswick
oy al Indian named Gabriel Acquiu. lie skated
thirty measured miles IN one hour and half
being part OF journey of seventy. three miles
the whole of which he performed in SIX hours
A friend Of niue and myself, on the same occas-
ion, skated the same Gisttnce IN six hours and
htteen minutes including half an hours rest,
which Nc all took for luncheon. and a cousdera-
ble delay IN taking of aud putting on skates and
/ walking across a short portage; so that the ac-
tua time occupied 10y Us ia skating the seventy
three miles was htte over four hours and halt
aud We had hileen Minutes start OF the Indian
| need hardly say that the wind was fair aud
the ice good. -Cariboo, Correspondent Of the
/ Field
The guardians Of the Marquis Of Butte are
about TO lay out nearly two millions sterling in
making neN docks at Cardiff. The MARQUIS al
ready owns two docks there, each about a mile
long, aud vessels are lying ia them SIX aud eight
deep. He IL Lord OF the manor Of the country
around Cardiff Ia b.s fathers time this property
Was Valueless-it would lot even feed sheep;
/ but oosl -..'--- 4ieeusvsUu tnere
which have proved 70 be oil enormous value
The royalty oi these miaes and tue dock reve.
nue bti in punccg income. The Marquis
"atersle property via given hi- father by the
town, Tor the purpose Of making docks.
We extract tie ionoeiog from soldiers let
ter, descriptive OF the battle Of Mission Ridge:
During tie rout OF tie rebels on Lookout
/ Mountain large numbers crouched behind the
nus A''+l t-lH a. f-A Iit ltiiit llhAlnL I'D 10
them ltii up their ha.ds imploiing-" Don't
Kin us, We give mp" XIII youi the d-lnoir
/ Got any tobacco ?--si ell out" And grabbing
hastily their large puss OF tobacco our boys
rushed on, holding plug between their teeth.
TIE principal OF public school ia England
las been sending circulars 10 the parents asking
I for "A written authority TO "iifct such punish.
ishment corporeal o. Otherwise" a. may in his
] Nfsfrfr D..
proves that one Of the parents ~ least. was
/ pleased With the idea:
Dear sir, Your hogiDg cirkiar il duly re-
ceavei, hopes a. 70 ny suu John you will fog
/ him just 80 often as YOU like. Hees a bad boT
Is John. Although I've been in the habit Of
teeching him mseli 10 seems 70 me he will larn
aothiug-his speln is speshally ottrarushly de-
fcient. Wallup him well sur, and you will re-
ceivo my hearty thanks. Yours, Moses Walker
p. 5. What accounts for John being sch
bad scoiar is that hees my sun by my wife's
frst husband
IL March, 1851, London contained popula-
ton of ,S6Z, ,256 nhabitrnts, and 3O5. 996 hous-
-. In 1861, the population had increased TO
/ ? SOB, 9ss inhabitants and Go .4zl houses. show
ing an increase In o years Of 24l.753 iuhabi.
tauts, AID OF 53.34s. Tho number Of houses
erected ia the civ of London iu 10 years was,
therefore, only 400 less than the total number
Of houses IN New ofk Ia 1860.
IL $50 New York contained population Of
80 5ll inhabitants and g., lel houses In 1860
tie number Of inhabitants Is set down AZ SO5..
7Jl, and the number of houes al SO .s7I, show
ing an increase Of 2oo, loi Inhabitants aud To-
$50 houses.
When the Greek FIRE first reached Charleston
l. j. said contraband, who Witnessed the eI.
.I|a. .I.. l.
60 See Oar Helfs lard an eggi'
The cultivation Of coffee and tea promises TO
become al important business in California One
nursery ia Sacramento has i've thousand coffee
plants OF uiai, At J it j. believed that there will
be 10 difficulty 10 bringing up TIE plant 70 a
[ standard OF hardness 20 weather the mid winter
OF that climate Near the Mission Dolores sew
ersl thousand tea plants have been raised during
the last year. The tea plant is grown in China
aud Japan very extensively il ATTITUDES cores
ponding to all California, and the San FRANCISCO
journals think there can be little doubt that it
vii be cultivated hereafter, for household pur-
poses at least, on every fam in that State.
An extraordinary latin. has just taken place
in the sewers Of PARIS Taking Advantage Of the
frost, which drivss this particular game into
covert, the ovHer invited a Christmas party to
r4It1-E % Atil- -FlfA Dl TAT EAlLZ. AL the
great sewers were driven IN one direction til
millions Of rats, which fought among themselves
ike tigers as they were huuted along, we're col.
.ected DO the large drain by the bridge OF Asnie-
res. Forty cogs were then let down into the
sewers, aud after fight which lasted forty-6ve
hours, 10 which four dogs were killed and some
blinded, lot less than 10000 we're dispatched.
There is a factory in Portland, Maine, that
preserves and prepare for the army irom FIVE
hundred 20 a thousll6 bushels Of pOiatoee dsy.
4 busaei Of potatoes weighs just SKY pounds,
al tie water i absorbed, leaving about FIVE
pounds OF nutriment, which s ground Up, giv-
ing Il the appearance Of Iudisa meal. Il is
cooked BY returning the wafer 20 il il q bOiliI &
stale, and keeping it bot from ten to fifteen MIL
utes, When il swelis ike starch, AID assumes TIE
appearance Of potatoes prepared for the table.
The legislature Of Wisconsin has ordered tie
Governor message TO be printed il eight differ.
ent languages; Eneii-h. German, Norwegian,
Ifi.h, v elch, Hoiald, French and Bohemian.
The poPu alton Of San Francisco is now over
10000.